"Really, are we really going to the capital?" When Agnes heard Zhao Jia's words, she couldn't help but show a surprised expression on her face, as early as when she was in Rome, she had heard her teacher, that is, Dong Zhong, mention the Tokyo City of the Great Song Dynasty more than once, and she also knew that the population of Tokyo City had already exceeded one million, which was unimaginable for Agnes, because the population of the entire Holy Roman Empire was only seven or eight hundred, and the total population of the largest city would not exceed 100,000, but the population of the Great Song Dynasty alone was more than one million. This incident kept Agnes in disbelief for a long time.

"It's not to go to the capital, we have to go back to Guangzhou first, and then stay in Guangzhou for a while, and then wait until the Chinese New Year is after our college is on vacation, and then you can go back to Tokyo City with me." Zhao Jia opened his mouth to correct Agnes's mistake.

"Great, I've been longing for Tokyo for a long time, and this time I can finally see it with my own eyes!" Agnes shouted again with surprise on her face, obviously not listening to Zhao Jia's words at all.

"Forget it." Seeing that Agnes was so excited, Zhao Jia didn't bother to explain, so he just sat down and drank tea, and finally waited for Agnes to calm down, and then he spoke again, "Agnes, I want to take the navy's warship back to Guangzhou, and I definitely can't take you up, but every time our warship goes to sea, it will be followed by a group of merchant ships, and then I will ask Uncle Lu to arrange a merchant ship for you, and if I have time, I will also go to see you on the ship." ”

Hearing that she couldn't be on the same boat with Zhao Jia, Agnes couldn't help but show a disappointed expression on her face, but she also knew that Zhao Jia was half a soldier, so she didn't dwell on this matter, but nodded very obediently.

A few days later, the war on the side of the Sazi Kingdom was going very well, and the Sazi king saw that the Great Song army was so unstoppable. Surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty very simply, in fact, after hundreds of years of rule in their Saqi Kingdom, the entire country has long been decayed, and there are also many contradictions between the king and the nobles, and the army has no combat effectiveness at all, let alone facing the army of the Great Song Dynasty. Any native kingdom of similar strength could destroy them.

Although Zhao Hao was in charge of supervising the war, in fact, the whole war had nothing to do with him from the beginning, so he had been going around Nanyang Port for the past few days, planning to find an opportunity to meddle in Nanyang Port, but what he never expected was that before he could find any opportunity, an urgent news came from the capital again: Empress Dowager Gao was seriously ill, and he was announced to enter Beijing quickly!

Hearing the news that Empress Dowager Gao was sick, Zhao Hao was also taken aback. I couldn't care about meddling in Nanyang's affairs anymore, and discussed with Xing Shu and prepared to return to Beijing immediately, after all, if there was anything unexpected for the Empress Dowager Gao, it would definitely be impossible for his son to be around, and the Empress Dowager Gao was seriously ill, and the situation in the capital would definitely be affected, maybe he could get some benefits from it, after all, compared to Nanyang's side. The capital was the center of power in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Second uncle, I didn't expect you to go back with us!" Zuo Siming's warship. Zhao Jia said to Zhao Hao with a smile, Zhao Hao wants to go back, so naturally he has to take a warship to be safe, and it just so happens that Zhao Jia and they also want to go back, so they also take the same boat, and there are many warship guards around.

"Hmm. The Queen Mother is seriously ill, you haven't received the news yet, have you? Zhao Hao glanced at Zhao Jia and said, although Zhao Yan is also the nominal son of the Empress Dowager Gao, but Zhao Hao also knows that Zhao Yan's biological mother is someone else, so the Empress Dowager Gao is seriously ill. Zhao Yan may enter the palace to visit, but a person like Zhao Jia, who has been separated by a generation, at most, sends a message to inform him, and he does not need to rush back to the capital.

"What, the imperial grandmother is seriously ill?" Zhao Jia couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the news, he really didn't receive the news in advance, and at the same time, he finally understood why Zhao Hao was willing to leave Nanyang Port, although he was still young, but he also knew something about Zhao Hao's desire to fight for power with his father, but he didn't bother to pay attention to the grievances between these elders.

"Yes, the queen mother is seriously ill, and now the government is temporarily presided over by several ministers, and I am summoned to enter Beijing quickly!" When he said this, he saw Zhao Hao suddenly sigh, and said with a gesture of worrying about the country and the people, "Sigh, now that my Great Song Dynasty is in an eventful autumn, if the queen mother falls, I really don't know what chaos will happen to the court?" ”

Hearing Zhao Hao's words, Zhao Jia secretly pouted, he didn't have any feelings for the Empress Dowager Gao, because he knew that his own grandmother lived in his own home, and he also knew that when his uncle died, he originally handed over the government to his father to preside, but the Empress Dowager Gao joined forces with Sima Guang and others to seize power, and his father didn't want to cause civil strife because of this, so he took the initiative to hand over the power, and now the Queen Mother is seriously ill, it's a big deal to let his father take charge of the power, and his cousin is also twelve years old, It's time to put him in touch with the government.

Sea navigation is very boring, but Zhao Jia they need to do a lot of exercises, occasionally rest, Zhao Jia will take a small boat to the rear of the merchant fleet, these merchant ships follow the Great Song Dynasty warships to act together, on the one hand, for safety, in addition, you can also follow the warships to do naval business, after all, the navy is well paid, and the naval officers and soldiers spend money generously, so many merchant ships are some mobile shops, not only buy some commonly used daily necessities, and even have some special flower boats, Some special services were provided for the officers and men of the navy, so when it was time to rest, there was a frequent exchange between warships and merchant ships.

On this day, it was Zhao Jia's turn to rest, so as usual, he was going to take a small boat to meet Agnes, one was to chat with her, and the other was to learn European languages, Agnes had agreed to stay as his language teacher, but Zhao Jia really had no talent in language, especially the European language family was completely different from the language family in the Central Plains, so Zhao Jia had studied for so many days, but he had not yet started, and could only say a few simple greetings, which made him a little depressed.

But just when Zhao Jia was about to get on the boat, he suddenly saw Zhao Hao coming from the deck and said to him with a smile: "Brother Jia, where are you going?" ”

Seeing Zhao Hao suddenly coming over, and the smile on his face looked so strange, this made Zhao Jia also stunned, but he also quickly reacted and said: "Second uncle, I'll go to the merchant ship behind, where are you going?" ”

"Haha, it's a coincidence, I'm also about to go to the merchant ship behind me for a turn, let's go together!" Zhao Hao suddenly laughed when he heard this.

"This ......" Hearing that Zhao Hao was also going with him, Zhao Jia was also a little embarrassed, although there was nothing between him and Agnes, but looking at Zhao Hao's current appearance, it seemed that he had grabbed some of his pigtails, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"What? Is there anything inconvenient about Jia Ge'er? Zhao Hao said with a smile at this time, he actually knew that Zhao Jia often went to the merchant ships behind him during this time, and every time he went to the same boat, he didn't care at first, but then he accidentally learned that the merchant ship turned out to be a ship under the name of Yue Wangfu, and when there seemed to be a young alien woman on the ship, it immediately attracted his attention, he didn't expect Zhao Jia to know how to raise women outside at a young age.

"Actually, it's not inconvenient, it's just that my nephew went to the back to meet someone, she is my language teacher, I went to her just to study, and I won't go to other boats, so I'm afraid I can't go with the second uncle!" Zhao Jia confessed directly.

"Language teacher?" Zhao Hao didn't believe it at all when he heard Zhao Jia's answer, so he smiled again and said, "You are the eldest son of the third brother, and choosing a teacher is not a trivial matter, now that the third brother is not here, it is better to let the second uncle and I go to meet your teacher, so I can help you check it!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Hao insisted on going with him, Zhao Jia was also a little helpless, if he explained again, I am afraid that Zhao Hao would only be more suspicious, so he had to nod, and the two of them got on the boat at the moment, and Zhao Hao has always been very concerned about his safety, so there were dozens of guards with him, and a group of people came to the merchant ship where Agnes was taking in a few small boats.

The merchant ship that Agnes was on was arranged by Zhao Jia personally, in addition to Agnes and the maids who took care of her, there were also knights like Frus, they were also very excited after seeing Agnes before, and now they all continue to follow her side to protect her safety, for these loyal knights, Zhao Jia is also very impressed, and even the weapons have been returned to them.

Agnes had already known the news that Zhao Jia was coming, so as soon as the boat approached the merchant ship, Agnes was already very excited to run to the deck and look down, but when she saw many people coming with Zhao Jia, she was very surprised, and when Zhao Jia and they got on the ship, Agnes saluted him and said, "I've seen Childe!" ”

"No need to be polite!" Zhao Jia also said with a smile, and then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhao Hao beside him, "Agnes, let me introduce you, this is my second uncle, you can call him Mr. Zhao!" ”

After helping Agnes introduce her, Zhao Jia turned her head to Zhao Hao and said, "Second uncle, this is my language teacher Agnes, don't look at her young, but she knows more than a dozen languages, and my little nephew is ashamed of it!" ”

Zhao Hao was also looking at Agnes seriously at this time, but when he heard Zhao Jia's words, he glanced at him, and said with an expression that I finally understood: "Brother Jia, I didn't expect that you, the language teacher, are still a beautiful girl of a different race, you really know how to choose a teacher!" ”

Hearing Zhao Hao's words, Agnes couldn't help but blush, and Zhao Jia was also a little helpless, but he didn't bother to explain again, just said helplessly: "Second uncle, I'm going to study with Agnes, if you are bored, it is better to go to other merchant ships for a spin." (To be continued.) )