Chapter 136: Entry into Reims (Part II)
After passing through several small towns, Yu Chen and his party headed southwest, and on the third day after entering Reims, they arrived at Languedoc, the richest province of the Reims Empire. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Walking along the main road, the reason why Yu Chenmu is all about endless vineyards. As the bards say, Languedoc is a wine lover's paradise, and you can feel the richest wine culture in the richest province of the Reims Empire.
Yu Chen stopped, he looked at the grape plantation in front of him and felt a lot of emotion. Yu Chen's own territory is a kingdom famous for its wine cultivation industry, but after seeing the grape plantation in front of him, Yu Chen couldn't help but sigh that this is really too big a gap.
In terms of quantity and quality, the vineyards of the Viscount of Ferrol cannot be compared to those of the Languedoc province. Yu Chen subconsciously picked a grape and put it in his mouth, it felt so sweet.
"Who!" the one-eyed Hannibal heard movement behind the trellises, and habitually drew his sword from his waist.
"Bad guy who steals grapes!" said a little girl with an angry face as she stepped out from behind the trellis, fearless in the face of Hannibal, who was more than two years tall for her.
"They are the ones who ate the grapes!" the little girl pointed at Yu Chen, but unfortunately Yu Chen did not understand Lance, he could not understand what the little girl was saying at all.
But although I don't understand, judging from the little girl's somewhat angry expression, this should be blaming herself for stealing grapes, right? Yu Chen looked at the little girl and thought like this.
Just as the little girl pointed to Yu Chen, an old man hurriedly ran over from the grape trellis behind, and he looked at Yu Chen and his entourage with a little fear.
"The little girl has caused trouble for the adults. An old man with gray hair apologized to Yu Chen and his party, although Yu Chen couldn't understand Lance, but he could tell from his actions that the old man was apologizing to himself.
The little girl wanted to say something, but his father held his mouth down, and the old man smiled and apologized deeply for his daughter's ignorance.
Seeing that it turned out to be a child and an old man, Hannibal had already put down his long sword, and he stood behind Yu Chen without saying a word.
"It's okay, kids. Yu Chen scratched his head meaninglessly, after all, he had tasted the grapes without the permission of others, and Yu Chen motioned to Xia Nai, who was proficient in various Chinese, to translate his words to the old man and the little girl.
Yu Chen consciously took care of the loss, so at his signal, Emma took out a gold coin from his arms.
"Wow!" the little girl's eyes straightened, this was the only Lance gold coin she had ever seen when she was so big.
The little girl wanted to take the coin, but her father stopped her.
"It's just a grape, out of the way. The old man resolutely refused to accept Yu Chen's gift, and Xia Nai translated it to Yu Chen after listening to the old man's words.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't dislike it, you can come to the old house. The old man rubbed his hands a little nervously, he didn't know if his decision was right or wrong.
This time, before Xia Nai could translate, Hannibal relayed the old man's meaning to Yu Chen.
This was the first time that Yu Chen knew that Hannibal was proficient in Reims, and in order not to misunderstand the old man's meaning, Yu Chen consulted Xia Nai again. He recognized Hannibal's translator Xia Nai, and then Yu Chen thought about it again, Hannibal has been stationed on the border of Reims all the year round, and it is actually normal for him to be proficient in Reims after 20 years of fighting with the Reims.
Hannibal has no complaints about Yu Chen's distrust of himself, he knows that this is the bitter fruit he has sown. Hannibal only silently observed the little girl and the old man, and the Reims were indeed known for their enthusiasm, but he always felt that the other party was a little too enthusiastic.
"Is it really possible?" Yu Chen didn't expect the Lance people to be so hospitable, and to be honest, he also wanted to see the life of ordinary Lance people.
After Yu Chen finished speaking, his words were relayed by Xia Nai again.
"Absolutely. The old man's smile was sincere, but when Hannibal looked at the old man and the little girl, he always felt that something was wrong.
So at the invitation of the Reims people, who are famous for their enthusiasm, Yu Chen decided to go to the old man's house as a guest.
The little girl was a little unconvinced by her father's decision, and she did not understand why he did not accept the gold coin.
'It's very important, it's important to mom...'
The little girl walked ahead angrily, while his father was having a pleasant conversation with Yu Chen, and of course Xia Nai was indispensable in the process of talking.
Walking slowly on the country road, the coachman drove the carriage alone, and Hannibal followed Yu Chen silently on horseback. Originally, Yu Chen wanted to invite the old man to ride in the carriage with the little girl, but the old man resolutely refused, saying that he was not worthy of sharing a carriage with a distinguished person like you.
The old man's words have already been said to this point, Yu Chen did not force it, he walked with the old man, and Yu Chen's two little maids saw that the master did not take the carriage and gave up riding the carriage, Xia Nai and Emma followed behind Yu Chen, the master walked on foot, the master carriage and they were in the carriage, Xia Nai and Emma both wanted to be closer to the master, they both wanted to stay by Yu Chen's side. As for why the old man was so respectful from beginning to end, then just take a look at the clothes of Yu Chen and his entourage.
No ordinary person would take two maids to wander around, and judging from the old man's experience as a soldier when he was young, the one-eyed man was very strong, and according to the old man's configuration, Yu Chen and his party looked like a prince going on a trip, so the old man could almost conclude that Yu Chen was a nobleman.
'Be sure to take advantage of your chances. The old man looked at Yu Chen, this was the best talking nobleman he had ever seen in his life, if he missed this opportunity, the old man was afraid that he would regret it for the rest of his life.
After a while, Yu Chen and the old man came to his house, the house was a little short and dilapidated, this was Yu Chen's first impression.
The old man's house is best described as a house with four walls, and there is nothing to be seen in the old man's house except for a table, a few stools, and two bed boards.
"Sit, sit. The old man hurriedly wiped the stool with a sackcloth, he knew that the young noble lord could not speak Lance, so he gestured with his hand, the old man wanted to have a good relationship with the young noble lord, but the stools at home were not ready, which made the old man very embarrassed.
But fortunately, Yu Chen didn't mind, his little maid and his entourage didn't mind either, the coachman had been waiting for the adults at the door, he was able to distinguish between dignity and humility, and Xia Nai and Emma stood behind Yu Chen's left, they usually stayed by their master's side like this, so it was nothing. Hannibal, who was the last to be left standing quietly at the door, had been looking at the house, Hannibal's ears moved, and he faintly heard a certain sound.