195 Queen Victoria
Ma Whistle was not too surprised by the news, after all, this was what he was for.
He was so active in Britain in order to get close to the top and the British king, and then to gain British support and help.
Now that the plan is going well, Victoria plans to meet the Indian scientist who has traveled from afar.
A few days later, Ma Whistle went to Buckingham Palace to meet Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert.
Since Victoria's accession to the throne, the royal family has moved from St. James's Palace to Buckingham Palace, which has become the official residence of the British king. Nominally, of course, St. James's Palace remains the most important royal palace.
At this time, Buckingham Palace was not the appearance of later generations, relatively simple, but from the aesthetic point of view of the horse whistle, even the one that had been rebuilt and expanded several times in later generations was not magnificent.
The buildings he aspires to are space stations operating in the universe, or supernatural creations in virtual worlds built entirely by imagination, or complex and sturdy skyscrapers made of reinforced concrete and CAD software.
Compared to these truly great buildings, Buckingham Palace may have been the most prosperous building he has ever seen in his life, but it can be described as "rural" at best.
The interior decoration of Buckingham Palace is still a bit impressive, with all kinds of gold and silver artifacts, sculptures and paintings, and so on.
Dressed in suits and leather shoes, the horses marched through the palace under the guidance of royal servants.
"Indians, when you see Her Majesty, don't forget the etiquette I told you." The manservant in charge of leading the way turned his head and said again.
"Of course." The horse whistle nodded. There was no need to be reminded at all, he had studied the court etiquette beforehand.
"That's how the court is, red tape." The valet apparently did not like many of the etiquettes he had repeatedly emphasized, and complained a little, "The salary is not satisfactory either...... Honestly, I want to quit. ”
Ma Whistle smiled and replied, not saying anything, but he was inevitably a little surprised. The salaries of royal servants don't seem to be very high.
A short time later, the servant led him to the butler, who led him into the room where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were.
"Your Majesty, here comes the Indian scientist you want to see." The housekeeper said.
"Your Majesty the Queen, Your Royal Highness." The horse saluted, glancing at Victoria and Albert secretly.
At this moment, sitting in front of him were the Queen and the Princess, a young couple.
Instead of a cautious glance at the horse whistle, the couple, who are at the pinnacle of world power, are sitting on a high place, draped in gorgeous robes, calmly looking at the exotic horse whistle.
"Hello, Indian." The Queen smiled, "Sit down, we're interested in your story and your scientific astonishment." ”
"Thank you." The horse whistle then sat down.
Prince Albert asked, "As far as I know, you come from a tribe called Apache, is that so?" ”
"Yes."
"Where are the Apache tribes?" Queen Victoria asked curiously.
"The Apache people were widely distributed in the southwestern part of North America." "However, in recent years, many people have moved into Sleeping Bear City, and in fact, we plan to build a city. ”
"Really?" The queen was a little surprised.
Ma Whistle took out some photos: "I brought some pictures of Sleeping Bear City, Your Majesty." ”
"Oh, the buildings look so interesting, and the clothes that people are wearing." The queen looked at the photos and couldn't help but be fascinated by the sights of Sleeping Bear City.
"It's a great city in the Americas." Prince Albert also looked at the photo and said, "I have to say that I was a little surprised. I would like to ask, when was it established? ”
With a topic, Ma Whistle talked eloquently and recounted the development process of Sleeping Bear City.
The so-called adding oil and vinegar is, of course, to create a glorious image of Apache, omitting all those flaws, embarrassments, cruelties and even ugly contents, and emphasizing all kinds of beautiful, inspirational, high-spirited and enterprising things.
This is considered the usual method of all human beings, but some people make something out of nothing, referring to the deer as a horse, and some people retain some bottom lines, or are reserved, and only dare to take things out of context.
What Ma Whistle is doing now is taking things out of context, and what he says is not a lie, but there must be a gap with the truth.
All in all, he portrays the story of Sleeping Bear City as an epic poem.
However, compared to other similar narratives, this is actually not outrageous, after all, all of this is created by him as a time-traveler, and it must be closer to an epic than history.
With photographs to back it up, his account seems more believable. In less than an hour, Queen Victoria was drawn to Sleeping Bear City.
"The story of Apache is incredible, if it weren't for the fact that Sleeping Bear City is too far away, I would have liked to go there and see it for myself!" The queen couldn't help but say, almost like a girl who yearns for a fairy tale.
Prince Albert was a little skeptical, and he kept looking at the pictures given to him by the horse, asking from time to time.
"This is your school?" He pointed to the building in the photo.
"Yes, Your Highness." "I remember being in math class when the picture was taken. ”
Albert asked, "What mathematics do you teach your people?" ”
Ma Whistle: "There are all levels, from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to Geometry, and even some calculus, at first I taught it alone, and now there is more than one teacher. ”
Prince Albert pondered for a moment: "Of course I know that you are a brilliant scientist, and Mr. Faraday is full of praise for you. In fact, I've read your paper. But I still have some questions, where does your knowledge come from? You seem to have just said that you grew up in a tribe. ”
"Reading, of course." "I learned a lot of languages, both from Aboriginal tribes and outside of Aboriginal people. With the help of these languages, read all kinds of books, newspapers. ”
"Oh? So, what other foreign languages are you proficient in addition to English? Prince Albert's expression moved.
Ma Whistle: "Hmm...... For example, Spanish, and Chinese. ”
"You still know Chinese?" For Westerners, Chinese is undoubtedly the most incomprehensible mainstream language in the world. And meeting an Indian who knew Chinese in England sounded so interesting.
"I understand a little bit." Ma Whistle said modestly and casually made up, "There are also Chinese people in the Americas, and I met one by chance, so I learned some Chinese from him." ”
There are indeed Chinese in the Americas. In fact, as early as a hundred years ago or even earlier, there were Chinese from the coastal areas and Southeast Asia who came to the Americas because they joined the fleets of Europeans.
Up to now, however, the number of Chinese in the Americas has remained very small, and the horse whistle has not been seen with his own eyes, and has only heard of it by chance in books and newspapers.
When Queen Victoria heard this, she immediately summoned the butler and ordered: "Go and find my Chinese translator." ”
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ps:
Happy National Day.