King Henry quietly stared at Si Nanpei, who was kneeling on one knee and raising his head high, with a gaze that was not sharp, but full of domineering, and did not speak.

After a while, he was probably tired of seeing, so he touched his chin and said to him, "Get up, stranger." You speak Capetian very well, and although the tone is a little strange, I can barely make out any foreign accents in the lexical characteristics. ”

After kneeling for a long time, Sinampei's legs and feet were a little numb, and when he got up, he almost didn't fall. But he didn't lose his temper, as if he didn't have any rude gestures: "The language of my hometown is almost different from all the languages on this continent. In my hometown, every pronunciation has a corresponding meaning, and it has a fixed tone, and there are not many tongue curls - so you will find my tone a little strange, and the words are not spelled with letters, but from symbols derived from hieroglyphs. So compared to someone who has studied other Eugenian languages, I'm like a blank sheet of paper with no pattern drawn, and what the duchess writes on it, I will naturally look like. ”

"This uncle is quite old-fashioned!" Si Nanpei scolded. The purpose of his question is just to listen to his own reality from the side, but he has nothing to hide with a clear conscience.

Moreover, he dared to look at the king.

The king glanced at Theresa, who was sitting on the side and grinning, before he said to Sinampei: "Mr. Si, I heard that when Theresa was attacked by the Boulognes on the road, you were willing to risk your life to disguise herself and save her, is that so?"

"I'm afraid this credit goes to the treasure given by Master De Les. Sinan Pei replied cautiously, "In fact, with that kind of jelly bean that can be transformed, I don't think there will be a shortage of dead soldiers who are willing to sacrifice for His Highness." ”

The king frowned imperceptibly: "Oh, young man, you must know that modesty is a virtue, but to be too modest is to be hypocritical. ”

Si Nanpei quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead, thought for a while, and replied with a smile: "Modesty and hypocrisy are not the same, Your Majesty." For example, I am not the only one who can do it on behalf of His Highness, I am not irreplaceable, so I have nothing to be proud of. But if you praise me for my soap-making wisdom, then I will not hesitate to accept your praise and the reward that may be given. ”

When the king heard Sinampei's words, he felt a little surprised, and after he looked at Sinampei again, he laughed: "It seems that you are not as stupid as Teresa said, are you pretending to be stupid in front of her?"

"Pretending to be stupid in front of women will make them feel secure - after all, I am a poor person now, and if I want to live, I have to eat His Highness's soft rice. But it is better to be clever in the presence of the king - a faithful courtier does not need to hide his talents in front of the king, especially before a wise king. Sinampei laughed and quipped, completely ignoring Theresa's murderous gaze.

Sinan Pei is not just patting on the back, he is also thinking about his own safety. After all, although he claims to be a nobleman from a distant country, he can't do anything after all, he has no money, no soldiers, and no fief, and he really wants to offend someone and be killed, and there is no place to talk about it in this era. Therefore, it is better to show yourself as harmless to humans and animals.

In classical Chinese theory, a wise courtier is not terrible, but a courtier that the king can't see through. is like Liu Bowen, who pretends to know 500 years before and 500 years later, although he doesn't form a gang, he can't rest assured, and he ended up poor and died. And Xiao He, who is also a smart person, did a good job, and he also knew that he was corrupt and perverted the law, and he defiled himself, leaving a handle on the top, so that the person above felt that "this person is just like this", and finally died a good death.

In fact, the implicit meaning of his sentence is: "I don't have any strength, even if I have a little knowledge, but I am just showing off this kind of clever Cheng dù, what should I do, you can do it!

The king laughed: "What an interesting young man. Listen to Theresa, you're still a naturalist, aren't you?"

"I don't dare to be a scholar, but in my head, there is indeed a lot of knowledge, whether it is natural or social. Sinampei considered the degree of his speech, "And I will make a lot of things that are useful, but have not yet appeared in Eugenia." ”

"What about the cannons, will you make them?" asked the king coldly.

"Uh...... Cannon?!" Sinan Pei was stunned. There is no need to be so direct and sudden! Such a question made Sinan Pei unprepared.

Flesova de Biangu on the side was a little surprised: "Oh, Si, you haven't told me that you have such a great ability along the way!"

"No, actually...... How to say it. Sinan Pei smiled bitterly, "Although I know how to make more advanced cannons, the key problem is that I don't have actual experience in designing and manufacturing them. ”

The king turned his head and glanced at Theresa. It's like, "You're not going to take a fancy to this little white face and pull him in to make up the numbers, are you?"

Theresa puffed out her cheeks in anger and blushed, "Is that how you think of my wisdom?"

In fact, of course it is not like this, the king, as Theresa's guardian, knows her very well, and if Theresa's words are not credible, he naturally knows it. However, he deliberately put on this face, in fact, to show Sinan Pei - to be honest, Theresa may not be pretending - such a scene forced Si Nanpei to express his position, whether it was to agree or refuse.

As a diner of Theresa, Sinampei certainly can't watch Theresa suffer such doubts - isn't there an old saying in China, "The lord is humiliated by the minister, and the lord is humiliated by the minister's death", although there is no such sentence here, but similar concepts still exist.

"陛xià. "As a man with no moral defects - at least in the eyes of others - Sinampe can only stand up," to put it mildly, the craftsmanship of the Capetian Kingdom still seems to me to be quite crude, and even dangerous munitions such as cannons are no more technical than a bar of soap in my opinion. The only thing I am worried about now is whether there are enough skilled workers, whether the funds are sufficient, and whether the raw materials are available. ”

"Mr. Division. The king smiled, "Of course, there is nothing wrong with that. ”

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