Chapter 240 Sophia

Riau Islands.

In a huge restaurant, Yang Chen’s personal maid had already washed the red-haired princess again.

At this moment, she had changed into women’s Hanfu again, tied her hair up again, and sat on a chair, wolfing down the food on the table, although she was trying her best to maintain her image.

Unfortunately, she had been hungry for several days and had no time to care about any royal etiquette. In her eyes, she could only keep eating.

Always fill your stomach before talking.

The reason why Yang Chen is so special to this girl is very simple.

That is because the other person is good-looking.

If this red-haired noblewoman looked like Bo Gang, she would have been discarded by Yang Chen long ago.

It was precisely because he was attracted by the other party’s good looks that he wanted to recruit her as a member of his maid group.

Yang Chenke has never said that he is a noble person. He is very vulgar, even more vulgar than many people.

Whether it is for personal hobby or to show off to others, collecting maids of different races, in Yang Chen’s opinion, this is not illegal, so what is there not to do?
Zhu Di and Yang Chen stood not far away, just watching quietly.

“Brother Yang, why do you treat her like this? Does this European have some secrets?” Zhu Biao asked in a low voice. “This is the first time I see you treat a stranger like this, and a stranger of a different race. You would never do anything without a profit.”

After saying that, Zhu Biao looked Yang Chen up and down with a strange look, which made Yang Chen feel very strange.

“Don’t make it sound like I’m a bad guy. I’ve always been a kind-hearted person, okay?” Yang Chen straightened his collar a little to make himself look more majestic.

This is the serious explanation:
“It’s nothing, actually. The main thing is that the girls around here are pretty, so I want to take her in. From now on, she will be a member of my maid group.”

When he said this, Deng Tong and Tang Yu standing behind him almost couldn’t help laughing. They had studied in Zhenjiang Prefecture for a semester.

It is clear that Director Yang may seem serious on the surface, but he is actually a real man, a man envied by many men.

Not only is he knowledgeable and eloquent, he is also surrounded by many beautiful women. Tang Yu once said that if he became a high-ranking official in the future, he would definitely take the initiative to learn from Director Yang’s style.

Unfortunately, when this guy arrived in the Riau Islands in person, he was surprised to find that as a general, it was impossible for him to have such a luxurious life.

Not to mention that after being armed with ideas by the political director Yang Chen, these people who graduated from military schools have very strong inner thoughts.

Especially those soldiers who came to the Riau Islands, almost all of them were willing to risk everything for the Ming Dynasty.

“General, the person Lord Yang needs has been brought here.”

Turning around to look at his subordinate, he discovered that he was accompanied by a Westerner dressed very formally, a style he had never seen before. Tang Yu was a little confused and said to himself:

“Why did Lord Yang find such a white ghost?”

He was from Zhanjiang, Guangdong, and had often seen white people on Western ships before. According to the culture of the Central Plains, white skin was the appearance of the dead.

In Tang Yu’s eyes, all people with white skin are white ghosts.

However, he did not pay much attention to it, because the other party was someone Yang Chen personally asked to come.

“Take him to Lord Yang.” Deng Tong slightly turned sideways to let the soldier pass.

“Yes!” the soldier said to the young man behind him:
“Come with me.”

The blond young man adjusted his Gothic dress for the last time, and with a nervous mood he followed the soldier behind Yang Chen.

“Brother Yang, you are really a romantic and carefree man who has walked through a sea of ​​flowers without getting a single leaf on you. But if you ask me, these Westerners are really not that good. They don’t have the gentleness of the women from the Central Plains. Look at how she eats.” Zhu Biao teased Yang Chen with this remark, indicating that he was not interested in these Westerners at all.

“Forget about Xiaoyaozi and the like. I haven’t been able to achieve such freedom yet.”

Yang Chen raised his hand helplessly, and then took the opportunity to say to Zhu Biao:
“Don’t always laugh at others when you are alone. Do you know that your mother has sent someone to ask me to persuade you to find a queen as soon as possible? Otherwise, if there is no queen at your coronation ceremony in the future, wouldn’t it be very embarrassing?”

“Tsk, this thing depends on fate. It’s impossible to just appoint a queen casually.”

When the topic involved himself, Zhu Biao quickly tried to change the subject.

“The person who is looking for you is here.”

Just then the soldier brought the blond young man over.

The two men turned to look at the young blond and blue-eyed man. After receiving Yang Chen’s order, the soldier left immediately.

“What’s your name? What country are you from?” Yang Chen didn’t say much and just asked the other party to introduce himself.

“Your Excellency, my name is Rex Black, and I come from the Kingdom of Asloria in the northern Mediterranean. My father is not only a national earl, but also a senior member of the parliament.

I followed Captain Michel of the Venetian merchant ship through the Mediterranean Sea and came to your territory through untold hardships. I have longed for the culture of the Eastern world since I was a child, so I am very happy to meet you today! “

A broken Chinese voice came out of his mouth.

That’s right, the person coming is Blake.

Ever since Yang Chen sent his men to find the Red-haired Princess, he had been planning to communicate with her. Unfortunately, Yang Chen and Zhu Biao could not understand a word she said.

Judging from her red hair, Yang Chen judged that she must be from a Celtic country.

According to his memory, most of the Celtic countries were in the Ming Dynasty, and there were less than three of them.

They are Scotland in the north of Britain which occupies Edinburgh, Ireland which is very close to Britain, and Wales which has not yet formed a force in England.

There are not many people in this area, and now you can have a princess of the kingdom of Britain. If the other party is Elizabeth’s Windsor family, then Yang Chen doesn’t mind finding an opportunity to inject patriotic energy in the future!
Ahem, of course, these are all later stories.

“Brother Yang, this guy looks like a ghost, but he can actually speak in a way that we can understand. It seems that he does have some skills.” Zhu Biao looked at Yang Chen and said in a low voice.

“Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t have let the soldiers screen them layer by layer. Now it seems that this guy, Blake, should be the one who can speak most clearly among all Westerners.” Yang Chen nodded slightly, then looked at Blake formally and introduced his identity at the same time.

“Hello, Blake. My name is Yang Chen, and his name is Zhu Biao. He is the crown prince of the Ming Empire. According to the cultural traditions of your Western world, he is the best candidate to succeed the next king.”

Yang Chen first introduced his identity, and then talked about Zhu Biao’s origins.

After all, both of them were present. If I only talked about myself, it would be difficult to tell who was the big king and who was the small king.

“Prince!”

When Blake heard this, he was suddenly shocked. He thought Yang Chen’s status was high enough.

Because since entering the Riau Islands, he has seen many different things. From the soldiers, he roughly knows that Yang Chen is the Lord Yang, the Lord Yang who brought changes to them.

I never expected that the heir to the empire would be standing next to this Lord Yang!
The shock this news brought was like someone telling him that the person standing in front of him was Jesus, the Son of God.

Blake was so excited that he was a little overwhelmed. In the end, he tried his best to remain calm and humbly performed the standard etiquette of a knight meeting a king to Zhu Biao:
“Oh my God! Your Highness the Prince, no, no, I should call you Your Highness the Crown Prince. I never thought that I would be so lucky to meet you. It’s such a surprise.” Coming here from such a distant country, Blake himself wanted to learn the culture of the Eastern world. Now that he met Zhu Biao, he knew very well that whether he could bring civilization to his country depended on the attitude of this crown prince.

How could Zhu Biao have ever seen such etiquette of a knight kneeling on one knee.

Of course, he was just curious, he didn’t feel any fluctuations, raised his hand slightly and said calmly:

“Okay, get up. I heard that you are proficient in many European languages. Today we are here to ask you to translate. Can you do it?”

“Translate?” Blake obeyed Zhu Biao’s order and stood up again. There was some confusion on his face, but he soon came to his senses.

“Of course no problem.” He nodded quickly, indicating that he could do it.

“I have lived in many countries in the Mediterranean since I was a child. My father is a nobleman. Under his influence, I am proficient in many languages ​​​​of the Roman land. Whether it is Scotland, Ireland, England, or France, I can understand it.”

Before Europe was named Europe, this land was always called Roman Land.

Because hundreds of years ago, Rome occupied most of the land of this continent for a long time. Therefore, in the following hundreds of years, most Europeans called the land they lived on Roman land.

It is just like the Chinese people call the land they live on the Central Plains, or simply call it the land of China.

Rome was once very powerful, but unfortunately it is now confined to the German region.

Therefore, the current Rome is called the Holy Roman Empire, and it can also be called the Holy Roman Empire of the Germanic Nation, because most of the ethnic groups of this country are pure Germanic people.

“Very good, since you have this ability, then it’s up to you next.”

Yang Chen walked up to Blake and patted him on the shoulder.

To be honest, Yang Chen was a little surprised by Blake’s height, because the guy was about the same height as Zhu Biao.

No wonder he dares to call himself a descendant of the nobility.

I think life must be very good.

“Do you see that girl over there?” Yang Chen turned slightly and pointed at the red-haired woman.

The red-haired woman who had been eating voraciously had long since calmed down. She was particularly nervous at this moment, fearing that she would just escape from the tiger’s den and fall into the wolf’s mouth again.

She was so nervous that she could only clutch her sleeves tightly, looking very terrified.

“I see, Lord Yang, you want me to act as an interpreter for your conversation, right?” Blake nodded, indicating that he could complete the task and was happy to serve them.

“Very good, I like your straightforward personality, then follow me.”

Since Blake said it was okay, Yang Chen said nothing, and the three of them walked to the red-haired woman.

When the three approached, the other party became more nervous and subconsciously stood up and wanted to retreat, but Yang Chen quickly said:
“take it easy!”

In a flash, Blake translated these three words into several different languages.

When he finally spoke Irish, the woman in red could understand him and she was stunned.

Yang Chen caught the other party’s micro-expression and immediately ordered Blake:

“Tell him in the language you just said that we have no ill will towards her, we just want to understand some circumstances.”

“Understood, Your Excellency.” Blake nodded and did as Yang Chen ordered.

“Where are you from, and how did you get captured by a group of pirates?”

The red-haired girl went from being nervous to gradually letting down her guard.

Human eyes are the windows to the soul, not to mention that during such a long period of time in danger, only Yang Chen could show such kindness.

When the girl learned that Yang Chen wanted to know her origins, her voice was filled with nervousness and anger.

The three of them sat quietly across the table, listening to her explanation.

After asking for twenty minutes, Yang Chen finally got a general idea.

First of all, the woman in red is indeed from the British territory, to be more precise, from the so-called northern territory, the Kingdom of Scotland.

However, the Scotland today does not match the Scotland in Yang Chen’s memory.

Today, the territory of Britain is in a state of complete division.

England was under the rule of Charles II of the Maurya Dynasty, who controlled most of the knightly corps and his own central army by establishing a centralized government and parliamentary elders.

On the other hand, Scotland also had a major dynasty, the Stuart dynasty.

This dynasty was similar to the late Zhou Dynasty in ancient China, which led to the establishment of many Celtic kingdoms and chieftainships in Scotland and Ireland.

At present, the earls of these two places have begun to build a city with a 360-degree coverage under the original dynasty’s fiefdom, and then built a castle in the center of the city.

Thus a kingdom was formed.

The red-haired girl’s name was Sophia Carrington. Her great-grandfather was a brave knight who was later made a duke.

According to the European title system of Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron, the Duke is the title second only to the Prince and has very strong power and autonomy.

Later, this great-grandfather lived up to everyone’s expectations and successfully established a castle country called the Kingdom of Astoria.

In Astoria, the Carrington family is the only ruler of the entire kingdom.

In Europe, most families’ names are related to their own surnames.

For example, the full name of Charles II of the Plantagenet dynasty of England was Richard Plantagenet, and his father was Edward Plantagenet, so England was ruled by the Plantagenet family.

Another example is the most famous Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom in later generations.

Elizabeth II’s full name is ‘Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor’, and she is from the House of Windsor.

According to what Yang Chen translated, Sophia was in a small Scottish country that was entirely established by the Celts.

As for how big this country is, it may be about the same size as Zhenjiang Prefecture, because Sophia confessed to Yang Chen that in the Kingdom of Astoria, the total strength of the Paladins is about 5,000 people, plus a variety of miscellaneous knights, all adding up to less than 20,000 people.

There are even fewer people, but it seems that there are no less than 150,000.

Yang Chen had reason to suspect that he could wipe out the entire Astoria by dispatching 100,000 militiamen from Zhenjiang Prefecture.

(End of this chapter)