Chapter 1129: Claviyo's Journey to the East – Language and Country

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, the emissary of the Kingdom of Choice, Ro Gozelaiz Claviyo/Alonso de Guijano, has met the Emperor of the Ming Empire." Claviyo and Gihanno knelt in front of Yoon-hee and said loudly in Khorezm. Fu An translated their words into Chinese.

"Let's be flat." Yun Xi smiled. He was in a better mood.

Claviyo and Gihano were not in a good mood, but as a person who had been to other countries many times, of course they would hide their feelings, and at this time, they also agreed with a warm expression on their faces, and got up to stand in front of Yunxi.

After that, it's a process of streamlining. There is no need to kneel down in this process, and Claviyo and Gihanno are not entangled, they do it according to the waiter's explanation and the guidance of the scene, but they also do it decently, although there are some problems in the details, Yunxi does not care.

At the end of the Q&A, Yun Xi said, "I heard that the country of the two of you is from the Far West? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Claviyo replied.

"The name of your country is Castile? Are there any other names? ”

This question is what Yunxi is most puzzled about. He was originally a history buff and knew all about European countries, but he had never heard of such a country. He guessed whether there was another name in history, so later generations translated it according to the other name.

"Your Majesty, our country also has a name, which is Castile." Claviyo said again.

"Castile? I haven't heard the name either. Yunxi was even more curious.

He began to wonder if the name of the same country was very different from the previous life because of the translation. But he looked at Claviyo and Guihano in front of him. He didn't understand what they were saying, and he even asked Fu An to imitate a few words of Castilian that Claviyo had given him, but he still couldn't understand them.

Yun Xi was a little anxious, like a child who got a new toy but didn't know how to play with it.

His native language was Chinese, but he later taught himself Mongolian, and he was able to communicate with all the envoys of the Fan Kingdom by speaking both languages. The envoys of the western and northwest countries all spoke Mongolian, and the envoys of the southeastern countries all spoke Chinese, and even if there were occasional envoys from countries that could not speak Chinese, Yun Xi had no interest in communicating with him, so he just saluted according to the rules. This is the first time he has encountered a situation where he has a desire to communicate, but he has no way to communicate directly.

'Chinese, Mongolian, didn't the Mongols also hit Europe back then, why don't they speak Mongolian!' I really can't find a language to communicate with him directly? Yun Xi thought.

At this moment, as if he had thought of something, he subconsciously sat up straight and said softly, "good evening, Diplomatic envoys." ”

“Qué! (What)" Claviyo and Gihano cried out in surprise at the same time! The two of them never imagined that they would hear English in the far east!

Yes, what Yun Xi thought of just now was that he had studied English for ten years in his previous life.

Just when he was thinking about the question of 'I really can't find a language that can communicate directly with him', Yun Xi suddenly thought: 'Europe at this time is different from the Ming Dynasty, various countries often have diplomatic activities, and the people who are in charge of it can basically understand the languages of most European countries. I don't understand the so-called Castilian language, but I can speak English! As long as the person is not specifically responsible for foreign affairs with pagan countries, he should be able to speak English. ’

Then he spoke English. Fortunately, I learned good English in my previous life. ’

"What are you talking about?" Yun Xi asked again in English. He didn't understand the word 'Qué' they were talking about, and he didn't know if it was English.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, please don't mind, we were a little rude just now because we were too surprised, please forgive His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Claviyo reacted at this point and replied in English as well.

Yun Xi smiled and continued, "It's great that you can speak English, and I can finally communicate with you directly. ”

"So now tell me, in English, what should Castile (he pronounce the word in Chinese) say?"

"It's Castilla, Your Majesty the Emperor." Claviyo replied.

“Castilla?” Yun Hee still didn't know what this place was, he had never heard of this word.

"Which country is your country close to? France? Italy? Or Austria? ”

Claviyo looked up in surprise and glanced at Yun Hee. In addition to speaking English, he also knows France and other countries. 'English could not have been obtained from Marco Polo. He himself was Italian, and it was impossible to tell the Seris of the East English. Now that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom knows about France, Italy and Austria, how did he know? Claviyo thought to herself.

"Your Majesty, our country is just south of France, southwest of France, on a peninsula. Castile occupies most of the peninsula. He replied at the same time.

"Shouldn't that be Spain? Shouldn't the countries on that peninsula be Spain and Portugal? He wanted to say the name of the peninsula, but suddenly forgot what Iberia said in English, so he just said the name of the country.

"Your Majesty, it is true that there is a country on the Iberian Peninsula called Portugal, but there is no country called Spain. There are three countries on the peninsula, Castile, Portugal and Aragon, and there is no country called Spain. And as far as I know, there is not a single country called Spain in the whole of Europe. Claviyo replied.

'And a country called Aragon?' Probably at this time, Spain was not yet born. Yun Xi thought.