"Father, can the Suez Canal really be opened?" On the carriage back, Zhao Jia couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and asked Zhao Yan that the closer route that Zhao Yan said before was the Suez Canal at the junction of Africa and Asia, of course, the Suez Canal in later generations was only built at the end of the nineteenth century, and it is still a piece of land there.

"Of course, in fact, the Suez Canal has been dug out by the ancient Egyptians more than 2,000 years ago, and even used for hundreds of years before slowly abandoning, but hundreds of years ago when the Arab Empire, the canal was dug out again, but the Arab Empire soon fell into civil strife again, resulting in the canal being abandoned again, and now ruling there is a country called the Fatimid Dynasty, which we generally call the green coat and food, the royal power of this country is next to it, and the government is controlled by the military, and the country is relatively chaoticIn the future, if the time is ripe, he can send someone to control this kingdom, and then dig this canal again. Zhao Yan introduced the history of the Suez Canal, since even the ancient Egyptians more than 2,000 years ago could dig this canal, then with the current strength of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no reason that it will be worse than the ancient Egyptians.

"My father is really knowledgeable, I grew up in Europe, and even went to the Mediterranean, but I never knew that there was a canal to the south of the Mediterranean that could reach Tianzhu and the Great Song Dynasty!" At this time, Agnes on the carriage heard Zhao Yan's introduction, and couldn't help but admire it very much, although she has often heard Zhao Yan's erudite name over the years, she usually lives in the south with Zhao Jia, and rarely has contact with Zhao Yan, and it is not until today that she personally realized the extraordinary nature of her father-in-law.

"That's natural, my cousins and I have studied with our father since we were children, but no one dares to say that we have completely inherited what our father has learned." At this time, Zhao Jia also said with a smile.

However, as soon as Zhao Jia's words fell, he saw Zhao Yan's face and said, "There is still a face to say." Although what I have learned is a bit more complicated, it is not difficult to learn all what I have learned as long as I put in a little hard work, but none of you are too lazy to die, and no one of you will learn it, except for your cousin. There is no one who can be called to inherit all of what I have learned. ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's reprimand, Zhao Jia immediately didn't dare to speak out, but he was also very aggrieved, his father always said that he didn't learn much, but they were very difficult to learn, and many things were difficult for them to understand, as for his cousin Wang Shu, he was a perverted genius, and he made the steam engine. Usually they learn anything very quickly, and their high IQ is scary, how can they compare?

In fact, Zhao Yan also knows that because of the different growth environment, he has caused great difficulties when imparting some knowledge, such as many knowledge in later generations is not learned by his father-in-law in books, but often encountered in daily life. Later generations have been exposed to these things since childhood, and they naturally understand. But when it was put in the Great Song Dynasty, he needed to explain it a little bit, which not only took a lot of time, but also the effect was not very good, plus everyone's energy was limited, and Zhao Yan was unwilling to force the child to learn something he didn't like. This also led to the fact that among the many students, only a genius student like Wang Shu could fully inherit his knowledge.

After returning to the palace, Zhao Jia and Agnes immediately began to prepare for going to Europe, among which Yang Yan heard that her husband was going to the distant European continent, and Agnes could only take Agnes alone. This made her a little jealous, but she was also a sensible woman, and it just so happened that she was already three months pregnant at this time, so she agreed to stay at home.

Ten days later, Zhao Yan and Zhao Jia left the capital with Agnes, this is also the first time Zhao Yan has left the capital in these years, after all, this expedition to Europe is too important, if it were not for Zhao Xu's inconvenience to leave Beijing as the emperor, I am afraid he would also run in person, in fact, Zhao Xu also proposed to go in person, of course, he mainly wanted to go out for a walk, after all, staying in the capital every day was about to drive him crazy, but now the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty is at war, Zhao Yan does not dare to let Zhao Xu go out and run around, If something happens to him at this time, I'm afraid that the entire Great Song Dynasty will have a big mess.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yan decided to take a trip in person, this time in addition to bringing Zhao Jia and Agnes, and even his eldest grandson Zhao Hua, that is, the child of Zhao Jia and Agnes, was also brought with him, because Agnes had already shown that he was unwilling to inherit the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, according to legal theory, it would be more appropriate for Zhao Hua to inherit his mother's throne.

In the past, because of the inconvenient transportation, it took a long time to walk from the capital to the south, but now the train is becoming more and more popular, Zhao Yan and they left the capital by train, and finally came to Yangzhou, and then took a steam ship from the port near Yangzhou, and arrived in Guangzhou City in just a few days.

Zhao Xu's previous order had already been transmitted to the navy, and Zhao Yan had already notified the navy on the road, so the navy did not dare to slack off, especially at this time Xu Yuan and Hu Yanping had also returned to Guangzhou from the Liao side, because the war on the Liao side had come to an end, and the Jin State had been blocked from the road of expansion, so there was nothing to be afraid of, as for the newly established Western Liao, before it could grow its power, it was driven out of the grassland by the Great Song Dynasty, and went headlong into the desert, and now life and death are unknown, although there are still people in the Liao State and the grassland who resist from time to time, But these are all minor problems, it is enough to have Yang Huaiyu and Guhe, and it is a waste of time for the navy to stay there, so Xu Yuan and most of them have come back except for a few naval bases in the north.

When Zhao Yan arrived in Guangzhou, Xu Yuan and Hu Yanping were already waiting on the dock to greet them, and the three of them naturally had a lot of excitement after they met, speaking of which they hadn't seen each other for a few years, and naturally had a lot to say when they met this time, and Hu Yanping was full of praise for Zhao Jia, the last time he was trapped in Liaoyang Mansion and injured, thanks to Zhao Jia's decisive stand up to save the army's heart, this made his army support until the arrival of reinforcements, otherwise even he himself might die at the hands of the Jurchens.

After chatting about some private matters, Zhao Yan and their topic slowly shifted to this trip to Europe, Xu Yuan and Hu Yanping also knew some inside information in advance, so they also attached great importance to this matter, as for those warships that went on expeditions to Europe, they were also personally selected by Xu Yuan, ensuring that the officers on each battleship were the elite of the navy, but in addition to these, an experienced general was also needed to assist Zhao Jia, but the selection of this general was a big problem. (To be continued.) )