Chapter 1129 Craveyo's Journey to the East - Language and Country
"The envoy of the Kingdom of Castile, Roberto Gozelez Claviyo/Alonso de Guijano, has met His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire." Claviyo and Quijano knelt in front of Yunxi and spoke with
Khorezm said loudly. Fu An translated their words into Chinese.
"Get flat." Yunxi said with a smile. He was in a relatively comfortable mood.
Claviyo and Quijano were not in a good mood, but as people who had been on mission to other countries many times, they would of course hide their feelings. At this time, they agreed with a warm expression on their faces, stood up and stood in front of Yunxi.
After that, there is a streamlined process. There is no need to kneel down during this process, and Claviyo and Quijano don’t get entangled. They follow the waiter’s instructions and on-site guidance, and they do it quite decently. Although there are some problems in the details, it is allowed.
Xie didn't care.
After the question and answer was over, Yunxi said: "I heard that your two countries come from the far west?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," Clavijo replied.
"The name of your country is Castile? Is there any other name?"
This question is what puzzles Yunxi the most. He is originally a history buff and knows all about European countries, but has never heard of such a country. He speculates whether there is another name in history, so later generations will use the nickname.
Translation carried out.
"Your Majesty, our country also has a name, Castile." Clavio said again.
"Castile? I've never heard of this name." Yunxi was even more curious.
He began to guess whether the names of the same country were very different in previous generations because of translation. But he looked at Claviyo and Quijano in front of him. He couldn't understand what they were saying at all, and he even asked Fu An
He imitated a few words of Castilian that Clavijo gave him, but he still couldn't understand them.
Yunxi was a little anxious, just like a child who gets a new toy but doesn't know how to play with it.
His native language is Chinese, and he later taught himself Mongolian. Basically, he can communicate with all the envoys from the Fan countries by speaking these two languages. The envoys from the Fan countries in the west and northwest will all speak Mongolian, and the envoys from the Fan countries in the southeast will all speak Mongolian.
All envoys can speak Chinese. Even if there are occasional envoys from countries that do not speak Chinese, Yunxi has no interest in communicating with them. He just salutes according to the rules. This is the first time that he has encountered an envoy with whom he has communication but...
There is no way to communicate directly.
‘Chinese, Mongolian, didn’t the Mongols also invade Europe back then? Why can’t they speak Mongolian! I really can’t find a language that can communicate directly with them?’ Yunxi thought.
At this moment, he suddenly seemed to think of something, subconsciously sat up straight and said softly: "Good evening, tivoys (diplomatic envoys)."
"Qué! (What)" Clavillo and Quijano exclaimed in surprise at the same time! The two of them never expected to hear English in the far east!
Yes, what Yunxi was thinking about just now was that he had studied English for ten years in his previous life.
Just when he was thinking about the question, 'I really can't find a language that can communicate directly with him,' Yunxi suddenly thought: 'Europe at this time was different from the Ming Dynasty. Various countries often had diplomatic activities and were responsible for
Outsiders can basically understand the languages of most European countries. Although I don’t understand the so-called Castilian, I can speak English! As long as this person is not specifically responsible for diplomatic affairs with pagan countries.
People should be able to speak English.'
Then he spoke English. 'Fortunately, I learned English fairly well in my previous life.'
"What are you talking about?" Yunxi asked again in English. He didn't understand the word 'qué' they just said, and he didn't know if it was English.
"Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, please don't mind. We were a little rude just now because we were too surprised. Please forgive us, Your Majesty the Ming Emperor." Claviyo reacted at this time and answered in English.
Yunxi smiled and continued: "You can speak English, which is great. I can finally communicate directly with you."
"So tell me now, in English, how should you say Castile (he pronounced the word in Chinese)?"
"It is Castil, Your Majesty the Emperor," Clavijo replied.
"Castil?" Yunxi still didn't know where this place was. He had never heard of this word.
"Which country is your country close to? France? Italy? Or Austria?"
Claviyo raised his head and glanced at Yunxi again in surprise. In addition to speaking English, he actually knew France and other countries. "It is impossible to get English from Marco Polo. He is Italian himself, and it is impossible to tell the story of the East."
Siris English. Now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty also knows France, Italy and Austria. How on earth does he know it?' Clavijo thought in his heart.
"Your Majesty, our country is located in the south and southwest of France, on a peninsula. Castile occupies most of the land on this peninsula." He replied at the same time.
"Shouldn't that be Spain? Shouldn't the countries on that peninsula be Spain and Portugal?" He originally wanted to say the name of the peninsula, but suddenly forgot how to say Iberia in English, so he just said the country.
name.
"Your Majesty, there is indeed a country named Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula, but there is no country named Spain. There are three countries on the peninsula, Castile, Portugal and Aragon.
, there is no country called Spain. And as far as I know, there is no country called Spain in the whole of Europe." Clavijo replied.
‘There is another country called Aragon? Maybe Spain hasn’t been born yet.’ Yunxi thought.