It just so happened that the princess was in the Privy Council Palace at the moment.
After saying hello to her, Xia Fan directly found a carriage and parked at the entrance of the cell. He asked Li to lead him to climb into the carriage, then closed the curtains and drove all the way to Fengyang Villa.
Relying on Li's meditation skills, Elf fell into a comatose state shortly after getting in the car. After arriving at the villa, her mental state was much more stable than before, and she even tried to communicate with gestures. It's a pity that apart from being able to understand the meaning of her coming from the sea, other gestures can only remain at the stage of guessing.
"How's it going? Is there any progress?" In the evening, Ning Wanjun also returned to the villa. The first thing she did was to go to Xia Fan's side courtyard to check the situation.
Xia Fan spread his hands and shook his head, "I don't know the specific situation at all. I can only analyze it from her state. First of all, this is by no means the first time she has come into contact with humans. Although she was frightened before, she has been trying to communicate since then. Li Yong Kanshu can't sense her hostility. Secondly, she should be educated. Here -" he handed a roll of paper to the tool, "this is what she drew when she tried to use patterns to express herself after using language to communicate to no avail. Something down there.”
This sounds simple, but in fact it is far more difficult than literacy and hyphenation - it requires the expresser to have a higher level of thinking ability. In an era when basic education has not yet become popular, this alone surpasses more than 90% of ordinary people.
The princess looked at it carefully. On the white paper were drawn waves, a ball of tangled seaweed, and a book.
"There doesn't seem to be any connection." Ning Wanjun thought for a moment and then decided to give up, "Have you seen the small boat that brought her here?"
"No. What happened to the ship?"
"That thing... is a bit weird." The princess touched her bumpy arm, "It has no sails and no oars. God knows how it floated to the golden clouds. And... when you look closer, it feels like the ship is alive."
"Alive?" Xia Fan was stunned. It was normal to use a boat to cross the sea, so he didn't pay attention to this at all.
"Anyway, I have sent someone to take care of the ship. You will know when you take a look tomorrow." Ning Wanjun looked at the elf woman, "As for what she said... There is someone in the Gyeonggi Privy Council who speaks multiple languages. Maybe you can ask. "
"If there is no better way, this is the only way."
"Xia Fan, the location of the Jinxia Machinery Manufacturing Bureau has been decided. The assembly line idea you mentioned earlier is quite interesting. Can you tell me about it in detail?" At this moment, Mo Yun also opened the courtyard door and walked in, "I I want to put the production of the machine beast on the schedule as soon as possible. Oh? Your Highness is here too."
The elf opened his mouth and spoke again.
To Xia Fan and Ning Wanjun's surprise, Mo Yun answered almost without thinking.
Does the other person look happy? Immediately follow up with two more sentences.
And Mo Yun actually picked them up.
"Wait a minute, you can speak English?" Ning Wanjun said in surprise.
"To be precise? It should be Laitan." Mo Yun pushed his bangs behind his ears? "It can be considered a relatively mainstream language overseas."
"Why do you do this?" Xia Fan couldn't help but be curious.
"Among the people at the Ministry of Industry who study cannon casting, there is a craftsman who came from the West Pole and finally settled in Daqi. In order to find out how well the cannons fit with the machine beasts, I took a chance to learn from him."
Can you communicate with others by learning by the way? Xia Fan suddenly felt great pressure.
"Then what did she just say?" Ning Wanjun asked.
"Don't you even know this?" Mo Yun said calmly, "Her name? It's Aili Moonlight Polo."
…
With Mo Yun's centered translation? The communication situation immediately improved.
According to Aili? She comes from a place called World Island, and her life was carefree until she was invaded by foreign enemies a few years ago. The people of the World Island who did not want to become slaves and lose their freedom fled in all directions and took refuge in other continents in tree boats.
And among her people? Has anyone ever visited the Western Continent? It is said that the place is rich and prosperous, and the industry is developed. Whether you are seeking wealth or power, there is no shortage of opportunities to rise to the top. Finally, he returned to World Island and wrote a travel diary, recording everything he saw and heard. Ai Li happened to have read this book.
So when the tree boat approached the sea area that this tribesman mentioned? She steered a small boat all the way west alone, wanting to see for herself whether what was described in the book was the same as reality. Didn't you expect to be targeted as soon as you docked? Wuhua was tied up and sent to prison.
"The Western Continent she is talking about should be referring to our place." Mo Yun added two sentences after translating, "Although I have not heard about the World Island, but if she is right, this land should be in The place farther east than the East China Sea is almost sandwiched between us and the West Pole."
Xia Fan blinked, "Can you help me ask, what is the name of this girl Aili's tribe?"
After Mo Yun chatted for a while, he replied, "She said she didn't know. It seemed that the book was going to be sold, but the sales were extremely poor. The tribesman was disappointed and destroyed most of the books, leaving only one for the public. Even though the younger generation wrote down these mental journeys in the preface, he only erased his own name for some unknown reason."
For some reason, Xia Fan felt a sense of sadness in his heart.
"The country she mentioned should refer to the Yong Dynasty, right?" Ning Wanjun said softly, "There are not many records about that era, but one thing is certain. When King Yong was in power, demons could walk on the streets. of."
"I think so." Xia Fan finally understood why the other party expressed more grievance than indignation when he was in prison. Because of the descriptions in the book, I was full of hope and expectations for this continent. As a result, I was imprisoned in a dungeon as soon as I got off the ship and almost lost my life. This would probably be difficult for anyone to accept.
"But what about the invasion of foreign enemies?"
"Let me ask." Mo Yun's translation speed was still a little slow at first, but after getting familiar with it, she gradually became able to translate it as fast as the other party said one sentence. "Ai Li said that the enemies come from the other side of the sea, and they covet the tree spirits. The power wants to annex the entire World Island. This is not the first war between the two sides. The conflict has lasted intermittently for hundreds of years, and both sides have their own victories and defeats. But this time... the enemy is particularly powerful."
"Their warships were almost full of sea and sky, and the continuous artillery fire made the sky seem like rain of fire. Not only that, their magic troops were much more terrifying than before, as if the gods were blessing them as the enemy said. They were average. This time the World Islanders failed to hold on to the end, and the resisters were completely defeated."
"This is just like what my people said in the volume," Airi murmured in a low voice. "We rely too much on the power of tree spirits, thus closing our eyes to the outside world. One day, this kind of Short-sightedness will be punished, and when the destroyers outside tear apart the protection of the tree spirits, we will be abandoned by the world."