My Daming New Empire

"Enke, don't bully my brother." Carsoli scolded, and said, "If you really like Trina, I'll propose marriage to Mr. Eusinho after we settle down."

This time, everyone burst into laughter. The two children are not yet 16 years old. He said this purely as a joke.

A flag suddenly fell from the mast and landed beside Sophia.She froze in surprise, looked up and saw a figure on the mast, felt embarrassed again, and trotted to her father's side.

Karsoli also looked at the figure on the mast, he didn't know whether to be angry or happy.Glaring at the other party, he asked Sophia in a low voice. "He didn't do anything to you, did he?"

"No. Dad. He's a gentleman."

Carsoli snorted. Although this guy is not as dirty and rude as Roman sailors, don't think he will have a good impression of a sailor.

From Suez, the bastard seemed to be fascinated by his daughter, and he was seen all day long.

What made him even more angry was that his daughter seemed to enjoy all this, and she seemed to be fascinated by the other party.

At this time, the crowd at the bow suddenly shouted. "My God, what is that?"

Karsoli didn't care to pay attention to his daughter's ambiguity with that Ming soldier. He followed the eyes of everyone and saw a few big birds flying in the sky in the distance.

But after that, he didn't think it was a big bird, because the wings of those birds didn't seem to move. Although there was no reference object, they looked bigger than birds.

Some people have already seen that there are people on it, and they knelt down in fright, praying for God's blessing.

At this time, a voice said: "That is the hang glider invented by our Highness, which can take people to the sky. They should come to welcome us..."

These people have been recruited by Daming since December last year. After a year of study, especially in the last few months, they have nothing to do on board, and each of them learns Daming dialect for two hours every day.

Although they can't read it yet, most of them can already speak some bright words.

Especially on this ship of theirs, all the technicians that Daming valued most were on board. They were all educated, and they could learn Daming dialect faster than ordinary people.

The Daming dialect of Sophia and her three siblings is already very fluent.

Carsoli was originally a declining nobleman. After the family declined, he served as a professor of architecture at the University of Bologna.

Although he is a declining nobleman, Karl Soli is knowledgeable and talented. He has presided over the construction of many buildings and is a university professor, so his family life is quite happy.

But his wife passed away last year, and his daughter Sophia, who had just turned 16, had to take on the responsibility of taking care of the father and son.

Sophia is an angel, and her public appearance has attracted the attention of many people, including a big nobleman.

He will not marry his daughter to a disreputable man older than himself for the sake of money and pressure, so he takes three children to Rome.

But in Rome, he didn't get the attention he deserved. On the contrary, because of Sophia, he attracted more prying eyes.

He is no longer a professor at the university, and his life is just ordinary, unable to resist the increasing pressure at all.

At this time, the Ming people came. As soon as they arrived in Rome, they showed that they valued talents and offered high salaries to attract Roman talents.

In his eyes, Ming Dynasty is a civilized country, they have advanced weapons and strict discipline.He was fascinated to see the disdain for the West on the faces of ordinary soldiers.

In the bones of this country, there is a sense of superiority over the West.

Carl Soli hopes to use the power of Ming Dynasty to resist the prying eyes of several nobles on Sofia, and even wants to go to this golden kingdom described by Marco Polo to see it with his own eyes.

So, after consulting with all three kids, he signed up.

His declining viscount status, qualifications as a professor of architecture, and experience in building more than a dozen buildings made him valued by Daming from the very beginning.

Daming offered him a monthly salary of one gold coin, and promised to arrange a house for him.

One gold coin can be exchanged for ten silver coins, one silver coin can be exchanged for a thousand copper coins, and twenty coins that caused a sensation in Rome are fifty copper coins.

When he knew that this was equivalent to five months' salary for an ordinary soldier and he could live a prosperous life in Daming, he signed a ten-year contract with Daming without hesitation.

Most of the people on this ship are high-level talents, so they don't have to be separated from their loved ones and enjoy a luxurious journey.

Also because of this, he still has some arrogance in his heart. Although his daughter has some affection for this Ming soldier, he still doesn't want his daughter to marry an ordinary soldier.

Sophia didn't understand his painstaking efforts, and seemed to be confused by this big Ming. Hearing his words, she didn't care that her father was still around, and asked, "Can a person fly in the sky with wings? Will you too?" ?”

There was a hint of shame on the young man's face, but he said disdainfully: "My family does not allow me to fly into the sky, and those who are allowed to fly into the sky are orphans and no nobles."

Karsoli understood the meaning of his words, glanced at him and asked, "So...you are a nobleman?"

The other party became even more embarrassed, touched his head, and said: "I am still young, and I will not be knighted until I get married."

Karsoli's face was serious, his legs stood side by side, and he bowed slightly: "Forgive me for the offense, Viscount Zola Pressa Karsoli of the Free State of Bologna sends his greetings to Your Excellency."

Zhang Wu has traveled a lot in Europe, and he knew that this is a formal etiquette for Westerners.Thinking of the training at the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, he did not make a marching salute, but pressed the back of his right hand with the palm of his left hand flat, and said with a long bow: "General Zhang Wu of the Pengcheng Bofu of the Ming Empire sends his greetings to Your Excellency."

Karsoli looked at his square face, then at his daughter, and couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency is actually a general?"

Zhang Wu was even more embarrassed, and said: "I, General Takede, is just a military officer, not a position. My position is just a pawn of Habayashi Guard School."

It took a long time for Zhang Wu to explain to him his title and the title of his family.Hearing that the other party is an earl's family, Karl Soli is now worried that his daughter is not good enough for the other party.

The other party is a powerful earl family of a powerful empire, but he is a fallen viscount of a free city state that has long refused to recognize the title. This status gap is a bit big.

After a year of study, he also knew that Daming was not monogamous, and besides his wife, he could marry several concubines.

If he is an ordinary person, his daughter can still be his wife, but because of his noble status, his daughter may not be his wife.

But if he can't be a legal wife, Carl Soli doesn't want his daughter to marry her, because a concubine has no human rights.

Therefore, he became indifferent to Zhang Wu again, and said to Sophia in Latin: "Sofia, the difference in status is like a cliff, he is on top, and you are on the bottom. Let's restrain our feelings..."

Sophia can clearly feel the process of her father's change of heart, and she also understands that their identities are not comparable to the real Daming people.

If the other party is an ordinary soldier, I can love without any scruples, but now...

Her beautiful eyes were clouded, she lowered her head, gave a ladylike salute to Zhang Wu, and went back to the cabin without looking back.

Zhang Wu didn't understand what happened, why he said it well at the beginning, and he was talking and laughing, but suddenly changed.

Seeing Sophia sad, his heart also felt uncomfortable, and he couldn't help asking: "Your Excellency, what did you say just now?"

Karl Soli hesitated for a moment and said, "Our identity is not worthy of yours, so please don't disturb our life anymore, okay?"

In Suez, the first time Zhang Wu saw Sophia, he was attracted by this girl, so he desperately asked Huang Yuan and deputy mountain chief Zhang Fengshan to apply to be a guide on this ship.

He quickly found out that the other party didn't have a man, and after many days of careful contact, he could feel that the other party had a little interest in him.

but……

Zhang Wu's boiling heart cooled down. Although he was not considered smart, he also knew that he could not decide his own marriage, let alone find a foreign woman as his wife.

He just felt extremely distressed, and left silently with some despair.