Zhu Jingyuan considered that this was a win-win choice and finally accepted the gift from the Duke of Persia.
Su Laiman finally breathed a long sigh of relief secretly. This was the first time he encountered such a big difficulty when giving gifts.
Others usually treat gifts with false politeness, which can be easily seen.
As long as he perseveres and persuades Che Luan again and again, the other party will soon accept it "reluctantly".
But the reaction of the Prince of Dashi in front of him clearly showed that he really didn't want these gifts.
Maybe it's because I'm young and doesn't realize the value of these things, or maybe I really don't need these things.
No matter how the process goes, now that it has finally been sent out, Suleiman's mission is completed.
After Zhu Jingyuan accepted the land deed and map, Suleiman called two Persian little girls to come over and pay him a formal visit.
Sisters Anahita and Fresha still feel like they are in a dream.
Although their families are quite wealthy, they are only the daughters of Persian businessmen after all.
Under the influence of their parents, the two sisters, who have been attracted to the Ming Dynasty since childhood, feel extremely honored to be the woman who can become the grandson and grandson of the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, the prince of the Ming Dynasty in front of him was more handsome and younger than what he saw in the picture, which completely exceeded the psychological expectations of the two girls.
In the future, I will probably take care of his daily life, and in a few years, I can start giving birth to children for him. This is simply a perfect life.
The two girls were thinking like this. When they heard Su Laiman's call, they immediately took two steps forward and performed a less-than-standard Wanfu ceremony:
Fold your hands directly in front of your lower abdomen, bend your knees slightly and lower your head slightly.
"This slave has met His Highness."
Zhu Jingyuan listened to their voices, and it was obvious that they had a Persian accent, but there was no problem in understanding them:
"Okay, Ana... Sita, and F... Laishta, right? What are your two last names?"
Girls from merchant families are bolder, and now they are mainly excited rather than scared. My sister Anahita immediately responded instinctively:
"Your Highness, the Persian surname our family currently uses is Tehran.
"But according to Persian tradition, Persians living in the Ming Dynasty usually have the surname An."
When Zhu Jingyuan heard this answer, he immediately thought of the legend of the Anxi Prince who migrated to Gansu and settled in Gansu during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Parthia was the Han Dynasty's name for the Parthian dynasty in Persia.
Now, when the Ming Dynasty is extremely powerful in terms of military force and culture, this legend is well known in Persia.
When the Persians came to Daming in the Ming Dynasty and named Daming Yayan, they often took An as their surname, obviously following the practice of Prince Anxi.
A similar thing is the name Persia. The Persians did not originally call themselves the Persian country or Persians.
Their earliest claims were Aryans, corresponding to the Han people, or Yinlang, corresponding to the Han Dynasty, or Parthian or Safavid, corresponding to the Tang and Ming Dynasties.
Persians were originally the name given to them by the Greeks, originating from Fars, the hometown of Cyrus the Great.
Now in their own language, they still call themselves Aryan or Yin Lang.
But in external translations, the Persian in Ming Yayan is used.
Zhu Jingyuan thought for a while and said:
"Your two names are difficult to pronounce in the elegant dialect of Ming Dynasty. From now on, you will be called An Xiaona and An Xiaofu."
The two children had obviously learned the Ming Dynasty etiquette from the Persian prince, but they might not be particularly skilled in it.
Now I happily salute and thank you again:
"Thank you, Your Highness, for the name."
Zhu Jingyuan nodded again, then turned to Shen Fu next to him:
"Mr. Shen, first arrange for them to try out at the middle school in Huangzhuang.
“If you can’t keep up with the middle school curriculum, send them to the appropriate grade in primary school.
"Wait until the negotiations are over before transferring back to the capital to go to school..."
Shen Fu's expression was a little strange. He didn't expect Zhu Jingyuan to really send Anna and the two sisters to school:
"Your Highness...Okay, I will have someone take them to school this afternoon."
Sister An Xiaona was a little confused after hearing Zhu Jingyuan's order.
The bolder An Xiaona spoke directly:
"Your Highness, we don't have to go to school. We already know and can write."
Zhu Jingyuan didn't expect them to refute, so he asked a question casually:
"Can you count?"
An Xiaona immediately said:
"Yes, we can keep accounts and do math."
Zhu Jingyuan immediately realized that these two were the daughters of businessmen, so it was normal for them to be able to count.
Being able to speak the elegant language of the Ming Dynasty and be able to do calculations and keep accounts are already considered knowledge among ordinary people.
If you don't want to be an official, there is no need to continue studying.
But Zhu Jingyuan had higher demands on them, so he casually asked a series of questions:
“Do you know why the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty was a land of plenty, but the food area at the same latitude only had a desert?
"Can you calculate the trajectory of artillery shells? Do you understand the armor-piercing effect of artillery shells? Can you calculate the navigation resistance of ships at different speeds?
"Do you know linear algebra and calculus? Can you prepare nitroglycerin and trinitrotoluene?"
Now both sisters were at a loss, and the more they listened, the more they became more and more at a loss, and finally they were completely confused.
I have heard of the vocabulary in the first question, but I don’t know why.
As for the cannonballs at the back? Armor-piercing? Navigation resistance, isn’t this a military thing?
What are those last few items? I really have never heard of them...
The two sisters were confused for a few seconds, and finally answered very honestly:
"We don't know. We haven't learned."
"But we can learn."
Zhu Jingyuan nodded with satisfaction:
"Okay, knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, this is wisdom. Since you haven't learned it before, go to school and learn this knowledge."
The two sisters didn't know very well what level of knowledge Zhu Jingyuan mentioned, and they didn't know why they needed to learn military knowledge.
But the two sisters took it for granted that since it was requested by His Highness the Prince, it should be the knowledge that His Highness's woman needs to master.
So the two little girls agreed naturally:
"We will try to learn."
Su Laiman and Shen Fu next to them listened to these conversations, and the corners of their mouths twitched uncontrollably from time to time.
You need to master linear algebra and calculus, you need to be able to manually make the latest explosives, you need to understand ballistics and armor-piercing effects and fluid mechanics...
To become His Highness's maid, the requirements are really high...
In the eyes of Su Laiman and Shen Fu, regardless of their nominal status, these two little girls were already Zhu Jingyuan's maids.
It's a bit outrageous to ask a maid to learn these things.
But in Zhu Jingyuan's view, they were all young overseas students sponsored by himself and future lifelong employees of the Baku Manor.
It may be possible to reach the level of a manager or even a shopkeeper. Of course, the higher the level of knowledge, the better.
Such a large estate must have its own defense force.
Military common sense is also a must.
After Su Laiman left, Zhu Jingyuan asked Shen Fu to contact the person in charge of Persian news in Xichang to conduct a detailed investigation and confirm the family situation of Sister An Xiaona.
Although Suleiman and his son would never have the guts to deceive themselves, the necessary caution is still indispensable.
That afternoon, Shen Fu followed Zhu Jingyuan's instructions and had the two Persian girls sent to school in Huangzhuang.
Haijiao Children's School is a school run by Xiyang Haijiao Huangzhuang. It was originally a school for the children of employees.
Now it is the best school in the Western Cape region, a dream school for local immigrants and indigenous people.
Except for the children of Huangzhuang employees who can go to school directly, only the students with the best grades in Huangzhuang can enroll.
Although the An Xiaona sisters are Hu girls, their nominal identities are the maids of the prince, Zhu Jingyuan. Of course, no one will stop them from joining the class.
It's just that the school principal is a little confused, why does His Highness the Prince's maid go to school?
The key is that you can already speak, read, write, and calculate accounts, so you still need to continue going to school? Do you want the two of them to be female officials?
But since His Highness requested it, the mountain chief could only help arrange it.
However, the two sisters have not attended a group school according to Ming Dynasty standards, and their knowledge level must be checked before being assigned grades and classes.
After oral communication and simple test papers, the teachers believed that their level was similar to that of primary school students and they could go directly to middle school.
After all the inspections and arrangements were completed, An Xiaona finally couldn't bear it and asked Zhu Jingyuan the questions she had asked herself.
Those who can serve as principals and teachers of Haijiao Huangzhuang School are all graduates of Daming Public University. They are all high-level intellectuals in this era.
The mountain chief explained the environmental differences between Jiangnan and Dashi areas to them casually.
Then I felt that these two children were easy to learn and could think.
As a result, the two children immediately continued to ask, asking Zhu Jingyuan several questions one by one.
The mountain chief and the teachers slowly fell into confusion.
For the mountain leader and teachers, those questions are actually not difficult.
At least it's not difficult to explain to others what's going on.
But the question is, these two orchid maids of His Highness...why do they need to learn this knowledge?
Is it already so demanding to be a maid for the prince?
Sister An Xiaona didn't know much about the rules of the Ming Dynasty's royal family, so she didn't have any doubts about why she needed to learn this knowledge.
They just felt the difficulty from the mountain leader's introduction, which was completely different from what they had learned before.
I thought it was too simple before. It is really difficult to become the woman of His Highness Prince Ming. It may take several years of hard study.
As a result, the two sisters were extremely serious and hardworking when they studied in school.
He doesn't hear what's going on outside the window, and he only concentrates on reading the book of inquiry.
Every day when I returned to the palace, I would not let go of the papers. The two sisters would also give each other questions to examine.
Although the motivation for learning is somewhat biased, the result of serious study is exactly what Zhu Jingyuan wants.
Zhu Jingyuan specially ordered the housekeeper of the palace to arrange better accommodation for the two little Persian girls in the servant's yard.
Two people are allowed to study using electric lights, and apart from learning etiquette from their grandma, they don't need to do any chores.
Everyone inside and outside the palace regarded the two little girls as the people in the room reserved by Zhu Jingyuan.
Although Hu Ji cannot be a concubine, she is at least equivalent to the status of a maid, and is already the highest status among slaves.
After all, they are sent to school specially, which is such a rare treatment.
While Zhu Jingyuan was staring at the progress of the battleship design, he briefly observed the status of the two sisters every few days and felt very satisfied.
They are all good children who are serious and eager to learn.
Ten days later, on May 13th, the thirty-fourth year of Taiping in the Ming Dynasty, Liusha County, the capital of the Great Shi Kingdom, was visited.
Two large passenger ships flying different flags were slowly approaching the stream dock on the shore.
On the Ming Dynasty passenger ship rented by the Lucia royal family, there was Luo Yashan, the mixed-race son of Emperor Paul, who was the future Duke of Xianbei in the Ming Dynasty.
Luo Yashan took his wife and children and stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the scene on the shore.
The scorching and dazzling sunshine, the dry and scorched land, the low and rough earth walls, the narrow and dilapidated docks, and the sparse and decadent workers.
Luo Yashan's face was filled with astonishment, and he subconsciously sighed in Ming Yayan:
"His Royal Highness Prince Dashi...Why do you want to keep the capital here? Why not move to the Mesopotamia and the Mesopotamia or the coast of the Great Qin Sea..."
Luo Yashan's daughter, Sophia, who had just turned ten years old, grabbed her mother's arm and said in a panic:
"Mom, Feifei don't want to live here. It's not fun at all. There's only sand here..."
Luo Yashan’s wife and Sophia’s mother, Zhao Xinlian, immediately smiled and reassured:
"Don't worry Feifei, His Royal Highness Prince Dashi only holds the ownership of this territory.
"He usually lives in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which is the largest city in the world."
Sofia is still not entirely reassured:
"Then why are we docking here?"
Father Luo Yashan looked back and explained with a smile:
"After all, this is the fiefdom of Prince Dashi. Since we are passing by in the Persian Gulf, we have to come and visit.
"Don't worry Feifei, let's take a look here and then leave. We won't stop living here."
At this time, another child from Mount Roya, twelve-year-old Peter, looked at the big boat on the other side and asked:
“Father, mother, look at that ship over there, is that the Ming Dynasty’s immigration ship?
"It should be heading to the other side of the Lianghe River. There are only a few hundred kilometers left on the voyage. Why do we have to stop here?"
Luo Yashan and Zhao Xinlian were equally confused and didn't know why the Ming Dynasty's immigration ship docked here.
"Maybe there's something wrong with the machinery on the ship, or maybe they brought some supplies here..."
In fact, the destination of the boat that Luo Yashan's family was staring at was not the Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia at all, but Liusha County in the Dashi Country.
Zheng Fuguang, the manager of the raw material exploration department of Daming Aviation Fuel Company, a subsidiary of Daming Airlines, was on this ship.
Zheng Fu, together with his colleagues and employees, stood on the deck of the Ming Dynasty official immigration ship and looked at the shore with the same astonished expression:
"Is this really the... capital of Dashi Country?"
The craftsmen around Zheng Fuguang were already talking about it:
"Yes, it's right here. The name is Liusha County. I originally thought the name was freehand, but I didn't expect it to be realistic."
“Are we going to drill here for oil in the future?”
"Hush, it's not oil, it's the raw material for aviation fuel. Our business scope of Daming Airlines includes all aviation-related industries."
"When I came here, I heard that this place was very desolate, but I didn't expect..."
"Oh my god, this place is obviously on the seaside, why is it still so desolate?"
"Yes, the seaside in our mainland of Ming Dynasty, not to mention the Jiangnan side, even Liaodong is ten thousand times better than here..."
"I didn't expect it to be so desolate."
Listening to these discussions, Zheng Fuguang also swallowed his saliva in confusion, a little regretting that he came here for business trip subsidies.
Originally I was thinking, since it is in the bay, how could the environment be any worse...
I didn't expect it, I never expected it...
If I had known earlier, I would have gone to Qintian Supervision to check the detailed climate survey report here, but I would have been careless...
