Chapter 183 World Island
It just so happened that the princess was in the Privy Council at this moment.
After saying hello to her, Xia Fan directly found a carriage and parked it at the entrance of the cell, asked Li to take the other party into the carriage, then covered the curtains and drove all the way to Fengyang Villa.
Relying on Li's meditation technique, the elf soon got into a drowsy state. After arriving at the villa, her mental state became much more stable than before, and she also tried to communicate with gestures. Unfortunately, in addition to being able to understand her meaning from the sea, other gestures could only stay in the stage of guessing.
"How is it? Are there any progress?" In the evening, Ning Wanjun also returned to the villa. The first thing she did was to come to Xia Fan's side courtyard to check the situation.
Xia Fan spread his hands and shook his head, "I don't know any specific situation, I can only analyze it from her state. First of all, it is not the first time she has come into contact with humans. Although she was frightened before, she has been working hard to communicate. Li used Kan art to sense her hostility. Secondly, she should be educated, "He handed a roll of paper to the tool, "This is what she drew when she tried to use patterns to express herself after she communicated in words but failed."
This sounds simple, but in fact it is far more difficult than reading and stating words. It requires the expression to have a higher level of thinking ability. In an era when basic education has not yet been popularized, it surpassed more than 90% of ordinary people.
The princess looked carefully and saw waves on the white paper, a ball of tangled seaweed, and a book.
"It doesn't seem to be in touch." Ning Wanjun thought for a moment and decided to give up, "Have you seen the small boat carrying her?"
"No. What's wrong with the ship?"
"That thing... is a bit weird." The princess touched her bumpy arm, "It has no sails, no pulp. God knows how it floats to Jinxia. And... when she looks closer, she feels like the boat is alive."
"Living?" Xia Fan was stunned. It was normal to use a boat to cross the sea, so he had never paid attention to this point at all.
"Anyway, I have sent someone to take care of the ship, and you will know it tomorrow." Ning Wanjun looked at the elf woman, "As for what she said... there are people in the Secret House of Gyeonggi who knows many languages, maybe you can ask."
"If there is no better way, this is all we can do."
"Xia Fan, the location of the Jinxia Machinery Bureau has been decided. The assembly line idea you mentioned before is quite interesting. Can you tell me in detail?" At this moment, Mo Yun also pushed open the gate and walked in, "I want to push the manufacturing of the machine beast on the agenda as soon as possible. Oh? Your Highness is here too."
The elf opened his mouth and started talking again.
What surprised Xia Fan and Ning Wanjun was that Mo Yun answered back without thinking.
The other party showed joy and immediately followed a few more sentences.
And Mo Yun even connected.
"Wait, you can speak the words?" Ning Wanjun was surprised.
"To be precise, it should be Laitan's words." Mo Yun pulled his bangs behind his ears, "It is also a more mainstream language overseas."
"Why do you know this?" Xia Fan couldn't help but feel a little curious.
"There are craftsmen who came from the Western Pole and finally settled in Daqi. In order to find out the degree of fit between cannons and machine beasts, I learned from him."
By the way, you can communicate with others after learning? Xia Fan suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
"Then what did she say just now?" Ning Wanjun asked.
"Don't you even know this?" Mo Yun said calmly, "Her name is Aili, Moonlight, Polo."
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With Mo Yun's central translation, the communication situation suddenly improved.
According to Aili, she came from a place called World Island. She lived a worry-free life until she was invaded by foreign enemies a few years ago. She did not want to become a slave. The people of World Island who had lost their freedom fled in all directions and took refuge in other continents in tree boats.
Among her tribe members, one of them had visited the Western continent, saying that it was rich and prosperous, and the industry was developed. Whether it was seeking wealth or power, there was no shortage of opportunities to reach the sky. Finally, after returning to the World Island, he wrote a travel note and recorded everything he saw and heard. Aili happened to have read this book.
Therefore, when the tree boat approached the sea area mentioned by this tribe, she manipulated a small boat alone and headed west, hoping to see if the description was the same as the reality. As a result, she was targeted as soon as she got to the dock, and was tied up and sent to the prison.
"The Western Continent she mentioned should mean us." Mo Yun added two sentences after translation, "Although I have never heard of the World Island, if she is right, this land should be located further east than the East China Sea, almost sandwiched between us and the West Pole."
Xia Fan blinked, "Can you help me ask, what is the name of this Aili girl's tribe?
Mo Yun replied after a moment of conversation, "She said she didn't know. The book seemed to be ready to be sold, but the sales volume was extremely poor. In the disappointment, the clan member destroyed most of the book books, leaving only one for the younger generation to read. Although he wrote these mental journeys in the beginning of the volume, for some reason, he erased his name."
For some reason, a feeling of regret popped up in Xia Fan's heart.
"The country she mentioned should refer to Yongchao, right?" Ning Wanjun said softly, "There are not many records about that era, but one thing is certain that when King Yong was in power, the demon could walk on the street."
"I think so." Xia Fan finally knew why when he was in prison, the other party expressed more grievances than indignation. Because of the description in the book, he was full of hope and expectation for this continent. As a result, he was locked in a dungeon as soon as he got off the boat and almost lost his life. Perhaps anyone would feel unacceptable.
"But what happened to the foreign invasion?"
"I'll ask." Mo Yun's translation speed was a bit slow, but after getting familiar with it, he could gradually achieve the speed of her translation. "Aili said that the enemy came from the other side of the sea. They coveted the power of the tree spirit and wanted to annex the entire world island. This was not the first war between the two sides. The conflict lasted intermittently for hundreds of years, and both sides had their own victory or defeat. But this time... the enemy was particularly powerful."
"Their warships were almost filled with sea and the continuous artillery fire made the sky rain. Not only that, their magic troops were much more terrifying than before, as if they were as the enemy said, the gods were protecting them. This time, the people of the World Islands failed to persevere until the end, and the resisters were defeated."
"All this is what my tribe said in the foot of the book," Aili murmured in a low voice, "We rely too much on the power of the tree spirit to close our eyes looking outward. One day, this short-sightedness will be retribution, and when the destructors outside tear open the protection of the tree spirit, we will be abandoned by the world."
Chapter completed!