This all happened in the last two days. Lu Zheng had already gone to find Gu Xin, so he didn't know. They had just returned, so Gu Xin didn't know either.
"Are they all overseas? They don't have any territories bordering our Great Zhou, right?" Gu Xin had a basic understanding of the territory surrounding the Great Zhou, but she had never been to sea and didn't know which small countries were on the other side of the sea to the east and south. She only knew which ones were on the west and north.
“No, we didn’t have much contact before. They do have merchants who travel around, some even going to the west, so they know about what’s happening in both the east and west! Their messenger only arrived in the capital a couple of days ago. But the convoy is already on its way, and it should arrive around the end of June,” Gu Hui explained.
"Big sister, do those three countries have any contact with each other?" Gu Xin asked again.
"It is said that way. Ever since the Emperor learned of those places in the West, he has sent many people out to sea in the past two years. Two groups have returned, and some of them had been to these three places," Gu Hui said.
"What do they all look like? Are they tall and robust like those people from the West, with different hair and eyes than those from our Great Zhou, or do they look like the people from our Great Zhou?" Gu Nian asked curiously.
She only knew that there were a few countries, but didn't know the specifics.
“Most of them look similar to us, only their languages are a bit different. The messengers have stayed behind to learn the language of the Great Zhou. It is said that they also brought people who can speak the language of the Great Zhou in their entourage this time, as if they were prepared in advance and sent people to the Great Zhou under the guise of merchants. But the messengers from the Three Kingdoms are more official, so they stayed behind to learn. In a couple of days, the Ministry of Rites will send people to Jiangnan to welcome them there,” Gu Hui said.
"Then we don't need to learn their language, right?" Gu Xin asked curiously.
“There should be such an arrangement.” Gu Hui thought for a moment and then said, “Among the Ministry of Rites officials that the Emperor sent this time, there should also be a few soldiers, those lads who followed you before and were particularly good at learning the Xidi dialect.”
“They’re young, so they learn quickly. If Renren and Xiaomingyue go with them, they’ll definitely learn their everyday language when they come back,” Gu Nian nodded and said.
“I can speak too! I learn the Western language very quickly. Brother Xiao Jin can speak too. He said that when he was brought to the Western region, it only took him a month to be able to communicate with people in daily life,” Gu Yingxue said.
Before Gu Yingxue transmigrated, she was a high school graduate. Although she majored in early childhood education, she had been learning foreign languages since junior high school, including not only English but also several other less commonly spoken languages.
In this respect, Gu Nian is no match for her.
Gu Nian is good at research because she needs to use English a lot in her studies, so she is good at English.
However, Gu Yingxue and Gu Ren really did start learning less commonly spoken languages from junior high school, and the two of them knew the languages of several small countries.
Upon hearing Gu Yingxue's words, Gu Nian's eyes lit up: "Oh right, I forgot about you guys."
Everyone looked at Gu Nian.
Gu Nian smiled and said, "We can suggest to the Emperor that the Ministry of Rites take you along! Xiao Jin is the prince of the Western Sand Kingdom, Mingyue is the princess of the Goddess Kingdom, and you and Renren are from the families of officials of the Great Zhou. If you go with them, it will make them feel that the Great Zhou values them! And you can also learn their language while you're at it, wouldn't that be great!"
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