I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 745 What Is Great
Li Tian patted his back gently and said,
"Silly girl, what are you afraid of, with me by your side, no one in the whole world can hurt you!"

Sophia looked up at Li Tian's resolute gaze, and listening to his domineering words, her whole heart seemed to melt instantly, and she gently leaned against Li Tian's chest,

"Fortunately, Your Majesty is here, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

Li Tian smiled slightly, but didn't say anything, and he didn't know what words to comfort her at this time.

After a while, after Sophia calmed down a little, she suddenly realized that the current posture of herself and Li Tian seemed a little too ambiguous.

The little face blushed suddenly, and hurriedly shrank back like a frightened little rabbit.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, don't get me wrong, I'm just scared, there's no other meaning."

Li Tian didn't understand it either, and said with a smile,

"It doesn't matter, who hasn't been afraid!
Speaking of which, this time is also my fault, I should have explained the situation to you earlier..."

Speaking of this, Sophia was very puzzled and said,

"Your Majesty, why are they so unfriendly? I clearly just wanted to pull that child up.

But as if I did something wrong, so many of them want to..."

Li Tian sighed slightly,

"Whether it's people's appearance or cultural habits, there are still quite big differences between the East and the West, which you will gradually understand in the future.

Ordinary people in Daming have limited knowledge, so they are unavoidably surprised and panicked when they see such a strange-looking person like you.

This is also inevitable.

But you don't have to worry, I believe that as more and more foreigners pour into Daming, this phenomenon will disappear sooner or later. You have to have some confidence in my people! "

Sophia nodded half-understood, reluctantly accepting Li Tian's explanation.

Afterwards, Li Tian continued to comfort her and said,

"You were frightened today, why don't we go to Tiangongyuan another day, and I will take you back to the palace and make you some delicious treats."

A large part of the reason why Sophia was able to stay in the palace with peace of mind was that she was completely conquered by the exquisite food that was not repeated every day in the palace.

One side is the temptation of delicious food, and the other side is the craftsman's paradise that she dreams of together. She really can't choose for a while.

But after thinking about it for a while, she felt that there is a chance to eat delicious food sooner or later, but the opportunity to visit Tiangongyuan is not every day.

Now she is very eager to know how those exquisite, pure and flawless colored glazes in the palace are made.

You know, in the West such pure colored glaze is a treasure as heavy as gold.

"No, I'm going, even if I climb, I will climb over!"

Seeing her unconvinced expression, Li Tian couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly,

"Okay, then I'll take you there."

Tiangongyuan has basically returned to normal after several days of repairs.

Since most of the Tiangongyuan is made of cement, the fire that day only burned a few craftsmen's dormitories.

There is no impact on workshops and warehouses.

It can be said that Tiangongyuan is the one with the least loss among so many fire places.

Moreover, the loss of the Tiangongyuan was not as big as imagined. In fact, there were still many people working in the Tiangongyuan at that time, and it also had a lot to do with the timely discovery of the fire and the timely actions to put out the fire.

It is estimated that Zhou Zhen knew that Li Tian was coming one step ahead.

When Li Tian and the others arrived, he was already waiting at the door with several people to welcome them.

Li Tian was wearing casual clothes this time, so he came here for a private visit. When he saw a few of them about to bow down, he hurriedly waved his hands and said,
"Get up quickly, don't be too polite!"

"Zhou Zhen, come here, let me introduce you, Princess Sophia from the Western Byzantine Empire."

In fact, Zhou Zhen had already heard about this mysterious princess a few days ago. After all, he was one of the very important participants no matter whether it was a steam engine or a steam ship.

Even the shipbuilders sent to assist Li Tian were carefully selected by him.

So, he is not very unfamiliar with Sofia.

But seeing such a blond foreign beauty for the first time, this guy who tends to be a technical geek, was still slightly taken aback.

Sophia stretched the hem of the skirt with her very generous hands, crossed her legs and bent her knees slightly, and gave a lady's salute.

With an expression of admiration on his face, he said excitedly,

"You are the vice president of Tiangong Academy. I thought you were an old man in his seventies and eighties. I didn't realize that you are so young. It's really surprising!"

Sophia's Chinese is not very fluent, and she has a heavy accent. Zhou Zhen has a hard time listening, but she understands it more or less. She is complimenting herself.

Sophia respects Zhou Zhen so much, although there are reasons why Li Tian often talks about Zhou Zhen.

But this is also related to Sophia's understanding of Tiangongyuan.

According to Li Tian, ​​the Tiangong Academy in Daming is actually similar to the National Academy of Sciences in some European countries.

And the president of a country's Academy of Sciences is a very high-status figure, and even the king needs to be received with the highest etiquette.

Imagine Newton back then, with his status in the Royal Academy of Sciences as a reference, and you can probably understand how high Zhou Zhen's status is in Sophia's heart.

Even in this era, it has not yet reached the level of respect for science that the countries of later generations have.

But each country still has similar positions.

It is not difficult for Sophia to understand Zhou Zhen's role.

It was the first time Zhou Zhen was praised so much by someone, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, but said with his usual modest attitude,

"Princess, this is what I should do as a courtier. There is nothing to brag about!"

Perhaps in other people's hearts, even in Zhou Zhen's heart, he is just an ordinary official of Ming Dynasty.

But in the eyes of people like Li Tian and Sophia who attach great importance to science.

Zhou Zhen's status far exceeds that of ordinary officials.

All other officials can be replaced, but Zhou Zhen cannot.

Although his power is not considered great, the career he has engaged in has made extraordinary contributions to Daming and even the entire world.

From this point alone, Zhou Zhen will surpass, 90.00% of the officials in history.

It's just that, from ancient times to the present, the deep-rooted thoughts of loyalty left by the officials have bound Zhou Zhen and other people's thoughts, making them unable to realize their greatness at all.

However, this is not important. The important thing is that Li Tian didn't think so.

(End of this chapter)