My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 711: Working to earn travel expenses

In the dense bathroom, Helen rolled up her sleeves, endured the pain in her arms, and rubbed Zhu Zhanhe's back vigorously, but she kept cursing this hateful vampire in her heart.

However, at this moment, I suddenly heard Zhu Zhanhe ask: "Do you want to go back to Venice?"

This made Helen stunned for a moment, and she even wondered if she heard it wrong?There was no answer for a long time.

"What? You don't want to go back?"

Zhu Zhanhe felt there was no movement behind him, so he turned his face and looked at Helen and asked.

"You...are you really willing to let me go back?"

Helen asked with a trembling voice, her two big eyes filled with tears.

She was once the most dazzling gem in Venice, but she was kidnapped by the Ottomans and taken to a man thousands of miles away. She was sold to a stranger as a maid. She was left alone and helpless. She had dreamed of returning home many times. In Venice, I returned to my familiar home and felt the warmth my parents gave me, but every time I woke up, I could only cry alone.

"Don't get excited yet. I can let you go back, but not now!"

Zhu Zhanhe felt a little embarrassed when he saw the other party's reaction, so he spoke frankly.

"Thank you, Your Highness. As long as you can let me go back, I will definitely let my father thank you!"

Helen was obviously very excited. She only heard the first half of Zhu Zhanhe's sentence but turned a blind eye to the second half. For her, as long as she could go back, she would do anything.

Zhu Zhanhe had no choice but to wait for her to calm down and repeat again: "You can stay with me at ease during this period. When there is a chance in the future, I will naturally send you back!"

"Why wait later?"

Helen finally heard the key to Zhu Zhanhe's words. At the same time, she was very anxious and wanted to go back now.

"Do you know how far we big men are from your Venice?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked back.

"I have no idea."

Helen blushed and shook her head. The Venetians were doing business all over the coast of Europe, and their fleets were all over the coast of Europe. They knew the world relatively well, but Helen had no idea about the location of the big man. Even before she came, she had never heard of the big man. nation.

"This huge land we live in is very vast. Your Venice is located at the westernmost end of this land, and I come from the easternmost end of this continent. Back then, my grandfather sent a huge navy to explore the world, but ended up leaving It has been three years, and we are still half way to Venice!"

Zhu Zhanhe gave Helen a brief explanation so that she could have a clear idea of ​​the distance between the two countries.

"No, it only took a few months for the Ottomans to send me here. This shows that the distance between our two countries is not that far!"

Helen was very smart and raised doubts on the spot. She even thought that Zhu Zhanhe was lying to her?

"First, the Ottomans took a different route. Second, we Hans are not in our homeland, but moved here from the easternmost tip of the mainland..."

As he spoke, Zhu Zhanhe took the towel, used it to roughly lay out the shapes of the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, and then pointed out the locations of Ming Dynasty, Han Dynasty and Venice to the other party.

Finally, Zhu Zhanhe said again: "The route that Osman brought you here needs to go through Egypt, and it has to take a land route. The Ottomans and I plan to cooperate to open a canal in Egypt. When this canal is opened, our big people will The ship can directly enter the Mediterranean Sea, and then I can send you back."

"When will this canal be dug?"

Helen asked again impatiently.

"I can't say for sure, but we need to send troops to conquer Egypt and then recruit Egyptians to dig the canal. It will probably take at least seven or eight years." Zhu Zhanhe replied casually. In fact, his answer was too conservative. Later France They cooperated with the Ottomans to dig the canal. It took 11 years to dig it out, but it was snatched away by the British within a few years. This is also an old tradition of the British.

"Seven or eight years?"

Helen couldn't help but look sad when she heard this, but she quickly cheered up and said: "I am only 16 years old this year. Even if I am eight years later, I will only be 24 years old. I have plenty of time to wait!"

"Very good. I really appreciate your optimistic attitude. You can stay by my side with peace of mind in the past few years!"

Zhu Zhanhe said appreciatively.

"Your Highness, since you promised to send me back, as a noble, can I ask for the treatment that a noble should have, such as no longer having to work as a maid?"

At this time, Helen's eyes were shining and she asked Zhu Zhanhe again.

“A very reasonable request!”

Zhu Zhanhe deliberately thought for a moment before speaking, which made Helen show an excited expression again, thinking that she was finally getting rid of her identity as a maid.

However, Zhu Zhanhe quickly shook his head and said: "But I refuse!"

"why?"

Helen, who was still very excited, seemed to have been poured cold water on her. She calmed down and asked.

"It's very expensive to send you back to Venice. You have been my maid for the past few years, so you can earn your way back by working!"

Zhu Zhanhe answered very seriously.

"you……"

Helen's eyes turned red because of Zhu Zhanhe's anger, but in the end she still begged: "Even if the money you send me back is what I owe the big man, when I return to Venice in the future, I will definitely ask my father to double the compensation to you! "

"No, you will go back by then. What if you don't pay back the money you owe?"

Zhu Zhanhe shook his head firmly. After saying that, he stood up from the bathtub and said again: "Dry me dry and put on your pajamas!"

Seeing Zhu Zhan standing naked in front of her, Helen screamed in fright and almost ran away.

But thinking of her identity, Helen could only suppress her shyness, picked up a towel and helped Zhu Zhanhe clean himself, and then picked up the pajamas next to him and put them on him.

"I like how hard you rub your back. From now on, you will be responsible for rubbing my back every day!"

Zhu Zhanhe ordered directly as he left.

Helen also stood there dumbfounded. Thinking that she would have to face the naked body of an adult man every day from now on, she felt that she might as well become blind as soon as possible.

However, people's ability to adapt is very strong. After getting along with him for a period of time, Helen had long been accustomed to Zhu Zhanhe's body, and her skill in bathing also increased sharply.

After slowly adapting to this kind of life, Helen began to feel grateful to Zhu Zhanhe, because he not only agreed to send her home, but also did not force herself to do anything deviant even if he was naked every day. , which made Helen believe more and more that the other party was a real nobleman, not comparable to those rude Ottomans.

A few days later, Zhu Zhanhe finished handling the affairs in Beizhenggang, and then prepared to return to Xijing. Of course, he took Helen with him when he left, but the news that there was a Hu girl beside Zhu Zhanhe slowly spread. Got out.

(End of this chapter)