Europe was not like China. In China, be it in the past, present, or the future, the upper echelons of the aristocrats would only marry people of equal social status. In Europe however, transnational marriage was the norm. This was because in their opinion, they came from the same lineage. It was a little like the phenomenon of intermarriage between vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period.
Therefore, although most of the businessmen who came to Great Qi were Portuguese and Spanish merchants, the women they brought with them were from varying countries, including France, Italy, and Naples.
Mu Yangling looked at Madam Anna with a smile. Anna raised her head proudly and said, "I come from England."