After finishing the day's official duties, Yang Fan stretched himself.
Although he has been here for almost a year, Yang Fan is still a little uncomfortable with the ancient skills of sitting on the ground for long periods of time.
His large tent was paved with solid mahogany flooring, which was polished to a polished finish. It was very comfortable to sit cross-legged on it. But after sitting for a long time, it was inevitable that he would have some back pain.
Just now the courier delivered a cowhide-sealed cylinder. Yaoguang sent it from Zunhua City Academy. It was sealed with fire paint and was a top-secret document.
"Xiangyi, move the eucalyptus away." Yang Fan said.
Xiang Yi took the maids and moved the tables to one side, exposing a large open space in the middle. Tu Shanyue, Lin Yueru and others had some differences, and they didn't know what Yang Fan was going to do.
Yang Fan opened the long cowhide tube and took out a scroll from it. After opening it, he spread it flat on the ground. It was a map five meters wide and ten meters long.
This map is a satellite map of the entire world.
The map is modern, and Yaoguang P has removed modern traces such as cities. After all, the basic topography has not changed much in the past four hundred years.
But there are also some changes, such as the location of the coastline. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Yellow River changed from the Huaihe River to the Jishui River in Shandong Province. Some deserts in later generations are still grasslands.
This will require re-labeling the map.
Yang Fan crawled next to the map and carefully checked whether there was any damage during transportation.
"Master, what is this? It looks like a map." The little girl crawled over to Yang Fan and asked curiously.
"This is a kind of map, called a satellite map. In short, it is a very detailed map." Yang Fan did not explain. He couldn't explain the satellite thing clearly. Anyway, just tell them that it is called a satellite map.
"Sir, this map is quite detailed. The mountains here are all clear and slender, and the coastline is also very clear. The islands are also very clear." Lin Yueru also climbed over and leaned on the other side of Yang Fan, looking at each other.
said.
Satellite maps are so good, even if you see them for the first time, you can clearly distinguish mountains and plains, land and oceans.
"The characteristic of this kind of map is that it is very clear. You can try to enlarge it with a magnifying glass." Yang Fan waved and asked Mei Xiang to hand over the magnifying glass box. He took out three magnifying glasses from it and gave one to each of them.
Mei Xiang knew too little and couldn't speak, so she usually just stood by and helped.
Both of them had seen magnifying glasses and used them before, so they didn't think they were anything strange. They just thought they were made of glass and were relatively valuable.
"Wow! You can still see details when you zoom in. The island here is zoomed in, and there are hills, hey! This is a creek, you can see everything." Xiao Niangpi shouted excitedly.
"Master, how did you draw this picture? You can even see the valley." Lin Yueru also said in amazement.
Yang Fanxin said, what's the point? It's just a higher resolution.
After all, four hundred years of human activities have changed a lot of landforms. There are still a lot of deviations. Many lakes in the south have been transformed into fields.
"This map has some details and needs actual measurement and then gradual revision. Some places may not be accurate. But it is indeed much better than the Ming Dynasty map. I mainly want you two to help me mark the various forces in the north."
Yang Fan wanted to sort out the various forces in the north and gain an overall understanding so that he could continue to develop in the north in the next step.
"Let's, starting from today, play a jigsaw puzzle. Let's gradually mark every country and power we know on this map, okay?" Yang Fan said, putting his arms around their waists.
"Okay, okay" Tu Shanyue immediately became excited. She likes to play games with her master the most. My little girl still has a childish heart. As long as it is fun, she likes it.
Yang Fan got a pencil and ruler from the maid.
Lin Yueru was also very interested. After all, both of them had been responsible for some intelligence work in Mongolia and Liaodong. In addition, she felt that writing and drawing on the map was a very interesting thing.
They had never seen such a clear map before, and they were both a little itchy for a while.
"This jagged line is the Great Wall, and the crossed place is the pass. These Yaoguang are all marked." Yang Fan continued to explain.
"This five-pointed star is the capital city. The five-pointed star below is the city of Nanjing. There is a formula for looking at this map, up north, down south, left west, right east. Use this formula to identify the direction."
"This is a scale, which is the standard for converting the length on the picture and the actual length."
Lin Yueru suddenly screamed in surprise.
She finally discovered Daming's location.
She realized that Daming turned out to be so young.
And this picture not only shows the Ming Dynasty, but also a large amount of undiscovered land.
"Is this picture the master's picture of the whole world?" Lin Yueru opened her mouth in surprise.
"The Ming Dynasty is such a small area, so what are the other places? Is this world so big?" Tu Shanyue finally realized that something was wrong. The map was too big.
For a long time, the people of the Ming Dynasty did not have a clear concept of geography. They always generally felt that the world was centered on the Ming Dynasty, and then the four barbarians were born to surround the Ming Dynasty.
To the north is Mongolia, to the northwest is the Western Regions, to the west is Tubo Uzbekistan. To the southwest are Jiaochin, Champa, Siam, Myanmar and other countries.
To the south is the South China Sea, and overseas are Luzon and other Southeast Asian countries. To the east are Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other countries.
To the northeast is Jiannu.
Nowadays, although there are many Europeans from Europe and the West, they have no idea about Europe.
Now they suddenly discovered that the Ming Dynasty and other places together were not one-tenth the size of the land area on this map. How could they not be shocked?
"Yes, the world is so big. The Ming Dynasty is really small. Three million square kilometers only accounts for one-fiftieth of the world. Come on, let's mark all the forces in the north of the Ming Dynasty." Yang Fan
After letting them marvel for a while, he called them to start work.
Yang Fan first marked the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang, and then roughly drew their sphere of influence with a pencil. It was basically the size of Liaoning Province in later generations.
To the north, beyond the Second Songhua River, is the territory of the Savage Jurchens.
"This is Khalkha Mongolia, also called Mobei Mongolia." Tu Shanyue climbed to the Mongolian plateau and used a pencil to outline Outer Mongolia, also known as Khalkha.
She wrinkled her beautiful nose, bit the end of her pencil, thought carefully, and said: "The river here is called the Khalkha River, and to the west of the river are the Outer Khalkha Mongolian tribes. From the Altai Mountains in the west to the Greater Khingan Mountains in the east
.There are three khanates in order. The three major lords are Zasak Tuhan, Tushetu Khan, and Chechen Khan."
Yang Fan nodded, and Tu Shanyue made it very clear. This area is equivalent to the Mongolian Kingdom in later generations. At this time, it was cut into three pieces vertically, which are the three khanates from west to east.
"I also know this place. To the north of the three great khanates, with the Yuerhai (Lake Baikal) as the center, this place is called Buryatia. This is the northernmost Mongolian. The northern boundary of Mongolian power
." As she spoke, Xiao Niangpi wrote the word Buryatia between the Yenisei River and the Lena River, and roughly outlined their range.
Yang Fan looked at it and asked: "This is Outer Khalkha, what about Inner Khalkha."
Yang Fan knew that in the late Ming Dynasty, Mongolia gradually formed three major groups. They are the Moxi Erut Mongols (Oirats, also called Oirat Mongols. The core tribe is the Jungar Tribe, mainly located in Xinjiang and Central Asia), Mobei Kahara.
Erkha Mongolia (today's Outer Mongolia), Monan Mongolia (Tatars, the core is the Chahar tribe).
In Monan Mongolia, there are Ordos (Hetao area), Guihuacheng Tumote (Baotou, Hohhot area), Karaqin (Thirty-six Duoyan families), Chahar, Nei Khalkha, Horqin and other tribes.
"I know this, let me do it." Lin Yueru was not to be outdone. She always seized every opportunity to compete with the little girl.
"The five tribes of the Inner Khalkha: Bahrain, Jarut, Wengjira, Bayot (Boyao), and Wujiyet (Wuzhe) are distributed in Hulunbuir and the Greater Khingan Mountains, close to the Jurchen tribe. They are known as
The Halaha River is also called the Khalkha River and is the boundary river with the Outer Khalkha. It is a neighbor of the Chechen Khan and faces each other from east to west." As he spoke, Lin Yueru marked the territory of the five Inner Khalkha tribes on the map.
When Yang Fan took a look, it turned out that the five Inner Khalkhas were the northern part of Inner Mongolia today.
"To the south of the five Inner Khalkha tribes is the Chahar tribe of Lin Dan Khan, and to the east is Horqin. Across the Greater Khingan Mountains is the Nenjiang River Basin, and here is Nen Horqin."
The so-called Nenhorqin means the Nenjiang River and the Horqin Grassland area. They occupied a large area of land in the south of Lingnan. The Nenjiang River and its tributaries Chuoer River, Taoer River, Songhua River, and Xilamulun River Basin are today's western Heilongjiang Province. The core is
Qiqihar area.
Lin Yueru continued to explain, and then marked this place.
After such an annotation, all forces outside the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty are clearly visible.
Mongolia in the desert has not become strong yet, and will not threaten the mainland until Kangxi, so don't worry about him now.
Yang Fan thought for a while and marked the Russian strongholds in Western Siberia and Central Siberia. Then he wrote Russia. Then he added Da Mao in brackets in a funny way.
"Master, what is this big hair? Is it possible that there are still two hairs?" Tu Shanyue asked doubtfully.
Lin Yueru covered her mouth and snickered. The master always gets silly sometimes and does things that make people laugh or cry, just like a child.
"There are big hairs and there are two hairs. But they are far away, here." Yang Fan pointed to Eastern Europe.
Tu Shanyue was angry and said: "They are so brave, they actually reached out to us, sir, we should beat them."
Yang Fan nodded approvingly and said: "I think so too, but we have just got a small foothold on the grassland. They are still too far away, let them run rampant for a few years, and then let the Mongolian army go
Destroy their Moscow city."
This chapter has been completed!