Lighting two candles, Zhang Yi sat down at the desk and looked at a large white paper spread out.
It's time for him to draw a map of China.
He remembered that China was shaped like a rooster.
But that was what it looked like after it was cannibalized. It was bigger before. The China in his mind was the territory of the Tang Dynasty in its heyday.
It reaches the Aral Sea in the west, Lake Baikal in the north, Sakhalin Island in the east, and the Nansha Islands in the south. It has a vast territory.
Of course, what he wants to see most is for the whole world to become one family, without artificially divided national borders, and without endless wars. This kind of game between human groups is extremely bloody.
History is very disgraceful, and civilization is never pure.
Zhang Yi picked up his brush, dipped it in ink, and began to draw a map of China.
He thought that the people in this vast land must first be unified and prosperous before they can look at the whole world. Nowadays, the land of China is torn apart, and big forces like Liu Kai, the king of the northwest, have emerged. These feudal princes may have forgotten the original appearance of China.
, forgetting that they are all descendants of dragons.
Every stroke of Zhang Yi's strokes is full of true feelings. He draws the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and other rivers, draws the Kunlun Mountains, Tianshan Mountains, Himalayas, Greater Khingan Mountains, Taihang Mountains and other mountain ranges, draws the terrain steps such as the Loess Plateau, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and draws Mongolia.
There are fertile areas such as grasslands, Northeastern Plains and North China Plains, as well as basins, forests, lakes and deserts.
The more you paint, the more detailed it becomes, showing the geography of China.
When daybreak was about to break, Zhang Yi put down his brush, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at this work with satisfaction.
He originally wanted to add cities, but after thinking about it, he decided not to. All the cities in the past were in ruins, and the bigger the city, the more miserable it was. The survivors probably didn't even remember the names of the original cities, and some smaller cities were better off.
Zhang Yi only wrote down the name of one mountain city.
Mopan City.
Counting the territorial waters, Mopan City is right in the center of the Chinese territory.
This is where civilization comes.
…
Near noon, Zhang Yi got up, and all the brothers came to watch.
"It turns out that China is so big!" Xiaolong exclaimed.
"This map of China is a treasure. You can't just show it to others," Niu Ben said, rubbing his hands excitedly. "It's okay to take a look. Bring a horse and you can take a look."
"Haha, a cow will do too." Shi Gandang said with a smile.
"It's really a treasure, but it's a pity that there's only one map. I can find an engraver to carve it on a wooden board, so that I can print countless maps of China," Xiao Han said, "It depends on whether my brother wants to do this."
Zhang Yi thought about it.
Is it good to publish this map now?
Once the map falls into the hands of the dominant king, it will inevitably arouse their greater ambitions, so it is better to keep it secret.
But after thinking about it, Zhang Yi felt that he had thought too much. In the ruins of the city, he would definitely be able to find maps of China, world maps, and even globes. Maps can also be seen in countless primary and secondary school books.
The area where Mopan City is located has few books, and it was burned by ignorant people as firewood in the early years. But people outside may have discovered the map long ago.
He couldn't help laughing and decided to make it public. China belongs to all Chinese people, and it is a good thing to open people's horizons.
"Xiaohan, find a carver to carve the picture on the wooden board, and then print dozens of them." Zhang Yi said.
"I know, Yi Ge." Xiao Han agreed.
…
On this day, the two teams of exploration horses returned to Mopan City one after another. They learned about the important situations in the east and south.
As expected, great powers emerged in both the east and the south.
Tan Ma reported that there are checkpoints on the main roads on both sides and no one is allowed to enter or exit.
This thing is strange. The copycats in the region blockade Mopan City, and the big powers outside the region blockade the copycats. Why is this?
"Brother Yi," Tan Ma reported to the east, "I met a hunter and gave him a bag of gold, so I found out some information. He said that China is now divided into three major forces and countless smaller forces. The three major ones
All the forces claim to be orthodox China. The people call the countries in the East Greater China, the countries in the South called Little China, and the countries in the West called Old China."
"The situation I found is the same, but more detailed," Tan Ma reported when he went to the south. "The leader of Greater China is named Zhao Junxi, the leader of Little China is named Li Haotang, and the leader of Old China is named Liu Kai."
Hearing this, Zhang Yi's mood was extremely complicated. He was pleased that people from the east, west, north and south remembered that he was Chinese. This was the basis for the future unification of China!
But what is worrying is that he thought it was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Who knew that China had entered the era of the Three Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony, and the overall pattern of competition had been established, making it difficult for small forces to stand out.
If an invincible warrior like the overlord General Cao has courage and vision, is not greedy for personal enjoyment, does not bully and harm the people, and has a good counselor, then he can rise up in the early years, and at least develop into one of the Three Kingdoms
.But he was destined not to do great things and missed the opportunity of history.
The problem now is that everyone else has developed into a big country. Zhang Yi’s team has only been established recently and has just established a foothold. I wonder if it is still possible to rise?
Xiaolong, Niu Ben, Xiao Han and Shi Gandang also looked solemn.
"How are they developing now?" Zhang Yi asked Tan Ma.
"It doesn't look very good, Yi Ge." Tan Ma, who went to the east, said with a smile, "The hunter told me that the people in Greater China are extremely poor. They only wear old clothes from the old days, and eat only thin soup.
With their sallow complexions and skinny muscles, they have conquered a large territory by relying on their large numbers of people.”
"It's the same in the south, Brother Yi," said Tan Ma, who went to the south. "I saw with my own eyes that the warriors in Little China all carried bamboo spears and wore rattan armor. I heard from people who cut firewood that they set up checkpoints.
The defense line is because they are afraid that the bandits in the village will kill them. They know the overlord, General Cao, and are very afraid of him. After all, they are afraid of the people in our area!"
Brother Zhang Yi couldn't help but laugh.
I laugh because the heavy pressure on my heart has been relieved a lot. Judging from the situation of Greater China and Little China, there is no possibility for them to launch a large-scale attack on the region in the short term.
Continue to listen to the stories of the two teams of explorers.
To outsiders, the Mopan City area looks like a bandit den. In a word, it is said that the poor mountains and harsh waters breed unruly people. There are many cottages, and they are all ruthless men who are not afraid of death. No one knows how to read, and they are cruel and ruthless and feed on people.
It is a beast that has degenerated into primitive society.
"Nonsense, who is the beast?" Niu Ben said angrily, "My sworn brother knows astronomy and geography, has read more than a thousand volumes, and is the best in the world. Who are they?"
"Yes, they look down on us, and we still look down on them. Brother Yi gives the order and we lead the troops to kill them!" Shi Gandang shouted.
"As you speak, you call yourself a barbarian." Zhang Yi shook his head and laughed.