Chapter 179: This thing I made is unique in the world
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Chapter 179: This thing I made is unique in the world
"Hey!" Zhao Ji took an object from under the table that Tong Guan had never seen or heard of, and placed it on the table.
Zhao Ji smiled and said: "Tong Aiqing, this thing is a unique thing in the world that I made under the guidance of an immortal in my dream on the way south by boat!"
Please Tong Aiqing, come forward and watch."
Tong Guan was flattered and thanked him, then bowed and walked to the desk.
He looked up and down on the table, a large wooden ball that could be hugged with both arms.
I saw this solid wooden ball, supported by a gilt pure copper bracket, with colorful patterns painted on it and covered with crisscrossing thin lines.
Twenty years ago when Tong Guan became powerful, what kind of treasures had not been seen?
However, it was indeed the first time that he saw the big wooden ball placed on the table that Zhao Guan's family recommended for him to see.
Although Tong Guan looks at this fancy solid wood ball, he feels that it is not as valuable as gold, silver, pearls, calligraphy and paintings by famous people.
However, Tong Guan, who was good at flattering and flattering, learned that the big wooden ball was made after all, according to the officials, with the guidance of an immortal in a dream, so he had to flatter himself.
Tong Guan immediately knelt down, kowtowed and congratulated:
"Wei Chen congratulates the official for getting the guidance of the immortal in his dream and creating this kind of treasure that is unique in the world.
This is an auspicious sign that our Song Dynasty will be prosperous and powerful!"
"Bang, bang, bang!" Tong Guan kowtowed to Zhao Ji three times and congratulated sincerely:
"Long live my emperor."
Zhao Ji smiled slightly. He felt that Tong Guan, who was good at flattery, was right about one thing, that is, 'This is an auspicious sign that our Song Dynasty will be prosperous and powerful'!
If the globe I drew with my own hands and made of this big solid wood ball comes in handy,
Then, it will really help the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. Perhaps the Song Dynasty will be the first country in the world to enter the Age of Discovery.
Zhao Ji, who has a deep understanding of history, knows that the Age of Discovery is also called the Great Geographical Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration or the Age of Discovery. The dynasty that opened up new shipping routes was originally from the 15th to the 17th century, when European fleets appeared in oceans around the world.
on the continent, looking for new trade routes and trading partners, and even opening up overseas colonies to develop Europe's nascent capitalism.
So, as a time traveler who came to the Song Dynasty in this world, why not let me, the Song Dynasty, be the first to discover the new continent?
The economic benefits of discovering the New World would be unimaginable.
It is still possible to discover the New World.
After all, the shipbuilding industry in the Song Dynasty was highly developed.
Before the Song Dynasty, there was already a Maritime Silk Road.
The prototype of the Maritime Silk Road already existed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, but it was mainly based on the land Silk Road...
Before the mid-Tang Dynasty, China's main external route was the land Silk Road. Later, due to wars and the shift of the economic center of gravity to the south, the Maritime Silk Road replaced the land route and became the main route for Sino-foreign trade exchanges.
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a Maritime Silk Road "Guangzhou to Haiyi Road" along the southeast coast. This route was 14,000 meters long and was the longest ocean route in the world at that time, passing through hundreds of small countries and regions.
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In the Song Dynasty that I traveled to, the scope of the Maritime Silk Road was many times larger than before. However, it was impossible to involve Africa, South America, and North America.
I plan to let Tong Guan learn from Zheng He’s voyages to the West more than two hundred years in the future, but sail farther than Zheng He’s fleet, go to America, bring back high-yielding crop seeds for the Song Dynasty, and go to Africa to pan for gold...
What to do if it fails?
Of course I am not afraid of failure.
After all, Tong Guan was one of the six thieves in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he had both merits and demerits. At present, it seems that his merits outweigh his faults. However, after quelling the Fang La Uprising, Tong Guan will gradually become a person whose faults outweigh his merits.
Tong Guan, who has led the army for nearly 20 years, in addition to being greedy for money and colluding with Cai Jing, has selected soldiers who are good at fighting in the Northwest Army during the previous conquest of Xixia and the current conquest of Fangla. Objectively speaking, he still has some
meritorious.
However, when he later joined forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty, they were unable to defeat the Liao army. He asked the Jin army to send troops to regain the lost territory, paid millions of gold coins to redeem the empty cities such as Yanjing and then returned, boasting about the restoration. This was the biggest failure and sin of his life.
Therefore, I asked Tong Guan to take the carefully selected bandits, soldiers and generals, and sail on a long sea voyage to discover the New World for me, and bring back a large number of seeds of high-yielding and drought-resistant crops for the people of the Song Dynasty.
This move will certainly be successful.
If this move fails, go ahead and go to Xi Chengren!
You can also kill people by going on a long sea voyage (killing people who deserve to be killed but have no excuse)...
The time traveler Zhao Ji feels that he is a bit bad, but there is no way. In the struggle for power and the consolidation of imperial power, there is no right or wrong.
Now, since Tong Guan has not yet committed the serious crime of luring the (golden) wolf into the house in disguised form like "returning to empty cities such as Yanjing with a million yuan, and boasting about restoration", it is really difficult to do what he did to Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Gao
He was sentenced to death in that way.
If Tong Guan can really make a great contribution during the voyage, not only will I not kill him, I will even give him a new seal and a heavy reward.
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Zhao Ji saw that Tong Guan was looking at the colorful globe with a betrothal look, and seemed to be still thinking deeply.
He then asked: "My dear, don't you want to know the name of this treasure?"
Tong Guan bowed again and replied cautiously:
"Isn't this minister also asking for the name of this treasure given to the official family by the gods?"
"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed and said:
"Wu Fang, I not only want you to know the name of this treasure, but I also want you to know the purpose of this treasure."
As Zhao Ji spoke, he gently moved the big solid wood ball with his hands.
The big solid wood ball quickly rotated on the two upper and lower axes of the gilt copper frame.
Tong Guan stared at the big solid wooden ball that was rotating, and his head swayed from side to side along with the rotating wooden ball.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tong Guanfuzhang praised:
"It is worthy of being an official who received the guidance of the gods and made a treasure. When it is turned around, it is really dizzying for all the ministers!"
"Haha..." Zhao Ji smiled and thought to himself: Tong Guan, you can still be very clever with your words and "dazzled", but you just don't dare to say "dazzled".
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!" Tong Guan stared at the rapidly rotating globe, flattered the emperor, and praised him repeatedly.
In fact, Tong Guan, the great eunuch who had been in charge of the Privy Council and had supervised the army in the northwest for nearly twenty years, had noticed some clues when he stared at the garishly painted solid wood ball that the official took out.
Tong Guan, who has been supervising the army in the northwest for many years, has seen many maps used in the military. He found that what he wanted to draw on the big solid wood ball was a map, but most of them were terrains he had never heard of or seen...
Zhao Ji said: "I was instructed by the gods to name this treasure a globe!"
Tong Guan, who was confused after hearing this, naturally wanted to ignore the situation and agree with Zhao Guan's family first.
"Pah...pah...pah..."
Tong Guan clapped his hands and applauded:
"The name of the globe is truly unprecedented and the first of its kind in the future!
Only our Emperor Zhao Guanjia, who is knowledgeable about the past and the present, knows astronomy and geography, has profound knowledge, is favored by gods, and is loved by all the people, can he come up with this name!"
Zhao Ji thought to himself: Damn it, Tong Guan, you are really good at flattering me! I didn't know that you were good at flattering me and had a flattering nature, so I might really get dizzy from being flattered by you.
Zhao Ji smiled, pulled Tong Guan over affectionately, and pointed to the seven continents and four oceans painted on the globe...
"I was instructed by the gods, and the place drawn on the globe is Asia, the largest continent in the world!"
Tong Guan was confused when he heard this, but he kept nodding his head and echoed Zhao Guan's words:
"Asia is a very nice name..."
Zhao Ji introduced the other continents on the globe:
"This is Europe, and the land of Europe is connected to Asia..."
Zhao Ji pointed to Africa, North America, South America, Oceania, and Antarctica, and gave Tong Guan a brief introduction...
Tong Guan was not only confused when he heard this, but also dumbfounded.
From the bottom of his heart, Tong Guan did not believe that the continents drawn on the globe that Zhao Guanjia made under the guidance of gods in his dream would actually exist. He also did not believe that the land he was stepping on was in the shape of a big ball.
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Tong Guan thought to himself: "How can we take what the official sees in his dream as real? However, the official is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, the supreme emperor of the 95th century. Even if it is a fantasy in a dream, it cannot be taken seriously. Our family must flatter and believe it to be true.
hehe……
How can the earth we are stepping on be a big sphere? Isn’t that person stepping on it yet?"
Tong Guan didn't believe it in his heart, but on the surface he kept nodding his head, praising Zhao Guan's ability to reach the sky!
He thought to himself: "What the officials saw in their dreams: The earth is spherical, and there are seven continents in the world. None of us have ever dreamed of it. Our family can surpass Zhao Liangsi, succeed in destroying Liao with gold, and easily recapture Yanyun Shi
It is possible to win the great joy of Long Yan in the six states and make our family king!"
Although, Zhao Ji also kind of saw that Tong Guan's shocked expression and his confident look were just for me to see;
However, Zhao Ji felt that it didn't matter. After all, he told Tong Guan in advance that he was about to go on a long voyage. These basic knowledge of the continents and oceans on the earth might be useful for him to discover new continents and bring back high-yielding and drought-resistant crops.
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