Chapter 41: Quanyu
Wenshen, who was a little sad, decided to return to ancient times to quiet. As soon as he returned to Yuanmiao Villa, he heard a knock on the door outside. Wenshen went out and saw that it was Li Yi, so he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Return to Zhenjun, Liang Taidian was ordered to invite Zhenjun to come to the palace to meet the saint."
Wenshen asked Li Yi to carry the globe and follow the Liang Taidian to Yanfu Palace. Wenshen glanced at the hall and found that in addition to the emperor and the queen, there were Cai Jing, Cai Taishi, Gao Qiu, Gao Taiwei, and Liang Taicheng. Song Huizong and Empress Zheng sat on the chair opposite the door of the Grand Master. Liang Taidian stood beside Song Huizong, while Cai Jing and Gao Qiu sat on the two Grand Master chairs on the right. There was a small tea table between the two chairs, with two cups of hot tea on it.
"See the Emperor! Queen!" Wenshen stepped forward and bowed. "National Master, sit quickly." Song Huizong, who had not seen Wenshen for a long time, said happily when he saw it, "National Master, where have you been traveling in the past six months? I even care about it."
"When I returned to the emperor, I first traveled around the world and made a full map. Then I returned to Yizhou to establish a steel plant." Wen Shen said with a smile.
"I know this steel mill. I heard from Master Cai that the annual output of 1,000 kilograms of steel mill is 1,000 kilograms. This is true." Song Huizong said excitedly when he heard the steel mill.
"It's true when you go back to the emperor."
"That's great. There is great hope for recapturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. There is so much good steel, I can make many good weapons. Recapturing Yanyun is the long-cherished wish of ancestors of all generations. I didn't expect it to be realized in my hands." Song Huizong said with a foam flying.
"Your Majesty, take back Yan Yun, give me two thousand soldiers and horses, and you can recover it in half a year." Wen Shen said with a smile.
"What, what are you saying?" Song Huizong couldn't believe his ears and asked.
"I said that as long as I give me two thousand soldiers, I can recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun within half a year." After saying that, Wen Shen looked at Song Huizong's incredible expression, which was very funny.
"Master, are you saying true?" Queen Zheng next to him also asked incredible.
Cai Jing and Gao Qiu thought to themselves that they were another bragging Taoist priest, and they could brag more than the other. But neither of them said it out loud, it was just funny that this emperor was really stupid.
Song Huizong, who came back to his senses, said with a tremolo: "National Master, if you can really recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I will grant you the wait according to the ancestral teachings." Then he looked at Gao Qiu and said: "Trial Master Gao, when you go back today, you will allocate two thousand elite troops to train for the national teacher. Be sure to cooperate with the national teacher." At this time, Song Huizong thought to himself: "Two thousand people are just a drop in the bucket for him, but if he fails, there will be no big loss. But if he fails, will it cause revenge from the Liao Kingdom?" So he said: "National Master, I think it is better to attack the rebels of the Li family in the northwest."
Wenshen knew that Song Huizong was also afraid that his failure would lead to revenge from the Liao Kingdom, so he stepped forward and bowed, "Abide by the emperor's order." For Gao Qiu, two thousand people did not suffer any losses to him and could form a good national teacher, so why not do it, so he stepped forward and said, "I will arrange two thousand people as soon as possible."
"National Master, I will try my best to meet any requirements."
"Return to the emperor, I hope to bring these two thousand people to Yizhou for training. I hope the emperor will pay the military expenses in time." Wenshen stepped forward and bowed.
"No problem." Song Huizong thought what this was, so he agreed.
"I just heard from the national master that I made a full map. I wonder if I can watch it." Cai Jing stroked his beard and smiled.
"Of course." As he said that, Wenshen placed the globe on the tea table between Song Huizong and Empress Zheng. Song Huizong looked at the big fairway: "Is this the whole map? It doesn't look like it."
"Yes, why is it round? Do we all live on a round ball?" Cai Jing, who came up, looked at the globe and asked in confusion.
"Yes, we all live on a big ball." Wenshen glanced at Cai Jing and smiled.
"Ah, then where are we living on this ball?" Gao Qiu asked hurriedly. Wenshen pointed to the general position of Kaifeng with his hand on the globe. Gao Qiu looked at the position of Wenshen, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, we live on this ball. If we live below, wouldn't we fall down?"
"Haha" Wen Shen was immediately happy when he heard this. Song Huizong asked, "Master Gao said very well. National Master, is there no one living under the ball?"
Wenshen smiled and said, "Master, we live on a large ball, which has a diameter of more than 20,000 miles. There are people or animals anywhere on this ball."
"Then why wouldn't you fall down when you live below?" Queen Zheng asked in confusion.
Wenshen saw an ant on the ground, so he bent over and caught it, put it on the globe, and said, "Emperor, Queen, please look. We are on the earth, just like this ant on this globe. Look, the ant has fallen."
"Really, it's so amazing that it didn't fall off." Queen Zheng said, stroking the globe. Wenshen snickered in his heart, thinking that the ancients were so easy to deceive.
Song Huizong gently turned the globe and said, "Didn't the ancient books say that the sky is round and the place is round."
"Your Majesty, it is completely correct that some things in ancient books are not seen. If the emperor does not believe it, you can send a boat to start from Quanzhou and go east, and you will definitely be able to return to Quanzhou." Wen Shen said with a smile.
Cai Jing rolled his eyes and asked, "I wonder where the national teacher's fairy mountain is?"
"Old fox." Wen Shen cursed inwardly and said, "Weichen's fairy mountain is not on such an earth, but in the sky."
"What, in heaven. National Master, can people really go to heaven?" Song Huizong asked in surprise. "Back to the emperor, yes, people can go to heaven. As long as I make a flying artifact, I can take people to heaven." Wen Shen said with a smile.
"National Master, hurry up and make it. I also want to go to heaven and see what the scene is underground." Song Huizong said longingly.
"When I returned, I rushed to make a move."
"National Master, where is our Song Dynasty?" Gao Qiu stared at the globe and asked. So Wenshen pointed at the globe and said, "This part is our Song Dynasty, this is Liao Kingdom, this is Japan, this is Dali, this is Dashi,..."
"So, in addition to the Song Dynasty, there are so many countries. And many countries are bigger than the Song Dynasty." Song Huizong said extremely unhappy.
"Well, the countries mentioned by the national master do exist. When I was in Hangzhou, I saw merchants from these countries, especially those in the Great Food Kingdom, all have yellow hair and blue eyes, which are very strange." Cai Jing said.
"Which country is this? Is it quite big?" Song Huizong pointed to Oceania and said. Wenshen smiled and said, "Back to the emperor, this is the Ocean Island, which is larger than that of the Song Dynasty, but now it is a homeless thing. There are only some uncivilized natives on the island."
"Really, can I send people to occupy it and to cultivate the natives?" Song Huizong said with a flash of his eyes, and thought to himself: "It is bigger than the Song Dynasty, and there is no one yet. Why did such a good thing come to me? Haha, the national teacher is indeed my lucky star."
"Your Majesty, this big island has abundant resources, especially iron ore, which are all excellent iron ore. Only the emperor can send a few thousand people to completely occupy this place." Wenshen instigated.
"Really!" Song Huizong stood up and stared at Oceania, his eyes shining with stars. "National Master, although this big island is very good, it just feels a bit far away."
"Your Majesty, it's certainly a bit far away to drive the ship to run by now, but recently Weichen invented a machine that can drive the ship to run by itself, and cannot rely on the wind and manpower."
"What, there is such a treasure?" Cai Jing said in surprise. Cai Jing often transports strange stones and flowers, and the most expensive thing is freight. If you can run by yourself with a machine, how much money can you save? Cai Jing is very interested in this machine.
"Yes, but only this machine requires a lot of steel."
"Didn't the national teacher say that there is a lot of iron ore in Ocean Island? We can make a large number of ships that we can run on our own and dig." Cai Jing said anxiously.
"What the Grand Master said is that I decided to make this kind of ship next year. You see, the national master." Song Huizong couldn't help but faced the temptation of expanding territory.
"These two islands look bigger than Ocean Island." Gao Qiu asked, pointing to America.
"This is the island of gold and silver. It has an area of seven or eight Song dynasties."
"It's so big, is there anyone?" asked Song Huizong.
"Some people are also black-haired and yellow-skinned people, and are said to be survivors of the pre-Qin period. Because they have not been influenced by Confucius and Mencius, they are already in an indigenous state and are very backward." Wenshen said.
"Really, as a descendant of the orthodox Yanhuang, I have the obligation to guide them on the path of Confucius and Mencius." Song Huizong said righteously.
"National Master, why are these two islands called gold and silver islands?" Gao Qiu asked.
"Because there is gold everywhere on one island and silver everywhere on the other, it is called the two islands of gold and silver." Wenshen smiled.
"Really, the emperor, I think it is very necessary to enlighten them." Cai Jing stepped forward and bowed.
"I'm asking for advice." Gao Qiu also stepped forward and said.
"Okay, I think it's very necessary." Song Huizong stared at the globe and said excitedly, "Who do you think is responsible for this matter."
Chapter completed!