The scene in front of him was so shocking that at first Xu Shu did not expect that the young man who looked to be in his early twenties was actually the emperor, and he thought he was a young general from the imperial court!

But even so, it was a bit difficult for him to accept the scene in front of him: the delicate woman held a pumpkin hammer in each hand. The hammer heads were about the same size as her head, but they could not fly up and down in the woman's hands.

Stop, as if these two hammers have no weight at all.

In fact, this is what he guessed at the beginning, if nothing happened next.

Diao Chan swung out a hammer, Liu Xuan made a small horizontal stroke, just in time to deflect Diao Chan's hammer a few points, and then Diao Chan's powerful attack hit the ground next to him - completely made of thick stone slabs.

The paved ground instantly turned into countless tiny fragments under this hammer, and many more fragments came straight towards Xu Shu.

The speed of these stones is no worse than bullets fired from gunpowder guns. If they really hit Xu Shu, even if they missed the vital part, they would not be seriously injured. If they were unlucky and hit the vital part... just collect the body.

Qin Yilu, who was standing next to him, had been paying attention. When he saw such an unexpected situation, he calmly drew his sword in his hand, and instantly danced the long sword into a sheet of silver light, making a tinkling sound. By the time Xu Shu came to his senses, Qin Yilu had already

He put the long knife back, and then the place in front of him was covered with gravel.

Looking at all this, Xu Shu finally realized that he had already passed through the gate of hell. While marveling that Qin Xiaowei next to him had such strength, he couldn't help but look at the woman a few more times.

Xu Shu was originally a ranger, and his martial arts skills were not bad. Naturally, he could see how powerful Qin Yilu's swords just now were, and the woman could hit such a terrifying effect with just a hammer. If the force were to hit someone, I'm afraid it would be...

Not many people can take it.

Anyway, Xu Shu felt that if it were him, he would probably turn into minced meat.

There was a moment of silence, and Qin Yilu's timely reminder in Xu Shu's ear ended the somewhat strange atmosphere: "Mr. Xu, this is His Majesty the Emperor!"

Xu Shu looked at the emperor in a blink of an eye, and saw that the emperor was more than eight feet long, about 1.9 meters in the newly popular saying, with a well-proportioned body shape, a handsome face and no beard.

"Aren't you already in your early thirties today? Why do you still look so young? Could it be that the emperor really practices Xuanmen Taoism?"

There were many rumors coming from the North, saying that gods were descending to earth today, but Xu Shu never took those rumors seriously. Even though many novel things had appeared in the North over the years, he himself also knew some strange Taoist arts.

But he definitely didn't take those words seriously, he just thought that the emperor might be quite proficient in Xuanmen magic.

Now it seems that it is probably not just as simple as being proficient.

He stepped forward to salute the emperor, and Liu Xuan also took the opportunity to look at Xu Shu. As for Xu Shu secretly looking at him, he was certainly aware of it, but it didn't matter, just let him see it.

When Xu Shu raised his head, Liu Xuan waved Chixiao in his hand, and the long knife disappeared in an instant. Qin Yilu and Diao Chan both knew that Liu Xuan could receive things somewhere and then access them at any time, but this was

It was completely different in Xu Shu's eyes.

In the eyes of many people, this kind of method can only be used by immortals. Although Xu Shu is not the same as ordinary people, he also knows that this kind of method cannot be used by people with strong cultivation.

"really!"

Thinking secretly in his heart, Xu Shu acted more and more cautiously in front of Liu Xuan.

"Are you Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi?"

Liu Xuan didn't have to worry so much, after all, he was the one taking the initiative now, and it was Xu Shu who was seeking an official position, not a talent himself, so there was no need to be coy.

"Exactly!"

Although Xu Shu was cautious, he acted neither arrogant nor humble. Although the status gap was as big as heaven and earth, he did not need to appear too cowardly as long as he was polite and considerate.

He casually took the towel and wiped it on his face, wiping away the 'sweat' that didn't exist at all. Then he went directly to the inner room and sat down, and then started talking about the main topic.

"Cheng Yu praises you for your great talent, but do you know why I specially invited you to meet me?"

Xu Shu had thought about a lot, including how the emperor would test him, and how he should respond. But he never thought that the emperor would ask this question, and to be honest, he was a little surprised, why did the emperor value him so much?

If you want to win over the Jingzhou gentry and appease the local elites in Jingzhou to facilitate the court's rule? But then you shouldn't come to him? Besides, there are people from Jingzhou in the court.

Including General Huang Zhong and Shang Jiu Tianwen of the Ministry of Industry, as long as we start from these people, the problems here in Jingzhou can naturally be solved.

Therefore, it must not be such a reason! So the emperor has heard of his name? This is infinitely close to the truth, but it is a pity that Xu Shu did not dare to think deeply about this aspect because he thought it was too impossible.

Seeing that Xu Shu was silent, Liu Xuan did not waste any time and said directly: "I have a task for you, but I don't know if Yuan Zhi dares to take it on?"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Shu felt shocked all over, as if he saw an excellent opportunity right in front of him.

The emperor said he was going to give him a task, but he still summoned him so solemnly alone. This shows how important this task is. If it is completed, there is no need to worry about the future.

But Xu Shu did not lose his mind, but forced himself to calm down and asked: "I wonder what the mission is?"

Although Liu Xuan had known Xu Shu's talent for a long time, he was still satisfied with his performance at this time, because only such a talent could complete the task.

With a snap of his fingers, Cao Bao, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, immediately walked in, then unfolded the scroll in his hand, and Xu Shu could see it clearly.

"This is……"

Only the imperial court has a large reserve of this world map, but not many people know the specific content. Only a few close associates have actually seen it.

Those people are the core figures of Liu Xuan's group. In addition, Yu Ji has a share. In order to deceive Sun Ce, they said that they were found by Yu Ji when they were living abroad when the pre-Qin Dynasty was destroyed.

Therefore, it is impossible for Xu Shu to have seen it. In addition, the map he saw at this time also marked the locations of the Han, Roman, Kushan, Parthian and other existing empires in detail.

To be honest, Liu Xuan was a little tired of using this move, but the effect of this move was extremely good, especially when he saw the proud "World", which only occupied such a place on the picture.

Small pieces, and at the same time, there are several dynasties on the picture that are not weak compared to the Han Dynasty, which is even more shocking.

It’s not that scholars of this era didn’t know that there were other countries outside, but because of the long distances and various technical limitations of this era, it was difficult for them to have an intuitive impression.

Many people think that those empires are just some barbarian countries, so they don't take them too seriously. Even if they know that those empires are extremely powerful, they still don't take them seriously.

But on this map, the 'strength' of several countries is intuitively displayed through the size of the territory. What's more, from some things marked on the map, we know that those places are not all so-called 'barbaric lands'.

"I want to turn all these places into Han territory!"

Xu Shu was still looking at the map intently, when he suddenly heard this sentence, and it took him a moment to react.

"this……"

He is not someone who knows nothing, on the contrary, he knows a lot. And precisely because he knows enough, he can see how difficult it is to unify the 'world'.

From this map, he could see how vast the land labeled 'Eurasia' was. The Han Dynasty was only a small part of it, but it would take a lot of time for the army to travel from the north to the south of the Han Dynasty.

The consumption of food, clothing, etc. is enough to give any logistics officer a headache.

If the big man wants to reach 'Europe', the consumption on the light path is an extremely terrifying figure - and this does not take into account the time spent on the march.

With such a long distance, it may be impossible for the army to reach Europe from the Han Dynasty in a lifetime.

Of course, the big man now has that magical hover car as a means of transportation, but these small improvements seem to have little meaning in this vast land.

As for the other pieces of land, when he saw the blue area marked with the ocean, Xu Shu knew that those places were simply impossible to reach. Having traveled around and lived in Jingzhou for many years, he knew the current ships quite well.

He also has a certain understanding of the sea. It is simply impossible for the current ship to pass through such a vast body of water and transport soldiers there safely at the same time.

Even if you don't need to consider these things, your majesty in front of you really conquered all the land, but how should you manage such a vast territory?

Should we restore the feudal system? Establish vassal states one by one and let them rule and manage each place? That will undoubtedly make the world fall into division again. Therefore, in Xu Shu's view, the emperor's words are just a delusion and cannot be realized at all.

However, in his heart he believed that the emperor's words were just an impossible fantasy, but Xu Shu felt very excited, because the emperor's ambition meant that he would have more opportunities to make contributions!

At this time, his mind returned to that 'mission'. Now he was very curious about what task the emperor would arrange for him? And what was the relationship between that task and the unification of the 'world'?

When Liu Xuan saw Xu Shu raise his head and look at him again, he knew that he had finished reading the map and probably had some thoughts mentally, so he spoke at the right time without letting Xu Shu ask questions.

"I want Zhang Lu to go all the way west and even take root on the Mediterranean coast of Europe!" Then he raised his finger and pointed at Xu Shu: "And Yuan Zhi is the key to ensuring that all of this will happen smoothly!"

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Chapter completed!