Early the next morning, Erya sent over the original drawings of the 39 maps of the sea and the facsimiles of the translations. She was afraid that the monk brother would not understand the preciousness of these maps, and she deliberately reiterated that these sea charts of Zhenla going west to Daqin were all treasures that could not be exchanged in the eyes of people who knew the goods. That is, she is smart enough to exchange eighty-three taels of money for such a treasure.

Shang Cheng took a thick stack of papers, first looked at two pages of facsimile, and then casually flipped through three or four pages of the original map, put all the charts on the table, and said, "Fake." ”

Erya was in a hurry. She took this thing and invited a lot of people to see it, not only to find the real master of the military department, but also to ask someone to consult a few officials of the Ministry of Rites, the military department and the vassal court in the capital; The person who was hired to do the translation for Yutu was also Cao Guan of the vassal court. Others say that these are real sea maps, why did they become fake pictures in the eyes of the monk's eldest brother?

Shang Cheng drank water with a cup, and when she finished muttering, he put down the teacup and pulled a few pictures casually, patted her and asked her, "Where did this paper come from?" ”

Erya breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It should be Qingzhou paper; It's not Shu paper. She smiled and said, "I thought you had seen something strange, and it would be this paper for a long time." Earlier, I also thought it was strange why the sea map of the Great Qin people was drawn on Qingzhou paper, and I only knew the truth after I asked someone. The paper produced by our Dazhao is also a bulk of overseas trading, and those overseas Hu merchants who came from Tianzhu Dashi Daqin often buy the whole ship back to make a profit. After speaking, she secretly glanced at Shang Cheng again.

For a long time, in her mind, the monk brother was an omniscient and omnipotent person in heaven and earth. A few years ago, when he was only in Huojiabao, as soon as he appeared, he killed two evil wolves with his bare hands; Soon, he stabbed the thief Zhang in Quzhou, and won the government's commendation. From that time on, Shang Cheng became an irreplaceable hero in her mind. That year, when she heard from her sister that he was likely to be her brother-in-law, she was happy for her sister for a long time. The monk's eldest brother is kind, good-tempered, capable, and willing to endure hardships, and my sister can find such a man, which is a good blessing that has been cultivated in several lifetimes. It's a pity that for various reasons, the monk brother and her sister still couldn't do it together in the end. The monk's eldest brother married Lian'er's sister; Her sister married a short-lived ghost, and soon left other states and counties to mourn. Witnessing her sister's misfortune, she was more precocious than other girls, and the misfortune of the eldest girl made her afraid of her future marriage, and she was afraid that her mother would also point her to a fire pit to jump ...... However, whenever she saw the eldest brother monk living with Sister Lian'er and Meimei, she couldn't help but look forward to her future. At that time, she often thought that if only she could find a man like the monk brother. After that, a lot of things happened, the Tuqi people came, Sister Lian'er left, the monk brother entered the army, and my father lost his errand in the yamen...... There were so many things that she could barely remember. She only remembered that in the winter of the first year, when the eldest monk was still a seven-rank captain, he became the commander of the entire Yanshanwei. At that time, her father was already helping the eldest monk do things, and their family also went to Yanzhou; Her mother thought about marrying her to him again. This is obviously not a fire pit, she is naturally willing in her heart! However, it is one thing for her to marry or not, and it is another thing for the monk brother to marry or not. You must know that he was no longer the person he was back then. As a general, would you still look down on yourself, a country girl who has almost nothing to say? What's more, she also felt that she was not worthy of the monk's eldest brother. Her appearance is not as standard as her sister's, her temperament is not as gentle as Sister Pan'er's, and her housework is not as good as Yue'er's livelihood, why can she step into the door of the business?

The more she compared herself to others, the more discouraged she felt. She felt that there was no hope for this! But the mother was still urging silently beside her, either letting her do this to please him, or letting her do that to get close to him, which made her annoyed. In the end, she had no choice but to sneak out of the house one day to hide. Soon, everyone in Yanzhou City knew that the Huo family had a second young lady, who was good at wine and heroic, and was a heroine among women. Alas, in this way, the monk brother must look down on her more and more. But she also figured it out, it was a shadowless thing, and what could be looked down upon, what did it have to do with her? If you can't look at it, you can't look down on it!

She ran outside every three days and two days until her brother was born. There are mothers, sisters and second mothers in the family, and there is almost nothing she can interfere with, so she took over the chores in the warehouse from her mother. She thought that if she could run the warehouse well, she would have done something commendable, so that he could no longer turn a blind eye to her, right? It was with this kind of thinking that she encouraged everyone to buy a boat and go to sea.

Now, something has gone wrong in the business of going to sea. But it doesn't matter, I never go out, where is the reason not to take risks? The key is that she suddenly discovered that there are things in this world that the monk brother doesn't know and doesn't understand. Hah, that's a big discovery! It was this layman's saying, in her eyes, that he was no longer as high as before, and could only look up. The distance between her and him has finally narrowed a little!

This discovery taught her to rejoice. She forced herself to hold a pounding heart, stood behind him with a red face, and pressed her hands against the wooden back of the chair. It seemed that she was examining and identifying the authenticity of the sea map with him; In fact, it was her two legs that suddenly had no strength at all, and she couldn't even stand steadily......

Shang Cheng completely noticed Erya's suddenly extremely shy red face. He looked at a few thick sheets of paper and nodded. He can't remember the approximate date when papermaking technology spread to Central Asia, but he remembers that it was during a certain period in the Tang Dynasty. However, the papermaking technology obtained by the Arabs should be relatively primitive, and the real high-grade paper manufacturing technology must still be in the Central Plains. He smiled and flipped through the stack of maps again, and said, "You must have been deceived by the guy who sold the maps." This method of cartography is not Arab...... Well, this is not a chart drawn by a great cannibal; It is also impossible to be the sea chart of the Great Qin people. ”

Er Ya didn't understand. Is there a way to make a cartograph? Could it be that the nautical charts drawn by the Great Cannibal are different from the nautical charts of Da Zhao? If this is the case, why didn't they point it out when they asked people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites to help identify the authenticity of these maps?

"Of course it's different." Shang Cheng said, "Our nautical chart is also called 'Jinghai Chart'. That is, people who go to sea draw the mountains, rivers, cities, ports, islands, reefs and other scenery they see along the way, and mark them as identification. Those who go to sea observe the scenery of the sea, reflect them with the marks on the map, sail according to the 'scenery', and finally reach their destination. These pictures are all scenes, which are obviously our unique 'Jinghai Map'. As for the nautical charts of other parts of this era, he did not mention it to Erya. In fact, he didn't know much about nautical matters. All he knew was that the Arabs of this period probably had rough maps based on the positions of the stars; And the navigators of Europe, who are probably still rowing undecked ships, shuttling back and forth in the calm Mediterranean; It would be another two or three hundred years before they learned to make early primitive charts after they had a compass......

From the bottom of her heart, Erya was reluctant to believe his words. The sea map is fake, doesn't it mean that what she did is wrong? But she didn't have the guts to object, let alone argue. She muttered, "Isn't there a word written on the map?" The people of the feudal court said that those were all great food words......"

Shang Cheng laughed and said, "You went to ask someone for advice after you traced the words on the map, right?" No wonder the guys in the vassal courtyard didn't tell you that the big cannibals didn't use a brush to write. He shook off the maps in his hand. These so-called maps of the Great Qin Kingdom are all written in Arabic with a brush. One by one, oh, by the way, the writing of the Great Qin people is Latin, not this kind of earthworm crawling; The Great Qin people don't use a brush to write! ”

Erya was ashamed and angry, her face was flushed, and her two hands holding the back of the seat were white. She finally understands now, what she is proud of, but for a long time, she has fallen into the evil deeds of others! These sea maps are all faked by the guy surnamed Qiu, and they are all fake!

She suddenly remembered something. Since the sea map is fake, isn't it dangerous for the little third brother who goes to sea?

The smile on Shang Cheng's face slowly faded, and his expression became serious. He pondered for a while and said, "At the moment, it can't be said that your junior brother will inevitably encounter risks. The liar only said that these are the sea maps of Zhenla to the west, and when your little third brother goes to sea in Quanzhou, he will inevitably hire old seafarers who are familiar with the sea routes, so they should be considered safe before they go to Zhenla. Since the map of the sea is fake, the scenery along the way from Zhenla to the west must be different from the map; The third brother is a cautious person, he must be able to realize the problem in time, and his mind is thorough, and he will definitely have doubts about the chart when he compares it twice. I think he's probably going to go back and discuss it with everyone before making a move. ”

Hearing him say this, the worry in Erya's heart faded a little. At the moment, there is no other way but to beg God to bless the third brother and them to come back safely. The little third brother is kind-hearted, and he must be able to turn evil into good fortune.

Shang Cheng told her again that she should not tell others in advance, especially the third sister-in-law, and she should not be allowed to know no matter what.

Erya nodded frustratedly and agreed to leave.