Ma Du followed Lao Zhu and walked back, just up the stone steps, Ma Du whispered: "Your Majesty, don't tell your mother about Weichen's departure, lest she be sad, and Weichen will not be scolded." ”

"Phew! I have a conscience now. Lao Zhu turned his head and spat fiercely, "It's late, I suspect that the queen already knows, and she probably guessed that I opened Penghu to stop you." Today, I'm going around the bush to give you a good word for the white-eyed wolf. If she asks and you explain it to her yourself, I don't care. ”

The two went back to their residence, the hall was brightly lit, and they saw a family around the table talking and drinking from a distance, this was a reception banquet for Chang Mao, Ma Dajia sat on the head, smiling and talking to the old loach, a peaceful and warm atmosphere.

Lao Zhu stopped, "I can't go over and sweep them up, otherwise they won't be happy to eat this meal, and the emperor will inevitably be annoyed by people while being awe-inspired." ”

He shook his fingers, which had stopped the bleeding, "Let's go, bandage me." It's all your fault, you have to force me to cut my fingers and swear before I can believe me. ”

Lao Zhu said and glanced at Ma Du fiercely, Ma Du shrank his neck, "Your Majesty has such a heavy grudge, Weichen doesn't dare to go back." ”

In the future, as long as you submit a letter of resignation to the boss, no matter what conditions the boss offers, don't accept it, once he finds a suitable candidate, he will definitely catch you off guard.

If it weren't for Lao Zhu grabbing him by the collar and giving him a way back, Ma Du would rather die in Penghu than respond to the sky.

"Coward, I don't blame you, I asked for it."

Ma Du took Lao Zhu to the bedroom, took out alcohol to clean his wounds, Lao Zhu was so angry with alcohol that he grinned, Ma Du bandaged him, "Your Majesty is fine." ”

Lao Zhu didn't leave, "You haven't told me where you plan to go, what kind of good place is it worth you to leave your wealth behind and run with the whole family." ”

"It's not a fairyland on earth, it's just an ordinary land, the same four seasons of the year, twelve months, the grass and trees are prosperous in spring and withered in autumn and winter, cold in the north, warm in the south, not much different from the Ming Dynasty."

"Don't say you don't have a map."

"Yes, yes, but Weichen doesn't know where to put it, so it's good to send it to His Majesty tomorrow."

Lao Zhu shook his head, "Find it for me now, who knows if you will fool me with a fake one tomorrow." ”

Madu had to rummage through the cabinets, and finally found it in a wooden box, which was spread out directly on the bed, almost completely covering the entire bed. ”

Lao Zhu leaned over with a candle and swept it over his head, "This is the place you are talking about?" Doesn't it look small...... Hey? Da Ming! ”

He saw that the word "Daming" was clearly written in the middle of the map, and he couldn't help but be stunned, "What kind of map is this?" ”

"This is a map of the world, naturally including the Ming Dynasty, you look at the peninsula next to it is Goryeo, and this narrow island on the edge of Goryeo is the ...... of the Wa Kingdom"

Lao Zhu is more concerned about the Ming Dynasty and the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, "How can my Ming Dynasty only have such a big apex, this Mongolia has lost the northern frontier of the desert, and the domain is still bigger than the two Ming Dynasty, Xuanzhong, are you mistaken." ”

"Your Majesty is mistaken, there is still a dotted line here. Wei Chen had never been to Mobei, nor did he know where the northern border of Mongolia was, so he guessed that the scope of their activities was near the Beihai, that is, the place where Su Wu was shepherding sheep, so he casually drew a dotted line. ”

"Even so, the territory of the Mongols is not small, as long as they spread their horses' hooves, how can my army encircle and suppress." Lao Zhu said with an embarrassed twisted beard.

Regard the Mongols as the biggest enemy, this thinking has been throughout the Ming Dynasty, but in the end it was occupied by an inconspicuous small tribe, if Lao Zhu knew, he didn't know how to feel.

"What country is north of Mongolia?" Lao Zhu pointed at the vast Siberia with his finger

"There is no country of wilderness, but there are some hard-bodied savages, who do not cross a mountain range to the west, and where there are still a few countries still occupied by the Mongols, who from time to time exile the prisoners. If this continues, the vast land here will be occupied by them sooner or later, and Your Majesty can't take advantage of them in vain. ”

"The Mongols are really powerful, they can fight so far away, and the chicken ribs are also meat, but I don't dislike this is a bitter cold place, but my newly opened 3,000-mile territory has not yet covered the heat, not to mention that there is still Mongolia here, and I can stand by exile a few prisoners?"

Lao Zhu stretched out his hand again and gestured to the west of the Ming Dynasty, from Central Asia to Europe, "These are the territories of the Semu people?" All still under Mongol control? ”

Lao Zhu looked a little melancholy, probably because he found that Meng Yuan had more sin than he thought.

Ma Du saw what Lao Zhu was thinking, and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Mengyuan's forces have begun to wither and fall." There are new forces beginning to rise, although the Western Chagatai Khanate in the west of the Ming Dynasty was established by the Mongols, but it has long been independent, and now it should be usurped by a cripple named Timur, and then he will conquer the east and the west to integrate the internal expansion outward, and he is ambitious and will one day aim at the Ming Dynasty. But it will take at least a decade or two. ”

"Xuanzhong doesn't go out, but he knows everything about the world."

"Wechen went with his grandfather in his early years, and he usually traded with the Semu people, and Wechen also asked his subordinates to pay attention to inquiring."

Lao Zhu nodded and said, "Xuanzhong is doing well, speaking of which Jinyiwei is too unqualified." "He dotted the map with his hand," he continued. ”

Madu stretched out his hand and drew a circle in the Mediterranean Sea, "The descendants of the Turks founded a country here, called the Ottoman Empire, which is now growing stronger. ”

Lao Zhu twisted his beard and teased: "Turks? It is not easy to be cleaned up by Taizong this time, and it is not easy to regroup, I thought that they were all wiped out. ”

"In fact, many of the Semu people are descendants of the Turks, for example, that Timur is actually a Turk, but in order to gain more support for the legitimacy of the regime, he calls himself a Mongol."

"Oh, for the sake of the throne, the ancestors don't recognize it, it's a character. If he dares to attack the Ming Dynasty, I want to compete with him. Lao Zhu nodded to the location of Europe again, "Who is here?" ”

"The people here are also considered to be Semu, but they are not the same group as the Semu people we usually refer to, their cultural beliefs are very different, and their appearance is slightly different, grandpa called them Europa. Because of the long distance and the desert war, not many people came to the Central Plains. The Mongol cavalry fought all the way to Europa, which was considered a trade route, and they liked our silk and porcelain very much. There was a man named Marco Polo who had been to the Central Plains, and it seemed that he had been an official under Kublai Khan, and he had written a book about what he had seen and heard, and they all wanted to come to the Central Plains, which was full of gold, to make a fortune. ”

"There is no doubt that this Polo is a liar, if there is gold everywhere, what kind of rebellion will I make." Lao Zhu stretched out his hand and nodded to the European continent, "How many people and how many troops does this Europa have?" ”

Madu replied: "Your Majesty has misunderstood, Europa is the name of this region, not a country. There are many small countries here, and the big ones are a province, and the small ones are a state and a government, and the specific situation is not very clear. When my grandfather and I went, they were experiencing an unprecedented catastrophe, there was a plague called the Black Death spreading everywhere, killing 20 or 30 million people, losing 30 or 40% of the population, it was simply purgatory on earth, although the plague stopped for a while, but grandpa said that it would not stop in the next 100 years. ”

"This Europa is pitiful!" I don't know who Lao Zhu's compassionate face is shown to him, the people of the Ming Dynasty are not enough for you to pity, and you still want to be the emperor of the Europeans?

"They have nothing to be pitied, they will be a blessing in disguise and enter a new era."

Although the Black Death did bring great disaster to Europe, it also shook the shackles of religion completely, humanism began to revive, and the Renaissance was brewed.

The decline of the labor force, the improvement of the status of workers and peasants, the decline of the aristocracy, and the transformation of Europe from an agrarian economy to a commodity economy, laid the groundwork for capitalism and the industrial revolution.

It also promoted the progress of medical and health care and the construction of public health, and the Europeans rebuilt the sewers.

In order to escape the devastated social environment, more people made a desperate bet and set sail to find the paradise on earth described by Marco Polo, opening the era of great geographical discoveries.

The Black Death was the clarion call for the rise of Europe!

"Phew!" Lao Zhu took a heavy sip, "Your heart is also hard enough, what blessing can you have if tens of millions of people are raised." If you become a great Ming Dynasty, you will become the emperor of the light pole. In the future, I had to alert the navy to the fact that if a ship from Europa was directly sunk by them, they must not be allowed to enter the land of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Madu was immediately sent to the horse, the Black Death was a good thing that the Mongols did in the Crimea, but it raged in many countries in Europe and had a great deal to do with the merchant ships that traveled to and from the ports.

Lao Zhu pointed to Africa, "What kind of place is this, and the territory is not small." ”

"There are all savages here, pitch black as charcoal, and only the teeth are white all over the body, so this continent is called the black continent by grandpa."

Lao Zhu became interested, "Kunlun Nu is from here." ”

"Yes, part of the Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty came from Nanyang, and the other part came from here."

Lao Zhu smiled and nodded, "Interesting, the world is bigger than I can think about!" Where are you going? ”

Ma Du pointed to the upper right corner of the map, "Here, Dongshengzhou!" ”