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The map in front of her was much larger than any map she had ever seen, and she could see the ten provinces of heaven marked everywhere on it, as well as the places such as Tibet and Tocharo, and then the Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje to the northeast, as well as the Wa kingdom across the sea. しＸS520. ＣＯＭ

Looking down at the map, Quanzhou, Jiangnan and other places were also clearly marked, Wu Mei continued to go down, looking at the distance of about two fingers across the sea, pointing to Nayizhou (Taiwan) and saying: "Is this that Yizhou?" It looks like the Wa Kingdom, but there is water on all sides. ”

"Yes, this is Yizhou, the former Sui Yang Guang sent Zhu Kuan and Chen Ling to this place three times in succession."

"Jiangnan, Jiangnan, that is separated by the Yangtze River." Wu Mei stared intently at the places marked by Li Hong on the map, this was the first time in her life that she gazed at the territory of the Tang Dynasty so intuitively.

From Shule in the westernmost part of Anxi to Anton in the easternmost part of Andong, from Yunzhong in the north to Yazhou (Hainan) in the south, I gazed at all the place names on the map over and over again, looking at the geographical location, I felt a sense of pride in my heart, and Datang was originally like this.

Li Hong pointed to Pingzhou (Qinhuangdao), where Qin Shi Huang sent Yan Lu Sheng into the sea to seek immortals, and said: "Queen Mother, look here, this is Pingzhou, and opposite it is Liaodong, this is Dengzhou, and opposite it is the Zhixia City of Baekje. ”

Wu Meimei's beautiful eyes flowed, and as Li Hong's fingers pointed back and forth, she muttered: "The distance in this world is so far, I can't imagine that it is so close on the size of the white paper." ”

"Yes, look here, this is Baekje's De'an Fortress, and it is so close to the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom has been repairing with Baekje and Silla for a while, and the war for a while is ...... on this sea."

As Li Hong's fingers flew up and down on the map, Wu Mei was dizzy for a while and understood, in short, what Li Hong meant was that whether it was Pingzhou or Dengzhou, it was in this bend, because the place on the map formed an encirclement, so it prevented the wind from blowing over, causing the wind on the surface of the sea, unlike the sea outside this sea area, which has the same height as the roof and the wind and waves, so this sea area is called the Bohai Rim.

However, the voyage of the Wa Kingdom was on the real sea, and the wind and waves were much bigger than those inside, which was called the Yellow Sea. Their voyages are much braver than those of the Tang Dynasty, and their understanding of the sea is much deeper than ours.

Today's Tang people, when they carry out some voyages, they just sail along a line called the coastline painted by Li Hong, but they don't really enter the sea, but sail along the coastline on the sea not far from the land.

The reason why Li Chunfeng wanted to build sea ships in Quanzhou and other places was to make the Tang people go deeper into the sea, to be able to go further, and to have a deeper understanding of the sea than the Japanese state.

All kinds of things come down, that is, a generation of empresses like Wu Mei, in the face of the superficial information on the sea, it is extremely difficult to accept, after listening to Li Hong's words, Wu Mei feels as if she is having a gold star in front of her.

"Having said so much, don't you just want to say that you invested so much money in Quanzhou just to explore the ocean? But now the court only sees you splashing water and spending money, but it doesn't see a penny in return. Wu Mei shook her head with a swollen head, sat down on the sofa with Li Hong's support, and said with difficulty after being quiet for a while.

"This is a long-term investment, it is normal to see no benefits in the short term, but as long as the silver is thrown out, the return given to us by this ocean is far greater than you think. Let me tell you this, at the beginning, Erchen's Taiyi City also made Erchen tighten his belt and do it, but now? It's not that you don't know the reward, when Li Chunfeng's big ship is built, within three or five years of effort, the return that our Datang can get is not comparable to a Taiyi City, it is something that three or five Taiyi Cities have not been able to compare. Li Hong looked at the dragon mother who was a little excited, and finally only said three or five Taiyi City-like wealth, he was afraid that if he said a little bigger, the feather duster that came out of nowhere would be called to him.

Wu Mei's mind is still chaotic at the moment, although her heart has calmed down a little, but in her mind for a while is the territory map of Datang that is clearly marked, and for a while it is the unpredictable and beautiful looking ocean, which Li Hong said is like purgatory on earth, which makes people both frightening and dreamy.

The land and the ocean appeared back and forth in her mind for a while, so that she couldn't figure out a clue for a while, but she still grasped the contradiction in Li Hong's words: "Since the ocean is so terrifying, why do you still try your best to send people to go deeper?" Also, when I saw you talking about the ocean, you were foaming and excited, are you talking about what the hell are you thinking? ”

"Huh? No, what Erchen said is the truth. Li Hong didn't expect Mother Long to ask such a question, so he hurriedly opened one of his closed eyes, and let go of the movement of the gun with his right hand and said.

Wu Mei glanced at him angrily, although she didn't understand why Li Hong was pretending to be a one-eyed dragon with one eye closed just now, and her hand was still gesturing with unknown reasons, looking obscene, frivolous, and hanging. But from the perspective of being a mother, she is keenly aware that this kid must be playing some crooked idea.

It's not good, this Li Xian really didn't take it into his eyes, but when he completed his established plan, he took Li Xian's everything into account.

Li Hong put away his subconscious pretending to be a Caribbean pirate just now, sat down next to Wu Mei, and said, "Didn't you notice just now, Queen Mother? In the map that Erchen draws, don't you see that the territory of this sea is about the same size as the territory of land? Think about it, if the Tang Dynasty controls the sea in the future, will all the other foreign ships have to listen to us? That Wa country seems to be honest, but in fact, they have discovered the precious resources on the ocean, and they will go to sea from time to time to harass the fishermen in Datang, Quanzhou and other places, you should have heard of these in the court, right? However, it didn't cause any major harm, and the imperial court didn't pay attention to it. But what if one day, there are more Japanese ships or other foreign ships on our doorstep? With the current force of our Datang, it will be difficult for them to invade our Datang land, but what if they keep blocking us and not letting us go to sea? We're going to be stranded on land....... ”

"Sleepy, sleepy, life at sea is uncomfortable, I feel uncomfortable when I go to Qujiangchi to take a boat, not to mention taking the Wuya battleship from Luoyang to Yongji Canal, as long as we don't let them land on our land, how can they help me Datang?" Wu Mei said as a matter of course.

Anyway, now she doesn't think that the ocean is as important as Li Hong said, and as Li Hong said, there are fish bigger than houses, snakes, and sharks and other ghosts that will kill when they smell blood, in this case, it is better to let the Gentiles go to the sea to die.

"This ...... You can't say that, Queen Mother, such an idea is dangerous and very wrong! Li Hong's face was serious, and in the face of the feather duster raised in the hand of the dragon mother, he did not flinch, and spoke righteously.

This look calmed Wu Mei, and slowly put down the feather duster in her hand, but she secretly said in her heart: "I am getting bolder and bolder, it seems that Your Majesty may have been taught by him a few times in Liaodong, and now he even dares to teach himself."

pressed the resentment in his heart, and said patiently: "Then you can tell me, what is the danger and mistake, I can't say one, two, three, Li Hong, don't blame me for being ruthless!" In the end, Wu Mei couldn't help but threaten.

Li Hong was numb to this unreasonable threat, rolled his eyes, and had no choice but to ...... in order for himself to be able to go south for a year and a half Bear with it!

Ran to the table diligently, took the map that was as smooth as a mirror, folded it on his lap and just spread it out, the feather duster in the hand of the dragon mother flew to his shoulder, and the voice of the dragon mother reprimanded sounded in his ears: "A good map, folded like this, is not afraid of being damaged!" Put it on the table and spread it out flat, and say it's not okay? ”

"I ...... Erchen wants to get the ...... of the mother's follower. ”

"Doesn't Hongu have feet? This palace won't go to the table and look at you to explain? It's a good map, it's all folded, and your father hasn't seen it yet, so let you be a loser and put it on the table! Wu Mei felt sorry for the map, and the feather duster knocked on someone's hand again to roll up the map.

Li Hong had no choice but to sigh, this son should be as good as a broken map to make the queen care. The appointee took the map and spread it out again on the table.

At this time, I saw Wu Mei bending down, her two hands carefully and meticulously smoothing out those folds, that focused, that cautious, as if the map was more precious than her gold and silver jewelry.

Seeing Wu Mei's careful and cautious appearance, Li Hong had no choice but to sigh again and comfort: "Queen Mother, if you want this map, Erchen asked Hongwen Pavilion to send you two pieces, which are clearer and clearer than this, and they are also much larger, and they look more intuitive, you can hang them on the wall and look at them slowly." ”

Wu Mei raised her head, glanced at Li Hong angrily, and then continued to bow her head and smooth out the wrinkles that had just been made out by the loser, and said coldly: "Those maps are not as easy to distinguish as this map, although they are more detailed, but they can draw all the territories of my Tang Dynasty, including the territories of foreign countries, on them, but there are very few, and they ...... It's not that you don't know that those maps drawn on silk and sheepskin have such a complete map of the territory? ”

"What Erchen said is the same as what you see now, but it is much more rigorous than Erchen, who is temporarily cramming, and it is also the entire territory map of Datang." Li Hong looked at the dragon mother who was still bending over to smooth the folds of the map, and suddenly said with some distress.

It can be seen that Wu Mei cares very much about the territory map of the Tang Dynasty, perhaps because as a queen, she has never been able to feel how majestic her country is so intuitively, so when she saw this map for the first time, she cherished it.