On February 2, 962, far west, in the far west, at the rising of the morning light, Pope John XII opened the Holy Roman Empire with the coronation of Otto I of Saxony, King of Germany.

Pope John XII said, "nowe-the-days-of-the-king, and―may-they―be-blessed."

Then left and right: "long-live-the-king."

German humanitarians: "kaiser, kaiser, kaiser (meaning Germanic emperor)!" ”

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And in the east, it was already noon at this moment, Zhao Dezhao went to the place where Wu Lingqing lived, Wu Lingqing saw Zhao Dezhao coming here, and asked: "Yo Xi, His Royal Highness King Liang, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't want to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, tell me why I came here today?" ”

Zhao Dezhao said embarrassedly: "Xiao Lingzi, I came here today to draw a complete map of the world, and I don't know some things, so I came to ask you, not to mention that your painting skills are better than mine, you have to help my brother in this matter." ”

Wu Lingqing patted Zhao Dezhao on the shoulder, and then understood what he was thinking, and said: "Haha-it's a trivial matter, this matter will be entrusted to my brother, and Baozhun Er will give you good news in the afternoon." ”

Zhao Dezhao arched his hand and said, "Thank you, brother, haha." ”

After that, Zhao Dezhao asked the chamberlain to bring a large white cloth and handed it to Wu Lingqing, Wu Lingqing began to work, took out charcoal from the table, and then began to outline the outline of the world's seven continents and four oceans on the white cloth.

When the sun set, Wu Lingqing finally drew it, Zhao Dezhao patted him on the shoulder, and said enthusiastically: "Thank you, brother, tell me if you have any requirements another day, brother, I will try my best to satisfy you, haha-except for bad things!" ”

"Haha, it's enough to have Xiao Zhao's words, look at you, I'll help you get here in the blank space on this map, and you can do the rest yourself."

After sunset, Zhao Dezhao said goodbye to Wu Lingqing, took the map, quickly returned to the palace, and began to make up the rest of the map.

On this night, there was a little starlight in the thick night, and in the Funing Hall in Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin was still in the hall to review the folds.

"Official, it's time now, please rest early." The chamberlain Zhang Dejun reminded on the side.

"Hmm! It's almost there. Zhao Kuangyin still has two copies in his hand that have not yet been approved.

At this time, Zhao Dezhao entered the palace from the dormitory, with two attendants beside him, dragging a pair of large objects, Zhao Dezhao saw that Zhao Kuangyin was reviewing the folds, and he couldn't bear to interrupt.

After waiting for two quarters of an hour, Zhao Kuangyin raised his head, only to see Zhao Dezhao on the side, and the two attendants next to him were dragging an object.

Zhao Kuangyin was very puzzled, saw this large object, and asked: "Zhao'er, how long have you been standing, the time is almost over, why did you come to find your father so late." ”

"Daddy, it doesn't matter how long Zhao'er waits, there is something coming today, by the way, there is a bigger map here, please take a look at it." Zhao Dezhao immediately asked the two chamberlains to spread the map on the ground, and then the map slowly unfolded, and Zhao Kuangyin's eyes were immediately attracted by this huge map.

He quickly got down from the dragon chair and walked to the map, at this moment the map had been completely unfolded, Zhao Kuangyin then bent down and looked at the map, and then asked the chamberlain to bring two futons from the dragon chair and put them on the ground.

Zhao Kuangyin lowered his head, looked carefully at the map marked with the world map, and then asked his son: "Zhao'er, do you say that this map includes the whole world?" And looking at this map, my Great Song Dynasty is just a partial Yiyu, but just a little bit. ”

And Zhao Kuangyin is like a primary school student, asking long and short questions.

"Daddy, the world we live in is a whole, and we live on a sphere, and there are four seasons in a year because the earth is constantly rotating, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, because the moon is also revolving around the sphere we live in,"

Zhao Kuangyin was surprised and said: "How is it possible, didn't Zhang Heng armillary note say: The sky is like a chicken." The celestial bodies are round like projectiles, the earth is like a chicken in the middle yellow, and it lives alone in the sky, the sky is big and the earth is small. There is water in the surface of the sky, and the sky envelops the earth, and the shell is wrapped in yellow...... Will it be a sphere? Wouldn't that man fall from above, it's ridiculous! ”

"Daddy, I can't explain this, but the child will give you an experiment, as for why people don't fall off the sphere, you must not understand what the child Zhao'er said." Zhao Dezhao said, here, let Xiao Guizi get two spherical objects from his bedroom.

The little noble son came out of the Funing Palace, and Zhao Kuangyin's father and son were still talking at this time.

"Zhao'er, where did you know these things, why have you never heard of them?" Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Dezhao very suspiciously, and Zhao Dezhao smiled.

After sitting for a long time, his body was a little tired, Zhao Dezhao hurriedly got up from the futon and said: "Daddy, these words were told to me by Mr. Fuyaozi, do you know that Fuyaozi once said in my dream back then, and also gave me some knowledge, God!" At that time, I listened to Fuyaozi's words and didn't believe it, isn't Fuyaozi a master, how could he say such a godly word, and then the child couldn't explain it clearly, but from the current point of view, only Fuyaozi's explanations make sense. ”

Listening to Zhao Dezhao talk about Fuyaozi, Zhao Kuangyin also remembered the past, he remembered that on the way back to Kaifeng to pick up his family who lived in Luoyang temporarily, he dreamed of Fuyaozi, and he was in a poem in his dream, "People in dreams swim in dreams, and humanity Xiyue is purple." Fate is born and extinguished, where does the illusion and the illusion go. The fragrance of this is floating in the cloud mountain, thirty-three years to Gengshen. Fuyaozi is pure and pure, and he sees each other in three games of chess every year".

In this poem, the first few sentences have all been fulfilled, and the last sentence is inexplicable, "He met three games of chess in his year", I am afraid that Zhao Kuangyin will see this legendary Fuyaozi in the future.

Fuyaozi's words are bound to be true, and Zhao Kuangyin also spoke of Fuyaozi after listening to the eldest son's words, so he didn't doubt it.

"If it is as Fuyaozi said, it must be true." Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said.

At this time, Xiao Guizi had already taken two spherical objects, one large and one small, and handed them to Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Dezhao took the sphere and stood in front of the candlelight, and then began to demonstrate, and at the same time asked Zhao Kuangyin to also stand at an angle to observe, and the candlelight was the sun.

When Zhao Dezhao demonstrated, Zhao Kuangyin also observed the changes he had from the demonstrations on the sphere and the candlelight, and he also understood what Zhao Dezhao said.

At this time, Zhao Dezhao's words changed, these things are just simple truths, they are natural laws, and then Zhao Dezhao wants to talk about the pattern of today's world.

"In today's world, in the eastern countries, except for the Great Song Dynasty, the north is strong Liao, and the northwest tribes are numerous, such as the Gaochang Uighurs, Ganzhou Uighurs and other countries, and there are Tubo tribes on the northwest plateau, the southwest is the Duan Dali and Bagan dynasties, the south is the Angkor Dynasty, Champa and Annam, and the east is Goryeo and Japan across the sea. Now the greatest influence on my Great Song Dynasty is the Liao State, which cannot compete with it now, so if the Great Song Dynasty wants to unify the whole country, it must first be south and then north, first easy and then difficult......"

Soon after, Zhao Dezhao stretched out his head, pointed to the American continent and Oceania on the map, and said: "Daddy, this is true, my Great Song Dynasty has not yet unified China, and the jurisdiction is only a hundred and ten miles, Zhao'er previously gave Daddy a detailed map of the countries around my Great Song Dynasty, this time I drew it from ancient books and classics and some maps obtained from foreign merchants Hu Ke, and these are all pieced together to form the whole world, on this map, there are several countries, Daddy is Champa here, here is Srivijaya, This is the Samanid dynasty, here is the ...... And in this place, there are only a few tribes on it, and they still live a backward life, they hunt in the forest, here is rich in gold, there are other crops to feed the people, these crops are high-yielding, if they are introduced to the land of our Great Song Dynasty, they must be able to feed more people, and there are rich in copper ore and other ores...... Daddy, this land is surrounded by sea water, there are no people on it, and now it is still far away from my Great Song Dynasty, and in the future, this place, my Great Song Dynasty cannot be abandoned......"

Zhao Dezhao briefly outlined some of the situations in the world. The only advantage of the man of his age in the matter of the ocean is that he knows the earth, and he knows what is on the other side of the ocean. He knew exactly what it would mean to find the American continent. Gold, corn, potatoes, peppers and vast plains, lots of land that can be cultivated. These things will become the capital of the Great Song Dynasty and other countries to compete for hegemony in the future.

Zhao Kuangyin listened to what Zhao Dezhao said, nodded, and said: "These should really be as Zhao'er said, if so, my Great Song Dynasty can take the opportunity to send troops to occupy these territories, but now my Great Song Dynasty has insufficient people, and I am temporarily unable to go south, and on the land, there are other countries around the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty has to guard against these countries for the time being." ”

Zhao Dezhao shook his head and said comfortingly: "Daddy, I can't always stare at the development of the land in the Great Song Dynasty, in addition, I have to develop overseas, although I can't occupy these uninhabited lands all at once, but Zhao'er suggested that I can let my Great Song folk fleet explore those places first, and slowly move some people to that place." A few years later, when the time was ripe, the Great Song Dynasty gradually occupied these places. ”

Zhao Kuangyin then got up and stood in front of the huge map, then raised the lamp and stopped to stare at it, thinking about when he could plant the banner of the Great Song Dynasty in every corner of the map.

And the candle flickered in the night, the flickering candlelight flickered on the map, a few days ago, the child really envoy came to offer, Zhao Dezhao's words in the side hall also touched Zhao Kuangyin's mind, he had always thought that the place outside the fan, like a chicken rib, so he did not take it to heart.

Today, Zhao Dezhao's words again made Zhao Kuangyin's heart move.

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