Chapter 988: It's better than getting drunk in life
To everyone's surprise, before raising the glass, Zhao Xing did not make any long toasts, but simply said a few truthful words.
Zhao Xing said: "The battle has been fought so far, and it is no longer interesting. Today, Cao Gong and Liu Gong came to this pavilion to discuss with me the peaceful settlement of the Xuchang matter, and everyone should be a witness! If we seize the time to solve the internal affairs, we will be able to free up our hands to open up to the east, south, west, and north, and in the future, we will not have to waste our strength in internal friction, and we can also keep all parts of the Han Dynasty away from the smoke of the beacon fire and get a long period of rest and recuperation. ”
After politely toasting each other, Cao Cao asked with great interest: "Guochang, just listen to what you said, the Han can even expand to the east, west, south, and north. I can understand this to the west, after all, there is still a very vast world to the west of the Green Mountains, and this to the north, has not all fallen into your hands? And to the east, the Samhan Peninsula in the east is now in your hands, where else can you go? To the south, where can you live in a hot miasma rampant and snakes and insects are rampant?"
Zhao Xing then said to Li Jinsi: "Jinsi, let people bring up the whole map of the world, and today will open the eyes of Meng De and Xuande!"
After a short time, Li Jinsi, who came prepared, took a few tall and strong guards to lift up a huge map that was one foot square, and spread it neatly in the gap in the middle of the pavilion. I saw that the top of the map was embroidered with gold wire, and there were six glittering big golden characters of "The Complete Map of All Nations".
This map is the huge map that has been hanging on the wall of Zhao Xing's study. After Zhao Xing's reincarnation, he was worried that some of his memories of his previous life would gradually blur over time, so he drew this map with his memory in the shortest possible time. It can be said that all kinds of military maps used in the Jin army were used as the master version to enlarge and label local areas.
Those who have the opportunity to enter and leave the study in Zhao Xing's Crouching Tiger City may not have the opportunity to see this extremely precious map, because sometimes Zhao Xing will cover the map with a curtain. In the case that Zhao Xing did not fully trust someone, he would easily not let outsiders see this map.
This map of the world represents Zhao Xing's ideals and determination.
There were not a few laymen in the pavilion, and most of them were fortunate enough to see this huge map in Zhao Xing's study, but it was the first time that generals such as Lu Bu, Zhang, and Huang Zhong had seen it, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei naturally saw it for the first time.
No matter how many times they saw this huge map, everyone in the pavilion, except for Zhao Xing, could hardly suppress the shock in their hearts around the map, and kept turning their gaze from one place to another.
The people in the pavilion, whether they were military generals or scribes, are all people who know how to know soldiers, and how to identify maps is not difficult for them. Although Cao Cao and Liu Bei saw this picture for the first time, they only looked at it a few more times and immediately understood the deep meaning of the picture.
In the middle of the map is naturally all the territory of the Han Dynasty, and many important cities, such as Luoyang, Chang'an, Xiangyang, Xuzhou, etc., are clearly marked. The place that made Cao Cao and Liu Bei look intently was the vast world beyond the Great Han.
"Sailing out by boat from Xuzhou to the east, there is such a huge area!" Cao Cao's fingers pulled a straight line from Xuzhou until North America on the map. "Is it all a vast sea?"
Zhao Xing nodded and said: "Taking a boat from Xuzhou to this place, with the navigation level and shipbuilding technology of today's Han Dynasty, it is really difficult to reach. Because this place is more than 20,000 miles east of the Han Dynasty, the sea water between the Han Dynasty and the continent here is bottomless, and the sea storms rise from time to time, and the evil Lang is monstrous, which is beyond the reach of man. ”
Liu Bei also seemed to have forgotten the main purpose of this visit, pointed to the Bering Strait, which separates the Asian plate from the North American plate, and said to himself: "It turns out that it has been going north, and there is such a huge territory. If you cross the strait from here and go east along the land, will you not be able to reach the far east, of which Munder speaks?"
Zhao Xing listened to Liu Bei's words, and his heart was also amazed. In the end, he is a hero who has the world in mind, and he saw at a glance the possibility of going from the Bering Strait to North America. In fact, many geologists and anthropologists insist that the Indians were Asians who migrated from the Bering Strait to North and South America. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the origin of the yellow skin of the Indians.
Zhao Xing stood next to the map, patiently and meticulously explaining various doubts to everyone, including the climate of each continent, large mountains and rivers, and the indigenous people and mineral species that may live in the local area. The narration lasted for two hours, during which time everyone kept going back and forth between the table and the map, and when they heard the excitement, someone suggested a glass of wine, and everyone drank generously.
Later, when everyone was drunk, they returned to their seats.
I couldn't see whether it was a black face or a red face, or it should be a purple-faced Cao Cao, so he asked Zhao Xing with a big tongue: "The world is so big, your old Zhao family really plans to swallow it alone?"
I don't know if Zhao Xing is really drunk or fake, I just heard him answer vaguely: "Cao Heizi, there is something wrong with what you say." It's not exclusive to my old Zhao family, it's shared by us, and shared by all the big Han people!"
Cao Cao was a little distracted, and asked again: "Then where are you going to put my old Cao family?"
Zhao Xing then said with a sly smile: "I just saw that you are very interested in North America thousands of miles away, so how about I leave a fief for your Cao clan in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and then send a big ship to escort two-thirds of your Cao clan's people to North America?"
Cao Cao rolled his eyes and replied drunkenly: "Just go! It seems that it is not bad to be a king on such a large territory, it is better than being imprisoned by you in the Han Dynasty, so that my Cao family has no hope of rising!" After saying this, Cao Heizi finally lost his strength and fell asleep on the wine table.
Cao Cao was drunk, Liu Bei came to ask Zhao Xing similar words, and Zhao Xing's answer almost didn't make Liu Da Er, who pretended to be drunk, half angry.
Zhao Xing said: "You and Lao Cao have been fighting against me for the past two years, but you have done a lot of work! Since you are so passionate, Lao Cao and his people are going to North America, so you should go to South America! These two continents are closely connected, and you will take care of each other in the future!"
Although I don't know what Zhao Xing's "engagement" means, Liu Bei heard that it was definitely not a good word, but there was no way.
Looking at Liu Bei with a bitter face, Zhao Xing comforted and said, "Big ears, don't be worried." Didn't I keep a fief for you and Lao Cao in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and when you get old, when you want to return to your roots, as long as you and your descendants still recognize yourself as Han and your own ancestral tomb, you can come back by boat! I am generous enough to give up the land of two or three Han to the two of you at once!"