Although Wang Dequan has no experience as an official, he has been in business for many years, and he can be regarded as an old man.

And this guy has been in Chang'an for so long as an envoy, and he has long since faded away from the youthfulness of his first officialdom, plus his age is there, with this skin, he looks calm and capable.

People are like this, and the easiest thing to change is often the environment in which they live.

At least, Wang Dequan at this time is no longer trembling when he sees Li Er as before.

"Please also ask your envoy to convey to King Ming on my behalf that I have received his blessing." Li Er said with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to explaining a word to the foreign ministers, my king has also specially prepared a birthday gift for His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and please allow the foreign ministers to carry him to the palace."

The birthday gifts they brought were not above the main hall.

No way, it's a little too big.

As soon as he said this, everyone's interest was even greater.

When he entered the palace, someone found that Wang Dequan brought in a behemoth, and he was curious about what this thing would be?

Although Li Ke's birthday gift can indeed be called a miracle of nature, they have not forgotten that although the birthday gift sent by Li Chengqian last year was not a rarity, it did open everyone's eyes.

Seeing that the ministers were all looking out of the hall curiously, Wang Dequan added a few smiles for no reason.

When Li Ke's birthday gift appeared just now, many people treated them coldly.

It wasn't until Li Er nodded that Wang Dequan signaled to the entourage, and this person immediately walked out of the main hall, and after a while, under his command, a dozen or so soldiers carried a thing that was also covered with a red cloth about three meters long and about two meters wide, and carried it in from outside the main hall.

When everyone saw this behemoth, they were all surprised and silent.

Of course, there are also people who have seen this thing before entering the palace, and everyone is pointing at it at the moment.

"It's so big, what do you think the birthday gift that His Highness prepared for His Majesty?"

Because it was covered by red silk, everyone couldn't see it clearly, and everyone began to discuss.

Li Er's banquet generally doesn't have many rules.

I was happy to drink, and martial arts fights at wine banquets also happened frequently.

Moreover, those who can be above this hall are not ordinary people, so it doesn't hurt to talk about them.

"If you look closely, this thing still has legs, but it looks like the kind of table produced by Daming." Someone whispered again.

His words were recognized by many people, after all, those table legs were too conspicuous.

"It's not small." Someone laughed.

"Big can be amazing, isn't it?" At the moment, someone retorted.

"I don't know if it's surprising to the old man, but this thing does arouse the old man's curiosity." Hou Junji said with a smile, "You see, although this thing looks like a table, it is obviously uneven under the red silk, and it is definitely not as simple as a table." ”

"Indeed." Wei Zheng also nodded and said, "This thing has a total of six table legs, each of which is as thick as an adult's arm, and these more than ten soldiers are extremely laborious to carry, which shows that the weight of this thing is not light." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen soldiers placed this thing in the middle of the main hall under the command of Wang Dequan, and a muffled sound at the moment of landing also confirmed Wei Zheng's guess, this thing is indeed not light.

"Judging from the edges, it's neat, even if it's not a table, it's estimated to be something like a table." Duan Lun stepped forward, looked at it carefully, and even sniffed it with his nose, and then said, "And this thing also has a smell of wood, as for what kind of wood it is, the old man is not talented, but he didn't smell it." ”

"From the outside, it looks like a table full of mess." Zheng Yushi said.

"What do you mean by messy stuff?" Someone argued, "This is a birthday gift prepared by His Highness for His Majesty, how can there be some messy things?" ”

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue." Zheng Yushi smiled awkwardly.

For a while, the entire court was in a commotion, and everyone was talking about what Li Chengqian's birthday gift was, but no one could say why.

Wang Dequan listened to everyone's speculation and sneered in his heart.

Guess, you can guess hard, and you'll be shocked later.

When he saw it, he was stunned.

To be honest, if it weren't for Li Er's birthday gift, he would have wanted to keep it as a collection.

Above the main hall, Li Er didn't react, but he was slightly curious about what this thing Li Chengqian sent?

Could it be that this is a new craft in the Ming Dynasty?

Thinking like this, seeing that the ministers were discussing, Li Er said, "I don't know what this is?" ”

"Your Majesty will know when you uncover this red silk." Wang Dequan sold a pass.

Of course, this is also the reason why he is not familiar with officialdom, if he has been deeply involved in officialdom for more than ten years, he will never be able to say this.

However, Li Er didn't mind, and said with a smile: "It's so good, I want to see what surprises Gao Ming has prepared for me." ”

After saying that, he walked down, and when the ministers heard this, someone immediately prepared to speak, but after thinking about it, he finally held back.

However, the look in Wang Dequan's eyes changed his taste.

Wang Dequan was too anxious for quick success, and he didn't think about doing things, he just wanted Li Er to feel the shock of this thing in person, but he forgot, it was Li Er!

"Your Majesty, do you want the old minister to help Your Majesty uncover this surprise?" Just after Li Er walked over, Hou Junji walked up with a shyness on his face.

Li Er smiled, then waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I want to see this surprise for myself!" ”

After that, he grabbed a corner of the red silk with one hand, and pulled it away, and lifted the whole red silk.

Seeing this, everyone also stared at the red silk tightly, wanting to see what was under the red silk?

In an instant, the red silk was revealed, and everyone was stunned for a moment!

At the behalf, it is as if you have a panoramic view of the whole world.

How does this not shock them?

"What is this?" Someone asked incredulously.

Li Er was also stunned, he didn't expect such a scene under the red silk.

But soon, Li Er came back to his senses, took a closer look, saw a familiar place, and asked, "This is Chang'an?" ”

"Back to His Majesty the Tang Emperor, this is Chang'an." Wang Dequan said with a smile when he heard this, "Chang'an has a saying that eight rivers surround Chang'an since ancient times, and the famous eight waters near here are famous, although they have different directions and different road strengths, but they all stretch around Chang'an, just like my Tang Guozuo." ”

Looking at everyone's shocked looks, Wang Dequan was full of smiles, and sneered in his heart: "Even a strange stone wants to stabilize my Royal Highness?"

The magic of nature is indeed worth feeling, but can it be compared to the birthday gift of my Royal Highness? ”

"Is this a map?" Li Xiaogong asked on the side.

He was also curious.

This thing does look like a map, no, to be precise, it's not a map, after all, it's not so magical?

"Nope." Wang Dequan shook his head and said, "This thing can't be said to be a map, to be precise, this thing should be called a sand table."

Of course, it can also be used as a map, but relatively speaking, this thing is more practical, more eye-catching, and more intuitive than the map, which can make people clearly march from the sand table to better march and arrange. ”

When Li Er heard this, he also nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Indeed, this sand table is indeed much more practical than Kanyutu, you look here." ”

As he spoke, Li Er pointed to a small undulating mountain range and said, "If I remember correctly, this should be Qinling, right?" ”

"Your Majesty's eyes are like torches." Wang Dequan immediately patted his ass and said, "This is the Qinling Mountains, not only the Qinling Mountains, but also several major mountain ranges in the Tang Dynasty are reflected in this sand table, such as the Taihang Mountain here, the Wuyi Mountain here, and the ...... here."

Seeing that Li Er was interested, Wang Dequan immediately introduced Li Er.

At the same time, Li Chengqian asked people to send it, and he also asked people to send a detailed introduction to the entire structure of the sand table.

The more Li Er listened, the happier he became.

He likes this thing, if he has this thing in the future, it will definitely be a sharp weapon for him to arrange troops.

The most important thing is that this is not the sand table of one state and one government, but the sand table of the whole world.

Seeing this, he was like looking down on the entire Tang Dynasty, that kind of absolute control, not to mention how excited he was.

"Not bad, not bad." Li Er walked around the sand table and said with a look of surprise, "This is Lingnan, right?" Feng Ang is in Lingnan.

Well, this is the Tibetan ......"

Li Er walked around the sand table while trying to distinguish these places.

Not to mention, as a military master, he is still very good at distinguishing these directions.

Without needing to put a guide flag on this sand table, he could clearly identify the location of almost half of the city.

The rest of the people followed behind Li Er, and they were also amazed one by one.

They thought of 10,000 possibilities, but they never thought that Li Chengqian would actually put the world on a table, so that Li Er could see it all.

This method shocked even them.

Of course, in addition to being shocked, they were also shocked, they really couldn't understand what Li Chengqian's mind was thinking, how could he think of such a method?

And most of these famous mountains and rivers are familiar with them, and they can all correspond to each other, which really puzzles everyone.

As for Li Ke, the whole person was dumbfounded, he thought that he had selected a strange stone for the time this time, and he should come out on top this time.

As a result, before he was complacent, Li Chengqian didn't arrive, and a sand table easily took everyone's attention.

And his strange stone was never mentioned again.

Everyone who was still praising him before was like a mute at this time, following Li Er submissively, which made him very frustrated.

Li Tai, who was on the side, saw this scene, shook his head secretly, and said: "Second brother doesn't have to be like this, you and I haven't seen the methods of the eldest brother, he can make such a magical thing, don't be surprised." ”

Li Tai didn't laugh at Li Ke's thoughts, after all, the two of them were more like a pair of difficult brothers and sisters.

What's there to laugh at here?

Li Ke was silent when he heard this, but he didn't complain, after all, Li Chengqian's time to prepare for this birthday gift must not be short, and his decision to come out again to fight is only a recent thing.

Therefore, this plan could not have been a special response by Li Chengqian to him.

He just felt powerless.

Before anyone else targeted him, he was already powerless to fight back, if he deliberately targeted him again, did he really have a way to deal with it?

"These ups and downs are mountains?" Just when Li Ke sighed, Li Er, who had circled twice, asked curiously.

Nodding, Wang Dequan immediately bowed down and said: "Back to His Majesty the Tang Emperor, these ups and downs are indeed mountain ranges, and they are based on the actual high and low trend of the mountain range, and the size is not the same on the sand table." ”

"Not bad." Li Er nodded and said, "The plain is unobstructed over there?" ”

"Exactly." Wang Dequan said, "The plains are generally land of fish and rice, and the plains are more suitable for grain cultivation than the mountains.

That's why the rich are often in this area. ”

"That's good." Li Er said, "But in my Datang territory, there are many mountains, you see, this mountain is mountainous, how can there be any fertile land, you can imagine how miserable the life of the people in these mountains is." ”

If you look at it from the sand table, then it is true that there is not even a flat land in the mountains.

But is that how you see it?

"Your Majesty, in recent years, my Datang has become stronger and stronger, and the lives of the common people have gradually begun to improve. Hearing Li Er say this, Fang Xuanling hurriedly smiled.

What does Li Er want to do, he knows too well, the two of them have been monarchs and ministers for so many years, how can Li Er's little caution be hidden from him?

"Fang Qing is right." Li Er said with a smile, "As long as I, the monarch and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, the grand wish of the prosperous Tang Dynasty will definitely be achieved." ”

As he spoke, Li Er's eyes were taken back from Nanzhao, Zhenla, and Tianzhu.

Where is the land really fat!

was so fat that Li Er was reluctant to withdraw his gaze.

However, Li Er is not a radical person, retracting his gaze, Li Er turned his gaze to Wang Dequan and said: "This sand table is good, but there are still deviations in many places.

For example, although these three cities are all on the edge of the Yellow River, the distance between the middle city and the two cities on its edge is the same.

I remember that they were all one hundred and twenty or eighty miles, and there might be a slight difference, but it was never as big as the difference on the sand table. ”

"This minister doesn't know." Wang Dequan said, "This sand table was built by His Royal Highness, and I heard that everything was agreed upon by His Highness and the General Supervisor and the Ministry of Works, as for why this was done, the foreign minister did not know."

However, the minister firmly believes that since my Highness thinks that this is the right thing to do, then there must be a reason.

The foreign minister was convinced of this.

If Your Majesty has some doubts, it is better to send someone to ask Your Highness in person. ”

He has a lot of trust in Li Chengqian, and of course, even if he doesn't trust him, he must stand up and support Li Chengqian on this occasion.

A courtier defends his own monarchy, which is the most basic insistence of a courtier.

Even if you offend Li Er for this, you have to do it!

"Are you saying I'm wrong?" Li Er suddenly laughed.

(End of chapter)