Yingzheng is now the king of Qin, not Qin Shi Huang, so naturally he has never been to Langya, and he has never watched the sea.

I've seen boats, and there are many on the Weishui, but there is not even a sail.

After the previous experience of looking at the moon, Ying Zheng was curious, "Daqin is located in the west, and it may not be easy to watch the sea." I wonder if there is any other way to verify the theory that the sky is round and the earth is round? ”

"Have you ever seen a chicken (egg)?"

"I've seen it." Ying Zheng is like a child with a strong desire to learn, and continues to ask, "Is there a statement?" ”

Li Yunze reached into his sleeve, and in full view of everyone, he took out a feather fan from his sleeve.

Friends who have watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms know that this is the same feather fan of Zhuge Liang with nineteen pieces of nine free shipping on the Internet.

Shaking the feather fan in his hand, Li Yunze opened his mouth and said, "The sky is like a chicken, the ground is like an egg, living alone, the sky is big and the earth is small." ”

Ying Zheng repeated it softly, and nodded his head, indicating that the chicken was somewhat similar to Li Yunze's description.

After a while, Ying Zheng asked again, "Is there any other way to verify this matter than going to the beach?" ”

In the era when hundreds of schools of thought contended, each family did not just talk nonsense, just talk about it, it was to come up with practical results.

The constant changes in various countries are, in fact, the practical application of the various theories.

Since Li Yunze proposed that the heavens and the earth are round, then at least he has to prove his theory.

"It's not hard."

"You can find a high mountain to the top of the mountain, look out over the earth and look at the horizon at the end of the line. Good students will know that it is not only short, but also with an arc. ”

"Of course." Li Yunze said with a smile: "You can also use that clairvoyant mirror to enhance the effect." ”

Because there was no way to verify it immediately, Ying Zheng had no choice but to set his eyes on the wooden ball with a shelf in front of him.

The wooden ball is not big, that is, the level of the size of a basketball, Daqin does not have a basketball, and in Yingzheng's opinion, it looks like the size of a person's head.

"Globe" Ying Zheng looked carefully at the shapes drawn on it, and asked curiously, "Dare to ask sir, what is this?" ”

"Map."

"Map." Ying Zheng smiled, "How small." ”

"Small?"

Li Yunze also smiled, stretched out his hand and drew a dot on the map, "Here, it's Daqin." ”

"The gentleman laughed." Ying Zheng looked at the dot the size of Li Yunze's finger, and immediately shook his head again and again, "I am a thousand miles of fertile land in Qin, how can it be so small." Impossible, absolutely impossible. ”

"The King." Li Yunze shook the feather fan in his hand and responded, "This is a good thing." ”

"A good thing?" Ying Zheng was puzzled: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"The fertile soil of Daqin is only so small for thousands of miles, which proves how big the outside world is." Li Yunze's words were full of demagoguery, "It also means that the place that Great Qin can conquer is so big!" ”

Yingzheng, who was stunned, was silent for a while, and then nodded his head, "Sir, tell me about this ball for the widow." ”

"It's the Earth."

Li Yunze stretched out his hand and pointed on the globe, "This is the Qin State, this is the Land of the Three Jins, this is the Yan Kingdom, this is the Qi Kingdom, this is the Chu Kingdom"

"To the north is the prairie, vast and vast. Now it is the Donghu people and the Otsutsuki clan who divide the world equally. ”

The famous Xiongnu tribe in later generations was only a small tribe attached to Donghu.

Mao Dun Shan Yu's Lao Tzu Tou Man Shan Yu, now it is estimated that he may not be as old as Yingzheng.

Li Yunze's fingers continued to the north, crossed the grassland, and landed in a place the size of more than half a palm: "Here is a huge forest permafrost that stretches for tens of thousands of miles, stretching endlessly, and it makes people desperate. ”

At least for the people of this era, the size of Siberia and its climate are indeed hopeless.

His finger finally landed on the apex of the north, "This is the extreme place of the north, the North Pole." Half a year of day, half a year of night. And there are dazzling aurora lights, which cover the sky like a canopy. ”

"What nonsense." Changping Jun really couldn't help it, "This is ridiculous, how can there be a place where half a year is day and half a night, and the Jianghu warlocks don't dare to talk nonsense like you." ”

"I've been there, I've seen it, it's not." Li Yunze explained, "If you have the opportunity, you can also go and have a look, and if you live for a few more years, you will naturally know the truth and falsehood." ”

Changpingjun still didn't believe it, and he didn't bother to distinguish it from Li Yunze, so he simply closed his eyes and acted lazily.

Ying Zheng also didn't believe it, after all, he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, and of course he didn't believe it.

However, he didn't say it directly, but motioned to Li Yunze, "Please tell me about other places, sir." ”

As the so-called going up the north and going down to the south, Li Yunze's fingers naturally skipped over the Chu State and went to the south, "The land of smoke in the south, and there is a country in the south of the Chu State called Yelang." Further south, there are mostly high mountains and deep forests. The finger continued south, paddling across the ocean and landing on a series of islands. ”

"Here, it's the Spice Islands."

"Spices?"

In fact, there have been records of the use of spices in Middle-earth for a long time, such as the "Chu Ci" that recorded local spices such as Jiangli, Pizhi, and Youlan. Even as early as the Yin Shang period, there were records of fumigation, steaming and brewing fragrant wine.

Then there are the sachets, and the orchid soup used in bathing are all spices used.

Of course, most of the local spices are mainly used in rituals and other things.

Foreign spices, a hundred years later, to develop the south, get sandalwood, agarwood, borneol and other spices, and open the Western Regions Finally, there are caravans from the Western Regions, bringing foreign spices from the Middle East.

Ying Zheng didn't care much about this, because the scope of use of spices here in Daqin at this time was not large, and he didn't care when he heard about the Spice Islands.

"The King."

Li Yunze stretched out his hand into his sleeve again, and then took out a package from his sleeve in full view of everyone.

This scene is really, it makes people dumbfounded.

Everyone's thoughts are similar, isn't your sleeve a magic weapon of the fairy family? How can you fit so many things?!

Li Yunze ignored it, opened the package, and suddenly a faint aroma permeated.

Ying Zheng was not afraid of poisoning, so he stepped forward curiously and sniffed, "What is this?" ”

"When I traveled to the island full of spices, I picked them with my hands."

In fact, it was bought from the market, but Li Yunze acted as if it were real, "This is cloves, this is cinnamon, and this is cardamom."

After an introduction, Li Yunze said, "When you let the chef cook, add these spices, and the beauty of the taste is wonderful." ”

Ying Zheng immediately instructed the eunuch and ordered him to arrange for the cook to cook.

The introduction to the balls continues.

Li Yunze's fingers continued to move south, drawing a circle on a leaf-like earth: "This is the land of Sealand." Legend has it that 10,000 years ago it was a place of civilization and prosperity, but unfortunately there was a great flood later, and most of the earth sank to the bottom of the sea. ”

Ying Zheng looked at it for a while, and asked curiously, "Is there anyone?" ”

"Yes, but it's a man-eating savage."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng immediately showed disgust on his face, "How can such evil deeds be called human beings." ”

"There are a lot of dragons (crocodiles) in this place, and there are also oversized rats." Li Yunze stretched out his hand and nodded at Changpingjun, "When you stand up with your legs, you are about the same height as Changpingjun." ”

Changping Jun'(╰_╯)'

What do you mean, comparing a mouse to me?!

Ying Zheng was also surprised, "There are such big rats in the world?" ”

Fortunately, he was only surprised, and after a while of amazement, he urged Li Yunze to continue the introduction.

The finger pressed on the globe slid down again, and finally came to a place that had been painted white.

"This is the far south of the world. It is frozen all year round and has a cold climate. It's almost the same as the Far North, and it's half a year of day and half a year of night. ”

"There is no one here, but there are many Kunpeng (whales) and shrimp in the sea, and there are many flightless fat birds in the snow."

Ying Zheng was only amazed for a while, and then he was not interested.

In a place of ice and snow, there is not much interest in sincerity.

Just as he was about to ask Li Yunze to introduce him to another place, a eunuch outside the hall walked in quickly and reported to Ying Zheng, "King, the cook said that the unknown thing is not used." ”

This is talking about spices, things that have never been seen before, where do the chefs in the palace dare to use them directly, and I heard that they are still going to be given to the king, so they dare not go but have a relationship.

Ying Zheng, who consciously lost his face in front of Li Yunze, immediately stretched his face.

However, the status of the cook is very high, at least before the Confucian Dachang, and the reason is also very tenable, of course, what has not been seen cannot be given to the king to eat.

So although he was very angry, Yingzheng didn't know what to do.

"Go get the ingredients and the stove." Li Yunze, who was shaking a feather fan, instructed, "Just arrange it outside the hall, and I will do it myself." ”

Seeing the eunuch standing there in a daze, Ying Zheng scolded dissatisfiedly, "Don't go quickly!" ”

He never thought that Li Yunze would take the opportunity to poison himself.

The reason is very simple, if he really wants to assassinate himself, Li Yunze can completely pull out a short sword from his magical sleeve.

They are so close now, a sword is enough, there is no need to bother at all.

At this time, Ying Zheng was sure that Li Yunze was a great sage with real skills, and his interest had already been aroused.

While he was busy outside, Ying Zheng urged Li Yunze to continue to popularize science stories for him.

That's right, before he confirmed the authenticity, Ying Zheng regarded what Li Yunze said as listening to a story.

It doesn't matter if you listen to the story, as long as it's exciting, you can listen to it naturally.

For the ancients who lacked knowledge, the world story told by Li Yunze was undoubtedly very exciting.

"It's a vast ocean, spanning tens of thousands of miles."

Li Yunze's hand was only covered in its entirety on the ocean, and it was not enough to cover it, "Even if the wind and water are smooth, it will take several months to cross the other side." This has to be the premise of choosing the right direction, if you get lost in this vast sea, you can only wait for death. ”

What he didn't say was that the level of shipbuilding in this era could not be done, and it was necessary to build special sea ships.

"And where is this?" Ying Zheng stared at the land of America like a curious baby, "It's so big." ”

"This is America, and it is inhabited." Speaking of this, Li Yunze's eyes wandered and said with a smile: "It is the remnant of Yin Shang thousands of years ago. ”

'Hiss~~~'

Everyone in the hall listening to the story couldn't help but gasp.

Tens of thousands of miles of ocean, how did the remnants of Yin Shang pass?

Could it be that it is water-based?

Ying Zheng was about to ask, but he heard a bustling sound outside, and it turned out that the cook had arrived with ingredients and food.