Chapter 191: Hit me when I said the earth was round
The emperor's old man sat on the throne, pondering this novel word.
"Jia Xiaosan, tell me, what is the empire on which the sun never sets?"
Belch......
Jia Cong suddenly felt a sense of remorse for digging a pit and burying himself, scratching his head: "This ...... What's that...... Your Majesty...... The minister thinks...... Uh......"
Well?
Liu Heng looked at the little black fat man curiously, this kid is not a person who can hide his words.
"Say anything, it's not your character to spit out."
"That's what the minister said......
Jia Cong stirred his fingers, glanced at the emperor secretly, and muttered, "Actually, the earth under our feet is round!"
"Well, then what?"
What Jia Cong didn't expect was that the two people in the room didn't have any waves at all with his shocking remarks.
His eyes widened and he said, "The minister said that the earth under our feet is round!"
Liu Heng also felt inexplicable, the earth is round, this is also worth saying again and again?
"I know, and then?"
Jia Cong was stunned, and he asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty knows? How is this possible?"
"The Armillary Sphere Note" contains, the sky is like a chicken, the earth is like an egg in the yellow, living alone, the sky is big and the earth is small. And Zeng Zi asked, if the sky is round and the earth is round, it is the four corners of the world."
Liu Hong threw out several corroborative evidences about the theory of the circle of the earth, and asked suspiciously: "Zhao Youqin of the previous dynasty wrote the "New Book of Leather Elephants", which wrote: Although the earth is round, it is not round for hundreds of miles and tens of miles, and people pay attention to it directly, and they cannot be curved. Try to go boating in the rivers and lakes, but see the boat bulge everywhere it goes, and the water does not see its head, and the water goes without its tail. The width of the cave, if the sun and the moon haunt it, the distant mountains are all under the loop, not as an obstacle. Measure the height of the North Pole and the eclipse of the moon in the east and west, sooner or later, the earth is round, and the earth should be the proof of heaven."
The scumbag became Xuemo under the repeated blows of Xueba, and Xueba inadvertently pricked Xuemo's heart again.
Liu Hong's eyes were full of doubts: "The earth is round, and it has existed since ancient times, why is Brother Cong so fussed?"
It sounds so powerful, but the little black fat man can only understand a little. Jia Cong felt that there was a big question mark drawn on his head, and he was ashamed to ask, "Fourth brother, I don't understand, what do you say?"
"If you don't learn and don't know how to do it, Jia Enhou really can't teach children!"
The emperor first despised the education level of the lord pardoned, and then explained to Jia Cong the theory of the circle of the earth since ancient times.
Jia Cong, who took a class on astronomy and geography, wanted to cry without tears, he originally thought that he would be tied to the stake and burned to death if he told that the earth was round, and he was a lonely and unheard scumbag...... No, I'm a learner.
"Now you can tell me what the sun never sets on the empire."
Jia Cong, who was devastated by the blow, regained his spirits, pointed to the charts on the ground, circled the rich land, and said impassionedly: "Your Majesty, this is Tianzhu, here is Persia, this is Europa, this is the Cape of Good Hope, this is the Americas...... These places should all belong to Great Xia and belong to you. The whole world is not the king's land, and Your Majesty should take all these fertile lands into your pocket."
Jia Cong clenched his fists and circled around the chart: "Your Majesty, compare the minister's fist to the sun, then no matter when and where the sun is, there will always be a great sun in the sky of the territory of the Celestial Empire. This is the empire on which the sun never sets!"
"The Sun Never Sets...... Interesting!"
Liu Heng got up and came to the chart, and carefully looked at the place marked by Jia Cong. He pointed to the circles labeling the Americas and asked, "This is where you said there were potatoes and corn?"
"Uh-huh, uh-huh......
Jia Cong nodded again and again, swallowing his saliva: "There are not only seeds here that are enough to satisfy hunger, but also vast fertile land and a large amount of gold. It's just a little farther away, and our sailors can't go there to expand the territory."
"It's okay, I can't do it, and Hong'er still has Hong'er, Hong'er can't do it, and there are descendants and grandchildren!"
Liu Heng was an extremely pragmatic emperor, and he set his sights on it again
I put it in the Wa country and the Western Ocean, and the Wa country has a silver mine, and the West has a peculiar seed......
After the sailors of Great Xia had amassed enough strength, I competed with the Westerners who were said to circumnavigate the land.
"Hong'er, for the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, the brothers of those martial nobles will be handed over to you. Even if it is tied, it will be tied to your ship."
Jia Cong was followed by two little eunuchs, scolding and crying without tears.
Jia Shiyi, who was guarding outside the palace, greeted him and looked at the little eunuch holding a bunch of things suspiciously, as if it was books and other things.
"Third Master, what's wrong?"
Jia Cong almost burst out crying, and he said with a lot of resentment, "I just said that the earth is round, so I was beaten up and gave me homework. Tell me, am I wronged?"
"Yo, isn't this Jia Xiaosan? I heard that you were beaten by the fourth brother again?"
Jia Shiyi had already seen the person coming clearly, and bowed down with his fists: "Meet the prince of Zhongshun!"
The two little eunuchs immediately turned pale, and bowed down tremblingly: "Slave maid to see the thirteenth master."
Jia Cong turned his head, and it was Liu Ke, the prince of Zhongshun, who had finally returned to Beijing, who walked out of the palace gate.
I saw Liu Kele walking up to Jia Cong, rubbing Jia Cong's round brain, looking at the things in the hands of the two little eunuchs, and squeezing his eyebrows at Jia Cong: "Listen to Hong'er, you can't even understand "Armillary Sphere Note" and "New Book of Leather Elephants"? Aren't you going to test Hanalang? If you want me to say that you are still a lackey with this king, reading is not for you!"
How good it is to be an eagle lackey, this abominable shocking temptation......
Hum!
"No, I'm going to be the man of the Sea King, Thirteenth Master, you can't tempt me!"
Jia Cong's words were convincing, but he saw Liu Ke beckoning to the palace attendant who was waiting on the side, and immediately there was an attendant holding a white cat, one eye like the yellow of glass, and the other eye like the blue of a jewel, which was very beautiful.
"Before, because of this king, your little wife was frightened, this cat bento is an apology, you can give it to her on behalf of this king."
Liu Ke was a little embarrassed, grabbed the kitten's neck from the hand of the waiter, ignored its little paws, and stuffed it into the arms of the dazed Jia Cong.
The kitten meowed twice, stepped on it in Jia Cong's arms, found a comfortable position, and hid herself.
Liu Ke patted Jia Cong, who was still stunned: "This cat has already been seen by Yu Chenglang, who is good at playing with insects in the Tai Hospital, and if he is fed medicine, he will not let people be infected with phobic dogs, you can rest assured." Do you have a cat keeper at home, if not, this king will go back and pick a few for you to send over......."
Good guy, worthy of being the biggest gentleman in this dynasty, not to mention sending a cat, he is arrogant to send a few more cat owners.
However, this gentleman is also careful, and even the possibility of making people infected with rabies has been properly handled.
He hurriedly replied, "No, no, the thirteenth master gave me this little raccoon slave is already an excellent gift, how can I be greedy for the cat breeder in your house?" I also have people who are proficient in cat breeding."
"That's okay, apologize to the king, my princess will celebrate her birthday another day, and you can bring your little wife to the house to play ......."
Liu Ke seemed to have solved a matter on his mind, and the whole person was much lighter.
He waved his hand to leave, and before leaving, he said, "By the way, go back and tell your father that this king has returned to Beijing, see you at the old place tonight!"
Without waiting for Jia Cong to respond, Liu Ke had already strode to the side of the carriage of the palace, and boarded the carriage with one jump.
Jia Cong looked at the carriage of the palace that was slowly leaving, and then at the little civet slave in his arms, looking dazed.
"Meow~"
This cat is not afraid of life, after raising its head, a pair of mandarin ducks looked at Jia Cong, and meowed as if waiting for Jia Cong's response.
"Meow!"
Well, it's the same kind.
The kitten settled in Jia Cong's arms, changed its position, closed its eyes and snored. It wasn't until Jia Cong returned to Rongguo Mansion that he opened his eyes and looked at his new territory with novelty.
"Ah, cats!"
Master Pardon has not yet returned from the forbidden army camp, and Jia Cong held the cat all the way to Rongxi Hall.
Because Wang Xifeng went to Jiangnan, the girls in the house either followed the old lady to learn housekeeping, or were busy preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Only Xiao Xichun, accompanied by the maid, squatted in the small garden and stared at the ants at the roots of the trees.
When you hear footsteps from far and near, you turn your head to look......
I haven't seen you for a long time, and the third brother has a cat on him!
She happily got up and ran to Jia Cong's side, tiptoeing to look at the meowing little civet slave, revealing a pair of small tiger teeth, and reaching out to touch the fluffy cat.
Jia Cong took Xichun to the small pavilion and put the cat on the table, Xichun immediately lay on the edge of the table, touched the head of the little civet slave with his little hand, and then let out a giggle.
Xichun, who had stroked the big cat, was not afraid of this little bit at all, so he picked up the kitten and looked around.
"Hey, third brother, this kitten is different from the big meow!"
Jia Cong took the tea handed by the maid, and after quenching his thirst, he explained to Xichun the difference between tigers and cats.
After a while, the girls who got the news came one after another, chattering around the kitten on the table.
"Sister Lin, this is an apology from the prince of Zhongshun, he said that when he was in Jiangnan, he put you in danger because of him......
Jia Cong told the story of meeting Liu Ke in front of the palace gate, and Daiyu couldn't cry or laugh. This loyal prince is really an interesting person, and he will apologize to a little woman.
She teased the kitten who was chasing the handkerchief of Xichun, and said with a smile: "This cat is beautiful, I wanted to raise one before, but unfortunately I haven't met a suitable ......."
Yingchun also said: "I won't raise it, it's enough for me to have a headache in the past few years."
"Second sister, I'm so easy to support......
Jia Cong muttered, but saw Yingchun touch Jia Cong's brain, and asked with a smile, "Really? Mud monkeys!"
Ahem......
I finally got my childhood again, and I was not allowed to enjoy the happiness of digging birds' nests in the trees and touching the eight kings in the river?
However, over the years, I have made myself a mud monkey, and I have boiled hot water early in the spring to turn the mud monkey back into a white and pure little chubby dun.
Tanchun is not sensitive to the matter of raising cats, not that she doesn't like cats, but mainly because her current hobby is to deal with that account book.
This is very similar to Xue Baochai, both of them are ambitious people, if it weren't for the limitations of women's status, the two would be suitable to go to the household department to be an assistant to Lao Pixiu.
Xiangyun is also a person who likes to pet cats, but she only likes to pet other people's cats. If she is allowed to raise it herself, she doesn't have that patience, Sister Lin has a cat!
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