The night was deep, a crescent moon hung high above the dark night sky, and the moonlight was hazy, sprinkled all over the Lin'an Palace.

In the imperial dining room, the light is still bright, and the Emperor Zhao Hong of the Great Song Dynasty is lying on the imperial case, holding a pencil in his hand, thinking about the paper on the table, and stopping to draw.

The Strait of Malacca, the choke point connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, is an important sea passage between Asian, African, Australian and European coastal countries. ”

Zhao Hong recalled carefully and marked it on the map.

"This is the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, is the closest route from Europe to the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, and is also the border between Asia and Africa, and is the main passage between Asia and Africa and Europe......

After crossing the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, and returning to Egypt and Africa, Zhao Hong carefully marked it.

In the future, it is necessary to dig and control the Suez Canal and open access to Europe.

"Constantinople, the future capital of Turkey, Istanbul, is located at the eastern end of the Balkan Peninsula, the entrance to the Black Sea, and the key point of Eurasian transportation, and its strategic position is extremely important. Take control of Constantinople and have a bridgehead for the conquest of Europe......"

In 13th-century England, where the monarchy was weakened and the nobility and kings were vying for power, it seemed that they could take advantage of the opportunity to flatten the British Isles. Then the Americas were colonized, and there were no more Stars and Stripes and beautiful countries in the world.

What do you think?

Zhao Hong smiled bitterly self-deprecatingly. No matter what he was going to do, he couldn't get around the huge Mongol Empire in front of him. The Mongol Empire attacked the Song Dynasty in the south, and it was only a few years, and he had to put the Mongol iron cavalry in the first place.

Zhao Hong was pondering, "Dangdang", and a gentle knock sounded on the door.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang is here."

Dong Songchen's voice came.

"Let the mother in."

Waiting for Zhou Xiuniang to come in with a food box, Zhao Hong raised her head and asked with concern:

"Xiuniang, why do you do these things yourself? Just let someone bring it over. ”

No need to ask, Zhou Xiuliang made buns again and brought them to him.

"Official, take a break and eat something."

Zhou Xiuliang took out the buns from the food box, as well as the hot porridge, and put them on the table.

"Why bother yourself, what you eat is not eating."

Zhao Hong shook his head helplessly and ate slowly.

"Anyway, Quan'er also has someone to take with him, and he is idle when he is idle. Officials don't work too hard, how can things be done. ”

gave birth to a child, Zhou Xiuniang looked a lot plump, round and jade, very attractive.

"The most difficult thing in the world is to be the emperor's woman. Thank you! ”

Zhao Hong shook his head and said with emotion.

To marry the emperor is to marry the whole country.

"Officer, what is this? Yutu? ”

Zhou Xiuniang looked at the two maps on the table and immediately became interested.

"Lady, this will be called a map in the future, this one is a map of China, up and down to the south, left west and right east, also called the map of rivers and mountains. This is a map of the world, a map of the earth where we live, and it has not yet been completed. ”

Zhao Hong gave a general introduction to the map.

In fact, he was asking the craftsman to make a round wooden ball, and he was going to make a rotating globe to pass on to his subjects.

"It turns out that our Great Song Dynasty is north of Huaishui. This is the city of Tokyo, no wonder it is called Henan, originally located south of the Yellow River. Shaanxi, Hebei, Western Xia, Western Regions...... It's a pity that it's not the world of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

The map was drawn clearly, and Zhou Xiuniang also read it carefully, although she was still a little ignorant, she sighed naturally.

"One day, not only all the places on the map of China will be the world of my Great Song Dynasty, but even many places on the world map will also become the territory of my Great Song Dynasty. As long as the sun rises, there is the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, which is called the empire on which the sun never sets. ”

Zhao Hong said with a red face, full of pride.

There are no colonies, no expansion of territory on five continents and four oceans, and it is easy to call it an empire.

"Official, you are really omnipotent, the smartest person in the world!"

Zhou Xiuniang said sincerely.

The sun never sets on the empire, what a domineering name!

"Of course, how else would you be willing to follow me? Not to mention, your skills in making steamed buns are getting better and better, and it is simply a must in the world. You're going to do business, you're definitely a rich woman! ”

"Look at your beauty!"

Zhou Xiuniang said coquettishly, she picked up a few other pages of paper, looked at it a few times, and asked in a daze:

"Official, what are these?"

"These are all exercises for the body. This is the horizontal bar, this is the parallel bar, this is the balance beam, this is the obstacle wall. This is a wooden horse, as tall as a war horse, and it is used to train cavalry. There are a few more, I'm thinking, I will draw them all today and give them to the craftsmen of the Ordnance Division tomorrow to do them. ”

Zhao Hong said, smirking proudly.

This is the world's first batch of military training equipment.

"Official, do you have to take care of all these things? You're so tired! It's a pity I can't help much. ”

Zhou Xiuniang shook her head. In front of her all-powerful husband, she felt like an idiot.

"Don't blame yourself, you've done enough!"

Zhao Hong comforted his wife, originally felt a little supportive, but still ate the last bun.

"Go back and get some rest. I'll just be done with my busy work for a while. ”

"I'm busy every day, when is the head?"

Zhou Xiuniang shook her head, finished packing her things, but did not leave, sat down next to her, and watched Zhao Hong busy with his work.

The two got along for a long time, and Zhao Hong didn't feel anything, and began to continue to meditate and write and paint.

"Map of China, map of the world...... Navy...... Warship...... Artillery ......"

As if remembering something, Zhao Hong then drew on another blank piece of paper.

"Large caliber, short gun body, flat fire, range 200~300 meters, shell weight 60 pounds......"

This is a 64-pounder gun, if it is equipped on a warship, and it is smashed over, the opponent's deck is not yet bloody and swept away.

After the successful test firing of the 32-pound (about 30 catties) short-barreled gun, the Ordnance Department can cast and test build this 64-pound short-bore large-caliber gun.

"Smokeless gunpowder, TNT, these gunpowder ingredients should be ......"

Zhao Hong shook his head, laughed self-deprecatingly, and put down his pencil.

These things are left to the craftsmen to do. No matter how big or small, I'm too obsessed.

Steam engine!

Zhao Hong's eyes lit up, and he began to think and draw on another piece of paper.

The principle of the steam engine is too simple: a reciprocating power machine in which the energy of steam is converted into mechanical work. The advent of the steam engine led to the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it remained the most important prime mover in the world, and only later gradually gave way to the internal combustion engine and steam turbine, among others.

If the Great Song Dynasty could have developed industry and promoted the use of steam engines, the first industrial revolution of mankind might have come five or six hundred years earlier.

"The steam engine, which needs a boiler that produces steam, can use wood and coal as a heat source. The steam expansion pushes the piston to do work. "By the way, the piston, and what kind of graphics the crank is......"

Zhao Hong was busy with business, Zhou Xiuniang couldn't help it, and screamed softly.

"Your Majesty! My dear! ”

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Hong raised his head in confusion, and when he saw his wife with a shy face, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Official, you haven't ...... for a few days me...... In the room! ”

Zhou Xiuniang twisted and pinched, Zhao Hong suddenly realized, threw down the pencil in his hand, and laughed.

Family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs, as the king of a country, it is always difficult to take care of them.

"Don't draw anymore! I'm going to do my homework tonight and keep the lady satisfied! ”

Zhou Xiuniang was secretly happy, Zhao Hong had already washed her hands and came over to pick up his wife.

"Official, don't worry!"

"Do your homework, how can you not be in a hurry?"

Zhao Hong said without shame and hugged his wife.

"Homework in!"

Zhao Hong laughed strangely and walked behind the screen.

Early in the morning, several ruling ministers came in and finished the funeral of the first emperor, and Zhao Hong, who had black circles under his eyes, was stayed.

"Your Majesty, don't overdo it, be careful with your body!"

Xue Ji observed carefully and quickly persuaded him.

"It's fine, I just didn't sleep well."

Zhao Hong smiled awkwardly, waved his hand, Dong Songchen took down the paper on the table and handed one to each person.

Several ruling ministers looked at the emperor with shame in their hearts.

The emperor has all kinds of opportunities, forgetting to sleep and eating, and these courtiers are ashamed of themselves and ashamed of themselves.

"A few Qing families, don't look at me, look at the map!"

Zhao Hong pointed to the map in everyone's hands, and felt a little proud in his heart.

"This is a map of China that I have drawn, you can take a look."

Drawing a rough map of China was an unusually easy task for him, a history teacher and geography teacher.

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to be a master of calligraphy and painting."

Zhen Dexiu took the picture and looked at it, and while admiring it, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Your Majesty, did you draw this picture backwards?"

Several other people looked carefully at the map of China in their hands, and they were also together, looking at Zhao Hong suspiciously.

The emperor is everyone, poetry and songs, strange skills and ingenuity, all of which are understandable. I can't imagine that he is so knowledgeable about geography.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have painted nothing wrong, up and down in the south, left and west and right in the east, and the direction is not wrong. Do you know why I painted like that? ”

Zhao Hong put away his smile and said in a low tone.

"Because my Lin'an Palace sits in the south to the north, and the north is also the hometown of the mountains and rivers where my Great Song Dynasty fell for nearly a hundred years. The bereaved people were in tears, and they looked south to Wang Shi for another year. Looking north, the country is deep, can you understand what I mean? ”

He points to a point on the diagram without giving the crowd a chance to react.

"Look here, this is the city of Tokyo, everyone is familiar with it."

When he was the crown prince, he once sent an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin, went to the city of Tokyo, and the scene of the ruined city of Tokyo on that day is still vivid.

"The ministers can't share the worries of the country, and they are extremely ashamed!"

Xue Ji and the four of them stood up together, and they all bowed.

The country is hated by the family, this new monarch has just ascended to the throne and is ambitious, is this going to plan the Northern Expedition?

That's too hasty!

"Your Majesty, you show your ministers this map of the country and the mountains, and point out the city of Tokyo, I'm afraid it has another meaning, right?"

Zhen Dexiu looked serious and asked softly.

is a map of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, even the south and north of the desert, as well as the western regions and Liaodong, all of which are encircled.

Not to mention, the painting is really exquisite, rivers and mountains, all walks of life and cities, which makes people clear at a glance and bright in front of them.

"Your Majesty wants the Northern Expedition? Now that my Great Song Dynasty is lacking in national strength, the border affairs are weak, the Jin State is still strong, the Tatars are powerful, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, Your Majesty still has to be cautious. ”

Xue Ji coughed lightly twice, as if there was something in his words.

"Your Majesty, the Huizi is overflowing, the treasury is empty, the border army is slack, the cavalry is scarce, to restore the Central Plains, I am afraid that it will take 150,000 to 200,000 elite officers and soldiers, and there must be a corresponding supply of grain and grass. Your Majesty should think twice! ”

Xuanxuan, as the secretary of the military department, obviously thinks more.

He also wanted to restore the Central Plains and go down in history. can be the current strength of the Great Song Dynasty, if you want to use troops against the Jin State, I am afraid that you can only end up with a farce of "Yuan Jia is hasty and hasty to the north".

"Your Majesty, even if our army goes north and can recover Tongguan and the south of the Yellow River, at least 150,000 elite divisions will need to defend it full-time to hold the Yellow River defense line. Your Majesty's generals, how many people are enough to be in charge? How many brave fighters are there? How many wise and resourceful people are there? Your Majesty's soldiers, tens of thousands of capable fighters? Tens of thousands of people who went straight to Tokyo and Luoyang? Tens of thousands of people who stayed in Tun and guarded Lianghuai and Xiangyang? ”

Zhen Deok so followed closely and agreed with Xuan Xuan's words.

These two people have a straight temper, and they were originally incompatible, but now they have been together for a long time, but they get together.