At the beginning of September, the Temple of the Four Seas.

I looked at the map of the Western Regions presented by Zhang Wei and kept nodding my head.

It has been more than a month since Zhang Wei came back, and he only submitted the map of the Western Regions today, just because I asked him to verify the mountains, rivers, products, and human settlements of the Western Regions and carefully draw a detailed map, because the environment of the Western Regions during the Qin Dynasty was still very different from that of later generations, after all, two thousand years have passed.

After Zhang Wei returned, he gathered the envoys together, and according to the records along the way and the memories of the mission, he repeatedly confirmed and revised them, and finally produced this version of the extremely detailed map.

I looked at the surviving Loulan Kingdom and Lop Nur, which was recorded as rich in water and grass, and couldn't help but say to myself: "Yes, the Western Regions are still relatively livable now, and they must be included in the territory of Great Qin!" ”

When Zhang Wei heard this, he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to incorporate the Western Regions into the territory of Great Qin, the minister thinks that you need to beware of Huxi, Da Yue, and Guishuang. ”

I raised my head and wondered, "Hujiao and Guishuang really have to take more precautions, and now that the Dayue clan is only left with the grassland near Longshou Mountain, why be afraid?" ”

Zhang Wei said solemnly: "Your Majesty must not despise the Da Yue Clan. The Dayue clan is weak because of the comparison between the Xiongnu and Huli in the north, but their tribe also has more than 100,000 people, and Wusun, the largest country in the 36 countries of the Western Regions, is only more than 100,000 people, and it cannot realize that all the people are soldiers. ”

I frowned slightly: "In this way, the Great Moon Clan also covets the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions?" ”

Zhang Wei nodded and responded: "The minister mentioned in the report when he came back that Wusun attacked the six countries of Shanbei and the six countries of Cheshi more and more times, and the interval was getting shorter and shorter. Among them, in addition to the support of Huqi, there is also the reason why the Great Moon clan plundered the twelve kingdoms at the same time. ”

I pondered for a moment and smiled, "It's okay, I already have a plan. You're in the Temple of the Seas today, and I'm going to draw a map of the world. ”

Zhang Wei responded: "Obey." "He didn't know that the world map in my mouth meant the map of the earth, and he thought that it was to add the blanks of the Western Regions and Guishan on the basis of Great Qin.

"Qiwan, go and call Taiyue."

After a short time, Taiyue hurriedly came and bowed.

I pointed to the white silk prepared on the desk and said, "Taiyue, according to my description, draw a map of the world." ”

Tai Yue was excited, I only briefly talked about it last time, and this time I was finally going to see the map that haunted him. The first materials I gave him were about the basics of the earth, which described in detail the composition of the earth, the reasons for the formation of mountain ranges, and the concept of a starry universe.

Tai Yue didn't think so at first, after all, this statement was too shocking. However, when he went deeper, combined with his knowledge of celestial phenomena, he couldn't find anything unreasonable, which made him fall into deep self-doubt, and he couldn't wait for more of my books.

However, the time I can use to write a book is limited, so I can only find time to dictate at night, and let Qi Wan ghostwrite, and I only write a little fur for half a month, but Taiyue is in a hurry.

Reading Taiyue's writing, I first dictated the division of continents and oceans, and then described in detail the mountains and ravines of each state and ocean, as well as the general geography, climate, landforms, and products. As for the Western Regions, it was supplemented according to the map brought by Zhang Wei, and the territory of Great Qin was drawn in more detail, with cities, counties, counties, li, and pavilions all available.

Zhang Wei was dumbfounded when he heard this, what is this, what is East Qinzhou, Qin Nanyang, why haven't you heard of it.

Naturally, I didn't have time to explain to him, but Taiyue drew the map in great detail and exquisitely according to my request, unlike the map hanging in the temple, where only the city and the simple lines represented the river and the mountain. Looking at Tai Yue's brushwork on the map, I couldn't help but nod, it was very professional and fully met my requirements.

It took a day to paint this white silk, which was two feet wide and one foot long, and it was not completed until late at night.

When Tai Yue made the last stroke, I smiled and said, "Very good, Tai Yue, you are quite skilled in this drawing technique." I prepared three rolls of white silk, but I didn't expect you to make it in one roll, not bad! ”

Tai Yue raised her sleeve and wiped her sweat, for fear that the sweat would drip on the map, and arched her hand: "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, the minister is Taishi Ling, if the mappers are not familiar with it, how to draw the chaotic stars." ”

I nodded, looked at the map, and said, "You take this map back and copy it." ”

Tai Yue was just about to say yes, I waved my hand and changed my words: "Forget it, you live in the West Side Palace, which is my study, and I will go back after the painting is finished." ”

I'm afraid that the map will be leaked, so I'd better draw it here. The timing of the release of the map must at least go to Liu Bang to build a ship that can cross the sea, otherwise once it is known that there are other lands outside of Daqin, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be a large-scale escape from the sea, after all, many people are still trying to restore the country.

Once the imperial court had more advanced ships, even if they fled to sea, the imperial court could easily deal with it.

"Qi Xuan, go and prepare, Taiyue will finish drawing the map here and then leave the palace. Prepare some food and bring it to me, and I will take a closer look with him to see if anything is missing. ”

Zhang Wei's mind was smart, and he immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister will retire." ”

I nodded and admonished, "Stand down, don't spread the word about today." ”

Zhang Wei said yes and withdrew from the Four Seas Palace.

After the next day's court meeting, Taiyue continued to draw maps in the Temple of the Four Seas, this time much faster, copying a copy in half a day.

"Meng He, send someone to send this map to the Panyu Shipyard and hand it to Liu Fan, so that he must act in secret." In fact, there is no need to give Liu Bang a map, but I am afraid that he will slack off there, so I still have to give him some motivation. I don't believe anyone can resist the temptation of the New World.

I hung another map behind my back, replacing the original map of Daqin. The people who can enter the Temple of the Four Seas are naturally people I trust very much, and I am not afraid that they will go out and talk nonsense.

After thinking about it, I am afraid that it will really take one or two decades to build such a thing as a sail battleship, so I immediately wrote an edict and handed it to Meng He, so that he could bring it to Liu Bang together.

It's better to build some ordinary ships first. Xu Fu's bastard didn't know where he had gone, he deceived Yingzheng all over the place, and took away so much wealth from Daqin, he had to vent his evil anger for Yingzheng!

I deliberately learned about the shipbuilding technology of the Qin Dynasty, with Xu Fu's ship and the navigation technology of the Qin Dynasty, he should not be able to enter the deep sea, but can only sail in the near sea. And this timeline is from the Jiaodong Peninsula, to the south and north is the coastline of Daqin, if he doesn't look for death, he can only go east.

The territory of Great Qin is only to Liaodong, and to the east is the Korean Peninsula, where is a small frontier country led by Wei Man, a native of Yan, and there is no official name of the country, so it is more likely that Xu Fu will go to Wei Man. If Weiman did not accept him, it would be possible for him to go along the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese island.

There is also a layer of consideration, even if I don't publish the world map, sooner or later it will be leaked, and the current ship is enough to deal with a possible escape from the sea.