Chapter 182 Strange Map
Looking at the people of Qin who were queuing up to buy salt, I suddenly felt heavy. The Emperor of Qin was willing to let ordinary Qin people use this high-quality salt. No wonder The people of Qin will support him in this way.
But the wiser and more talented the Qin Emperor is, the less good it is for the Xiongnu. It is in the interests of the Xiongnu that the Qin Emperor is mediocre and violent, and the Qin war is chaotic.
In fact, the Xianyang meeting that the Xiongnu mission saw was so crowded and prosperous. Another reason was that the Xianyang Examination was about to be held, attracting many people.
The arrival of these people has undoubtedly increased the security burden in Xianyang, but it has also made Xianyang more people and more prosperous.
The Hun envoy continued to move forward and arrived at another place where they saw many people gathered together?
Do these Qin people have nothing to do? Why are they all getting together again?
Look carefully, although the crowd is surrounding, there is an empty space in the center. There is a wooden frame with a huge wooden frame hanging on it. There are Qin officials on both sides and in front of the wooden frame.
The Qin official standing in front of the wooden board was holding a wooden stick, pointing at the wooden board, and talking to the Qin people watching around him.
Everyone in the Xiongnu envoy turned their attention to the wooden board, and saw that there were pictures and words on the wooden board. They did not recognize the words, but the picture was clearly a map.
Maodun, who had seen the map of the Xiongnu and surrounding countries in Lao Toumana many times, recognized at a glance that the map contained the Xiongnu, as well as Donghu, Fuyu and other countries.
It’s just that compared to dad’s map, this map is more detailed in drawing, and the drawn area seems to be larger. The Xiongnu only has such a large area on the map. Not only the Xiongnu, but also the Qin Dynasty is in the map. It's not very big.
Having grown up on the grasslands since childhood, Modu knew that there were large tracts of land to the east, west and north, which was not what some southerners thought.
But he never thought that the world would be like this, and would be so big. The map on the wooden board showed a world far beyond what he had ever known before.
The Qin official was obviously talking about this map and the vastness of the world to the Qin people watching around him. From time to time, there were exclamations and unbelievable questions from the crowd.
Maodun saw an old man from Qin with a slender face asking a question. The Qin official who was talking gave the old man an answer. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand what the Qin official and the old man were asking.
If the world is really so big, then where should the Huns go?
What was the purpose of Emperor Qin asking Qin officials to tell the people of Qin about this map?
Modun felt a sense of urgency and an indescribable feeling in his heart.
This feeling was actually Mao Dunxiu's sense that times were about to change, but he had never experienced it before and didn't know how to describe it.
If you don’t understand, just ask. Some Huns asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were leading them, what was the map-like object painted on the wooden board, and what was the Qin official doing?
The official smiled and replied: "This is the map of the world. To be honest, I was shocked when I saw this map for the first time. I never imagined that there would be such a vast world and so many places outside Da Qin. Strange news. He is here to let the people of Great Qin know how big the world is.”
“You asked them what they were exclaiming about just now. ? This..."
The official of the Ministry of Rites felt an inexplicable sense of superiority and replied in a "not worth the fuss" tone: "It's nothing, I just talked about some products from overseas places!"
The officials of the Ministry of Rites did not explain clearly what the products of the overseas lands were, which aroused the interest of the Xiongnu mission even more, but they were still confused.
In the evening, in the Moton Room of the Ministry of Rites Posthouse, the main figures of the Huns' mission gathered here.
Although they had arrived in Xianyang, they could not see Emperor Qin immediately.
According to the officials from the Ministry of Rites who received them today, the Qin Dynasty is different from the Xiongnu. They have to learn some basic etiquette here first, and only after receiving the Qin Emperor's order can they enter the palace to meet the Qin Emperor.
We gathered in Moden's room tonight not only to have a simple discussion on a series of things we saw after entering Xianyang, but also to wait for the people who went to inquire about the map we saw during the day to come back. While chatting casually, they looked at the things in the room. The Huns, including Mao Dun, all lamented that these people in the south know how to enjoy, the stove that can keep the whole room warm, and the chair they are sitting on now, for dinner tonight. The table I had seen before.
However, those southerners kept reminding them not to close all the doors and windows when using stoves for heating, saying that their lives would be in danger.
What's the danger?
Not long after chatting, there was a knock on the door outside the room, which cheered up all the Huns in the room. Then with a sudden "Come in!", the door was pushed open, and several Huns came out. enter.
As soon as several people entered the room, Mao Dun immediately asked: "Did you find out?"
A Huns said: "Go back to the prince, I found out about it, and I bought a few more." Map.”
These words made Mao Dun stunned for a moment. He thought it would be good to get some information, but he actually got the map.
Did the Qin people do it on purpose or accidentally?
According to Mao Dun's opinion, these maps are the secrets of the country. It is absolutely impossible for him to let outsiders get them. The Qin people should do the same for themselves and others.
But they bought it so easily?
Is there a Qin conspiracy?
Mao Dun asked: "Where did you buy it? The Qin people were not in trouble? Where is the map?"
Facing Mao Dun's three questions in succession, the Huns who had answered before thought about it. , then replied: "The people of Qin have a place specializing in selling this map. See me The Qin people who were not from Qin were a little surprised, but they still sold it to us. Here is the map, Prince, please take a look!"
As he said this, the Huns and several others separated. He took out several rolls of long bamboo slips and spread them out on the table in the room.
Modun and the Huns in the room immediately surrounded him.
The maps drawn on these bamboo slips are different, but it can be seen that one is an overall drawing, and the other ones are partial drawings of the overall map.
None of these maps were complete. Even the one that Mao Dun saw seemed to be drawn as a whole. It was not a real world map, but only mapped the Pacific Ocean, South America, North America, Footbath, and Indonesia.
But this was enough to shock Mao Dun and others. The world was too big, much bigger than the Xiongnu. Compared with the entire world, Qin was not worth mentioning.
If we could occupy the two pieces of land on the opposite side and build a country, wouldn't it be more vast than Qin? How could we still be afraid of Qin?
Looking at the map carefully, Mao Dun found that the unknown places on the map were marked with many symbols. Under the bamboo slips, there were special Qin characters to annotate these symbols. Unfortunately, they did not know the Qin characters.
Modun pointed at those symbols and asked: "Why is this?"
The Huns who brought back the map said: "According to the Qin people, each of these symbols represents a product of these places, including gold, silver, copper, iron and other mineral deposits, as well as exotic flowers and plants unique to the local area."
“These places are extremely rich in resources, such as the gold mine. I heard that gold is everywhere. You can pick it up easily. ”
“Moreover, there are swarms of prey and forests of melons and fruits, so you don’t have to worry about food. But if you are hungry, you only need to dig into the forest and there are countless. "
(End of Chapter)