As Zhu Liang left, Zhu Di was left alone in the palace.
"The sea... is vaster than the land, and extremely mysterious. A fish can fit a ship in its mouth... a school of tens of thousands of two-foot-large fish..."
While muttering to himself, Zhu Di opened the two papers again and read them.
After a while, I felt a little trance-like!
…
The next day.
"Rub it..."
Guo An, who was lying on the desk in the public room, writing and drawing, suddenly saw a face in front of him and jumped back in fright.
"His Royal Highness King Yan?"
Zhu Di was also startled by Guo An's appearance.
"What bad thing are you doing? How could you be so scared in broad daylight?"
Zhu Di glared at Guo An and then looked at the paper on the table.
I looked at several pieces of paper in a row, and there were wooden shelves and a big wheel on them.
Guo An explained casually: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I am just drawing some wooden wheels!"
Unexpectedly, Zhu Di curled his lips and said, "You are obviously drawing a spinning wheel!"
"ah?"
Guo An was shocked, "Your Highness knows about spinning wheels?"
"snort!"
Zhu Di thought that Guo An was looking down on him, so he snorted coldly, "Who in the world knows about the spinning wheel invented by Huang Daopo? There is one in this palace!"
Guo An was overjoyed and said, "Your Highness is really there, can you let me have a look?"
"Um?"
Seeing Guo An's expression that didn't seem to be fake, Zhu Di softened slightly and said, "Have you never seen a spinning wheel?"
"I am ashamed of myself!" Guo An replied.
He had seen it in his previous life, but he had never seen it in this life, so he had long forgotten it.
Zhu Di said: "The spinning wheel is large, so you can only go to the palace to watch it."
"big?"
Guo An was a little confused again.
However, he still nodded quickly and said, "I will follow His Highness to the palace now!"
"Um."
Zhu Di nodded subconsciously. When he realized it, he came specifically to ask this thief officer, not to guide him.
"When did I say that I would take you to watch right now?"
Guo An asked curiously: "Then why did your highness come to the county government office?"
"we……"
Just when Zhu Di was about to say what he meant, he noticed Wang Zhen, Li Wang and others on the side and stopped them immediately.
Li Wang and Wang Zhen, who were full of curiosity, were both startled.
"You'll wait outside!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
A trace of disappointment flashed in their eyes, but they did not dare to disobey Zhu Di.
As the two of them went out, Guo An looked at Zhu Di with curiosity.
Zhu Di smiled to himself, sat on Guo An's official chair, and stared directly into Guo An's eyes.
"We remember that you are from Shunde Prefecture and have never been to the sea. How can you know so many things about the sea?
Especially knowing that the sea is bigger than the land?
How come there are such big fish in the sea that can accommodate a big boat just by opening their mouths?
How can the sea be more than a thousand feet deep?
Are there more than thousands of species of big fish in the sea?
How can you know this?
besides……"
"..."
It took a while for Guo An to react.
He looked at Zhu Di sincerely and cupped his hands, "Your Highness, please forgive me. The sea is mysterious, and I cannot prove it to Your Highness.
Because, the lower officials also learned about these things by looking at ancient books."
"Ancient books?"
Zhu Di's expression changed, "Where are the ancient books? Can you show them to us?"
Guo An said honestly: "Your Highness, please forgive me. The ancient book seems to be in the study room of Xiaguan Mansion, or in the old residence of Xiaguan Shunde Mansion?"
"Xiaguan has loved reading these miscellaneous books all his life. After reading too many, he can only remember the general meaning of the book. As for which book it is and where it is placed, he is not sure?"
Zhu Di smiled softly, "We forgot that you, a thief official, are descendants of Guo Taishi. Guo Taishi was innocent all his life. However, it is rare for him to be a bachelor of Zhaowenguan since he was appointed to Taishi Ling. He knows the affairs of Taishi Academy and has extensive knowledge.
Talented.
Its collection of books is innumerable. I would like to go to your house and take a look at Guo Taishi's collection of books. I wonder if Guo County Master would agree?"
Guo An was excited and said quickly: "Our ancestors spent their whole lives, but left so many ancient books alone, in order to prevent the knowledge in these books from being lost to the world. Since Your Highness is willing to condescend to go and see it, I can only ask for it!"
"
Zhu Di nodded slightly, very satisfied with Guo An's answer.
However, after waiting for a long time, Guo An, the thief official, didn't ask for anything, and his face suddenly turned ugly.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with your body?"
Guo An also had a strange look on his face. Just now he excitedly went to his house to look at the collection of books, but now, he was sitting motionless on the chair again, and his face was getting more and more ugly?
Zhu Di: "..."
After a while, Guo An still looked at him with a worried look on his face. Zhu Di couldn't keep calm anymore. This thief officer was really unethical.
"call……"
Zhu Di took a long breath, and his expression quickly returned to calm.
"This king is fine!"
His expression changed so quickly that Guo An, a later generation, felt ashamed.
Guo An: "..."
He would be a fool if he didn't react yet.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, but he still suppressed the smile in his heart and respectfully invited: "In this case, your highness, please follow me to my palace."
"Um!"
Zhu Di stood up.
Guo An quickly walked in front to guide Zhu Di.
A quarter of an hour later.
Guo Mansion, study room in the back house.
Zhu Di was stunned when he looked at the books in the bookstore.
"Are these the books left by Guo Taishi?"
"It's all left by our ancestors!"
"Have you finished reading it all?"
"I feel ashamed. Some books are too profound. I can only read them once, but I don't understand their meaning..."
The corner of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned to look at Guo An, who had a sincere face. He always felt that Guo An was a bit weird as a thief, but he couldn't put it into words.
Of course, if Zhu Di had not understood the thoughts of later generations, he might have complained viciously in his mind: You will die if you pretend to be cool!
Turn around directly and look at the bookshelf.
Before, he had some doubts about Guo An's words, but now that he saw among the four walls, only one wall was filled with ancient Confucian books, and the rest were study rooms with miscellaneous books, he really believed it.
However, Zhu Di didn't know that Guo An was telling the truth this time.
He had really read through all the books in this room.
Although there are countless books in his mind, he really can't understand the obscure contents of some books in this study room.
On the other side, Zhu Di looked around the entire study carefully, but could not find the kind of ancient books he was looking for. A trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
Sitting casually on a chair nearby, I couldn't help but curiously asked: "Is the sea really that vast?"
The corners of Guo An's mouth raised slightly, "Your Highness, I remember reading a saying that the area of the sea is equal to three times that of the land."
Zhu Di shrank when he saw it, "It's so big?"
Guo An said again: "Moreover, it is the entire land, not just the land where my Ming Dynasty is located!"
Zhu Di said: "What do you mean?"
Guo An chuckled and said: "Your Highness should also know that our country, the Ming Dynasty, is not the only big country in this world. There are countless countries overseas.
However, now it seems that with His Majesty’s maritime ban, it is difficult for those foreign countries to enter our country.
However, I remember someone said that the territory of the Ming Dynasty only occupies half of the entire world."