Zhao Rui showed some respect, slowly took a step forward, and handed over the Turkic territory map.
"Old man, this map should have been made by you. I hope you can complete the missing parts!"
The old man looked at the map and then at Zhao Rui.
"Is Your Highness planning to expand territory for the great merchants?"
Zhao Rui opened his arms, and his heroic spirit of seeing the world was immediately revealed.
"That's not true. The source of the suffering of the people in the world is war, and the root of war is the greed of kings! If the world is united, wars can be stopped, and people can live and work in peace and contentment. People like you who like to travel around the world can do whatever they want.
Travel the world!”
As if he had captured the old man's mind, Zhao Rui said every word into his heart.
After being in a daze for a long time, the old man spread the map in his hand on the ground, picked up a pen and carefully sketched it.
The map in front of me is detailed enough. The distribution of mountains, rivers and rivers on it is clear at a glance, and even the locations of each city are clearly marked.
But the old man detailed it again, and even marked the outlines of some villages.
Zhao Rui's breathing gradually became faster and he involuntarily took two steps forward.
"Have the old-timers been to these places?"
The old man took a sip of wine, with a smile on his face and the brush in his hand very calmly.
"Been there! I have been everywhere throughout my life. People in the world only know that there are Liuzhao and Ouyue in southern Xinjiang, but they don't know that there are Jiaozhi and Khmer even further south! The Central Plains only knows that the northern grassland is the border, but they don't know that this Turkic people
It’s the true northernmost place!”
Zhao Rui was slightly surprised. It seemed that the old man had been to far more places than he imagined!
"What about the far west?"
Such a subconscious question made the old man's body tremble unconsciously.
"That's a lot. The furthest we went was Khwarezm, and then we went north to the Grand Duchy of Shengxue, and then to the Turks."
Ziyun next to him was quite unconvinced.
"Old sir, do you know that Khwarezmo is now the territory of my great merchant!"
The old man turned back suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Kwarazm is a powerful country in the West. Their victorious army is invincible in the world. The surrounding countries such as Persia and Parthia are afraid of it. The great merchants even conquered them?"
Ziyun chuckled twice: "Old man, these ancient countries you mentioned are now the territories of the Great Shang!"
The old man looked at Zhao Rui in disbelief.
"Your Highness King Zhao, did this little girl lie to me?"
Zhao Rui waved to the guards around him, and then a huge map was placed.
As soon as he spread it out, the old man stood there blankly.
It borders the sea to the east, Turks to the north, Xiliao to the west, and Liuzhao to the south!
He never dreamed that the great merchants would not only reunify the Central Plains, but also expand their territory to such an extent.
"Old man, the map you drew will be spliced together with my Dashang Territory Map in the future. I wonder if you can draw it as detailed as this map!"
The wine gourd in the old man's hand fell to the ground, and the horror in his eyes reached the extreme.
He stretched out his hand and touched the Dashang Territory Map inch by inch.
"For many years, my Baili family has spent several generations trying to sew together the map of the entire world, but there is no such opportunity!"
"The Baili family!" Zhao Rui suddenly thought of something: "Is your ancestor Baili Xi, the palace illustration master at the beginning of the founding of the Great Shang Dynasty?"