"This afternoon, the news has spread throughout Chang'an City. You and I arrested all the Hu merchants in the West City and drew a map of the world. On that map, the area occupied by the Tang Dynasty was only one
Not in Chengdu!
With such a large territory, many people have speculated that I will, along with important ministers such as Su Guogong and Zhao Guogong, follow His Majesty's edict to attack those small barbarian countries."
Seeing this, Li Xiaogong snorted again and walked directly to the main hall.
Being able to wait at the gate for more than half an hour was his limit, and now he wanted to lie down for a while.
"Aye, which bastard made the news?"
Hearing this, Li Chongyi suddenly became angry.
He has clearly said that they are just drawing pictures and have no plans to attack those barbarian countries. Isn't this a rumor?
"This matter first came from the Wei family in Jingzhao. Could it be that the Wei family is framing you and others?"
Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment, then his expression became condensed.
"Back to Aye, it's not that he was framed, it's just that what he said was a bit exaggerated, and the boy also made it clear at the time that this move was only for drawing a picture, not for attacking the vassal state!"
Li Chongyi said helplessly.
As for the Jingzhao Wei family, it must be that Weisen who is talking nonsense.
Thinking about it, Li Chongyi unfolded the map in his hand and placed it on the coffee table.
Seeing this, Li Xiaogong's expression condensed, and he quickly went over and took a closer look.
He didn't care much about who spread rumors or not. Hejian County Prince's Palace was not afraid of anyone except His Majesty.
The more he looked, the more shocked Li Chongyi looked, and he was also slightly excited.
"In the whole world, is the Tang Dynasty really only as big as a palm?"
After a while, Li Xiaogong raised his head, stared at Li Chongyi closely, and asked with a look of disbelief.
"Back to Aye, it's true!"
Li Chongyi quickly replied.
"How can this be?"
Li Xiaogong still looked unbelievable, "The Tang Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, and its territory is thousands of miles away, but it is less than 10% of the world?"
"Aye, this map was drawn by Master. When we first saw it, we couldn't believe it. Only then did we come to the West Market and ask all the Hu merchants, and then we were convinced that the map drawn by Master was the same as those Hu merchants.
It’s exactly the same as what Shang painted, and it’s even more comprehensive!”
Li Chongyi explained.
"I didn't expect that besides the Tang Dynasty, there is such a vast territory in the world!"
Li Xiaogong murmured to himself, then stood up, picked up the map, and walked out: "No, I want to enter the palace!"
"Enter the palace? It's so late, why did Aye come to the palace?"
Li Chongyi was startled.
"Such a major matter must be reported to His Majesty!" Li Xiaogong said.
"Aye, Gao Ming, Changsun Chong and others also have this map!"
Li Chongyi said slowly.
Hearing this, Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment, then sighed softly, turned around and sat back on the sofa, picked up the map of the world, and looked at it carefully again.
One moment the brows are furrowed, the next moment the smile is on the face, the next moment the heart is sad and furious...
Seeing his Aye's facial expression changing faster than his master's, Li Chongyi couldn't help but tighten his expression, fearing that this map would reveal that his Aye had a brain disease.
However, he did not dare to disturb Aye's thinking and became restless.
That bottle of white wine...
Suddenly, Li Chongyi thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he quietly looked at the white wine beside the coffee table.
"Nie Zhan, what do you want to do?"
Just as he was about to reach out, Li Xiaogong roared angrily, making Li Chongyi tremble in fright.
"Hehe, Aye, kid..." Li Chongyi quickly smiled flatteringly.
"When you come back so late, why don't you go and say hello to your mother-in-law?"
Li Xiaogong said.
"Yes, Aye!"
Li Chongyi stood up quickly and walked quickly to the backyard.
"snort!"
Seeing this, Li Xiaogong snorted and continued to look down at the simple map that could be seen clearly at a glance.
Similarly, Fang Yizhi, Changsun Chong, Du Gou and others also faced this situation.
Only Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Gong went to conquer the Turks, allowing Cheng Chusi and Yuchi Baolin to live freely in their house. The most comfortable thing was that they didn't have to worry about anyone robbing them of their hard-earned liquor.
As for Li Chengqian, as soon as he walked into the gate of the East Palace, he was invited to Liangyi Hall by a chamberlain who had been waiting for a long time.
This time, Li Chengqian also learned to be smart.
After seeing the etiquette, he directly handed the map and liquor in his hand to Li Shimin.
"Is this the map of the world that all the major families in the city are talking about today?"
Li Shimin was so curious about this magical map of the world that had been passed down among the aristocratic families that he opened it without even looking at Baijiu.
The more he looked, the more surprised and suspicious his expression became.
"Why does my Tang Dynasty only have this little bit?"
"Going back to my father, I said that the Tang Dynasty did not occupy even one percent of the territory in the world."
Li Chengqian quickly raised his hands and saluted.
"What 10%? According to this map, Datang doesn't even occupy half of it!"
Li Shimin murmured to himself.
Then, after a while, he looked at Li Chengqian expectantly.
"Gao Ming, was this map drawn by Xuan Ba?"
"Back to my father, it was drawn by Uncle Jin Wang. However, Uncle Jin Wang was not very familiar with some distant vassal states, so we completed the drawings by comparing them with the maps of Hu merchants in the West City.
"
Li Chengqian quickly handed over his hand and reported the report.
"Very good!"
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.
"With this map, I realized that I had been sitting in a well looking at the sky. I only knew about the vassal states around the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't know that beyond the Tang Dynasty, there was such a vast territory, and there was even a food empire as powerful as the Tang Dynasty!
"
"This time, with this map, you have made a great contribution to the Tang Dynasty!"
"great merit?"
Li Chengqian was stunned.
"Um!"
Li Shimin nodded slowly, "This afternoon, news of this map spread from the Wei family, and there was even a map similar to this one.
Nowadays, all the aristocratic families in Chang'an City also know about this kind of map.
With this map, we don’t have to worry about these aristocratic families not being interested in the territories outside the Tang Dynasty!”
As he spoke, Li Shimin looked confident.
Indeed, just as Li Shimin said, after Weisen returned to the Wei family with the map he drew according to his memory.
Suddenly, all the elders of the Wei family were shocked, and some even cried with joy.
However, something went wrong somewhere. Less than an hour after Weisen returned to the Wei family, all the big families in Chang'an City came to visit the Wei family.
As a result, that magical map of the world began to spread rapidly among the aristocratic families in Chang'an City.
"Congratulations to my father, as long as those aristocratic families are interested in these territories outside the Tang Dynasty, my father's resistance in the court will be much less!"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian also beamed with joy.
"Um!"
Li Shimin nodded with a happy face and said: "Okay, if you have done a good job in presenting the picture, I will definitely reward you generously."
"Thank you, Father!"
Li Chengqian quickly raised his hands and saluted.
Later, after seeing that Li Shimin had nothing to say, Li Chengqian quickly resigned.
However, what Li Chengqian and others didn't know was that the impact of that map was far less than this.
Even though a curfew has started in Chang'an City, there is still a commotion in all the aristocratic families' mansions in Chang'an City.
Even Li Shimin looked at the map and saw two o'clock in the morning.
This map is like a treasure map, placed in front of all the major forces.