After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 61 Da Ming Becomes Xiao Ming?

"Mr. Qin, what are you drawing? It looks like a map." Zhu Yuanzhang asked first.Although I didn't know what Qin Yu was drawing, I thought that this ability to draw maps by hand would be used in marching and fighting...

His hand seemed to have supernatural power, and the mountains and rivers jumped on the paper wherever the charcoal pen passed, which was much more detailed than the marching map.

"Don't interrupt the parents of the students at the back!" However, Qin Yu had a serious face. "Only students can ask questions in get out of class. Parents can only listen in obediently. If they have anything to say, they will talk about it after class."

Even the school leaders who came down to inspect should obey the instructions without disturbing the teachers’ lectures, not to mention the parents of the students.

"I'm sorry, it was Huang who was rash." Zhu Yuanzhang cupped his hands, looking a little embarrassed.

The emperor was reprimanded by Mr. Qin?Queen Xu Dama and the others snickered secretly after seeing it.Never thought that Emperor Zhu, who was decisive in killing and making his ministers tremble, would also have such a troubled day.

"Okay, students can ask questions at will." Qin Yu said to the students, "Before asking a question, raise your left hand to signal, and only stand up and ask questions after getting the teacher's approval."

"Excuse me, sir, what kind of picture did you draw, did you use it to march and fight?" Zhu Biao asked first.

"It's not about marching to fight, it's a world map." Qin Yu said.

"What is a world map?" Zhu Di asked.

"It's the geographic map of the entire world, including the seven continents, four oceans, and the largest mountains and rivers in each region." Qin Yudao, "The place we live in is called the earth and the earth is round. You don't know this, right?"

"I know," Zhu Biao replied, "The late Han Dynasty Taishi ordered Zhang Heng to say in the "Army Tianyi Note": 'The heaven is like a chicken. The heavenly body is as round as a pellet, the earth is like a chicken in yellow, and we live alone in the sky' The place where we live is called the earth. The star, like the Yinghuo star, is also round."

"Yes, you are right." Qin Yu expressed his satisfaction with Huang Biao's answer.This village is so backward, if they don't even know that the earth is round, it will be in big trouble.

The answerer, Zhu Biao, was sweating, and the question asked by Mr. Qin was too biased, it actually covered astronomy and geography.If I hadn't read it in ancient books before, I really couldn't answer it.

They mainly studied Confucianism in the past, and Zhang Heng's theory of the heavens was not within the scope of the Great Confucian teacher's teaching.

The eldest brother is indeed the eldest brother, and he is much more knowledgeable than the rest of us... The other three brothers thought to themselves.We all have a good grasp of Confucianism, but Mr.

Seeing that Zhu Biao was recognized by Qin Yu, Empress Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded slightly in relief.

At this moment, Qin Yu took out the pointer and pointed to the world map, and said, "Let's get to know the world first. The whole world is divided into six major sections, namely the Asia-Europe section, the Pacific section, the African section and the America section... place."

He pointed to the water part above: "The four oceans are the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. No, these are the areas. Here is the Pacific Ocean, here is the Atlantic Ocean..."

"Mr. Qin, are you sure that your map of the Earth's world is not wrong?" Zhu Di asked boldly, "The area of ​​the Earth's water is so large, but the land area is so small?"

"Your skepticism is worthy of recognition, but it's impossible for the teacher to draw a wrong picture." Qin Yudao, "It's true, the ratio of the water area of ​​the earth to the land area is seven to three."

"Seven to three? The area of ​​the ocean is more than twice that of the land!" Zhu Di was shocked.

"It's unbelievable," said Shu King Zhu Chun.

"I can't believe it either," said Qin Wang Zhu Xu.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma and others who listened to the lectures attentively later found it unbelievable. In their old concept, they always felt that the land area was larger than the ocean area.

The geographic knowledge Qin Yu said overturned their inherent cognition.

"I believe Mr.'s words." At this moment, Zhu Biao suddenly stood up and said: "Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou" records that there is a fish in Beiming, and its name is Kun. Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. also."

"Beijing can breed thousands of miles of large fish and kun, and the area is definitely not small. And the largest creature on land is an elephant, and the elephant is extremely small compared to the kun. It can be seen that the ocean must be larger than the land. "

"Student Huang Biao can draw inferences from one instance to another, and his quick response is commendable." Qin Yu nodded in approval, "The Beiming recorded in Getaway is actually the Arctic Ocean, and it is here. However, the biggest creature in the ocean is not a kun, but a blue whale. The kun is just a legendary creature, but the blue whale is real. The maximum length of the blue whale is 40 meters and it weighs more than [-] tons."

Is there really such a huge creature in the world?The crowd was shocked when they heard it.

After all, Kun is just a legend, and no one has ever seen it.However, Mr. Qin said that the blue whale with a length of 40 meters and a weight of [-] tons is real, which means that it may be fished up for everyone to witness.

Mr. Qin actually knows even the biggest creatures in the ocean. His knowledge is really unfathomable, and he didn't disappoint me, Queen Ma thought to himself.

"Mr. Qin, can I, Daming Navy, catch blue whales?" King Yan Zhu Di stood up and asked. ,

"Blue whales mainly live near the Antarctic. It takes a lot of effort in our country to catch them. However, there are fin whales that are smaller in size near the Japanese Sea, which are relatively easy to catch." Qin Yu didn't bother to correct what he thought now. In the Ming Dynasty, correcting a person's cognition should take it slow. "Whales are treasures all over their bodies. If you catch one, you will make a lot of money."

Are there whales near the Japanese sea?After listening to it, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately remembered: "After we go back, we will instruct the Daming navy to go out to sea and catch the largest biological whale in the world."

"Such a behemoth must be a treasure. As the emperor of the ninety-five emperor, we must get one. And once it is really caught, it can also prove that what Mr. Qin said is true."

"Okay, the topic is too far away." Qin Yu returned to normal teaching, "Our country is in the east of the Asia-Europe section." The pointer pointed on the map, "It's here."

The pointer moves along the curve, "This is our border."

"We Daming actually occupy such a small piece of land in the world?" Seeing Qin Yu's gesture, the crowd instantly froze.

"My dignified and dignified territory doesn't even reach one-tenth of the world?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze, "We always thought that Da Ming had already occupied most of the world and all the fertile land. Beyond the territory of Daming , they are all uncivilized and barbaric places. We are screaming in the Ming Dynasty all day long, but we are actually blind and arrogant?”

"If what Mr. Qin said is true, then Daming will become Xiaoming."

(End of this chapter)