Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

There was no other way, Su Mu could only buy a three-foot Shuxuan, and slowly sketched out the map of Shanxi from his memory.

Speaking of drawing maps, Su Mu didn't come from an art transfer major, so he is not good at this kind of thing.Of course, even a few random strokes are much better than the pile of shit that Zhu Houzhao brought.

In ancient times, maps, especially well-drawn maps, were important weapons of the military. They were always kept in the hands of officials or generals, and ordinary people had no chance to see them.As for Shengdou Xiaomin, many people's footprints are limited to one county and one prefecture all their lives, and there is no way to know what the world is like.Therefore, those who have maps and know the world's geography are mostly elites.When folks praise someone for his outstanding resourcefulness, most of them compliment him by saying "know astronomy at the top, and geography at the bottom".

Things like geography are a higher level of knowledge than the "Four Books" and "Five Classics".

Of course, Su Mu didn't realize this.Things like maps are not new in later generations, it can be said that they have been exposed to them since childhood.In junior high school, the school will distribute an atlas to each person, and its exquisiteness is beyond the imagination of the ancients.

Su Mu was originally a liberal arts student, and he was also very interested in subjects such as history and geography. After graduating from university, he traveled all over the world with this traffic atlas, and traveled all over China.

The classmate in his dormitory was from Taiyuan, Shanxi. During the summer vacation of his sophomore year, he went to his house to play for ten days. He is no stranger to the geography of Shanxi.

Up to now, although the memory is a little fuzzy, I still remember where there are mountains, where there are rivers, where there are forests and canyons.As for the proportion, don’t worry about it, the key is to position first.

Shanxi's geography generally consists of two mountain ranges, six basins and two major rivers.Luliang Mountain, Taihang Mountain; Datong, Xinzhou, Taiyuan, Linfen, Yuncheng, Changzhi Basin; Yellow River, Fen River.

Su Mu wanted to use the Yellow River and the Fen River to locate them, so he drew two curved lines with azurite on the map.

Now, not only Zhu Houzhao, but also Liu Jin understood, and called out, "This is the Yellow River."

The Yellow River flows through the junction of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan. It is a big turning point. It is best to use it as a reference. As long as the proportion of the Yellow River is correct, it will save a lot of trouble in other places.

Su Mu nodded, and then marked on the map the three major cities of Datong, Taiyuan and Linfen in the north, center and south of Shanxi Province.

Now, the two of them understood, and they were pointing at the side.

Then, Su Mu paused, calculated the proportions, and began to draw several other secondary cities.

In a short while, the central axis connecting the north and the south, such as Pingyang, Lingshi, Fenzhou, Ningwu, and Mayi, was ready.

With this line, the remaining things are simple, and it needs to expand to both sides according to this line.

Su Mu then moved his pen to the Changzhi Basin area. If necessary, the map of Luzhou's political districts was also prepared.

In this way, the morning passed like this.

When it was time to eat, Su Mu squinted his eyes to look at the sketch he had drawn, calculated the proportions, and found that it was still not so accurate, but under the current conditions, this was the only way to go.

After lunch, Su Mu began to standardize the urban agglomeration in the Yuncheng Basin, which is one of the most prosperous areas in Shanxi. There are many towns, three rivers, and several lakes in the territory, but this is a bit troublesome.

Originally, Su Mu wanted to draw a few random strokes, and then told the kid surnamed Zhu the rules of the game, and then let him play by himself.But I don't want to, this painting has been painted vigorously.

He is also bored now, and the writing of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is not smooth. If he writes forcefully, the quality will be worrying. If he finishes drawing this map, he has the right to rest.

While drawing the picture, Su Mu's heart skipped a beat. Compared with the maps of the Ming Dynasty, this topographical map was extremely accurate, and it was a treasure for the ancients.It is now the last year of Hongzhi, and Emperor Zhengde will be registered in a year. This ridiculous emperor has made no achievements in politics, but he has achieved unprecedented victories in foreign military affairs. Among the emperors who can fight in the Ming Dynasty, he is only ranked behind Ming Chengzu and Zhu Yuanzhang. .

In the future, it seems that Emperor Zhengde will use troops against Mongolia in the Datong area of ​​Shanxi.When marching and fighting, things like maps are necessary for generals.

At that time, the picture I drew may not be useless.Even if you can't gain benefits for yourself, it can be regarded as a contribution to history as a traveler can!

Thinking of this, Su Mu felt that what he did was very meaningful.

He even thought about drawing the topographic map of Mongolia from memory when he had time to finish drawing the map of Shanxi.

Just as he was painting vigorously, Zhu Houzhao yelled: "No, no, this place is wrong."

As he spoke, he tapped his fingers on Xia County and Siyan City respectively.

Su Mu didn't look up, and asked: "What's wrong?" The map he drew was only based on his previous memory, and many places may not be accurate.The so-called Siyan City is actually the Yuncheng of later generations.He also traveled the road from Xiaxia County to Yuncheng, and the road happened to run through the entire northern shore of Salt Lake.

Because Zhu Houzhao didn't draw the salt lake correctly, Su Mu hesitated in his heart. Who knows how wide the salt lake is in this era?

Zhu Houzhao said: "The two cities are very close to each other. Judging from the map I brought, the distance is quite far, at least more than 100 miles."

Only then did Su Mu realize why he was thinking wrong, and curled his lips: "Sure enough, I am ignorant. The distance between the two cities is only about sixty miles. Take a look here... and do the math again." It turned out that Su Mu wanted to After taking the correct scale and using the Yellow River to locate, the distances have been drawn on the four sides of the drawing with a ruler, and the entire map is divided into several large squares, and numbers are marked on them.

War chess games have very strict requirements on the scale. If it cannot be accurate, the game cannot be played.

When the map is completely numbered, these squares will be further subdivided into ten-mile-by-one grids to become a chessboard.

Zhu Houzhao refused to accept it: "Ziqiao, you are not from Salt Lake, and you know how long the distance between the two cities is?"

At this moment, he suddenly found that his sleeve had been pulled a few times, and when he looked back, it was Liu Jin.

Zhu Houzhao: "Liu Ban, what are you making of me?"

"Young...Master, Mr. Su is right." Liu Jin's face turned pale.

"Are you right?" Zhu Houzhao snorted.

Su Mu got a headache from his quarrel, and couldn't help shouting: "It doesn't matter even if I draw it wrong, just make a random map to play games, what about it? Or, let's cultivate awe-inspiring spirit. Last time we learned " Which section of "The Doctrine of the Mean"?"

The future Emperor Zhengde was also tricked by Su Mu to study some time ago, and he was a little annoyed, so he immediately closed his mouth and watched from the sidelines.

After Su Mu completed the drawing of the political area of ​​the Changzhi Basin, the south of Shanxi was settled, and he began to draw the Taiyuan area again.

Looking at the future, Zhengde was so bored, he kept yawning, and wanted to leave.

Looking back at Liu Jin, this guy's face was even more ugly, and his legs trembled slightly.

This made Zhu Houzhao feel even more strange, and kicked him: "Why are you shaking, old slave? It's so boring. Forget it, let's go back."

As he spoke, he stretched his waist and went out bored with tears in his eyes.

"It's boring, it's boring." Walking out of Long Zai's house and walking on the street, the future Emperor Zhengde's face was full of displeasure: "It is said that Ziqiao is also an interesting person. He used to let me cultivate awe-inspiring spirit, which is really good at any rate. .Bengong is now very successful, but he doesn't teach more advanced martial arts, but he said he wants to play this kind of game. I've been waiting for a whole day, but I haven't finished it yet. Forget it, I won't come here in the future. Liu Ban, you can do something else Some interesting things. It’s not good to go out of the palace every day, and it’s another trouble to be found out by the emperor.”

Su Mu didn't know that this guy surnamed Zhu was the future Emperor Zhengde, he always thought this guy was annoying, and wished he would never come again.

It can be said that Zhu Houzhao's thoughts are now in his hands.

Of course, if he knew the truth, he would definitely cry out in regret: Oh no, what kind of map did I get, I missed such a great opportunity for nothing!

Hearing that the prince said that he would never come again, Liu Jin was also a little happy.After all, going out of the palace to play every day, and walking a lot at night, there will always be a day when you will run into a ghost.Although he has a good impression of Su Mu, he still doesn't want anyone to share his favor with the prince.

He even said: "Yes, yes, Your Highness will not come out in the future. The old slave will immediately think about whether he can come up with something new and interesting, and I will definitely satisfy you, the crown prince."

"It's just you, forget it, what new tricks can you come up with?" The prince snorted: "By the way, your face was very ugly when you saw the map drawn by Su Mu just now. What's the matter? Could it be that the things drawn by Su Mu Is there any taboo here?"

"It's not, but the servant thinks..." Liu Jin's expression turned serious when the prince asked about it, and he became serious.

"What do you think?"

"The servant thinks this fact is too strange, and I can't figure it out." Liu Jin said: "Actually, what Su Mu said earlier is correct. It is indeed only more than 60 miles from Xia County to Siyan City."

"Hey, how do you know that you slave is not from Shanxi?" The prince was full of doubts.

"Although the slave has never been to Shanxi, he has seen the real map of Shanxi, which is the same as the one drawn by Su Mu." Liu Jin gritted his teeth and replied.

"What, there is a real map. When I asked you to look for a map of Shanxi yesterday, why didn't you get it? Su Mu had to redraw it, and Ben Gong was bored all day. Damn it!" Emperor Zhengde was very unhappy.

Liu Jin quickly confessed: "My prince, it's not that I'm a slave who doesn't take the real map of Shanxi. In fact... that kind of map is simply impossible to get, otherwise, it will be the crime of beheading."

"What is the crime of beheading, why can't you get it, you sound so strange?" A cloud of doubts spread in his heart, and Zhu Hou couldn't help but urge him to ask.

"That kind of map is in the royal collection, a military weapon. Only the emperor can read it... Also, when there is a war in the country, if the leading general needs it, he can borrow it from the Ministry of War and return it after use." Liu Jin His face was a little pale: "It was a coincidence that the slave had seen the detailed map of Shanxi back then, and it was...it was exactly the same as the one drawn by Su Mu. No, the map drawn by Su Mu is even three points better than the treasures in the royal collection. ...This, this, this Su Mu is so familiar with the mountains and rivers of Shanxi. It can be said that all the mountains and rivers of the Sanjin land are contained in the Tai chest, and there is no difference. This person has mountains and rivers in his chest, and his servants also I don’t know how he drew it, but I’m scared in my heart.”

"There are mountains and rivers on the chest, which are more detailed than my royal map. It is more detailed than the formation map of the generals... In this way, I don't know what the game Su Mu wants to play?" The future Emperor Zhengde said Facial fascination: "That's right, this game must be very fun, let's come back tomorrow."

Liu Jin was stunned: "Prince, isn't it impossible to talk about it? If you want to talk about interesting things, servants can get them too!"

"You?" The future Emperor Zhengde squinted at Eunuch Liu: "Your things are too old-fashioned. You just look at peacocks and cranes, fighting dogs, and crickets. I'm tired of fighting, so how can I compare with Zi? Joe?"