Baolu Tianxing

After asking the direction, the two parties split up.

Wu Chen and the others walked along the pedestrian streets on both sides of Binhai Boulevard in the west. After a while, they arrived at a square surrounded by large stone pillars.

At night, on the shore of the lake, the lights of various colors make the surroundings even more empty and deep. Although life is full of turmoil, there is a sense of coldness and profoundness.Although most of the willow trees have shed their leaves, in the cold season at the end of the year, the breeze blows and the slender willow branches sway, but there is a special charm.

Jiangzhou was called Rulin Township in ancient times, and it had a prosperous market in the Song Dynasty. At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there were nine water sources in the south, large and small, which flowed in from the outside and joined the Xijiang River, so it was named "Jiujiang".The famous city through the ages has its own profound historical and cultural heritage. Although in today's complicated age, the folk customs are still simple and full of cultural atmosphere.

On the antique square, people are still coming and going. Apart from some shops and stalls, there are also many artists performing on the street, which is very lively.

Wu Chen and Kong Si walked among the crowd, feeling the slight moist breeze, not cold, but cool and comfortable.Wu Chen even narrowed his eyes to savor the somewhat familiar artistic conception carefully.

"Let's go." Kong Si never forgot the original intention of coming here. Seeing Wu Chen walking slowly, he reminded him that there is a small stall like a big shed in front of him, selling some scattered antiques and trivial things. , it looks like it was planned by the government in a unified way.

The two stepped in, walked slowly with the flow of people, and rummaged through the ones they liked.Antiques are no better than Chinese pharmacies. Stores certified by the government will have no fakes. You still have to rely on your own eyesight for everything.

"You two seem to be cultural people at first glance. How about it? Let's take a look. You can buy what you like. The price is easy to negotiate." The words in his mouth were not that smooth, he was murmuring rather than yelling, probably because Wu Chen and the others didn't look like ordinary citizens, so they greeted them.

Then have a look!It's rare for Kong Si to be replaced by someone as a "cultural person", so he has to be praised no matter what?

Speaking of which, this booth is indeed a bit shabby, with many "antiques" scattered here and there, mostly calligraphy and paintings, and some gold, stone and jade wares. Besides, there are some small contemporary old porcelain that can be seen at a glance by Kong Si. The goods that come out are the ones that come in again.

"Brother, you don't sell much of these goods. Do you have anything else?" Wu Chen glanced at it, feeling the same as Kong Si.Although he saw the friendly face of the middle-aged man and wanted to help him with his business, he couldn't buy some street stalls, so he just threw them on the ground.

"Wait!" The middle-aged man also seemed to be an honest person. Seeing that Wu Chen and the others were not like ordinary tourists, he invited them to sit in the cubicle, then squatted down and fumbled under the booth.

This kind of cubicle is a place to temporarily put things, it is very small, and it is a bit cramped for a few people to squeeze in it.Wu Chen saw that the middle-aged man was struggling with his ass pouted, and he was not very confident in this kind of stall, so he said, "Why don't you forget it, and come to patronize you again next time."

"Don't!" The middle-aged man also knew that his words were polite, and he knew it was a foreigner when he heard it. He would not know the year of the monkey next time.He set up a small stall here to earn some hard money, and he had a rare business, so naturally he refused to let it go.

"All right, take your time and look for it, don't be in a hurry." Seeing him crawling underneath, turning his head, Wu Chen was having a hard time, so he quickly comforted him.

It was probably placed too low, the middle-aged man rummaged through a pile of canvas bags for a long time, and finally took out a "pipe". Because it was too long, it stretched up obliquely, and almost stabbed them, " Please help me pick it up."

Kong Si stretched out his hand to help him pick it up, but it was a paper tube, one could tell it was for paintings, but this one was a bit too long, more than two meters long!

What kind of painting is this!They had never seen a paper tube of this size before, but they were aroused a little curiosity.

The middle-aged man looked quite well-bred, stood up, took the paper tube from Kong Si, and thanked him.After he placed the paper tube on the table, he opened one end and slowly pulled out a large roll from it. It turned out to be a scroll.

"This is……"

Wu Chen and Kong Si saw that the entire scroll was really more than two meters wide, and it was rolled into a thick ball, a bit as thick as cloth, so they were really surprised. Such huge calligraphy and paintings are really rare.But at the same time, I was a little disappointed. Even the large modern murals above the lobby were mostly worthless, not to mention in the antique industry, such a large scroll was unheard of, so its authenticity was questionable.

"It's an old painting, let's take a look." The middle-aged man said with a smile as he unfolded it slowly, it seemed that he himself was not sure.

Although they had doubts in their hearts, they waited so long and didn't care about looking at it for a while. Wu Chen and Kong Si saw that the middle-aged man was unfamiliar with his skills, so they took the initiative to help him unfold the scroll.

When he picked it up, Wu Chen felt that the texture was different. It didn't look like paper, nor did it have the texture of silk painting. Instead, it was soft and smooth. Could it be satin?

I have never heard of silk and satin being used for painting. Could it be that this middle-aged man mistakenly took the printed cloth as a painting scroll?But judging by the yellowish brown color, it is unlikely to be the fabric of the past, and the possibility of modern counterfeiting is also greatly reduced. Who would use such a high cost to make a counterfeit that makes people suspicious at first sight?

"Slow down, I can't let it go!" Kong Si was helping to release it on the other side. Although he was also suspicious, he didn't have the habit of being distracted like Wu Chen.

This table case is of uniform specifications, more than three meters long and two meters wide. The three of them rolled it slowly like this, and less than half of it, there is no room for it!

"Let's do this first, fourth child, just ask me, I'll take a look!" Wu Chen immediately looked at the screen after switching from a dazed state.With just one glance, he was extremely astonished, and all his previous doubts were thrown out of the blue!

map!

That's right, this is a map. On the huge yellow-brown screen, mountains, rivers, passes, cities, and houses are all available. The most eye-catching thing is naturally the famous "ji"-shaped river!Although with the thickness of the lines, it is faintly visible like a watermark, but for Chinese people, they can recognize the Yellow River at a glance.

Interesting!Wu Chen took a few steps back and looked carefully at the huge picture in front of him. He saw that it was not marked with ordinary symbols, that is, symbols such as triangles or XX were used to represent the terrain, but the actual scene painted!The rolling mountains, the clouds and the sea of ​​fog, the majestic city...

In addition to these dense graphics, there are also a lot of text labels, which are naturally traditional characters. He tried hard to distinguish them, and quickly locked on several places, such as the capital, Baoding, Shanhaiguan and so on.

The more Wu Chen looked at it, the more shocked he became, even unbelievable.Exactly who drew this pattern? Judging from the picture, the person who made this painting should not be a well-known painter. Although the brushwork is good, it is still far from those masters in history.

but!The majestic atmosphere revealed on the screen, there is a faint trace of the spirit that I have in the world!This is not comparable to ordinary paintings!

"Good painting!" Kong Si held the unexpanded part with both hands. He couldn't look down like Wu Chen, but he was also photographed by it. He couldn't help but praise it!

When the middle-aged man heard their praise, he was secretly happy, and laughed along with him, but he didn't dare to talk too much, for fear that he would disturb them and lose a deal again.

"Fourth, pull back." Wu Chen stood up, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said to Kong Si.

This painting is too big, and only a small part is exposed at this moment. Although there is no outline of a province like a modern map, he can probably tell that it should be the capital, Hebei, and Shandong.If you look at the location, the south end is in Kong Si's hand, and half of the boss is still wrapped, while the north end is placed on the table, but it is not fully unfolded, and there is room for it.

Helping Kong Si move to the back, Wu Chen walked over and fully unfolded this end. Sure enough, he saw the three eastern provinces and the Mongolian plateau. From the location, it seemed that there was Siberia, but his geography was not good enough. It's pretty good, so I can't confirm it.

What really shocked him was that there were a few large characters on the top side, framed in a black lined box, and after careful identification, it should be "Full Map of Huangyu".

"The Complete Map of the Emperor"? ! ! !

There was a buzzing sound in Wu Chen's head, and he felt his two temples throbbing violently, it turned out to be it!

If it's someone else, maybe they don't care, or even think it's a fake!Because in the history books, there has never been a "Quantu of Huangyu", and there are "Panlan of Huangyu".

"Huangyu Quanpan Tu" is known as "the most accurate and complete map of the Qing Dynasty", and also "the most accurate and complete map of China since ancient times". According to historical records, the revised map was compiled and drawn by the order of Emperor Kangxi, based on astronomical observation and astrology The triangulation is carried out, and the trapezoidal projection method is used to draw, and the scale is 40/[-].The map depicts the range from Sakhalin Island in the northeast, Taiwan in the southeast, Ili River in the west, Lake Baikal in the north, and Hainan Island in the south.

It is a well-recognized fact that this map has epoch-making significance in the history of map development in China. From the middle of the Qing Dynasty to the early years of the Republic of China, various maps of the Celestial Dynasty published at home and abroad are basically derived from this map.

Another well-recognized fact is that the map was drawn after the recovery of Taiwan and the pacification of Junggar. Participants included Jesuit Europeans Lei Xiaosi, Bai Jin, and Du Demei, and Chinese scholars He Guodong, Suo Zhu, Bai Yingtang, Gong E, and Ming Antu. And more than ten people including Lama Chuerqinzangbulamzhanba of Qintianjian, director of Lifan Academy Shengzhu, etc.

However, in the "Baolu" records of Guiguhui, there is an earlier version, "Huangyu Quantu", which was written by Zhou Peigong and presented to Kangxi before his death. Imperial Yu Panorama Map".

More importantly, "Huangyu Quanpan Tu" is only used as a map, and there is even a public version, but "Huangyu Quantu" is obviously much more mysterious. It is vaguely mentioned in "Baolu" that this map is Zhou Peigong gathered many mysterious people and secretly drew it. It is not as simple as a map. After it was dedicated to Emperor Kangxi, it has never been published, and no one has ever seen it.