After finishing the day's official duties, Yang Fan stretched himself.
Although he has been here for almost a year, Yang Fan is still a little uncomfortable with the ancient skills of sitting on the ground for a long time.
His large tent was paved with solid mahogany floors, which were polished to a polished finish. It is very comfortable to sit cross-legged on it. But if you sit for a long time, you will inevitably experience some back pain.
Just now the courier delivered a cowhide-sealed cylinder. It was sent by Yao Guang from Zunhua City Academy. It was sealed with fire paint and was a top-secret document.
"Xiangyi, move these cases away." Yang Fan said.
Xiang Yi took the maids and moved all the tables and cases aside. Exposing a large open space in the middle. Tu Shanyue, Lin Yueru and others were somewhat different and didn't know what Yang Fan was going to do.
Yang Fan opened the long cowhide tube and took out a scroll from it. After opening it, he lay it flat on the ground. It was a map five meters wide and ten meters long.
This map is a satellite map of the entire world.
The map is modern, and Yaoguang P has left out modern traces such as cities. After all, the basic topography has not changed much in four hundred years.
But there are also some changes, such as the location of the coastline. The Yellow River changed from the Huaihe River to the sea from Jishui in Shandong in the late Qing Dynasty. Some deserts in later generations are still grasslands.
This will require re-labeling the map.
Yang Fan crawled next to the map and carefully checked whether there was any damage during transportation.
"Master, what is this? It looks like a map." Xiao Niangpi crawled over to Yang Fan and asked curiously.
"This is a kind of map, called a satellite map. In short, it is a very detailed map." Yang Fan did not explain. He couldn't explain the satellite thing clearly. Anyway, just tell them that it is called a satellite map.
"Master, this map is very detailed. The mountains here are clearly visible, and the coastline is also very clear. The islands are also very clear." Lin Yueru also crawled over and leaned on the other side of Yang Fan, looking at each other. said.
Satellite maps are so good, even if you see them for the first time, you can clearly distinguish mountains and plains, land and oceans.
"The characteristic of this kind of map is that it is very clear. You can try to enlarge it with a magnifying glass." Yang Fan waved and asked Mei Xiang to hand over the magnifying glass box. Take out three magnifying glasses from inside. Send one to each of them.
Mei Xiang knew too little and couldn't speak, so she usually just stood by and helped.
Both of them had seen and used magnifying glasses before, so they didn't think there was anything strange about them. I just think it is a glass product and is more valuable.
"Wow! You can still see the details when you zoom in. The island here is zoomed in, and there are hills, hey! This is a creek, you can see it all." Xiao Niangpi shouted excitedly.
"Sir, how did you draw this picture? You can even see the valley." Lin Yueru also said in amazement.
Yang Fanxin said, what’s the point? It’s just a higher resolution.
After all, four hundred years of human activities have changed a lot of topography. There are still many deviations. Many lakes in the south have been converted into fields.
"This map has some details and needs actual measurement and then gradual revision. Some places may not be accurate. But it is indeed much better than the Ming Dynasty map. I mainly want you two to help me mark the various forces in the north."
Yang Fan wanted to sort out the various forces in the north. Have an overall understanding. It is convenient for the next step to continue to develop in the north.
"Let's, starting from today, play a jigsaw puzzle. Let's gradually mark every country and power we know on this map, okay?" Yang Fan said, putting his arms around their waists.
"Okay, okay" Tu Shanyue immediately became excited. She most likes to play games with her master. The little girl’s childlike innocence is still intact. As long as it's fun, she likes it.
Yang Fan got a pencil and ruler from the maid.
Lin Yueru was also very interested. After all, both of them had been responsible for some intelligence work in Mongolia and Liaodong. In addition, I feel that writing and drawing on the map is a very interesting thing.
They had never seen such a clear map before, and they were both itchy for a moment.
"This jagged line is the Great Wall, and the crossed place is the pass. These Yaoguang are all marked." Yang Fan continued to explain.
"This five-pointed star is the capital city. The five-pointed star below is the city of Nanjing. There is a formula for looking at this map, up north, down south, left west, right east. Identify the direction according to this formula."
"This is a scale, which is the standard for converting the length on the map and the actual length."
Lin Yueru suddenly screamed in surprise.
She finally discovered Daming's location.
She realized that Daming turned out to be so small.
And this picture not only shows the Ming Dynasty, but also a large amount of undiscovered land.
"Is this picture the master's picture of the whole world?" Lin Yueru opened her mouth in surprise.
"The Ming Dynasty is such a small area, so what are the other places? Is this world so big?" Tu Shanyue finally realized that something was wrong. The map was too big.
For a long time, people in the Ming Dynasty did not have a clear concept of geography. They always generally feel that the world is centered on the Ming Dynasty, and then the four barbarians are naturally surrounded by the Ming Dynasty.
To the north is Mongolia, to the northwest is the Western Region, and to the west is Tubo Uzang. To the southwest are countries such as Cochin, Champa, Siam, and Myanmar.
To the south is the South China Sea, and overseas there are Luzon and other Southeast Asian countries. To the east are Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other countries.
To the northeast is Jiannu.
Although there are many Europeans from Europe and the West, they have no idea about Europe.
Now I suddenly discovered that the places in the Ming Dynasty combined are not one-tenth the size of the land area on this map. Why don't they both have their jaws dropped?
"Yes, the world is so big. The Ming Dynasty is really small. Three million square kilometers only accounts for one-fiftieth of the world. Come on, let's mark all the forces in the north of the Ming Dynasty." Yang Fan After letting them marvel for a while, he called them to start work.
Yang Fan first marked the Qing Dynasty on the Shenyang generation. Then use a pencil to roughly draw their sphere of influence. It was basically the size of Liaoning Province in later generations.
To the north, beyond the Second Songhua River, is the territory of the Savage Jurchens.
"This is Khalkha Mongolia, also called Mobei Mongolia." Tu Shanyue climbed to the Mongolian plateau and used a pencil to outline Outer Mongolia, also known as Khalkha.
She wrinkled her beautiful nose, bit the end of her pencil, thought carefully, and said: "The river here is called the Khalkha River, and west of the river are the Outer Khalkha Mongolian tribes. From the Altai Mountains in the west to the Greater Khingan Mountains in the east . There are three khanates in order. The three major lords are Zhasak Tuhan, Tushetu Khan, and Chechen Khan."
Yang Fan nodded, Tu Shanyue said clearly. This place is equivalent to Mongolia in later generations. At this time, it was cut into three pieces vertically, which are the three khanates from west to east.
"I also know this place. To the north of the three great khanates, with the Yuerhai (Lake Baikal) as the center, this place is called Buryatia. This is the northernmost Mongolian. The northern boundary of Mongolian power ." As she spoke, she wrote the word Buryatia between the Yenisei and Lena rivers. and roughly outline their scope.
Yang Fan looked at it and asked, "This is Outer Khalkha, what about Inner Khalkha."
Yang Fan knew that in the late Ming Dynasty, Mongolia gradually formed three major parts. That is, the Moxi Erut Mongols (Wara people, also called Oirat Mongols. The core tribe is the Jungar tribe, mainly located in Xinjiang and Central Asia), Mobei Khalkha Mongols (today's Outer Mongolia), Monan Mongolia ( Tatars, the core is the Chahar tribe).
In Monan Mongolia, there are Ordos (Hetao area), Guihuacheng Tumote (Baotou, Hohhot area), Karaqin (Thirty-six Duoyan families), Chahar, Neikarkha, Horqin and other tribes.
"I know this, let me do it." Lin Yueru was not to be outdone. She always seized every opportunity to compete with the little girl.
"The five inner Khalkha tribes: Bahrain, Jarut, Wengjira, Bayot (Boyao), and Wujiyet (Wuzhe) are distributed in Hulunbuir and Greater Khingan Mountains and other places, and are closely adjacent to the Jurchen tribe. They are known as The Halaha River is also called the Khalkha River and is the boundary river with the Outer Khalkha. It is a neighbor of the Chechen Khan. It faces each other from east to west." As he spoke, Lin Yueru marked the territory of the five Inner Khalkha tribes on the map.
When Yang Fan took a look, it turned out that the five Inner Khalkhas were the northern part of Inner Mongolia today.
"To the south of the five Inner Khalkha tribes is Lindan Khan's Chahar tribe, and to the east is Horqin. Across the Greater Khingan Mountains is the Nen River Basin, and here is Nen Horqin."
The so-called Nenhorqin means the area around the Nenjiang River and Horqin Grassland. They occupied a large area of land in Lingnan. The Nenjiang River and its tributaries Chuoer River, Taoer River, Songhua River, and Xilamulun River basins are today's western Heilongjiang Province, with the core being the Qiqihar area.
Lin Yueru continued to explain, and then marked this place.
After such annotation, all forces outside the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty are clearly visible.
Desert Mongolia has not yet become powerful and will not threaten the mainland until Kangxi, so don't worry about him now.
Yang Fan thought for a while and marked the Russian strongholds in Western Siberia and Central Siberia. Then write Russia. Then he added a nasty parenthetical mark to Da Mao.
"Master, what is this big hair? Could it be that there are still two hairs?" Tu Shanyue asked doubtfully.
Lin Yueru covered her mouth and snickered. The master always gets silly sometimes and does things that make people laugh or cry, just like a child.
"There are big hairs and there are two hairs. But they are far away, here." Yang Fan pointed to Eastern Europe.
Tu Shanyue was angry and said: "They are so brave, they actually reached out to us, sir, we should beat them."
Yang Fan nodded approvingly and said: "I think so too, but we have just got a small foothold on the grassland. They are still too far away, let them run rampant for a few years, and then let the Mongolian army go Tear down their city of Moscow.”
