Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 496 World Map
Liu Bing was really terrified before.

When he was outside the door just now, he had already heard the conversation between Gao Ming and Li Shimin. Based on his understanding of Li Shimin, he knew that Li Shimin would never let him go.

If it weren't for the great trust in Gao Ming in his heart, Liu Bing would have had the urge to run away immediately.

But trust belongs to trust, but Liu Bing still has no idea whether Gao Ming can persuade Li Shimin, so he can only pray secretly in his heart, hoping that God will bless Gao Ming to persuade Li Shimin smoothly.

In Liu Bing's uneasy mood, Gao Ming's room door finally opened, and Li Shimin also came out of the room.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bing quickly lowered his head, at this moment he felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

"Has His Royal Highness convinced His Majesty? If not, what will happen to me?"

Thinking of this, a drop of cold sweat immediately flowed down Liu Bing's forehead.

Fortunately, Li Shimin didn't pay attention to him after he came out, but went to the study with Gao Ming.

And when Liu Bing raised his head, he happened to see Gao Ming winking at him, and at this moment, he was completely relieved.

"saved!"

Thinking of this, he looked at Gao Ming with a little more gratitude.

"His Royal Highness is really a good person!"

Gao Ming didn't know that his status in Liu Bing's heart had been elevated. At this time, after he entered the study with Li Shimin, he immediately took out a piece of paper from his desk and handed it to Li Shimin, and smiled at him. .

"Look, this is corn!"

This piece of paper is exactly the corn painted by Gao Ming, from the plant to the fruit, roots, leaves, flower ears, every part is carefully drawn.

After seeing this painting, Li Shimin's face suddenly showed curiosity.

"This corn looks somewhat similar to sorghum!"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"That's true, but the stalks of corn are thicker, and the grain yield is much higher than that of sorghum."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's eyes lit up again.

"As you said before, there are seven or eight stones?"

Seeing Li Shimin's piercing eyes, Gao Ming couldn't help but smile, and he nodded while smiling.

"Yes, if you cultivate it intensively, you can get at least seven or eight stones per mu. If you plant it in a barren mountain without any care, you can harvest about two stones per mu."

"Enough is enough, it is enough to collect two stones in the wild mountains!"

Hearing Gao Ming say that corn can be harvested for about two stones in the barren mountains, Li Shimin immediately nodded his head like a chicken chopping rice, and his expression was quite excited.

Gao Ming also expected Li Shimin to have such a performance, because he also knew that the fertile fields in Datang only accounted for a small part of the total number of fields, and the grain output of most fields was not high.

Generally, one mu of land can yield one or two hundred catties, which is considered good, and three hundred catties is considered a bumper harvest.

In contrast, corn can reach a yield of [-] jin on barren land, which can be called a miracle for Li Shimin.

So at this moment, he was a little impatient.

"Since this corn is so good, where is it? I plan to send someone to find it immediately."

Seeing Li Shimin's eager expression, Gao Ming shook his head again.

"If I can find it so easily, then I don't have to wait until now. You may not understand when I say this. I'm still showing you the map!"

After speaking, Gao Ming walked to the side of the bookshelf, took out a stack of papers from inside, and opened it in front of Li Shimin.

Looking at this suspected map, Li Shimin frowned suddenly.

"This is……"

Seeing Li Shimin's puzzled look, Gao Ming immediately gave him the answer.

"This is the map of the world, to put it simply, this is the map of the world!"

"A map of the world?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately became interested. He carefully looked at the world map drawn by Gao Ming, and then drew a range on it with his hands.

"I think Datang should be here, right?"

Because the map drawn by Gao Ming only approximated the land of several continents without marking them, so Li Shimin's fingers included Asia, Europe, and more than half of Africa.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming suddenly showed a face of not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Although I also hope that these places belong to Datang, in fact, Datang is not so big."

"Huh? Not so big?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately showed surprise on his face, and then circled the location of Asia with his fingers.

"Is that all there is?"

Seeing Li Shimin's action, Gao Ming had no choice but to sigh, then simply took a pen, circled the location of Datang on the world map, and then nodded towards Li Shimin.

"Look, Datang is here!"

"Uh……"

Looking at the small circle on the map, Li Shimin was stunned, as if he saw something incredible.

Seeing his unbelievable expression, Gao Ming shook his head helplessly.

"Actually, you don't need to be so concerned about the size of the land. The Tang Dynasty is already big enough. If it is bigger, you can't manage it. If nothing else, it will take half a month to travel from Chang'an to Lingnan. If it is farther away, What are you going to do with it?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin nodded subconsciously.

"Well, you're right. Datang is already very big now. In Longyou and Lingnan, I'm already a little bit powerless. No matter how big it is, I really can't manage it!"

Seeing that Li Shimin understood, Gao Ming smiled and nodded.

"That's right, so don't be greedy, let's continue talking about corn!"

Having said that, Gao Ming pointed to the world map on the table.

"Look, old man, this is our Tang Dynasty, and here, I call it Cuba, where the corn is!"

Because Gao Ming drew the floor plan of the globe, when Li Shimin looked at the Pacific Ocean between Datang and Cuba, his eyes widened immediately.

"It's so far away!"

Seeing Li Shimin's shocked look, Gao Ming shook his head.

"If you sail across the Pacific Ocean all the way to the east, it's already a shortcut, but according to our current conditions, choosing this route is almost a narrow escape, or even ten deaths, so you can't choose this route!"

Having said that, Gao Ming immediately pointed to the left side of the map.

"I'm going to go this way!"

Seeing the position of Gao Ming's finger, Li Shimin frowned immediately.

"Since the Cuba you drew is on the right, if you go left, wouldn't it be the opposite, going further and further away?"

Facing the puzzled Li Shimin, Gao Ming smiled mysteriously.

"Of course not. As long as you follow the route I gave you, even if you go west, you will be able to reach Cuba!"

"Uh……"

Hearing Gao Ming's words and seeing the mysterious and confident smile on his face, Li Shimin was stunned again.

(End of this chapter)