Under everyone's astonished gazes, Fu Su took out a miniature version of the world map and hung it on the shelf.
"What is this?"
Ying Zheng was the first to ask curiously.
"Father, this is called the world map!”
Fu Su explained with a smile.
A world map?
Ying Zheng's face showed a hint of confusion.
He understood the meaning of the map, and there were quite a few of them in the royal study.
But what was the world?
Ying Zheng stood up from his throne and went straight to the world map. After taking a few more glances, he asked,""How do you explain the world on this world map?”
"The world is actually the Great Nine Provinces.”
Fu Su pondered for a moment and said,"
"Imperial Father should have heard that other than the small Nine Provinces where Great Qin is located, there is an even larger Great Nine Provinces, which is the world that your son just mentioned!”
"In truth, even though Great Qin's territory is vast, it's only a small part of the world. There are many other Kingdoms outside of Great Qin, and the largest ones are even comparable to Great Qin!”
"Nonsense!"
As soon as Fu Su finished speaking, Zhang Cang jumped out with an indignant expression.
"His Majesty unified the six countries and brought all the territories under the Great Qin Empire. To the east was the sea, to the west was the sun, and the world belonged to the Qin Empire.”
Fu Su smiled faintly.
The views of the Celestial Empire were not unique to the later generations, and Great Qin's views were still the mainstream.
Even the First Emperor had been affected and stopped his ambition.
Otherwise, with Great Qin's strength, how could it not progress? It would have long since conquered an even greater empire.
Now, let him change everything!
"Censor Zhang comes from the Confucian Sect. You must have heard of the words of Zhuangzi. A frog in a well cannot speak in the sea.”
"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean you haven't.”
"Let's not talk about much. Just how big is this prairie?”
Fu Su walked up to the world map and pointed at the map closest to Great Qin as he said,"
"This is the territory of the Xiongnu, and now it is the new territory of Great Qin!”
"Although the Xiongnu population is less than a million, they have been nomadic for generations. They live on water and grass. The territory they occupied before was a thousand miles in circumference!”
"The entire Great Prairie added together is not much smaller than Great Qin!”
" If you don't believe me, you can compare it with the map!'
Fu Su glanced at the shocked crowd and said.
Because many regions of Great Qin had yet to be developed, even with the addition of the Yue Kingdom, Great Qin only had around three million square kilometers.
It was indeed not much bigger than the entire Great Prairie.
Of course, with Fusu around, just destroying the Xiongnu had given Great Qin millions of square kilometers of territory.
Although the quality was not as good, the area had increased by one-third.
Looking at the area pointed out by Fu Su, even Ying Zheng could not help but take a deep breath.
As for the officials, they were even more shocked.
Everyone knew about the Xiongnu, especially after they were destroyed by Fusu.
However, they had only heard about the Thousand Mile Earth Expanse from Fu Su's battle report and did not have a direct understanding of it.
However, now that they had compared the two, they finally understood how much credit Fu Su had contributed!
However, this was only the beginning.
Fu Su's hand pointed south along the Great Prairie, towards the Peacock Dynasty that was only a mountain away from Great Qin.
"This is a huge country!”
"It's even bigger than Great Qin, and even with the River Loop region, it's only slightly bigger!”
"This is the Peacock Dynasty!"
said Fu Su.
Peacock Dynasty?
Ying Zheng's eyes widened, and his entire body trembled violently.
How could there be such a powerful Kingdom so close to Great Qin?
And he did not know at all!
The ambition that had been dormant in Ying Zheng's heart for a long time was immediately ignited.
Fu Su smiled faintly.
At this moment, the Himalayas were still a desolate land. Both the Great Qin Empire and the Peacock Dynasty were afraid to enter.
Because of this natural barrier, even though Great Qin and the Peacock Dynasty were not too far apart, they did not cross paths at all.
"Not only is the territory vast, but the population of the Peacock Dynasty is even greater than Great Qin's. It has more than 30 million people!”said Fu Su.
"What?"
Li Si stood up in disbelief.""How can there be so many people in this so-called Peacock Country?”
"You have to know that Great Qin only has 25 to 26 million people.”
Ying Zheng's expression changed drastically as he stared straight at Fu Su.
In this day and age, having more people meant a strong country and potential.
If the comparison of territories made Ying Zheng feel unconvinced, then the difference in population made Ying Zheng unable to remain unmoved.
"The reason is actually very simple!"
"Before Great Qin unified the Central Plains, the seven kingdoms fought for hundreds of years!”
"And the Peacock Dynasty happened to encounter a relatively peaceful period!”
"In addition, the territory of the Peacock Dynasty is basically flat land, and it's close to the south!”
"The rice there can be planted two or even three times a year!”
"As a result, their food production is much higher than Great Qin's, and they can feed even more people!”
"Relatively close to the Peacock Dynasty is the land of Old Chu, the plains near the south. When the climate is suitable, you can harvest two seasons of rice a year!”
Ying Zheng nodded. As an emperor, he had always attached great importance to farming.
Naturally, they understood that the reason why Chu Country could become a strong country and had a large population was related to the water and soil here.
It was much better than the Guanzhong area.
This was also the reason why Ying Zheng had spent so much manpower and resources to pacify the Yue.
If Baiyue was not pacified, Chu would not be stable.
If it was unstable, how could they engage in production? How could they develop more fertile land and grow more food?
Nesten's eyes almost popped out.
As the internal historian, he knew that even though Great Qin's territory was vast, because it had many mountains and few plains, the ratio of fertile land to fertile land was not high.
Now, there was a Kingdom that was even larger than Great Qin in the past, but it was filled with fertile land.
Moreover, the distance was not too far.
"Your Majesty, if we can occupy this place, let alone 20 million, we can easily feed five or ten times the number of people!”
"Your Majesty, we must take this land!”
"This is the foundation of whether Great Qin can last for a thousand years!”
Nesten was so excited that he almost forgot himself and started dancing.
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