Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 38, the world is so wonderful

"We walked south along the west coast of Africa, and after bypassing this place, we came to the east coast, and the east coast went north. When we got here, it was almost the place where Zheng He traveled the farthest in the Western Seas. "

"After arriving here, we can go back to Southeast Asia via India and Ceylon Island, and arrive at Siam and Annan. Here are our Guangxi, Guangdong, and Qiongzhou Islands. Going north along the southeast coastline of our Ming Dynasty, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Beizhili can return to where they started."

Liu Jin took a brush and drew an ocean route around the earth on the simple globe, and everyone watched carefully with their eyes widened.

"Of course, we can also start from the west in the same way and go all the way west, and we can also return to our Daming again."

After finishing speaking, Liu Jin took a sip of tea again, and now he finally understands that being a teacher is not an easy job. He has only been talking for a long time, and his mouth is dry after half an hour.

"It's unbelievable. This has been going east, and we can really return to the original place. Are we really living on a huge ball?"

Someone shook his head, it was really hard to accept this.

"Golden Continent, Australia, Europe, Africa, the world is so big, our Ming Dynasty is so small, it's just a little bit."

Someone looked at the position of Daming on the globe, and then looked at the continents outlined on the globe, and immediately realized that Daming was not that big, but only a small part of the world.

Whether it is the Golden Continent, or Europe, or the vast Africa, or the vast area north of Ming Dynasty, it is much bigger than Ming Dynasty, and Australia does not seem to be much smaller than Ming Dynasty.

"It turns out that the world is so big, and this is the first time I have a very intuitive understanding of the world."

Although the middle-aged man doesn't show much emotion on the surface, this is a habit he has developed for a long time, and his emotions are invisible, but he is also very shocked in his heart.

He was taught by famous teachers since he was a child, but what he taught was the Four Books, Five Classics, and hundreds of schools of thought. What he learned was loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and strategizing, but no one has ever taught him so systematically and comprehensively to understand the world he lives in.

At this moment, he seemed to have opened a door, a door to see the whole world, clearly knew where his Daming was, and understood the customs and customs of various places in this world, and in his heart, he also really wanted to see Take a look to confirm whether what Liu Jin said is true.

"Interesting. It turns out that the world outside of Ming Dynasty is so vast. In the future, I will definitely lay down a territory that is ten or a hundred times larger than what Daming is now. Only then will it be interesting to rule the entire earth."

At this time, the young man with delicate features was also stirring up waves in his heart, and his eyes looked at the simple globe in Zhao Erhu's hand, shining brightly.

"However, I still don't understand why we live on a ball?"

"It doesn't make sense at all!"

Lin Shuhong watched carefully, constantly recalling Liu Jin's words in his mind, and said after thinking about it.

"Why do we live on a ball? I can't answer this question, but I can prove that we live on a ball in many ways."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

"Actually, not only the world we live in is a sphere, the sun and the moon we see are also a sphere, and the sun is very big, as big as millions of earths. As for the moon, it is as big as the earth. smaller than that."

"Although the moon and the sun seem to be about the same size, this is because the sun is far away from us and the moon is close to us."

"We assume that this is the sun, and ours is the earth. The earth revolves around the sun. This rotation is an elliptical trajectory. When it is close to the sun, it is our summer, and when it is far away from the sun, it is winter."

"The sun's light shines on the earth, and its distribution is uneven. It is at the equator of the earth, which is this line."

Liu Jin compared the table where he ate to the sun, and then took out a brush to draw a line on the globe.

"The equatorial region has direct sunlight, so the equatorial region has sufficient sunlight and high temperature, and it is summer all year round. Nanyang belongs to the equatorial region, so there is no distinction between spring, summer, autumn and winter in Nanyang, and the four seasons are almost the same. .”

"Going north and south from the equator, the sun's rays are oblique, so the temperature is getting lower and lower, and the changes in the four seasons are very obvious throughout the year. The further north or south you go, the lower the temperature, like Tatar and Wala are already quite cold here."

"If you go further north, you will be in a world of ice and snow. There are only a few months of the year that are relatively warm. If you go to the northernmost and southernmost regions, these two places are like winter all year round. Covered by ice and snow all year round, it is a world of ice and snow.”

Liu Jin divided north and south on the globe, and began to explain clearly why Daming would get colder if it went north, and it would get hotter if it went south.

"So that's it. I'm from Guangdong. It's not too cold all year round here in Guangdong, and it's very warm. After arriving here in the capital, it's obviously much colder. So what's going on?"

There was a man from Guangdong who spoke Mandarin with a strong Cantonese accent, and seemed to understand something at once.

"Of course, the south of Guangdong is the South China Sea. After crossing the South China Sea, you will reach Annan, Siam and Luzon. These places are even warmer, and there is no winter at all."

"Everyone comes from all corners of the country, from south to north. Friends from the north must know that the north is snowy in winter. Friends from the south know that the number and frequency of snowfall in the south will be fewer in winter. The further south you go, the less it is. There should be many people in Guangdong who have hardly seen a single snowfall for more than ten or twenty years."

Liu Jin smiled and nodded.

"That's right, when I was in Guangdong, I haven't seen a single snowfall in more than ten years."

"That's right, I'm from Jiangxi. When I was in my hometown, I was looking forward to some snow in winter all year round, but it only snowed a few times a year at most. Now that I'm in the north, snow in winter is just a few times a year." It's a commonplace thing."

Someone hastily echoed, I didn't think this was weird before, but now that I think about it, I immediately understand.

"Haha, it turns out that southerners rarely see snow. It seems that we are better in the north. It is very easy to see snow in winter."

"What's so good about the north? It's so cold in winter. We're in the south. It's not cold in winter. I don't know how warm places like Annan, Siam, Luzon, and Nanyang can be."

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