There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 70 You are an extraordinary woman
"Why can't it be a ball?"

Tang Wanning looked serious!
"Think about it, if this ball is big enough, and we humans are small enough? Can you tell whether the ground under your feet is flat or curved, and how far can you see?"

Xia Houjue smiled and thought for a moment.

"Even so, it can't be a ball. Throughout the ages, the roundness of the sky has been passed down from generation to generation. How could it be wrong?"

"Why can't there be mistakes?" Tang Wanning's eyes sparkled.

"Who has ever been to the horizon? If innocence is really round, then there must be an end!"

"Also, if the ground is really flat, how can the sun rise from the east the next day after it sets? And the moon? Why does it only rise at night? It can't be seen during the day?"

"And why is there a gap in the moon, and that gap happens to be a spherical shape with an arc?"

Xia Houjue: "..."

He thinks that he is extremely smart and has both civil and military skills since he was a child, but he learns everything his master teaches faster than everyone else, and he understands it more thoroughly. Even his father can't help but praise him repeatedly, saying that he is very talented.

But... why couldn't he answer any of the questions asked by the woman opposite?

These things are so common that no one ever thinks about them, and no one can find mistakes.

Now someone finally asked, but he felt speechless.

Yes, he couldn't answer a single word, and he couldn't figure it out at all.

"why?"

Subconsciously, he wanted to hear Tang Wanning's answer.

Tang Wanning suddenly smiled.

"It's very simple, because...the land under our feet is round! It's not only round, but also turns, not only by itself, but also around the sun!"

These questions are too complicated, Tang Wanning didn't plan to tell them at first, but if she didn't tell them, she really didn't know how to make them up, so she couldn't make up another set of lies.

Xia Houjue thought for a while and still didn't understand, but it's not important, the important thing is...

"How do you know?" He looked at her quietly.

And Tang Wanning also gave the answer she had already prepared.

"It was written in an ancient book that my third brother found out from a foreigner!"

"It's been a long time, and I can't remember the name of that book. Anyway, it makes sense. My third brother and I even tried it!"

"Although I don't know if it's right, but the sun, moon and stars can all be explained! Do you think it's strange?!"

Tang Wanning explained a lot, and successfully picked herself out, hiding her achievements and fame.

Xia Houjue nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

There have always been many such strange and obscene skills among the people, and there is no need for him, a member of the royal family, to learn this.

But the workmanship of this ball is really good, he stretched out his slender fingers and twirled it around twice, and suddenly asked with his lips curled up.

"You said that the ground under our feet is a ball, so tell me, where is our Great Xia Dynasty?"

Tang Wanning turned her head to look at the ball, turned her finger left and right twice, and pointed to a faint coastline between a blue paint and a yellow paint.

"here!"

"Look, Your Highness, this is the South China Sea! This piece of yellow is Lingnan! Go further in, about 1000 miles away, and this is the capital city!"

"We are now at this location in the capital!"

Xia Houjue opened his eyes wide.

"You said this short section up here is more than 1000 miles away?"

"Yes! It's impossible!" Tang Wanning nodded.

Xia Houjue squinted his eyes and thought about it. If it is really reduced according to this ratio... then it is hard to say that it is really a ball. After all... no one can tell whether the ground is flat or curved.

"What about our neighboring countries?" He asked again.

"Here, look, these oil paints are of different colors, different shades..."

"Also, it's colder as you go north, and hotter as you go south. This is also the reason! The distance of the sun's rays is different!" Tang Wanning said with bright eyes.

Xia Houjue couldn't help but nodded.

His intuition told him that what this woman said made sense, and he couldn't refute it.

But the truth passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors seems to be correct, and even if he was asked to refute it immediately, he couldn't find a reason.

In short... very contradictory.

Xia Houjue thought for a while and then asked, "What's the use of this thing?"

"It doesn't matter whether you live on the ball or on flat land, the people are the people, the monarch is the monarch!"

Tang Wanning opened her eyes wide in shock.

"Your Highness! How could this have no effect?"

"Has there been a lot of foreigners in our Great Xia Dynasty in recent years? Do they like our silk, porcelain and tea?!"

"Yes!" Xia Houjue nodded.

These are all normal diplomatic relations, so there is nothing surprising about them. Just like Persia is rich in gems and Dongying is rich in pearls, they have one or two in the Great Xia Dynasty, which is understandable.

"But if one day, a country that is several times stronger than us takes a fancy to our rich land, what should we do?"

"They know us so well, they even drew our map, and we don't know where the enemy is coming from, what will they do? What is their country like..."

"Those bearded people on the street who always say amen, do you know where they come from?" Tang Wanning's expression suddenly became serious.

Xia Houjue's expression also became serious, but he really didn't check this carefully.

The Great Xia Dynasty prides itself on being a kingdom of heaven and accepting wise men from all over the world. As long as they do not make chaos and have a modest attitude, the Great Xia Dynasty always welcomes them with open arms.

Moreover, the imperial court also specially set up post houses for those foreigners who contributed to the people's livelihood to live in, and they have always been generous to them.

There is a great attitude of recruiting talents from all over the world and setting an example for the world.

In fact, he did not agree to do this.

But the father always said that the Great Xia Dynasty, as the head of all nations, must be tolerant and tolerant, so they always welcome those foreigners to come.

As long as there is no chaos, no one will investigate whether the hometown they reported is true or not, and where is it?What's the matter?
Xia Houjue suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

This is a sense of crisis, an extremely keen sense of crisis that only those in positions of power have.

He stood up and stared deeply at Tang Wanning, feeling a kind of respect and admiration from the bottom of his heart.

"Gu has to admit that without you, Gu would never have thought of these problems!"

"You are very smart! Your vision is beyond the reach of ordinary women!"

He praised her sincerely again, just like the last time he praised her for being smart.

He had to take back his original words, General Tang... Sure enough, he is very good at teaching his children.

Thinking about it carefully, it is no coincidence that General Tang's eldest son and second son made military exploits at a young age and were named young generals.

　The first day of the new year, love you all, bear hugs to each one!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)