Guo Dan was not surprised at all about the surprise of the ministers, because when formulating this map, Guo Dan already knew that the land of China has been considered "the sky is round and the place".

In terms of image, it is a round cover covering a square plate.

Moreover, this is not limited to geographical knowledge, but more of it represents Chinese philosophical thoughts, such as copper coin design ideas and architectural ideas, which are all based on this.

However, there have been many things about Earth theory. Zheng He also brought back the "Earth Theory" to the West. However, based on traditional ideas and values, the "Heaven and Earth Theory" is still the mainstream idea.

It didn't matter before, but now we have to accept this reality, especially now that the West has begun an era of great navigation, and if geographical knowledge cannot keep up, there is no way to talk about many things.

This is also the reason why Guo Dan presented this map.

In fact, he asked Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci to draw maps when they were building rivers, but what he asked was to draw a new version of the Ming map, but Matteo Ricci directly drew a world map.

Just as Guo Dan was about to explain, he suddenly heard a sigh of exclamation.

"Wow...!"

The fat man stared at the map, stood up, walked forward slowly, and said in shock: "My Ming Dynasty is so big. How much territory do you occupy overseas?"

"Well...!"

Guo Danke was really drunk and thought to himself, you fat man is really cute, everything you see in your eyes is yours. He pointed to the upper right corner and said, "Your Majesty, look here!"

Wanli looked at it and said, "All map of Kunyu and Wanguo?"

"Yes, this is the map of all countries. You see, Japan and North Korea are all in it." Guo Dan pointed to the two places on the map again and said, "The territory within this blue line is my Ming Dynasty."

"Yeah?"

Wanli looked at it and said a little disappointed: "It seems that my Ming Dynasty is not very big!"

"This...well!"

Guo Dan scratched his head. It was indeed not very big if he saw this. He suddenly pointed to a small island in the northeast and said, "Your Majesty, look at this."

Wanli stared at the island and said, "Is there any silver here?"

"Uh... the meaning of humbleness is that this is Japan, let's take a look at our Ming Dynasty."

Wanli's eyes moved down and said in surprise: "When I look at it like this, my Ming Dynasty is not young."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Yes, both big and small are compared. In fact, I, the Ming Dynasty, are already very big."

"It makes sense." Wanli nodded, suddenly looked aside, pointed to the west and said, "Which country is this red line?"

Guo Tan said: "The red line is within the range of Franjiguo."

Wanli said with a grim expression: "Is their country so big?"

Guo Dan's eyes flashed, and pointed to a place on the map and said, "In fact, their country was only so big, but because they sailed all year round and continued to expand to the outside world, this territory was getting bigger and bigger. Originally, Luzon was also their territory."

Wanli frowned when he heard this. It was the first time he knew that my Ming Dynasty was not the largest empire. He couldn't help but feel angry and said, "It's so outrageous. They have all expanded to my doorstep."

"His Majesty!"

Wei Xinghai suddenly said, "I think this map is fake and unreliable."

Wanli was stunned for a moment and said, "How do you say this?"

Wei Xinghai said: "This sky is round, but the map is drawn in a circle, and this ball... It is really hard to believe."

Wanli looked at Guo Dan again.

Guo Dan said to Wei Xinghai: "Master Wei, you said that the sky is round and the place is round, and I wonder which right angle you have seen?"

Wei Xinghai snorted: "You said this is round, have you been there again?"

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "I have never been there, but the Franchise man has sent people to sail for a whole circle and finally returned to the origin. This is enough to prove that it is round. One of the people who drew this map is Matteo Ricci, the missionary of Franchise man. Most of the map was also drawn by him."

Wei Xinghai said with disdain, "Can you believe this Franjiman's words?"

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Is their words worth believing? This is another matter. The problem is Grand Secretary Wei. You always say that the sky is round and the place is round, but you never thought of proving this personally. You all come to everything. You think you are writing a poem, "Flying down three thousand feet" and "Don't you see the water of the Yellow River coming from the sky?" Whoever pointed the way was closed and said, "If you can't even find the road, what's the future?"

Zou Yongde asked: "What do you have to prove that Franji is not coming out of his mouth?"

Guo Tan smiled and said, "I can't prove it, because I have never witnessed their ships circle the earth with my own eyes, but don't forget that it was the Franchise man who came here, and our people have never been to the Franchise country.

In addition, don’t forget, who brought this cannon? Who brought this bird cannon? If I hadn’t spent a lot of money on research and development in the Grand Canyon, our bird cannons and cannons were not as good as others in the past few years. There is also the map drawing. Look at the map they drew, and compare the map we drew before, maybe my Ming Dynasty was not the most powerful empire in the world."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were shocked.

What is the Central Plains? It is the center of the world. It is said that the Ming Dynasty is not the most powerful empire.

this......!

"Your Majesty, Guo Tan's words are insulting our country. I beg Your Majesty to punish him for deceiving the king!" Zou Yongde said immediately.

Wanli glanced at him and said, "Don't forget where our money comes from. Fran Machinery is more money than us, and the territory is larger than us. Cannons and bird guns all come from them. Now the power of these bird guns and cannons has been proven. So I will tell you, where is the Ming Dynasty imposed?"

Zou Yongde opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a long time.

Zhang Heming asked, "If the place where we are standing is really like this ball, wouldn't the person living under it fall down?"

Guo Dan looked at Zhang Heming in shock and said, "Chief Zhang, your question is so exquisite. Then I dare to ask Chief Zhang why the fruits on the tree fell."

Zhang Heming said: "Don't you understand when the melon is ripe and the stems fall?"

Guo Tan smiled and said, "What the ripe melons are talking about is not the same thing. What I mean is why the fruit falls?"

Zhang Heming said in surprise: "If you don't fall, will you still fly into the sky?"

Guo Dan said: "Yes! Why don't you fly upwards and just fall to the ground?"

"This is common sense."

"Common knowledge is common sense, but the question is what is the reason?"

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Why can birds soar in the sky without falling down when they flap their wings? Why do ripe fruits definitely fall down instead of floating up? In fact, even feathers will eventually fall on the ground."

Zhang Heming opened his mouth and closed his mouth, but he couldn't tell a reason.

Wang Xijue, Xu Guo and the others were thinking.

Wanli was very interested in this and asked, "Guo Dan, do you know why this is?"

Guo Dan took out a coin from his sleeve and said to Wanli: "Please look at your Majesty."

As he said that, he threw the coin upwards and then steadily caught the coin.

Wanli looked confused, "What do you mean?"

Guo Dan asked back without answering, "I dare to ask Your Majesty why this coin flew up just now."

Wanli said: "It was your hand that threw the coin upwards."

Guo Dan said: "This is the reason. Just now, the coin was flying up with the power of my hand, so the reason why it fell must be the same, that is, there is a force that makes it fall."

Wanli heard that his hair was standing up, and he lowered his head and looked around.

Did he think I was telling ghost stories? It was such a big dog.

Guo Dan suddenly burst into cold sweat. When he was about to speak, Wang Xijue suddenly said: "What do you mean is that there is a gravitational force on this earth."

Guo Dan said in surprise: "Mr. Wang is really smart. This gravity is really wonderful! Why can birds soar in the sky? In fact, it is with the power of wings. It is like when we use a thread to pull a small ball. The reason why the small ball can float in the air is because we can pull it with our hands. When we let go, the ball will fall to the ground. Whether it is the bird flying or when we pull the ball, we all rely on the power. That is to say, there is gravity on the earth. If there is huge gravity on this earth, then it can explain why people living under the ball will not fall down."

"What a wonderful thing! What a wonderful thing! This explanation is really wonderful. Why hasn't anyone thought of it before?"

Wanli was very excited when he heard this and suddenly said, "In this way, if we humans can overcome this gravity, can we humans also fly into the sky?"

Guo Dan looked at Wanli in surprise and said, "Your Majesty has really awakened the dreamer! I only thought about why birds can fly into the sky, but never thought that we humans can actually fly into the sky. If we can find a way to overcome gravity, we should be able to fly into the sky. If we humans can really fly into the sky in the future, we will all thanks to Your Majesty!"

"Yeah?"

Wanli immediately laughed happily.

Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Xu Guo and others looked at each other, and it seemed that there was some truth, but if it was said that it was, it seemed that something was wrong.

After laughing, Wanli's expression suddenly changed and he asked seriously: "You haven't said yet, where did the Franjiman's silver come from?"

"ah?"

Guo Dan didn't react for a moment. His thinking was so fat that he was very leaping. He hurriedly pointed to the American part of the world and said, "It all comes from here. Beizhi heard that there are a large number of silver and gold mines here."

"And gold mines?"

Wanli's eyes were full of jealousy and hatred, and suddenly raised his finger to a place on the map and said, "You just said that Franchise originally lived here, that is to say, this place did not belong to Franchise originally."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Yes, because their country has no money, it sends people to sea to find gold and silver mines. It can be said that the emperor has paid off. They have found a lot of gold and silver mines on this continent."

Wanli was so angry that he heard this, "We will go to sea, so we will go to sea, you see how realistic they go to sea, and they will find this gold and silver mine. When we go to sea, we don't know what we are trying to do. We will go to the West for seven times and spend all our money in vain."

As he said that, he glanced at the ministers again and muttered: "When our national treasury is not sufficient, no one seems to have mentioned looking for gold and silver mines overseas, and forced them to ask the people for it. As a result, I will be criticized."

Is this the same thing?

Shen Shixing and the others were speechless.

Wanli said to Guo Dan again: "Guo Dan, didn't you say that Luzon also belonged to Franji people before?"

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Yes."

"Who does it belong now?"

"Now it belongs to my Ming territory." Guo Dan seemed to understand something.

"Um."

Wanli nodded and stared at the land in America, with endless greed in his eyes. He suddenly reached out and stroked the model of the earth, gently whispered, and said, "All this!"
Chapter completed!