Chapter 178 The World
Guo Hao gathered all the civil and military officials together, intending to have a frank talk with many historical celebrities. After all, the whole world was in his hands, and there was basically no force in the Thirteen States of the Central Plains that could resist him.
"Okay, the situation in Central Plains has basically been finalized. From a certain perspective, I am the only winner. Do you know why I still keep you here?" Guo Hao said slowly.
Afterwards, without waiting for the civil and military officials underground to speak, Guo Hao signaled Chen Xi to open the world map in his hand.
"Look at this thing. After you see it, you will realize how insignificant you are."
Guo Hao's words stunned everyone below. No matter what, they were also heroes. Even if they didn't leave their names in history, they were at least famous figures. Guo Hao actually said that they were insignificant.
Soon, Chen Xi opened the world map, and Hua Xiong on the side manipulated gravity to suspend it in the air.
"You should be thankful that my mental strength has improved my physical fitness, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to draw such a large map. The details of the Central Plains are all redrawn according to the maps of each state. There may be many changes in the details of other regions, but generally speaking, the changes will not be too big."
Chen Xi also couldn't help but sigh that the tenfold change in the world's land had made the original world map unrecognizable, and various climatic conditions were more complex and changeable than before. Fortunately, there had been no major changes, otherwise the natural disasters in the Central Plains in the next few decades would have been enough to destroy the Han Empire.
However, with him and the future Nine Cauldrons around, the Central Plains will probably have to say goodbye to many disasters.
The droughts, floods, and locust plagues in the original historical trajectory are unlikely to be as large as before.
The only thing we have to worry about is probably the man-made disasters that will never change.
After all, no matter how perfect the environment is, there will always be war, and the beautiful world of universal harmony can only exist in fairy tales and dreams.
The topographic map of China's mountains and rivers, the distribution map of China's rivers, combined with the simple maps of various places collected from the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty, and the world map in Chen Xi's mind, finally formed a world map that was two meters wide and three meters long.
"What is this? A map?" Xun Yu frowned. He seemed to see the shapes of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River on this map, but why were they so small?
"Well, guess what map this is?"
Originally Chen Xi thought that the Yuan Dynasty officials below could guess it, but he didn't expect that they also looked confused and seemed to have no memory of the Yuan Dynasty at all.
"Strange, then why does Yang Lin have memories?" Chen Xi squinted his eyes and thought, Yang Lin was the only one who was different from the others.
Is it because Yang Lin is a fictional historical figure, a combination of Yang Su and Zhang Xutuo, that this situation occurs?
But logically speaking, Yuwen Chengdu should be a fictional historical figure. He has no memory at all, so how could there be such a big difference?
But after all, there was too little information, and Chen Xi couldn't analyze anything.
While the civil officials were still thinking, Huang Zhong had already seen the clues.
"This is the Yangtze River!" Huang Zhong shouted in disbelief, and then attached a trace of ice-blue internal energy to the map as a display.
He had personally visited every inch of the Yangtze River's shore, and his swordsmanship was acquired through observing the river.
With his terrifying eyesight, he found the Yangtze River on the world map at a glance.
With Huang Zhong's eye-catching reminder, the group of literati woke up as if from a dream and looked at the map in disbelief.
"Oh? I didn't expect that it would be you, Mr. Han Sheng, who could figure it out first." Guo Hao was a little surprised. Although the Yangtze River could indeed be found on the map, it was really inconspicuous compared to the ocean. It was really difficult for Huang Zhong to figure it out in the first place.
Hua Xiong, who was a little slow to react, felt his heart surge and he was stunned on the spot. Without Hua Xiong's gravity control, the suspended world map was about to fall to the ground.
Lu Bu and Zhao Yun appeared at both ends of the map in seconds, carefully maintaining the map.
Afterwards, Hua Xiong was directly knocked out of the tent by Guan Yu with a single blow. If such a magical object were lost, could you, Hua Zijian, afford it?
Hua Xiong returned to the tent dejectedly and sat on the ground obediently. He didn't take the fact that Guan Yu knocked him away to heart at all. His body and mind were completely immersed in the vastness of the world.
"Yes, the map in front of you is the real map of the world. How do you feel about it?" Chen Xi asked with interest.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Cao Cao stood up and denied it vehemently.
His dream was to become a general and conquer the countries in the Western Regions, but what he saw now was that the area beyond the Western Regions was not less than that of the Central Plains, and might even be larger.
Even Xun Yu fell silent. It was ridiculous that the Central Plains, where they had been planning for so long, was only the size of a palm.
"Hahaha, did you see it? This is the real world. Do you know why you lost?" Guo Hao's face was full of pride. He could finally truly gather the power of the entire world.
"Your world is too small. From the beginning, you are not my opponent. My goal is this vast world!"
Guo Hao said with a wild smile, his arrogance formed a sharp contrast with the silent civil and military officials below.
At this moment, everyone present felt their hearts surging. They all felt their extremely active hearts and their blood vessels that were about to burst.
Nanhua and Zuo Ci, who had been invisible, could no longer contain their inner excitement . They revealed themselves in the tent, staring at the world map with fiery eyes.
The sudden appearance of Nanhua and Zuo Ci did not attract Guo Hao's attention. After all, there were so many generals in the tent, and the existence of the two had long been exposed to Guo Hao by Lu Bu. Guo Hao was too lazy to pay attention to them. As long as they were willing to work for him, it didn't matter whether they were invisible or not.
Compared with Nanhua and Zuo Ci, Guo Hao was interested in the child who also revealed his figure.
The child's skinny appearance and pointed face made him guess, especially when Yuwen Chengdu was sitting on the other side of the ground.
Just as Guo Hao was staring at the child, Chen Xi knocked on the table.
"Haha, okay, put away your shock, let me tell you some good news."
Chen Xi's smiling face cast a shadow in everyone's heart. They didn't think that the good news based on the world map was really good news.
"First of all, I have to tell you a good news. The current Han Empire is the number one country in the world." Chen Xi said with a smile.
However, all the civil officials frowned when they heard Chen Xi's words. Everyone who could sit in this position was not a fool.
You can just listen to the words "first sequence". What they are doing are all first sequence talents. There are more than 20 of them sitting in the tent.
Even there are seven or eight peerless warriors sitting there, so this first-order person can only have fun.
“Does this first sequence refer to the forces before you, General, or does it include us?” Xun Yu was extremely solemn. He could guess how many people were in the so-called first sequence just by looking at the map. If it was the latter, then this world was crazy enough.
"If you are included, the Han Empire should be the first empire, right?" Chen Xi estimated. Although the Roman Empire should be the strongest during this period, the world is not that simple. China has never lost in terms of history.
The addition of Yang Lin and others made the Han Empire much stronger. As the saying goes, one general is better than a hundred thousand soldiers. There are more than a dozen generals joining in.
If the power from the Three Kingdoms period were transferred here, it would certainly not be as good as it is now.
Hearing Chen Xi's words, everyone present couldn't help but relax their brows. If the combined strength of the Han Dynasty was the best in the world, then this world was still within an acceptable range.
"There are actually not many countries in the first sequence. The world is mostly made up of small countries and kingdoms." Seeing that everyone's demeanor had returned to normal, Chen Xi struck while the iron was hot and began to introduce the world situation.
All the information was copied by Guo Hao simultaneously from the forum. It has to be said that the think tanks in reality are not vegetarians. At least they summarized the approximate strength of each empire from the posts of players from various countries.
"The basic requirements for a first-order country are to have a complete political system, strong organizational capabilities, outstanding civil and military officials, a unique cultural heritage, and a large population."
"It's really scary," Tian Feng said with a wry smile. He thought the general's army was scary enough, but he didn't expect there were so many scary forces in the world.
"Okay, now that we've talked about the good news, let's talk about the bad news."
Chen Xi clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, then pointed to the grassland in the north, a small island in the east, and the Goguryeo territory in the northeast.
"There is a powerful kingdom in each of these three places. The one in the north is the weakest, the one in the northeast is the second strongest, and the one in the east is the strongest."
Chen Xi said expressionlessly, and then added an explanation.
"These three places are our mortal enemies for various reasons, and they are also the first countries we have to deal with when we go abroad."
"By the way, the so-called powerful kingdoms refer to each country having a population of over 10 million and a relatively complete heritage. They are probably slightly stronger than the united coalition forces."
At this moment, everyone present didn't know what expression to use to deal with this news. They were part of the coalition forces, and they knew best how strong the coalition forces were.
If it weren't for the intrigues among them, with nearly ten traitors alone, the outcome of the coalition would be hard to say. At least Guo Hao would have to suffer a lot before he could defeat the coalition.
"Well, the next ones are the two first-sequence empires that aren't too strong." Chen Xi continued after watching everyone digest the information.
Chen Xi pointed to Central Asia, western India, and the area west of present-day XJ and said, "There are two empires here, one is called the Kushan Empire, and the other is called the Parthian Empire."
"Let's talk about the Parthian Empire first." Chen Xi pointed to the West Asia region and said, "This country is recorded in the Historical Records. I remember it was called..."
"At the beginning of "Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Dayuan", when the Han envoys arrived in Parthia, the King of Parthia ordered 20,000 cavalry to meet them at the eastern border, which was thousands of miles away from the royal capital. On the way there, they passed dozens of cities, and saw many people who were related to each other." Xun Yu said slowly.
As a representative of a man of great breadth of knowledge and good memory, he read a vast number of classics. Even the banned Records of the Grand Historian was collected in several copies by the Xun family.
"But this country is not worth paying attention to for now. We are separated from them by the Western Regions, and they have been mired in the quagmire of war recently. We can ignore it for now."
"Civil strife?" Guo Jia's eyes lit up. This was the best news he had heard so far.
"Foreign enemy!" But Chen Xi's answer made him frown again, and the other active-minded civil officials also frowned.
If it is not a quagmire of civil strife and war, it means that there is a powerful empire on the other side of Parthia, and it is a powerful empire that can suppress Parthia. Just from the word "quagmire", they can feel that Parthia is helpless.
"That's too far away, at least more than 10,000 miles away from us. It would be troublesome even to walk over, let alone fight." Guo Hao shook his head and stopped the officials below from digging deeper. His goal was to unite everyone, not to let a group of people set up imaginary enemies everywhere.
The distance between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty was already long enough, and this game world further increased the distance, making large-scale combat almost impossible. It would be better to focus on the guys around you first.
"Well, the general is right. The Roman Empire and the Bald Eagle Empire here are not what we should think about now. Let's talk about the Kushan Empire first."
Chen Xi smacked his lips and then brought the topic back.
"Everyone is more familiar with the Kushan Empire. The predecessor of this empire was the Great Yuezhi, which was slaughtered by the Xiongnu. Later, it came to ask for a Han princess and was then hung up by Ban Chao."
Seeing the disdainful expressions on everyone's faces, Chen Xi shook his head helplessly. The Kushans were indeed quite shameful.
As a descendant of the Dayuezhi, he was an unlucky child who was cleaned up in the aftermath of the war between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty. He was first beaten up by the Xiongnu, and even the head of the King of Dayuezhi was chopped off and used as a wine jug. Later, he was hung up by Ban Chao for talking nonsense. No matter how you look at it, it was not an empire worthy of attention.
"Although it was very shameful in the past, the Kushan Empire is now wealthy, and its comprehensive national strength is probably twice that of the Parthian Empire." Chen Xi was worried that everyone would underestimate the Kushan Empire, so he added.
"How is it possible? Why would a useless country like that which was beaten up have such strong comprehensive national strength?" Shen Pei asked puzzledly. That was twice the strength of an empire. He was not even sure whether the Han Dynasty was twice as strong as the Parthian Empire. How could a broken Dayuezhi be so strong?
"This involves a lot of trouble between several countries. I'll tell you about it in detail today."
Seeing that Guo Hao had no objection, Chen Xi cleared his throat and continued telling the story.
The powerful countries in the world are all the same. They reach their peak and then because of the uneven distribution of benefits, the upward path for the lower class is blocked, the upper class begins to solidify, and then the country falls into civil strife, waiting for the next round of unification.
