hsntnovel Chapter 2768 White State and Black State
Chapter 2768 White State and Black State
Everyone immediately understood Li Shen's intention: he was using incentives to urge them to execute the plan as soon as possible.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, rest assured, we will do our utmost to accomplish this, making our Tang Dynasty's territory larger and our Tang Dynasty stronger."
Ma Zhou bowed and said.
Li Shen nodded in satisfaction. This was all he could do for the Tang Dynasty; he had no ability to do more.
All that's left is to live your life well.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, may I ask where this place is?"
Xu Jingzong asked, looking down at his feet.
Li Shen went over to take a look and immediately replied:
"This is the Abbasid Caliphate."
Everyone immediately looked over.
"Father, as I just said, this is not just a map of our Great Tang Dynasty, but a map of the entire world."
Next, I will explain to Father and all of you just how vast this world is, and that our Great Tang Dynasty is but a part of it.”
Li Shen said, "Having arrived in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, I began to introduce it using a small stick:"
"Gentlemen, this is the road to the Western Regions. From Anxi onwards, this is the territory of the Western Turks, whose territory was also quite large."
This area is the westernmost part of our land. I only know that this is India and this is the Abbasid Caliphate, but I don't know what other places are.
Because I heard from the Persians that the Abbasid Caliphate has been expanding continuously in recent years, and they have destroyed many countries. I estimate that Persia will also be destroyed in the next two years.
North of here, beyond this point, lies another continent inhabited by a group of barbarians with snow-white skin, blond hair, and blue eyes.
They are inherently aggressive, committing atrocities such as arson, murder, and looting, and are extremely arrogant, believing themselves to be the noblest race.
Li Shen paused here, giving everyone time to think.
"Tenth Brother, isn't someone with snow-white skin a sign of illness?" Li Chengqian asked curiously.
"Brother, have you forgotten those red-haired people?" Li Shen reminded him.
Li Chengqian, do you remember the group of red-haired people who came here last year?
"Hmph, the noblest race? How dare you be so arrogant." Tang Jian snorted.
In their hearts, the Tang Dynasty was the most noble, and all other places were barbarians.
"Indeed, they are that arrogant. They still eat raw meat and drink blood. There are kings everywhere in this vast land."
Li Shen nodded.
"Kings everywhere? This is about the same size as the Tang Dynasty's territory, isn't it?"
Xu Jingzong gestured on the map and discovered that the place Li Shen mentioned might not even be as large as the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
"The powerful ones might be as big as a state, while the weaker ones are only the size of a county. I've heard that some of them dare to call themselves kings even though they only have one fortress."
It's really just a village with a few thousand people.
The place Li Shen mentioned might not be known to Li Shimin and the others, but those who are well-read can easily guess it at a glance.
Li Shimin then walked over as well.
He looked at the ground; there were no words written on it.
"Why are there no words written on this? Since you were able to draw it, you should know their names, right?"
"Father, I only heard it from merchants who had passed by, and I bought the map from them. I really didn't know anything about it."
However, since this place is so big, we can give it a name.
"Why don't you give me a name, Father?" Li Shen said with a smile. Since we are in the Tang Dynasty, I should just name it myself. Why do I have to use their names?
Li Shimin thought about it.
"Since you say their skin is snow-white, let's keep it simple and call them Baizhou."
Li Shimin understood that Li Shen was still habitually using the Tang Dynasty's prefecture and county system, and Li Shen immediately nodded in approval.
“Baizhou is good, then we will call him Baizhou from now on.”
"Someone, carve the name on it."
Li Shen called out, and immediately a craftsman came over with tools. Li Shen then asked Wang De to bring pen and ink, and was about to write the two characters "Baizhou" himself when Li Shimin stopped him:
"Wait a minute."
Li Shen looked up at his father with suspicion.
"I'll write it myself. After you finish writing it, no one else might recognize it."
Li Shen stared blankly as his father took the pen from his hand. Li Shimin's words were a devastating blow to Li Shen.
"Father, is my handwriting really that bad?" Li Shen was a little sad. His cursive script was the mainstream of the future, and a single piece could sell for hundreds of thousands of yuan.
"Can't you see it yourself?" Li Shimin said mercilessly.
"That's because they don't understand. I never show my calligraphy to others easily. My calligraphy is unique and will surely be passed down through the ages."
"Ha!" Li Shimin curled his lip, too lazy to argue with Li Shen, and quickly wrote the two characters "Baizhou" on the ground.
It's still his Fei Bai style.
The craftsman immediately went over and began carving the characters using specialized tools.
Li Shen took a deep breath and thought to himself, "When my calligraphy sells for a high price, you'll all be begging me to write for you, but I won't write for you."
"Continue," Li Shimin nudged Li Shen.
Li Shen took a step back, and, feeling defeated, he didn't waste any more words.
"Going west from here, past this place, there's a primitive land where the people are the complete opposite of the Bai people."
The people of Baizhou are all white, while the people here are completely black.
"Is His Highness Prince Ji referring to the Kunlun slaves?"
Changsun Wuji immediately asked, "Which noble family in the Tang Dynasty doesn't have a few Kunlun slaves? This is a standard feature of noble families: Kunlun slaves, Silla maids, Bodhisattva maids, and Persian princesses."
For the elite nobility, these were all symbols of status.
Li Shen nodded in reply:
"Indeed, this is the Kunlun slave. This place is the ancestral home of the Kunlun slave. The weather here is hot, and most of the area is forest and grassland."
These people were completely uncivilized; they had only formed tribes, lived by hunting, and even ate people.
However, there are also many mineral resources here.
"I see. But this place is so far away. It will probably take several years to go there and back."
After looking around, everyone realized that it was even farther than Baizhou.
“Father, since this place is called Baizhou, let’s call it Heizhou.” Li Shen asked.
“Since it is the ancestral home of the Kunlun slaves, why not call it Kunlun Prefecture?” Li Shimin had a different idea.
“Father, the words Kunlun have other meanings, and I feel that it’s not quite right to use them here.”
Anyway, we can't get there; it's too far. It's more convenient to call it Black State.
Kunlun is a sacred mountain. Although the Kunlun of Kunlun slaves is not the Kunlun of Kunlun Mountain, Li Shen was afraid that people would misunderstand it thousands of years later.
Li Shimin thought for a moment and nodded:
"Okay, then let's call it..."
Before Li Shimin could finish speaking, he saw Li Shen pick up a pen, squat down, and write the two characters "Heizhou" directly on the ground.
The speed was so fast that it caught everyone off guard.
However, after he wrote those two characters, even the craftsman frowned.
"What? Can't you carve my words?"
(Remember this, from now on they'll be called White State and Black State, no need to censor them.)