Chapter 915

"Yes!" Princess Changle suddenly realized that only painters can make the world famous as if they were on the scene.

Li Tai nodded and took a meaningful look at Merton. Everyone in the world knows that mojiazi is the pioneer of new painting, and focuses on realism. The picture is lifelike.

"No, although Mo's paintings can be realistic, they are difficult to print, and can't let more people see famous mountains and rivers." Merton shook his head and denied.

"Is that landscape painting?" Li Tai thought about it and soon denied himself. Most landscape paintings have green mountains, green waters, fishermen's boats and extraordinary artistic conception, but the pattern is too small to reflect the mountain and river geography of the Tang Dynasty.

"How should I draw?" Princess Changle said urgently.

Merton laughed and said, "my lady is also a master of painting. I don't know if I can draw an 800 Zhang mountain."

"Eight hundred feet of mountains and rivers." Princess Changle looked at each other and said that she still had no problem painting a mountain. The problem was that if she wanted to paint an eight hundred feet of mountain, it would be impossible to use an eight hundred feet of paper, and it would take a long time to paint it!

"My brother-in-law, I don't think it's a trick on the king!" Li Tai's eyes were not good.

Merton laughed loudly and said, "painting everything in the world in a square inch is the true meaning of the painter. All along, whether ink painting or the emerging new painting skills, they are entangled in small places, and no one cares about the overall situation. I went on an expedition with the army before, and I was able to see the military map. Then I came up with a new painting method."

Merton waved his hand, took out a piece of rice paper, picked up the brush, immediately brushed on the rice paper and talked about it. Suddenly, the outline of a mountain appeared on the rice paper.

"This is what you call 800 Zhang mountains and rivers." Princess Changle looked angrily at the eight irregular circles on the drawing.

Not only did Princess Changle's eyes look bad, but even Li Tai felt like he was being played a monkey. He looked forward to the opportunity to revitalize the geographical chain. Merton even drew eight circles for him, and it was ugly

When Merton saw that they were about to explode, it seemed as if he suddenly realized: "I forgot to mark the height for my husband."

After that, immediately mark the eight circles with 100 Zhang and 200 Zhang respectively, and then omit the other circles directly and mark the last circle with 800 Zhang.

"This is the 800 foot high mountain!" Princess Changle felt that she had fed the dog by practicing painting for many years.

Merton nodded boldly: "however, this line is called contour line, which is specially used to mark the height of mountains and rivers. The height between each two lines is 100 feet. A total of eight circles are naturally 800 feet."

Li Tai and Princess Changle were speechless and looked at Merton helplessly.

Moreover, you see, this contour line bends downward, the same plane is higher than other places, this is a ridge, this contour line bends upward, and the same plane is lower than both sides, which is a valley. " Merton explained patiently.

Brother and sister are both experts in painting. They soon understood what Merton meant. Then they realized that Merton didn't draw indiscriminately. He looked like a real and reasonable look.

"In general, springs gather in valleys to form streams..." after saying that, Merton drew a winding line in the valley as a river.

"With the flood in the lower reaches of the river, an alluvial fan plain will be formed at the foot of the mountain..."

Therefore, an alluvial fan plain appeared on the rice paper. At the moment, Li Tai was dignified and focused on Merton's strokes, afraid of any negligence.

"People go high, water flows low, streams flow to a basin, form a lake, and finally converge into a river and flow to the sea..."

With Merton's stroke by stroke, a minimalist but inclusive topographic map appeared in front of them, mountains, valleys, rivers, flat land

"It's amazing, uncanny!" at the moment, Li Tai was no longer dissatisfied. Merton's painting skills completely convinced him.

"The biggest advantage of this painting is that it allows people to intuitively explore the terrain of a place, and it is easy to print. It is just suitable for a geographical pulse."

Li Tai nodded deeply. A geographical pulse often needs a lot of words to describe. Where there is a topographic map is straightforward. A topographic map greatly simplifies the process of learning geography and is no longer so boring. Once the local chronicles and topographic maps are published in the world, it will certainly make the geographical pulse shine.

Merton nodded and said, "now the geography is in the ascendant. If your Highness the king of Wei can draw the mountain geography of the world, measure the mountains, the length of rivers, the area of plains and lakes, the climate and customs of the north and south, over time, you will not be able to become a new hundred families."

Li Tai suddenly breathed quickly and his face flushed. At the thought of becoming a hundred families, even if it was a thousand years late, it would be a great honor! This is an irresistible temptation for Li Tai, who has always been very keen on literary names.

"Of course, this is a long-term project. I'm afraid it's difficult to write a book without decades, and it costs so much energy and money. Sometimes it's not a good thing to have such a big title." Merton pointed out.

Li Tainai is a talented and intelligent person. In a moment, he understood the implied meaning of Merton. He is the prince. He is inextricably connected with the throne. Sometimes he can't even hide. If he makes his own theory, he will certainly put all his efforts on the geographical vein, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve.

You can't have both fish and bear's paw. I'm afraid he can only choose one theory and the throne. If he is too greedy, I'm afraid he can only lose both human and financial resources in the end.

Li Tai did not immediately make a choice, but cleverly changed the topic. Of course, their topic was no longer relaxed. After a while, he got up and said goodbye to Merton and Princess Changle.

Looking at Li Taiyuan's back, Princess Changle sighed in her heart. She was also an intelligent person. Naturally, she understood the meaning of Merton and Li Tai's words.

"Born in the royal family, sometimes you can't choose?" Princess Changle sighed in her heart. He saw with his own eyes that the two brothers were close when they were young, and now they are gradually getting along.

"Both the crown prince and the king of Wei are your relatives. Now your husband has found a way to become a family for the king of Wei. His future achievements are not inferior to that position? How to choose depends on him." Merton solemnly said.

"So you support big brother?" Princess Changle asked with a beautiful face on her side.

Merton shook his head and said, "we've never stood in line for the throne. The reason why I mention the king of Wei is that if the king of Wei ascends the throne, it's not like taking the road of Xuanwu Gate again. I'm afraid his majesty doesn't want to see it. If the two compete, you will be the most sad one. Being a husband for three years is a person of a hundred families. Naturally, I hope to have another like-minded generation."

"Thank you, my husband!" Princess Changle was immediately moved and nestled in Merton's arms.

Merton embraces Princess Changle, but he can't help worrying. What he worries most now is that Li Tai takes his own achievements as a chip to ascend the throne.