I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

Although Luo Shixing wanted to say that he had never painted before, he didn't know what it would look like.

But Wei Siwen had already blown the cow out for him, and what he had to do was to continue to round it back, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and nodded and said, "I can draw, but there is still a distance from the maps drawn by top masters."

Don't look back and compare my drawings with the maps of the Tang court, I can't compare them.

Although he didn't know what the court's map looked like, it was okay to be conservative at first.

Wei Siwen doesn't worry about this. Maps are classified items in this era, and not everyone can read them.

Al really wants to see the map of Datang, who will show him?

Only a few people can see the complete territorial map of Tang Dynasty and the map of Chang'an, not even some princes and princesses.

Therefore, it is impossible for Alzhen to know what a real high-quality map looks like. As long as Luo Shixing does not draw out of shape, he can say that the map of Datang is also like this.

As a former imperial historian, what he said is still very credible, at least it's okay to fool Ale.

Alezhen's amber eyes became brighter, and he immediately stood up and said, "Can you draw the map of Beidai County?"

Luo Shixing hesitated for a moment and said: "Mountains and rivers can only draw a rough range. Unless someone can take me in and bring me out safely, it will be...difficult."

There are many mountains here, and there are endless mountains at a glance. If Al really asks him to go into the mountains to draw a map, it will be no different from killing him.

The mountains are so dangerous, even if you enter the mountains in later generations, you may never return, let alone now.

So he directly added a lot of restrictions.

How could Ale really care about the situation in the mountains?

His thoughts had already drifted to other places. If Luo Shixing had this ability, wouldn't he be able to get maps of other counties if he took Luo Shixing to other places?

If it is placed in Datang, even knowing the maps of other counties seems useless, but it is really useful here, because even if it looks like all the counties of Datang, they are actually different tribes. How normal it is to have a conflict.

Ale was really a little excited, and said directly: "Okay, then you can draw the situation of the county."

He still has doubts about this. As far as he knows, even the chief guards of the Annan Protectorate's Mansion don't have anyone around him who can draw maps. Luo Shixing's young age makes it hard to believe that he still has this ability.

So it was a test for him to ask Luo Shixing to draw a map of the county seat.

Beidai County is said to be a county, which sounds like the lowest administrative unit, but in fact, the area of ​​a county these days is about the same as that of a city-level unit in later generations.

The Tang Dynasty implemented the system of counties and counties. Counties can be regarded as provinces, and counties are equivalent to cities in later generations, and villages and towns are counties in later generations.

The county seat of Beidai County is equivalent to the city center, not very big.

Luo Shixing turned his head to look at Wei Siwen, and Wei Siwen said, "It takes a lot of effort to draw a map. Three days later, it will be the ceremony of sworn brothers between the Daling and the lynx cat. It's better to let the lynx cat draw as much as possible. You can draw as much as you can."

Ale really just wanted to test it, so he naturally didn't object after hearing it, so he responded, "What do you need?"

Luo Shixing made a calculation and said, "Drawing board, charcoal and paper, these are enough."

He thought for a while and reminded: "I don't know what kind of scale the imperial court used to draw the map. I can only follow my own, but it will be marked on the map."

Ale really didn't care: "Just let go of your hands and feet and paint."

But... What are drawing boards and charcoal pencils?

Luo Shixing made a gesture, the drawing board is actually very simple, but it can give the paper a place to rely on, otherwise how would you draw.

It's just that there is no prototype of the drawing board yet, and no one knows what Luo Shixing said.

He scratched his head and said, "I know what to do, but I'm afraid it's too late."

Alzhen immediately said: "I'll call the carpenter, you tell him!"

However, Luo Shixing didn't understand the language of the carpenter, and Wei Siwen was asked to translate many places beside him, but the translation was not accurate. After talking for a long time, the carpenter still looked at a loss.

Luo Shixing was very tired and said, "Do you have a pen and paper? I can draw it."

Wei Siwen patted his thigh: "Why did I forget this, just wait."

Alzhen has been watching from the side, with a little inquiry in his eyes.

If Luo Shixing really has this ability, then he really has found a treasure.

But this treasure has to be well hidden, what if someone finds out and snatches it from him?

He is not afraid of others, only the chief guard makes him most wary.

If the chief guard came to ask for someone, he really wouldn't be able to keep Luo Shixing.

Originally, he was thinking of giving Luo Shixing the piece of land to make him happy, and after a while he would persuade him to return to the county.

From the looks of it now, it would be good for Luo Shixing to live there, so that others would not know what skills he has, and naturally they would not be able to spread the word.

Wei Siwen quickly brought the pen and paper over, and Luo Shixing was not afraid, so he picked up the pen and started drawing.

He first drew the overall image of the drawing board, and then drew the brackets behind it separately.

The main reason is that the bracket should be able to open and close. Craftsmen these days can actually do this, but the material used is wood, which is not easy to preserve, which gives everyone the impression that ancient craftsmanship is relatively backward.

In fact, the ancient handicrafts were very developed and exquisite, but because they were limited by the proficiency and talent of the craftsmen, and they could not be mass-produced, the more powerful the craftsmen were, the more they were dedicated to the royal family and nobles, and the common people naturally did not use those things. , haven't even seen it.

When Ah Lezhen saw Luo Shixing's painting skills nearby, he knew that it might be true that Luo Shixing could draw maps.

His ability to appreciate paintings is not yet to the point where he can see the artistic conception, so as an intuitive feeling, the more realistic the other party's paintings are, the better in his eyes.

However, in Wei Siwen's opinion, this kind of painting method always feels that there is more than enough craftsmanship and not enough agility.

However, what Luo Shixing drew were tool drawings, not for the sake of painting, so he didn't care.

With the intuitive drawings, the carpenter finally understands that language may have boundaries, but art does not, whether it is music or art.

The craftsman saw that this thing was not too difficult, so he was about to start it immediately, and said that it would be ready by tomorrow at the latest.

After hearing this, Luo Shixing simply said, "Then let me draw a grid on the paper first."

Proportion is a thing that needs to be carefully checked, especially the observation with the naked eye is actually not accurate. The eyes look so big, but the actual size may be different. Once the buildings are different, the map will be drawn crooked.

Luo Shixing felt that he needed a vaccination first.

But in fact, it is only people like him who are used to looking at the high-definition maps of later generations who are so serious. These days, everyone looks at the map as an approximate location.

A powerful general can "draw" a real map in his head through the approximate location and description, but that requires extremely high talent.

Wei Qing, who never gets lost, and Li Guang, who never walks the right way are very clear examples.

Anyone who has seen Wei Qing's travel route will wonder if this person has a satellite positioning system installed in his mind. It is a desert, a desert where it is easy to get lost.

And the other party can find the way to go by relying on their own sense of direction and very simple reference objects. This kind of talent is not available to ordinary people.

Therefore, Luo Shixing's flaw that he felt that he was not good at anything was nothing to Wei Siwen and Alezhen.

Alezhen immediately had someone prepare a room for Luo Shixing, and arranged a desk, pen, ink, paper and inkstone for the room, and gave priority to supplying everything he wanted.

Luo Shixing was also under some pressure for a while. You must know that pens, inks, papers and inkstones are very precious things in this place. The local people don't know how to make them, so they are all transported from the Central Plains.

The road he took when he was in exile was the transportation route, and he had to pass through the very dangerous Shu Road in the middle. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which were already relatively expensive in the Central Plains, were even more expensive here.

As soon as Alezhen gave it to him, he gave him a stack. If the painting is useless, I am afraid that if he sells him, it may not be enough for these things!

Luo Shixing made a ruler out of straight bamboo boards. Fortunately, he still remembered the conversion amount between the size and the meters and centimeters commonly used in later generations.

It's impossible to be too precise, but it's about the same.

According to the ratio of this year, all the paper is divided into squares of one centimeter by one centimeter, and then the scale is set to one to one thousand according to the size of the county government. The unit of this 1 is decimeter, which is ten centimeters.

Most of the high-precision maps of later generations are that one centimeter is the actual unit of 1000 meters, but Luo Shixing thinks that it is a bit too difficult to draw. All kinds of houses, that is simply abusing yourself.

But if the unit is set at one meter, then a lot of paper will be needed and the map will be larger.

Therefore, Luo Shixing finally settled on one decimeter, so that the size is controllable and it is not particularly difficult to draw.

After deciding on the scale, Luo Shixing squatted in the room and began to cut paper and make a grid.

This job requires carefulness and is not difficult.

Al really wanted to send someone to help, but Wei Siwen stopped him.

Wei Siwen said very kindly: "Da Ling, no matter where you are, drawing a map is a secret method, so let the lynx cat work alone."

Al was really happy, he didn't want to steal his teacher, but he was just worried that Luo Shixing would not be able to do it alone.

He waved everyone away, stood at the door and glanced at Luo Shixing who was busy at the table, even if a small figure was in a hurry, it was quite interesting.

Luo Shixing nodded in satisfaction after drawing a square on the paper with charcoal, then turned to Wei Siwen who was waiting for him in the room, and said, "Weng Wei, it's such a big deal that I'm sworn in with Daling, should I also call Ah Wei over here?" .”

He has such a good relationship with Cheng Jingwei, it seems inappropriate not to let him come over for such an important matter.

As soon as Wei Siwen raised his head and was about to answer, he smiled instantly: "Wait a minute, I'll get someone to fetch a basin of water."

Luo Shixing was a little puzzled, and when the water came, Wei Siwen said, "Wash your face first."

So when Luo Shixing looked down, he saw his little face, and then he remembered that the charcoal pencil was not covered with skin, and he forgot to draw it too seriously, and scratched his face after he finished it!

Luo Shixing hurriedly washed his hands and face, and at the same time prepared to wrap a layer of bark on the charcoal pencil.

Wei Siwen said: "I know you want Tiger to come over, but if he comes over, what will Wang Antong do?"

Luo Shixing hesitated for a moment, it would be best to bring Wang Antong here, but Wang Antong had never seen so many people, and he was afraid that he would be provoked.

Wei Siwen patted his head and said, "I don't think tigers will care about this matter, you should draw the map first."

Luo Shixing was a little disappointed, but he still didn't say anything, just thinking about whether he could bring Cheng Jingwei something when he went back.

The next day, Wei Siwen took him to the second tallest building in the county - the county magistrate's tree house.

It is said that this tree house was built by Alezhen for himself when he was a child.

As for why you can't go to the tallest building in the county, because the tallest is the altar.

Luo Shixing stood in the tree house and looked out, taking a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery. His drawing board was propped in front of him, and he positioned it with a charcoal pencil, and then drew a rough outline.

He has not sketched like this for many years, and he really feels that his hands are a little raw.

Wei Siwen, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel a little strange looking at his special painting style. The little lynx is proficient in techniques, and has a set of internal logical sequences, which is very rigorous from beginning to end.

But Wei Siwen has never seen such a painting method before. Could it be that... the little lynx figured it out by himself?