After their minds were read, the entire court trembled with fear.

Chapter 183 The Methods by which the Ministry of War Official Scams Money

"Professor, look, this is the map I made for world number 01."

After receiving the map from the system, the professor's lips twitched violently; he was utterly speechless.

"Why are you making this kind of map if you're not in a holographic virtual game world?"

But, but Shen Zhiyi thinks I did a very good job.

The professor took a deep breath. This silly system didn't even realize that Shen Zhiyi was just fooling it.

Why isn't the scale marked?

"We don't even have a direction."

"There are no legends or annotations either."

"Very good, you haven't included any of the three essential elements of a map."

"Not to mention the other tiny details, the mountains have no contour lines, the mountain peaks have no markers, and the world map has no latitude and longitude grid..."

System: I'm dizzy.

His favorite professor spent a full half hour explaining to the system how to create a qualified map.

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The system, having just returned from its studies with the professor, was furious when it saw Shen Zhiyi still watching the spectacle.

He decided he also needed to give Shen Zhiyi a proper lesson.

As a result, Shen Zhiyi, who had long since forgotten her high school geography knowledge, was forced to cram for it under the system's intimidation.

【Ughhhhhh, I don't want to hear it anymore, please stop talking.】

The ministers, who were intensely discussing whether there were any problems with the map, were struck by the stirring thoughts of Shen Zhiyi.

What's wrong with this child?

I've already learned it.

The system doesn't believe it.

[For example, the map in the old emperor's possession was flawed because it lacked a scale. This resulted in a distortion on the map, as area A should have been larger than area B.]

All the officials bowed in unison, gazing at the two places Shen Zhiyi had mentioned.

"This is not the right place."

The crowd moved aside to make room for the person who had spoken.

This person is a secretary in the Ministry of War, in charge of the Department of Military Affairs.

The Department of Geographical Information is responsible for the compilation, safekeeping, and management of maps and related geographic information.

The Ministry of War official pointed to the map on the table and began to point out the inaccuracies in the map.

"Your Majesty, in summary, although this map is poorly drawn, lacking scale, orientation, distance, terrain, angles, and curves, it still contains the essential elements of a certain place. Therefore, the territory outside of Da Ye can serve as a reference."

In short, the one from Shen Zhiyi's magical system is still the best.

The Ministry of War official swallowed hard, his eyes involuntarily turning to Shen Zhiyi.

The old emperor coughed a few times.

The Minister of War pulled the man back.

"Your gaze is too direct; tone it down."

The Ministry of War official felt wronged; he really wanted to see what a complete map looked like.

The world is much bigger than he imagined. He had spent the first half of his life traversing every part of Daye to map out its territory. Now, seeing the map beyond Daye, a heart that had been dormant for a long time in his chest began to stir again.

If he can't get a world map from Shen Zhiyi, he's willing to travel the world.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go to sea with General Wei Hu."

General Weihu looked at the civil official with disdain.

"No way, no way. With your skinny arms and legs, you won't even know how you died."

This Ministry of War official was quite an eccentric; before becoming an official, he neither pursued officialdom nor inherited his family business, preferring instead to travel and enjoy life.

The Ministry of War official said: "What leisure? He's doing serious business."

[He spent over thirty years traveling to every corner of Daye, eventually obtaining an official position from the old emperor with the map he had drawn. The old emperor was really something; he already had such an accurate map, why did he bother with the one made by the Hippopotamus Kingdom?]

The old emperor tugged at his beard. "Shen Zhiyi, what do you know?"

Knowing what the outside world is like is very important; he doesn't want to be unaware of the situation outside Da Ye.

The old emperor tossed the map to the Ministry of War official.

"See if you can try to logically reconstruct those places outside Daye."

The Ministry of War official's hair was split open.

Didn't he just say he was going to go out to sea with us? Why is he staying here modifying this incomprehensible map?

The General of the Cavalry approached with burning eyes.

"Hurry up and fix it. When the time comes, I'll just go and kill all the countries marked on the map one by one."

Upon hearing that it was war again, the Minister of Revenue felt a chill run down his spine.

"What are you fighting for? We're here to do business, to do business!"

"Oh dear, money from doing business can't compare to the speed of confiscation of property."

The General of the Cavalry was quite disdainful, wondering what kind of business he was doing.

When he was fighting alongside the old emperor, he would make money by raiding nearby small countries when he was short of funds.

Wow, that's fast.

This Ministry of War official is quite remarkable.

Shen Zhiyi's mouth formed an "O" shape as she looked at the footage on the monitor.

This guy really went to great lengths for his travels.

The Ministry of War official froze.

There are essentially two ways to travel: budget travel and luxury travel. The Ministry of War official initially traveled on a luxury basis because his parents constantly pressured him to send money. Even though their son was disappointing, he was still their child.

However, things changed after the Ministry of War official had been traveling the country for three years. His parents had a third child, a son, and decided to cut off his financial support. This was the second time; they had cut it off before, but our Ministry of War official was very determined and would rather starve than go home. Left with no other choice, his parents continued to send money. But now things were different. The Ministry of War official had a younger brother, so now he had two choices: either go home, or they would pretend they never had this son.

These were all memories from his youth. After Shen Zhiyi mentioned it, the Ministry of War official began to reminisce about the past.

That's true.

I've forgotten how he managed to persevere after that, sigh.

[666, this Ministry of War official is truly stubborn; he doesn't have a single penny on him and refuses to go back.]

[Haha, in the end, he couldn't stand the hunger anymore, so he started pretending to be a beggar with a broken leg, hoping to get some money out of kind people's sympathy.]

Wow, a senior official in the Ministry of War is actually pretending to be a beggar!

The Minister of War leaned closer curiously and asked in a low voice, "How's the market?"

"I haven't starved to death, so I should be doing alright."

[Hilarious! In the end, not a single person was willing to give a copper coin; not even a quarter of a steamed bun.]

Out of desperation, this Ministry of War official began disguising himself as a woman to seduce wealthy, lecherous men. He would get them drunk and steal their money. Using this method, he swindled a considerable amount of silver, thus supporting his entire traveling career.

The entire court of civil and military officials clapped their hands in admiration.

The Ministry of War official's move was truly brilliant.

The Ministry of War official closed his eyes, pretending not to see his colleague's teasing.

He originally intended to keep this matter to himself for the rest of his life, but he never expected that Shen Zhiyi would eventually expose it.

【etc. 】