In fact, for the matter of this national flag, Zhang Nan already has a preliminary plan in his heart, since he is the descendant of the dragon, it is natural to add dragon elements to the national flag, and the background color Zhang Nan plans to use red, after all, China is red.

And only a single dragon on the national flag pattern seems a little too monotonous, so Zhang Nan wants to add some things, but what to add, Zhang Nan has not yet thought about it. With the draft in his heart, it is much easier for Zhang Nan to draw.

In fact, the evolution of the dragon totem was not achieved overnight, but after a long time, it finally became the perfect Chinese dragon image of the dragon, and the evolution process can be roughly divided into three stages.

The first stage is before the Spring and Autumn Period, which can be called the "ancient dragon". In ancient times, dragons mostly crawled and crawled, with relatively crude structural forms and snake bodies and animal heads, maintaining the characteristics of reptiles. But they are extremely rich in shape, and they are also extremely strange. or sharp horns, or toothed horns, or no horns, or proboscis or curly nose, or no nose, or multiple fins, or one fin, or no fins, or one foot, or front and back with feet, or no feet, in short, except for ugliness, Zhang Nan feels that the dragon totem of this period has no characteristics.

The second stage is from the Warring States period to the Tang Dynasty, which can be called the "medieval dragon". This is the period when the dragon's form changes the most. The "medieval dragon" began to shed its reptile characteristics and went from prostrate to soaring. The body of the dragon is mostly in the form of a snake, and it appears strong and powerful. The morphological structure also began to complicate, with the appearance of hair and knots, the horns began to branch, and the original horns became antlers, and the characteristics of sheep's whiskers began to stand out, sometimes showing the body of an animal.

In fact, the dragon totem at this time has begun to take on the characteristics of a modern dragon, but Zhang Nan doesn't want this.

The third stage is after the Song Dynasty, which can be called the "modern dragon". After the Song Dynasty, the shape of the dragon was basically stereotyped, so there was almost no change in the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties for seven hundred years. The main characteristic of the modern dragon is that it is sinuous and beautiful, and although it still retains its unbeatable majesty, it has lost the fierceness of the medieval dragon. Their head horns change from short to long, forked, but they are not aggressive, and they show a kind of "majestic and dignified" tolerance. The palate has changed from curly to straight, the mouth has changed from deep to shallow, and the bloody giant mouth of the primitive dragon has become a foraging tool to meet the needs of survival. The body is extended, the hair is long and flowing, the various parts of the body are extremely coordinated, and the graceful posture is full of charm.

And Zhang Nan wants this dragon with horns like a deer, a head like a cow, eyes like a shrimp, a mouth like a donkey, a belly like a snake, scales like a fish, feet like a phoenix, a beard like a human, and ears like an elephant.

When Zhang Nan successfully drew a dragon with teeth and claws, Li Er clapped his hands.

"Qingquan, I saw that your dragon painting is really very expressive, I didn't know what this real dragon looked like, but after seeing your dragon, I knew that this was the real dragon." Li Er stroked his palms and laughed, and it could be seen that the dragon painted by Zhang Nan was very in line with Li Er's mind.

It's no wonder that Li Er thinks so, in fact, judging from the unearthed cultural relics, some dragon totems before the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty really don't look very good, and compared with Zhang Nan, a dragon with a divine appearance, it is naturally dwarfed. After all, Zhang Nan, the dragon, is a complete body that has experienced thousands of years of development.

"Indeed, Your Majesty, the minister sees that the dragon painted by Qingquan is simply vivid, could it be that Qingquan has really seen a real dragon?" The eldest grandson Wuji stroked his beard and said, it can be seen that the dragon painted by Zhang Nan has been recognized by everyone present.

As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji said this, the eyes of everyone present were all focused on Zhang Nan's body, after all, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, there was no way to explain why he painted the dragon so similarly.

Zhang Nan looked at the big eyes of the ministers present who were eager for knowledge, and suddenly the bad taste came up again. So Zhang Nan pretended to be mysterious and said: "Don't hide it, the emperor, the minister, have really seen the dragon." ”

As soon as Zhang Nan said this, the ministers present all let out an exclamation, and then whispered, although China has used dragons as totems since ancient times, but when it comes to real dragons, it is really a mythical creature, and now Zhang Nan actually said that he has seen a real dragon, which is like later generations saying that they have seen aliens with their own eyes.

After listening to Zhang Nan's words, Li Er's throat rolled up and down, and then he said, "Qingquan, have you really seen a real dragon?" Zhang Nan looked at Li Er's nervous appearance, and felt a burst of amusement, Li Er actually really believed it.

In fact, Zhang Nan didn't know, Li Er really believed in this matter, after all, since ancient times, all emperors have been called the True Dragon Son of Heaven, and now Zhang Nan said that he had seen the True Dragon, how could Li Er, the True Dragon Son of Heaven, not be nervous.

"Your Majesty, the minister has really seen dragons, and if you are willing to dig them, the minister thinks you can still find dragon bones." Zhang Nan said with a smile. In fact, most people in ancient times believed that only a dragon with wings was a real dragon, and a two-winged dragon really existed, so Zhang Nan dared to say so.

"There's a keel? Where? Li Er couldn't wait to ask, Li Er now wanted to dig at the place where Zhang Nan said he saw the real dragon, after all, if he could really find the dragon bone, it would really be the best explanation for his imperial power.

However, how did Zhang Nan know that the pterosaur born in the Jurassic would die there in the end, so Zhang Nan said: "Your Majesty, you must know that this is a keel, where is it said that you can find it if you find it?" ”

After listening to Zhang Nan's explanation, Li Er also believed a little, after all, it was a dragon, even if it died, it was still a dragon, how could ordinary people find it. But Li Er was obviously not giving up, and then said: "Qingquan, you just need to tell me that there is a dragon bone within my Tang Dynasty border?" ”

"Well, there really is, but the emperor can't deliberately look for it, this is a fate for everything. If the emperor mobilizes the people of the whole Tang Dynasty to find it for the sake of the dragon bones, wouldn't it be too much labor and money, you know, a hundred dragon bones, it is not as good as the emperor's policy of benefiting the people. Zhang Nan said.

In fact, if Li Er really wanted to mobilize the people of the Tang Dynasty to find a keel for him, he would definitely find it, but this would be too much labor and money, so Zhang Nan would not let Li Er do this.

Li Er didn't squeak, he didn't know what attention he was thinking about, and in the end, Li Er diverted the topic by himself.

"By the way, I look at your dragon, there are a lot of blank spaces left in the dragon's body, don't you still want to color Qingquan?" Li Er asked.