You: "Another Timeline, Mr. Zhuge?"
Me: "Yes."
You: "But you haven't finished any yet-"
Me: "Yes."
You: "And I've heard of Ex Oriente Lux before..."
Me: "Yes."
You: "And you've gotten permission from ComradeHuxley, right?"
Me: "Yes."
So, without further to do, let me present...
"Your majesty," Wang said. "The Daifeng Engine, water-stuff, and a bunch of other things I still don’t know - they all help us work without the help of peasants.”
Emperor Shenzong looked back at the Chancellor. “Your ideas are intriguing,” he finally said. “Let’s test them out.”
Wang shot a victorious smirk at Sima Guang, who gritted his teeth in anger. “Thank you, your majesty. A thousand years! A thousand years!”
As the court mobilized in an effort to chant “Wanshui!”, Wang closed his eyes, reminiscing about how he had even reached this position in the first place.
“Nin hao, Shen Xiansheng, Su Xiansheng,” Wang said, nodding to the other men.
“Nin hao, Wang Xiansheng,” Shen Kuo said, nodding to Wang Anshi.
“Nin hao, Wang Xiansheng,” Su Song said, nodding to Wang Anshi.
“Why have you gathered us here?” Shen Kuo asked seriously and bluntly, cutting straight to the point. “I’m in the middle of finding a method of repeated forging of cast iron under a cold blast.”
Wang Anshi looked at him, curious. “Interesting,” he said. “I’ll make sure to talk to you about it later, since it sounds interesting. Right now, I’m thinking of creating a group - under the Emperor’s auspices - in favor of reforms.”
“Hm...” Su hummed. “It certainly sounds interesting, Wang.”
Shen nodded. “Definitely. Sima Guang wants to take my steel away from me. Never!”
Wang grinned. He had been really worried about these two and their reactions to his proposals. After Sima had formed the Conservative group with a consort’s backing, the Conservatives had been on the rise...
“That’s great,” he finally said. “Hopefully, after the agricultural reforms are finished, the peasants will be satisfied. That way, when our inventions are finally published, they’ll be noticed, instead of the peasants swarming the cities and taking jobs and lowering production costs.”
“I’ll drink to that!” Shen exclaimed, bringing a pint of beer out of nowhere. “My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaddy from the Han Dynasty said that he created a steam engine, but the peasants kept going to Luoyang and lowering production costs, so his invention disappeared.”
“No way,” Su gasped.
“Yeah,” Shen said. “I agree. That’s what my daddy said, though I don’t believe him.”
Wang snorted. “You certainly have a way of making jokes.”
“Bow!” the Emperor repeated louder.
“H-huh?” Wang asked, belatedly adding a “Your Majesty?”
“Bow!”
“O-oh!” Wang exclaimed, crouching and kow-towing. “A thousand years!”
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He doesn't look like a Mao, but he's definitely a prototype.
Zhezong Emperor
He learnt from the proto-Mao, so does that make him a proto-Jiang Qing?
Shen Kuo
He looks pretty smart, with his beard and all.
Me: "Yes."
You: "But you haven't finished any yet-"
Me: "Yes."
You: "And I've heard of Ex Oriente Lux before..."
Me: "Yes."
You: "And you've gotten permission from ComradeHuxley, right?"
Me: "Yes."
So, without further to do, let me present...
Ex Oriente Lux: A Legacy of Song China Industrialization!!!
My gosh, are you telling me that our machines didn't come from the Arabs, but from the Chinese? RIDICULOUS!
My gosh, are you telling me that our machines didn't come from the Arabs, but from the Chinese? RIDICULOUS!
"Your majesty," Wang said. "The Daifeng Engine, water-stuff, and a bunch of other things I still don’t know - they all help us work without the help of peasants.”
Emperor Shenzong looked back at the Chancellor. “Your ideas are intriguing,” he finally said. “Let’s test them out.”
Wang shot a victorious smirk at Sima Guang, who gritted his teeth in anger. “Thank you, your majesty. A thousand years! A thousand years!”
As the court mobilized in an effort to chant “Wanshui!”, Wang closed his eyes, reminiscing about how he had even reached this position in the first place.
“Nin hao, Shen Xiansheng, Su Xiansheng,” Wang said, nodding to the other men.
“Nin hao, Wang Xiansheng,” Shen Kuo said, nodding to Wang Anshi.
“Nin hao, Wang Xiansheng,” Su Song said, nodding to Wang Anshi.
“Why have you gathered us here?” Shen Kuo asked seriously and bluntly, cutting straight to the point. “I’m in the middle of finding a method of repeated forging of cast iron under a cold blast.”
Wang Anshi looked at him, curious. “Interesting,” he said. “I’ll make sure to talk to you about it later, since it sounds interesting. Right now, I’m thinking of creating a group - under the Emperor’s auspices - in favor of reforms.”
“Hm...” Su hummed. “It certainly sounds interesting, Wang.”
Shen nodded. “Definitely. Sima Guang wants to take my steel away from me. Never!”
Wang grinned. He had been really worried about these two and their reactions to his proposals. After Sima had formed the Conservative group with a consort’s backing, the Conservatives had been on the rise...
“That’s great,” he finally said. “Hopefully, after the agricultural reforms are finished, the peasants will be satisfied. That way, when our inventions are finally published, they’ll be noticed, instead of the peasants swarming the cities and taking jobs and lowering production costs.”
“I’ll drink to that!” Shen exclaimed, bringing a pint of beer out of nowhere. “My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaddy from the Han Dynasty said that he created a steam engine, but the peasants kept going to Luoyang and lowering production costs, so his invention disappeared.”
“No way,” Su gasped.
“Yeah,” Shen said. “I agree. That’s what my daddy said, though I don’t believe him.”
Wang snorted. “You certainly have a way of making jokes.”
“Bow!” the Emperor repeated louder.
“H-huh?” Wang asked, belatedly adding a “Your Majesty?”
“Bow!”
“O-oh!” Wang exclaimed, crouching and kow-towing. “A thousand years!”
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Starring:
Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi
He doesn't look like a Mao, but he's definitely a prototype.
Zhezong Emperor
He learnt from the proto-Mao, so does that make him a proto-Jiang Qing?
Shen Kuo
He looks pretty smart, with his beard and all.
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