Transmigrated into a eunuch? No, I’m the Ming Dynasty’s mad scientist!
Xia Ren, a twenty-first-century science and engineering guy, opens his eyes to find he’s become “Xia Ren,” a little eunuch in the imperial kitchen.
He plans to coast through life using his knowledge of history, but the [Mayhem System] forces him to become an invention-crazed madman:
“Carve a bicycle out of a radish and get a perpetual-motion spatula as a reward!”
“Teach Zhu Yuanzhang to dance in the square and unlock The Barefoot Doctor’s Manual!”**
From then on, the Ming Dynasty’s whole vibe takes a wild turn:
Add popping candy to Pearl, Jade, and White Jade Soup, and Zhu Yuanzhang makes a meme-worthy face: “This soup bites?!”
Invent an “automatic red-penciling chicken” to do the emperor’s job. A mechanical parrot angrily blasts the ministers: “No money for you! Court is dismissed!”
The northern campaign against the Mongols relies entirely on hot pot tactics. A hot-pot broth of beef tallow dropped from the sky sends the grassland herds into a frenzy, and the nomads beg for peace: “Please stop sending chili peppers into our tents!”
When a steam-powered dragon boat sails into the East China Sea and a solar cooker lights up the Forbidden City, Zhu Di holds a mahjong machine and falls into deep thought:
“Father, Xia Ren says the earth is round. How about... we go to Europe and have a global barbecue?”
This is a hilarious farming novel where science crushes superstition and silly antics turn history upside down.
Watch the overworked Xia Ren use a rubber band and two wooden boards to turn the Ming Dynasty into “the world’s leading cultural and creative powerhouse”!
An unconventional invention story | Everyday banter between ruler and ministers | Explaining the supernatural with science | Ming cuisine
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