On the day Shazhou City was destroyed, the backbone of Datang Hexi was broken.
The Tubo besieged the city, the powerful families fought among themselves, and the court was helpless. In this abandoned land, human life is like sand and civilization is like paper.
Until a time traveler set foot here.
He has no divine weapons and talismans, only his craftsmanship spanning thousands of years and an unbreakable heart——
They used gunpowder to bombard the enemy, used fortresses to build defenses, used water to help the people survive, and even used an unprecedented set of laws to forge the scattered hearts and minds into a piece of iron.
On the day the city rises, the hunt begins.
The Liangzhou army wanted to take his life, the remnants of the Tubo army wanted to steal his skills, the Chang'an secret envoy demanded his loyalty, and the "Mandala Ring" in the shadow of the Silk Road also threw bait and noose.
He was forced to travel west, using his skills as sparks to spread to the oasis Gobi: karez, new loom, water conservancy map...
Grains of light, ignited in the Jedi.
Until the legendary "Tiangong Secret Realm" appeared in front of us.
There are no treasures in it, only a wall of ten thousand languages inscribed in Chinese, Sanskrit, Persian and other languages, and a sentence that travels through time and space:
"If knowledge becomes exclusive power, civilization will eventually destroy itself."
The sky is full of yellow sand, and swords from all sides are facing each other.
But at this moment, he turned around, faced the sky of the Western Region, loosened his grip on the map and secret key, and said with a sound like chiseling:
"It's time for this fire to dissipate—to become stars and firewood that everyone can pick up."
For many years after that, the camel bells on the Silk Road were melodious, and word of mouth spread across the oasis:
Shazhou Tiecheng has never fallen.
Because it is not built on walls, but on—
In the heart of every mortal who still remembers how to "build".
Reader comments
"Shazhou Tiecheng" is a hard-core time travel novel rooted in the historical facts of Shazhou (Dunhuang) in the late Tang Dynasty. It abandons the common "gold-finger" novel mode and constructs a real and tangible plight of the Western Regions with amazing historical evidence. The core of the story is unique, forming a three-dimensional narrative of technology, system, and people's hearts: the surface layer is solid hard-core knowledge such as city building and water conservancy; the middle layer profoundly shows the fierce collision between technology and the interests of vassal towns and clans in the late Tang Dynasty; the deep layer explores ultimate propositions such as the ownership of knowledge and the inheritance of civilization. The structure of the book is rigorous, from surviving in a lonely city to traveling westward along the Silk Road, the plots are interlocking. It is not only a history of the adventures of modern engineers who broke through in ancient times, but also a majestic picture depicting the confrontation between Silk Road civilizations and speculation on technological ethics. If you are tired of superficial crushing and long for an immersive experience in the game of wits, rich history and depth of thought, this work is worth your time.
"Shazhou Tiecheng" is a hard-core time travel novel rooted in the historical facts of Shazhou (Dunhuang) in the late Tang Dynasty. It abandons the common "gold-finger" novel mode and constructs a real and tangible plight of the Western Regions with amazing historical evidence. The core of the story is unique, forming a three-dimensional narrative of technology, system, and people's hearts: the surface layer is solid hard-core knowledge such as city building and water conservancy; the middle layer profoundly shows the fierce collision between technology and the interests of vassal towns and clans in the late Tang Dynasty; the deep layer explores ultimate propositions such as the ownership of knowledge and the inheritance of civilization. The structure of the book is rigorous, from surviving in a lonely city to traveling westward along the Silk Road, the plots are interlocking. It is not only a history of the adventures of modern engineers who broke through in ancient times, but also a majestic picture depicting the confrontation between Silk Road civilizations and speculation on technological ethics. If you are tired of superficial crushing and long for an immersive experience in the game of wits, rich history and depth of thought, this work is worth your time.