Nanke was bored during her vacation, endlessly scrolling through N short-video apps. Little did she know, the videos she watched were being broadcast across every dynasty.
At the height of the great empires, a sky screen appeared.
"Battle for the title of Beastly Emperor: Qin Er Shi"
Ying Zheng, who had just unified the six states, was instantly in a foul mood. He turned to look at his eldest son.
That couldn't be right. Fusu was steadfast and kindhearted. He could be a little stubborn, but how could anyone call him a beast?
The sky screen revealed the answer: Hu Hai.
Qin destroyed the six states, and Hu Hai destroyed Qin. Damn, that's impressive.
Ying Zheng was so furious he couldn't speak.
"Guess for fun, no prize: one hundred thousand black horses on the left, one hundred thousand white horses on the right, one hundred thousand red horses in front, one hundred thousand blue horses behind, and an emperor surrounded in the middle."
The previous moment, Liu Bang was still laughing at how unlucky that emperor was.
The next moment, the sky screen revealed the answer: that unlucky emperor was him.
Liu Bang: Halt the campaign! I'll send a dozen more scouting parties to find out what's going on with the Xiongnu.
What can't three emperors of the ages make up between them?
Ying Zheng, Liu Che, and Li Shimin, whose names had been called out, were still celebrating their status as emperors of the ages when the next moment brought the news that all three of their princes were dead!
Zheng/Che/Min: I don't dare open my eyes. I hope this is all a hallucination!
Paper this smooth and white, and you use it to draw little stick figures?
A priceless, razor-sharp blade, and you use it to chop pickled cabbage?
Golden waves of wheat stretch as far as the eye can see, each grain plump and tightly packed. By a rough estimate, this must yield at least a thousand jin per mu, right?
Wait, that thing called corn is so plump and nourishing. Why are you feeding it to pigs?
What a waste! This is absolutely criminal wastefulness.
Later, everyone discovered that the sky screen didn't just catalogue amusing stories. It also showed many inventions that were of great importance to their nations.
Just do this... then that... and finally...
Congratulations, you've invented papermaking.
Congratulations, you've invented the high-lift waterwheel.
Congratulations, you've invented horse tack.
Congratulations...
And so, the ancestors went wild with excitement.
Theme: Strengthen the nation through infrastructure.