109: Chapter 109 A Day in the Life of a Qin Man Who Opened His Eyes to the World

According to the Bamboo Annals, the Battle of Muye at that time was exceptionally tragic.

The Shang army resisted desperately, and the bodies of fallen soldiers covered the ground.

King Wu of Zhou fought vigorously despite the sacrifices. It was not until Lü Shang first broke through the gates of Chaoge and a large number of reinforcements poured in that the Shang army collapsed.

Under the brilliant command of Ji Fa, the Zhou army quickly invaded the Shang capital. Looking at the raging fire, King Zhou of Shang realized his cause was lost.

Ultimately, he retreated to the Deer Terrace and died by self-immolation.

"Seals?"

"Polar Bears?"

"What is this again?"

"Indian Continent?"

As the commander of the Black Ice Platform, He Zhi knew far more than ordinary people, yet he had never heard of Seals or Polar Bears.

"That North Sea is actually so miraculous that even in the hottest summer, a large number of glaciers still float on the sea?"

He Zhi had never seen a glacier; he could only rely on his imagination.

Grand Preceptor Wen and the rebels fled and pursued each other along the North Sea, crossed the Land Bridge, and reached another vast continent.

This made He Zhi feel it was bizarre and surreal. Were there really people so stubborn? They would eat raw meat just to hunt someone down for ten whole years!

The lands to the north of Great Qin were far too vast!

He Zhi continued reading, finding it increasingly preposterous. Peerless Magical Treasures? The Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation?

What on earth is this!

Although the war between the Zhou Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty was intense, it could not have been on such a scale, could it?

However, He Zhi read with great interest, finding this style of writing quite intriguing.

"So, of the fallen Yin Shang Dynasty, besides one faction that established Jizi Joseon in Korea, two other factions headed north."

"One was the rebel army of the Yin Shang Dynasty, which arrived in the Indian South Continent; another was the remnants of Grand Preceptor Wen's forces, bringing the descendants of King Zhou of Shang to the Yindian North Continent."

*Rustle!*

He Zhi flipped the newspaper and looked at other content.

Placing a Legal Opinion Feedback Box in the latrine?

He Zhi felt his horizons were truly broadened. One could actually do something like that!

Half an hour later, He Zhi finished reading all twenty-four pages of the newspaper.

Although the content on other pages was also exciting, none were as explosive as the content published on the first page, causing He Zhi's worldview to shatter.

He Zhi had a premonition that once the nobles in Xianyang saw the content of this newspaper, their worldviews would shatter just like his.

What he hesitated about most was whether to hand this newspaper to His Majesty the First Emperor.

He Zhi was afraid that after the First Emperor saw the content of the newspaper, the blow would be too great and his body would not be able to withstand it.

But the First Emperor had also ordered him to report everything Zhao Fusu did in detail.

If he did not give this newspaper to His Majesty the First Emperor, he would be disobeying an imperial decree.

With his hands behind his back, He Zhi paced back and forth, unable to make a choice for a moment.

Many nobles came to the Great Qin Empire Paper Shop to buy Magic Box Napkins. Seeing that He Zhi had bought a copy of the newspaper, they all walked over curiously.

Wei Changcheng was one of them.

The pack of Magic Box Napkins Zhao Fusu had given him was used up, so he came to the Great Qin Empire Paper Shop intending to buy more Magic Box Napkins.

He happened to see Liu Jin selling newspapers.

This Liu Jin was a retainer of Li Si.

When Wei Changcheng had brought local specialties full of money to Li Si's residence to pay his respects, it was Liu Jin who had led him to see Li Si.

"Brother Liu, what is a newspaper?"

Wei Changcheng stepped forward and asked Liu Jin, who was peddling the newspapers.

"Brother Wei."

Liu Jin also cupped his fists toward Wei Changcheng with a respectful expression.

This Wei Changcheng was truly a man who knew how to climb the social ladder. He could even be invited by His Majesty the Head of State to attend a Xianyang Palace banquet and drink with Meng Yi, the first Chief Justice of the Great Qin Empire. He was truly a remarkable figure.

"This newspaper was founded by His Majesty the Head of State himself."

Liu Jin first bowed toward the direction of Xianyang Palace from afar.

Then, Liu Jin introduced to Wei Changcheng: "By reading this newspaper, one can know the affairs of the world!"

"Oh!"

Upon hearing Liu Jin say this, Wei Changcheng immediately became interested.

"Brother Wei, one newspaper costs three coins."

Liu Jin said.

"Alright."

Three coins were just small change for Wei Changcheng.

Wei Changcheng bought a copy of the newspaper.

"A Map of the Whole World?"

"The territory of Great Qin is so small on this Map of the Whole World?"

"How can the lands to the west and north be so vast?"

Wei Changcheng felt his worldview had suffered a massive shock.

To the people of this era, the "world" in their minds referred to the Qin Region, the Six Lands, Baiyue, and the Xiongnu.

Zhao Fusu brought out a world map and told them that this was the true world.

This did not just cause a massive shock to the worldviews of He Zhi and Wei Changcheng; the worldviews of nobles like Li Si, Feng Quji, Feng Jie, General Wang Jian, Meng Yi, Wang Li, and Wang Xia were all heavily impacted.

Wei Changcheng's exclamation immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding onlookers.

When they saw that Great Qin's territory occupied only a tiny corner of the world map, they all widened their eyes.

Seeing that there were several other countries as powerful as Great Qin, they became even more incredulous.

But even with several such powerful countries, they still could not occupy all the lands in the world, which made them even more shocked by the vastness of the world.

Wei Changcheng's gaze was fixed intently on the Map of the Whole World.

Since Great Qin's territory was already so small, his hometown, the Wei Territory, was even smaller on the world map.

He searched the Map of the Whole World for quite a while before finally finding the location of his hometown.

Not a few Nobles of the Six Lands felt the same way.

Their hometowns were just too small on the world map; without looking closely, one really could not tell where their hometowns were at a glance.

"Fuck!"

They were all grumbling and cursing.

"Could this map of the world be fake?"

Some nobles raised their doubts.

"It is not impossible, but Great Qin's territory is not fake."

Most of the nobles gathered here had traveled far and wide and were knowledgeable people.

The distribution of forces around Great Qin was consistent with what they knew.

They felt that this map of the world might be real.

They were also curious about who had drawn this map of the world.

And how that person had explored the entire world.

Liu Jin gradually sold all one thousand copies of the newspaper.

The newspaper did not make much money, but the content recorded in it brought a massive shock to the nobles of Xianyang.

As the news spread, the commoners of Xianyang would also come to know that Great Qin only occupied a tiny corner of the world.

With the movement of people and the continuous sale of the first issue of the Great Qin Empire Weekly, everyone in the whole of Great Qin would eventually know!

Recorded in the history books, this day was the day the people of Great Qin opened their eyes to the world.

After hesitating several times, He Zhi finally made a decision.

He would take the newspaper in his hand to show the First Emperor.