Chapter 068 Finally Some Reactions
The show was a success tonight.
Although only one episode was shown and the weather was freezing cold, no one was willing to leave their seats the entire time. Even if they had to pee urgently, they held it in.
Hold on till the end of the playback.
And after the screening was over, there were still a large number of people waiting on the spot to see if Master Lu was still willing to show them this kind of "immortal shadow play".
While waiting, they were still talking to each other.
"That cheetah runs so fast, it feels like even martial arts masters can't run faster than it."
"It turns out that the lion king doesn't need to hunt much, as he has wives and concubines to support him."
"It's the same reason why our officials don't have to go to the fields to farm."
"There are so many buffaloes. If I knew where they were in Africa, I would definitely take people there to drive hundreds of them back to plow the fields."
"Yes, such good and high-quality cattle are left to fend for themselves in that African hellhole. What a waste."
"I wonder if those black and white zebras can be used as war horses... If not, they can be used as pack horses."
Ordinary people were discussing the matter with great enthusiasm and joy.
They had also heard rumors before that Lu Sen was a 'real person' with great supernatural powers.
But that is just a rumor. If you have not seen it with your own eyes, the rumored paradise on earth and the courtyard where it is spring all year round will never feel real.
But now, the real miracle appeared before their eyes.
That real scene, the sound of animals running and biting.
There are even natural sounds of wind, water, etc.
The scene of the distant world appeared before them.
Keep them fascinated and excited.
On top of Fan Tower, the Eighth Wise Kings and others were silent for a long time, and even now, they were still in shock.
These civil servants are all smart people.
The smarter you are, the more you see.
"My colleagues, what do you think?" The first one to come back to his senses was the Eighth Sage King. He used the kettle on the table to pour himself a cup of fragrant tea and took a sip to cover up his excitement at the moment: "This is the elementary education of the immortal family!"
The table was very large, and there were many civil servants sitting at it, but they were all silent at this moment.
After more than ten breaths, Bao Zheng finally spoke: "It is amazing. I have seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. The immortals' unique skills are indeed extraordinary. But I always feel that Master Lu seems to have other deep meanings in doing this."
The Eighth Sage King smiled and said, "What's the meaning?"
"It's not clear yet." Bao Zheng said calmly, "But as long as he stays in the court for a long time, his intentions will be revealed."
Everyone around agreed.
The Eighth Sage King took another sip of tea and sighed, "A few days ago, the Prince of Runan came to see me. He said that General Di could give up the position of Privy Councilor. But he also had a request. His son-in-law, Master Lu, must serve as the military supervisor in the attack on Xixia after the spring."
Bao Zheng was slightly surprised, he really didn't know about this.
"I heard that he also went to the home of Grand Tutor Pang." Sima Guang continued, "It seems that he was speaking for General Di."
"What are these people thinking? What are they planning?"
The Eighth Sage King sighed again: "I always feel that the appearance of Master Lu has made the court a little complicated."
Then they chatted for a while, then dispersed and went home.
It would be strange if they could sleep soundly after seeing such an exciting scene.
When Lu Sen returned home, he immediately started quarreling with Yang Jinhua and Zhao Bilian.
Before, in order to maintain the dignity of the immortal relatives, they were quite calm in front of the county ladies, princesses, and princesses.
While others were exclaiming in surprise, their faces were as calm as water.
While others were horrified at the sight of the lion king hunting, the two of them sneered and called it cruel and barbaric.
But this is all fake.
The shock they experienced was no less than that of the wives and concubines of other high-ranking officials and nobles.
Moreover, the two of them had just stolen the show, and almost all the noble ladies were trying to find ways to get close to them.
Kurozuya and Ringo were more calm.
This is also related to the fact that these two people have been with Lu Sen for a long time and have long been accustomed to their husband's magical powers.
Lu Sen originally thought that the two women in his family would just stop making trouble after a while, but they turned out to be still excited late at night. It took him a lot of effort to deal with them... The means he used were rather strong and embarrassing.
The next day, when Lu Sen got up at four in the morning, he not only felt tired, but also his waist was sore.
After drinking a few sips of honey, I felt much better.
When he arrived at the palace for the morning court session, he saw a large group of civil and military officials yawning and with dark circles under their eyes.
Even Di Qing, the usually energetic warrior, looked tired.
But the blood and energy of the Prince of Runan are still good... Mainly because he is Lu Sen's pillar of support. Every once in a while, Lu Sen would ask Zhao Bilian to send some lettuce and fruits, and a bottle of honey every two or three months.
Therefore, the Prince of Runan probably ate some fruit or drank some honey, which is why he was so energetic.
And this time, Zhao Zhen was a little late.
The dark circles under his eyes are heavier, which is probably related to the fact that his high blood pressure makes it more difficult for him to fall asleep.
When he was young, Zhao Zhen was once a thin and handsome man. Unfortunately, after he reached middle age, he became fat and his health deteriorated.
He yawned in an indecent manner, looked around , and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that all of you, my dear ministers, are just like me, in that you are all overwhelmed by Master Lu's immortal methods and can't sleep."
All the ministers burst into laughter.
Then Zhao Zhen looked at Lu Sen with a smile on his face: "Master Lu, all of us were really amazed last night. It turns out that the immortals' elementary education and the immortals' shadow puppetry are so magical."
"You are too kind, sir."
"Is there anything to watch tonight?" Zhao Zhen asked anxiously.
Lu Sen looked at the civil and military officials around him and said, "I think it's better to wait for two or three more days. My colleagues don't look very energetic."
"It's okay, they can hold on." Zhao Zhen waved his hand.
Other civil and military officials also immediately responded.
"Yes, yes, we can handle it."
"Master Lu, don't worry about us, just use your immortal abilities."
"It's okay. If I die of exhaustion, it will be a beautiful thing."
Seeing the eagerness of the people in the court, Lu Sen said, "How about we continue the screening as long as it doesn't rain?"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of applause in the court.
No wonder the officials are so excited.
The entertainment and popular science images from thousands of years later are a real dimensionality reduction attack in this world.
Seeing the chaos in the court, Zhao Zhen coughed softly and then shouted, "My dear ministers, please be quiet. I have something to ask Master Lu."
All the officials quieted down.
"Master Lu, after watching the so-called 'image' last night, there are some things I don't understand. Please help me solve my confusion."
Lu Sen clasped his fists in a false salute and said, "Your Majesty, please feel free to ask."
"In the video, a male voice explains what the word 'Africa' means."
Lu Sen already had a plan for this.
At the same time, in order to prevent the images from containing some special terms and buildings from later times, he used the editing function of the projector to cut out a lot of shots.
The original word for Africa is 'Africa', which he remembered seemed to be Greek, meaning a sunny and hot place.
When we get to China, it is simply called Africa.
But of course this explanation is not possible now, so Lu Sen said, "After Master acquired the great supernatural power, he traveled through the four realms and discovered that the world was so big that it was hard to imagine, and there were no Chinese people there, so Master called those lands 'non-Chinese continents', or Africa for short. But later he found that this statement was wrong, because he continued to travel and discovered several more overseas continents, and some of them were not connected to other continents. In order to make it easier to remember, he filled in the name of Africa on the map he drew and left an image. As for other continents, he changed their names."
Everyone suddenly understood.
Although the word Africa does not sound nice, but as a respect for the pioneers and great masters, they must of course acknowledge and retain the word Africa.
So, the historian standing by immediately wrote down these words.
Zhao Zhen was fascinated by what he heard.
In his imagination, Lu Sen's master, Taoist Feng Ling, ate wind and drank dew, traveled all over the world alone, and saw all the beautiful scenery in the world.
The Eighth Sage King was surprised and asked, "Master Lu, according to what you said, there are several continents in this world. Is it the same as what is recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas?"
"I have read a little bit of Shan Hai Jing. How should I put it? It is very different from the map drawn by my master." Lu Sen thought for a while and continued, "Also, the strange beasts recorded in it are almost non-existent. Occasionally there are some that look similar, but they are not as magical as those recorded in the book."
"What about the big Kun?" A civil servant asked curiously, "Since Master Lu went out to sea, he should have seen the giant sea beast, the big Kun."
"This one does exist. It is a hundred feet long, a real sea monster." Lu Sen said with a smile, "Master has seen it when he was diving in the sea, and he also remembered it in the image. But this Kun cannot transform into a Peng with wings."
"That is to say, as long as Master Lu continues to project the images, we will be able to see the giant Kun in the sea one day?" Zhao Zhen asked in surprise.
Lu Sen nodded slightly.
Then Zhao Zhen and the officials asked many more questions about Master Lu Sen, but Lu Sen answered them all with the prepared questions.
During the entire morning court session, no one mentioned dealing with government affairs. Everyone was just listening to Lu Sen bragging.
After the court session ended, Lu Sen went out to the street and found that the discussion among the people was even more heated.
About half a million people watched the screening last night.
After all, the city of Bianjing is very large, and the large screen that Lu Sen built on the city wall can only be clearly seen by people within one kilometer. People farther away can only see blurry colored blocks.
And those who have seen it will naturally appear and brag about it while drinking hot tea.
Some people praised the content of the video, while others praised the methods used by Lu Senxian family.
In less than half a day, everyone in the capital city had realized that Lu Sen was indeed a great wizard with real talent.
More and more people are planning to watch the "Xianjia Shadow Play" tonight.
When Lu Sen passed by the street and saw this situation, he was quite happy and satisfied.
For this screening, he spent a huge amount of money, using up all the gemstones his family had received in the past two years to make an external energy source called a 'redstone energy pack'.
He didn't know what the principle was, but this thing could serve as a power source for a large projector.
Since a huge amount of money has been spent, it must be effective.
Lu Sen planned to first show popular science videos such as Animal World to tell Bei Song how big the world is and how rich the resources outside are.
After they are mentally prepared, more shocking content will be released.
For example...the earth is round!
However, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight.
After all, when people receive too much information, they need a buffer period, otherwise it will only backfire.
So in the following days, as long as the weather was not bad, Lu Sen would go to show the video.
In just over two months, the people of Bianjing City saw most of the animals in the world.
Also follow the images, from the desert to the seabed, to the snow-capped mountains, and then to the rainforest.
I saw all kinds of colorful and weird creatures in nature.
Moreover, the information mentioned in it intentionally or unintentionally makes many brave "adventurers" eager to take action.
For example, the Spice Islands, or... a certain land in Australia, where open-air high-purity iron mines seem to be everywhere, as well as large amounts of gold nuggets exposed on the ground and gold sand flowing in the rivers.
People were shocked at the abundance of resources in these places and discussed it every day. More civilians were envious of the tens of millions of ownerless black buffaloes on the grasslands.
Many times, a film or TV work can change the perception of a group of people.
Especially when the information gap is overwhelming.
Animal World has been broadcast for two months, and now many people are openly discussing whether or not to ask the Semites to help transport the black buffalo back.
As a result, some people started to curse: That place was discovered by Master Lu Zhenren, why should we invite the Semites there? What if they transported all the cattle back to their own homes?
The person who was scolded smiled awkwardly.
And in such an atmosphere, someone finally came to Lu Sen with sincerity.
Luo Zhao and Luo Jixiang, two of the three envoys of the Secretariat, came to the door with three servants and two Semites.
Initially, the Three Departments were only in charge of salt, iron, and finance, but later tea, wine, oil, minerals, etc. were all under the jurisdiction of the Three Departments.
The Maritime Customs Office, which was responsible for river transportation and foreign sea transportation, was naturally also under the jurisdiction of the Three Departments.
Luo Zhao has gray hair and is fifty-seven years old. He is a low-key person and doesn't like to talk in the court. His presence is quite low.
The Prince of Runan once mentioned to Lu Sen that this person must not be underestimated.
He has a wide network of contacts and is privately respected by all officials.
Lu Sen invited him to have a talk in the pavilion. As for the two Semites, they naturally waited outside the yard.
"I've heard people talk about this paradise on earth every day, and now I've finally seen it." Luo Jixiang is old and starts to feel cold. To him, the warm courtyard on the hill is a real paradise: "Master Lu's extraordinary skills have opened my eyes again."
"Thank you." Lu Sen clasped his fists and said, "If Luo Jixiang has any official business, he can just call me to the Third Division. Why bother coming here in person? The snow has fallen and the roads are slippery, which is not conducive to travel."
Luo Zhao said indifferently: "If I don't take this opportunity, I won't have the nerve to see this paradise on earth."
Lu Sen was speechless: "If Luo Jixiang wants to, he can come anytime. There is no need to be polite."
"Just take a look. Once you've seen it, you won't be obsessed with it anymore." Luo Zhao held the square glass cup in his hands with both hands, hesitated for a while, and said, "Master Lu, a few days ago, in the video you showed, you mentioned the Spice Islands, saying that there is only summer there, no spring, autumn or winter, the trees are evergreen all year round, and there are a lot of spices of different flavors growing all over the land. The ministers in the court were quite excited to hear this and wanted to send a fleet to take a look. I wonder if Master Lu has a sea route map of the Spice Islands!"
