“
At last, I arrived,” a man looked around and seemed new to the environment. He took a deep breath and
walked around. He was standing in a forest where only few people lived nearby. Looking upwards, a hill was
about ten kilometers away from him
He could see some people were freighting the rammed earth, stones, and woods and some people were
building something on the two sides of the hills.
A farmer walked pass. The man immediately stopped the farmer. “My name is Chan. I’m new to here. What
does the king call himself?”
The farmer was shocked at first, then he looked at Chan weirdly and answered, “The First Emperor.”
Chan grinned and it frightened the farmer away.
“
Welcome me,” said Chan “Qin dynasty…”
4
I was puzzled where I was.
A second ago, I was still in the little room. A second later, I was in this ridiculous place. I was surrounded
by lots of people. They looked at me so weirdly seemed I was an alien. Strangely, they were dressed like ancient
Chinese whom I could only see in my Chinese History text book.
“
What’s a strange man....” whispered by the people around.
“
Oh! Who is even stranger! I am just a normal Form three student, who is defined as a strange person by
you strange guys!” I almost cried out.
“
Hey! Go to work, go to work! Don’t you guys want your dinner?” a fat man wearing a soldier’s custom,
about six feet tall with a round face, shouting and walking towards me.
“
Wow! How strange were you! Are you from other countries?” actually, I really didn’t think I was strange.
The round-face man continued, “But never mind. If you want your dinner, work now.”
“
What? I’ve my freedom to work or not! You have no power to rule me!” said I.
“
Maybe,” said the soldier shook his shoulders “But the king does.”
“
Huh?”
“
The First Emperor,” said the soldier “It’s his dynasty.”
I was sure I was dreaming.
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I still felt my cheek being burnt.
When I asked the soldier to hit in order to see whether I was dreaming or not, the soldier immediately
slapped me and gave me a big grin.
“
I must take revenge, Mr. Pumpkin …” said I, using water to wash my face.
I had already changed my clothes to the same style as what the Qin’s people wore. And just like those
people, I had to work in order to get my dinner.
But how did I come to this dynasty?
I remembered I had fallen into the ‘black hole’…
Then I was here.
How mysterious!
I started to transport the heavy stones from place to place, following the people. It was a very harsh job
especially it was a very sunny day. I was constructing the Great Wall, one of the signatures of China in the
‘
future’.
While I was thinking how to return home, it was already evening. It was time for dinner.
Mr. Pumpkin, a nickname I gave to the fat soldier since he was so fat, came to sit next to me and said,
“
Where’re you from?”
To my surprise, the soldiers in Qin’s dynasty were quite friendly.
“
Hong Kong,” I answered without thinking.
“
Huh?” exclaimed Mr. Pumpkin “Fine. Nowadays, there’re so many foreigners…”
“
You mean that there is someone dresses like me?” asked I.
“
Umm… yes,” said Mr. Pumpkin “The man called himself Chan. He asked me that when he could see the
king…”
Chan… Chan’s Factory…
“
Where is he now?” asked I nervously. It was very important news.