Stay Up Late Watching Dramas

The ministers were all astonished, staring dumbfounded at the scene below.

From their current vantage point, they had a perfect panoramic view of the entire city of Chang'an.

Tens of thousands of lights shone brilliantly, making it as bright as day.

Such a sight was absolutely unprecedented for them.

"Are these electric lights?"

Fang Xuanling could not help but speak, "To think they are this bright, illuminating the entire city of Chang'an until it looks like a heavenly palace!"

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from the bottom of the tower.

It was two electricians from the future, currently pulling electrical wires up to where they stood.

After quickly laying the wires, they installed the light strips and pressed the switch.

Instantly, the entire tower was illuminated as well.

Compared to the distant city lights, they could now feel the brightness of these electric lights much more intensely, and looks of unparalleled amazement once again appeared on their faces.

"Haha, my beloved ministers, this is merely the beginning of our Great Tang's golden age. In due time, when hydroelectric, wind, and solar power facilities are spread across the entire territory of the Great Tang, every corner of our empire and all of our people will be able to witness such a sight," Li Shimin said with a laugh.

During his previous discussions with Elder Zeng, Elder Zeng had mentioned that the future generations would help build these basic facilities in the Great Tang.

The future generations were known as infrastructure maniacs. Li Shimin knew very well that with their help, rolling out electricity across the entire Great Tang wouldn't even take a year.

"Captain Wang, the TV and DVD player have been brought over. Do you need us to help plug them in?"

Just then, a few more electricians came upstairs. One of them was carrying an LCD television, while another held a DVD player.

Here in the Great Tang, because satellites did not exist yet, they wouldn't be able to watch TV broadcasts even if they had them.

But a DVD player was different; this device could play simply by inserting a disc.

With the development of technology, DVD players from the future were actually considered obsolete.

Qin Ning looked at the DVD player in the electrician's hands and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Back before the internet was widespread, the orphanage used this very thing to show movies on holidays.

Furthermore, this device had once briefly formed an entire industry chain. Especially on the streets, there were many shops renting and selling discs, enjoying a period of great prosperity.

Even old computer towers used to have DVD drives, using discs to install operating systems and the like. But now it was completely different. With the total popularization of the internet and satellite TV, and the massive explosion of technology, basically no one used DVDs anymore.

Soon, after the wires were connected, Wang Yousheng inserted a disc.

The ministers all watched with confused faces, not understanding what was going on.

It wasn't until the TV screen lit up and began playing a video that everyone was stunned in place.

"Pleasant Goat, Pretty Goat..."

The sound reached their ears, and the screen played the children's cartoon set in the Green Green Grassland.

"Uh... sorry, grabbed the wrong one."

Wang Yousheng froze for a moment and looked at the electrician beside him. "Why do we even have discs for this thing?"

The electrician scratched his head. "I think Elder Zeng specifically ordered it. He said Little Princess Jinyang loves watching it, and he was afraid she wouldn't be able to watch it when she returned to the Great Tang."

"Oh, that's fine then."

Wang Yousheng nodded, then swapped it for a different disc.

However, at this moment, the ministers were already frozen in shock.

Just now, they had seen moving images actually appear in that little box, along with sheep that could talk and sing. This was truly too magical.

Soon, after the disc was swapped, Wang Yousheng pressed a few buttons, and the TV began playing the anti-Japanese war drama Drawing Sword.

"This, this, this..."

Zhangsun Wuji could not help but ask, "Sir, why are there people inside this tiny box?"

"Indeed, the box doesn't look very big, and it's quite flat," Cheng Yaojin also chimed in.

"This is called a television. How should I explain it to you... well, it's similar to the shadow puppetry you know," Wang Yousheng said.

"Is the shadow puppetry of the future generations actually this realistic?"

The crowd was astonished, but soon they all sat back down in their seats and began to watch.

Once they started watching, they were completely sucked in.

Before they knew it, the sky had grown light. Everyone sported dark circles like panda eyes, yet they still wanted more.

"My beloved ministers, it is time for the morning assembly," Li Shimin was the first to stand up.

Only then did everyone realize that it was already the next day.

"I intend to play one episode after every morning assembly from now on. Only those who attend the assembly will be allowed to watch," Li Shimin smiled.

During the Zhenguan era, many ministers actually didn't attend court very often. If one wasn't missing today, another would be missing tomorrow.

Although it basically had no impact on court affairs, it was a matter of discipline.

Now it was perfect. Li Shimin planned to use this TV drama to whet everyone's appetite.

If you want to watch and know what happens next, then you must come to court every day, and only one episode will be shown per day.

After this series finished, there would be another.

Soon, he had someone carry the television down and place it in the Taiji Palace, where everyone gathered for the morning assembly.

Wang Yousheng, Qin Ning, and the teachers had already left to rest in the middle of the night.

TV dramas were attractive to these Great Tang officials, but to people from the future like them, they were quite boring.

At noon.

Qin Ning arrived at the base outside Chang'an City. Not far away, he saw Wang Yousheng busily receiving various items being sent through the portal.

Soon, Li Shimin also arrived with his ministers.

"This is the first batch of weapons Elder Liu had us send over. They are all old Arisaka Type 38 rifles. Although they are basically obsolete in the future, placed here in the Great Tang era, they are enough to sweep across the globe. There are about twenty thousand of them. Have someone come and receive them. Later, I will send someone to teach your soldiers how to use them," Wang Yousheng said.

Then he took out a blueprint and handed it to Li Shimin. "This is the design for a flintlock musket. Although the so-called flintlock has a significant gap compared to the Type 38 rifle, it is still considered a cross-era product. Given the current situation of the Great Tang, it cannot independently produce overly advanced weapons, as that requires the support of basic industry. But a flintlock is relatively much simpler. Take it back and study it. If nothing unexpected happens, the Great Tang should be able to mass-produce them very soon."

At this moment, Cheng Yaojin picked up a Type 38 rifle from the ground, his eyes burning with intensity as he spoke, "Sir, could this thing be what we saw in the TV drama last night? A gun?"

The others also had faces full of fiery passion.

If they hadn't watched the drama last night, they definitely would have thought this was just an ordinary fire poker.

But now, in their eyes, these things were magical treasures comparable to immortal artifacts.