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Chieftain
It is Four Thousand BC. After many years of organization, politicking and sometimes coercion, I have finally managed to convince my tribe to settle down and establish ourselves; to work together for our common good. My name is Qin Shu Huang, and I have been named leader of our tribe, we who call ourselves the Chinese, our nation to be known as China. We are industrious people, with a great focus on finance. We are well versed in agriculture and the extraction of precious minerals from the soil.
Despite everything, we find ourselves in a pleasing situation. The coast of a great ocean lies before us, fish and clams, a stable in our tribal society, plentiful and available. The forests behind us beckon, promising riches and adventure. A small tribe to the west of us, former friends of ours in a previous era, seems promising too. We are all full of enthusiasm and joy at the prospect of our future.
It is on that spot, next to the Great River, on the coast of the Great Ocean that we found our first city, Beijing.
Immediately, I order the townspeople to train a group of warriors who will help protect our city in times of need. Our city grows quickly as the surplus of food has left our men and women more capable of producing our future.
Fourty years later, our intrepid warriors march into the tribal village of our neighbours to the west. Our neighbors welcome our warriors into their town and teach them the ways of combat.
Our warriors continue their exploring of our lands and stumble upon a field of rice. This will prove useful in our future expansion.
One early spring day in the year 2760 BC, our brave warriors return to Beijing with astonishing news. We find ourselves on a small island, capable of supporting the core of our empire. Riches of clams and fish have been spotted all along the borders along with great animals called Horses to the north and a delicioius grain, rice, to the east and west. I dismiss the warriors to meet with the Garrison Commander to assign them to their new duties: Protect the city. I turn to my council and we decide on a great plan. We must found more cities on our island and work towards building great ships which will allow us to explore the waters surrounding our island. We must dedicate ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in everything. We must expand our empire to better it.
In 2560 BC, our people organize into a group of workers, who will till the soil and dedicate themselves to the development of the land around our cities. They immediately begin construction of a mine on the hillside to the west. It is our intent to be an industrious city and we require access to the stone and metals needed for our production.
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Despite everything, we find ourselves in a pleasing situation. The coast of a great ocean lies before us, fish and clams, a stable in our tribal society, plentiful and available. The forests behind us beckon, promising riches and adventure. A small tribe to the west of us, former friends of ours in a previous era, seems promising too. We are all full of enthusiasm and joy at the prospect of our future.
It is on that spot, next to the Great River, on the coast of the Great Ocean that we found our first city, Beijing.
Immediately, I order the townspeople to train a group of warriors who will help protect our city in times of need. Our city grows quickly as the surplus of food has left our men and women more capable of producing our future.
Fourty years later, our intrepid warriors march into the tribal village of our neighbours to the west. Our neighbors welcome our warriors into their town and teach them the ways of combat.
Our warriors continue their exploring of our lands and stumble upon a field of rice. This will prove useful in our future expansion.
One early spring day in the year 2760 BC, our brave warriors return to Beijing with astonishing news. We find ourselves on a small island, capable of supporting the core of our empire. Riches of clams and fish have been spotted all along the borders along with great animals called Horses to the north and a delicioius grain, rice, to the east and west. I dismiss the warriors to meet with the Garrison Commander to assign them to their new duties: Protect the city. I turn to my council and we decide on a great plan. We must found more cities on our island and work towards building great ships which will allow us to explore the waters surrounding our island. We must dedicate ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in everything. We must expand our empire to better it.
In 2560 BC, our people organize into a group of workers, who will till the soil and dedicate themselves to the development of the land around our cities. They immediately begin construction of a mine on the hillside to the west. It is our intent to be an industrious city and we require access to the stone and metals needed for our production.
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