#Shen Jiu becomes a silk merchant instead of a Qing Jing disciple AU

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Shen Jiu's first impression of the West (namely Rome)

Free bread to all - what's not to love?!

(Okay, there's still a crap ton of slavery, scandalous attire, no freaking privacy in the baths-

There's a lot of things to be annoyed about!)

All in all, it's a very foreign place and Shen Jiu has a lot of complain and dislike about. Rome, in his eyes, is far worse with how it forces all men into the army for 25 years. And sure, slaves could purchase their freedom, but Shen Jiu was suspicious of how the masters would have a million tricks up their sleeves to prevent such a thing...

Plus it's all the little things in life that really irritates him, from the different beds to the utensils...

The sooner he can return back to the road, the better.

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AU where Shen Qinqiu is a silk merchant from Shanghai on the Silk Road during the Han dyntasy who travels to Rome and back often to trade. During his time in Rome, he runs into this street urchin who is half-Roman, half-Chinese named Luo Binghe who is actually the illegitimate son of a Roman nobleman and another Chinese merchant woman. Binghe doesn't know much about his mother's heritage and can only speak Latin, but he's intrigued and starts travelling with Shen Qingqiu.

Oh! This could be an AU where when Shen Jiu joins Cang Qiong, it's not as a Qing Jing peak disciple but rather as an An Ding disciple. Yue Qi didn't hold enough sway to convince the peak lords to take in this too old teenager as a cultivator of such a prestigous peak, but still, to make this young one happy, they graciously allowed Shen Jiu to be taken into An Ding peak.

The kid should be happy that he's got a roof over his head, 3 meals a day, and the opportunity to learn some cultivation techniques, okay?!

Naturally Shen Jiu isn't all that happy with the end results, sticking long enough to learn what he thought he should learn before departing the sect. And with the funds he was able to save up, selling the talisman and little cultivation trinkets to mortals, Shen Jiu... picks up a job as a merchant.

It's quite a profitable job actually. Cultivators are scornful to such bland regular jobs, but Shen Jiu makes a killing thanks to all the wares he can cart around in his qiankun pouches. Plus the sheer distance he can travel by flying on a sword everyday-!

Shen Jiu, ever so ambitious, even goes so far as to challenge himself to fly west where the largest profits can be made, hauling so much silks and delicate porcelain sets within his sleeves and pockets. If the West was truly as rich as the stories claimed it was, Shen Jiu estimated that he only needed a few trips before he was set for life and he could retire in a rich mansion out in the countryside, never having to lift a finger again!

Bah, who needed to be some arrogant cultivation peak lord to be happy! Shen Jiu was more than happy with his lot in life - and he knew Yue Qi had to be ecstatic about not having a stain of his past continue to haunt him in the 12 peaks.

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If we're talking corn and coffee, then chilis and potatoes might be on the table as well. Who says that a rich enough silk merchant couldn't eventually build his own fleet of trade ships and explore the overseas options? Especially if they've got their own wares that more people than just the Romans and Europeans would want.

Shen Jiu would be ambitious enough to do that, methinks. Shen Jiu could get into luxury fur trades as well, which would be a big hit with the colder climates. Maybe Shang Qinghua is still the An Ding peak lord in this timeline and starts sweating a little when he sees fantasy beaver and otter pelts being circulated among the trade contracts because he knows those things existing means someone has reached the other side of the sea.

He banished those first draft demons which were too fucked and OP even for his stallion novel to a different continent in the hopes of one day serving as high level enemies for Bingge if he needed more padding but forgot about them. But oh does he remember now, now that Shen Jiu has inadvertently opened up a route between the continents in his search for economic domination.

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Did you read my fic? Did you like it? Do you have any suggestions for future chapters or feedback?

Reading it makes me REALLY want to know how the fuck did Shen Jiu and Yue Qingyuan make up. What in the world could make Yue Qingyuan finally man up and do more than apologize and make sad puppy eyes at Shen Jiu????

Feedback? There's that scene where Shen Yuan is solicitating suggestions on what he should bring back - just who are those old men, bakers, etc. and why would they be crowded alongside the peak lords when Shen Yuan is saying goodbye? Wouldn't such farewells normally be reserved for family/friends? Not random strangers just elbowing their way in to pip in suggestions?

I'm excited to see Shang Qinghua and Shen Yuan's relationship be explained, especially when factoring the whole age gap being more explicitly here and mama bear!Shen Jiu lurking behind, still being sus AF about Shang Qinghua' spy status.

Also can't wait to see Shen Yuan's personality being revealed more in depth. Seeing how Shen Yuan's reaction to the group of women dressed in only one layer and not being jealous (wishing that he could do the same BlueThursday style) is interesting and certainly different from canon!Shen Yuan. Did Shen Jiu beat in ancient China standards of modesty? Is this the influence of growing up in Cang Qiong since he was a babe instead of immediately manifesting an adult body with Adult Decision Making Powers to Make Wrong Decisions?

Would also love to see the other trade routes being explored and explained. Like how cinnamon, native to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), the neighboring Malabar Coast of India, and Myanmar (Burma) made its way up to China and Cang Qiong. (Oh! Are there any demon traders? Or Shang Qinghua used Mobei Jun as a pack mule to get his much desired SPICES because no one is going to stop him from getting his American white girl styled pumpkin spiced latte!)

Oh! Luo Binghe being assumed to be mixed race between Roman and Ceres person - would the latter be assumed to be a slave woman? (What country is even Ceres?? My mind immediately jumped to Central Asia area for whatever reason.) I wonder how assuming such a background would influence Luo Binghe's mindset - would he be interested in Shen Yuan because he's exotic? Is he going to be concerned that Shen Yuan wouldn't fall in love outside of the Han(?) race? How are values and cultures going to clash between the two?

Oh damn, this got way too long. But to conclude, yes I enjoy it a lot! Not sure if you did a lot of research or you just know way too much about this... era? Genre? period? Ancient Rome stuff? in general, but it's fantastic. I have so many questions that I desperately need answered! Hope I didn't overwhelm you hehehe...

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May 2023 masterpost

tywin lannister x sung jinwoo

Moshang Levirate Marriage AU

Shen Jiu thinks that ghost!Shen Yuan that is haunting him is his ancestor AU

hannibal lector reborn as Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe's firstborn son AU

european fantasy mdzs AU: Lan Qiren is the dragon 'uncle' to princesses Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji

luo binghe as sephiroth and shen yuan as cloud strife AU

evil overlord shen yuan needs an evil queen so he picked henchman luo binghe to be promoted AU

getou suguru (jjk) adopts shen jiu and yue qi (svsss) au

after sqq self-destructs something goes wrong and he’s reborn into the body of the huan hua palace lord au

rich housewives of cang qiong peak AU

modern SVSSS AU where shen yuan's parents are shen jiu and yue qingyuan

getou suguru (jjk) adopts shen jiu and yue qi (svsss) au

Shang Qinghua and the DILFs AU

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Shen Jiu time travels and decides to hide from cang qiong by becoming a concubine AU

SJ is stuck as a ghost after being replaced by SY and only LQG can see SJ's ghost form au

give me that Architect X Sung Jinwoo fic idea because i need this weird AF au to exist

if the Qing generation was written like they are the millennial gen and their disciples gen z… AU

shen qingqiu adopts a pregnant cat; luo binghe Misunderstand everything AU

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