To defend his new empire, the first emperor begins
为了保卫新生的国家 这位君王
Perhaps the most ambitious engineering project
开始了人类历史上最大规模的
In the story of mankind:
工程建设:
The great wall of China.
修筑长城
Designed to hold back the nomadic hordes of central Asia,
长城是为抵御亚洲其他游牧民族的入侵而建
And extended over the next 1800 years.
修建工程持续到之后的一千八百年
Construction claims a million lives.
共动用了一百万人力
But after 11 years of rule,
但在十一年的统治后
On a journey to find a legendary magical spring
在前往寻找传说中
Said to hold the secret of eternal life,
喝后能永生的泉水的路途上
Shi huang di, the most powerful man in the world,Falls ill.
秦始皇 这个人类历史上最强大的君王 病了
Mercury tablets prescribed by his doctors to make him immortal
御医为他开了含水银的所谓的长生不老药
Are destroying his brain and body.
彻底地摧毁了他的身体和大脑