Fantasy Starting from the Stone Age - Chapter 88



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Episode 88. The Difficulty of Governing

Humans on Earth have lived in the Paleolithic Age for 3 million years, and it only took about 200 years for wireless telegraphy to become smartphones.

What about the bow? It was literally a Paleolithic weapon, but it was simply improved and coexisted with gunpowder weapons, and was used until the Middle Ages.

Cavalry is a plus. When you say cavalry, you get the impression that it’s a really old-fashioned branch of military, but it was actually used in the 1900s, up until World War I.

Is this really the era when military cavalry completely disappeared? Even in the 2000s, cavalry still exists. Cavalry is better in places where vehicles have difficulty moving.

It’s confusing, isn’t it? The world hasn’t changed much since the scientific revolution. Old weapons still have their uses.

Do you think a 2000s Homo sapiens wouldn’t die if they were hit with a 1400s hand cannon?

Die. Whether you get hit with a bow, a sword, or a head-chopping blow with an axe, the creature’s durability is the same. You die.

People living in the early 2000s on Earth have always lived in a period of transition.

When I was young, there were only landlines and public phones, not to mention cell phones. But 10 years later, cell phones became popular, 10 years later, smartphones, and 10 years later, artificial intelligence programs.

However, in reality, it is very difficult for science and technology to develop. Even in Datang, which has a population of several hundred million, the development of science and technology is very slow.

This is also because they possessed technology that immediately overwhelmed the so-called mystical science and technology.

Datang’s spirit cavalry competed with tanks even in an age when machine guns and mortars were popular.

Do you find the spirit tree that has been bred for 20,000 years funny?

Even in this world’s modern era, the fastest means of transportation was not an airplane or a ship, but a high-end wind ostrich that ran as fast as a bullet train, so it is natural that Datang’s technology did not seem to have advanced.

That is, since Datang already had creatures stronger than chariots and faster than cars, strictly speaking, one could say that there is no significant difference in the military sector between prehistoric times and modern times.

Well, not really, but essentially. The mystery is already far above and the technology is far below, so there is no need to develop the technology.

Just as Homo sapiens do not research new mechanisms that do not use electricity because they find life inconvenient without electricity.

However, those who developed chemistry did not develop chemistry to make fertilizers and advance mankind.

The chemists of Earth, you could say, just wanted to make gold. They did all sorts of weird and bizarre experiments just to do that, and as they did, they came to understand weird stuff and the world around them.

The academic tone of Datang was extremely focused on the fields of museology and ecology, as the greatest scholar was Castel Laurent… … but there were people who studied more ‘practical’ subjects.

Even though at first glance it might seem like a really useless field.

Like most mine runs, which turn out to be accidental rather than intentional, Iza also didn’t really have the intention to do it, but she found her way to the mine run.

As I said before, I’m from the aristocracy of the Great Forest, and I have no connection to sports at all.

It has been a thousand years since the Lezhaoui Medakbo ascended the throne as Anlai. In other words, it has been a long time since the legal system, taxes, and currency of Datang were circulated and spread throughout the continent.

Ah. The name of the currency is ‘Donum’. The exchange rate and prices vary greatly from region to region, but in Datang, 1 Donum is enough to fill you up for a meal.

Datang is still the same. There have been minor advances, but they are minor enough that they are not necessarily recorded in history books. Things like the ability to carve patterns on pottery more beautifully, or the discovery of new recipes.

Across the isthmus, the Baekkan and Iyakan are in fierce conflict, in the north, the Erins are plotting something, and the Baekkan traders who are trying to go west by going around the desert are losing control of the seas to the Half-Blood Kingdom in the northern region.

There were various things going on outside of Datang, but Datang remained the same. Other countries were developing rapidly, but they didn’t care.

Because it’s Datang. The greatest country in the world. Datang just continues to breed creatures as it always has, and maintains a balance between a proper quality of life and environmental improvement.

And to the north of the Great Forest, in the land ruled by the Gulmuks, the nobles of the forest, there was a Gulmun (king).

She is an introverted, fat woman (based on Darton standards) who became a slut herself because her father was a slut.

But he was neither stupid nor particularly evil or kind. He was above average in terms of the qualities of a ruler.

However, the other ghouls and her people did not like her very much.

“Why is our oyster so slow?”

“I hate exercising and I only like eating.”

“I guess I’m just lazy by nature. I don’t even know what I’m doing.”

It’s true that I’m slow, hate exercising, and like to eat.

To be honest, she was one step away from the aristocratic culture of the geul-mu-beops who were running around trying to become the king of giri. She just lived comfortably.

But it’s a misconception that I’m lazy. I just do things efficiently.

The reason why people don’t know what she’s doing is because she does her work meticulously so that the people don’t experience any inconvenience.

However, she did not commit tyranny, so her reign lasted only about 12 years.

She ascended to the throne when she was about 20 years old, so it would be expected that she would have a family, but she only has children and no husband.

Although the Gulmun had a culture of marriage, she only had children who were not successors, just like the Daton style.

It was a way of dealing with the world. If you don’t clearly designate a successor, then maybe the neighboring country’s Gulmun will be able to take over this land.

So the nobles around her treat her very well, and she stabilizes the diplomatic relations of the land, which could have been somewhat rough. This is also not a matter of obvious political skill.

It is one means because her land is extremely good. The best Iral River north of this great forest. The land called ‘Diman’ in that river basin.

Beginning about mid-northeast, the floodplains attached to this large, regularly flooding river, which ran up and down the isthmus, were a huge honeymoon.

If you just sow a few seeds after the flood, you’ll be able to harvest a mountain of crops.

As the master of this land, she has made efforts to rule her people and stabilize the political situation. There is no special reason… …nothing in particular. It was just her duty from the moment she was born.

The change in her perception of him, which had always been the same, came one day because of a creature she saw while patrolling the Iral River.

“hmm……?”

At that time, the scaled hippopotamus also spread to the river here. Fortunately, thanks to the spread of spirit magic, no one was harmed.

But instead, there is a creature that is injured. It is a six-legged crocodile. A distant relative of the dragon, this huge creature with six legs is a perfect prey to the jaws of the scaled hippopotamus.

There are no large rivers in Datang, and any water there would be swamps, so giant carnivores swimming in such large rivers are only found here.

The six-legged crocodile was torn in half by the scaly hippopotamus. There were only a few eggs around the mother crocodile, as if she was trying to protect her children.

“hmm.”

She decides to grow it without thinking much about it. Everyone here just thinks the fat woman is crazy… … .

About five years later, after she transformed the giant six-legged crocodile into a river spirit, they all shut their mouths.

“Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, how?!”

“I thought it would work if I read Castle Laurent’s theory book?”

Spirit water only appears in the Holy Land because that’s where the celestial magic is most abundant.

Then I just thought that if I had a huge amount of celestial magic power, I could gather my willpower and create a spirit water. So I brought the moon spirit and squandered some of the national treasury I had saved (I could do that with Gulmun) to greatly increase the magic concentration and tested it, and it worked! A spirit that had never existed in the Holy Land. A new spirit, the river spirit water, was created.

This is my first visit to Mainirun.

“What a great spirit army! Certainly. If you can become an ostrich, then it’s not impossible for you to become a crocodile.”

“You are too kind. It is all thanks to the theory of Castel Laurent.”

“Do you have a name in mind?”

“I was born in this river, so Iral… … Since I am called fat, should I call this Iral’s fat?”

“Then Iral Tata. Let’s do that. From now on, you are Diman Chaun, a friend of Iral Tata.”

Fat Gulmun has become the most powerful man in the North.

It was absurd that she, who was old and fat, received a crazy marriage proposal. It wasn’t common for someone of the All-Chaun clan, an All-Datun clan, to come along.

However, Diman Chaun thought of something else at that time. It was because of the person he met when he visited Mainilun.

“Castle Laurent. Thanks to you, I was able to create the spirit water.”

“I had done it a lot before Hanjutamal, but after that, I was moved to be able to revive the skills that had been put to use.”

“Anyone can read and learn.”

“I sense that you have the makings of a scholar. Do you ever think of becoming a scholar? Even taking snails?”

Diman Chaun thinks for a moment. Then he will be called Lauren. His authority will also increase.

“The path of a scholar is wonderful and suits my aptitude… … but now that I’m here, I have some new desires.”

“New desires?”

“A new path that has never been seen before.”

“Oh. Are you greedy?”

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t greedy. I’ve been thinking about something. Would you like to hear it?”

Diman Chaun tells Kaslauren his theory, along with some of the things he has been researching as a hobby.

“That’s great.”

“Is it great?”

“I study what I see, and you study what I cannot see. That is a great achievement. It already seems like a new path.”

Diman Chaun thinks about it. Then he shakes his head.

“It’s not finished yet. But I think we can decide on a name for this path in advance.”

“What is it?”

“Lauren, whose symbol is a snail that runs and crawls diligently, is soon a symbol of progress.

However, this crocodile’s hunting method of waiting at the water’s edge and waiting for prey to come is in some sense a symbol of laziness. I call it a lazy person who looks up at the sky.”

“Mana Yupa (a lazy person who looks up at the sky). Well, I hope that when I call you again someday, I can call you Mana Yupa.”

She thinks about that conversation and rejects all the marriage proposals.

She then organizes her research findings in her study.

Drawn on it were numerous numbers and figures. It was an essential virtue for a monarch who had to accurately measure the area of ​​a flooded river and settle disputes, according to the calculation and calculation methods of Lullo, which were already known at the time.

Math. Unlike Lauren, who deals with real things, lazy people who deal with metaphysical areas in their heads.

“The movements of the celestial bodies are regular. If you can calculate them, if you can read the patterns of dates accurately… … . You can accurately predict when to sow and harvest, and get a larger harvest.”

The ultimate lazy bum. This woman who just sits in the corner of her room and thinks is now stepping into the means of controlling ‘time’ by humans.

It’s been 12,500 years since the mythical era. The development of the calendar has finally begun.

Fantasy starting from the Stone Age