It Became a Symbol of the Bronze Age - Chapter 294



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Episode 294. For the Black Horn (2)

Geoguroo did not agree with my plan.

“No, does that make sense?”

That makes sense.

Because he doesn’t know history.

But my ‘plan’ was actually realized in history by the hands of the Aslaju monarch, Isabu.

‘It’s the Umbrella Corporation subjugation incident.’

This is the incident where the remote island of Umbrella was brought under Silla without a fight, through a giant lion statue.

Of course, the lion statue itself did not exist in history.

Silla subjugated Usanguk in an ordinary manner.

There are some historians who say that the lion statue story was intended to promote Buddhism.

… Well, I don’t know about Monk Iryeon’s , but it is quite remarkable that the same content is even written in Kim Bu-sik’s .

Kim Bu-sik was a person who took the motto of “I will not write about the impossible” and when he wrote the tales of Jumong and Park Hyeokgeose, he meticulously added annotations, saying, “Honestly, it doesn’t make sense to say that people knew about it, but I will write it because it is a story that has been handed down.”

However, there is no similar commentary on this ‘lion statue incident’. Whether this is true or not, it is said that from the perspective of Kim Bu-sik, a contemporary, this was not an absurd act of brute force, but rather a ‘story that seemed quite possible’.

“Even in the archipelago, there aren’t many large animals. Heukgak Island is even smaller than that. They’ve probably never seen a large wild animal in their lives, so how could they not be shocked and surrender if they saw a fire-breathing animal?”

I tried hard to persuade him.

“…I don’t know.”

It didn’t work.

After thinking about it for a while.

Geoguroo came up with a different idea.

“Is the Benny’s ship big?”

“yes.”

“Then, how about this? We can also load a small, fast ship onto the merchant ship. If your… no, vice-minister’s plan works, that’s fortunate, but even if it doesn’t, if we have such an emergency measure, we can fight hand-to-hand to a certain extent.”

“A small boat?”

“Yes. They operate small ships and are supported by gunners and gunners on the decks of merchant ships. If a slow merchant ship stands alone, it is a huge whale. Even a huge whale can become food for sharks if it lets its guard down. However, if there are many small sharks helping the big whale, it can be a worthwhile fight.”

What should I say… It reminds me of the carriers and interceptors from SXCraft.

“We have buoyant shields and iron armor… and honestly, our tribesmen from Seorabeol have more experience fighting in small boats than in large ones.”

To summarize:

You won’t believe me.

So, even if things don’t go as I say, I’m going to prepare for anything that might happen.

‘…Is it okay?’

Of course, I do not blindly believe in this board strategy until the end. It worked on Ulleungdo, but there is no guarantee that it will work on Ryukyu.

Besides, Isabu probably wouldn’t have gone out relying only on the wooden lion statue. He must have thought of some sub-plans. The more sub-plans, the better.

Actually, this is one of my weaknesses. Since I am a history major, I tend to blindly believe in historical facts.

But this weakness was not highlighted because I always had other talented people by my side. It was because I was aware that I was not good enough and knew to some extent that all my knowledge was not the ‘truth’.

The one who perfected horsemanship that came out of my mouth was Han Jin, the one who created iron tools was Eul Ji, the one who perfected the method of destroying enemy forces was Jung Soo, and the one who succeeded in creating a republic was Han Ho.

Without them, my thoughts would have remained just a theory, without any influence on the world.

Confucius of Confucianism was like that, and Shang Yang of Legalism was like that. They were initially just theoreticians, but after they were promoted by Duke Lu and Duke Xiao of Jin, Confucianism and Legalism established themselves as the governing philosophies of a country and began to influence the world.

Now, it was Geoguroo. He was good at sea and changed my strategy to something a little more useful, efficient, and trouble-free.

“Geoguru, you are truly an outstanding talent.”

“…Suddenly?”

“I’m serious. So, let’s split the work between the two of us. You prepare the plan via the ‘small boat’. In the meantime, I’ll make the plan via the wooden statue.”

“…If it’s to that extent, then I understand.”

***

That evening.

I met Dalby.

“ma’am.”

“yes?”

“Are you still in contact with the people who made the ‘Songdeokbi’ with my face engraved on it?”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

Dalbi pretended not to know.

“I didn’t make the Songdeokbi. It just suddenly appeared one day.”

“…It’s important.”

“…Well, if you want to reach it, you can. The Moon Goddess Tribe… well, the Silver Miners Tribe.”

“Please call them.”

“…What do you need?”

“I want to make a statue out of wood. I’m thinking of carving a tiger.”

In the story of the board of directors, the part that historians are usually most interested in is the part about the ‘lion’.

Why was it a lion, which did not even live in the Korean Peninsula or Manchuria, and not a tiger? The general reason is that Buddhism had just begun to enter Silla at that time.

‘Because the lion is a very meaningful animal in Buddhism.’

During the period when the Isabu was active, Silla was eagerly accepting Buddhism. There was no reason to hesitate in introducing Buddhism, as it could relieve the worries of the people and even strengthen the class order through the idea of ​​reincarnation.

The lion statue of the conquest of Umbrella Kingdom is also often interpreted in this context. It is as if the lion statue, rather than the tiger, was created in order to insert the message of ‘Buddhist help’ into the great event of war.

But Asadal didn’t necessarily create a lion.

This is a time when Gautama Siddhartha wasn’t even born yet. Instead of a non-existent lion statue, let’s just make a tiger statue.

“If we only make tigers, won’t the bears hate it?”

Dalbi, who is from the bear tribe, was jealous.

Okay, check.

“Let’s make a bear statue too.”

“Well then, the Celestials are a bit….”

“…I will also carve a giant bird.”

Let’s go with the content of the Shindansuji, not Buddhism.

Perhaps later historians might see this and write, ‘This is a metaphor for the bear tribe and the tiger tribe.’

and.

What the board of directors created was not just a lion statue.

“Eulji-ya, I have something for you to make.”

It’s a fire-breathing lion statue.

How did the Yuan Dynasty’s board of directors start a fire?

They may have used sulfur or pitch, or they may have simply used torches or something similar.

But what about Asadal?

There is no need to write something like that.

“I will put a mokpo in the mouth of the finished tiger.”

Just put Mokpo in and pull it out.

***

As time passed,

In Haedongseong, about a hundred naval soldiers came down to ‘support’ Seorabeolbu.

“…About a hundred people.”

Compared to when we occupied the archipelago and Juho last time, the number is extremely small… but there is a reason for that.

First of all, Ryukyu is a small island.

There is no need to send a huge army.

Second, at that time, Seorabeolbu was a junbu.

Since it was a semi-provincial unit, the center of work was central, so naturally a lot of troops were needed.

And thirdly… at that time, the navy had nothing to do.

But things are a little different now.

‘The sailors will be quite well fed too.’

The first target of the current Asadal navy is, as always, the northern route toward Liaodong.

Recently, the islands have been subjugated, and the naval forces have had more work to do. Quite a few of them are going back and forth to Janggi Island (Nagasaki) and diligently eliminating pirates and clearing the way.

And in the current battle of subjugation, some of the naval forces from Janggi-do, ruled by Park Jae-bu-rye, the stable officer, have also promised to join.

There are about 100 merchants, pirates, and fighters prepared by the upper class of Seorabeolbu.

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100 warriors from each tribe prepared by Geoguroo.

If you additionally get a hundred people from Janggido, it’s roughly three or four hundred.

There are only three Phoenician merchant ships ready, so if you assume that each ship can carry about a hundred people, you don’t actually need those 100 people.

However, if it wasn’t absolutely necessary, Baran wouldn’t have sent anyone at all. There was a reason he sent at least 100 people.

“They may be marines, but they don’t seem to be combatants.”

It is true that the soldiers that Barang sent were the Su-gun.

However, he was not a combatant.

“Yes. To my eyes, they don’t look like combatants. Perhaps, they are Joseon workers.”

Eulji nodded. Having worked as a craftsman for a long time, Eulji could guess a person’s occupation just by looking at the shape of their shoulders or waist.

“Isn’t this to conduct a more extensive study of the Phoenician merchant ships and dromons made in Seorabeolbu this time?”

“Maybe so?”

Varang probably intended to apply this information about Dromon and the Phoenician merchant ships to the Haedongseong.

‘Besides, it’s good for us too.’

According to Mago, the current shipbuilding work in Seorabeolbu takes about two years. However… now, a large number of shipbuilders from Haedongseong have come in.

“If we get their help, we can shorten the time it takes to build a ship a lot.”

At Eulji’s words, I nodded.

“Yes. Baran always sends those who need it most.”

***

As time passed,

By the time the work at Seorabeolbu was completed.

I felt again my own shortcomings in relying too much on history.

“Geoguru… What is all this?”

“What is it?”

In front of a huge object covered with some unknown cloth.

The giant grinned.

“The old man said that there were no large beasts in that area, so if we made a wooden beast that breathed fire, it would surrender.”

“That’s… true.”

“But then why do you use a wooden animal?”

The giant suddenly took off the cloth with a jerk.

And what’s inside is….

“Eww!”

I sat down without realizing it.

It can’t be helped.

-Keuhuhung!

-Ku …

Inside, there were hungry tigers and bears locked up. It was completely different from what I saw at the safari zoo when I was young. Those guys were born in the zoo, and these guys… were really wild.

The look in the eyes of those hungry beasts clearly showed that they recognized me as ‘prey’. Perhaps, they had eaten people before.

The giant cried out in embarrassment.

“Quick, quick, cover it up! Quickly!”

He was quick-witted. He didn’t laugh or anything when he saw me falling on my butt.

***

“I’m sorry. I thought it would be better to bring a real beast rather than a fake one, so I prepared it, but I didn’t expect you to be this surprised….”

“…It was my first time seeing a tiger and a bear with my own eyes.”

“…Huh? Aren’t bears and tigers common in Manchuria?”

Yeah, I saw that too.

I’ve seen it from a distance, caught it, or seen it in a hood. But this is the first time I’ve seen it from 30cm away.

“…Cheongsimwon, give me some Cheongsimwon.”

“…I came here.”

I pulled myself together.

Hmm, didn’t it fall down too horribly?

Won’t this cause problems with my control?

“…That won’t happen.”

“okay?”

“Your Majesty, you are of your age, and seeing a tiger and a bear all of a sudden makes it quite understandable for you to collapse. Besides, it is a well-known fact that you are not a warrior.”

“Knowing that, why did you suddenly attack me?”

“…I thought that all northerners hunted and killed a tiger or two since they were young. The tiger people were so good at hunting wild beasts.”

Does the kid know that some celestial race lives in Asgard?

Manchuria is also a land where people live, and even there, unless you are a hunter or a very unlucky person, you will not often see a tiger in front of your eyes.

So I swallowed Cheongsimwon like honey.

Only then did I come to my senses again.

‘So, you really caught a tiger and a bear?’

… Now that I think about it, it’s a pretty good idea.

Why would you take a fake wooden animal?

Why can’t we just take the real beast?

***

Of course, we can’t say that the board of directors was stupid.

Around the 5th century AD, when the Isabu was in existence, it was not easy to catch a tiger alive.

Once humans settled down, the tiger population was greatly reduced, and the tigers that survived the process of culling learned the wisdom of nature and literally became tricksters.

So, it would have been much easier for the board of directors to use a wooden beast rather than catching and taking this tricky tiger.

But now in Asadal… none of this applies.

It has not been long since Asadal was established, and there are many undeveloped mountainous areas, so tigers and bears are literally abundant.

Most beasts were not aware of the existence of ‘humans’, so they were easily caught in traps and snares, and it was not difficult to capture them.

In this way, Geoguru gathered his tribesmen and ‘easily’ caught several tigers in the area. For the Asadals who had inherited the beast-hunting techniques of the Pan tribe, tigers and bears were quite the animals to deal with at this point.

Of course, after about 100 years, these tigers and leopards will have a very hard time, as only the smart and scheming ones will survive under the strict law of survival of the fittest.

Even if you only look at the records from the Central Plains, the Joseon tiger is smaller than the Manchurian or Central Plains tigers, but it is said to be smart, difficult to catch, and prone to harming people.

But at least… not right now. At the moment, tigers are a species that can be caught here and there if a decent number of hunters gather, and if a group of excellent hunters gather together, there is a fairly high probability that they can be captured alive.

What they say is that from the moment humans started walking on two feet and holding spears in both hands, the ecological status of humans has been incomparably higher than that of tigers and the like.

‘… Humans are truly amazing.’

So I had no choice but to speak like a torn-mouthed grim reaper who liked to throw notes on the floor.

“Wouldn’t it be better to place wooden tigers and bears and large birds on one ship and real tigers and bears on the other? If the islanders see the live tigers and bears, they will think that even the wooden bears and tigers are alive.”

“…Okay, let’s do that.”

Honestly, my heart is still pounding.

When you actually see a beast in person, it’s no joke.

I think I understand why they were worshipped as mountain gods and such, even though they eat people.

Why, didn’t Japan also have something called ‘spirit belief’? Japanese Shinto did not necessarily worship only heroes and gods, but also villains, murderers, and vengeful spirits.

I’ll give you food for the ancestral rites, so please don’t harm me! It’s like that. (Unfortunately… the war criminals at Yasukuni Shrine are not believers of the spirits.)

The tiger and bear I saw before my eyes were so scary that such a belief arose automatically.

If there hadn’t been that iron fence, they would have torn me to pieces in an instant and made me their prey. It was the first time in my life as a human that I had ever been recognized as ‘prey’ for something, so it was a moment of dizziness.

Thinking about it that way.

I laughed.

‘I know tigers and bears, but is this all I know?’

But what about Ryukyu?

There are no wolves, let alone bears or tigers.

There is a high probability that the word ‘beast’ itself does not exist in their dictionary.

The largest creature on the island would be the water buffalo, since water buffalo don’t eat people.

You probably have never thought in your life that another creature could eat you.

‘What if the Ryukyu people saw these beasts…?’

It’s not hard to imagine.

I can’t give up without surrendering.

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