It Became a Symbol of the Bronze Age - Chapter 305



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Episode 305. Back to Asadal (4)

Shum’s expression was bright. She had built a new cat tower, found a new master, and was said to be working hard these days. She had even found a disciple.

‘…Is this okay?’

this year.

So, 681 BC is the year that Sennacherib was assassinated by his son. The news of this was probably soon delivered to Asadal.

So what I was worried about was that Shum would become disheartened and leave after hearing of Sennacherib’s death… but given the current situation, it doesn’t seem like that will happen.

Above all, here is Agol, the world’s first animal therapy founder and Dr. Asadalsan Oh. You can expect a decent mental clinic.

“Anyway, did you get the money?”

“I am making one thousand gold coins, five thousand silver coins, and ten thousand copper coins. I plan to exchange them for salt or grain. I have them on hand.”

Shum rummaged around and then handed over a gold coin.

“This is the ‘Hanho Talent’… no, it’s the ‘Hanho Gold Coin’.”

On it was engraved Hanho’s face.

Shum, who was skilled in casting and alloying, had a knack for making things like this.

“How did you carve the face?”

“First, we carve the jade, then stamp it on clay. Then we use the clay as a mold to make a mold. If the jade is kept by the state, we can prevent counterfeiting.”

“Good.”

“In addition, we also added the ‘dotting on the outside of the coin’ technique that was invented by Elder Poongbaek.”

If you look at the coin, there is a dot on the outside.

This isn’t just for decoration. It keeps your coins from slipping out of your hands, and it also prevents people from grinding gold or silver coins to commit fraud.

As I recall, the person who invented this was a man named Isaac Newton who worked at the Royal Mint.

It seems he wasn’t a particularly good employee. Just like a slacker office worker who didn’t do what he was told to do, he would sneakily look at stock charts, just like Newton sneakily created things like calculus and universal gravitation.

“I see. But… isn’t this manipulation?”

“…yes?”

“Brother Hanho doesn’t have that much hair.”

“Oh, that’s….”

Shum said awkwardly.

“Unconditionally, he asked me to draw a lot of hair….”

“why?”

“Well, the next president is Gwan-o, but doesn’t Gwan-o have a lot of hair? He was worried that people would attack him for being bald.”

… Well, if it’s trivial, it’s trivial, and if it’s plausible, it’s plausible. And at this point, I got nervous.

“Maybe mine too?”

“Of course.”

Shum held out a silver coin.

“This is the ‘Pungbaek Silver Coin.’”

My hair, engraved there, was also incredibly lush. I couldn’t be happier.

I asked one last time.

“Then who is Dongwha? Whose face is carved there?”

“That’s… It was requested directly by the Finance Minister, Gwan-O…”

After hesitating for a moment, Shumu held out the fairy tale as if embarrassed. I could see why as soon as I saw it.

‘… Guan-oh, you crazy bastard.’

There, Guan Yi’s face was stuck.

***

“Don’t you have a human heart?”

“Suddenly?”

Guan Yu asked as if he didn’t understand English.

“It’s a coin! How could you think of putting your face on something you made?”

“No, there is a reason for everything.”

Guan Yi said.

“The figure of Han Ho, a member of the Celestial God clan who married a woman from the Beom clan and expanded the power of the Beom clan, was engraved on a gold coin.

Also, he married a woman of the bear tribe, and Eunhwa is the great wind god who spreads his power in the southern part of the Korean peninsula. He is a person who embodies the value of harmony. Then, who should Donghwa be?

“Who else but me, who was the Haedongseongju, married a Buruna person, and exerted influence in the northern part of the Korean peninsula, and at the same time is the third most populous person in Asadal?”

If you think about it, it’s not wrong.

However, I still don’t understand the mind of someone who puts their own face on the coins they make.

“…Anyway, Gwan-O. It looks like you’ve got some good control of your forces.”

If you think about it, putting aside basic emotions like shame as a human being, the fact that a coffin was stuck on the face of a coin was quite a blessing.

“That’s right. The plains faction and the coastal faction weren’t on bad terms to begin with… and this time, even the mountain faction helped me out to some extent.”

“okay?”

“In addition, the story about the ‘Federal Seal’ that was created this time was also of great help.”

While I was away, the Hwassijibyeok from the state of Cho was reborn as the ‘Federal Seal’ by the hands of the Asadal craftsmen.

“The jade was so big that even after making the federal seal, there was still a lot left over, so they made coin molds. This federal seal and coin mold, along with the golden Hanhocheok of Asadal, will become symbols of the Asadal Federation.”

The Golden Hanho Cheok is an item made based on the size of Hanho’s body (with a slight exaggeration), and all of the current Asadal Cheoks are made based on this Golden Hanho Cheok. It is the standard of Asadal itself.

The same goes for coin boxes.

This jade coin mold is pressed into clay to create a shape, and then gold, silver, bronze, etc. are poured into the clay to create coins.

The Federal Seal will serve as the final decision-maker for all public documents in Asadal.

“…Not bad.”

It seems like Hanho, me, and Gwan-O will remain in Asadal’s history for quite a long time.

Even if time passes and Asadal is destroyed, wouldn’t the coins still be there, somewhere like a museum?

“…I guess even Elder Poongbaek has a desire for memories.”

“It can’t be absent. Like you.”

“Yes.”

Guan Yi smiled. Guan Yi was one of the most famous prime ministers who left a significant mark on Chinese history.

, which contains the story of Guan Wu, seems to have been a great example to later ministers, and it is known that the person who wrote was Duke Huan of Qi.

Since the monarch personally wrote the biography of his subject, we can see just by looking at this how much Duke Huan of Qi favored Guan Wu. Hmm… Now that I think about it, I do feel a little sorry.

Anyway, in this history too.

Guan Yi will be renowned as a great minister.

Not as a famous prime minister of Jungwon, but as a famous prime minister of Asadal.

“…What about Australian seniors?”

“You are busy.”

I recently had a stroke. Now that I think about it, I’m starting to worry a lot about older people.

“I brought some medicine to send to him. Can I see him?”

“Of course.”

***

Australia is working very energetically.

“What’s going on with the bill?”

“For now, I plan to exchange 20 seok of barley for 1 Pungbaek Silver Coin. Rice is 15 seok, but the size and level of beans vary by region, so we are still discussing it.”

“In addition to that, the recovery of existing iron ore and the recovery of the talisman and fortifications that flowed in from our country are also important. Only Asadal coins should be used in Asadal.”

“…I will report back to you quickly.”

“Hurry up, hurry up. Are you planning on ending this after I die?”

If Australia was from Chungcheong Province, saying something like “after I die” would have sounded like a Chungcheong-style speech pattern… Unfortunately, Australia is not from Chungcheong Province.

He is a celestial, and this post-death story is not just some kind of humorous exaggeration. He could really die.

“If I don’t finish this and go to the afterlife… and get teased by that bastard Park Jae, I’ll come to your dreams and make you do this every day!”

“Hee, heeeek! I’ll do it quickly!”

In this way, Asadal’s priests and legal officials diligently reviewed the provisions and created a bill.

“Damn, should I have just gone on a tour?”

“Are you crazy? Haven’t you heard how Sami is manipulating the circuit judges these days?”

“…But surely it wouldn’t be busier than here?”

“Those Ministry of Finance guys kept nagging us to be frugal with other things every time they raised the prices… but they just gave us whatever we asked for when it came to expensive oil and paper.”

“…You damn bastards. We enjoy our work.”

“Whew, why was my father a priest? If he had just been a merchant, I would have gone to the Ministry of Finance….”

“That’s because you didn’t experience the time when you were the new treasurer… that is, when you were the treasurer of Barang. Now that you’re the treasurer of Gwan-o, you’re a bit more relaxed, but when you were the treasurer of Barang… I heard you slept here more than at home.”

“Like us now?”

“Yeah, just like us now. I don’t remember my wife’s face….”

“But what can I do?”

The legal officers, taking a deep breath, look at the front row. There, an Australian with a temperature of over 70 degrees is energetically directing the people. He comes earlier than anyone else and leaves later than anyone else.

“He is a great man.”

“Even that person works so hard, so how can we, the lowest-ranking employees, leave work?”

In this way, Australia has been a role model for many law enforcement officials.

“I want to be like that too.”

At the same time, it was an object of respect.

“What a wonderful person. Not long ago, when my wife was giving birth, an Australian elder personally airlifted and sent me some soap.”

“Isn’t that what happens all the time?”

“Listen. The day before that, the old Australian man and I had a huge fight.”

“Oh, about the dueling method? Was it that time?”

“That’s right. If my subordinate had talked back, I would have been upset, but instead, he sent me soap himself. When I apologized for talking back that day, he said, ‘You get paid to talk back, so why are you paying me if you don’t let me talk back?’”

Besides that, he was pretty good at handling people.

“…Ah, break time is over. Come on in.”

“Damn. I’m starting to feel sleepy. Can I have some peppermint tea?”

“It’s always overflowing. Don’t the Treasury guys just hand over paper, oil, and peppermint tea?”

“Ugh, no matter when I eat this, it wakes me up.”

“It’s not like Elder Poongbaek created it for nothing….”

They would once again fill up their lamps late at night, gulp down peppermint honey tea, and wrestle with paper.

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And around that time.

“Elder Poongbaek has come to see you.”

The Poongbaek of Seorabeolbu came to Australia with both hands full of all kinds of medicinal herbs.

“…What, if I eat this when I’m already old, will I live twenty or thirty years longer? It’s better to feed this to my employees.”

Australia sprayed all of its expensive Whanghwangcheongsimwon, Nok-yong, Ginseng and other medicinal herbs on its employees.

“…Your Excellency the Chief Justice of Australia!”

“I will be loyal until death!”

“That’s strange. I’m going to die first. Oh, you’ll be loyal until I die? I don’t think there’ll be much time left….”

“No, that’s not it….”

“Okay. Go do your work.”

That day, all the lights in the Justice Department went out several hours after sunset.

***

“Where is Asadal’s heart?”

A topic that the rich sometimes talk about.

At the post station of Asadal, where all kinds of people gather, it is not difficult to find conversations like this.

You can think of it as a debate on the level of Maradona or Ronaldo, LeBron or Johnson.

“Of course… isn’t that the city we’re going to?”

The most frequently mentioned area is Shinshi, the holy city.

“Shinsi, where numerous shamans and priests reside, is the center of Asadal. In the first place, wasn’t Shinsi where Asadal began?”

“But Shinshi, it’s not the capital, right?”

“Huh, does it really have to be the capital? Even now, people who have a lot of money go on a pilgrimage to Shinsi at least once before they die to receive the blessings of the Shindansu. The country will also help with that.”

“Ah, is this the story of the Shinshi Musadan?”

“Yes, it was the idea of ​​Elder Poongbaek.”

The storyteller said.

“Listen. Isn’t it difficult for pilgrims to come to Shinshi with money or salt? Elder Poongbaek, who was pleased with this, decided to create an organization to protect them. The Shinshi Musadan is mostly composed of retired Gaemamusa or federal marshals who are old or injured. Even if they are a little injured and old, they can quickly drive away robbers or wild animals.”

“Of course. In the first place, isn’t it quite hard to find bandits these days? I don’t know about outside the roads, but I’ve never heard of anyone big enough to commit banditry on the roads of Asadal.”

“Yes. And protection is not everything. If you give salt or iron coins to the branch near your hometown, they will make a certificate for you. If you take this certificate, you can get a similar amount of salt and iron at any post station.”

“Hoo, is that true?”

“Didn’t you know? Somehow, they treated the salt bag so preciously… The price may be reduced depending on the market price, and it costs a bit to rent a warehouse… But anyway, it’s much better than carrying that heavy thing all the way to Shinsi yourself.”

This is the method used by the Knights Templar throughout history.

Just hearing the name, it seems like it would be full of religious knights, but in reality, it was closer to a group of bankers. It was even evaluated as the ‘first bank’ in the first place.

And this type of deposit/withdrawal system isn’t just for Shinsegae.

It is also for the sake of money. There is no doubt that the most advantageous means of transaction in this kind of deposit/withdrawal system is money. Poongbaek had already created an area where money could be used effectively.

“Anyway, thanks to this, Shinshi is now overflowing with visitors and many priests are personally giving blessings. Aren’t we on our way to receive those blessings too? At this rate… Shinshi is truly the heart of Asadal.”

“You have a point. But, in the end, isn’t it Haedongseong where the council is located that discusses the big and small matters of Asadal?”

Others countered.

“This is a masterpiece created by Prime Minister Gwan-o.”

“That’s right. Hehe, the Central Plains guys didn’t even recognize the Hwassijibyeok, and they couldn’t even recognize the Guanwu, so they got us to take it all away. It’s ridiculous.”

“Asadal’s eyes are that sharp. He rides a horse and shoots arrows every day, so isn’t it natural that he has a keen eye for detail?”

Then and now, patriotism is patriotism.

“Anyway, the Haedongseong Fortress itself is great, but what’s more important is the council and the people within it. When they gather to discuss all sorts of issues, there won’t be any difficulties for tribes from small to large, right?”

“That’s… right.”

“So, isn’t this the heart of Asadal?”

At that point, a third man came forward.

“Well, I think it’s the receiver. Doesn’t that where most of the iron in Asadal comes from?”

If the United States has Detroit, Asadal has the receiver. Just as the tanks spewing out of Detroit’s factories during World War II were twice as many as those of Germany, the amount of steel spewing out of the current receiver will be comparable to the amount of bronze spewed out of China.

Is that all?

If the most meticulous group in recruiting employees in 21st century Korea is the National Intelligence Service, then the most meticulous organization in Asadal in this era is Jang In-bu.

He searches for him almost up to his eighth cousin, asks the villagers for their opinion of him, and if that’s not enough, he treats him like an apprentice for three years to find out if he’s a traitor or not, and then begins to teach him the real skills.

Even the technical structure is divided into several or even dozens of pieces, following the order of the apprentices, so that the technology cannot be leaked by just one or two craftsmen stealing it.

“The steel that came out like that is used to arm the Gaemamusa. It is as good as the heart of Asadal.”

“If you hit it like that, why are you excluding Seorabeolbu?”

“What’s with the Seorabeolbu all of a sudden?”

“Listen. There is a huge amount of gold there, and even silver is coming in from the recent conquest of the Southern Islands. With that, we can buy grain from the Central Plains and pay our soldiers’ salaries.”

“That’s… true. But, doesn’t a lot of money come in from the Liaodong side?”

“Haha, you’ve been stuck in a cave for about 10 years? These days, all the cities in Liaodong combined can’t keep up with Seorabeol alone. In that sense, isn’t this Seorabeol-bu the heart of Asadal?”

The new city of religion.

The thawing of politics.

The receiving section of the industry.

And the new powerhouse that emerged was the Seorabeol of money.

These four are currently candidates for Asadal’s ‘heart’.

And then, at that moment, an old man smiled.

“…Well, all four are great. The praise for Seorabeolbu in particular is very nice.”

“…Who are you?”

“Who are you? Look carefully.”

“…Oh, I think I’ve seen it somewhere. When was it? It was when we were at war with my country… Oh! No way!”

A man raised his head.

“Phew, are you the old man, Poongbaek?”

“That’s right.”

“Huh!”

As the man stood up, the six men surrounding Poongbaek stood up at the same time. They were all Asadal’s top-ranking military personnel from the presidential guard.

“Okay, take a seat.”

“…Phew, Elder Poongbaek. How can you be with us?”

“I was on my way too. Since you and I are both in the same station today, let’s chat.”

As he said that, Poongbaek searched through his pockets and took something out. When he opened the bottle, a pungent smell filled the air.

“What is this? Alcohol?”

“Yeah. It’s alcohol, but… Is this your first time trying it? It’s a liquor made with chacha.”

“Chacha…what is it?”

“These are the things the Surians brought.”

“What about Surin?”

“…Well, just take a taste.”

Gulp gulp-!

When Poongbaek poured wine, several people bowed and tasted it.

“Wow, this is unusual. Is there fruit in it?”

“That’s right.”

“It feels like old times.”

Before full-fledged yeast was introduced to Asadal through the Central Plains, Asadal added fermented fruit juice to make alcohol.

“What do you think?”

“…I think Gokju is a bit better.”

“No, but this isn’t so bad either. Should I say that something sweet tastes expensive?”

“It is indeed expensive. In Seorabeol, one bottle of this is worth ten bottles of rice wine.”

“It’s delicious!”

“Do you have another bottle?”

“Oh, there’s another bottle. This one’s not made with chacha, but with something else.”

This time, he took out another drink. If the previous one had a fruity scent, this one is a bit heavier.

“Wow, this is delicious too!”

“How many bottles of rice wine is this?”

“It’s a bit expensive now.”

“It was somehow delicious!”

“But in about ten years… I’ll be able to buy three bottles of this with one bottle of rice wine.”

“Hehe, somehow it’s a bit worse than Gokju.”

The change of stance is very quick.

By the way, I’m not the Little Prince, so do expensive things taste better and less expensive things taste worse?

… it is unknown.

Those who were so drunk were chatting and talking to each other. Then, they asked me.

“Your Majesty, where do you see Asadal’s heart?”

“Every place you mentioned is the heart.”

“Huh, as expected….”

Probably, no matter what I said, I would have gotten that reaction. To begin with, it’s a bit odd for me to say this. There’s no need to create regionalism for no reason, right?

Besides, I think the same thing.

All four regions are the heart of Asadal. If any one of them is missing, Asadal will have a very difficult time.

In short, it means that there is a certain degree of organic connection and specialization between cities. This is a great thing, whether you look at it from the perspective of efficiency or maintaining the national system.

Poongbaek looked at them and smiled.

“I paid for dinner tonight.”

“Hey, you even gave me alcohol?”

“Isn’t this fate?”

So Poongbaek talked with them all night long.

The next day, as soon as the sun rose, we left for Seorabeolbu again, with the hospitality of the people.

‘Now that we’ve confirmed that the minting is going well, it’s time to slowly bring down the speedboat.’

Taiwan, Philippines, Maluku.

To occupy those three islands.

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