It Became a Symbol of the Bronze Age - Chapter 311



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Episode 311. Happy Trade (2)

As Saulbae confirmed.

The candy sold like hotcakes.

“…This sold out too quickly.”

“Couldn’t you have sold it for a little more?”

“When did you say ten times?”

“No, but that’s what I’m saying. Why not just sell it all to the merchant who paid 150 times the amount?”

“That merchant only deals with the Eastern Jin. If that happens, the candy will only be known to the Eastern Jin people. Wouldn’t it be better for it to spread throughout the world and attract merchants of all kinds?”

Oh, so that’s it.

It means giving up a little bit of immediate gain in exchange for huge gains in the future.

“Yes, as expected from Saulbae!”

Adallah looked at Saulbae with great emotion. Adallah was also an outstanding merchant of Dalbi Sangwan, but he felt he was at a disadvantage in front of Saulbae, the leader of the Naeminbu. No, it was more than that.

‘You seem to have a lot of respect for me?’

Adallah’s expression when she saw Saulbae was the exact same expression as that of an idol trainee when they see a famous idol.

It was quite amusing to see that talkative guy suddenly shut his mouth tightly and start trembling in fear as soon as he got in front of Saulbae.

‘For now, I’m done selling candy.’

Next is the second objective.

This is information about the Moon Kingdom.

Saulbae asked.

“First, let me ask you. Why don’t you seek information from Onara? They are closest to the moon.”

“…I did get it. It’s not easy, that’s the problem. The people of Oin hate the Moon people so much that I can’t guarantee the credibility of the information. Besides, it doesn’t seem like they trade with them.”

Oh, and the moon may be close, but they are still far apart.

Could we say that it’s like the relationship between South Korea and North Korea?

No, it’s more than that.

The Oin do not treat the Wol-ins as people at all. They treat them as just monkeys wearing clothes.

“When I asked those people for information about the moon, most of the information I got was useless stuff like, ‘it eats people,’ ‘it eats a lot of people,’ or ‘it eats a lot of people.’ Even the ones that seemed useful couldn’t be judged as right or wrong.”

“…I understand it roughly.”

Saulbae nodded.

“Then, the person I’m introducing to you might be of some help.”

“Introduction? Who?”

“It’s that guy.”

Saulbae is the golden room of the mahjong parlor.

So I pointed to a guy who was happily playing mahjong in the VIP room.

If I were to speak from first impressions.

‘… If only the hair was golden, that would be perfect.’

The golden sun, no… the black sun.

Saulbae explained.

“Jin Chen, that is… he is the son of Nanjin, and his name is Jin Wan. He is an expert in business, and surprisingly, he has also had several interactions with Yue.”

Prince Jin Wan of the Jin Dynasty?

As soon as I heard that, my eyes opened wide.

It was worth it.

‘… Aren’t you the progenitor of the most prestigious family in Central Plains?’

Jin Wan.

He is the founder of a family with an unprecedented record of being a prince once, a king once, and an emperor once.

***

The name of the man Saulbae pointed to was Jin Wan.

As the name suggests, he is a prince of the Jin Dynasty.

It is a country that is commonly called Southern Jin in Asadal to distinguish it from the Western Jin Dynasty, famous for Qin Shi Huang, or the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which succeeded in the Qu Yu Da Jin not long ago.

Jin Wan was the second son of the previous king, Jin Yeo-gong. After Jin Yeo-gong’s death, his younger brother, Jin Jang-gong, who was not Jin Yeo-gong’s son, succeeded him.

And Duke Jin of Jinjang also died not long ago, and his younger brother Duke Jin of Jin Xuan succeeded to the throne.

In short, at this point, Jin Wan was not a person with much to do with Wang Wei, but the problem was what came next.

‘What a crazy old man.’

An old man said during Jinwan’s childhood.

-This person is destined to become a lord.

Damn it. If it had ended there, Jin-wan might have died, but the good news is that the fortune teller added a word.

-However, it is not a real battle, but rather a feudal lord in another country.

Since it was decided that he was not the dreamer of the Jin Dynasty’s rebellion, the threat of death was somewhat avoided.

But it wasn’t completely avoided.

Become a vassal of another country?

There may be several ways.

First of all, let’s open the country. That’s good enough.

But that might not be the case.

A method of becoming a vassal after overthrowing a country with the help of another country.

Could that be the reason?

After that prophecy, many people around him treated Jin Wan as some kind of potential traitor.

That’s why Jin-wan had to become a master of worldly wisdom.

First, in order to prevent any possible conflict, he became close with Eogu, the eldest son of Jinseon-gong and the current prince of Namjin.

-If I become a lord of another place, I would like to conquer another country as your subject and friend and become a lord of that place.

-Of course, buddy!

Even beyond mere political reasons, the two were quite compatible and could be called best friends.

It didn’t stop there.

Instead of staying inside the Nanjin camp, Jinwan chose to live as a merchant and enjoyed wandering around the area.

Fortunately, he also had some talent, and was now one of the largest merchants in the Jin Dynasty, often visiting the Neiminbu, the commercial center of the Central Plains.

And it wasn’t necessarily just for commercial reasons.

The pleasures of the Naeminbu seem to be a collection of all the pleasures of the world, especially mahjong.

“Hoo….”

He stared at the pattern.

The suffocating pressure of the mahjong tiles.

All he believes in now is himself and his fate at this moment. And then, after time passes.

“Hehehe, this time… only the station is in my hands.”

“Oh my, there it is!”

“Isn’t that manipulation?”

“Asadal is a loser! What kind of manipulation is this!”

He threw down some of his money and stood up. (If you don’t do this, you will be hurt.)

“Are you going?”

“You have to wake up when you get tired.”

He put down his mahjong tiles and stood up.

Didn’t you use up all your luck today?

furthermore.

“It seems like there are guests.”

As soon as he put the cards down.

Two men approached from afar. The first to arrive was Saul Bae, the owner of this mahjong parlor.

“Master, have you had a good day today?”

“Good, Saulbae. Heaven is on my side today. The horoscope is very good. By the way….”

Jinwan turned his head slightly.

“Who is that person? Judging by your attitude, you don’t seem to be an ordinary person….”

“This person is Vice Minister Pungbaek.”

“Pungbaek, Pungbaek… No way?”

Jinwan bowed his head after finding out the name.

“Are you by any chance Lord Poongbaek?”

“Public…? I don’t think I’ve done anything to deserve such words from you.”

“No, aren’t you the founder of this mahjong? You are worthy enough to hear that sound!”

As soon as he heard that, Poongbaek added a line to Jinwan’s evaluation: he was seriously addicted to mahjong.

***

It may not be surprising now, but I know about this Jinwan.

Of course, even though I am a historian, I do not know every single Confucius from the Spring and Autumn Period. The ones I have in my head are only the ones that are a bit older.

And this Jinwan is me.

It’s none other than Chen Jingzhong.

King Jin-ho.

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He is the ancestor of the Tongjo family.

At first glance, it seems strange.

Why does Confucius Naburang have a posthumous name?

Is it true that he didn’t even receive a coffin or a posthumous title?

Isn’t that something only lords and kings receive?

Moreover, there are even three lakes.

There is good reason for this.

‘Because he is the founder of a family that has been defeated twice.’

If Korea has Samyeonbong and Hanmandu, China has Yiyeonyeokseong.

I asked Jinwan.

“I heard that you are close with Prince Jin.”

One tip for when talking to a Chinese person is to not bring up work right away.

The concept of becoming close while working is rare for them. Conversely, there are many cases where you have to become close to work together.

So my first goal is also to ‘become friendly’. Information is a merchant’s weapon, so I have to do something to deserve it first.

“Ah, that’s right. It’s the last one.”

Jin-wan talked while eating the food I had served him. It was Seongdobyeong and soju, and the meat was generously sprinkled with kelp powder.

They even made honey berries with the leftover candy, so it’s a luxurious food that will make your eyes roll back.

“Perhaps, if he becomes the ruler of Jin, I will be able to stop living this wandering life. Well, I will still come to play mahjong from time to time!”

Oh, that won’t happen.

About 10 years from now… your friend Eogu is assassinated.

That too, to your uncle and the father of Eogu, the current Jin dynasty monarch, Jin Seon-gong.

‘Jinseon-gong loved Gwan, the son of his second wife, more than Eo-gu, the son of his first wife.’

And, as befitting the Spring and Autumn Period, he cleanly assassinates Crown Prince Eogu in order to pass the throne to Guan.

Hmm, at this point, wouldn’t it be possible to reevaluate the level of King Yeongjo of the Later Zhou?

After the assassination of Eogu, Jin Wan was afraid that the sparks would fly to him, so he fled to his own country… and received a new land with the family name Jeon from Duke Huan of Je, and lived well.

The descendants of Jin Wan, who fled to the state of Jin and received the surname Jeon, held important positions such as daebo (great father) in the state of Jin for generations.

Starting from the 8th generation, the king of the country was made into a figurehead, and the 11th generation, Jeonhwa, completely carried out a revolution and became the king.

At this time, the posthumous title that the phone gave to my ancestor, Jeon Wan, was Chen Jingzhong, which means lord.

And this phone’s grandson, Jeon In-je, called himself king.

At this time, a new royal title was given to him and he was called King Jinho.

After being absorbed into the Jin Dynasty with the fall of the Qi Dynasty at the end of the Warring States Period, he later contributed to the founding of the Han Dynasty and lived a prosperous life once again.

Their descendant, Wang Mang, overthrew the Han dynasty and established the Xin dynasty.

The temple name given at this time was Tongjo.

In other words, Jin Wan’s descendants ended up ruling two countries, and after his death, Jin Wan received the title of vassal, the title of king, and even a temple name.

‘It’s not just Wang Mang and Jeon Hwa.’

Sun Tzu, the founder of The Art of War and a famous general of the Wu Dynasty, is also a descendant of Jin Wan.

It is truly the most prestigious family in the Central Plains.

‘How come they can’t drag this guy to Asadal?’

Just like with Gwan-oh and Geon-suk, this guy is also a bit greedy. He originally ran away from Jin and went to Zero, but isn’t there a way to make him come to Asadal instead of me?

The car I was thinking about so much.

Jinwan spoke first.

“By the way, I have a question… You invented the game called mahjong, right?”

…Jin-wan suddenly gets into a mahjong story.

Before I could even answer, he started telling me a story indiscriminately.

“Mahjong is truly amazing. This game involves guessing the numbers on the tiles and calculating by adding and subtracting numbers. It is just like watching the Shangaji Zhuan (a hieroglyph that means bamboo in a barrel) that all the feudal lords of the Central Plains play every day. Everyone enjoys this mahjong except for the Song people.”

… It feels like a somewhat random story.

The original process of making gwansi was almost like this. I decided to fit in with the conversation.

“Isn’t the Song Dynasty having fun?”

“They don’t even hit the mountain branch.”

Jin Wan said.

“The Song Dynasty, led by the descendants of the Shang Dynasty, still uses the turtle shell splitting for divination (a hieroglyph that looks like a bone splitting) instead of the mountain branch divination (a hieroglyph that looks like a mountain branch inside a tube). What kind of principle is that, that it can read the will of heaven?

Rather, mountain divination, which divides the mountain into 50 branches and analyzes it by dividing it into 64 hexagrams, is much more mathematical and logical.”

Aha. So you who are good at mountain divination (scientific) think that the guy who is good at turtle divination (unscientific) is a barbarian.

If you try to tackle both of them here as unscientific, you’ll end up in trouble.

“Turtle point, how uncivilized! How can you read the sky with that!”

I agreed.

In fact, the current Song Dynasty is a country that is greatly different from other regions in terms of its customs and procedures, and is therefore hated by all the feudal lords.

“That’s right! People like that can’t help but not know the true value of this mahjong game! Moreover, they don’t know gratitude. Well, didn’t our country help Song Eo-yeol suppress the rebellion a while ago? But Song Eo-yeol doesn’t know that gratitude and is preparing for war. Next year or so, there will be a war between Song and Je. I hope Je will really step on Song at this opportunity.”

“Haha, I think the same way. It’s embarrassing to say, but Hyeon Gang-gong’s wife is my daughter.”

“Oh, that’s right! While you’re at it, wouldn’t it be great if His Majesty the Wind Prince could speak to Gong and ask him to completely destroy the Song Dynasty?”

“Haha, I’ll think about it!”

After that, we continued to spread gossip about the Shang and Song Dynasties.

-Those who eat human flesh… .

-They’ve fallen into the idea of ​​chosen people. They think they’re the only people chosen by the emperor, and everyone else is just trash.

Jinwan’s mouth dropped open every time he heard those words. Jinwan spoke without hiding his joyful expression.

“Anyway, these days, this Sangajijom has developed and is played with dice instead of Sangajijom. And I think this mahjong is also a part of Sangajijom.

“If I lived according to the heavens, I would have good mahjong tiles and made money, but if I lived against the heavens, I would have lost a lot of money.”

…you see gambling as fortune telling?

If you’re lucky, you’ll win money, and if you’re unlucky, you’ll lose money… isn’t that wrong?

I just muddled through it.

“Oh. I guess you’re a little more generous today?”

“Haha! It was worth giving a few coins to the beggars before entering the mahjong parlor. As expected, the words of the ancient sages of the Zhou Dynasty were not wrong.

“The ancestral god of the Shang dynasty, Emperor, is a stubborn god who only cares about his descendants, but the Heaven of the Zhou dynasty loves the people, and the will of the people is the will of Heaven! After all, the Shang dynasty made all the people blind (the character for “Min” is a pictograph of a person stabbing someone in the eye with a sword!).”

The Shang Dynasty curse is also not left out in the praise of mahjong.

It really feels like someone from the Spring and Autumn Period.

To begin with, the Nanjin faction itself was of Zhou descent, so it had a strong Zhou-like tendency.

‘Anyway, it’s a mountain stream.’

I didn’t really think about why mahjong was successful in the Central Plains. It was successful in the Yuan Dynasty, so it should be successful in this history too… That was the extent of it.

But the reality is more than that. For them, mahjong is not just a game, but a form of fortune telling similar to mountain divination, and it feels close to religious life.

‘That’s right. There were people who saw Confucius, who was a fan of the game of I Ching, as the creator of mahjong.’

Somehow, the mahjong parlor was doing better than expected and the tiles were selling like hotcakes.

“So I have always wanted to see you. You invented this game of mahjong at Sangajijom?”

“Well… I guess you could look at it that way.”

If you say no for no reason and mahjong becomes less popular, you’ll be in big trouble. I said with a grin.

“I also enjoy playing the mountain ridge game. Now that we’re on the subject, should I give it a try?”

He even gave me a mountain pass right in front of my eyes.

…I learned it in my history class.

Even the Oriental Philosophy major next door, who memorized the Book of Changes by heart, didn’t even know how to read a mountain squirrel’s horoscope, but I, a history major, learned it. What on earth is a history major?

Anyway, Jin-wan’s expression became very flustered as he neatly and neatly recorded the Sangajijom point in accordance with the format and even added an interpretation of Geon-Gon-Gam-Ri.

“Oh, no, what was that just now? Dividing the sixty-four trigrams into the eight trigrams, and attaching a value to each trigram?”

… Oh, right.

The Spring and Autumn Period divination system is now based on the 64 hexagrams… The one who added the eight trigrams to this system was Confucius.

So, it was almost like showing off Newton’s calculus to Egyptian mathematicians who were measuring the size of a lake with stakes.

“Can you tell me about that? Please!”

Jinwan’s eyes sparkled brightly.

Well, there’s no reason I can’t tell you.

“Now, this is called the Bagua….”

I have explained some of the contents related to Confucius’ commentary on the Book of Changes, the Ten Wings. Now, I don’t even feel guilty about stealing copyright.

“Th, my goodness. Big, big man!”

Then suddenly my evaluation went up from ‘public’ to ‘great’.

“Also, if you attach a prize to this Bagua….”

When I explained it to the top.

“No, sir!”

It was a mess. Jin-wan’s mouth was wide open and it seemed like saliva was about to drip from his mouth.

Is it a scholarly pleasure? Or a religious one?

…neither.

“If we apply this to mahjong, we might be able to increase our winning percentage…!”

He fell asleep, talking like some Japanese pachinko experts or Korean lottery number guessing scammers. For a moment, I began to doubt my own knowledge.

‘This is… the beginning of the most prestigious family in the Central Plains?’

This mahjong-playing dopamine addict?

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