We plan to establish a research institute under the executive branch to study and develop not only infectious diseases but also various technologies.
Now, the people of the 'Sun of the Sky' must also know how to develop, research, and advance their own technologies. I couldn't spoon-feed him for a long time.
Of course, I will occasionally give you hints about technology.
'Once I return to the base, I must immediately give instructions to 'Splendid Sunset'.'
After looking around the infirmary, I looked at the SS soldiers and said:
"I'm going to the blacksmith shop."
"Understood, Your Majesty the Emperor!"
* * *
I moved to the forge with the isolated SS warriors and searched the building thoroughly.
"Go dig some ground over there."
"Let's try breaking through this wall too."
At my direction, the Royal Guard warriors moved busily inside the forge, which was smaller than I had expected. At that moment, the voice of a guard soldier was heard from a room presumed to be a brazier.
"Your Majesty the Emperor! I have a bronze ingot."
I hurried towards it. There are two bronze ingots discovered by the Royal Guard warriors. The flattened bronze block showed signs of having been struck hard here and there.
"hmm!"
I looked closely at the bronze ingot like an expert relic expert, and I could guess what kind of technology the Sun Tribe of the Plains used to make bronze.
'It's not casting, it's forging.'
Forging is a technique of refining metal by repeatedly heating and cooling it, much like a blacksmith working with iron.
'It must not have been easy to smelt bronze. That's amazing.'
I was once again amazed by their bronze technology. Since then, only a few trinkets have been found in the blacksmith shop.
"The fact that the quantity is not that large suggests that it is difficult to make it out of bronze."
In other words, this means that bronze technology was not popularized and was exclusive to the ruling class. If the plague had not occurred and this city had continued to develop bronze and iron technology, the history of Native Americans would have been completely different.
"That's too bad."
After a brief moment of appreciation, I slowly left the blacksmith shop.
"Go back to the original."
"Understood, Your Majesty the Emperor!"
* * *
In the central square, three thousand guardsmen were waiting, ready to depart. I walked alongside the 'river that goes far back' and welcomed his decision.
"Good decision. Since you know a lot about herbs, I guess you can help many people who are sick or have a disease in our 'Sun of the Sky'."
"Yes, I will try my best."
'The River That Returns Far' was now alone in the ruined city, with nowhere to go.
Naturally, his choices were bound to be narrowed. Because people cannot live alone. I've already thought about how I'm going to use him.
In the morning, during a conversation about the 'long-travelling river', he said that he had discovered a medicinal herb that prevented the epidemic from getting worse.
That means you have a knack for herbal medicine. And as his status window showed, he had high potential to become a great herbalist.
"When you go to the capital, it would be a good idea to start by organizing the herbs you know."
"how?"
Before writing was invented, the transmission of knowledge was extremely difficult.
"If you learn the letters of God, it will be easily solved."
"The word of God?"
With eyes full of doubt, the 'River that Goes Far Back' quietly continued to repeat the words 'God's Words'. He would probably be as shocked as everyone in 'The Sun in the Sky' who learned Hangul in one day.
A snicker came out. In any case, we plan to appoint him as the head of the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Medicine among several research institutes.
As this ruined city shows, as a country develops and its population grows, various diseases and epidemics are bound to occur.
Although they say they are careful about hygiene, there are clear limits. Prevention and proper treatment of diseases.
Herbal medicine could become one of the alternative medicines. Of course, modern medicine will continue to develop.
I first got on the buffalo and reached out to the 'far-returning river'.
"I'm going to burn you behind me. Hold on."
"yes."
'The River That Goes Far Back' grabbed my hand with a very nervous expression, as if he had never imagined that he would be riding a buffalo.
With him safely behind me, I gave instructions to the 'Heavy Snowstorm' from the rear along with the guardsmen who were isolated from the main force.
"Let's go!"
"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor!"
'Heavy Snowstorm' was in the lead, and the warriors of the Imperial Guard followed one after another on buffalo.
* * *
The southern bank of the lower Merrimack River. Every day at the same time, a hundred 'Sun of the Sky' warriors again began to attack the Abnaki Federation camp across the river.
"Are you going to be stuck at the garrison today too?"
"Poohahahahaha! All the warriors of the Abnaki Federation are cowards!"
But today the atmosphere was different than before. At that moment, the sound of drums was heard repeatedly from the rear fortress.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The white general who was leading the 'Sun of the Sky' warriors shouted urgently with a sinister look in his eyes.
"The Abnaki Alliance has fallen for our provocation. Now we will lure the enemy to the citadel!"
"Everyone, don't let your guard down!"
The signal from the friendly fire is to the right. From the right side of the enemy camp, Avnaki League warriors were rushing out like a swarm of bees.
And as if they had prepared well for this attack, the warriors of the Abnaki League quickly climbed onto the canoes hidden in the reeds.
"Get on board!"
"Everyone, be careful, the sun warriors in the sky can shoot arrows."
Before long, canoes carrying warriors from the Abnaki League began to appear on the river one after another. Meanwhile, Baek In-jang, who was watching the scene from across the river, shouted to the 'Sun of the Sky' warriors as if he had not forgotten his mission.
"Our continued provocations must have made them very angry. However, that is not enough. We will show the Abnaki warriors the true power of our bows."
"load!"
A hundred 'Sun of the Sky' warriors simultaneously loaded their bows with arrows and waited for the order to attack while pulling their bowstrings as close as possible.
At that moment, Baek In-jang shouted again.
"Concentrated fire!"
Hundreds of arrows escaped the hands of the 'Sun of the Sky' warriors and struck the Abnaki League warriors crossing the river in canoes in an instant.
Abnaki League warriors, hit by arrows, fell here and there. An arrow was stuck in the canoe, and the once clear river water was dyed red with blood.
"load!"
"Concentrated fire!"
"load!"
"Concentrated fire!"
The 'Sun of the Sky' warriors, who had fired three arrow attacks, immediately turned around as the Abnaki Federation warriors approached the riverside through the hail of arrows.
"retreat!"
"Maintain formation!"
"Retreat to a safe distance and attack the enemy again."
Moments later, the White Knight and the 'Sun of the Sky' warriors, armed with light armor and weapons to maximize their mobility, appeared behind the trap, completely exposed to the enemy.
"Good job!"
"Now attack to your heart's content!"
From the beginning, the warriors of the 'Sun of the Sky' had no intention of engaging in close combat with the warriors of the Abnaki Federation.
The main purpose was simply to provoke the enemy, make them lose their composure, and keep them there.
"Concentrated fire!"
Arrows rained down again on the heads of the Abnakha League warriors who had landed on the river.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
* * *
The Abnaki League warriors who had fallen into the trap far away and taken positions to avoid enemy arrow attacks swallowed their anger repeatedly.
"When are you going to have a fight? How dare you run away!"
"You guys are more cowards than me!"
"Come at me anytime!"
The Abnaki League warriors became increasingly dissatisfied as they were unable to fight back against the provocations of the 'Sun of the Sky' warriors and were forced to stay in their garrison.
To somewhat alleviate this discontent, the Abnaki League chieftains gave the order to advance, even though they knew it was a lure from the 'Sun of the Sky' side.
Anyway, we won without even a single proper battle, but a victory was a victory. The Avnaki League warriors shouted loudly to their warriors, leaving behind a feeling of discomfort.
"We are returning to the garrison with the wounded and dead warriors!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Meanwhile, the Unbroken Mountain, who saw the Abnaki League warriors retreating from the watchtower above the city gate, smiled triumphantly and spoke to the white generals assisting him.
"This is psychological warfare. Remember this well!"
"Yes, Mr. Cheon In-jang!"
"For your information, there is no such thing as fair play in war. To win a war, you must use all means and methods."
"I will keep that in mind."
* * *
'Sun in the Sky', 'Very Large' City West Valley. In addition to the recently built watermill, there were now two watermills side by side in the valley.
A large water wheel turned powerfully, powered by the water falling into the groove and the water flowing downstream in the valley.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
And a large ball kept pounding corn kernels, entertaining the women working in the mill.
"Hohoho! It's so comfortable because you do it for me."
"Yeah. By the way, it looks like the corn has been ground well."
After checking the cornmeal in the bowl two or three times, the women joined forces to stop the ball from working. The women used ladlefuls to transfer the cornmeal from the chests into hemp bags, tied the bags together, and stacked them on one side.
Just then, the men arrived.
"There's quite a lot today."
"Take care of it."
"Yeah. Good work, everyone."
After a brief conversation with the women working at the mill, the men loaded bags of cornmeal onto a cart.
"Okay, I'll go and come back."
And then the men started to move quickly towards somewhere, pulling a wagon full of cornmeal. A little later, a cart loaded with cornmeal arrived in front of a pilot cooking lab in the middle of the city, past the outer wall.
With a full stomach, 'The Moon Rises' took command of the cooking lab and gave instructions to many people.
"Move over there, please.
"Yes, sir!"
As 'The Moon Rises' entered the cooking lab again, women were busy moving around in front of several ovens and braziers.
There are two types of cornmeal. 'Coarse cornmeal' that has been processed in the first stage and 'fine cornmeal' that has been filtered by mixing water in a hemp cloth and drying for about a day.
The women were kneading the two types of cornmeal and making various dishes in the hot oven. First, the women took out bread that was properly baked from the stove and ate it together while evaluating it.
"It's made with coarse cornmeal, so the texture is a bit rough."
"I like it."
'The Moon Rises' was also evaluated while taking a bite of cornbread.
"But I think it would be good to eat this bread with grilled meat or vegetables mixed in."
Next, we tried bread made with a thin batter of 'fine cornmeal' and baked thinly on an iron plate.
"It's crunchy."
"It would be delicious dipped in honey or maple water."
"I think kids will really like it."
Finally, corn noodles with various ingredients mixed in hot meat broth were served. As expected, His Majesty the Emperor also taught me how to make corn noodles.
Fine cornmeal is kneaded into dough, squeezed into a mold, and the noodles are cooked in hot water. And then dry the cotton thoroughly in the sunlight.
'The Moon Rises' and the women swallowed their saliva with eyes full of anticipation as they watched the corn noodles steaming in a large bowl.
"What does it taste like?
"I want to try it quickly."
The 'Moon Rises' and the women, holding chopsticks and forks, quickly devoured the corn noodles without saying a word.
"The broth is amazing."
"The noodles are chewy and, above all, they go really well with the turkey."
"You can sell it at the market."
"Honestly, this dish is so delicious that I want to keep it to myself."
It was a series of rave reviews. 'The moon rises' also spoke with sparkling eyes as if in love with corn noodles.
"Shall we make it again with the remaining broth?"
* * *
North of the lower reaches of the Merrimack River, Abnaki Federation encampment. Shocking news reached the temporary hut where the Abnaki League chieftains were staying.
"The warriors of the heavenly sun appeared in the rear?"
"yes."