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Chapter 18 - Chapter 18: Father, Don't Stand in Front of my Statue in Tears Yet

The war between the Mongol Empire and the Song Dynasty lasted for 20 years, but the Song Dynasty, although a neighboring dynasty, was more successful in defense than all other surrounding dynasties. Even the last emperors of the Song dynasty were not military educated men like Kublai Khan.Without the control of the Great Wall and without the mountain ranges that acted as a barrier, the Song Dynasty could not stop the attacks into territories and enemy forces crossing the borders of the Song dynasty territory because the Song dynasty had no army on the borders.Invading the territory of the Song dynasty, Kublai Khan's army persecuted the population loyal to the emperor of the Song dynasty. In 1279, he proclaimed the Yuan dynasty, which would last 90 years before the Ming dynasty.At the last moment, in order not to fall into the hands of the enemy, the owner of the largest merchant ship set sail in the direction of the island of Bali at the crack of dawn, the ship was full, but instead of a heavy load this time, like on Noah's ark, they found places on the ship, mostly women and children. The captain of the ship did not ask if they were from a noble family, who whoever could board the ship from the long column of refugees on the shore was accepted. Now we are all equal under this sun, in war lives are not saved by title or power but by strength and the knowledge of how to defeat an enemy whose goal is only to rob and enslave the Song Dynasty. He knew that many noble ladies and princesses were already working as maids after the fall of dynasties and rulers, he received an order from the emperor himself to take the refugees by ship so that they would not become free slaves in the hands of the enemy. Maybe the enemies would have shot down this ship too if they had not used a little cunning and raised the flag of Bali on the ship's mast, so the enemy did not pay much attention to the ship, thinking that it was an ordinary trading ship from Bali, a ship with refugees from the Song dynasty.During the journey, a cyclonic typhoon took place, carrying the ship in all directions, for days they floated in the endless ocean, but thanks to the compass, they returned the ship to the right route and finally sailed into the harbor on the island of Bali. Passing by the blue lagoon, exhausted travelers looked in disbelief at this beautiful natural wonder in Bali."Bali is the island of the Gods, birds of paradise live there, they say that the name Bali means sacrifice, it was named by the Balinese king who introduced Buddhism in the 10th century".The owner of the ship said to one of the passengers who was holding a small child in her arms. "Take this cake, give it to the child so that he won't be hungry, " he said and gave his food, leaving himself hungry."No, captain, you haven't eaten anything, I noticed that you were steering the ship the whole time.""The captain stayed to defend himself in the battle, I was given the task of transporting you to the island of Bali, so I am not a very skilled captain.""You saved us all and brought us to this island.""Yes, we were lucky to get out of the storm, but here we continue our life, there is no going back to the Song Dynasty for now, we will wait for a calmer time, until then we will settle you on this island.""And will they receive us here?", the woman asked"No worries, my daughter is the queen here, " and then he told her to keep it a top secret."Don't worry, the Queen of Bali invited us earlier to settle here in case life becomes dangerous in the Song dynasty and during war.I am the merchant Kang Subadar, I am well known here, I have successfully done business here because our emperor of the Song Dynasty developed overseas trade, and luckily I have enough silver deposits in the banks, so we will be able to build a village and a settlement for all the refugees from the Song Dynasty.Are you here alone with a child?""Yes, my husband stayed to fight against the enemy army, and I was sent to flee with the others because it was rumored that a ship with refugees was going to Bali.""Well, we will help everyone to continue a normal life here, we will open schools, plant fields of rice, tea, true Indigofera plants, sugar cane, mulberry tree for silk, everything will be like in the Song Dynasty", he consoled himself, although he himself was worried about how to organize the life of the refugees here in the Bali kingdom.Several settlements were built, of which the village of Pinggan stands out even today, and the Subandar shrine is still there today.Everyone has their own way to escape from reality, some read books, and some invent them, Queen Dowager Kong in Bali, did not want to escape from reality, she wanted to change it for the better, knowing what would happen to the emperors of the Song Dynasty, she thought about how to change the past. and to avoid the tragedy recorded in the history books.in 12 centuryHer power to travel to the future must have had a big reason because it doesn't happen just like that, but with the aim of avoiding the victims of war and the tragedy of her people.She learned that there were some powerful people from the Song Dynasty who fought in the army of Kublai Khan before the fall of the Song Dynasty, those traitors hoped that the fall of the Song Dynasty would gain power in their hands, it was because of such people that the Song Dynasty empire did not have a strong army, instead Song dynasty was developing trade which help to build a richest dynasty in 12 century, known as a golden age of culture and prosperity.The Queen of Bali welcomed and warmly accepted refugees from Song dynasty, Father thought to go back by his ship, but the queen told him that it's better not, she will send smaller ships from Bali so the enemy wouldn't find out that it was a ship from the Song dynasty."War is the age when we have to be wiser, a ship is needed for overseas trade and we must continue to care for the arriving refugees", she told father. She was knowing how proud and righteous men was her father, but if now he went back Mongols will took ship for themselves or destroyed ship. "Father, we still need to play theatre drama, from now we will play on top of the rock in defiance of the enemies who hate us."