It was a great day for the people when contact was finally reestablished with the Norwegians. As it had turned out, they wanted peace as much as the North Koreans did, so Ragnar sent Kim Jong a deal. He would sign a peace treaty and give 10 gold if there would be peace. Ragnar could not have his eyes open for too long during this time because he couldn't bare seeing Kim Jong's better facial hair.
Now Kim Jong will see what he can do with the French.
The French were more stubborn about peace, though, which was unfortunate. They would only cease their fire on North Korean citizens that somehow came all the way to France if Kim Jong would do the same and pay 20 gold. Kim Jong took this deal as he was tired of war.
Times were now peaceful again. Well, for the most part, except how the council members were freaking out about Mongolians forming. I mean, Kim Jong could easily survive that with his new handy-dandy drafting journal.
There were tales of a mean in Sanggyeong who had worked with the large ice formations to the far northwest of the city. He would make glorious things like deer and even trees and sell them around the city to display the true beauty of North Korea and Sanggyeong.
Kim Jong heard these tales, and ordered the great artist to make a statue of Kim Jong. When he refused, Kim Jong said he would only pay him 178 gold, if not, he would be executed. This deal went through just fine, and there is now a large ice sculpture of Kim Jong in his palace, and a great artist still making ice sculptures in Sanggyeong.
As it had happened, a large group of Seljuk Turks had been attacking Persian and Arabian lands. Unknown, possibly, to the council members, Persia had collapsed due to these attacks, and Arabia was now their main target. Because of this, Salad Man came to Kim Jong demanding 500 gold. Kim said to go have his cities taken by Seljuks, as Salad Man could not even look at Kim Jong's facial hair. "Don't be a Ragnar." He told Salad Man.
The spy was now to be ordered south, to explore the great landmass where there are tales of more civilizations.
As the spy ventured south, Kim Jong met a land with a leader named Baibars, whose facial hair was
almost as great as Kim Jong's. Kim Jong liked this man, and conducted a trade for the knowledge of Philosophy to teach people like Wang Kon and to allow North Koreans to think more and become enlightened.
As the deal was made, Kim Jong noticed that North Korea was now greater than Arabia, thanks to the Seljuks, but shhh... Don't tell him that.
Council members, you are now kicked out. You may now run for new positions