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A local old man who is asked about how he felt about the Mongolian Empire.

Ah, life now with the Mongols as the rulers sure gets me down. When I was younger, the Mongols were nothing more than a race of nomads, living off of their horses to survive and living in the desert. They didn’t have houses; instead they lived in horse-haired tents called yurts. They needed tents because they were constantly moving around. They didn’t farm like the rest of us. But even though their groups were small in size, they sure could put up a fight with their little ponies and bow and arrow skills. I heard that their leader at the time was some Chingis Khan. Oh boy, when he came into power, the song dynasty fell just like that. Then, that terrible man took over.

It was after that moment in time, when the great and terrible Changis Khan took over after the Song dynasty, the world seemed to bow down to him. One after another, he conquered more and more areas, like Northern China, Turkistan, Afghanistan, Persia, and Russia. That man's ways of battle were feirce. He often drew the blood of innocent women and children, and word of the Mongol's bloodthirstyness spread like wildfire. Just mentioning the Mongols could bring people down to their knees in fear.

Don't even get me started on the way the Mongols are acting now in days. After all the war was over, the Mongols actually reopened the Silk Road. Such strange people. They are bloodthirsty suckers who took over the world, and yet they tried to restore peace. But the Silk Road showed us something amazing about the Europeans: they were much more far behind in technology than us. All the gizmos that the Chinese invented that European people hadn't even seen, like the spinning wheel, or the compass, benefited them greatly. The only thing that we got from those Europeans was that dang Black Death. Nearly  got me too, that Black Death did. Ah, how the life under the Mongolian rule get to me.

The Mongols are becoming a nationwide commotion. Just the sound of their name sends fear into hundreds of hearts, and thousands of families fleeing from their homes. What is it about the Mongols that scare so many people? Is it their blood-thirsty propaganda? Or is it simply their fierce and wild leader, Chinggis Khan? It could just be that their merits are blown out of proportion, as one Indian trader, explains to us. "I don't believe any of it," Abhay Verma tells us. "It is all a bunch of hooey. I know a few Mongols--I trade with them all the time--and they are nothing like these savage peoples I hear about. Why, if they were as savage as they claim to be, would I be here talking to you now missy?" As Abhay’s business called him elsewhere, he left a few words of advice however. “They may not be as terrible as they seem, but still be careful of them. Some will make small talk and invite you to tea, others will eat you for breakfast. Goodbye and stay safe.” While Abhay’s words are very insightful, he is but a minority. Not many share his views, and even fewer would have the guts to express them if they did. The majorities of us ruled by the Mongols are scarred silly of our leaders, and would do anything to stay on their good side.

How has pax mongolica impacted the lives of traders and merchants?

 Well.. In the beginning, I thought the mongols were trying to destroy everything since they were instigating so many wars between different places along the silk road. But later, when they started the pax mongolica, the peace in the mongolian society, provided more opportunities and chances for us traders and merchants. We have to pay tax to the people working for Khan, but I think that is not much for our goods to be carried a long way safely.

 Also, since pax mongolica had started, lots of new inventions had been made. Some of them, I can't see very often because people are not very familiar with them and don't know how to use them yet. I saw a spinning wheel a few days ago when I went to pick up the textiles for trading.  The way those machines worked.. It was amazing. I heard that a new tool was made to navigate the ship and other travelers. It was called... compa.. compess? oh! Now I remember, compass. I hope those get popular among people, so I could get a hold of one. I want to use it when I travel down the silk road for my trading.

 Pax Mongolica has been very productive until now. But few days ago, I heard that some disease was getting spread in the Central Asia. I guess that is happening because those different merchants and travelers like me, bring those deadly diseases with them along with their products. You should be careful to not get affected by one of those diseases.. You never know what might happen to you. I'm just going to hope that it doesn't spread until where I'm staying or maybe those intelligent inventors should create a vaccine or some cure for that disease quickly. I guess pax mongolica has some bad effects on our lives..