Jashin was an earnest farmer who lived during the time of King Seong of Baekje. When King Seong resolved to move his nation’s capital from the mountain redoubt of Ungjin to the wide riverside plains of Sabi, there was much resistance to his plans. But among the common people, the king found support from Jashin and like-minded folk who saw great potential in the new capital, such as the fertile lands of Sabi ripe for farming and the access to the sea provided by the Geumgang River. However, the road to realizing the king’s vision was full of trials and turmoil.

When the capital was still under construction, a tempest struck the building sites, threatening to prevent the immense project from being completed. Yet Jashin was not dismayed. Instead, he gathered his closest comrades among the farmers and together they urged the people to continue and complete the construction of the new city before the next storm arrived. With their words, they sway the populace, and therefore the great city of Sabi was completed in due time. Such was its splendor that visitors game from far and wide to gaze upon its majesty.

Now Jashin was descended from another hero of Baekje who had lived generations ago. His ancestor Uro was a village chieftain and an ambitious leader among her people. Uro lived in the time of King Ashin of Baekje whose own ambitions for territorial conquest nearly led his kingdom to ruin. Time and again, King Ashin launched military campaigns against the neighboring kingdom of Goguryeo in the north, ostensibly to avenge the wrongs committed by that rival nation. But each time, the armies of Baekje were turned back, being routed and forced to flee, by their much stronger enemies.

In time, many people in Baekje opted to leave for other lands to avoid being conscripted into King Ashin’s doomed northern campaigns. Uro’s village was among those that were part of the exodus from Baekje. Yet there were many in her village who still wished to remain, perhaps being hopeful for a successful invasion of the north, or perhaps being unwilling to wholly abandon the lands of their forefathers. In the end, a handful of Uro’s oldest friends joined her on her quest to settle in a new land. 

Uro and her folk succeeded in establishing a new home elsewhere, but they would not forget where they came from. Stories of their ancestral home in Baekje would be passed down by parents to their children. Generations later, in the years of King Seong, the descendants of Uro and her folk, led by the farmer Jashin, would return to the lands of their forefathers. And through their efforts, they would help lead the people to a new capital and renewed prosperity.