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I quickly walked around Hongseongmun with Sayun and buried the white jade tablet where the demonic energy was. After finishing work, I headed straight to the building near the entrance to Hongseongmun Gate.

“Are you done?”

I guess he was resting after training. Ryu Hyeon was drenched in sweat.

Perhaps it was because the original version was so pretty, but the slightly clinging hair looked quite alluring, but that wasn’t what was important right now.

“I heard that the one who encountered the demonic cultists was the Sword Saint. I want to talk to Geomseong…”

For a moment, Ryu Hyeon’s expression darkened. It seems like they want to cooperate with me as much as possible, but they seem to really dislike sending out the Sword Saint.

But we couldn’t avoid meeting. Right now, the job that the prefect has entrusted to me is work, but I also have something to say to her.

“Okay. Please wait a moment.”

In the end, Ryu Hyun nodded and went out. Sayoon, who was sitting next to me, was at a loss, but even so, she couldn’t stop.

How long did we wait like that?

The door flew open and I gritted my teeth as I saw Geomsung coming in.

Her attire was noticeably different from before.

Pure white costume.

It was a costume with plum blossom embroidery on the chest, made of material that clung to the entire body, and had no legs, exposing pure white thighs.

Perhaps because it is a costume designed to highlight the body, the voluptuous oval breasts stand out, while the narrow waist is tight.

The leg of the long pants on one side, which extends from the oval pelvis to the long legs, contrasts with the exposed part, creating admiration in the viewer.

I saw a woman sitting in front of me with long dark blue hair.

I couldn’t properly face the swordsman wearing Hongseongmun Jangmunin’s uniform.

It had to be that way.

For me.

And for us, that outfit represents longing, affection, and love.

Because it was evidence of the pain Sayun had been through.

I glanced at Sayoon. She is wearing an old suit holding a tray.

When I think of the event where Sayun became Hongseongmun’s chief writer and wore that outfit, my mind turns as white as that outfit, and my resolve begins to strengthen.

I came this far.

I carry everyone’s will.

I know that Sayoon should not be made to wear those clothes while shedding tears of pain.

My mind is confused due to various complex emotions.

Still, I had to come to my senses.

Because what I have to do now is essential to achieve my goal.

“I should start by introducing myself. This is Yuwol, the owner of Seomhwachon. Please feel free to speak.”

“Hong Seong-moon’s long essay, Na Ye-rin. Please take care of me.”

He mentioned Hong Seong-mun and Jang Mun-in, not Geomseong. This means that she also takes pride in being a long-time writer of Hong Seong-moon.

Then the story will be easier.

“Let me start with the main point. I would like to make a suggestion.”

From now on, it’s about business. So, rather than relying on friendship with the other person, you should talk in the realm of pure gain.

That’s why I immediately changed my tone, and the deep eyes of the Geomseong showed a look of interest.

“Do you have any suggestions other than those related to the investigation?”

“Yes. From what I heard, medicinal herbs were being cultivated in Hongseongmun.”

“Ah. That.”

I guess the Sword Saint knew too. She nodded slightly and glanced at Ryu Hyun.

“We are planning to supply it to Cheolnoya’s pharmacy in Seomhwachon.”

“Supply to drugstores. It’s not bad. Earlier, thanks to Sayun’s consideration, I went to the herb field when I was suffering from demonic energy. The fresh herbal scent was quite nice. I think the students were rewarded for their hard work. In my opinion, those herbs are of high quality.”

“Uh. Yes, thank you.”

Ryu Hyun’s face showed joy. I’m sorry, but you’ll have to put that happy expression aside for a moment.

“So how much do you think it will total?”

“According to the market price… I think I will be able to get at least one nyeong of gold every month…”

“Yes. It will come out like that. There is just one problem…”

“Problem?”

“There is no guarantee that sales will continue.”

“Ah.”

Ryu Hyeon bit his lip slightly as if he was thinking about it. I calmly continued my explanation to her.

“Do you know the characteristics of an island village? It’s a place where not many people get hurt, and monsters and thieves don’t often appear. Not only are there not many people who take tonics, but the people who actually use them a lot are government officials and Hong Seong-moon’s disciples…”

The museum cultivates its own herb garden and uses it to make medicine exclusively for the residents.

And Hong Seong-moon doesn’t use medicine often.

“Supply without demand causes prices to fall. Of course, if it were Iron Noya, he would continue to buy at the same price even if he suffered a loss…”

Of course, there was little chance that just that much herb would have an impact on the market price.

Because there is a large amount of herbs to be delivered from Hongseongmun, the market price will not plummet.

Of course, there may be a burden of stockpiling in the pharmacy, but at least Seomhwachon Pharmacy owner Cheolnoya is not a person who considers it a burden.

However, that may not be what Hongseongmun hopes for.

If you are going to benefit by burdening Cheolnoya, it would be better to receive donations from the family.

“Do you know about Nakil Kendo herbal medicine sales?”

Ryu Hyeon shook his head and told me something I didn’t ask about.

He said that the disciples involved in herbal cultivation were the children of samurai families or children of farmers, so he did not think about that part.

He said he was so blinded by the strong hope that he would be able to help with Hong Seong-moon’s operating expenses by growing and selling medicinal herbs there right away that he didn’t think about that part.

The reason I didn’t tell Hongryeon was because I was afraid she would get tired from worrying about it when she had a lot of other things to do.

In other words, they were so focused on making things happy that they didn’t think about the risks.

Things like that happen, too.

Because people tend to turn their eyes to the positive rather than the negative.

Also, Hong Seong-moon’s disciples probably didn’t do business there. A mistake of this magnitude can be overlooked with a smile.

However, Ryu Hyeon seemed to not think so and just kept biting his lip with a white face.

ruler.

Now that I’ve dropped it on the floor, I need to throw a rope to it.

“That’s what I’m saying. Would you like to partner with me?”

“Yes? Partnership?”

“Yes. Medicinal herbs grown in Hongseongmun, and sachets… You are planning to make sachets, right? those. I will buy everything.”

“Uh… But the company doesn’t manufacture medicine, right?”

Of course it is.

In Heavenly Moon, you could make medicine by learning the manufacturing method and combining it if you had the ingredients and pharmacy skills.

Of these, I know the location of the recipe, but I can’t go find it right now, and even if I do, I don’t have the ability to manufacture it.

I tried buying medicinal ingredients and making medicine just in case, but it didn’t work. It seems like there needs to be someone who has a separate recipe and can manufacture the medicine… but I remember just skipping it because it was something I couldn’t do anything about right now.

Anyway, that’s not what’s important.

“That’s why I’m suggesting it.”

I took the paper that was lying on the table. And I scraped it with the charcoal I picked up in the kitchen earlier.

The eyes of Geomseong, Ryu Hyeon, and Sayoon, who were watching this, grow bigger and bigger.

“…Huh? Guest owner. Do you know how to draw?”

“Wow. You draw well.”

“This is… me and Master. And is it Sayoon?”

What I drew were Geomseong, Ryu Hyeon, and Sayun. It was a croquis-level portrait.

Why do you know how to draw?

There weren’t many people who drew fan art for our poor, cute kid, so I practiced whenever I had time.

Also, when I was doing business as a private company, there wasn’t much better than fan art, so I worked harder.

While the three of us looked at the well-drawn picture blankly, I tapped the picture.

“I plan to sell the medicinal herbs in a special way by attaching pictures of my students to them.”

“What does that mean?”

“Medicines carefully cultivated by Hong Seong-moon’s beautiful disciples. They even gave it a name.”

Hong Seong-moon is a member of a prestigious political faction, and their reputation has been quite high thanks to the noble but unprofitable work they have done so far. Therefore, if you use that name, these medicinal herbs can be sold at a higher price than the average price.

Geomseong slightly twitched his eyebrows at my suggestion.

“Shall we talk about Hong Seong-moon’s policy? Hong Seong-moon says that it is natural for those who have nothing to take care of those who do not have anything, so they should not be paid for something that is natural. And he said that we must act in a manner befitting the name of our political faction. In addition, there are a few internal rules and policies of the sect… but isn’t the important thing to not sell the sect’s name in a false way and not to be swayed by desire? So what’s wrong with what I’m trying to do now?”

I don’t think Hong Seong-moon’s teachings are wrong. Of course, among the Sayundan members, there are people who ask what kind of bullshit teachings there are.

But that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with pursuing ideals.

If so, let’s choose a way to bypass it without touching it.

ruler.

Is it true that it was grown in Hongseong Mountain?

right.

Are Hong Seong-moon’s disciples beautiful?

beautiful.

Was it carefully raised by Hong Seong-moon’s disciples themselves?

After the training was over, I took a break and trained my disciples who were not yet able to go on missions with all my heart and soul for the sake of my sisters-in-law who were struggling.

Since I spoke purely with facts, even Geomsung was unable to refute anything.

Anyway, it’s not like I broke the rules.

“What do you plan on pricing?”

“In order to commercialize it, we plan to go through some processing before delivering it, so it will be sold more expensively than at Seomhwachon Pharmacy.”

If a product has a premium feel by adding storytelling to it, it should of course be sold at a high price.

It’s even a limited edition.

“Objects with history tend to have a certain value attached to them. Even a cheap brush can be sold at a high price if it was used by a nobleman. If you live up to the name of the herbal medicine cultivated by Hong Seong-mun’s disciples on a sacred mountain called Hongseong Mountain… you can get one, two, or even three times more.”

“…Isn’t the price too excessive?”

Excessive.

In fact, depending on how you do it. If you combine expensive words such as limited edition, special product, and premium and sell them in gacha form, you can make dozens of times more profit.

In any case, this is not swayed by desire, and it does not go against Hong Seong-moon’s policy.

So let’s do that in season 2.

“Jang Moon-in is correct if he is making profit by pledging the lives of the ordinary people of the island village as collateral. But it won’t really matter to the people I’m selling this to.”

After taking a sip of tea, I spoke to Geomseong.

“They are weak in superstition. To that extent, the medicinal herbs cultivated by the Hongseong gurus who have lived a noble life on the sacred mountain of Hongseong Mountain, and the sachets collected by the Hongseong gurus step by step, will be of greater value to them. You get that price. Three times? Four times? No, even if you get more, they will smile and buy it for you. That’s because they will gain peace of mind that the names Hongseongsan and Hongseongmun will bring.”

“You mean you can get peace of mind with that?”

When a surprised Ryu Hyun asked, I shrugged my shoulders instead of answering.

mind! Don’t you know about the placebo effect?

“…Who are they?”

When Geomseong asked nervously, I laughed.

“They are officials from wealthy, prestigious families.”

Just as no one but Superman can save the world, I couldn’t save Sayoon and protect Hong Seong-moon alone.

So the first thing I did was build my network.

Not only the current county commander, but also the imperial conscription department masquerading as the Cheonghoe Sangdan near Seomhwachon.

And in Heavenly Moon, Haomun and many others are used as errand centers.

If I used the information and knowledge I gained from accumulating a certain amount of experience, there was a good chance that I could make connections with wealthy officials, even if it would be difficult to reach the imperial family.

And among them, there were quite a few who were sensitive to superstitions.

There aren’t many cards I can use after being thrown into this world.

Therefore, I focused on collecting cards, and currently had a certain number of cards in hand.

I stared at the Sword Saint while fiddling with the cards I had earned through all my efforts.

ruler. From now on, it is the area of persuasion.

“If you refuse, I have no choice. However, Sword Saint must also think about Hong Seongmun’s disciples. Even evil laws are laws, but if people are too bound by the rules, they cannot survive. Now Hong Seong-moon’s disciples…”

The language he learned when he was in a relationship with those who had been slandering Sayun. And the persuasive skills he studied and trained to spread the word that Sayun is the true protagonist.

Other than that, we talked for a while about the basic knowledge that Sayundan should have.

Geomseong and Ryu Hyeon said something from time to time, but it was at a lower level than those who were slandering Sayun.

At least they could communicate.

After talking like that for a while, Geomseong, who could not protest and was only listening, chuckled and cut me off.

“The somewhat arbitrary interpretation contained a bit of force, but… it definitely didn’t break any rules. In that case, you can’t refuse that offer. Also, if it can reduce the suffering of the disciples, it should not be prevented.”

Geomseong stood up. And then, he bowed deeply to me.

Ryu Hyeon-do and Sayoon-do saw that look. And I was surprised too.

“Guest guest Yu. Please be kind to me.”

Geomsung.

Geomseong is a martial arts expert and one of the best masters.

bowed down to me

For the disciples.

For Hong Seong-moon.

That’s why I also quickly got up and paid my respects to the Sword Saint.

“Please take care of me.”

For our pride.

“But…”

The story is over. Of course, I didn’t write down the contract, but I can do that later.

As I was about to get up to leave after finishing my business, Geomseong caught me saying something.

“What if the product doesn’t sell? What if they refuse?

I answered her question with a smile.

That wouldn’t happen, but it didn’t matter if it did.

Because I can have it all.