episode_0021

“Go Burin, do you know what Taegyeongmun’s Kang Jun did to me at Gyeongsu Market?”

“Field work is your responsibility! Don’t blame me! I got all the money I deserved from Tae Kyung-moon!”

“Okay, so spit out all the money you received. Don’t you understand? Gobulin. I’ll say it again, in this request, you took a request that wasn’t even properly verified from a sect that didn’t even know the basics, and handed it to me without saying anything. Thanks to that, I went through a lot of trouble, and that bastard named Kang-Jun stabbed me in the face in an attempt to kill me. I fed it.”

“If you work as a broker, you don’t say anything even if you receive a broker’s commission. But you were just an errand boy in this case. I don’t know how much money you took, saying it was yours, but even if you add it all up, it’s not enough to fully compensate for what happened at Gyeongsu Market.”

“You brought money? Are you a broker who has not even received the compensation you deserve? What kind of fee is this guy who couldn’t even get his share of the money properly? Since we have a lot of affection, I won’t ask you to make up for the share you didn’t receive, so I’ll just pay you the cost of going back and forth between Geumgaga and Roningaekjan, so take that and go.”

“Dare! How dare you make such a foolish move in front of the nobles of this golden district..!”

“There are two paths you can choose. Either I get all the proper compensation and come back to make up for my loss and take the brokerage fee, or I spit it all out right now and just leave.”

I maintained a calm demeanor as I watched Goburin gasping in excitement.

This is work.

Because it’s a natural request.

I stared at Goburin, trying not to leave even a single point of leeway. Gobulin seemed to have sensed that I was serious and not just trying to pressure him, so he calmed down a bit.

“Ho Cheon-an Even if you are highly preferred among brokers, you will still be able to make a living as a ronin even if you mess with a broker…”

“My money.”

I cut off Goburin’s words.

“Take the money in your pocket, or get the money from Taegyeongmun. Until then, you are not a [broker] to me. I’m just a debtor who needs to get paid.”

“What if you can’t do that?”

I laughed. It’s funny to see Goburin showing off his courage with a pale face.

“We have to make it so that they can’t pay it back. Including my daily labor for collection.”

This is the beginning of the Goburin hunt.

*** ***

Slowly. Grumble.

“Is this normal collection?”

“Huh? No.”

Even though the black spirit qigong was in operation, I could feel the black cat looking at me.

He looked like he was really wondering if doing something like this would work, but since he was doing what he was told to do well, he just had an appetite.

“But in the end, if you work as a rogue, you cannot avoid friction with the middleman. This is because brokers are in the business of making more money the more they cut out the customers. You have to take care of your own share.”

“It is not a wise choice to be in an open confrontation with the broker like this.”

“That’s right. But don’t you know that it’s your fault that you’re doing this now?”

“Senior Ho, it’s a bit ugly to do whatever you want and then blame yourself.”

Did you get caught?

“Was yesterday’s event that big of a deal?”

“In terms of money, it’s average. Even if you add up all the compensation, it is less than half of the big deal.”

“But why do you do this?”

“I don’t have time. I feel comfortable only when the brokers are disciplined.”

“What time? Time to go gambling?”

“..Where did you hear that?”

“My classmates told me.”

Wow, did Jeongsam and Yeo Jinsang talk about me behind my back? Why do I feel embarrassed every time my classmates do something inadequate?

“Senior Ho, tell me honestly. What is it?”

“No, really, why don’t you trust me so much? They’re giving me tips that I can’t even learn anywhere, so I just say thank you and focus on absorbing them.”

“There is something to be learned from this situation.”

The black cat waved the leaflet gently, picked up a handful and threw it in the air. I wanted to say something as I watched the flyers bunch up and roll around, but I felt like they didn’t stop my hands, so I left them alone.

“First of all, you can see the reality of middlemen who act like high-ranking officials in roningaekjan.”

Brokers cannot do this unless they are from a famous family. The lineages of famous families whose occupations are civil, government, and commercial, unrelated to martial arts. Only those from families with a solid reputation that would not be scandalized by associating with ronin could become brokers.

But let’s think about it calmly.

Ultimately, the broker’s activities have a negative impact on the family’s reputation. Brokers say that their lineage and family cannot be violated by such rumors, but do people within the family really look at such brokers with kind eyes?

The profits of brokers are generally unusual, but in fact, if the brokerage is famous enough to engage in brokerage activities, the profits are not that attractive.

I guess they just think of it as giving a job to someone from the family and leave it alone even if it’s a bit inconvenient.

“Secondly, you can learn how to provide indefensible techniques to middlemen who run rampant like Yeopo only at Rongingaekjan.”

“Hmm.”

The delinquent black cat’s attitude changed slightly.

“I didn’t like the guy named Goburin… Still, if you’re a middleman, you’re a type of information merchant, and those people are planting bad stereotypes that intelligence people eat raw… They’re the ones ruining the perception of information merchants. You have to take care of it..”

“What did you say?”

“No. Okay, senior. Let’s learn well.”

Clap la la la la!

The black cat seems to have suddenly become motivated and sprays the flyers with a mixture of dark techniques and decoration techniques. The flyers flying high into the sky came together like a ball in the air and then scattered like an explosion.

I could hear people muttering as if they had seen flyers falling like snow from the sky.

“Anyway, what are these strange characters?”

“These are special symbols that attract people’s attention and leave them in their memories. The effect was so outstanding that many people adopted these symbols.”

“Hoo…”

Reached the golden price. A merchant family worthy of the name Golden. It is no exaggeration to say that this family holds the wealth of Sacheon in one hand. You can feel its opulence just by standing in front of the gate and looking at the palace-like mansion.

An overwhelming gate large enough to accommodate sixteen horses in a row, and numerous buildings comparable to a palace visible through the open gate.

I stopped the cart I was pulling and stood in front of it.

“If you get a truck, or even a cart, from a prestigious family, you won’t be able to move.”

Roadkill is best for goblin hunting.

*** ***

Golden Autumn.

The Golden Family is a historic merchant family.

‘That doesn’t mean there wasn’t a crisis.’

If you look at the history of the Golden Eggplant, the owner of the golden podium, which is said to be the best in Sacheon, it is clear that it has been affected by the wind and waves here and there. Despite the rejection, it was a side effect caused by messy money-making and octopus-style expansion with capital at the forefront.

In the face of greedy investment, he brought in a lot of money from various sources and made enemies and committed many dishonest acts.

Yeo Il-ye felt as if the splendid view of Golden Street was stained with all kinds of dirt.

A foul odor seemed to be flowing behind the Commander-in-Chief who was now walking ahead.

‘It’s unexpected that I can meet the head of the family in person.’

The power of Golden Street extends to all of Sacheon. The number one merchant in Sacheon was investing a lot of money to maintain friendly relations with the martial arts faction.

Jeomchang also received numerous gifts from Geumga. Appropriate exchanges between famous people in Sacheon are common occurrences. It was Yeo Il-ye who came to Geumga after threateningly kidnapping the disciple who was in charge of running an errand for the writing staff, but it was unexpected that the head of the family would meet her in person.

Is this a treatment worthy of the name, which is on the rise these days?

Or is he really related to that incident at that time?

‘It’s a meaningless assumption.’

Yeo Il-ye shook her head. The head of the Golden Family was not an easy position for an unqualified person to meet. He earned the right to meet because he reached the peak and proved his skills by defeating the famous masters in Sacheon one after another.

Even if the head of the house was related to the incident at that time, if Yeo Il-ye was at her peak, she would not have had the opportunity to face the head of the house.

Water Geukpilban Hwaryeon cold brew.

Yeo Il-ye once again reflected on the teachings given by her benefactor and cleared her mind. Even if I didn’t close my eyes, my inner images unfolded as they were.

A large building made by refining iron. The size of this building was no different from that of the gigantic golden palaces, and it looked so solid and solid that it could hardly be called a building.

However, a very large hole remained at the bottom.

‘Is it regret? Is it a mess? ‘Is it regret?’

Because she was just on fire, she turned her senseless hatred towards the ronin and made a fuss, so now there is no one by Yeo Il-ye’s side. Since losing her parents, no one has come close to Yeo Il-ye, who has been baring her teeth and swinging her claws.

The hole that was opened that day when the mansion burned down was still visible even though Yeo Il-ye’s heart had been newly refined and cooled.

plural.

Yeo Il-ye didn’t know if revenge could fill this hole in her heart. However, Yeo Il-ye truly loved her parents, and at the same time, she also loved the manor. Sibi, who put sweets in her mouth without her mother knowing. The servant ran after him, not knowing what to do for fear of getting hurt if he ran through the garden or climbed a tree.

All of them burned and disappeared, and no one could bring them back to life.

There was no other option than to appease their resentment by offering blood.