episode_0299

It was said that the amount of grain purchased by the government at twice the market price was enough to last until the fall.

In the first place, it was a transit city next to a drop river, so it was a town with a lot of warehouses.

Since expensive warehouses are already occupied in good locations in Nyangyang, many goods with low value relative to their volume, such as grains, are moved to Naknyeong.

However, there were also facts that Gultaran did not mention.

The number of mouths in the city has decreased significantly.

This spring was when the flood control work was completed, so it was a time when people were at peace in the newly built Gangeon and riverbanks.

In fact, because of this, a huge river of water surged in, to the point where the castle walls collapsed, and it was during the night that the strong words broke out again.

In the area along the river that was swept away, families were literally wiped out and there was no one left to hold a funeral, and even if that were not the case, houses collapsed and were crushed, and water flooded in and drowned, making it impossible to calculate the extent of damage.

However, saying that people could eat for a long time because the number of people who would eat it had drastically decreased was not something to be said to the kind-hearted Supreme Lord of Heaven who would endure resentment for the common people whom he did not know.

So, Cheong just asked back calmly.

“There are that many? Wasn’t it necessary to go through all of them?”

“Oh, that’s not true. You did a very wise thing. When you think of a city that has been hit by a flood, aren’t merchants from all over the world red-eyed, trying to get rid of everything?”

When there is a flood, the prices of nearby grains rise all at once, as if promised.

Actually, it’s a promise.

The price was raised by uniting in a secret meeting of merchants, and the price rose sharply after making a promise.

Then, when you try to buy it in a flood-hit area, they sell it at a high price, and when you sell it in your own neighborhood, they charge you a high price because they don’t have the stock because the flood-stricken people in the other area are wiping it out.

Then, you will inevitably grind your teeth as the price of grain increases tenfold in an instant, and if you want to become a water ghost, you will only be submerged in water, and you will cause trouble even to other people’s neighborhoods.

Hatred is directed not at the merchants who sell at high prices, but at the poor people hit by the disaster, so the merchants excitedly raise their prices and act pitiful.

However, if grains to be eaten are stored up until fall, nearby merchants will have no reason to raise prices, and the people of Naknyeong will no longer have to be criticized for no reason.

“Ha. Those so-called merchants can’t do business with each other.”

But it is unavoidable.

Because in order to succeed as a merchant, you need the heart of such a vicious mongrel.

A bastard in the world who can trample on others without any remorse and laugh at and take away every last coin from victims who are bleeding and crying tears of blood is the quality of a great merchant.

In response, Geoltaran engraved the words of the Heavenly Majesty deep within him.

Of course, I have no intention of engraving it just on myself.

Before the end of this year, all members of the Heavenly Demon Church’s Bijak Department in the Central Plains will engrave these words in their hearts.

This is what the Supreme Lord of the Heavenly Demon means: Merchants are the bastards of the world that can be beaten and manipulated.

Later, when a new era opens, they will become the lowest of all professions.

“Hmm. Did you get the list?”

“Yep. That’s right. However, since it is a daily wage table rather than a list, I think about half of the people are missing.”

A non-existent person is, of course, a person whose name is only listed on the daily wage table and who does not actually exist.

In any case, according to the official record, since the work was officially done, the daily wage was officially paid.

However, it is unknown how the daily wages of those who did not exist were taken care of.

“Real gold and silver are leaking out, bird. I don’t know how the more you dig, the more rotten water comes out. But, lady, it’s annoying… … .”

Cheong scratched the back of his head.

Then Geultaran smiled brightly and asked with a smile on his face.

“Oh my gosh, girl! It’s annoying. Can’t all of those things just be ordered to the servants of our office!”

“Oh. Why am I manipulating my superiors?”

“That’s right. that. Lord Choi will be so honored if he finds out later! You asked me to provide all convenience!”

“But an old man is an old man.”

“And me! If a small person has nothing to do, they are so anxious that they cannot endure it, so please, if there is something to do, please give it to the small person! That is the way to save small people!”

It was a cry filled with such strong will that he would do whatever he was told.

It’s not just words.

The eyes are also sparkling, giving the illusion of a dog fussing after hearing the sound of a walk.

It is an opportunity to carry out the work ordered directly by the Heavenly Majesty, so how could an agent of Bijakbu, who had been thoroughly brainwashed from a young age to serve the Heavenly Majesty as his sole purpose in life, pass up this opportunity?

In front of those earnest eyes, what is Cheongdo?

If I say it this way, I think it’s okay to pamper myself a little.

“When I listened to Jeomsoy speak the other day, it didn’t seem like the engineers mobilized for the construction were soft-spoken or anything. So, if you ask the workers, all kinds of information will come out, such as their names and what they do.”

“Ahh! If it’s something like that, you should leave it to a servant! It’s already a time when the city’s population is flocking to the city for relief, so if you ask at that time, it won’t be that much of a hassle.”

“Oh. also. They say that a person can easily solve anything if he or she has the brains to do it. Is that right?”

“Keuheuk. Thank you, thank you. I will cherish this joy, the glory of life, for the rest of my life, and I will never forget it even after I die.”

Cheong chuckled.

This guy always makes a fuss like this whenever I say a compliment.

Doesn’t the old man give you compliments?

but. Old people are a bit like that.

“By the way, do you think there was a problem with the flood control work?”

“The designer said there were no problems with the design.”

Rather, it was emphasized that there should be no such thing as rain at this level, so there must be a reason for the disaster.

“I’m on my way to Jongnam Mountain anyway. I heard that the headquarters of Jangheung Sangbang is in Jangan? If you happen to stop by and have any problems, um. okay. Well, what can I say, but now that I know, I can’t just ignore it, right?”

Cheong continued speaking with a wry smile.

“If something happens, someone has to take responsibility.”

In his eyes, a color that was nowhere to be seen quietly flickered in an ominous manner.

At that, Taran had tears in his eyes again.

Aren’t the Heavenly Majesty’s eyes overflowing with light like the end of the world?

Such fearsome majesty!

Heavenly Majesty, eternal owner of my soul!

Separately from that, the Shingyo Bijakbu was dispatched immediately afterward with a large payment.

[You are planning to head to Changan]

The recipient is Taechung Sangbangju Choi Lyon.

Destination: Jigui County, Hubei Province, Xue Jia Commercial Association.

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Geultaran will figure it all out on his own, so get some rest while he figures it out.

Isn’t it like he’s giving me a look in his eyes asking me to please stay?

Anyway, I have to find out the key engineers for the construction, so I guess I should stay.

They had announced that they were going to hold a banquet in the evening, but what kind of banquet was this when the atmosphere of the city was like this? We decided to just have a simple and generous meal and returned to our lodgings.

So, I decided to take a bath, change my clothes, take some food with me, eat dinner, and get some rest.

Why on earth did you name the room of the highest dignity of the three thousand worlds in the upper room, or guest hall, in such a grandiose manner?

Of course, in large manors in the middle of the country, the best room and the next best room are usually prepared for guests.

This was because it was natural to rank guests.

It is a common custom and etiquette in Jungwon to at least serve the chief guest and the second-ranked guest separately.

So, originally, the best rooms were given slightly grandiose names.

The Murimmaeng was called Mucheon-gak, and the female priest’s gate also had a luxury guesthouse called Yohwa-gak, which was rarely used and was used as a warehouse.

But what is the Samchon World Highest Dignity Office?

Proportional rites are said to be proportional. Doesn’t this make the guests feel more burdened?

For your reference, guarye means excessive courtesy, and proportionality means rudeness. This means that being too polite can actually be rude.

Of course, Cheong did not know that this grand guest hall existed for only one person in the world.

I don’t know anything else, so how would I know about the fact that I didn’t bother to tell Cheong and kept it hidden?

In any case, it was the Samcheon World’s Highest Dignity Room, which was larger on the inside than on the outside.

What this means is that the removable walls were built in preparation for when the Supreme Lord of Heaven came to visit, so they were all removed and the entire building was made into a single room, so the inside is much larger than the room appears from the outside.

And then there was another luxurious, luxurious bed, and the woman crouching on it lifted her head and looked up at the sound of the door opening.

“Please come.”

Cheong opened his eyes wide.

what? What did I just hear? Is it an auditory hallucination?

Did Seol Sojeo say hello first? really?

It was a very unexpected welcome.

“Seol Sojeo. Are you feeling okay?”

“No… … ”

“No, don’t just say it’s okay, let’s go to the doctor, huh. Didn’t you just say no?”

“Yes… … ”

It’s not that he wasn’t, but he was sweating profusely, like a patient suffering from a very serious illness.

Without ice balls, you will be sweating profusely.

I thought it was like that because I saw him sweating profusely the whole time in the carriage, but now I see that wasn’t the case and he was in a really bad state.

“Mrs. So, see it sooner rather than later. Please be patient. I’ll bring a congressman.”

So, the doctor who looked like a immortal looked at the pulse and said –

“Tsk tsk How could you treat a person, especially a woman, like this? But, again, it’s strange. In my eighty years of life, I have never seen anyone so badly injured.”

These were the words the pale old lawmaker clicked his tongue.

But doesn’t that sound a bit strange?

So Cheong asked back.

“Do you get hurt easily?”

“Then. I was hurt badly.”

“No, if you get hurt, you’re hurt. What is a good injury?”

“Hmph. Well, usually it’s one of two things.”

Did the losing side do everything they could to ensure that they didn’t turn out to be idiots and that there were no aftereffects?

“Or, the person who was hit was so artistic that they applied it evenly so that one area didn’t break or get damaged and end up looking like an asshole.”

“Is it true that it fits well? Is there one?”

“Then. What about those beggars? Even though you get hit so hard that you get dusty, after a while you feel fine as if you never got hit again. When you get used to anything, you get a knack for it. If you get beaten up every day, you get a knack for getting beaten up.”

“Ah. That’s it.”

When it comes to the knack for getting hit, it can be said that he is an expert who is not missing anywhere in Cheongdo.

It seems like they are handling it well.

However, where would the theory that she is no different from the princess of the North Sea ever come true?

Since they probably haven’t learned the right tricks, it means that the bandits have perfected it very carefully.

In the first place, didn’t you just beat him up without even using a weapon, saying that you had to eat him?

“Hmm. so. Are you saying it’s okay?”

“The bone is cracked. And it’s very evenly distributed across the arms and legs. But you’ll get better if you get some rest. It gets better if you apply medicine. If you take medicine, you will heal faster. I was injured a lot in the first place, so I don’t have much to look at.”

Is this Rep. Yong Han?

From what you say, you sound like a quack.

However, not only was there no way that the lawmaker wanted by Geultaran was a quack, but since the old man who was over 80 years old was a lawmaker, I wondered if he would have been in the ranks of doctors just based on his accumulated experience.

“Hmm. If you rest well, you will get better, right?”

“Okay. ah. however. that’s right. I heard that the young lady is doing a big charity business? Then, why don’t you just give the old man ten golden crowns?”

“eng. Suddenly?”

“Right now, my house is collapsing and I have nothing to eat, so I’m not in a good mood. With a flood like this, it’s easy just to not die. Do you think that plagues spread after floods for no reason? We need to quickly collect the corpses, clean them, and give medicine to those who are sick before they become even more ill. Is it a penny or two?”

“Ah. Yes. Geultaran, how much money is left now? Is there more than ten pipes? To the senior member of the National Assembly here-”

“Eng. Tsk tsk.”

The lawmaker clucks his tongue as he cuts off Cheong’s words.

Cheong let out an aggrieved voice.

“No, why. They say they will give it to you.”

“No, if I just bring gold to the doctor, where will the medicine come from? If the medicine springs forth, who is making the medicine? What can we do if we bring people together? What can an old congressman do on his own?”

“Ah.”

After listening to it, it’s like that again.

“Gultaran. The old doctor here says he will provide medicine to the city. Can Taechung Sangbang help him? I only thought about food and reconstruction, but I couldn’t think about anything else.”

“Oh my. Don’t ask questions, just give orders. How dare we criticize what you say. Even if you tell me to pick up a firewood and jump into the fire, I will do just that.”

It’s a scary sound that says you’ll die if you want to die, but when you listen to it along with the characteristic flattering sound, it’s not at all persuasive.

So Cheongdo just listened and laughed.

Because Cheong didn’t have the ability to read the mind.