Episode 859 Because the volcano will become stronger. (4)
“You stood in line to make a reservation?”
“yes. W Because you said it’s here. But he…”
“Wait a minute.”
The man calmed Macheol down with a loud voice and looked around as if he was looking for something. And suddenly it roared like a tiger.
“Wood five! “Where is this bastard?”
“Oh my, it’s so big! “I’m leaving now!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a man came running from one side.
‘What is that again?’
A man with a scary face, scared to see a large knife mark on his face, ran up to me and stood in front of the large man.
“Now, let’s take a moment…”
Quang!
Before he could finish speaking, Jang Jeong’s fist hit Mogo’s head. In an instant, Mogo fell to the ground and rolled around, clutching his head.
“Kwaaaaaak!”
‘Wow…’
I think the ground shook for a moment when I just got hit.
“Wake up, you useless bastard!”
“yes! Yes large!”
The man with the knife mark jumped up from his seat.
I felt like my originally rather long face had become a little shorter, but that wasn’t important…
“I told you to lead the way, but then you left the place?”
“I actually went to the side for a while! “It’s really big!”
“If there is one more commotion, I will rip off your skin today and use it as a side dish for drinks! Did you understand?”
“yes! yes! That will never happen!”
“These useless things!”
Jang Jeong rolled his eyes as if threatening, then turned his gaze towards Ma Cheol.
‘Heeeeeek!’
The moment I met those bewildered eyes, my mouth went dry and sweat broke out all over my body. Anyway, it was true that he had made a fuss, so it seemed like something big would definitely happen.
However, Jang Jeong’s actions again exceeded Ma Cheol’s expectations.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
“….”
“We should have informed you in advance, but since that useless bastard was away… we will solve it right away.”
The man began to bow down, crumpling his large body. Ma Cheol nodded his head in confusion.
“Thank you.”
“but.”
“yes?”
At that time, the man straightened his bent back.
“Regardless of the reason, you are not allowed to fight or make a fuss on Maehwa Island. “It seems like this is your first time, so I’m just taking stock of the situation, so please be careful in the future.”
“yes? Ah… yes! yes! Of course! yes!”
You can’t make a fuss.
How can you make a fuss over those muscles? I saw someone hit the head once and pin it to the floor.
“This is where people line up to board the ship. Reservations for merchant ships are accepted at the pavilion in the back, so you can go there.”
“yes? W It’s not here?”
No, that’s not important, is it?
“Then everyone here is loading luggage today…”
Macheol’s eyes widened.
The merchants here alone are enough to make your eyes wander. But that’s not all!
‘That’s right. If you think about it, it’s natural.’
So, isn’t there a guest room and a warehouse behind there?
“yes. Just go over there and make a reservation. Then we will set a date for you to board the ship.”
“Thank you.”
Unlike his appearance and size, like a prisoner from hell, his voice was very friendly.
So I was even more scared.
“Yes then.”
The man turned around and shouted.
“Don’t look, load! You bastards! If the merchant ship is late today, don’t even think about eating at night! Do you understand?”
“yes!”
“If you know, fly quickly!”
As Ma-cheol looked at him in embarrassment, he heard conversation around him.
“The manager is in a good mood today. “I can’t believe you’re looking at this.”
“That’s right. “Don’t you look very good today?”
“haha. I thought I saw Buddha or something. “I guess something good happened.”
That? Do you like your expression?
Do all these people have sprained eyes?
“Wow, is it really like this?”
What was absurd was that the merchant who was fighting with Demon Iron was also asking with wide eyes.
“What do you mean?”
“Oh no, that person….”
“Ah, the labor leader? “That’s how it is.”
“….”
“On the outside, he looks like a criminal, but he is extremely kind to merchants. In fact, everyone here in Maehwado is like that.”
“…They say people don’t know just by looking at the outside.”
“That’s not it.”
“yes?”
The merchants filed a complaint.
“It’s because in the early days of Maehwa Island, people who treated merchants rudely were beaten to dust by the governor several times on rainy days.”
“eww. I still remember it. I watched from the side and realized for the first time in my life that a person could be beaten that hard. What did they say? Was it ‘This is the way to beat people that I learned from the master!’?”
“ha ha ha. Doju is really good at telling jokes. I learned how to beat people from a Taoist monk. Hahahaha.”
No, you idiots. Is this something to laugh at?
“Is it okay to beat someone like that?”
“What can’t be done? “The people who got hit are still the lucky ones.”
“yes?”
The merchant grinned and gestured toward the mountain behind him.
“Can you see that mountain over there?”
“…yes. “I also have eyes.”
“I heard that some people were buried in that mountain while messing with merchants’ goods.”
Macheol’s eyes popped forward.
“Are radishes being buried?”
“That’s right. I heard it clearly then. “The governor smiled brightly and said, ‘Fold these bastards until they can barely breathe, then bury them alive.’”
“….”
“Then he apologized a hundred times to the merchants and compensated them ten times the price of the goods.”
“You can just return the items, it’s such a great treat.”
“Ahm. Doju is a gentleman. “Don’t be a gentleman!”
Are these guys really all crazy?
Do they not even know what they are talking about? You took a person and buried him, but he was a gentleman? Gentleman?
“Well… I guess Doju is also a very scary person?”
“What did this person hear? Are you a gentleman? “You are a born student!”
Ma Cheol gave up on understanding what they were saying anymore.
And in fact, it has nothing to do with whether he is a gentleman or a group of black people who bury people.
But the next words completely shattered his thoughts.
“If you’re curious about something, shouldn’t you just look at it with those eyes?”
“yes?”
“Didn’t you say you were going to make a reservation now?”
“That’s right.”
“The governor is taking reservations, so you can go and have a look.”
“….”
“Oh, I’m just saying this just in case. You’d better be careful what you say. “The governor is a gentleman, but the noblemen who help him are not gentlemen.”
“Giggle. “If you make a mistake, your neck will be cut!”
“It will be cooler. Ah. Hahahaha.”
Ma Cheol closed his eyes tightly.
Here in Maehwa Island, it seemed like there was no one in their right mind, whether it was a store, a laborer, or a merchant.
* * *
“…big.”
“It’s really big….”
“I heard that Maehwa Island is collecting all of the Yangtze River’s money.”
Everyone’s mouths fell open at the majesty of the pavilion in front of them.
I can’t even see where the end of the wall is.
Although they had visited numerous areas throughout the central plains, they could hardly remember ever seeing a palace of this size.
“I think the upper midfield headquarters was also smaller than this.”
“Isn’t that right?”
“…There are too many people here.”
There were people coming and going through the main gate of the palace. One difference is that, unlike the pier earlier, no one brought luggage here.
“It was right to stay overnight and leave the cart behind.”
“I’ll just do as I’m told.”
The members of the upper division, who had made their efforts in vain, looked at him with resentment. Ma Cheol distorted his face.
‘Those guys who didn’t even open their mouths earlier…’
If a problem arises, they blame themselves later. Anyway, merchants!
“Let’s go in first.”
“yes.”
As I entered through the main gate, I came into a large main hall. As I went inside, guided by the person in front of me, a quite unfamiliar scene unfolded.
There were rows of desks in a large room that seemed to be ten times the size of a well-to-do house, and people sitting in front of them were constantly writing things down.
“Where did the slip that was here go?”
“cog! Yesterday’s unloading ledger! “Someone took what I brought!”
“I told you today is collection day!”
“Oh, I’m going crazy! The numbers don’t match! “Who was wrong!”
There was no separate battlefield.
‘Those are all ledgers?’
I have no idea how many items are exchanged and how many people are mobilized to keep the ledgers. Even the largest midfielders would not spend this many people on bookkeeping.
And this many people wouldn’t be able to work this hard.
“This way. “Please line up here.”
As I passed by and went deeper, I saw people waiting in line and there was a large desk at the end.
“Oh…”
A large folding screen depicting the Ten Longevities was spread out behind the desk, and a man sitting between the desk and the screen was welcoming guests with a gentle smile.
“…I feel something amazing.”
“I know?”
A pure white civil servant’s uniform and a large crown on his head. The only flaw was that his eyes seemed a little narrow, but even that gave him a gentle feeling thanks to the soft smile on his lips.
And even the feather fan in his hand…
“…It’s like the incarnation of Zhuge Liang.”
“I see. “That’s exactly what it feels like.”
It really felt that way, including the people working at the front. This is exactly what the Shu Dynasty’s monks must have felt like in the past…
“But didn’t you say that the master of Maehwa Island was a bandit?”
uh?
“Then they are all bandits too?”
uh?
Ma Cheol blinked and looked around again.
‘Looking at it again…’
Something was a little strange.
They are all wearing clean civil servant clothes and diligently filling out ledgers, but if you look closely at their faces, they look more like Parakho, which you would see in any back alley, rather than a civil servant.
‘No… did you all end up rolling around in a knife field somewhere?’
The wrists peeking out between large sleeves, the neck visible between the collar, and even the knife marks drawn on the face gave viewers the creeps.
‘What on earth are we doing here?’
Why are people like that keeping ledgers? why? I don’t do business(?) in the back alleys.
“This way.”
As I looked around in confusion, it was soon their turn.
“yes!”
As they were guided, they went to the front, and the governor, dressed like Zhuge Liang, greeted them with a bright smile.
“welcome. “I heard they were from Dabok Commercial.”
“Yes yes. That’s right. It’s my first time here, so I’m planning to make a reservation for a merchant ship…”
“Welcome. “I am Lim So-byeong, the fugitive of Maehwa Island.”
“Ah… Yes! “This is Ma Cheol, the head of Dabok Commercial.”
“They were the first people here, so I gathered them separately. We very much welcome you to Maehwado Island. Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a good relationship with each other? Please take care of me in the future.”
“Oh yeah! Rather, we should ask for it! Please take care of me.”
“haha. you’re welcome.”
Lim So-byeong smiled brightly.
There was nothing dark or dangerous about that flawless smile.
‘Could it be a misunderstanding?’
This guy buried someone?
How could a student who seemed incapable of catching even a rabbit commit such a heinous act?
‘There was definitely some misunderstanding…’
That was then.
A person hurriedly ran into the palace and whispered something in Lim So-byeong’s ear. Lim So-byeong, who was listening to those words with a smiling face, raised the corners of his mouth even more.
“okay?”
“Yes, Lord Doju.”
“If you commit a crime, you have to pay the price. “Knead it well until night, and when the sun goes down, throw it in the middle of the river and turn it into food for fish.”
“He’s so good at handcraft, wouldn’t he still be able to escape?”
“Tsk tsk. Do I have to tell you all that?”
For a moment, Lim So-byeong’s face darkened.
“Cut the tendons of the limbs and tie the hands and feet with iron rope. Just in case, break the danjeon as well. And they put weights on their feet so they can’t float again. Oh. Sprinkle salt on the wound where the tendon was cut. “It is too great a sin to wait patiently.”
“All right.”
“Take care of it neatly and neatly.”
“yes! Lord Doju.”
“Anyway, they were born as thieves, so if you don’t pay attention even a little, things will happen. Make sure you know what happens if you touch something carelessly. “I tell everyone to watch carefully.”
“I will.”
Lim So-byeong, who waved his hand to send the man away, clicked his tongue and looked at Ma-cheol again with a bright smile.
“Oh, sorry, sorry. How much did we talk about?”
“….”
“Hangsu?”
“…Please save me.”
“yes?”
I guess…I felt like I was in a place I shouldn’t have entered.
