Episode 1465. This is what we saw? (5)
A deep sorrow settled on Hwang Jong-ui’s face as he gazed toward the far south.
‘Are you okay?’
There hasn’t been any news about the volcano for a while. I was so frustrated and sick to my stomach.
I tried several times to find out news about the volcano through Bunta, the chord of openness, but they only showed reluctance. He said that it had already been several days since there had been any news from the open headquarters.
“They seem like they are extremely reckless.”
Hwang Jong-ui muttered with an angry face.
Anyway, does it make sense that openness cannot understand such a big issue? This clearly shows that openness is blatantly ignoring harmony.
“after.”
Hwang Jong-ui sighed briefly and shook his head. My bones were sore.
Dan Sang-won, who was looking at him lost in thought, asked.
“Sangdan lord.”
“hmm?”
“Well… what about the additional supplies you wanted to send? “I’ve been waiting for two days already.”
“⋯⋯Please wait a little longer.”
“You can’t keep leaving me like that, can you?”
Hwang Jong-ui glanced at the carts placed in front of the Galaxy Top Harmony Branch. And he said it like a sigh.
“Just wait one more day. After that, you can decide whether to put it back in storage or send it to the Yangtze River.”
“yes. “Then I will do so.”
A sigh escaped me. Now that I think about it, the chords don’t seem very lively.
Isn’t it a strange thing?
Hwaeum has clearly become a larger village than before. As the number of people increased and the Galaxy Sangdan branch was established, the number of trips to and from the area also increased.
It’s a branch, but in reality, 80% of the logistics handled by the Galaxy Sangdan pass through this Hwaeum branch, so how much money and materials can be circulated?
Nevertheless, in Hwang Jong-ui’s eyes, the harmony of these days felt very bleak.
Volcano people. There are only a few of them, and it is rare for them to put their faces to the chords. Even though these people are absent, the entire village of Hwaeum is losing vitality.
Hwang Jong-ui realized this once again. This means that things in the world cannot be measured simply by money and manpower.
“I mean, Lord Sangang.”
“hmm?”
“Well… the Cheonwoo-maeng people went to Sacheon and suffered a disaster…”
At that moment, a spark flew out of Hwang Jong-ui’s eyes.
“How dare you make fun of an innocent man!”
An angry voice burst out. Dan Sang-won, who had become contemplative, lay down on the spot.
“I’m sorry! “I’m too worried, so stop…”
“No matter how worried you are, there are things you can and cannot say! “If you say something like that one more time, I won’t let you go!”
“yes! Yes, top lord! “I will keep that in mind.”
Hwang Jong-ui bit his lips slightly.
It’s not that I don’t understand that he spoke out of nervousness out of concern. But even so, you should not speak carelessly.
‘You’ll be safe. No, you must be safe.’
That’s…
“Sangdanjuniiiiim!”
At that time, someone rushed in through the wide open upper front door. Hwang Jong-ui frowned at the truly frivolous appearance.
“Didn’t I tell you to always be calm? “A merchant is essentially…”
“Volcanoes!”
“huh?”
“The volcano people have arrived at the entrance of Ma Village! now! “Now!”
“Get out of my way!”
“Ugh!”
Hwang Jong-ui pushed away the Dandan member standing in front of him and ran out of the Dandan in a hurry. The person who was lying on the floor looked at Hwang Jong-ui blankly for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses and jumped up.
“Let’s go together! Lord of the top! Lord of the top!”
He also ran after Hwang Jong-ui. Other members around him did the same and left what they were doing and ran toward the village entrance.
“Where is it!”
“excuse me! There it is! “Can’t you see it over there?”
“ah!”
Hwang Jong-ui widened his eyes.
I could clearly see a group of people approaching from afar. The distance is so far that it is still difficult to distinguish its appearance. However, I could tell who they were just by looking at their black uniforms and the swords on their waists.
“You’re back too!”
Moisture spread around Hwang Jong-ui’s eyes.
I didn’t say it, but how worried were you? No, I haven’t felt at ease even for a moment since they left. But finally, they returned to this harmony.
“What about Sue? “Is everyone safe?”
“It seems so. Just by looking at it, there are a hundred people… No, it’s two hundred… Four or three hundred? Huh…?”
“uh?”
“⋯⋯huh?”
The number of people returning is increasing compared to the number of people who left.
“Huh? Why come more? “Why do you keep doing this?”
“I think it’ll be around 1,000?”
“Are there more coming?”
“Who are all those, Lord Sangwon?”
Hwang Jong-ui, who had put off his emotions for a moment, quickly turned his head. And soon I came to a clear conclusion.
“I guess…”
“yes?”
“Don’t you think your uniform has exploded?”
It was a moment when the color drained from the faces of the Galaxy Top members, who were full of joy.
“Sangdan lord! “There is not enough accommodation!”
“Eight! Didn’t you already say it wouldn’t be enough? “What happened to the tent we prepared earlier?”
“That thing is probably in the headquarters…”
“Then what are you doing! “Why don’t you just go and get it!”
“We don’t have enough manpower! “Right now, just guiding them and providing them with what they need right now is going to be overwhelming, so where can we afford to send someone to the headquarters?”
“Is that what the merchant would say? “Can’t you move right now?”
“Don’t do that… How about sending the remaining people to the Volcanic Sect? “I understand that there are many remaining engravings in the volcanic wave…”
Hwang Jong-ui spewed fire from his eyes.
“what? Have you seen such an idiot!”
“Why are you doing this, Lord Shangdang?”
“If people are housed in a volcanic wave at the top of a volcano, they will have to carry supplies up the volcano every day. Who will do that? Are you going to do it?”
“⋯⋯Why on earth did the ancestors of the volcano faction put a building on top of a mountain like that⋯⋯?”
“So, don’t talk nonsense, send someone quickly and bring the tent. We have to do something temporary! hurry!”
“⋯⋯Yes.”
At that moment, another member of the upper management came running in, thinking.
“Sangdan lord! It’s a big deal! “There is not enough rice!”
“what? What do you mean! There is not enough grain! “Is that possible?”
“All the things I purchased a day ago were sent to the Yangtze River…”
“You idiot! Then shouldn’t we be saving it right now instead of just staying like this? Send someone to Xi’an and bring in all the rice that each merchant has! right now!”
“Oh my, Lord Sangdan. Do you know this clearly? “If a rumor spreads that we are urgently looking for grain, they will raise the price by twofold.”
“You have to get what you need, even if it’s not just twice as much, but ten times as much! “Don’t talk nonsense and do as you’re told.”
“Okay. All right.”
The person who reported it ran outside. A groaning sound escaped from Hwang Jong-ui’s mouth.
“What on earth is going on…?”
What can we do with grain or shelter? But human life is not that simple. From the moment we accept them into harmony, we will have endless supply of necessary items.
“Hey, Lord Sangdan… “Are they still here?”
Hwang Jong-ui frowned at the commander-in-chief’s question.
“They say they can put out an urgent fire… but isn’t it a separate problem for them to settle down here? The number of Hwaeum people is only a few hundred, but the number of people who come here now is over two thousand. “Isn’t this a bigger belly button than a male belly?”
“It’s inevitable since the entire party has been taken over…”
“Honestly, once we prepare a place for them to live, the harmony will be three times louder. “Who does all the work?”
“⋯⋯We will do it, right?”
“It’s not that I don’t like working…”
“I know what you mean.”
Hwang Jong-ui scratched his head.
After calculating over and over again in his head, he quickly got up from his seat and ran outside.
King Hyeonjong was seen standing at the entrance of the village, carefully examining the situation of those who had arrived.
“Now, Jangmun-in. No, Taesang Jangmunin!”
“Ah, Lord Sangdan.”
Hyeonjong held Hwang Jong-ui’s hand happily. And he spoke with a look of concern and regret.
“You’ve been through a lot. “I am truly sorry for the inconvenience caused.”
“Is there anything to complain about?”
Hwang Jong-ui flinched at Hyeonjong’s words and lowered his head.
“Well… it’s not a problem because we’re having a hard time, but no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think it will be easy to accommodate this number of people in Hwaum.”
“Hmm? Is that so?”
“Yes, Taesang Jangmunin. Isn’t this just a small town to begin with? If that number of people are there, there will be more than one inconvenience. “It’s not something that can be solved by trying.”
Hyeonjong let out a deep sigh, lost in thought. Wouldn’t Hwang Jong-ui know better than me about things like this?
“Then what do you think should be done? “I’ll tell you in advance, we can’t send them out.”
“How about accommodating them in Xi’an instead?”
“⋯⋯Xian?”
“yes. In fact, isn’t Xi’an just a stone’s throw away? In terms of distance, there won’t be much difference. In addition, there are many remaining palaces in Xi’an, and there are many clans that are friendly to Hwasan, so you can rent their manors. And since Xi’an is a big city, there is an abundance of goods compared to this small place. “There is no need to go through hardships to get supplies.”
Hyeonjong nodded as if it made sense.
Excluding the people at the top, it would be a world of difference to bring in this many people to Hwaeum, which has a population of less than a thousand, and to bring this many people to Xi’an, which has a population of 100,000.
“Well that certainly seems reasonable.”
Hwang Jong-ui’s face lit up at Hyeonjong’s words.
Even if they just move to Xi’an, their work will be halved… No, it will decrease several times more.
But Hyeonjong’s words were not over.
“But… as I lived, I found that rationality to be a very vain thing to say.”
“⋯⋯Yes?”
“Even if you say the right things, isn’t it reasonable for the listener to listen?”
“What on earth do you mean by that?”
“Oh, you’re coming at the right time.”
“⋯⋯Yes?”
“It’s over there.”
Hwang Jong-ui turned his gaze toward the place Hyunjong pointed to. It was near the entrance to the village, where the land seemed to have become slightly flatter than before as so many people were pouring in.
‘huh?’
As I watched for a moment, I saw something rapidly approaching from a distance, raising a cloud of dust.
“⋯⋯That?”
Those who saw it, including Hwang Jong-ui, expressed their impressions one by one.
“It seems like a sight I’ve seen a lot…”
“Hey, it’s a little different. “The dust cloud isn’t that small.”
“And this time it seems like there are several?”
Huang Zhongyi’s shoulders trembled slightly.
Soon, it started to become clear. The sight of several carts racing towards the harmony and a man riding on top of riches piled high.
“Noeeee!”
The man’s evil-screaming voice pierced my ears.
“What have you been doing so far that’s all you can do? “These are missing!”
No one could open their mouths.
chin.
Hyeonjong grabbed the shoulder of Hwang Jong-ui, who was silent, and patted him lightly.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t help you, Lord Sangang. Then…”
Hwang Jong-ui looked up at the sky in silence. I really missed my father who passed away today.
