Chapter 618 Just
as I was about to tell my teacher that I was going inside, a voice rang out.
“Come in. Hee-ya.”
Did you notice it just by looking at me?
Going into the study.
I saw bamboo books and papers piled up like a mountain.
‘Master, your workload is enormous. I think there are more than I have per study.’
Nevertheless, there was no sign of fatigue on Master’s face, and not a single wrinkle was visible on his collar.
I guess it’s possible for people to do things like this.
While she was thinking that, Master suddenly threw a folder in front of Jin Cheonhee.
“I think you need to reorganize the expanded Baekrin County.”
“yes yes?”
“Why are you looking so surprised? “Thanks to the work we did in Aisha Kingdom this time, the land has increased, so someone has to manage it.”
Does that happen as expected?
There’s a lot going on outside, so I can’t make excuses.
Master said.
“All the residents of Baeklin County want you. Even if I send another county representative, they always talk about you. “How on earth do you cook it?”
“Uh… you worked hard on civil engineering work, right?”
“okay. “I guess I’ll have to do that again.”
After saying that, he threw another document.
“This is the meaning of punishment. Realize for yourself how precious your hands are. “You are a child who is praised as a genius of the world, but you often push yourself too much mentally and physically.”
“….”
“So, try implementing some of the plans you sketched out in the past.”
While saying that, he threw other documents one by one.
“Development and distribution of toilets equipped with water and sewerage, establishment of public bathhouses, establishment of additional food mirror factories for regional development, and improvement of agricultural methods.”
“Ugh.”
“Policy to reduce illiteracy.”
‘Aaaah! ‘Work is pouring in!’
Jin Cheon-hee is tearing out her hair.
And the last thing Master threw was something wrapped in golden silk.
When I opened it, I saw that it contained the imperial palace’s decree.
There was some rhetoric here and there, but the main point was this.
– Baeklin County tax exemption for 5 years. Take care of yourselves by collecting taxes from that neighborhood.
“Master. “Is it okay for me to just throw away the edict containing the royal decree like this?”
“So the emperor is going to arrest me for disloyalty?”
That’s true.
How would they know whether an edict was thrown or rolled from this far away, and even if they knew, they wouldn’t say anything about stepping on my letter.
If I were to say anything, it would be because I had the intention of being a traitor from the beginning.
Like cutting out an affected area.
“I understand, Master. “I’ll give it a try.”
Jin Cheon-hee sighed and scratched his head.
I went outside, holding the documents and bamboo books that the teacher had thrown at me.
The late spring sunlight is very sweet.
‘Then I see that Master didn’t ask about my fingers.’
Now that I have a finger that wasn’t there before, it’s worth asking.
It seems like you already knew that Yuho had started making gloves.
And I think he knew about the function of gloves before Jin Cheon-hee did.
‘Master, how much do you know about me?’
As long as the contract between the two exists, Master cannot receive even a hint about Jin Cheon-hee.
Because I decided to become a disciple without asking anything.
But sometimes I felt like I understood more than what my student was telling me.
‘Let’s just think about it. Even if you go deeper, there is no more meaning than this.’
Jin Cheon-hee stretched out.
‘These days, I don’t know if I’m a doctor or an administrator… but is this also the path of a skilled person?’
Is it time to get drunk on the taste of power again?
‘Ugh… let’s achieve health by force through the power of power!’
Now, all residents of the new Bailin County will be forced to wash their hands when they return home from going out.
The excuse that they can’t wash their hands because they don’t have water due to developed water and sewage facilities won’t work for them.
‘Khahaha! Now, toilets will go from the old conventional to the new, and the waste will be collected, burned at high temperature, and processed to get rid of parasite eggs! Haha! Hahaha!’
This is power.
Jin Cheon-hee was as happy as an inspector.
‘Well, to do that, we need more talent…’
Originally, we would have had to contact the government.
However, Open is a member of the Murim Alliance.
Seolgyeon is not the type of person to worry about, but if she continues to receive information like this, her position will be shaken.
Since I can’t commit such a nuisance…
‘I’ll have to ask Hao Wen.’
Didn’t Sima Xuan become the next Lord Hao Wen?
And since Muwol was by my side, I thought it would be good to request a case about hiring a bachelor like before.
* * *
So I found Muwol and talked to her.
“Rather than that, how about using Baek Hwan’s children? “Eun-gong.”
“Baekhwanhu… Is this possible in a situation where civil servants are needed rather than military personnel?”
Muwol nodded at Jin Cheonhee’s words.
“Of course, I hope that the overwhelming majority of children will learn martial arts and become powerful people, but still, the number of children who grew up in Baekhwanhu exceeded 10,000. “Isn’t it Eun-gong’s policy to first remove the writing?”
It was like that.
Even if you become a strong person, if you don’t know how to read, you will often go off somewhere, get scammed, and die in a hermitage.
Also, there are many cases where people end up in a dark situation because they receive mediocre jobs or buy houses in strange ways.
So, to prevent illiteracy, we teach children how to read the basics.
“Thanks to this, there were quite a few children who wanted to become bachelors or managers.”
“It means that the number is sufficient to take the formal exam.”
“yes. “The number is around a few hundred, so it would be better to get into an administrative position like this rather than get into something like the top.”
“Arithmetic is important. Is this okay?”
When Jin Tianxi hires Baeklin County officials, the thing he considers most important is arithmetic.
Of course, in order to become a great official of the country, the words of Confucius and Mencius are important, but because of the fundamental tendency to value Silhak, officials who are good at arithmetic were given the highest regard.
Muwol nodded at those words.
“These were the kids who were originally going to be at the top. There are quite a few children who are also good at arithmetic. “In the meantime, we have hired a few recommended children from Baekhwan-hu, but now it would be even better if we take a formal exam.”
“Wow, I feel strange.”
Jin Cheon-hee pressed her solar plexus without realizing it.
‘The children I saved are now coming to my workplace.’
That too comes from taking a test.
I know that being a warrior in this powerhouse is the coolest thing. However, I had no idea that there were so many children like me who had their eyes set on other things.
My heart itched.
* * *
After so much time has passed.
Jin Cheon-hee sat in the examination room directly.
He looked very neat, wearing a black school uniform with wide sleeves, which he rarely wore, and with his hair up and a crown on.
In front of Jin Cheon-hee, Baek Hwan-hu’s children began the test.
When Baekrin-hyeon was first reorganized, Muwol contributed greatly to creating the Baekrin-hyeon administrative workbook.
I gave it to them even after returning home.
The children came to study it.
adult.
It’s time to decide on a career path.
Even so, that’s by the standards of a strong person, and by modern standards, at best, they’re teenagers.
‘Wow, you all grew up well.’
The difference between Kangho and Hyundai is that the children all have deep eyes.
Since Baek Hwan-hu had many children from extinct families or poor civilians, he experienced many ups and downs in the world.
‘And do labor.’
Work was natural from the age one could move.
So, of course, his eyes also looked like those of an adult.
We live in a time where being naive is, in a way, a luxury.
The brush grazed the paper in an exam room so quiet you could hear the sound of a pin dropping.
On the other hand, Baek Hwan-hu’s children felt differently.
‘That person is So Eui-seon….’
‘That was all I saw from afar.’
‘It’s my first time seeing you. ‘It doesn’t look like a human, but rather like a celestial being.’
‘It was Soui-seon who gave my sister medicine….’
Some kindness is bound to come back.
In particular, children are naive and naive, so they never forget the warmth they experienced for the first time in the world.
Even if the world’s ups and downs turn you into an old adult, the kindness you received when you were pure will last a lifetime.
Sometimes it’s deeper than the resentment I experienced as a child.
It makes you choose to live life even when you think of your enemies.
Even though it sometimes appears in my dreams.
The warmth I had already felt was so warm that it made me think about grabbing my younger brother and sister by my side rather than throwing my life away to seek revenge.
The funny thing is that this man in front of me, who is called by various nicknames such as Soui-seon, Il-gwang, Baek Seon-gwang, Byeok-an-gwang-ui, has never taught me how to do favors or grudges.
It just teaches you how to live.
If you live as a Baekhwanhu, you can learn basic martial arts and, conversely, learn basic writing.
Nevertheless, there are children who leave as soon as they become adults to kill their parents’ enemies.
Some children have decided to take care of their families in this way.
There is no right answer anywhere.
Jin Cheon-hee himself does not know the answer.
It belongs to those who live.
In some ways, the test questions in front of me could be said to be much easier than that.
Tap, tap.
The sound of an abacus being bounced is also heard.
Among Baekhwanhu’s children, there is none who does not know how to use an abacus.
That’s how the test ended.
* * *
The evening after the exam.
Jin Cheon-hee scored it himself.
‘Wow… everyone’s level is higher than I thought?’
It’s a sad story, but things rarely go as planned.
The reality is that the higher-ups tend to be idealistic, and the working-level staff are divided as they try to follow the higher-ups.
As a result, I always lowered my expectations, but this was beyond my imagination.
‘The bachelors who teach this are also amazing. Is it because children’s desire for achievement is so great?’
There is one fact that Jin Cheon-hee overlooked.
Studying writing is expensive.
It is not for nothing that people steal their studies by listening to the sound of a poor child reading outside a seowon in an old school.
In particular, learning arithmetic, such as the abacus, is always helpful.
Top? That’s natural.
Even in seowon and monasteries that seem to be far from money, such manpower is always needed.
Because there is no place in this world where money does not flow.
“How are you?”
Muwol placed warm tea in front of Jin Cheonhee.
Jin Cheon-hee took a sip of tea and said this.
“…is it much better than what you can find from outside?”
Muwol looked proud at those words.
“Yes?”
“I understand why the leader of the Foreign Party was so confident.”
Muwol let out a small laugh as if he was happy.
“Should a child with a poor score be asked about their intention and asked to study again and take the test again?”
Muwol’s eyes widened at Jin Cheonhee’s words.
“You mean…”
“I want to take all of you. It’s a shameful situation for even just one person. Of course, it can’t be helped if the intention lies elsewhere…”
“…No! “There is no one who would refuse that place!”
I didn’t expect Muwol to stop talking like this.
Wasn’t it Muwol, who was sold to Haomun with her sister in the past and lived in fear?
Perhaps if one had a desire for a government post, the civil service examination was eventually swept through several academies in the imperial capital.
It is not for nothing that the children of the Kwonmun family become the Kwonmun family when they grow up.
There is a high probability that a child of a poor farmer will study and become a government official, let alone fly out of a stream.
The majority do not have such talent, nor do they have the money or power to overturn that talent.
Knowing that, choosing a brush rather than a sword is usually difficult unless you make a decision.
Muwol knew better what the children were feeling.
Jin Cheonhee nodded.
“Thank you. thank you.”
“No, I am grateful.”
Muwol somehow remembered himself when he was young.
There were a lot of things I couldn’t do back then, so the resentment that had built up melted a little.
For some reason, I wanted to see the moon with my sister.
