Episode 131. Getting rid of stumbling blocks (2)
“We found that cowhide, a specialty of Dongu-hyeon, was mostly monopolized at the top of the houses. Can Wu take over that part in the upper ranks?”
“Oh my gosh! thank you.”
Woo-dae lowered his head to the ground.
If only the cowhide came into hand, the income of the head of the cow’s household would be twice as much as it is now. What a great opportunity.
“You are not going to say that. The sire has a high regard for the head of the Wu family, but on the contrary, he told me to tell a similar story to the top of the Chungga. Either way, wouldn’t it be better to do half of it?
From what I’ve heard, the Wu family’s guild did not monopolize the Unga guild. They were talking about having to share it with other upper ranks.
When Ok-ju’s line was finished, only a slight smile remained on Woo-dae’s face.
Lastly, Ok-joo warned that if she deviated from the line set by the painter, any trade union could end up like the Unga trade union.
“Whoa~. All right. Now that I know the will of Mr. Shea… I will do so.”
“Then the owners of the other merchant guilds have to meet sometime today… I’ll just get up.”
“yes.”
As Ok-ju came out of the house, she slightly stuck out her tongue.
‘By the way, our congressman is a person who has nothing to do with the upper house, so how can he coordinate this? The more I go through, the more I don’t know.’
As soon as the fireman drew a line, the upper class members of Donguhyeon ate up all of the large prey called the Unga upper class in an instant, leaving only the skinny bones.
If the painter hadn’t drawn a line, not even the bones would have remained.
Unya was devastated as he looked at the upper half of the Unga, which had been cut in half.
The marchers scattered, leaving only the gasols and about 30 servants.
About 300 samurai, who seemed to be willing to give their lives, left without leaving a trace of regret for another guild offering better conditions.
“Am I having a terrible nightmare? Heh heh heh heh…..”
A few days later, Unya cleaned up his family and left Donguhyeon with his family.
* * *
‘Wow, my brother is really good at management.’
As the commercial and military departments began to cooperate with the prefecture, and the Yunga corps disappeared from Dongu County, the administration of the prefecture began to function properly.
It has been a year since Hwabok began to raise its name as a prefecture.
Dongu-hyeon started to raise its name as a good place to live in the Near East.
During that time, the painter traveled to various slums, treating patients and educating them on hygiene.
“By the way, is money implementation all about money now? Boy, shall we look around Sanyang-gun next?”
“Your master.”
“Today, let’s cross Indeoksan Mountain and go to Sanyang-gun.”
“All right.”
When Ohbo climbed into the coachman’s seat, a nearby patient opened his mouth in fright as if he had heard the conversation.
“Rep. Mt. Indeok is frequented by bandits these days, so even the upper ranks are reluctant to cross it.”
“The upper ranks have something worthwhile, so why not do that to us?”
“Will ignorant bandits cover that? Moreover, if you pull a wagon like this, you will definitely become a target.”
“Hey man. If we pull this wagon, the bandits will rather avoid us.”
At the words of the misinformation, the patient asked with a puzzled expression.
“What does that mean? A bandit avoiding a carriage.”
“Even though this wagon looks ordinary… Kuhm Anyway, thank you for your concern, but you don’t have to worry.”
“Boy, stop talking nonsense and drive the wagon.”
At that time, Zhang Gui came on horseback and spoke bitterly, and Wu Bao’s mouth closed.
“Keuheum Anyway, be healthy then.”
When Oh Bo drove the wagon and disappeared, the patient who was worried about them made a puzzled expression and then turned his head.
Hijac.
As Obo drove the wagon, he thought to himself about what had happened a while ago.
Recently, a secret device was installed on the wagon and its performance was tested.
A thin iron plate was added between the wooden boards of the carriage to prevent arrows or spears from penetrating, and a device for shooting arrows was installed by attaching a cover to the roof.
The arrow launcher can be aimed in all directions at 360 degrees when controlled by a person inside, and can fire up to dozens of shots at once if necessary.
How can such a device be devised? No, what kind of knowledge is in Master’s head to create such a monster that even the military could not create.
Of course, very few people knew about the secret of the wagon, and they promised not to reveal it.
‘As long as the bandits don’t come in groups of a hundred… there’s nothing to be afraid of.’
A wagon could be said to be a strategic weapon.
Obo crossed Indeok Mountain in his heart and waited for bandits to appear, but no bandits, let alone slashers, were seen.
“Tsk!”
After learning the secret of the wagon, the painter clicked his tongue quietly as he watched the students excitedly like a child discovering a strange toy.
Even the disciples and the jade pearl.
All of them are heavy-mouthed people, so there is no fear of secrets leaking out through their mouths, but when they meet a bandit, the secret of the wagon can leak out.
In the worst case, it can’t be helped, but it was the fireman’s heart that he wanted it to be unknown if possible.
‘For now, there’s no way you’ll be attacked at Taepyeonggyo, so it’s okay, but… let’s not be vigilant. Better than dying.’
The wagon’s secret device was the last defense that the fireman had prepared with great care and knowledge of the future.
To install the secret device, he commissioned items from several well-known field masters to assemble them separately, and when the dimensions did not match, he did the work himself.
‘My life is the best. If I save it… it will become shit.’
* * *
“Oh, my God…”
The fireman, who crossed Indeoksan Mountain and arrived at Sanyang-gun, stopped the carriage while watching the funeral procession lined up.
“Judging from the number of biers, many people seem to have died at once… Lady Okju.”
“Yes, Mr. Hwata.”
“Go and find out what happened.”
“All right.”
As Ok-ju left to get information, the fireman looked at the funeral procession with eyes full of concern.
‘Did I get hit by bandits?’
There was a person carrying a corpse covered with a mat on a handcart, and there was a bier with dozens of people slung over their shoulders, ringing a bell, and dozens of people following behind and singing.
The painter looked at the bier with a puzzled expression and found one thing in common.
All the biers were gathering in one place, and a large amount of smoke was constantly rising from there.
“Are you putting on makeup?”
Suddenly.
For a moment, a very foreboding feeling crossed my mind.
Common corpses are buried in the ground, but in very special cases, they are cremated.
When they are believed to have been cursed by God, or when they died of leprosy (leprosy, Hansen’s disease) or plague.
“Is it possible that a plague is circulating?”
Dongu-hyeon, which was ruled by Jojo, was generous to the poor to the extent that the barn of the prefecture office was empty, and he himself traveled around the slums to treat them and educate them on hygiene.
However, Sanyang-gun here did not see such benefits, and recently, merchants did not come due to frequent bandits. Moreover, there was not much rain this year, so there was a severe drought.
After a while, Ok-ju, who went to investigate the situation, returned.
“Hwata-nim, I think I need to go back to Donguhyeon as soon as possible.”
“What is it?”
“A mysterious plague is circulating here right now, and dozens of people are dying every day.”
Ok-ju knew that the hwabu was an excellent doctor, but thought that even so, he would not be able to cure the plague. A plague is a disease given by heaven and cannot be cured by humans.
“Is it a plague? Then it’s not the time to be like this. There will be city doctors dispatched. Find them first.”
When the painter led the way, Ok-ju and the carriage followed without further discussion.
As we passed the funeral procession and went further inside, we saw that some soldiers were blocking the entrance to the slums.
Inside the slums, there were parents who cried while holding their dead children, and there were also many children who died while holding their dead parents, or corpses left dead.
There were four soldiers blocking the entrance to the slums, but they also refused to touch the dead bodies, fearing that they would get sick.
The dead bodies were only collected by the living villagers in one place and covered with mats or something.
‘You’re going crazy, you don’t have common sense about infectious diseases… You’re actually making the disease worse.’
The painter was sad and in a hurry.
As the firefighters approached, the soldier raised a frown and aimed his spear.
“This is a town where plague is circulating, so you can’t enter, so go back.”
The fireman hurriedly got off his horse and handed out the sire sapae to the soldiers.
“Are there any doctors here?”
In an instant, the attitude of the soldiers changed dramatically.
“Hwan Siui-nim is dispatched to this village.”
“I need to meet Hwan Si-ui.”
The fireman tried to enter, but the soldier hesitated and did not step aside.
“I’m sorry sir, but the plague has been rampant due to Taesu’s spirit…”
“I am a sir and a doctor.”
When the fireman brought out the needle tube, the soldiers looked into each other’s eyes and took a step to the side.
“He told me not to block the members of the lawmakers from entering.”
Before entering the village, the fireman put on a mask and hood and sanitary clothes worn during surgery. And the party didn’t let them follow and went in alone.
“I’ll meet Sis and check what kind of illness she has, so stay here for a while.”
“yes.”
Following the guide soldier into the slums, I could see a doctor giving treatment in an empty lot.
‘I’m treating tsk patients with my bare hands, let alone a mask… It’s good that I haven’t gotten sick so far.’
The painter shook his head again while looking at the poem.
In this era of not knowing that bacterial infection occurs through physical contact, drinking water, and food, there were many cases where even clinicians did not have a sense of hygiene.
“Hwan City Doctor. Here’s Mr. Shea.”
The soldier who guided us earlier approached Shiui and informed him that the fireman had arrived.
“Sir Sir? It is a celebration of poetry.”
“It’s a fireman.”
In an instant, Hwanyang’s eyes widened.
“Are you from Dongu County?”
“yes.”
“her! You’re the Hwata! This is very nice.”
“It’s not enough to be called Hwa-ta… but that’s right.”
“Thank you very much. I’m already too tired to treat myself…”
He welcomed the painter with his eyes wide open. How can you not be glad that a famous name has arrived in a situation where one hand is missing?
“By the way, are you treating them all by yourself?”
“Yes, the disease spread in many villages, and all the city doctors came out. So I can’t help it.”
“Didn’t you requisition the members?”
“I was requisitioned, but many doctors died after getting sick while treating them, and many doctors fled after throwing needles in the middle. Somehow, even if you are a member of the legislature, this plague is not harmed.”
The painter was conversing with Hwanyang, but his eyes were watching the patients’ condition.
‘What kind of disease is it that makes a person so dry like a piece of wood?’
It’s a situation that people who don’t know the disease can think that a curse has come down.
“Hey, Mr. Hwata. What is that written on your face and head?”
The illusion looked at the hood, mask, and sanitary clothes the painter was wearing with a puzzled expression.
“Rolling diseases are usually highly contagious through physical contact. That’s why we took precautions in advance.”
The fireman took out a glove made of pig intestines from his bosom and put it on his hand.
“If it’s transmitted through physical contact… then I’ll be at risk too.”
“To be honest, I am a little worried. It is tolerable that it has not yet been contagious. Wash it thoroughly in hot water first, then put it on.”
The fireman then handed over the mask and gloves.
Perhaps Congressman Lee may have already developed antibodies against the disease. We’ll have to do some research later, but even so, hygiene is important.
“I have to. I’ll wash up soon, so please take care of the patient in the meantime.”
“yes.”
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