As a scholar of the Dong family, he could not readily understand Jo Hwang-se’s proposal. “Are you asking me to turn a blind eye to the establishment of a branch of the Iron Blood clan in Hangzhou?”
Dongsul’s answer to Dong Seongbang’s question was polite. “Please understand that it is essential for our Jo Hwang-se family. I will leave Hangzhou as soon as the will is done.”
The Hwang-se family was a merchant family, and the Dong family was of Moorim power, but that didn’t mean they didn’t have contact points. Each other’s money and armed forces had bound the two families to a long-standing cooperative relationship. However, the establishment of a branch in Hangzhou was difficult to accept, no matter how much it had been requested by Jo Hwang-se. They weren’t a faction, nor were they a clan that was weak enough to be looked down on by the Dong clan.
“That would be impossible. I can’t wait to see the Cheolhyeolbang set up a branch in Hangzhou.”
“Of course, I understand the position of the Dongsi Doga. But this is very important for Jo Hwang-se.”
“What is that important thing?”
At this, the other person’s voice lowered. “It’s Oseon Manor.”
No one in Hangzhou was unaware that the relationship between Oh Seon Jang-won and Jo Hwang-se was not good. “What are you going to do with Oseon-won?”
“Honestly, isn’t Oseon Manor a difficult place for the Dong family members?”
“Well, I can guarantee that they have no interest whatsoever.”
It wasn’t a lie, but what he said was not wrong either. From the point of view of the head of the house, the Dong clan, Oh Seon Manor was a rolled stone. This rolled stone had more popularity than the Dong family in Hangzhou. However, it was not possible to use force to drive out the Oseon Manor from the Dong family, so in the end, he decided to just watch for now.
“In our Hwang-se family, we will use the Iron Blood Chamber to deal with the Oseon Manor. And this is…” At this point, he pulled out an envelope from his arms and placed it on the table.
“I heard from five years ago that it was what the owner wanted.”
Inside the envelope was a certificate of right to develop an iron mine in Yeohang County, which bordered Hangzhou. It was not known how much iron was still stored, but if the amount was large, it would bring huge profits to the Dongsi Doga. That was a pretty big expense for Jo Hwang-se as well.
“I didn’t know you were so concerned about Oseon Manor at home.”
“Jo Hwang-se gives back several times what he received, whether it’s grace or enemies.”
With this iron mine development right, only a branch of the Iron Blood Clan could close their eyes. It was not a general group, and the branch could be organized at any time.
‘There is no loss for me to clean up even the manor of Oh Seong-bang,’ said Dong Seong-bang, who finished the calculation. “I wish you the best of luck at home.”
After putting in the envelope with those words, the transaction was finally established. “Thank you for your generosity.”
The iron mines handed over could be worth millions of nyang in some cases. It didn’t make sense to exchange that for just one Iron Blood Club branch.
‘It would be simple if I gave the Cheolhyeol room plenty of money and told them to wipe out the Oseon manor.’
Yeo Dong-sul, who returned to Jo Hwang-se, informed Hwang Jo-gil that Dong Seongbang had accepted the conditions. “Why do you have such a shit expression?”
“It was a very costly deal.”
“It does look like that.”
“If you give me ten thousand nyang, I can collect coriander that will wipe out the Oseon Manor.”
“Okay? I will give you ten thousand nyang.”
“Yes?”
“But write it for later, not now.”
“If later…?”
“You are smart, but you do not understand the greed of people, especially the Moorim. Do you think the Cheolhyeolbang, which has branched out in Hangzhou, will only deal with the Wushen Manor and return to life?”
“If we don’t go back, will there be a clash with the Dongsi River?”
“Of course I will. If it doesn’t happen, you have to make it happen.”
“Are you saying that you are going to set up a branch of the Iron Blood clan in Hangzhou using Oseon Manor as an excuse, and then make the Dong clan and the Cheolhyeolbang clan fight?”
“The people of the Moorim are the ones who can’t stand it without fighting. All I need to do is scrape the asshole of the Iron Blood Room slowly. They are not the ones to give up Hangzhou after having tasted so much money.”
“That’s why you put so much money into this particular room?”
“There might be some bleeding right now, but sooner or later it will come back to me with several times the profit. If the Dong clan and the Cheolhyeolbang clan come up with the idea of a sheepdog, Zhejiang Province will truly become a stateless communist country. It’s not right for me to rule only half of anything. If you want to own it, you have to own it all.”
According to Hwang Jo-gil’s calculations, Oh Seon Jang-won had already disappeared by the Iron Blood.
* * *
A Muslim who knew where Mao Liang lived would not have more than five fingers, and four of them were blood lions. Jeon Yeong-hong and Eun Bi-yeon entered Mao Liang’s five-story house.
“For a thief to live so well, Moorim’s justice has come a long way, but it’s a long way off…”
Eun Bi-yeon then asked Hyeon Yeon-hong, who was biting her tongue. “Doesn’t Mao Liang also need a job externally to own a house this big?”
“Antique Collection Award. Even if you steal something valuable, you won’t be suspected of stealing it, so your son has a good head.”
As they entered the house, a skinny middle-aged butler, Oh Bae-sik, came out. “This is not a place for outsiders to enter, so get out quickly!”
The person who left was Oh Bae-sik. In addition to this, the bulkheads brought by Oh Bae-sik quickly crossed the wall. “Huh… They are the people who came to see the elder Mu Yeong-gwi.”
Oh Bae-sik fell on his knees and trembled when he heard this.
‘What is this kid doing outside?’
He was doing something similar to Geum Hong. “Where did he go?”
“Who are you?”
“Do Pye… No, I am better known as an immortal.”
“Ha… I know that the old man Mu Yeong-gwi went to the rally. You can’t fool me.” At this, Oh Bae-sik then said everything he knew because he couldn’t bear to lie.
“What kind of quest did the dung fly take so long?”
Even so, if he were to see the Mantunghoe, and the road went wrong, the meeting schedule would then be delayed for a long time. “You don’t know when Shintoo is coming?”
“The schedule of the host adult is always undecided.”
“Fine. I’ll be here until the ghost comes, so keep the two rooms clean.”
He couldn’t dare to disobey these words. The work of Jeon Yeong Hong was not so different from that at Oseon Manor. However, his tasks became a series of boredom from his waking, to his sleeping.
“I want to see the death penalty.” Eun Bi-yeon gave such a pin-cup to Yeon Ji-hong. “If anyone hears it, you can think of it as a child.”
“If that is truly the death penalty, I would not be envious, even with ten children. Heh heh…”
Jeon Yeong-hong told Eun Bi-yeon everything that happened while she was with Geom Woo-bin. “Even thinking about that treasure chest that the death penalty had, tears come to my eyes. How can you be so kind?”
“I remember when I fell for him.”
“Hey! Are you really comparing the death penalty to that bastard?”
“In other words, it is. By the way, if Woo-bin gets a higher martial arts skill, is she sure she can fix it?”
Geum Hong let out a long sigh. “It’s a road I’ve never been to before, so how can I be sure? You just have to believe it.”
Playing with Eun Bi-yeon only lasted a day or two, and he couldn’t stand it because it was boring. To appease the boredom, Geum Hong wandered around Mao Liang’s house and found something interesting.
“Oh, look at this.”
Plump! The length of the outer wall and the room at the end of the hallway did not match. It looked like a secret passage, but there was no device to open the door. Geum Hong, who had put energy into his hand, quickly released his fist. “It was good for a car that was free. Shall we open it with difficulty?”
Half an hour passed. Bang!
At this, the wall fell down, leaving an empty space. “It’s hard as hell. The easy way is the best.”
As they passed the stone crumbs, there was a stairway leading down to the basement. “It’s a thief’s secret warehouse.”
As he stepped down the stairs, an unfamiliar dryness came over him. On the ceiling of the basement, about 30 pyeong, the precious wild wine was scattering white light. “Even if you take that and sell it, you can make money… How much?”
After suffering because of money, he immediately thought about money, but his financial sense was still dull. Like the secret warehouse of the best thief in the middle of the country, miscellaneous items filled the walls. All kinds of jewels, antiques, and paintings, from gold cows, made his eyes dizzy. “Why are you so greedy for things that you can’t eat and are uncomfortable to use as weapons?”
No matter how many treasures there were, there was nothing to covet. It was the best treasure to Geum Hong, as it soothed the boredom for a moment. However, as he was about to leave, a blue box about three inches tall caught her sight. “Yes? Isn’t that an escape seat?”
Right. If a man were to have it, the stone that protected the yang and blocked the cold would be the avoidance stone. He was lucky to find a box made of such a sheltered stone at a very suitable time. “I can put some ice cubes in there.”
It may not be able to withstand the cold of the ice crystal alone with that level of avoidance stone, but it would definitely help one take it. As Geum Hong climbed the stairs, he opened the lid of the box. There was something bumpy inside, but it wasn’t a gemstone like diamond or amber.
“What’s this?”
He would have thought that if it had not been as hard as iron, he would have thought it had been agglomeration of unrefined salt. Geum Hong roughly put the box in his pocket. Finally, Do Pyeong-su came.
“Why are you so late? A slug would be my grandfather.”
“This is the way to go to Shanxi and then go back to Gansuseong.”
“What kind of order was it?”
“You know that kid you carried to Shanxi?”
“Kang Ji-an?”
“Yes. I was going to take that kid all the way to Gansuseong, but it turns out he cheated on me.”
Do Pyeong-su saw Eun Bi-yeon, who appeared late, and said, ‘Huh? Her grandmother was there too.’
“Who says that she looks like a grandmother?!”
“She looks old, but she looks like a grandmother.”
“You are so old that you can’t even die!”
“Stop it and continue talking about the quest!”
“It’s special. The little boy found out that he was the owner of the small palace of Ihwagung.”
“You said she was a girl?”
“I was deceived at first, too. in the forest peeing…”
Eun Bi-yeon groaned. “You said you stole it? This pervert!”
“Who the heck would try and see?! Just hear the sound and you will know!”
“How do you know by just hearing a sound?” Do Pyeong-su got up from his chair and went to the wall and pretended to pee. With that, he then squatted down on the spot.
“The sound of dripping urine is different.”
“You…! Let’s just focus!”
“What are you going to focus on? I was afraid that I had been cheated on, so I left it about a mile away and left.”
“Why is the shaman trying to catch Sogungju at Ihwagung Palace?”
“How would I know that? The masterminds caught up with me like flies and almost killed me because it was bothersome.”
“I mean, I didn’t kill him. But are the shamans and those things catching up with you?”
“They were guarding every way they went.”
“How do you know your route?”
“Someone must have told me. It could be the work of the Ihwagung girls.”
“Why?”
“I do not know. It’s already over, but what do you think about it?”
He thought about it for a moment, but was already able to guess the story from there. “You tried to make us and the shaman enemies. If you had killed the shaman masters, it would have been impossible.”
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