Chapter 228
The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Trading Company Chapter 228
Chapter 228. Jin-ho's Wedding Banquet (3)
From what Seo Woo said, I thought I understood why Bang Woo, the captain of the Eunhae Trading Company, was plotting such a scheme.
For some time now, the Eunhae Trading Company had been ambitiously promoting a new business venture called Eunhae Pharmacy.
Perhaps they were jealous of the success of the Palin Pharmacy. Or maybe they were coveting the money that the Palin Pharmacy was making.
Currently, there is only one pharmacy, the Palin Pharmacy, so it must have seemed like a surefire success.
However, things probably didn't go as well as they had hoped.
Palin Pharmacy made medicines with high-quality medicinal herbs supplied by Eunhae Trading Company, so they had a wide variety of products and their prices were relatively low.
In such a situation, there were two main options for Jinse Pharmacy, which was a latecomer to the market.
They could sell special medicines that Palin Pharmacy did not carry, or they could sell their medicines cheaper than Palin Pharmacy.
Jinse Pharmacy chose the second option.
However, in order to sell at a lower price than Palin Yakbang, which had a stable and professional supplier, they had no choice but to use lower quality medicinal ingredients.
Therefore, people initially bought their medicines because they were cheap, but when they found that they were not very effective, they naturally stopped using Jinse Yakbang's medicines.
In any case, in the current situation, if people who got sick from the food at Jin-ho's wedding banquet didn't get better even after taking medicine from Palin Yakbang, but the medicine from Jinse Yakbang worked well, then naturally, customers would flock to Jinse Yakbang.
This bastard.
Even so, how could he try to give innocent customers medicine for stomachaches!
I can understand why Bang-woo, the head of the Jinse Yakbang, would use such a despicable tactic.
I can see why Captain Bang-woo would resort to such despicable tactics.
“Seo-woo, Captain.”
“Yes.”
“Captain Bang-woo's position at Jinse Trading Company isn't that secure, is it?”
“Yes, as far as I know, less than half of the members support him.”
Pal-gap asked in confusion.
“That's strange. How did he become the captain with that?”
“He must have threatened him or bribed him. It's entirely possible with his personality.”
“I agree.”
Seo Woo-musha nodded.
“And even though the head of the Jinse Trading Company is bedridden, if he changes his mind, he can remove Captain Bang Woo from his position.”
In other words, although he became captain, his position is not yet secure.
Therefore, he intends to solidify his position as captain by achieving something that no one can argue with.
That's fine, but why are you hurting our trading company?
You rotten bastard.
Lee Pil, who had been listening quietly, asked in confusion.
“Then why not just make a medicine that causes stomachaches at Jinse Yakbang? Why order it separately from Heukwa?”
“That must be because of Captain Jin Se-sang. He is not the type of person who would harm others to pursue profit.”
“Ah...”
“If this matter reaches the ears of the Trading Company's captain, even if you achieve an unquestionable feat, your position as Captain will be in jeopardy. And if those who support your eldest son find out, it could become public knowledge.”
“From Bang-woo's perspective, it must be done in secret.”
“So what do you plan to do?”
I smiled at Pal-gap's question and replied.
“What can I do? I have to get rid of Bang-woo.”
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The next day, I finished my morning work and got up from my desk.
“It's lunchtime. Enjoy your meal.”
“Yes.”
I let them eat in peace and headed for the annex.
I had something to check while eating lunch.
As soon as I arrived at the annex, Jin-yu Musha reported to me.
“Liege, a reply has arrived from Mister Bang Jin.”
“What does it say?”
“He has accepted.”
The night before, I had asked Jin-yu Musha to secretly deliver a letter to Bang-jin, the eldest son of Jinseong Trading Company.
The letter said that he wanted to meet him in the afternoon of the following day.
However, it would be problematic if others saw them, so he asked him to come to the pavilion in the south garden in secret.
If he accepted, he was to hang a red cloth on the tree in front of his residence before lunch.
If he refused, I told him to hang a white cloth.
Bang Jin was very disappointed at not becoming the captain.
In that situation, he couldn't refuse my offer to give him an advantage in the competition to become captain.
“Then let's have lunch and leave.”
“Yes, sir.”
After a quick lunch, we headed to the meeting place in Namga.
It was a street lined with high-end shops.
After walking for a while, we soon arrived at the meeting place. At the end of Namga, there was a small pavilion.
That was the meeting place.
When we entered, we saw a person surrounded by bodyguards and attendants in a corner, looking at the scenery outside the pavilion.
It was Mister Bangjin.
I approached him and greeted him with a clasped hands greeting.
“It's been a long time.”
Mister Bangjin also greeted me with a clasped hands greeting.
“Yes, it has.”
“Shall we go?”
He nodded and followed me.
I was heading for the bookstore.
The Seoga and Namga were connected, so it was a short walk. Although it was a narrow mountain path and uncomfortable.
“I accepted your proposal, but where are we going?”
I replied to Mister Bangjin's question.
“We are going to Seoga.”
“Then we should have met at Seoga in the first place... Ah, Seoga is a little dangerous.”
“That's right. The south wing is more dangerous than the south wing. We don't know where Captain Bang Woo's eyes are, so we can't be seen together, can we?”
“You're right.”
So we secretly headed for the west wing.
The person I was looking for was Heuk-wa.
He was the person Bae Cheol told me about.
In his previous life, he was quite famous in Hubei Province.
He specialized in poisons.
Those who needed to use poison secretly sought out Heukwa to make a deal.
Naturally, those who were poisoned sought out Heukwa to get an antidote.
However, dealing in poison was strictly against the law, and he was considered an enemy by those who had been harmed by his poison, so he had no choice but to live in hiding.
Of course, he was given the name Heuk-wa because he resembled a black frog.
However, he was also given that name because he was good at hiding.
We passed the bookshelves and arrived at a house made of planks and mats, with one side of the cliff as a wall.
It was so poorly constructed that it looked more like a hut than a house.
“We're here.”
Bang Jin-gong tilted his head at my words.
“So what does coming here have to do with creating a situation that is advantageous to me?”
“The person inside is someone who can turn the tide in our favor.”
At my words, Bang Jin-gong signaled to his bodyguards.
One of them entered the hut and came out, shaking his head.
“There's no one there.”
I smiled and said,
“The hut is a decoy. The real one is here.”
I tapped the rock in front of me.
“What? That rock? But... how do we get inside? I can't even see the entrance.”
Of course there's an entrance.
You just have to lift the mats covering the hut and enter through a small hole that's barely visible.
It was possible because he was so small that he was nicknamed “Black Rock.”
If we went into the hole he used to enter, we would naturally be covered in dirt.
It's not easy to get in there.
Besides, if we went in like that, we would be crushed by Heukwa's poison or traps.
But I have no reason to endure such danger and trouble.
“Tell me.”
“Yes.”
At my command, Jin-yu Musha raised his sword and summoned his inner arts. At this, the two bodyguards of Mister Bangjin turned pale.
They recognized Jin-yu Musha's skill.
“Ha!”
A sharp sword qi cut the rock in half.
Gug-gug!
Then Seo-woo Musha pushed the rock.
Kung!
It all happened in an instant.
I jumped up onto the cut surface of the rock and looked down below.
“You've found a good spot.”
“Huh! Who are you?”
Behind the rock was a fairly large open space, and Heuk-wa, who had been working there, looked up at me in surprise and fell backward.
He was small in stature with a black face and a frog-like face.
It's been a long time.
It's the first time I've seen you in this life.
As someone who had been on the run for over ten years, he calmed his panic and put his hands in his lap.
He threw a smoke bomb and tried to escape.
Puk!
Crash!
“Ugh! I surrender! I surrender!”
It was useless in front of the Jeongjeong Musha.
A moment later, when the smoke cleared, I saw Jin-yu Musha and Seo-woo Musha standing on top of Heuk-wa, who had his hands tied behind his back, with knives to his neck.
As they were peak warriors, they could move as if they could see even with their vision blocked.
His face was swollen in several places from being hit.
Still, it was only a smoke bomb, not poison, so he got away with just that.
If they had used poison, one of his arms would have been cut off.
I approached him with a relaxed smile.
“Nice to meet you, Heuk-wa. You know who I am, so I won't introduce myself. And you know who he is, right?”
I pointed at Mister Bang Jin, and Heuk-wa smiled when he saw him.
“I see two famous people from Hubei Province.”
“So, the work being done over there is what Captain Bang Woo requested?”
He replied shamelessly to my question.
“Why would he ask me to do that?”
On the other hand, Bang Jin-gong tilted his head.
“You were asked by Woo?”
I nodded and asked Heuk-wa again.
“So what is the request?”
“I never asked you to do anything!”
Heung-wa denied it.
I didn't expect him to confess easily in the first place.
The reason why Heung-wa's poison was so popular was not only because it was very effective, but also because he was very tight-lipped.
Even severe torture couldn't make him talk.
I know this because he was eventually caught in my previous life.
He was caught about ten years ago.
I dug up information on the people he made poison for, and even though he was tortured mercilessly, he didn't say a word.
However...
Unexpectedly, he had one weakness.
That was...
“Ugh! What is that! Get it away! Quick, get it away!”
It was his face.
When I showed him his face in the mirror, he had a fit.
In fact, he hated his ugly face so much that he learned how to make medicine while working under a physician in order to fix his face.
However, he overused the medicine and suffered side effects, which left him with his current hideous face.
This made him not only hate his own face, but also feel such fear that he became a murderer.
Hidden Black lived in hiding not only to survive, but also because he didn't want to reveal his face to the world.
It's a heartbreaking story.
But that's that, and crime is crime.
How many people died or suffered because of the poison he made?
He tried to close his eyes, but he couldn't because of the side effects of the medicine.
He tried to turn his head, but Jin-yu Musha was holding his face, making it impossible.
“Aaah!”
I watched him scream for a moment, then made a suggestion.
“If you tell me what Bang-woo Captain asked you to do, I'll take the mirror away.”
“Damn it! I'll tell you! I'll tell you!”
When I took the mirror away, he gasped for breath.
“Huff, huff... Captain Bang-woo asked me to make a medicine that would cause stomach upset. He wanted to put it in the food served at Captain Eun-jin-ho's wedding...”
“And then?”
“After causing stomach upset, he would sell a medicine that worked well at Jinse Yakbang and ask me to tell him the recipe for the antidote.”
“I understand.”
As promised, I put the mirror away without showing it to anyone else.
When I turned around, Bang Jin was frowning and cursing.
“Bang Woo... That crazy bastard...”
He barely suppressed his anger and bowed his head to me.
“On behalf of my brother, I apologize to the Captain. I am truly sorry.”
“How is that your fault?”
As expected, Bang Jin-gong is as righteous as the head of the Jin Trading Company. A person like him should be the captain.
Even though he was from a rival company, competition should be fair.
That way, competition is enjoyable, and no one gets caught up in injustice.
“I will inform my father of this immediately. And...”
“No.”
I waved my hand.
“This alone will not be enough to bring him down. He will frame someone else and get away with it.”
“You're right... You're right.”
He's that despicable, but he's smart.
“I hear you've invested a considerable amount of money in the Jinse Yakbang business.”
“That's right. We made a considerable investment.”
“Since Jinse Trading Company is not a trading company that deals in medicinal herbs, I imagine you've had a hard time.”
“That's right. To be honest, things are still a little rocky. And I'm also a little skeptical about why Jinse Trading Company should be in the herbal medicine business.”
“That's why I'm telling you this...”