Chapter 35
The Youngest Son of the Silver Sea Trading Company Chapter 35
Chapter 35. Announcement of the New Captain (6)
The Silver Sea Trading Company is the largest trading company in Songyang County, Hubei Province.
However, the Silver Sea Trading Company does not monopolize everything in Songyang County, as there are many other trading companies.
One of them is Heukju Bang.
As the name suggests, it is a place where martial artists from the black martial arts world deliver alcohol to small bars.
Although they call it delivery, it is actually forced sales.
The owners of small bars with little power had no choice but to accept their forced sales.
The situation changed three years ago.
The Eunhae Trading Company started supplying alcohol.
They delivered high-quality alcohol at reasonable prices, so the tavern owners wanted to buy from them.
However, the Black Wine Gang, the existing supplier, was not happy about this.
Seeing that the tavern owners were wary of them, the Eunhae Trading Company made an offer to the tavern owners.
They would ask Changin Escort Agency to prevent Heukjubu from causing trouble.
Eunhae Trading Company was already quite powerful, and with the addition of Changin Escort Agency, the bar owners were swayed.
Eventually, all the bars in Sungyang County began to order alcohol from Eunhae Trading Company.
This put Heukjubu in a difficult situation.
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Bang!
Dao Deok, the boss of Heukjubu, slammed his fist on the table.
“You son of a bitch!”
He asked Dao, who was trembling in front of him.
“So you got caught?”
“Yes, that's what he said.”
“You let them take 100 nyang, which is like my own blood, and got caught?”
“....”
“Answer me! You son of a bitch!”
Oh Dae-deuk picked up a bottle of alcohol and threw it at him.
Clang!
Bang-do's forehead was split open by the bottle, and he collapsed on the floor.
“Please spare my life, Boss!”
“Get up! Who are you going to kill?”
When Bang Do got up, trembling, Oh Dae-deuk ordered him.
“Explain in detail.”
“Yes, it's like this...”
“Cut out the details and be as concise as possible.”
“Yes!”
Dao explained to Captain Oh Dae-deok what had happened at the banquet for the announcement of Eun Jeong-ho, the eldest son of Eunhae Trading Company, as the new captain.
After hearing his explanation, Oh Dae-deok gritted his teeth.
“How stupid! What kind of assassin would commit murder in broad daylight in a place full of soldiers?”
It was unfair for someone without a name, but Daoism, who didn't know the details, had no choice but to vent his anger.
“Excuse me, Boss.”
Another Daoism standing next to him asked cautiously.
“What if that idiot confesses that we ordered him to do it?”
“Just say you don't know anything! We've always done that, so why change now?”
“But... I'm worried that we might have done something wrong.”
“How many places did we deliver alcohol to?”
“As far as I remember, there were 168 places.”
“Where did you deliver alcohol in the last month?”
“...Nowhere.”
“They took all of our customers! They should have some business ethics! We're starving, and they're throwing parties, and you don't even feel guilty?”
“...”
Oh Dae-deuk continued angrily.
“That's why I warned you! If you mess with us, even the eldest son of the Eunhae Trading Company will end up like that. So take the alcohol we deliver again.”
“What I'm saying is, how are you going to deal with the consequences of your actions...”
“×××! I told you! Just take it! Do you want to die? Do you want to die?”
"I'm sorry. Please spare my life! Boss! I didn't know my place!“
Dudadadadak!
At that moment, someone ran up and shouted.
”It's a big problem! Boss!“
”What is it?“
”It's the government army! The government army is coming.“
”The government army? You mean the government army, not the police?“
”Yes!"
“How many?”
“It looks like there are at least a few hundred.”
If something happened, the county magistrate of Sungyang could request government troops.
However, the fact that hundreds of government troops were coming meant that someone higher up was involved.
Hearing this, Han Bang-do shouted.
“Damn it! That means the inspector general has moved!”
“You don't mean that our work has been discovered?”
Oh Dae-deuk stood up and shouted.
“Tell them to fight!”
“What?”
“They're government troops! What do you think will happen if they get caught? Would it be better to die fighting? Or would it be better to be tortured to death without even dying?”
Hearing this, Bang-do, who had brought the news, bit his lip.
“We will die fighting.”
Bang-do left.
The other Bang-do, watching his back, looked away for a moment.
Swoosh!
Thud!
Puff!
Oh Dae-deuk drew his sword and slashed the Bang-do who were standing in the same place.
“Why... why...?”
Filled with resentment, he smiled bitterly.
“Because you know about the secret passage.”
Swoosh!
After killing everyone, O Dae-deok hurriedly gathered his belongings.
The life of a martial artist is unpredictable.
That was why he always had everything he needed to escape ready.
In the distance, he could hear the sounds of the Black Kitchen soldiers and government troops clashing.
“You stupid bastards. Fight to your hearts' content. I'm leaving.”
He opened the secret passage hidden under the desk and slipped inside.
He crawled through the small passage for quite some time.
How far did he go?
Soon, he saw light and cautiously looked outside.
There was no one there.
“Of course! How would they know about this place? Hehehe.”
He hurriedly left the secret passage and started walking down the road he had scouted out earlier.
However, he soon had no choice but to stop.
He heard someone's voice next to him.
“There was a mouse hole after all.”
* * *
I pointed my sword at Dao Dae-deok.
As expected, he had escaped through the mouse hole and was about to flee.
However, he was slightly delayed because he was caught by Pal-gap and got into a scuffle.
By the way, Pal-gap is hiding well in the bushes...
Huh?
Why can't I sense Pal-gap at all?
Anyway, if I had been a little late, I wouldn't have been able to catch him.
“Who are you?”
I chuckled at his question.
“That's not important, is it?”
At that moment, Boss Oh Dae-deuk rushed at me.
The sword blade cut through the air and aimed at my shoulder.
Chaeng!
But I had no intention of letting him hit my shoulder with such a weak attack. I quickly swung my sword and knocked his sword away.
Chae chaeng!
Oh Dae-deuk stepped back and let out a low cry.
“You're no ordinary man!”
He repositioned his sword.
It seemed he was determined to give it his all.
In that case, it was only proper for me to do the same.
I recalled the first technique of the Jinseolshik Sword Technique that I had learned in my previous life, or rather, recently.
Falling Snow.
Snowfall marks the beginning of winter.
The entire mountain turns white, and everything shrinks in the bitter winter wind.
Like that, the first move of the Jinseol 12 Sword Technique is the beginning and the most important step.
Chung!
Chae-chung!
O Dae-deuk's sword and my sword clashed.
My hands were numb, but I still had a long way to go.
I steadily executed the Moo-Hoon Bo-Beop while displaying my sword technique.
“Kuh...”
The power began to drain from O Dae-Deuk's sword, and I gradually gained the upper hand.
If he had been a much better swordsman than me, he would have realized the true meaning of my sword technique and chosen to break my flow instead of continuing to clash swords with me.
The purpose of Gangseol's sword technique was to draw his opponent's momentum toward me.
Of course, if I didn't have my previous memories, I wouldn't have been able to lead the fight like this.
Having only learned the first technique of the Jinsul Sipsik Sword Technique, I couldn't fully understand its true meaning.
However, having practiced this sword technique for more than ten years in my previous life, I knew the true meaning of Gangseol's sword technique well.
I also knew that it was the most powerful technique among the twelve techniques of this sword technique.
Clang!
The sword slipped out of O Dae-deok's hand and flew through the air.
Chuck!
Then, my sword reached his neck.
“Do you surrender?”
“Yes, I surrender.”
O Dae-deok said so and tried to put his hands inside his robe.
But I couldn't let him get away with that.
How many people from Heukdo had I encountered over the years?
I quickly knocked the sword out of his hand, kneed him in the stomach, and slashed his neck with the flat side of my sword.
“Kuh!”
He let out a death cry and collapsed.
I bound him while he was unconscious.
The reason I didn't kill him here was because killing him now would be too merciful.
He had to suffer all the pain he deserved before he died.
I shouted toward the bushes.
“It's over. You can come out now.”
At my words, there was a rustling in the bushes, and Pal-gap appeared.
I didn't hear any sound...
What is it?
As if he knew what I was thinking, Pal-gap said with a surprised look on his face.
“Young master? Is it really you?”
“Of course. Am I a ghost?”
“No, it's not that...”
Pal-gap scratched his head. Then, glancing at the unconscious O Dae-deuk, he asked.
“Young master, you are much stronger than I expected... Are you hiding your abilities?”
“That's right. If others knew I had these abilities, they would be wary of me.”
To be precise, it was to avoid the attention of the Martial Alliance and the Baekcheon Trading Company.
“I see, but when did you become so strong?”
“After I took the elixir.”
“Ah...”
Pal-gap easily understood because he knew about the strange phenomenon that had occurred at that time.
“So, please keep this a secret.”
“Of course. I understand.”
Pal-gap nodded and asked.
“By the way, what should we do with this bundle?”
It was the bundle that Boss Oh Dae-deuk had been carrying.
It seemed to contain something important.
“Let's open it.”
Pal-gap opened it as I said, and we were shocked.
“Huh!”
“Oh my!”
It was filled with a huge amount of gold and silver treasures.
If this were to be put in the coffin, would it go to those who had been harmed by Boss Oh Dae-deuk?
No.
Property confiscated from criminals is always returned to the state.
Therefore, it was right for this to go to those who had been harmed by Boss Oh Dae-deuk.
I wrapped it up again and picked it up.
“Pal-gap.”
“Yes.”
“I have something urgent to do.”
* *
Several days passed.
“Young master, have you heard?”
I tilted my head at Pal-gap's words.
“What?”
“They say that the Boss of the Black Kitchen has been captured.”
“Really?”
“Yes. They found him hanging from a tree.”
“You did well to hang him from a tree.”
I was going to leave him there, but I thought he might be harmed by animals or crawl away, so I hung him from a tree.
Pal-gap continued.
“People are speculating that it was done by someone who has a grudge against the Black Kitchen.”
“I thought it was done by a passing chivalrous warrior...”
“Don't you think that doesn't make sense? How would a chivalrous warrior passing by in the middle of the night in such a remote place know who he was?”
“You're right.”
“Anyway, they say they are investigating to find out who did it.”
Pal-gap and I looked at each other and smiled.
It was none other than us who had done it.
“And what about the silver coins we distributed?”
Pal-gap and I distributed some of the silver coins to those who had suffered damage from the Black Kitchen.
“How did that turn out?”
“The head of the Black Kitchen stated that the bag of gold and silver he brought with him was missing, and based on that, we believe that the person who made the head of the Black Kitchen look like that distributed the silver coins to the people.”
“That makes sense.”
“The authorities considered it criminal proceeds and tried to confiscate it, but...”
Something welled up inside me.
How hard did they work to divide it into coins and distribute it to the people, and now they're taking it away?
“The elder asked if there was any evidence that it was the criminal proceeds that the Boss had taken with him when he fled. It was all silver coins, not gold coins, which the Boss claimed to have had.”
“And?”
“So we decided to leave it alone.”
“Oh, I see.”
That was good to hear.
“I should go to the general store later and thank them.”
I'm glad that all my hard work to exchange it for silver coins was worth it.
“Well, I'm off to work.”
“Yes.”
Leaving Pal-gap behind, I headed for the Jaegyeong Hall.
I think I did the right thing in telling Pal-gap about my martial arts skills.
If I hadn't, it would have been difficult to create a false image of myself with Heo Mae-gyeong.
And if Pal-gap had found out later and gotten angry, it would have been difficult to appease him.
Then was it a waste to buy it?
Well, maybe it will come in handy later.
With that thought in mind, he quickly arrived at the Jaegyeong Hall and headed for Chief Administrator Yu's office after greeting the other officials.
It was time to start work.