Chapter 48
The Youngest Son of the Silver Sea Trading Company Chapter 48
Chapter 48. The First Purse (2)
“What is this?”
My father exclaimed in surprise.
“The distribution rights for An-Gye Cheol-Gwan-Eum?”
I nodded at my father's words.
“It is as you see, Father.”
“Huh...”
“That's why I hesitated to accept this. But you insisted so many times that I had no choice but to accept it.”
“...”
My father sighed and said.
“It says that if you refuse this, they will be very disappointed. There's no choice. Let's accept it.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Is there anything else you want to talk about?”
“No.”
“Then go and rest. You must be tired.”
“Yes, sir.”
I left my father's office and headed straight for the Jaegyeonggak.
Chief Administrator Yoo would definitely be there.
When I entered the Jaegyeonggak, the officials greeted me.
“Welcome, young master.”
“Yes. I'm back.”
“Did you come today?”
“I just arrived. I came here right after visiting my father. Is Chief Administrator Yoo in?”
“Yes.”
“He is busy working. There is a lot of work to do while he was away.”
Oh no!
I didn't think of that.
I quickly backed away.
But then Chief Administrator Yu's office door opened, and he rushed over to me.
Then he grabbed my wrist.
“Young master, you're here.”
“Ha ha ha. Chief Administrator Yu...”
“Let's go inside. We have a lot of work to do.”
“But it's only an hour left before quitting time.”
“An hour is enough time to process the documents.”
“...”
In the end, I had to follow Chief Administrator Yoo into his office.
I should have come back later.
.
.
.
An hour later.
I looked at the pile of documents next to me.
In just one hour, I had processed more than a foot of papers.
This feels good... Oh no! I can't become a workaholic already.
At that moment, the drum sounded, signaling the end of the workday.
I stood up from my seat.
“Chief Administrator, it's time to go home.”
Chief Administrator Yoo replied with a disappointed voice.
“Yes, you may go home.”
Then he put down the brush he was holding and asked me.
“Did everything go well?”
“Yes.”
“I also arrived safely thanks to the escort agency. But you seem to have been late, so I guess you had a lot of work to do.”
I nodded at his words.
“Yes. Actually…”
I told him the whole story.
Chief Administrator Yu had the right to hear it. He was at the center of the incident.
“I see… That must be very painful for the Clan Head.”
“Still, now that the forces that were secretly working against the clan have been eliminated, he must feel a great sense of relief.”
After talking about this and that, I took a letter out of my pocket.
“Please take this.”
“What?”
“It is a letter from the Grand Clan Head.”
Chief Administrator Yoo's eyes widened when he saw the tightly sealed letter.
“For me?”
“Yes.”
Chief Administrator Yu took the letter, opened it, and read it right there.
I didn't read the letter.
No matter how tightly sealed it was, there are ways to open it without leaving a trace.
But it was a letter between the Grand Clan Head and Chief Administrator Yu. I didn't want to read it without their permission.
Chief Administrator Yu looked at me as he read the letter.
“What is it?”
“It says here that you made a request to the Clan Head. He asked you to continue interacting with me in the future...”
“Ah...”
I felt embarrassed and scratched my cheek as I replied.
“Yes, I did.”
“Thank you.”
His simple greeting made me smile.
“So take good care of yourself. No matter what, you have to live longer than the Grand Clan Head, don't you?”
“I will.”
“Then I'll be off.”
“Yes.”
I turned around and left the office. I glanced back, and Chief Administrator Yu was still reading the letter.
He looked very happy.
I should tell my grandfather, mother, and two older brothers that I had a good trip, then go back to my quarters and rest.
Ah...
Come to think of it, they should be arriving in Sungyang County tomorrow, so I need to prepare to welcome them.
When will I ever get to rest?
I couldn't help but sigh.
I made up my mind.
Once I avenge the Baekcheon Trading Company and the Martial Alliance and the Eunhae Trading Company becomes the world's best trading company, I will truly rest.
* *
The Martial Alliance.
As an alliance of the martial arts world, it was quite large.
The Alliance Leader was the representative and head of the alliance.
The Alliance Leader's office.
It was unusual that mirrors were placed everywhere.
However, other than that, it was an ordinary office.
The Alliance Leader was receiving reports from his subordinates.
“The damage to the Jaegal Clan is almost non-existent.”
“Non-existent?”
“Yes.”
“That can't be! If the Blood Formation is activated, at least half of them will die.”
The Hon'anmak Formation.
This formation was also called the Blood Formation.
Once activated, it would cause a bloody battle to the death, resulting in a sea of blood.
“Our guess is that the Grand Master and Clan Head broke the formation faster than expected.”
“Well, the Jaegal Clan created that formation, so if it was the Grand Master and Clan Head...”
“It was a mistake to set up the Blood Formation there. We should have thought of another way.”
“At that time, Je-Gak-Kyung said he would activate the Blood Formation after the Grand Clan Head and Clan Head were dead, so we allowed it. Then why did he activate the Blood Formation before that?”
The subordinate replied to the Alliance Leader's question.
“Considering that the last report was that the Grand Clan Head and Clan Head had noticed the poisoning attempt, it seems that he did so out of fear that his identity would be revealed if he stayed there any longer.”
“I don't need to hear it. He did so because he was worried that he wouldn't be able to earn any merit if he fled.”
“That is my guess as well. But did Jaegal really not know that activating the blood seal would kill him?”
“He couldn't have known. He firmly believed that it was a formation passed down by us, not created by the Jaegal Clan. And we didn't tell him that activating it would turn him into a mummy and kill him.”
That's why they planned to use someone disposable instead of Je-gal Kyung to activate the formation.
“Tsk, tsk, he was useless to the clan. It's good that he died quickly. He would have been a waste of money.”
“Yes, sir.”
“But even with the Grand Master and the Clan Head still alive, there will be some damage...”
“I also find that strange. Didn't you say that even those with profound inner arts would be affected by the blood seal?”
“That's right. The only way to nullify the blood seal is with the inner arts of that family.”
“That family has already been wiped out.”
“That's right. We killed every last one of them, even the dogs and chickens.”
Saying that, the Alliance Leader thought of that family.
It was a family that boasted exceptionally pure and clear inner arts.
However, they were a hindrance to their plans.
So, they disguised themselves as members of the Demonic Cult and wiped out the entire family.
“The Jaegal Clan is a prestigious family. So, the Grand Master and the Clan Head must have had at least one person who could fight against them.”
His subordinate asked cautiously.
“What should we do about the Jaegal Clan?”
“Just leave them alone.”
“What?”
“Now that their bloodline has been exposed, we need to be a little more cautious. That stupid bastard messed up.”
He showed his anger, and his subordinate bowed his head even lower.
“But there is no evidence that we did that, and with this warning, that old man won't act rashly. He cares about his family, so he won't recklessly turn his blade against us.”
The Alliance Leader continued.
“And we don't have the resources to keep worrying about that place. We have many other things to do right now.”
“I understand.”
When his subordinate replied, the Alliance Leader nodded and asked, “Was there anything unusual about that matter?”
“Nothing in particular. However, I heard that a guest of the Clan Head was there at the time.”
“A guest?”
“Yes. Just in case, I investigated. They are Yoo So-ak and Eun Seo-ho. Yoo So-ak is 45 years old and is the chief administrator of the Eunhae Trading Company. Eun Seo-ho is 15 years old and is the third son of the head of the Eunhae Trading Company.”
“Eunhae Trading Company? Where is that?”
“It is a trading company based in Hubei Province that mainly deals in rice, tea, and medicinal herbs. It ranked 98th in the trading company rankings announced this winter.”
“It's not a place to worry about.”
“I agree.”
“If your report is finished, you may leave.”
“Yes, sir.”
His subordinate left the office, and the Alliance Leader picked up Seo-tak's documents.
Suddenly, the name Eunhae Trading Company flashed through his mind.
“I remember hearing that before... Ah!”
There was a time when he had worked hard to establish a secret branch in the southern part of Hubei Province.
However, the mission was a failure because the leader of the secret branch had messed up.
In the end, he received a report that Ki-ru had defected to a place called Eunhaesangdan.
Both that incident and the current situation involved the name Eunhaesangdan.
He chuckled.
“What an interesting coincidence.”
At that moment, his eyes flashed red.
“Oh no!”
He confirmed this through the mirrors placed around his office and quickly covered his eyes.
* * *
Songyang County, Hubei Province.
A group of people had just arrived there.
There were seven men and women, and most of them were middle-aged.
They were surrounded by twelve samurai dressed in the same uniform.
They were escorts from an escort agency who had been hired to escort them here.
When they arrived at the county office in the north of Songyang County, the head escort said,
“As requested, we have arrived at the county office of Songyang County.”
Upon hearing this, the man who seemed to be the leader of the group said,
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Don't mention it.”
“Here is the rest of the travel expenses.”
He took a wallet from his pocket and handed it to him.
Unless there were special circumstances, travel expenses were usually paid in half before departure, with the rest paid after the trip was completed.
“Count it.”
“Yes, sir.”
The head escort counted the money in front of him and nodded.
“It's correct, as expected.”
“The virtue of a merchant is accuracy. I don't know if I can still call myself a merchant.”
The Head Escort replied to his words.
“You were the leaders of the Green Jade Merchant Group, so you can start over anywhere.”
“I can scrape by, but... my passion from the past is already gone...”
A year ago, something unexpected happened to them.
The captain of the Green Jade Trading Company, whom they had served with all their heart and soul, passed away.
Before he died, the captain called them and left them a will. He asked them to help his son.
After the captain's death, his son became the new captain.
“I am not good enough, but I hope you will help me. Now, about that...”
He enthusiastically promoted various projects.
That was fine.
However, the problem was that the projects he promoted were unreasonable.
Anyone could see that they would fail.
He tried to follow the orders of the new captain as much as possible, but he remembered the dying words of the previous captain and opposed the projects.
“We will suffer great losses.”
“It doesn't matter.”
“Are you sure you want to do that?”
“I am the captain! Me! You always obeyed my father's orders, but why do you always oppose me?”
In the end, things proceeded as the new captain had said.
However, the result was obvious.
They suffered a great loss.
However, the new head of the trading company still did not admit his mistake.
“This is all because you were lazy! You worked hard when my father was alive, didn't you? Are you looking down on me because I am young and have just become the head of the trading company?”
They felt wronged.
The Green Jade Trading Company was a company they had devoted their entire lives to building.
How could they be accused of slacking off?
They swore to heaven and earth that they had never done such a thing.
They had never disrespected the new captain.
However, the new captain continued to feel that he was being disrespected, which was extremely frustrating for them.
The conflict continued, and the tension grew deeper and deeper.
Then, a month ago, the new captain called them together.
The new captain called them together.
Then he announced that they were all fired.
“Everyone, please leave the trading company.”
“What?”
“After thinking about it, I realized that in order for the trading company to be renewed, the people must also be renewed. You can't pour new tea into old tea leaves and expect it to taste good, can you?”
They had expected it.
But it felt worse than he had expected.
“If I had known this would happen, I should have left the Trading Company when the Captain passed away.”
The late Captain's will had held them back, but in the end, they were being forced out.