Chapter 5
The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Trading Company Chapter 5
Chapter 5. Prevent the Fire at Jaegyeong Hall (1)
He slowly began to move along the acupoints.
However, his movements were not those of the Manggye Dae Mental Technique.
He was moving according to the inner arts mental technique that he had learned in the future, which he knew well.
I was so surprised by Hyun-ryong's unexpected move that I was speechless.
“How?”
But it was too early to be surprised.
When Hyun-ryong reached my qi center, he vomited the energy he had swallowed.
And
my memory was cut off.
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“....”
When I opened my eyes, I was lying in the middle of the room.
Ah!
I suddenly remembered what happened just before my memory was cut off.
I had eaten the Cheongbingseolmae and couldn't control the energy, and I almost died.
I quickly corrected my posture.
“...!”
I felt the cold and vast inner arts energy accumulated in my qi center.
It was definitely the energy of the Qingbing Shuimei.
Hyunryong had swallowed all the energy of the Qingbing Shuimei and circulated it through his body to save me, storing it in my qi center.
“This is ridiculous. I almost died because of Hyunryong, and now I'm alive because of him.”
Suddenly, I remembered what Heukjeok had said.
“According to legend, a woman born with the constitution of Hyunryong Seongche will become a genius, and a man will become the center of the world.”
I thought he said that to comfort me, but now I understand what he really meant.
Come to think of it, it was a little strange.
In my previous life, I had been in danger of dying more than once, but nothing like this had ever happened before.
However, no amount of worrying would solve the problem right now.
In the end, I was glad to be alive, so I focused on the inner arts in my qi center.
Heukjeok-ui Seon advised me to learn Bing Gong if I wanted to live a healthy life in the future.
Since Hyunryong Seongche had poor yang energy, his yang martial arts were also poor.
At that time, I happened to meet a master who used Bing Gong, and I asked him to teach me martial arts.
The foundation of Bing Gong is Taiyin Binghai Shengong.
At first, the name Shengong sounded grandiose, but the more I practiced Mental Technique, the more I realized why it was called Shengong.
“But how did such a master wander around with no connections and end up settling in Hubei...?”
I guessed that there must be some story behind it, but I never found out what it was.
I put my thoughts aside and calmly practiced my mental technique.
It was as if I had been practicing mental techniques for decades, and the acupoints in my body were open, allowing my inner arts to flow naturally.
It must have been Hyun-ryong who forced them open.
I could feel Hyun-ryong's presence, but he didn't move at all.
I finished my mental technique and opened my eyes.
Only then did I notice my surroundings. The room was completely frozen white.
“Oh no!”
Startled, I jumped up, and my clothes fell limply to the floor.
Rustle
“Huh?”
I blinked my eyes.
The clothes that had fallen to the floor were not only worn out, but also frozen solid.
“What on earth is this...”
I tilted my head and opened the locked door.
Squeak.
There stood Pal-gap, looking worried.
“Pal-gap. Thank you for your hard work...”
“Ugh! Young master!”
Before I could finish, Pal-gap sat down on the spot and began to cry.
“Why are you suddenly like this?”
Pal-gap said with a trembling voice.
“Do you know how worried I was? You didn't come out all night, and the door was frozen white. I could hear sounds like your bones were breaking inside...”
“Is that so? Hahaha.”
“But you're safe now, so I'm truly...”
Pal-gap, who had been crying loudly, tilted his head.
“Sniff! But what is that smell? No, more importantly, why are you naked?”
“Um, that...”
Pal-gap wrinkled his nose and quickly stepped back.
“Huh? Could it be...?”
I thought there was a terrible smell, but it seems it was coming from me.
Still, he stepped back so quickly.
“...What are you doing?”
“No, it's not that...”
“I'm already hurt.”
“I was just trying to get some bath water.”
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Pal-gap immediately got the bath water, and I bathed in water with plenty of fragrant oil.
I came out feeling refreshed and put on the clothes Pal-gap had prepared, but there was a problem.
“Hmm, these clothes seem a little small.”
Pal-gap looked at me with a confused expression.
“Those are the clothes you wore the other day.”
“Then why are they small?”
“Huh? Now that you mention it...”
Pal-gap looked at me and said.
“You seem to have grown taller and become more muscular.”
“Really?”
“And you look more handsome. Look at this mirror.”
I took the mirror Pal-gap handed me and looked at myself.
My face was definitely slightly different from before. I looked more handsome.
There was only one reason for all these changes.
It was because of the inner arts of Cheongbing Seolmaesil.
Pal-gap said he needed to get some new clothes and headed for the tailor.
The messy room was tidied up by Pal-gap while I was taking a bath.
I sat down on the bed.
It felt like I had locked the door for only an hour, but in reality, it was almost a day, from four in the morning to one in the afternoon.
Even so, I was neither hungry nor tired.
I summoned my inner arts.
A faint blue light emanated from my hands.
It was fifty years of inner arts.
I almost died, but in the end, I was lucky.
And these are my sharp claws.
That's why I had to hide them.
There is an old saying.
A tiger's claws are hidden.
I immediately moved on to the next step.
The master who taught me martial arts was a very good person.
However, when teaching me martial arts, he was very strict and scary.
“If you use martial arts without physical strength and endurance, you will ruin your body. Therefore, you must lay a solid foundation. It will be difficult and painful, but you must persevere.”
Thanks to him, even though I started learning martial arts at the age of 24, I was able to reach the level of a master.
He said it was because I had great insight, but it was also because I had laid a solid foundation.
That is why I started to lay the foundation again, based on those memories.
The fact that I had to go through that difficult process again brought tears to my eyes.
But why did I feel like I could endure it better than before?
I was clearly going through the same process as before.
Is it because I've done it once before?
Or maybe my body is a little different now.
According to Pal-gap, he heard the sound of bones cracking in the room.
“Could I have undergone a body reformation?”
It seemed likely.
The five days of vacation I received passed in the blink of an eye.
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The morning after my vacation ended.
Starting today, I had to begin my work at the Finance Office.
Everyone who worked at the Eunhae Trading Company wore wooden name tags.
I looked at the name tag I had just received.
[Eunhae Trading Company Finance Office Special Apprentice Eun Seo-ho]
My status was special apprentice.
I didn't go through the normal hiring process.
Special apprentices at the Finance Office had the authority to go anywhere in the Finance Office.
I put my name tag on my waist and left the room.
When I arrived at the Finance Office, I headed to the office of Chief Administrator Yoo So-ak, who was also the head of the Finance Office, to meet him.
A warrior stood guard in front of his office.
His name was Kyojin-un.
He was one of the two personal bodyguards of Chief Administrator Yoo So-ak.
“Are you here?”
“Is the Chief Administrator in?”
“Yes, please wait a moment.”
Kyojin-un informed him of my arrival, and I heard Chief Administrator Yoo So-ak's reply.
“Come in.”
The door opened.
I entered.
On Chief Administrator Yoo So-ak's desk was a precarious pile of documents.
“Are you here?”
Chief Administrator Yoo So-ak looked up. His face was exhausted.
“Yes.”
“Here are your tasks for today.”
Chief Administrator Yoo skillfully pulled a scroll from the precarious pile of documents and handed it to me.
I took it and unfolded it.
It was a report summarizing the characteristics of last year's grain deliveries.
“It's the same as last year.”
It was the same task I had been given in my previous life.
“Go and review it and submit it.”
“Yes.”
Chief Administrator Yoo So-ak bowed his head again and concentrated on his work, while I rolled up the scroll and held it tightly in my hands.
Then I left the chief administrator's office and headed for my desk.
I sat down at my desk and looked around.
I felt a new sense of emotion.
At that moment, a man wearing a gray uniform and a gray cap approached me.
“Are you here, young master?”
“Yes, nice to meet you.”
His name was Ye Chang-ui.
He was my assistant and a member of the Gyeonggyeongak, a government office in charge of finance.
Not only in the Finance Bureau, but also among the employees of Eunhae Trading Company, there were nine ranks from Gap to Im, depending on their career and ability.
The Chief Administrator and the Internal Administrator were equivalent to the Captain.
Below the Chief Administrator and the Internal Administrator were the Deputy Administrators, who were ranked Gap.
Gyeong-gup is the seventh rank among the nine ranks.
It is not a high rank, but considering his age, it is not low either.
He is in a position where he has enough experience to assist me.
He is the right person to be assigned to me, who has just started practical training.
“He must be someone Chief Administrator Yu had his eye on.”
He wouldn't have chosen just anyone to be assigned to the son of a Trading Company chief administrator. Besides, if he catches my eye, he could grow quickly by following me.
It must have been Chief Administrator Yoo So-ak's idea to assign Yeo Chang-woo as my assistant.
He is a man who thoroughly evaluates people's abilities and character.
“As I recall, he was a man of outstanding ability and good character.”
Unfortunately, my relationship with him was too short.
He passed away in an accident not long after we met.
If he hadn't died in that accident, my second-in-command would have been Ye Chang-ui.
“I'm sorry for causing you trouble last time because I wasn't feeling well.”
“Don't say that.”
“I will take better care of myself from now on. Let's get to work. By the way, I need to bring some documents for the work I've been assigned.”
“You're bringing them yourself?”
“Yes. There are quite a few documents, so could you help me?”
“Of course. I'd be happy to help.”
What I realized from my experience in the future.
That is, I realized that I would never be able to prepare documents that would satisfy Chief Administrator Yu by simply checking the documents he brought me.
I had to go and check the documents myself and bring back the materials he wanted.
I headed to the document storage room with the female clerk.
I had been there so many times that I could find my way around with my eyes closed.
I soon began selecting the necessary materials.
In order to review last year's grain deliveries and summarize their characteristics in a report, I needed more than just the documents for last year's grain deliveries.
I needed numerous documents, including those related to grain production, supply funds, and delivery destinations.
At that time, I didn't know this, and Chief Administrator Yu scolded me a lot.
But not anymore.
I was the one who made Eunhae Trading Company one of the three largest trading companies in the world.
I was already very familiar with this kind of work.
The female clerk standing next to me, holding a tray, looked at me with a surprised expression as she took the documents I handed her.
It must have been because I picked up only the necessary documents without hesitation.
I couldn't help but smile.
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That day,
I finished the work assigned to me in two hours.
Normally, I would have taken short breaks every hour because it was hard work, but thanks to the inner arts I had acquired and my improved physical condition, I didn't feel tired at all.
As a result, my efficiency increased, and I finished the work faster than expected.
“I'm done.”
When I said that, Ye Chang approached me with a look of disbelief on his face.
“You're done already? That's impossible... That would take at least two days! You can't just write something down. Chief Administrator Yu will be angry.”
“Then how about we make a bet?”
The female official retorted.
“A bet...?”
“I'll submit it right now, and we'll see if it passes or not. If it doesn't pass, I'll organize all the documents piled up here by myself.”
There were numerous documents I had been referring to scattered around my desk.
I had to organize almost half of them.
“If I pass, how about you organize these documents by yourself?”
The female official nodded in agreement.
“Alright.”