Chapter 80
The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Trading Company Chapter 80
Chapter 80. Shaanxi Scorpion (3)
Wondering what was going on, I left my lodgings.
“No! How could this happen!”
“What should we do, Mr. Eom?”
I saw Um Sam-taek, the head of the merchant group, sitting down in shock.
“What on earth is going on?”
Another junior member of the merchant group answered my question.
“Well... we've been cheated.”
“Oh...”
No wonder the trip here felt so easy.
A major martial aunt had struck.
.
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I let out a sigh.
Um Sam-taek is a senior broker. That means he has made countless deals.
Even someone with so much experience was scammed!
I asked the young broker.
“Tell me the details.”
"Well...
Mr. Eom and his party said they met with the tea broker they had agreed to meet yesterday.
“It was definitely the broker we had been meeting all this time.”
Mr. Hwang is the broker we do business with.
“The contract he brought was also the same... It was really impossible to tell that it was fake.”
“So you went ahead with the transaction without any suspicion. But how did you find out that it was a scam?”
“Huang contacted me this morning. When I asked him if he had met with the broker yesterday, he said...”
“And then?”
“No! He said he had something come up and asked to meet the next day. What do you mean?”
“That's how you found out.”
“Yes. Hwang Hangsu told me to take a close look at the goods we traded.”
The young clerk continued.
“When I looked at it, it wasn't a replica, but just dried grass shaped into bricks.”
“Did you request a deferment of payment from the battlefield?”
In the case of such a large transaction, unless the goods were exchanged, the transaction was made with a voucher.
So, if you requested a deferral before converting the vouchers into money, you could prevent the money from being paid.
“That's...
”You already went there, didn't you?“
”Yes, I did."
So, you've been completely fooled.
I examined the fake bokcha closely.
It must have taken a lot of effort to make all of these fakes.
Then I found a piece of paper among the fake receipts.
I took out the paper and unfolded it.
“Thank you for your hard work in deceiving Shaanxi Gal.”
“Damn it.”
Suddenly, I remembered a story I had heard in my past life.
Unnecessary attention to detail.
There was a guy who used thorough investigation and excellent acting skills to defraud a trading company.
His stage was Shaanxi Province.
He called himself Shaanxi Scorpion.
It means “the scorpion of Shaanxi.”
And he left angry letters like this to those he had cheated.
That guy made countless merchants shed tears and caused misunderstanding and discord among them.
Because of that bastard, even the reputation of Shaanxi merchants has been tarnished.
In fact, many people committed suicide because of the scams perpetrated by Shaanxi Scorpion.
Why did they have to die?
There are others who deserve to die.
The funny thing is that he never approached the same trading company twice.
That was the reason why he didn't approach our Trading Company in my memory.
Today's Evil Energy So, he had already committed fraud against the Eunhae Trading Company.
At that time, I was in my third year of work and was buried in paperwork at the Finance Office.
I vaguely remember hearing a story about how the company lost 1,000 nyang due to fraud.
Since it wasn't something I experienced myself, I didn't think of Shaanxi when I came to Shaanxi this time.
Perhaps his resentment and death toward Shaanxi reached the heavens, because he was finally caught.
It was a young child who caught him.
It was a combination of the child's suspicion and the trading company's attention to his words.
Shaanxi Gal was arrested and interrogated, and it was revealed that he had defrauded more than 500 trading companies.
The funny thing is the reason why he committed fraud.
There was no particular reason.
He just did it because it was fun.
He enjoyed seeing people fall for his tricks.
In other words, he was a bad guy who made his victims cry tears of blood for his own amusement.
Even more ridiculous was his response when asked if he felt sorry for those who committed suicide because of him.
“Who told them to kill themselves? Why is that my responsibility? There are many people who were cheated by me and are still alive. It's because the people who died were weak.”
It was nonsense.
His death was horrific.
When the emperor heard about this incident, he said, “He has robbed so many people, so it is only right that he pays back what he has taken,” and sentenced him to be skinned alive.
It was a cruel death.
It is said that he begged the executioner to stop killing him, but I guess his own death was not as fun as he had hoped.
That was a long time ago, and now we are left with nothing.
A loss of 1,000 nyang means that we lost all our money.
I cursed Shaanxi in my heart and looked at Um Sam-taek.
“Oh, what am I going to do... Oh, no...”
Um Sam-taek sat down on the floor, not knowing what to do.
The goods he received were not even proper.
The money was already gone.
However, it was not possible to raise funds locally to purchase another car.
Shaanxi had taken all the goods that were brought here to sell.
However, Eom Sam-taek did not have the authority to borrow money in the name of the Trading Company.
In the end, he had no choice but to return as he was.
And Um Haeng-soo...
It would be difficult for him to escape responsibility.
To be honest, I have about 1,000 nyang in my pocket right now.
The pouch that the old man with the mask gave me as a gift was so light that even if I put 50 nyang in it, it would be as light as a feather.
However, my pride would not allow me to buy another car with the money I had now.
You bastard.
How dare you mess with our Eunhae Trading Company?
One of my specialties is taking down bastards like you.
You can count on it.
I'll even take your underwear.
I said to Pal-gap.
“Let's put off going to the Woo Trading Company for now.”
“Yes, sir.”
Then I made a suggestion to Um Hang-soo.
“Given the situation, I will take command here for a while. Do you agree?”
Um Hang-soo nodded with a resigned look on his face.
“Do as you wish, Your Highness. I have no idea what to do.”
He seemed to be in shock.
I said to the servant who was following Um Hangsu.
“Take good care of Hangsu.”
“Yes, sir.”
I stood in front of them and said confidently.
“I will now give you my orders. Hangsu, find out if there are any other trading companies that have been cheated by a man named Shaanxi. If there are, find out the details, such as how they were cheated and the amount of damage they suffered.”
“Yes.”
“Mr. Haengsu, calculate the amount of damage we have suffered.”
“Yes.”
“Mr. Sim, study how the swindlers made the items they brought as tea.”
“What?”
“They were made with such skill that they fooled even Eom. How much would a palm print worth making such excellent black tea, especially brick-shaped tea, be worth?”
“Ah! I see!”
Shim seemed to understand what I meant.
“With such skill, we can figure out who made the tea.”
Then we will be able to find out which tea plantation it was made in, and that will be a clue to catching Shaanxi.
I remembered that they had taken the items we had brought to sell and said they would take care of them.
I approached my master.
“I have a request for Head Escort.”
“Please speak.”
“I would like to ask for the help of the carpenters. I will pay you extra for your help.”
“Do so. And since you have to return together anyway, please pay each person individually.”
“I understand.”
I found the carpenters who had inspected the goods and approached the head carpenter.
“You must have heard Head Escort and me. We will pay you for your help.”
“Why do you have to pay us? We've been doing this for years. We should help each other in times of need.”
Hearing this, the man who seemed to be next in command said,
“You are right, Boxer. We are not the kind of people who ask for money in difficult times like this.”
“I want to give it to you.”
He was very grateful that they would help him without asking for anything in return.
However, he could only accept their kindness.
He was not in a position to give them any additional money.
“We have some goods that we brought with us. Please see if you can sell them for us.”
“I will.”
The goods we brought with us were candies. Shaanxi Province does not produce candies.
We brought them here with great care because they dissolve easily in water, and now they want to take them all away?
The more I thought about it, the angrier I became.
However, thanks to them, we were able to quickly catch up with them.
Shaanxi Gal was too greedy.
At that moment, Eo Hyeong-soo said cautiously, “There is a problem.”
“There is a problem.”
“What is it?”
“We were actually supposed to leave the day after tomorrow, but with this situation, we won't have enough money for our stay.”
Without saying a word, I took the money out of my pocket and handed it to him.
“Is this enough?”
“Ah!”
When he saw the amount on the check, he was surprised and replied.
“Yes, that's enough.”
“When you go to exchange the check, have the Eunpungdae warriors accompany you.”
“Yes, sir.”
I took the money out of my pocket to pay for their stay, but I didn't feel sorry about it.
I was planning to get more money out of Shaanxi Gal than I had just spent.
I said to the head clerk in a low voice.
“Please exaggerate the amount of damage our Trading Company suffered as much as possible.”
“What?”
“Calculate even the smallest amount of damage. Do you understand?”
“Yes, sir.”
* * *
Kwak Myeong-hyun was away on business.
He and Bu-po had personal matters to attend to, so they decided to take turns standing guard.
In fact, there was no need to stand guard yet.
There was nothing to protect.
However, that didn't mean they could neglect their duties.
“Evil energy, huh...”
To be honest, he had seen many things while working at the escort agency, but this was the first time he had encountered something like this.
It wasn't just anything, but they had tricked a trading company into thinking they were their business partner and committed fraud.
Was it bold or brilliant?
However, for some reason, he felt that they had made a mistake this time.
His disciple, Eun Seo-ho, the governor of Hyungpung-guk, quickly grasped the situation as soon as he heard the story.
He immediately took authority from Um Sam-taek and issued orders.
All of his orders were accurate and necessary.
In situations like this, people usually become confused and unable to respond appropriately.
The same was true for Um Sam-taek.
Although he was the acting head, this was his first time dealing with such an unprecedented situation.
As far as he knew, Eom Sam-taek had been working for over ten years.
Even he was at a loss as to how to respond, but Eun Seo-ho, who had only been working as a junior captain for a little over a year, proceeded without hesitation.
Kwak Myeong-hyun was Eun Seo-ho's sword master.
That was why he could read the determination in Eun Seo-ho's eyes. It was his determination to catch the evil energy called Shaanxi.
And from what he had seen of Eun Seo-ho, he knew that he was a man of his word.
“He said it would take over a year to master the Binghaesu technique, but he mastered it in half a month. That says it all.”
He said he would master it in half a month, and he really did.
He wondered how Eun Seo-ho would solve this problem.
Before he knew it, Kwak Myeong-hyun arrived at the inn where they were staying.
“Are you here?”
“Was there anything unusual?”
“No, nothing.”
“But it looks like you have guests.”
“Oh, they are the victims.”
“Victims?”
“The victims of that swindler. There are already three other places besides ours. And the captain of the Trading Company has invited the captains of the other companies.”
* *
I looked at the people who entered my room at the inn.
They were the captains of the Trading Company operating in Shaanxi, and they were also victims of Shaanxi Gal's swindle.
I briefly introduced myself and got straight to the point.
“How much money did each of you lose to the fraud?”
“Why do you ask?”
I smiled at their question.
“Our trading company lost three thousand nyang.”
The three captains gasped at my words.
Eo Hyeong-su calculated the amount of damage as I instructed, and the damage of 1,000 nyang in our previous life amounted to 3,000 nyang.
“We, the Eunhae Trading Company, are determined to catch the swindler Shaanxi Gal who defrauded us. That is why we have invited you three.”