Black Corporation: Joseon

Chapter 861

Episode 861: Their Ambition (12)

“Send the items on this list, or rather the ‘Florentine Long Rifle’, to Seoul as quickly as possible! ASAP!”

In response to Wan’s urgent command, the official responded cautiously, observing Wan’s feelings.

“I already brought it to you. A special order had already been given from Shinji…”

At the official’s words, Wan got up from his seat and came down from the party house.

“I’ll go and see! Guide!”

“Yes yes!”

“Let’s see the scriptures together!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

The official who was reporting urgently guided Wan to the place where the ‘Florence Long Gun’ was located, and Wan and the officials followed him.

Hwang Bo-in quietly followed Wan at a hurried pace and spoke quietly to Do Seung-ji.

“I almost got into big trouble. “Be careful.”

In response to Hwang Bo-in’s warning, Do Seung-ji Seo Geo-jeong bowed his head slightly with a hard face.

“I will keep this in mind again and again. thank you.”

There was a reason why Hwang Bo-in warned and Seo Geo-jeong was so nervous.

* * *

No matter what anyone says, the owner of the empire was the emperor.

No matter how special the situation was, it was customary to receive the emperor’s order and then act according to the order of the situation.

In other words, once a special order from the township was confirmed, it was necessary to inform Seoul as quickly as possible using the light-emitting communication network and receive a response from Emperor Wan before moving on.

Ignoring this and moving first on the grounds that it was a ‘special call of the situation’ was a grave sin of disregarding the authority and power of the emperor.

Again, no matter what the situation was, the owner of the empire was the emperor.

However, the particularly close relationship between King Sejong and Hyang Wan led to this being forgotten.

Another reason was Seo Geo-jeong himself.

It was Seo Geo-jeong who was forced into office for the crime of studying with Han Myeong-hoe as an alumni.

At that time, the youngest among those who were implicated and forced into exile was Seo Geo-jeong. Thanks to this, he was the youngest among the highest-ranking officials in Wan’s court.

And this part was the problem.

The story was a matter of later, but the fact that Seo Geo-jeong, who was similar in age to him, was sitting at the very top was enough to make him an object of envy.

Especially after the Eumseo system was abolished through the Sutra.

That is why Hwang Bo-in warned Seo Geo-jeong.

* * *

At the place where the official guided me, there were three long wooden boxes and several soldiers were standing next to the boxes.

“insect!”

“Thank you for your hard work. “Looking at your uniform, you’re not part of the Naegeumwi, but you belong somewhere.”

In response to Wan’s question, the one who seemed to be the most senior among the soldiers answered with a very nervous expression.

“yep! “I belong to the 3rd division stationed in Shinji!”

“You worked hard to come a long way. “Did the circumstances send you?”

“Yes! “I sent you to demonstrate how to fire a Florentine rifle!”

“is it? Then, show me the long gun first.”

“yep!”

The soldier recited vigorously and opened the lid of the box with his subordinates. As the soldiers removed the straw they had put in the box as cushioning and took out their guns, the hands of the Naegumwi soldiers around them went to their waists.

“This is a Florentine rifle!”

Wan took the gun the soldier held out, looked around, and then tilted his head.

“It’s so different from a military rifle. “Are they using the same bullets?”

“Yes!”

“Hmm… it would be best to watch the demonstration. Move it to the shooting range in Naegumwi. Also, send someone to the Ministry of Defense and the Imperial Military Headquarters to tell them that anyone who wants to observe should come immediately.”

“yep!”

At Wan’s order, the soldiers from Shinji and the Naegeumwi soldiers began to pack and move the boxes again, and Wan and the ministers moved to the Naegeumwi shooting range.

Additionally, messengers and eunuchs began running in all directions to deliver Wan’s orders.

* * *

Following Wan’s orders, the Naegeumwis moved busily.

“Bring out the chair! chair!”

“What are you doing! The floor is full of dust! Sweep quickly!”

After diligently sweeping, mopping, and arranging chairs and desks, preparations were completed to some extent by the time Wan arrived.

“You worked hard.”

After praising the Naegumwi soldiers for completing their preparations, Wan sat down in the prepared seat and gave orders.

“Then let’s begin.”

“yep!”

When the shooting demonstration sent by the soldiers from Shinji ended, Wan had a strange expression on his face.

“This is a bit strange…”

The gun’s performance was clearly good. However, Wan’s worn-out sensibility in Area 51 was showing that something was wrong.

“It’s strange… there’s something going on…”

Unable to overcome his growing suspicion, Wan got up from his seat and walked to the shooting range.

“Give it to me.”

“yep!”

After receiving the gun from the soldier, Wan began examining it more carefully than when he first saw it.

“It’s a lot lighter, isn’t it? It’s easy to hold in your hand… hmm…”

Wan, who had been looking from the muzzle to the stock several times and pulling the reloading handle several times to reload, tilted his head.

“Slightly uncomfortable? Why did you do this? “Let’s take it apart.”

“yep!”

The soldiers disassembled the Florentine rifle with familiar hands. Wan, who was examining the disassembled engine part of the rifle, looked even more puzzled.

“It’s much simpler than a double rifle, but why are we so reluctant?”

Feeling an inexplicable strangeness, Wan looked back at the generals who had come to observe.

“The generals, please come and take a look.”

“yes.”

The generals who approached under Wan’s orders held onto the Florentine rifles and aimed them at the target, moved the loading handle, and carefully inspected the disassembled rifles.

The generals who looked at the Florentine rifles had expressions similar to Wan’s.

“How do you feel?”

“yes. As seen in the soldiers’ demonstration, the accuracy rate itself is not much different from that of a rifle. But I felt something was uncomfortable and inadequate.”

All the generals standing behind Jang Hang-seon nodded their heads. Seeing that, Wan asked again.

“Then what would you do if I were to adopt this Florentine rifle into the imperial army?”

“If Your Majesty orders, I will follow…”

Wan muttered to himself as he saw Jang Hang-seon speechless.

‘I guess that means I don’t want to use it.’

“Hmm…”

Wan, who was examining the Florence rifle again, asked the soldier in question again.

“Look.”

“yep!”

“If you were asked to choose between this Ferentze rifle and a double rifle, which would you choose?”

“It’s a double rifle!”

“why?”

“The Florentine rifle is inconvenient for rapid fire!”

At that moment, both Wan and the generals let out exclamations of exclamation.

“ah!”

‘okay! This was the problem!’

* * *

The military rifle was a masterpiece of conversion that satisfied Hyang’s virtuous spirit. It was made based on the Swiss Army’s K31 rifle, but contained the unique scent of MSG.

The flavor of MSG was changed by changing the position of the charging handle.

In the case of the existing K31, like other bolt actions, the loading handle was attached to the rear. However, Hyang moved this loading handle forward like the ROK Army’s K2.

Thanks to this, the Imperial Army was able to reload quickly while holding it on the shoulder and was able to fire overwhelmingly quickly.

On the other hand, the Florentine rifle was made based on the Mosin-Nagant, an early version of the Mosin-Nagant. Thanks to this, the charging handle located at the back was sticking out to the side. The later models of kar98 and Mosin-Nagant had this handle bent downward to make carrying and reloading a little easier, but the early models of Mosin-Nagant did not have this.

After hearing the soldier’s answer and re-reading the letter, Wan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

“As expected, this is the situation. It’s a situation. Ha ha ha ha ha!”

Wan burst into laughter and stood up.

“This will be the long gun I will supply to Florence. It will bring great benefit to the empire. Let’s go back. “Jim will explain.”

“yes? yes.”

The ministers, who were momentarily confused by Wan’s answer, soon followed Wan without saying a word. The reason it was possible was because of the scent.

The idea was to lay at least two or three moves as a trap.

If a scent arises, a situation will arise in which the other person is either completely unaware of it or is forced to suffer it even though they are aware of it.

* * *

Wan, who returned to Daejeon, unfolded Hyang’s letter and looked at the ministers.

“Everyone, please listen carefully. “If you wonder why Sang-tae made the Florentine rifle…”

The summary of Hyang’s manuscript that Wan read was as follows.

– Looking at the report sent by Wan, it was said that the movement to unify Italy, which was divided from Italy, is becoming stronger.

-However, since the small countries of Italy are enemies, unification will be achieved through the use of force.

-Since the powers of small countries are similar to each other, there will be those who seek to borrow the power of foreign powers.

-Florence is not very familiar with the power of our empire and will try to borrow power from us. But our empire is so far away from Europe that our army will ask for the weapons we are using right now. They will also ask you to send people to teach them how to use it properly. Furthermore, he will ask you to send imperial troops.

-Florence is with us over Suez, so I think it is better to accept it to protect our interests.

However, the decision is up to the emperor, so this is only advice.

-I think it is best to simply accept the sale of weapons and the dispatch of instructors.

-Also, as I expected, Florence will ask for permission to make long guns for their own use.

If things go as I expect, I strongly recommend giving them your Florentine rifle.

-Our Empire’s military rifles are more sophisticated and superior in all respects compared to existing military rifles.

-If you give them the production technology for double-barreled rifles, they are sure to come up with improved products based on that technology.

-As a simple example, the armored light vehicle recently adopted by our imperial army was created based on the framework of a military rifle.

There is no way something like that won’t happen in Florence and Europe.

-That is why the Florentine long gun was created.

The Florentine long gun has a much simpler structure than the double-type long gun. Therefore, Florence and other European countries that have acquired it can easily follow suit. But that simplicity will become a shackle. It is extremely difficult to come up with a light gun in the framework of the Florentine rifle.

-Also, in order to properly make the Florentine rifle as shown in the drawing, parts made in the Empire were made to be used.

-It is national law and military law that all weapons used by the Imperial Army must secure the durability required by the military.

However, the imperial weapons have at least twice the durability required.

This also applies to military rifles.

All parts are designed to withstand up to 8,000 rounds, but it can withstand up to 17,000 rounds.

-However, the limit of the Florentine rifle is exactly 5,000 rounds. This is because the dimensions of the parts were adjusted to fit the 5,000 rounds.

“Huh…”

All the ministers who had heard up to this point were unable to close their mouths.

‘How many layers of traps have you laid?’

Although the ministers did not know it, it was the Florentine rifle that gave rise to the concept of the ‘Sony Timer’.