Chapter 785
Chapter 785
Episode 785:
Nanjing.
A place that was once the capital of the heart of the empire.
‘And now it is also the capital of Jiangsu Province.’
The Province of Jiangsu naturally resides in Nanjing, and there is a separate garrison force in Nanjing, and several members of the imperial family also live there.
It is Baekrin-gun that has become a more highly developed area than those places. Baekrin-dong, where Baekrin Uigak of Baekrin-dong County is located, has become the largest city.
‘This is the economic snowball!’
In Baekrin-dong, there are even all the battlefields of the top ten merchants (a kind of bank-like place), and of course, there are also branches of the top ten merchants and large bureaus and clans to guard them.
The taxes they pay from their economic activities are literally enough to feed several villages, and their connections are also open to Baekrin Uigak.
In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that Jegalin, a nobleman who had this area as his family, now has a power comparable to that of the imperial family.
‘Isn’t it actually the same treatment as Wangya?’
They are doing it to the point where it seems a bit dangerous.
In a way, the soldiers of Baekrin Uigak can be seen as a private army.
Of course, he is blindfolded and hiding within the strange framework of a powerful person, not a government official, but he is receiving tremendous favor from the emperor’s point of view.
It is not something new for the Zhuge family to advance to government positions and receive generous salaries since ancient times.
Because Gaepajosanim was already a major minister of the Shu dynasty.
However, has there ever been a descendant of Zhuge Dynasty, who had no particular ties to the imperial family and suffered extinction, ever to rise to this level?
‘Of course, I received the appointment as governor, but since you held the Baekrin Uigak, we actually ascended together.’
In the end, this profit cannot be compared to running a single sect.
Of course, the money needed to run the fief is astronomical, but…
surprisingly, the money being made exceeds that.
In other words, taxes are piling up in huge amounts!
‘Khahaha! Let’s start by creating pensions for civil servants. I will do my best to make the bachelors of Seowon want to become civil servants.’
And you will feel the pressure of the intense workload. Still, there needs to be bait for our peeps to come to work.
‘With this money… we can carry out water supply and sewerage construction for the entire Jiangsu Province that we received from the Emperor.’
Half of this waterworks and half of the country are owned by Baekrin Uigak.
It hurts me that the Emperor trusts me so much.
I was considering placing the remaining half as a stake in Baekrin County, but I decided to keep it as a public corporation under Baekrin Uigak.
I was worried that if I were to step down from this position, the next governor might use this water pipe to exploit the people.
‘It might be an arrogant thought. ‘Maybe I don’t trust people too much.’
First of all, if a system that allows auditing water quality even after stepping down from the position is completed, then I plan to sell the remaining shares to the empire.
‘Even though we can’t help but make a big deal about it, we might be able to make it easier for the common people to get daily necessities like soap and medicinal herbs that are commonly used in Gohorn.’
Currently, just having no one go hungry in the county is already a huge gain.
I felt a desire to go one step further.
Even a minor illness can lead to death if left untreated, so simply helping the common people get these minor things at a low cost is ultimately medical welfare.
‘I think the education system for lawmakers can be expanded further. Looking at the research, the herb farm is also quite successful.’
Rather than going to the mountains to dig up some medicinal herbs, I plan to mass-produce them in the fields.
The various members of the Research Council are doing this.
No, senators only do research. Those who focus only on medicine do not do any work in the fields because they are vulnerable to the wind.
The members of the House of Representatives under them were working hard in the fields, which were not even in their power.
‘okay. Even if you call in workers to do the farming, in the end there are many things you have to do with your own hands.’
Their efforts are paying off these days.
After Master blew up several research teams, we are working even more frantically.
If Jin Tianxi is the carrot, Zhuge Lin is the stick.
Since the carrot has been swung too far, the stick’s effect was powerful.
As I was quickly writing down my plan, I heard a knock on the door.
“Oh come in!”
Jashi came inside at the sound of a cheerful voice.
“You said you were working. That’s true.”
“It was a turn-of-the-century trip full of adventure and action. Normally, I just brush around like this.”
“You seem like a different person somehow.”
Jin Cheon-hee laughs at those words.
Jashi stared at Jin Cheonhee.
In the outside world, Jin Cheon-hee was a blind white saint and a swordsman who fought against blood missionaries and rakshashas.
However, Jin Cheon-hee of Baekrin Uigak is wrestling with a mountain of documents, with a silk blanket draped over both shoulders.
‘I don’t know which one is this man’s true nature.’
But one thing was certain.
‘He still speaks in a strange tone that is difficult to understand.’
In Joongwon, they call him Ilgwang.
The sun shines brightly.
“Sit down comfortably.”
“Sure.”
Jin Cheon-hee quickly removed the bamboo stick and made room. Then, he puts tea in a teacup and sets it down in front of Jashi.
Jashi takes a sip of the tea that Jin Cheon-hee pours for him.
write. Even though it is bitter, it is delicious.
“I came here because I decided to follow you, but what is my job here? “Didn’t you ask me to come with you because you wanted something from me?”
“Oooh!”
Jin Tianxi looked at Jia Xi with shining eyes.
“I was impressed that they were already showing enthusiasm to do something.”
“…Because I don’t like free food. “You didn’t just invite me as a guest.”
“yes! you’re right.”
Jin Cheon-hee burst out laughing and said this.
“Are you interested in saving people’s lives?”
Do you know Jashi Do?
You have a very clear soul.
* * *
There is one fact that Jin Cheon-hee did not know.
It is said that before preparing for Jegalin’s departure, Yu Hao built a small shrine next to the study hall.
Rather than saying that I built it, it means that I roughly made it by gathering miscellaneous things I had around.
In the past, when my teacher was at the peak of his hobby of woodworking, he made various things as a test.
What I built at that time was a new house.
It was a small birdhouse that could fit a bird the size of a baby’s fist into and out of it.
It was made by the teacher and not by anyone else, so it is as big as a new house. And it was quite elaborate.
Yuho set it up and said that the spirit could stay here.
Then, he places a fox clay pot that Jin Cheon-hee made and baked as a hobby in front of the new house, says that’s enough, and walks away.
“No, it’s too small! “What kind of house is this?”
When Jin Cheon-hee grumbled, Jashi said.
“Surprisingly, Isha really liked it. Noble… Oh no… According to General Yu, spirits are similar to flower pots in some ways, and their small bodies need small homes. If you build something grandiosely from the beginning, it will actually be harmful. “For plants, the pot is too big, so they die from overwatering.”
“okay.”
Jin Cheonhee sighed.
“As Isha grows, are we going to expand the house more and more?”
“That’s right. “I’m glad that I can now use magic thanks to Isha.”
“Still, since it is a young spirit, it would be impossible to use large spells like in the past.”
Jashi scratched his head at those words.
After scratching for a while, I started to pick and choose what to say.
“Uh… So… with Director Yoo’s support… no… support, I can use as much strength as before. Of course, only within the territory under Baeklin’s Pavilion.”
“You can do that just by cheering?”
Jashi rolled his eyes.
“Uh… it’s a secret cheer. “It’s so secret that if I tell you in detail, I might get my liver eaten.”
“….”
“Isha too… he… was able to live here thanks to Secretary-General Yoo’s support(?). Uh… that potato pig you made as a hobby… no, that…”
Jin Cheon-hee said.
“It’s a fox.”
“The fox Toyong is also well decorated in front of the new house, so he can stay safer. “You made it, but because you made it, it contains Minister Yoo’s support(?) even more well.”
Jin Cheon-hee looked at the new house with suspicious eyes.
I looked down at the moss spread under the new house and the long pebbles that seemed to represent stepping stones in their own way.
It looks more like a miniature house than a shrine.
They also came out with the concept of a house where fairies live.
It seemed like it would make a good terrarium if I scooped it up and put it in a large tank.
“I understand. Then it will be okay. First of all, since Jashi can use magic, we will create a magic center under the research center and receive various types of help.”
Jashi is useful.
Not just medicine.
Even if you just go to the culture room and use the spell for growth, it will help, and if you go to the herb garden at the research center and do the same thing, the congressmen will shed hot tears.
Jin Cheon-hee said while looking down at the miniature… no, Isha Shrine.
“If it’s okay, can I put a small nightstand in front of here? “Put up a parasol, or even a large umbrella.”
Click, click, click!
Jashi’s bone necklace shook violently.
“I like it.”
“Can I make a small bowl, spoon, and chopsticks to fit that table?”
Click, click, click!
“It’s good.”
“While I’m at it, I guess I should make a small fried egg and put it on top.”
Jin Cheon-hee is a surgeon.
Ever since my previous life, I had been born with a strange sense of touch in my fingertips.
Talent is talent!
‘Now, let’s try creating a new hobby.’
Master often made large and grand things, but Jin Cheon-hee liked making round, simple things that had a slightly hand-made feel.
“And while you’re at it, a small swing?”
“Make everything you can.”
“Oooh!”
Jin Cheon-hee clenched her fists as if she was happy.
“Now that I think about it, Jashi’s skin color has started to become darker than before.”
“When you make a contract with a spirit, you pay a price. Of course, if you say it this way, it may feel similar to human sacrifice, but it is different. When I made a contract with the old spirit, what I offered was pigment. “The spirit took the pigment from my body and helped me while I was in that area.”
“Sacrificing your soul was truly a golden art.”
“That’s the way it is. “Now that the contract with the previous spirit has been broken, the original pigment has returned.”
When I first saw him, he was a man with no pigment on his body, so much so that I thought he was an albino.
Was it because of a contract with a spirit?
“Then what kind of contract did you make with Isha?”
“Some of my hair and fingernails and toenails. “Sometimes I cut it up and play with it as a toy.”
I think it would be good for hygiene to cut your fingernails on your own.
Looking at his hair, he didn’t seem to have cut much of it.
Just trimming the ends of my hair a little.
“Ohh?”
“In return for General Secretary Yoo’s support(?), I decided to offer my labor to Baekrin Uigak. So, as long as you are a resident employee of Baekrin Uigak, you can use magic here.”
‘That’s reasonable.’
There is nothing lacking or excess.
The fact that it falls neatly resembles Yuho’s personality.
So it seems that Jashi came to Jin Cheonhee first to ask for work.
Of course, even if that weren’t the case, Jashi would probably come because he doesn’t want to eat free food.
Jin Cheon-hee did not bother to look into the relationship between Jashi and Yu-ho.
It may be better not to know about the private lives of graduate students.
Isn’t this a merciless floor where both people could lose if the professor tries to dig in?
‘I hope you both stay by my side forever.’
Hehehe I can’t go!
Jin Cheon-hee ordered the construction of a shrine for Jia Shi.
In a world where non-science reigns supreme, magic, the pinnacle of shamanism, is also a subject of research, and when this magic can be applied to medicine by combining it with science.
I was confident that humanity could progress further.
After Isha settled in, the laboratory’s culture room began to function well.
Then one day, the House of Representatives members of the research center began placing fruits, confections, and other edible items on an altar the size of a thumb in front of the small birdhouse.
Of course, the altar is so small that it is difficult to place all the shrines on it.
Just cut it into quarters and place it small.
Then, the next day, there would be acorns in the shoe of the congressman who offered the offering.
So the members of the House of Representatives began to believe that there were squirrels living inside the small shrine.