Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 143
Episode 143: Battle. (2)
Proposals that were classified as pass or fail at Hyang’s Research Institute and Jiphyeonjeon went to Seungjeongwon and began the second round of work.
“Is this kind of fun?”
“What’s fun?”
The monks showed Do Seung-ji the classification results of Jiphyeonjeon and the research institute.
“The evaluation of proposals for ‘joint production and equal distribution’ is opposite. “There is a lot of communication in Jiphyeonjeon, but most of the labs have no communication.”
Hearing the reports from the monks, Do Seung-ji stroked his beard with a troubled look on his face.
“Is this a problem? “If you leave it alone, problems can arise.”
Do Seung-ji, who sensed a crisis, immediately reported it to King Sejong. King Sejong, who received Do Seung-ji’s report, also looked embarrassed.
“The criteria for evaluation are so different…. It’s a mistake on the part of someone who didn’t think about it in advance. merchant ship! “Tell the Crown Prince and Daejehak to come immediately!”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
* * *
So, in front of King Sejong and the ministers, Hyang and Daejehak – Byeon Gye-ryang resigned due to illness and Hayeon was appointed – had to engage in a fierce war of words.
“If the people receive equal income without discrimination, there will be no discrimination between the rich and the poor, and between industrialists and industrialists.”
Hyang refuted Daejehak’s argument.
“It’s just an ideal.”
“Even if it’s an ideal, if we work hard for it, won’t the world become a better place?”
“The words ‘joint production and equal distribution’ are good words. However, joint production is joint labor, and there are many types of labor. There is agriculture, fishing, and even the actions of the officers sitting over there eating weeds can all be considered labor. So how do you equally value such diverse labor?”
“That’s it…”
“And the same goes for equal distribution. “No matter how equally we share, others’ share appears to be larger depending on each individual’s circumstances.”
After a continuous war of words, King Sejong and the ministers sided with Hyang.
“The ‘balance of communism’ is ideal, but it is not realistic. Therefore, Daejehak should reexamine the results.”
In response to King Sejong’s command, Daejehak bowed his head with a shocked face.
“I follow your orders.”
When Hyang saw that, she muttered to herself.
‘I saw how the theory with the name ‘communism’ came to an end?’
* * *
In this way, after evaluating the suggestions gathered for 100 days – 110 days to be exact – 15 people voted to run for government.
The ministers fought desperately over the 15 people selected.
No, to be precise, ministers competed for the 14 positions.
The remaining one was adopted due to Jo Mal-saeng’s strong insistence. The main character in question was someone who advocated the ‘iron blood theory’.
“This is absolutely necessary for military aid!”
Not only King Sejong but also the government officials had to look perplexed at Jo Mal-saeng’s claims.
“Iron and blood… Isn’t that too extreme?”
While King Sejong and his ministers were taking issue with the radicalism of the theory, Hyang was worried about something else.
‘If you do it wrong, you could fall into militarism or military-first politics…’
However, since they said they were against it unconditionally, Joseon was in a situation where strengthening its national defense was essential. That’s why Hyang had to look embarrassed.
‘This is so embarrassing…’
In the end, King Sejong gave his order to Jo Mal-saeng’s strong argument.
“Tell the person who suggested this to come immediately! “I will ask directly and decide what to do next!”
* * *
In this way, the person who made the claim in question was brought to the mediation.
“I see you, His Majesty the Lord!”
As soon as Jang Han, a furry man wearing a coat of arms, saw King Sejong, he immediately bowed down and shouted loudly.
Sejong responded with a small smile at that sight.
“Nice to meet you. “Just hearing your voice makes you feel like a general.”
“I am devastated!”
The person whose voice resonated through Geunjeongjeon was a member of the clan named Jang Hang-seon from Cheolsan-gun, Pyeongan-do.
Like Lim Sun-wook, Jang Hang-seon was also banned from going to the northwest and had to live in the wilderness despite passing the state examination.
What was different from Lim Sun-wook was that because it was close to the border, there were frequent conflicts with the Jurchen tribe.
“So you advocated the iron-blood theory?”
Jang Hang-seon answered King Sejong’s question right away.
“That’s right! They say the Yeojin bastards will never attack us if we are strong! That’s why our national defense must be strong!”
Hyang intervened in Jang Hang-seon’s words.
“Abama. Soja….”
“I allow it.”
‘Now you’re giving permission before I even finish speaking. Is it automatic?’
Grumbling slightly, Hyang asked Jang Hang-seon a question.
“Jang Saeng-won said that only if our national defense is strong can we be safe. So how strong do you think it should be?”
Jang Hang-seon’s answer to Hyang’s question came out right away.
“The stronger you are, the better you are! But even that must be done to a certain extent!”
At Jang Hang-seon’s remarks, the eyes of King Sejong and the ministers began to sparkle.
“Do you keep the standards?”
“That’s right! “National defense is all about raising the people so that they can be treated well, so if you follow the people back, you will become a child!”
In response to Jang Hang-seon, Hyang looked back at King Sejong. Sejong shouted while clenching his fists without realizing it.
“container!”
In this way, Jang Hang-seon was dragged into military service.
Later, Jang Hang-seon, who was exhausted from working overtime, had to have great regrets.
“My job was smooth…”
* * *
While the court was busy, I finished one homework in Area 51.
“Abama. “Do you remember what you ordered Soja earlier?”
“What I ordered you to do? Let’s see…”
Sejong, who was remembering for a moment, looked at the scent.
“There are a few commands I have given you that have not yet been answered. But looking at your face… Is this a problem with Hangsan?”
“Yes Abama.”
Hyang smiled and answered.
In the past, King Sejong’s order was to find a way to take responsibility for the lives of female servants who had children as adopted children but were separated from others due to adultery, referring to the ‘slave-servant mother law’.
Sejong was pleased with Hyang’s answer.
“Is that so? “Did you find it?”
“Yes Abama.”
“So what is it?”
“The loom is coming.”
Sejong seemed disappointed for a moment at Hyang’s answer, but then his expression changed.
“If we look at your usual behavior, it would seem that you are not just a loom. “What is it?”
“A loom comes that automatically weaves weed.”
“huh?”
* * *
In the end, King Sejong, unable to overcome his curiosity, led his ministers to Area 51.
As King Sejong came out of the palace after a long time, the people walking down the street bowed in unison and shouted.
“See you, His Majesty the Lord!”
“I’m coming to see Mama Sangam!”
“A thousand years old! A thousand years! “A thousand years!”
With the sound of ‘Cheonse’ continuing from all directions, King Sejong, sitting on a kite, looked at the people with a happy face.
King Sejong looked at the faces of the people and spoke to the ministers and ministers who greeted him.
“The people’s faces look good.”
“It’s all thanks to your Majesty.”
King Sejong smiled slightly at Yeonguijeong’s words.
“It must be my own ball. “It’s thanks to the help from the guards.”
While they were exchanging well-wishes, King Sejong’s procession arrived at Area 51.
The personnel of Area 51 who had been waiting in advance all saluted as soon as they saw King Sejong.
“See you, His Majesty the Lord!”
“insect!”
“Thank you everyone for your hard work. “Stand up.”
Sejong responded in a soft voice and looked back at the scent.
“okay. “Then let’s take a look at the loom.”
“Yes Abama. “Please come this way.”
Guided by the scent, King Sejong moved to the place where the looms were located.
“Is that the loom?”
“That’s right. First, we connected three units for demonstration.”
“I see.”
Where King Sejong’s gaze was directed, there were three looms standing in a row.
“The shape is a bit strange to call it a loom.”
“Yes, installing the power transmission mechanism changed the overall shape.”
“Hmm…”
Sejong carefully examined the structure of the looms.
Large poles were passing above the heads of the looms, and large disks were attached to the middle of the poles.
And there was a thick leather strap connected between the disk and the loom. There was a large cog at the very end of the rod, and cogs of similar size lay perpendicular to the cog.
Lastly, a cow was tied to a wooden pole connected to the axis of a horizontally lying cog.
“Hmm…”
Sejong, who had been examining the structure of the loom for a while, looked back.
“Is that cow moving this loom?”
“Basically, yes. Currently, it is an axial force type using oxen, horses, and donkeys, but it can be replaced with a steam engine once it is completed.”
“Wouldn’t it be good to use a water wheel or water wheel?”
Sejong, who instantly understood the driving principle, let out a disappointed voice.
“That’s true, but there are always a lot of places that are underutilized due to a lack of water.”
“So it’s a pity. “That steam engine is a long way off.”
“I would consider choosing a place with ample water and installing some of it.”
“okay. Anyway… I’d like to see it move.”
“yes.”
In response to King Sejong’s command, Hyang sent a hand signal. At Hyang’s hand signal, several men and women came forward and politely bowed to King Sejong.
“okay. “Do your best.”
At King Sejong’s command, the men headed to the place where the ox and baton were, and the women took their seats in front of the loom. When the women sitting on a platform in front of the loom gave a signal, a man shook the reins of the ox.
“This!”
Mmm~.
As the cow began to move, the wooden pole began to rotate and the loom began to move.
Clap, clap, clap!
With an unfamiliar noise, the loom’s body moved up and down, and the cloth began to be woven.
“Hoo…”
As King Sejong admired the process of weaving the cotton cloth, Hyang gave an additional explanation.
“Because all existing looms had to be operated by manpower, productivity fell and women had to work hard. However, this automatic loom is highly efficient because the parts that require the most power have been replaced by livestock or steam engines.”
“I see.”
After showing off an automatic weaving loom and a spinning machine that used axial force to spin yarn, Hyang moved to his office and continued explaining to King Sejong and the ministers.
“What makes this machine superior to an ordinary loom is that it produces a much wider range of cotton cloth or silk.”
At the gesture of the scent, those waiting came in, bringing with them cotton cloth and silk woven by machine and cotton cloth and silk woven by traditional methods.
King Sejong was greatly impressed when he layered hand-woven cotton cloth on top of machine-woven cotton cloth.
“It’s at least three times wider!”
“That’s right. So the usability is also higher.”
“Right. okay.”
In the case of cotton cloth woven on a traditional loom, it was difficult for the width to exceed 1 character (approximately 33 cm). This was due to the physical limitations of the women who operated the loom.
However, when weaving cloth by machine, the width limit was greatly expanded.
Hyang continued to explain the advantages of machine-woven cotton cloth.
“This automatic loom allows us to weave much wider widths of cotton cloth and finer silk.”
“Wait finely?”
“With the same width, up to 20 wins were possible.”
“Ohh?”
The size of cotton cloth received as tax during this time was 5 cotton cloth. Cotton cloth woven with 400 strands of weft in 5 bundles of 80 strands each was called Jeongpo (正布) and was used as a substitute for currency.
However, as the number of victories increased, the value of cotton cloth and silk soared. More weft threads meant that the threads were thinner, and the fabric was softer in proportion.
Therefore, in the case of royalty and noblemen, 12 or 15 seungpo were used for clothing, either by ordering in advance or imported from the Ming Dynasty.
* * *
After finishing explaining the advantages of the automatic loom, Hyang explained its value as a portable loom.
“Although it is automatic using a machine, the overall method is the same as a traditional loom. This is the first reason why it becomes a gift for women who have been exempted but do not have a mountain.”
“I see.”
“Secondly, because it is woven so densely, it is difficult for men with large and thick hands to deal with problems that arise during the weaving process. But women have smaller hands and are faster, so they have an advantage.”
After the explanation of the fragrance was finished, Sejong looked satisfied.
“Good work. “Then the next thing to do is to set an example by setting up a factory in the country.”
In response to Sejong’s decision, Hyang made a suggestion.
“Abama. “How about leaving it to the private sector this time?”
“Let’s leave it to the private sector? why?”
In response to Sejong’s question, Hyang explained the reason.
“Yes, so far the government has taken the lead in demonstrating and the private sector has followed suit. However, in doing so, it is difficult for the private sector to develop their discernment power.”
‘How long are you going to spoon-feed me?’
Hyang emphasized to Sejong the ‘strengthening of self-reliance’ of the top.
“Commerce can only develop if you develop the ability to determine your own value and succeed in your work.”
“Hmm…”
As Sejong pondered, Kim Jeom, who was shaking his feet behind him, quickly intervened.
“majesty! “I believe that the plan proposed by the crown prince is the best way to grow the commerce of Joseon!”
They realized that if this became a national project, their work would increase.
“exactly?”
“That’s right!”
King Sejong, who pondered for a while on the riverside of Kimjeom to avoid overwork, came to a conclusion.
“Let’s think about it a little more. Crown Prince, you really achieved great results. Good work.”
“I am devastated.”
* * *
After a fierce war of words that lasted for three days, it was decided to experimentally entrust the textile industry to the private sector.
As soon as the government’s decision became known throughout the country through a proclamation, the highest levels of the country moved.
“This is your chance to raise money!”
It was the beginning of a bidding war that would go down in history.