Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 19

[Episode 19 Germination…Carcinogenesis? (12) ]

Episode 19 Germination… Carcinogenesis? (12)

‘The crown prince committed self-harm!’ King Sejong, who had run out of Pyeonjeon in surprise at the report, met Hyang when he turned the corner of Pyeonjeon.

“uh? Abama? “Where are you going in a hurry?”

“Seja!”

Sejong, who saw the fragrance, rushed over and looked at various parts of the fragrance’s body.

“Why are you like this, Abama?”

“Whoa~. “There are no injuries.”

King Sejong heaved a sigh of relief and glared at the merchant ship that had hurriedly followed.

“what? “Is the crown prince harming himself?”

“I also made a report…”

As not only King Sejong but also the ministers glared at him, Sang-seon glared at the eunuch who reported to him.

“Oh Naekwan! “What is going on!”

In response to the merchant’s reprimand, the officer in question, Oh, glared at the officer standing next to Hyang.

“Gang Naegwan! You tell me. Isn’t that what you told me! God is unfair!”

Upon hearing Nae Gwan Oh’s words, King Sejong and the ministers all glared at the Nae Gwan standing next to Hyang. At that very moment, Queen Soheon’s voice was heard.

“majesty! What’s going on! “I can’t believe the crown prince harmed himself!”

While everyone, including the king and the ministers, were glaring at him, the face of the Kang Nae-gwan in question became ashen.

“Yes you bastard! “Tell me now why you said something you shouldn’t even think about!”

At King Sejong’s command, Naegwan Kang suddenly prostrated himself on the ground and opened his mouth.

“majesty! “God never tells lies!”

“You’ve never told a lie?”

King Sejong looked at the scent after hearing Kang Nae-gwan’s words. When Sejong, the ministers who followed him, and even the royal palace looked at Hyang, Hyang opened his mouth with a shy expression on his face.

“It seems like Kang Nae-gwan misunderstood the procedure I received.”

“Surgery? misunderstanding?”

Hyang-hyang turned her head back after seeing Sejong’s face, which clearly showed an expression of complete incomprehension.

“Look here. “Please come forward.”

“yes? yes! mama!”

Among the group of people who followed Hyang’s call, an elderly man came forward and bowed deeply to King Sejong.

“The lowly one meets Sangam Mama!”

“Who are you?”

“It is said that he is Soedol, who takes care of the royal beasts on Neobeol Island.”

“Soedori?”

“It’s a name I was given to help me herd cows well.”

Even as he listened to Soedoli’s answer, Sejong looked like he didn’t understand at all. In the end, Sejong looked back.

“Crown, tell me what the reason is. “Everything!”

“yes. Abama mama. In fact, while I was reading medical books brought in from China…”

According to Hyang’s explanation, the incident progressed as follows.

-In the medical books of the Song and Yuan Dynasties imported from China, there was a record of practicing a method called ‘human pox’ to prevent smallpox. After confirming that the pharynx method was described not only in Chinese medical books but also in the medical books of the Western Yis, I dug into it in more detail, and found that both the Chinese and Xui medical books described the pharynx method as having a very high chance of failure. The pharyngeal method was a method of collecting pus from a person recovering from smallpox and pricking it into the body of someone who had not yet suffered from smallpox with a needle or inhaling the powdered scab through the nose.

Of course, this was a high-risk method. Collecting it from someone who was completely healed on the outside but was completely healed on the inside did not show much benefit, and in the opposite case, they would immediately contract smallpox and face a life-or-death situation.

Hyang, who was reading a medical book detailing the dangers of this method, found an unusual sentence in Seo Yi’s medical book.

-Among the shepherds who raise cows, there seem to be quite a few who do not get cowpox, but what they have in common is that they all contracted cowpox while caring for cows with cowpox. It might be worth investigating further.

After finding this sentence, Hyang immediately headed to Nobeol Island to check the facts.

Arriving at Neobul Island, Hyang immediately called the shepherds together. Indeed, although the faces of the shepherds were full of wrinkles from their hard work, all but one were clean.

“Those of you gathered here who have suffered from Mamma, please raise your hands.”

At Hyang’s words, only the one person in question raised his hand.

“Did you get sick after becoming a shepherd?”

“No. “This is what happened before you came to the ranch.”

“Who is the oldest person here?”

The person who came forward in response to Hyang’s question was Soedol.

“Has there never been a case of smallpox in this island and the surrounding area?”

“No. “I went around at least once a year.”

“But why?”

Hyang stopped talking. This was because the old man named Soedol in front of him had an expression on his face that said he knew something.

“You know something? “Is there some secret magic?”

“It’s not even about secret arts.”

According to Soedol’s explanation, it was as follows. Soedol’s family had been raising royal livestock since the reign of King Gongmin of Goryeo. When Soedol reached a certain age, he also started raising cows.

Then one day, the cow that Soedol was particularly attached to suddenly became ill with cowpox. Cowpox was not a fatal disease for cows, but sometimes unlucky cows suffered from severe inflammation in their udders and died.

While taking care of the cow without sleep for several days, Soedol gave me cowpox. Soedol, who was extremely exhausted, suffered from fever for several days. However, Soedol’s father looked at Soedol with a calm expression.

“Baby, you won’t ever have to visit your mother again in your life.”

Soedol got up from his hospital bed and asked his father why he said that. To Soedol’s question, Abi gave a simple answer.

-I don’t know why, but when I get sick from cowpox and get better, Mama God doesn’t come.

“okay. If you knew that, why didn’t you tell lawmakers or officials? “Then many people wouldn’t have gotten smallpox?”

Soedol smiled bitterly and answered Hyang’s question.

“How could you get away with wearing human skin? Of course I told the congressman. But I got kicked out after swearing a lot. “How can you stop the demon god with a small object like a cow or a disease?”

“So are you the only one who avoided the demon god?”

“I am also human… I couldn’t watch my family become a torment. So…”

Soedol’s words were slurred, but he could guess what happened next from the scent.

“The people here forced you to get cowpox?”

“Yes mama.”

In response to Soedol’s answer, Hyang clenched his fists.

‘The clinical trial was completed successfully! Even if you can’t eat it, it’s still gourd! No, if you stop, you’ll be worse than the world’s worst!’

“I guess I should try that secret trick too.”

“Lowering!”

“Lowering!”

The eunuchs and guards who followed Hyang’s words were frightened, but Hyang didn’t care.

“It will soon be time to return to the palace, so hurry up. “Are there any cows with cowpox?”

“There are children who need to be beaten every year, so I deliberately make sure that at least one gets hit…”

“It worked out very well!”

“… That’s how I got the pus from cowpox.”

After finishing speaking, Hyang looked at Sejong’s face. King Sejong’s face turned white, and Queen Soheon was already on the verge of fainting. My son, who had said hello to me in the morning, came back after being hit with something called Udu, which I had never heard of before. There were no parents anywhere to keep me sane.

“You bastard!”

When Sejong shouted and raised his hand high, Hyang suddenly fell to his knees.

“Abama! How many people die from smallpox every year? “What’s the problem if we can save those who are dying like that?”

“But there’s no reason you have to take the first step! “You are the crown prince!”

“Is there any value in human life? And there are already sane people out there, so why are you so scared!”

In response to Hyang’s response, Sejong placed his hand on his forehead and sighed.

“Whoa~. You bastard… I heard that if you stay quiet for even a day, a boil will grow somewhere? Haha~.”

Sejong let out another long sigh and looked back at Soedol.

“okay. “What happens if you get hit like that?”

“Your body will have a lot of fever for the next five days, so you shouldn’t move. Also, there will be a few boils on the shoulder where you got the acupuncture needle, but you should never pop them. Just wait until the scabs form naturally. “In about 10 days, you can leave and wake up.”

“is it? “My gold disguise!”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

“Put this man in prison! However, do not subject them to hard work and provide them with three proper meals a day.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

Sejong, who gave the command, glared at Soedol.

“If anything goes wrong with the crown prince’s body, I will immediately cut off your head. However, if you do as you say, I will reward you greatly.”

Soedol bowed deeply at King Sejong’s words and was led by the guards to the prison.

Sejong, who saw the iron stone disappearing in the distance, looked at Hyang, who was still kneeling, and pointed his finger and tried to say something. However, Sejong, who held back the words that were rising to his throat, turned around.

“You will have to endure hardships for the next few days. Go in and rest. “The eunuchs must take care of the crown prince with all their heart.”

“I follow your orders.”

The eunuchs who received orders from King Sejong dragged Hyang into the East Palace. Afterwards, King Sejong gave orders to his ministers.

“Ministers, please return to Pyeonjeon first. “I will take a moment to look at Jungjeon’s complexion and then go in.”

“I follow your orders.”

As the ministers who saluted disappeared into the distance, King Sejong looked at Queen Soheon.

“Are you okay?”

“The notebook is fine. “How do you feel, Your Majesty?”

“Whoa~.”

Sejong answered with a long sigh. King Sejong continued speaking while looking at the East Palace.

“I can’t tell whether that bastard will be a blessing or a disaster for Joseon. At times, he is like a wise man who has no rival in the world, and at other times, he is like a naked thunderbolt who will not be lacking even if he rolls a mat for a hundred days…” * *

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Meanwhile, Hyang, sitting in the room, chuckled as he studied the medical book written in Latin.

“Jenner was the first to know about the method

of endocrine death…” The medical book titled ‘Contemplation of Disease’ was written by an unknown Italian monk.

-There are herdsmen who show symptoms similar to those infected with cowpox while caring for cows with cowpox. According to observations, shepherds who showed these symptoms did not suffer from smallpox even when smallpox was prevalent. I’m interested, but it could just be a coincidence. Especially according to doctrine….

The monk who wrote the medical book ended with a negative sentence, quoting Catholic doctrine. In other words, the author, a monk, reached the same conclusion as a Joseon doctor.

‘How can human disease be prevented by the disease of cattle, an animal?’

Hyang muttered after seeing that Eastern and Western doctors came to the same conclusion in the medical books he searched for references.

“Was Mr. Samcheonpo like that? Newton was not the only one who saw apples falling. However, the reason Newton left his name in history is the difference between going one step further or not…”

Hyang, who was pondering Mr. Samcheonpo’s words, chuckled.

* * *

As Soedoli said, the scent started to heat up that night.

“Eunuchs and medical doctors, check and record the crown prince’s condition without missing a beat!”

Following King Sejong’s orders, the eunuchs and medical doctors stayed close to Hyang’s side and observed his every move.

The medical doctors who observed the condition of the incense reported the condition of the incense to King Sejong and the ministers every morning and evening.

“According to what the medical doctors said, it is the same as what the person called Soedol said. So doesn’t that mean that Soedol’s words are true? “What do you think?”

The ministers were lost in thought at King Sejong’s question. After some time had passed, Left Councilor Lee Won opened his mouth.

“The Crown Prince’s condition is almost identical to what Soedori said, so I think this means that the secret magic that Soedori spoke of is effective.”

“I guess so. So this means that we can prevent smallpox… How about implementing it nationwide?”

Woouijeong Jeong Tak expressed his opposition to King Sejong’s proposal.

“I think it is problematic to blindly implement this targeting all citizens across the country. “It could just be a coincidence.”

“A man named Soedol and his family proved it over many decades. Is this a coincidence?”

“That number is too small.”

“Hmm…”

Sejong thought for a moment and came to a conclusion.

“If the crown prince is completely cured, have the king’s courtiers and the people of Hanseong targeted by the cow head needle. “For the people of Hanseong, this is a number that is sufficient to tell whether it is true or false.”

“I accept your orders.”

The ministers responded with one voice to King Sejong’s command. This was because they had no reason to object.

[Episode 19 Germination…Carcinogenesis?(12)] End

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