Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 370

Episode 370: Stagnation – Stillness and movement (4)

Coal was caught during this investigation.

Prospectors were dispatched to Daeseol Island to determine whether there were economically viable sulfur springs or sulfur mines in addition to Hell Valley.

The prospectors, accompanied by a considerable bodyguard force in preparation for wild beasts and hostile Ainu tribes, began searching various parts of Daeseoldo Island.

Among them, a coal vein was discovered near a place called Otaornai (Otaru) in the Ainu language.

‘The quality is excellent and mining of coal is easier than in Gangwon-do.’

After receiving the report, King Sejong immediately summoned his ministers and gathered their opinions.

“I think it is right to mine coal because more and more coal is needed for various industries, including steelmaking, and because coal is used in large quantities for heating people.”

When the opinions of the ministers gathered in favor of development, King Sejong ordered the development of the mine.

Accordingly, many miners began to cross the sea and head to Daeseol Island. Although most of those who committed serious crimes were poorly recognized due to their labor in the mines, the wages received by properly employed miners were quite high, so the number of those who left for Daeseol Island was significant.

Soon, a significant number of Ainu people began working in the mines of Daeseoldo. This was because, compared to dangerous hunting or low-yield farming, working in mines provided a fixed salary. And because the wages were not low but the same as for Koreans, the miners’ families were able to live much more affluently than other Ainu people.

In this process, the Ainu and Koreans began to gradually become closer.

The Ainu and Koreans observed each other with curious eyes.

In that process, the Koreans evaluated the Ainu like this.

“He’s innocent and kind, but he’s not fun.”

On the other hand, the Ainu’s evaluation of the Koreans was almost identical to that of Hacumakkur.

“They are such interesting people.”

The Koreans the Ainu saw were truly interesting.

When working, he worked very diligently, but when playing, he had fun like crazy. He was polite and courteous when necessary, but when we became close friends, he was rude to the point of getting angry.

The same was true for Joseon soldiers. He usually lived a placid life, but when Japanese pirates or hostile Ainu tribes attacked, he fought with a ghost-like face.

Every time the iron club, which seemed to be imbued with the energy of a thunderbolt struck by Kanda Korokamui (the god of the sky), spewed fire, the blood of the enemies poured out.

Joseon soldiers with scary iron clubs and ghost-like faces drove the enemies until they were all dead or surrendered.

The Ainu people who looked at the actions of the Koreans all came to similar conclusions.

“It looks just like a bear.”

The Koreans were like bears who normally seemed relaxed and gentle, but once they became ferocious, they turned into evil spirits.

Incidentally, the reason why it is considered so bear-like is because of the Korean people’s gluttonous appetite and crazy preference for meat-eating.

“Eating is like a bear.”

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The monopoly store manager burst into laughter after hearing this story from an Ainu person he had become acquainted with.

“ha ha ha! Is that plausible? Maybe it was the bear. Because the blood of Ungnyeo (熊女) is mixed!” (Note 1)

“Ungnyeo?”

The management of the monopoly office explained to the Ainu people the myth of Dangun.

The Ainu people who heard the official’s story nodded.

“Is this really plausible?”

At that very moment, a loud bell rang from the watchtower of the plaster wall surrounding the village.

Ding ding ding!

“It’s up!”

At the shout of the sentry on the watchtower, the soldiers standing guard around the castle gate grabbed their rifles and ran outside.

After a while.

bang! Tatang! bang!

Loud gunshots rang out. And soon after, a large cart went out.

Soon after, the enormous body of a bear was brought inside on a cart.

Soldiers with rifles slung over their shoulders were walking along, grinning, around the carcass of the bear, which was so large that only its torso was placed on a cart, its head and legs hanging limply outside the cart.

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The most common and most dangerous wild animal on Daeseol Island was the bear. Therefore, after setting foot on Daeseoldo Island, the Joseon army had to hunt a large number of bears.

As the number of bears caught in this way quickly reached close to 100, King Sejong issued an order.

-Bear hunting is prohibited except for bears that come down to private homes!

For the Joseon people, it was not only humans who lived together. Just as the persimmons on the top of the persimmon tree are called ‘currants’ and left out, wild animals and plants also fall into the category of harmony.

Therefore, the measure against wild animals was to not go out and hunt them unless they first came down to a private house and caused damage. However, if they received damage, they chased and hunted the wild beasts with all their might.

That’s why there was a saying, ‘In Joseon, tigers hunt people for half of the year, and people hunt tigers for the other half.’

Of course, the reason King Sejong issued this command was partly because he was concerned about reckless overfishing, but it was also to prevent people from being distracted by hunting and neglecting defense.

In any case, because there was an eomyeong, an unspoken rule arose that if a bear appeared like this time, the soldiers standing at the entrance to the village would be in charge.

And, if money was made in this way, it was also an unspoken rule to give a certain reward to the soldiers who informed the situation at the watchtower.

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“Hey! “Look at how big it is!”

“If he’s that big, he must be really big, right?”

“Is it just the problem? “For bears and tigers, everything from their skin to their claws is money!”

“Those guys will get their share of the money!”

The Koreans and soldiers watching around all looked at the lucky winners with envious eyes.

The Ainu, who were looking at the bear carcass and the Korean soldiers moving on a cart, turned their heads to look at the monopoly official.

“They say they are descendants of bears?”

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Lastly, the research institute, the place where Hunminjeongeum was welcomed, also had unavoidable circumstances.

The most internationalized place in Tanggeum Joseon was the research institute.

Since there were not only Korean researchers but also Arabs and people from Italy and Greece, it was natural that communication problems arose due to language.

In the case of Arabs, like Hassan, who had lived in Joseon for a long time, there was no particular problem with language communication, but the problem was with researchers from Italy and Greece who had recently arrived in Joseon.

“First, learn the Korean language and Chinese characters.”

At the direction of my hometown, I started learning Korean and Chinese characters, but it was not easy to learn a foreign language where everything was different, starting with the grammar book.

Therefore, the township had to come up with an arbitration plan that lowered the hurdle a little.

“Make sure you learn the minimum etiquette necessary for conversation. And the text message… do your best.”

Due to Hyang’s measures, monks and alchemists were able to begin their work by learning the bare minimum of etiquette, excluding etiquette related to titles.

However, Chinese characters, which are essential for document writing, could not be used. The number of advanced Chinese characters used in papers and reports, not just simple letters, was no joke. For your information, even Arabs who were familiar with Korean and Chinese characters were having trouble with this part.

Therefore, even when the monks and alchemists arrived, their results were bound to be sluggish.

When a discussion on a mathematical issue progressed, the discussion could proceed through formulas and dialogue. However, a proper discussion could not proceed with only random words and formulas, and a paper that organized thoughts and expressed them properly was essential.

For this reason, at first it was necessary to translate the treatise on incense into Latin.

“Shit! “I can’t believe I’m stuck translating when I have more than one or two things to write about!”

Annoyed, Hyang mobilized translators who had just finished training to translate.

However, the translations by interpreters with limited mathematical knowledge were full of errors.

Because of this, there was even a rumor going around among the Koreans in the research center and Area 51.

“Would it be quick for them to learn Korean and Chinese characters? “Is it faster for us to learn Latin?”

In this situation, Hunminjeongeum appeared.

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Korean researchers who learned about Hunminjeongeum through Hyang and Jinpyeong cheered loudly!

“Now you can save yourself from the trouble of looking up an autobiography!”

Even for those who were familiar with writing, finding the correct Chinese characters and writing them was not an easy task. Hunminjeongeum, which allowed them to record words they were familiar with, was the best gift that could prevent them from wasting unnecessary mental energy.

This Hunminjeongeum was also welcomed by monks and alchemists. First of all, they were familiar with phonetic script. Although the placement of the words that made up the sentences was different, I was able to quickly adapt to that. Although they were still poor, being able to write in Korean, which they had become quite familiar with, and being able to read and immediately understand documents written by others was a welcome experience for them.

As both sides became accustomed to Hunminjeongeum, the work of interpreters gradually decreased. And finally, the interpreters were able to escape from the laboratory.

On the day that the interpreters heard the order, ‘You do not have to come to the research institute anymore,’ the interpreters ran to the gibang as a group and had a party.

As the story goes, the interpreters trained in this way became very active in Alexandria and Europe.

And he became a notorious old man.

“mind! In my time! I had to translate an industry-academia thesis! “Stop whining about a contract!”

This seemed to bring peace to the laboratory and Area 51, but soon a major accident occurred, causing the entire laboratory to split in two and collide.

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The beginning was ‘time difference.’

It was very important to measure the ship’s position during the voyage to Alexandria. Several measuring devices were needed to measure the exact location, but the most important was a clock.

Knowing this well, the governor instructed Jang Yeong-sil to develop a precision watch – a chronometer – that operates with a mainspring. Until then, the clocks used by Joseon Dynasty were clocks using weights and pendulums, and errors in these types of clocks occurred due to the shaking of waves, etc. That is why he ordered a wind-up clock to be made.

In the history before the intervention of Hyang, Jang Yeong-sil, who was well-versed in precision technology to the point where puppets made drums and bells to tell the time, made a self-moving Anyeo (King An’s palanquin) – the power source of which was a mainspring – Jang Yeong-sil, a subordinate craftsman, By changing the fields, I was able to create a watch that was at the level I wanted.

And the precision watches made in this way began to be deployed on challenger-class and emergency fronts.

And in this way, the problem of time difference began to be officially recorded in the voyage records of Challenger-class ships that went on ocean voyages equipped with watches.

Hyang, who confirmed the time difference problem through the navigation records, smiled evilly.

“Shall we try to increase the stakes? There are many other things to do besides this, but if you don’t organize this properly, there is a high possibility that you will have problems crossing the Pacific Ocean in the future. “The place should be replaced with science, not religion.”

Having made up his mind, Hyang gathered the researchers together and got to work.

“If you look at the records of the voyage to Alexandria, there is a common comment: ‘The time announced by the ship’s clock is different from the local time.’”

“Are you talking about the time difference?”

Hyang nodded at Jeongcho’s words.

“yes. “After looking into it, I think we can calculate the time difference by dividing the route from Joseon to Alexandria into appropriate intervals.”

Jeong Cho, who thought about Hyang’s words for a moment, nodded and accepted the words.

“I think it’s possible.”

That’s how the research proceeded.

And the grill was made just as Hyang wanted.

‘Body Earth theory vs. ‘Flat Earth’

‘Heliocentrism vs. It was the beginning of the ‘Geocentric’

war.

“I need some popcorn!”

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Note 1) Dictionary of Korean Culture. ‘Ungnyeo’

http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0040541