Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 384
Episode 384 That, Jang Yeong-sil. (1)
Two days later, a new official notice was posted on the large bulletin board in the laboratory and Area 51.
– Announcement of new registration in Jeonjeonrok.
Date: 7th day of the first month of the year of Gyechuk (1433).
Initiator: Grand Prince Jinpyeong.
Contents:
Connect land transportation routes by building a bridge between Maritime Province and Jongjang Island.
Grade: Wu Gong Yi-san (愚公移山) Sang (上)
Initiator Grade: Seon-gu (先驅)
Although it was a short notice, everyone who read the notice nodded.
“As expected, you are Grand Prince Jinpyeong.”
“Who other than that gentleman would think like this?”
“You say it’s land transportation, but it’s probably a railroad, right?”
“of course.”
The researchers and craftsmen who talked like that all thought the same thing.
“Putting it on the challenge list means you think it’s possible, right?”
“If you look at the grade, it’s a mediocre grade… But the fact that it’s on the challenge list itself means that it’s possible.”
‘It was added to the challenge list.’ These were researchers who believed that there was a possibility of realization.
* * *
Challenge record was created by Hyang to encourage the spirit of challenge among researchers and craftsmen at the research institute.
Incense created this because researchers and craftsmen realized that they were too passive.
Until then, the vast majority of tasks carried out in the laboratory and Area 51 were under the direction of the head.
“Your Majesty the Crown Prince will think so.”
“that’s right. “We just have to do what you tell us to do.”
Most researchers and craftsmen were working hard at their jobs with this mindset in mind.
Hyang, seeing this situation, clicked his tongue.
“Tsk! “I went through all these trials and errors to avoid seeing this scum…”
In the process of developing weapons after first creating the research lab and Area 51, Hyang endured countless trials and errors and wasted time. The reason for doing so was to prevent it from becoming a passive situation like it is now.
But as time passed, researchers and artisans became passive.
However, this cannot be entirely blamed on researchers and craftsmen.
I became passive because I was overwhelmed just by creating and verifying the various concepts and ideas that Hyang had put forward into proper theories.
“It won’t work!” “If we don’t do anything…”
However, Hyang, who did not like this passive atmosphere, devoted himself to finding a way, and the result of that was Jeon Jeon-rok.
“There are two things that make whales fly in the sky. One is incentive and the other is honor. “We are already using incentives well, so we should use reputation.”
Incense stimulated people’s desire for fame.
After a strict review by top executives such as Hyang and Jeong In-ji and Icheon, when it was registered in the record, the date of registration, the person who proposed it, and its contents were announced and an accurate record was kept.
As long as the record exists, no one will know who first had this idea.
There were nine grades created in this way.
First, the three major grades.
Struggle: It’s difficult, but I think I can solve it within at least one generation.
Mabujakchim (磨斧作針): It is extremely difficult, but there is a possibility of solving it within three generations.
Wu Gong Yi Mountain (愚公移山): It may take more than three generations of time and effort, but there is a possibility.
These three grades were further divided into high, middle, and low, creating a total of nine grades.
And the person who solved the problems on the challenge record also had his name written on the challenge record.
After announcing this challenge record system, the atmosphere of researchers and craftsmen began to gradually change as intended.
One by one, unexpected and creative opinions and ideas began to emerge.
* * *
Researchers who thought that there was a possibility of realizing the fact that they reached the Jeonjeon record flocked to Jangseogak (藏書閣) attached to the research institute.
The researchers who looked at the related reports and maps sent from the Ministry of Defense all shook their heads.
“Even the narrowest place is said to be 20 ri (approximately 8km)…”
“No matter how graded it is, Ugongyi Mountain…”
“Do you think this is possible, the crown prince or the great general Zheng Chu?”
“Because it was possible, I probably put it on the challenge list, right?”
The researchers who were talking shook their heads.
“No matter how high the level of Ugong Yi-san is, this is a bit…”
“I wonder if His Majesty the Crown Prince thought it was too easy…”
Even as he was making such groaning noises, the researchers’ eyes were shining.
“But being on the challenge list means that it is possible! The moment you succeed, your name will remain in the government building! “It may be more than three generations, but as long as you create a theoretical method that can be verified, there will be nothing left!”
* * *
Area 51 Institutional Research Department.
“My friends in the construction industry are busy these days. What’s going on?”
To the junior researcher’s question, the lead researcher answered in a grumpy voice with his eyes fixed on the drawing.
“They’re making such a fuss about building a bridge 20 miles long.”
“20 ri? “I’ll leave after breakfast and cross the bridge for lunch.”
“Turn your mind off and ask me to find out, did you know?”
The junior researcher, who realized that the lead researcher’s review was not good, hurriedly put down the books.
“Oh yeah! “I found some good information in the compendium of martial arts you mentioned.”
The head researcher’s face brightened at the junior researcher’s answer.
“okay? I remember correctly! Give it to me!”
At the words of the chief researcher, the junior researcher searched through the book, opened the relevant section, and handed it to the chief researcher.
“This is the part!”
“Hmm…”
The lead researcher who received the book looked at the contents of the relevant section.
“It’s a wheeled road… Inside the boat, the watermen step on the steps and turn the wheel outside…” (Note 1) After
checking the picture and contents, the chief researcher gave an order to the junior researcher. .
“The picture is small, so transfer it to a larger piece of paper.”
“yes.”
* * *
The drawing, enlarged and copied by a junior researcher, was soon pasted on the wall of the institute’s research department.
“Go ahead and use the wheels… Are you trying to use the wheels?”
The chief researcher nodded in response to the question from the Deputy Director of the Research Department.
“That’s right.”
“Hmm… are you okay?”
Researchers and craftsmen from the research department nodded at the deputy director’s words.
A monk who was examining the painting with them joined the conversation.
“I’ve seen a picture similar to this.”
“where?”
“Please wait a moment!”
The monk returned from running somewhere and took out a thick parchment book from his arms.
“Here comes a book called ‘De Rebus bellicis.’ “If you look here, it is said that similar ships were used in ancient Rome.”
“Give it to me.”
The researchers put their heads together with a book in the middle.
After studying the contents for a while, the researchers shook their heads.
“Are they cows instead of people?”
“I’d rather have more strength than Mukyung Chongyo’s Chayunga.”
“It seems to have been applied to a millstone.” (Note 1)
The deputy director concluded after organizing his thoughts while listening to the researchers’ opinions.
“Let’s adapt this to a steam engine.”
“yes.”
“You must keep in mind that you must prepare a report and drawings and submit them to your Majesty as quickly as possible.”
“yes!”
* * *
Ten days later, Hyang received the report and drawings and looked at them with a face full of curiosity.
Hyang, who was looking at records of Eastern and Western ships built with similar ideas, burst into laughter.
“People say that’s what people think… By the way, is China where people are common? Almost everything is manpower…”
After making his own assessment, Hyang asked the deputy director.
“Looking at the drawings, do you mean to build a test vessel to match this?”
“yes.”
“It will cost some money?”
To Hyang’s question, the conductor answered with an expression that there was nothing he could do.
“I can’t help it. “We have to prove it.”
“Hmm…”
Hyang, who had been pondering for a moment at the conductor’s words, stood up.
“I will try to find another way.”
‘If I post this to Abama, Captain Kim will try to eat me!’
“Yes, I understand.”
Hyang left the office and muttered as he walked.
“Paddleboats are not very efficient, so how can we pull them with screws?”
While Hyang was thinking about finding a good way, another idea occurred to him.
“Let’s just sit still… Even now, putting a steam engine on a powerful challenger-level battle line? Europeans will swear like crazy. “There is no sense of sympathies.”
Hyang, who had been imagining the butterfly effect that would occur when installing a steam engine, concluded with a chuckle.
“Does it matter to me?”
* * *
After leaving the office, the place Hyang visited was Jang Yeong-sil’s workshop.
Upon moving to Area 51, Jang Yeong-sil was repeatedly promoted from Byeoljwa to Jeongrang.
As the position of the research institute and Area 51 changed through the director, he was offered the position of general manager of the development department, but Jang Yeong-sil refused.
“God is a craftsman who handles objects, not a tattooist who handles documents! The position of manager requires clothes that don’t suit me. “My place is where I wield a saw and a hammer.”
Hyang smiled bitterly at the sight of Jang Yeong-sil refusing a high position, as befits someone belonging to the realm of the ‘incomprehensible’.
‘That nobleman also became a fan of Jinseong.’
Thanks to this, Jang Yeong-sil was given a new position.
‘Director of the Technology Demonstration Department’
was the department that made actual drawings and technologies presented by the research department to see if they could actually be used.
It was the best position for Jang Yeong-sil.
* * *
“Why did you come to such a squalid place to call me?”
Jang Yeong-sil could not hide her regret as she greeted Hyang who visited her workshop.
“haha! Sometimes moving like this is good for your health! And…”
Hyang continued, looking around Jang Yeong-sil’s workshop.
“I heard you are making a lot of interesting things these days, so I came to take a look.”
“Ah…”
At Hyang’s words, Jang Yeong-sil playfully lit her eyes and offered her a seat.
“Please take a seat first. Disciple! “Here, bring me two cups of black bean tea!”
“Yes Master!”
Hyang’s eyes lit up when he saw that.
“I did receive a report that he had brought in disciples.”
“yes. “He’s a good kid.”
After a while, a young man who appeared to be about the same age as Hyang came in carrying a kettle.
Standing at the opposite end of the conference desk where Jang Yeong-sil and Hyang sat, the young man placed two glasses on the tray held by a small doll and wound the spring on the doll’s back.
Char~.
With the sound of the spring being released, the doll holding the tray slowly moved toward Jang Yeong-sil. The doll, which slid using wheels hidden between its legs, stopped right in front of Jang Yeong-sil.
Jang Yeong-sil, who saw the frozen incense with a surprised face, smiled slightly, lifted the glass from the tray and placed it in front of the incense.
“Please eat, sir.”
click!
When two glasses were taken down from the tray, the doll turned 180 degrees and returned to its original position with a small mechanical sound.
Hyang, who was staring blankly at the doll, looked back at Jang Yeong-sil.
“That one?”
“ah! In the meantime, in the process of making a precision watch, a wind-up doll was created as entertainment. “It’s a great place to enjoy entertainment.”
Hyang cried out inwardly as she saw Jang Yeong-sil talking with an expression that said it was nothing.
‘Neighborhood people! ‘There’s a monster here!’
Objects such as the Automaton, which began to be made in Europe in the 17th century, and the Karakuri (からくり), made in Japan in the 19th century, appeared in the 15th century.
After a while, Hyang came to her senses, looked around once again, and opened her mouth.
“Do you have any other entertainment?”
In response to the question about the fragrance, Jang Yeong-sil held up a complex bundle of wood hanging on one wall.
“I was inspired to make this after watching the deolmi (puppet show) performed by the Jaein gang in the past.” (Note 2)
After finishing the explanation, Jang Yeong-sil put her arm in the wooden frame and put her hand in the glove that came with it. A thick thread was connected to each finger of the glove and fed into a wooden frame. And at the end of the wooden frame were model fingers imitating human fingers.
Geek.
When Jang Yeong-sil moved her gloved finger, the wooden model finger moved in the same way.
When an unexpected object revealed its existence, the scent made my mouth water.
* * *
Note 1) https://m.blog.naver.com/goliath_777/110024665420
Note 2) Pokdugaksinoreum. Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture.
http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0011250