Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 842

Episode 842: The Empire’s Daily Life (1)

During this period, the empire was truly a symbol of vitality.

In the headquarters and new locations of the empire, everyone was busy working to realize all kinds of creative ideas and fantasies, symbolized by chitwan and prefectures symbolized by incense, and many craftsmen and scholars.

The driving force that made everyone except Hyang, who was a cheat, become active like this was Jeon Do-rok.

In particular, as the contents of Jeonjeonrok were made public to an appropriate level, not only the empire’s artisans and merchants, but also those skilled in miscellaneous knowledge among the nobility living in the countryside began to take on the challenge.

The fields that the graduates challenged were mainly chemistry and industrial-academia-academic physics.

-Isn’t it the ‘virtue of a gentleman’ to find and explain the principles of the world and to help those who don’t know them understand them?

The noblemen devoted themselves to research in the desire to make their names known by solving the problems listed in the Dojeonrok.

The area that these noblemen clung to the most was industry and academia.

Industry and academia were not unfamiliar subjects to the noblemen.

It was an economic problem that industry and academia became familiar with. For noblemen who lacked financial resources, industry and academia were the optimal pastime.

Therefore, surprisingly, there were many hidden experts in the industry-academia sector, and these experts took on the challenge to solve the problems recorded in the challenge log.

While most of the noblemen who challenged Daejeonrok did so for honor, most of the artisans and merchants did so for economic reasons.

This was because the iron horse and other objects from Area 51 and the Imperial Workshop were full of rumors of people who became rich overnight with a surprisingly simple object, such as someone who swept up money with a pitchfork and made a wire mesh.

Every time they heard rumors of such people becoming rich suddenly, artisans and merchants emptied their glasses in taverns and lamented.

* * *

A similar example was Mr. Park, a blacksmith who poured alcohol in an alley on the outskirts of Seoul.

“What am I worse than those bastards? “My dexterity is also good!”

“Your hands are full, but your head is empty….”

“You bastard! I say this as a comrade…”

“I’m saying this because I’m a comrade…”

“Ugh~.”

Seeing Mr. Park emptying his drink again while pounding his frustrated chest, a friend who was working on a masterpiece suggested an alternative.

“Instead of doing that, why don’t you look it up in the challenge log?”

“huh? Challenge record? “Isn’t that something that only people who go to Gihakdang or Engineering Academy can see?”

“If you want, you can go to Kihakdang or Engineering Academy to see it, or you can buy it at a bookstore.”

Mr. Park’s expression became serious as he heard his friend’s explanation. The glass of alcohol in his hand and the spirit of alcohol had already disappeared far away.

“Aren’t the difficult problems in the challenge log only able to be solved by learned people?”

“That’s it, you have to choose the items in the challenge log carefully. We should look at the technical field, not the academic field, which is full of unfamiliar letters. Mr. Park, what you’re good at is alloys, right? “I guess there’s alloy as well?”

“Hmm…”

At his friend’s words, Mr. Park stroked his rough beard and fell into trouble. Seeing Mr. Park like that, his friend continued fanning him.

“Hey friend, think about it. “Yes, as you said, your dexterity is not lacking somewhere.”

“Okay then.”

“But your head is the problem.”

“hey!”

“Did I say something wrong? But do you know that Jeon Do-rok is going to take care of your head? “Then the problem is solved!”

“Hmm… they sell it at the temple down there?”

“okay!”

Mr. Park had a strange expression on his friend’s answer.

“Isn’t that your store? No way….”

“Hey! Even if it’s not you, Jeonjeonrok is the best-selling book! I only recommended it to you because we have been neighbors since we were kids and went to school together! “If you’re going to think that way, fuck it!”

Mr. Park responded to his friend’s reaction by waving his hand.

“Oh no. “I’ll cut taxes on your store tomorrow.”

“Well, I’ll pick out some challenge records in areas that you might be interested in.”

“Please.”

The next day, Mr. Park visited his friend’s essay and carefully read the challenge records his friend had selected.

Mr. Park, who forgot to eat and looked at his challenge log for several days, finally chose a book.

“With this, you can reduce your tax. “Some of the things in here are of interest to me and I need to take a closer look.”

“I know.”

A month later, Mr. Park found his friend.

“I found what I can do! “It’s a part related to alloy steel, so it’s worth a try!”

“okay? Hmm….”

This time, his friend’s expression became strange due to Mr. Park’s confident expression. Mr. Park, seeing his friend’s expression, expressed doubt.

“What’s wrong with Ssangpan? “Is there a problem?”

“Are you really confident?”

“I’m confident!”

“It’s not that I don’t know your talent, hmm…”

My friend, who was thinking about something, asked Mr. Park again.

“It will cost some money to solve the problem you challenged, right?”

“It would cost quite a bit to get iron and other minerals.”

“Hmm…”

At Mr. Park’s words, my friend’s expression became even more serious. My friend, who had been thinking for a while with his mouth shut, looked at Mr. Park with an expression of determination.

“Let’s work together!”

“Partnership?”

“okay! I’ll pay for the materials! Instead, if you are successful later and register your intellectual property and it sells a lot, you share the profits. “How is it?”

Mr. Park, who thought about his friend’s suggestion for a moment, soon nodded.

“Material costs were already an issue, so let’s do this together!”

“Then let’s go to the imperial battlefield and write a contract!”

In this way, the two people signed a contract and Mr. Park took on the challenge.

Afterwards, Mr. Park’s friend had to receive all kinds of abuse from Mr. Park’s wife and his own wife.

“Why do you create a division by blowing nonsense on people who are living well? “Why are you shaking the roots of someone else’s house?”

“Hey, you idiot! I can’t survive! What kind of investment is it worth investing in a topic that I can barely talk about even now? I can’t live like this! “You die today, and I die!”

Despite being mistreated, the two men persevered and continued their challenge.

* * *

As the record of the challenge became public, the case of blacksmith Park and his friend became common.

“Do I have no brains or talent?”

Speaking this way, many craftsmen have purchased Daejeonrok to find something they can do.

As the artisans moved, the merchants also moved.

When a rumor was heard that there was someone challenging Jeonjeonrok among the artisans belonging to the merchants or the artisans in the village where they lived, the merchants responded immediately.

Merchants asked people around the artisans in question about them.

After finding out what the craftsmen originally made, what their skills were, and what they were up to, the merchants seriously decided whether to invest.

And once the investment was decided, it moved quickly.

“We’ll catch them before the others spit on them!”

“Even if only one out of ten explodes properly, it will be a success that will go down in history!”

Merchants and artisans did their best to achieve great success.

However, not all craftsmen benefited from this trend.

“This is a delusion!”

“There are things that I thought were impossible, but they were possible! Still, this is crossing the line! “This is a delusion!”

There were many craftsmen and scholars who were pushed out of investment due to this kind of evaluation.

“Is that really true?…”

Wan, who started the secret committee and received reports through various channels, was lost in thought.

This was because Wan grew up right next to the person who actually created things that everyone else said was ‘impossible and delusional.’

“After all, it must be ‘termination of the marriage.’”

After much thought, Wan muttered this and sent a letter to Hyang.

“Make up your mind…”

Hyang smiled bitterly as he accepted the letter Wan sent.

“It’s not wrong….”

Considering all the things he had done so far, he had nothing to say even if he was called the ‘culprit.’

In the end, Hyang and Wan created a new system.

– Those who have a new idea or idea about a product but are having a hard time due to unfavorable circumstances should come to the court!

-The government and the government will sort out the good and bad, and the government will support those that are considered good.

-I will only receive it once every three years.

It was a kind of contest.

It was an event that later came to be nicknamed ‘The World’s Best Delusion Exhibition’ or ‘An event that proves that a genius idea and a creative delusion are just a piece of paper apart.’

Those who placed their last hope on the proclamation issued in the name of the emperor rushed to the government office.

And the officials at the government office became tearful and swore.

“Holy shit! “Your Majesty has done something again!”

“What are the high-ranking people doing? “I should have stopped your Majesty!”

The officials who accepted the proposals despite swearing like this only recorded their personal information and immediately sent them to Seoul.

It was a small revenge in its own way.

“Huh~.”

Wan, who looked at the mountain of proposals with a puzzled expression on his face, soon made a decision.

“Please pack it as is and send it to Shinji.”

“your majesty?”

“Sang Sang has excellent insight, so he will definitely choose good jade.”

The eunuch, who was pondering Wan’s words for a moment, looked around and said quietly.

“My Majesty. “The situation will not remain silent.”

“Aren’t you the kind of person who likes quirky things?”

“Your Majesty, to be honest with you, Huhwan….”

“Let’s think about what happened then.”

“…I follow your orders.”

Hyang, who received the plans in question through the regular flight, burst into laughter.

“Hehehe….”

Wan’s letter, which was sent along with plans that filled one compartment of the freight car, contained this content.

-I can’t tell in my head whether this is a delusion or a good idea.

-Sang Sang has always been ahead of the curve, so he will be able to distinguish between good and bad.

“To put it simply, it was passed on to me.”

Hyang realized the true meaning of the letter and smiled bitterly.

“This kid has grown up a lot?”

* * *

Hyang’s answer arrived through the last regular service of the year.

-These are worth considering even if it takes time and money.

-And it is recommended that the items marked separately be registered in the challenge log.

-Considering the number and importance of the emperor’s work in this paper, I think it is appropriate for the situation to be in charge of evaluating and classifying such plans. Therefore, I would like to establish this as a law.

The ministers who had read up to this point shouted in unison.

“What a worthy offer!”

“It is right to establish the law!”

“That’s true…”

But Wan’s expression wasn’t very good.

This was because of what Hyang wrote about this in a letter he personally sent.

-Isn’t it long before Shinji comes?

It was Wan who would be working at Shinji when the law that was created began to work properly.

The problem was that there was little justification for rejecting that law.

Even though Shinji has a lot of work, it is a little less than the main magazine.

“Whoa~.”

Watching Wan sigh as he recalled the contents of the letter, the eunuch shook his head slightly.

‘That’s why I stopped it like that….’