Return of Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 603
”…Here it is.”
“Wow, you’re so generous.”
Chung Myung grabbed a bunch of slips Song Tae-ak gave out.
“Thank you….”
Kuuk.
“….”
“….”
Chung Myung, who was quietly pulling a bundle of slips, looked at Song Tae-ak with strange eyes.
His gaze and Song Tae-ak’s met in the air.
“Let it go.”
“….”
“Ah, let it go.”
“Keuheuk.”
Strength drained from Song Tae-ak’s hand. As the bundle of slips he held tightly slipped out, so did his soul.
‘How much did I save this money.”
With this one transaction, all the extra funds disappeared. No, not just to the extent that the extra funds disappeared, but the breweries and lands that had been invested in raising money had to be sold for merchant guild’s competition.
Of course, such an amount of money can’t be regarded as quick money. It makes him feel sick to take only less than eight percent of the money, but what can he say about the sense of dejection when all of the money he barely prepared is gone instantly?
Song Tae-ak, who was groaning in pain as if a piece of his flesh had been cut off, closed his eyes tightly.
‘No, it’s an investment.’
Those who are afraid of spending money will never make big money.
What matters is what you can earn with the money you invest now. If they can resell Yunnan etas to Hubei and Beijing, the money earned will be incomparable to this investment.
‘There’s not much left of this place! But if we can get the authority to sell the teas to Beijing’s high-ranking officials, I don’t care about this place!’
So, in the end, this business…
It’s a profitable business, but…
“Why is your expression like that?”
Song Tae-ak forced the corners of his mouth to twist at Chung Myung who asked him in a sulky manner.
“I– I’m just glad. I’m happy.”
“You don’t look very happy?”
“How- How can that be the case. Look, I’m so happy that I even shed tears…..”
Chung Myung, who saw tears in Song Tae-ak’s eyes, giggled and laughed.
“What do you mean, tears? Haha. You must be really happy.”
“….”
‘Right, it’s great.’
‘Wouldn’t it be good if it were you? You rotten bastard?’
Song Tae-ak pushed back the boiling anger.
‘It’s all or nothing anyway.’
One can’t make money without investment, and one can’t grow without risk.
His gamble was not buying the right to sell the tea with money.
It could be said that moving the client to Mount Hua rather than Wudang was a gamble on his fate. ‘If this moves fail, the Golden Ship Merchant Guild will be ruined.’
But what if they succeed?
At least in the business district of Hubei, they will be able to get an absolute position. Mount Hua is located in Shaanxi, and all the merchants that trade with them are in the west of Jungwon.
Being the only pro-Mount Hua east of Jungwon was sure to bring enormous risks and opportunities at the same time.
It’s just…
“Hehehe! How much is it all?”
“….”
Seeing Chung Myung shoveling a bunch of slips into his arms happily, Song Tae-ak kept doubting whether this was a good thing.
“Hehe. Let’s do our best.”
“Keueu, I look forward to your kind cooperation.”
Song Tae-ak held Chung Myung’s hand tightly.
The situation is already favorable. Now that he’s riding on the tiger’s back, he has no choice but to become friendly with the tiger.
“But….”
Song Tae-ak turned his head slightly and looked toward the yard.
In the middle of the yard at the Golden Ship Merchant Guild, which was made to deal with logistics, there were piles of white bags.
“Yes?”
“… What on earth are you going to use them for?” Song Tae-ak made a puzzled expression.
Chung Myung asked him to prepare half of the amount to be paid in goods, not money. It may be fine with horses, but the value of those items alone was close to a million nyang.
No matter how many of Mount Hua’s disciples are here, it will not be easy to carry all those bags to Shaanxi….
“Oh, that one?” Chung Myung shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s none of your business. Because I prepared for everything well.”
“…What do you mean?”
“What.”
A subtle smile hung around Chung Myung’s mouth.
“If you’re going to do it, you must be sure.: Song Tae-ak, who saw the smile, trembled with unknown anxiety.
* * * Wuhan, Hubei Province, where the Golden Ship Merchant Guild is located, is the largest city. As a result, it was greatly influenced by Wudang, the largest sect in Hubei.
A group of people appeared on the main road in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
“Huh?”
Passers-by looked at the sudden appearance and tilted their heads.
“Who are those people?”
Since it was a main street where many people came and went, there was nothing particularly strange about a group of people appearing.
Nevertheless, they couldn’t take their eyes off because more than a hundred people who appeared now were all dressed in the same clothes, and the clothes were unfamiliar in Wuhan.
“Black uniform…… That pattern… Huh? Flowers? Is it a flower?”
“Mount Hua!”
“Mount Hua! Mount Hua Sect! They are warriors of Mount Hua Sect!”
In the past, no one would recognize Mount Hua without someone knowledgeable appearing, but now everyone can recognize Mount Hua Sect just by seeing them wearing uniforms and plum blossom patterns.
This is why fame is important.
“Are you talking about Mount Hua Sect that wiped out Daebyeolchae?”
“Yes! That Mount Hua Sect!” “But why are they here?”
The eyes of Wuhan people on the Mount Hua Sect were bound to be favorable.
There is no need to mention the reason. They were the ones who immediately subdued the bandits in the nearby mountains, so who wouldn’t like them?
Even if those bandits were just ordinary bandits, they would be grateful to only have the bandit’s head be broken, but didn’t Mount Hua Sect subjugate that notorious Daebyeolchae, not just any bandit?
Naturally, everyone looked at Mount Hua with admiration and gratitude.
“Mount Hua Sect. Indeed, the looks are unique!”
“It feels different from Wudang.”
“Hehe, yes. In fact, Wudang is a sect that controls the world, but isn’t Mount Hua’s momentum formidable recently?”
“Gosh! How can you compare Wudang to Mount Hua, though?”
“Huh? Of course, that’s not it. But have you ever heard of Wudang activity in these years?”
“… Not really.”
“A seat is not eternal. Now, of course, Wudang is the world’s best Taoist Sect and the world’s best Sword Sect, but if it’s ten years later, we don’t know what it will be then!”
“Tsk tsk. That’s how it is it. Where could Mount Hua goes?”
People’s opinions were divided.
However, considering that this place is Wuhan, akin to Wudang’s front yard, such a reaction could be said to be great.
The arm bends inward, and the dog eats half in his yard. (“No matter who the person is, they will always favor the people closest to them) The fact that Mount Hua, a sect of far-off Shaanxi, was compared to Wudang in this very Wuhan proved how much their reputation has grown.
“But… What is that?”
“Hm? Everyone seems to be carrying several sacks.”
“I don’t know what it is, but it looks pretty heavy.”
The crowd expressed their doubts as they looked at the bags Mount Hua’s disciples carried. Mount Hua’s disciples, who had walked without showing any signs of difficulty even carrying several sacks that seemed too heavy to lift, began to pile them up in the middle of the street.
“Oh?”
“…… There’s a lot of stuff.”
“What are they going to do with that?”
The crowd looked at the scene with curiosity.
But….
Hwaek.
Mount Hua’s disciples, who had laid down the sack, turned around all at once and began to turn back without thinking of doing anything.
“Huh?”
“What”
Everyone who saw the scene looked dumbfounded.
Hwiing.
Only piles of sacks remained empty where all of Mount Hua’s disciples had left.
“…why did they just go?”
“Um, what are they gonna do about that?”
When everyone was wondering what the hell this was all about.
“O- Over there! Here they come again!”
“Huh? There’s something else?”
Those who saw Mount Hua’s disciples reappear in the distance opened their mouths wide. It was because the shoulders of Mount Hua’s disciples who reappeared were carrying as many sacks as they had brought earlier.
Chok! Chok! Chok! The disciples of Mount Hua stacked the bags on top of the bags they had piled up before. The process was repeated repeatedly, and the mountains of sacks grew larger and higher.
“Uh….” “Huh….”
The eyes of onlookers began to widen. The piled-up sacks now looked like small hills.
“Is it over?”
“I think so?”
Mount Hua’s last disciples, who raised the sack, now stood around the sack instead of going around the road.
It happened without a word.
However, those who saw the scene had no choice but to stop and gather to see what was happening.
‘What are they trying to do?’
‘What the hell are those bags?’
‘I’m dying of curiosity.’
The gathered crowds looked back and forth at the small hills and the disciples of Mount Hua surrounding it.
“That, what the hell is that?”
“What are they trying to do here?”
When Mount Hua’s disciples remained in place without any explanation, the impatient began to raise their voices.
Nevertheless, Mount Hua’s disciples remained silent.
By the time the frustration reached its peak.
“Ahem!”
A man walked out slowly among Mount Hua’s disciples, all around the eyes of the crowd.
Naturally, everyone’s eyes were focused on the person walking out.
“Keuhuhum!”
The young man, whose youthfulness had not yet disappeared, coughed heavily as he received the focused gaze.
“Then.” The person who looked around the people opened his mouth slightly as if to say something, and then turned his head.
“Where should I explain this first?”
“Why are you asking us that?”
“Just do it, man!”
“Heh, such temper.”
Chung Myung, who hadn’t been able to find even the right word, distorted his face and raised his voice.
“Aah! Can you hear me well?”
When Mount Hua’s disciples saw Chung Myung shouting at people, their faces turned red, and bowed their heads.
“…Please just do it.”
“Why must we share the shame?”
‘Look.’
‘The Saje that is ashamed wherever they were presented.’
Of course, Chung Myung, who cared less about the disciples’ reactions, grinned once and opened his mouth to the crowd.
“You all know who we are, right?”
“Aren’t you Mount Hua Sect people!”
“Thank you for beating up Daebyeolchae!”
“Thank you so much!”
Chung Myung grinned at the cheers that came back.
“Oh, I did something great. Hehehe.”
“Hurry up! It’s embarrassing!”
“Dongryong, why don’t you be quiet?”
Chung Myung, who talked back at the voice coming from the back, looked at the crowd again and smiled brightly.
“Yes, we are Mount Hua’s disciples. And not too long ago, we beat up the bandits of Daebyeolchae in Daebyeol Mountain and handed them over to the government. Now you won’t have to worry about bandits when you climb Daebyeol Mountain!”
“Oh!”
“Thank you! Thank you so much!”
They’ve heard it, but none of them have confirmed it with their own eyes. However, since the person related to the matter told them this directly, they can now have confidence.
“But what are those sacks?”
“Ah, I was going to talk about that.”
Chung Myung grinned and pointed at the mountain of the sack with his chin.
“While we were organizing Daebyeolchae, it was clear how frugally these bandits had robbed Hubei so far, and the warehouse was piled up like a mountain!”
“…th- then?”
“Yes, those are the riches brought from the Daebyeolchae.”
The crowd’s eyes widened.
And the quick-witted ones are starting to roughly understand what they’re trying to do.
“Tsk. No one would say anything if we ate this, but in fact, weren’t these riches robbed by people from Hubei traveling back and forth from Daebyeol Mountain?”
“That, that’s true.”
“Therefore!”
Kwang! Chung Myung stepped on the advance strongly.
“Mount Hua’s Sect Leader stated, that it is not right for us to take these goods to Mount Hua back! This is something the bandits robbed from the owner, so of course it is the right thing to return it to the owner!”
When Chung Myung turned his head, Baek Cheon and Yoon Jong, who were waiting, untied the string tied the sack, and threw the sack down.
Chwaak! Grain spilled out of the sack that fell to the ground. All the eyes of the crowd were on the grain from the sack. Their eyes trembled lightly.
“So from now on!”
Chung Myung pointed to the grains piled up like a mountain.
“I’m going to hand out these grains to you people of Wuhan!”
Sasak! As soon as the word was said, Mount Hua’s disciples took out a bunch of small sacks and gourd that they had prepared in advance.
People watching the scene alternately looked at the grain and Chung Myung as if they couldn’t believe it at all.
“Is that, is that true?”
“Have you been fooled all your life?”
“N- No, it’s just that I’ve never heard of this before.”
“What?”
Chung Myung clicked his tongue.
“I don’t know how other sects do it, but this is how Mount Hua does it.”
“….”
“So don’t just look and come! And call everyone who isn’t here! I will share it with you from now on!”
Chwaaak! Mount Hua’s disciples poured grain sacks one by one on the mat that had been laid beforehand and began to transfer the grain into a small bag with a gourd.
“Give it!”
“Here it is!”
“Take it!”
Mount Hua’s disciples handed out the sack of grain to the hands of those who did not know what to do.
“Tha- Thank you!”
“Can, can I really take this!” When those who received the sack of grain bowed their heads as if they were ecstatic, Chung Myung shouted.
“Don’t thank me! This is originally yours!”
“….”
“So hurry up and call everyone! Everyone in Wuhan today has to take one sack at a time!”
“Thank you! Thank you so much!”
“Oh my gosh! What a Righteous act!”
Starting something is difficult.
As soon as one or two people began to receive the grain, those watching rushed at Mount Hua’s disciples without any exception.
“Me, give me one, too, please!”
“Me too!”
“Ah, please line up! There are enough!”
“I’ll give it to you all, so don’t rush! You’ll get hurt.”
Mount Hua’s disciples distributed grain to the crowd with a smile on their faces.
At the same time, a voice praising Mount Hua began to rise.
“I can see why people are talking about Mount Hua Sect, Mount Hua Sect.”
“I’m grateful that you risked your life to subdue the bandits, but you’re even helping us like this.”
“I’ll be sure to spread Mount Hua’s Righteous act! Thank you very much!”
Mount Hua’s disciples continue to distribute the grain to the coming people flock.
Chung Myung, who was watching the scene pleasantly from behind, turned his head slightly and giggled.
‘What kind of bribes are there?’
Bribe is not given just to those powerful ones. Wouldn’t it be a bribe if one distributed their wealth and achieved what they wanted?
Although the grain is piled up like a mountain, this amount of grain is nothing compared to Mount Hua’s finances. It’s not much compared to the wealth that they gain right away.
“If I can screw Wudang with that, it’s not a surplus business.”
What kind of expression would they make when this news got into Wudang’s ear?
“Kikikikik.”
Chung Myung laughed heartily.
“Mom. That man is strange…”
“Shh. Come here. You shouldn’t come close.”
Although Chung Myung had a slight (?) cut, it was the moment when Mount Hua’s name spread widely to Wuhan along with sacks of grain.