Episode 1204 What’s the difference? (4)
Cold sweat flowed from the man’s entire body. Her thick beads of sweat continued to run down her sides and down her back.
But the man didn’t feel anything. Maybe now he can’t focus on the sensation and pain even if the blade passes through his body.
The reason is extremely simple.
Because pain is nothing more than a fleeting moment. Would someone who had his head bitten into the jaw of a tiger feel pain from a wound on the back of his hand?
Moreover, the person the man was facing now was someone he could not even dare to compare with a tiger or something like that.
“Hmm.”
As a soft nasal sound escaped, the man’s body suddenly flinched.
“It looks like you don’t like the car.”
“yes? Ah… Well, could that be possible? Absolutely not. Lord Ryeonju”
“Is there anyone?”
As soon as the person standing in front of the man called, the civil servants who were waiting outside the door came inside.
“Bring out a new car. Warm it up.”
“I will.”
The civil servants retrieved the teacup in front of the man and left the room with polite movements. The man bit the inside of his lip hard without realizing it.
He was afraid that his actions of not drinking tea might have made the person in front of him feel uncomfortable.
“hmm.”
At that moment, the eyes looking at the man drew a strange arc like a crescent moon. No matter how you look at it, it was a smile that did not seem malicious.
But there was no way the person facing that smile would feel comfortable.
“You don’t have to be so nervous, Danju.”
“S-sorry. “I just…”
“no no. It’s not about blaming. “I completely understand.”
It was truly a soft and affectionate voice.
“But… Lord Dan, you don’t have to be too afraid of this person.”
“Yes, yes! Of course…”
“If I had intended to harm Lord Dan, there was no need to use such a lame method, right?”
The meaning behind those words is clearly favor. And that expression wasn’t that wrong either. If there was a problem, it was the person who said it, the defeated Jang Il-so himself. Even meaningless words seemed to turn into scary words when they came out of Jang Il-so’s mouth.
“⋯⋯Yes.”
The person called Danju nodded frantically. Looking at that, Jang Il-so smiled slightly again.
“I know what the world thinks of me, but I am not as vicious as you think. “He is a very gentle person, especially to people of value.”
The man, who had been hesitant because he had no idea what to answer, ended up keeping his mouth shut. The place’s eyes were wide open.
“Do you find it hard to believe?”
“Well, how could that be! Lord Ryeonju! Mi, I believe it!”
“Hahahaha”
Place laughed as if it was fun, smiled seductively, tilted his chin slightly, and stared at the man.
“The reason I have prepared this place is because I need help from Danju in the future.”
“…How can I, a mere merchant, be of any help to someone as high as Lord Ryeon?”
The man who spoke took a quick look at the situation. Jang Il-so just stared at him without saying a word. The man realized that he had chosen the wrong answer and immediately changed his words.
“B, but if even my meager strength can be of help to Lord Ryeon, I won’t hesitate to reform Soinbungol! Mo, I will sacrifice my life to be loyal!”
It was an oath of loyalty so extreme that nothing more could be expected. But there was still no change in the expression of the place.
Jang Il-so, who had been looking at the man in silence for a while, opened his mouth in a slow tone.
“It’s loyalty…”
How on earth should I explain the emotion in that voice?
“The merchant’s words are extremely soft and sweet, but…”
Jang Il-so’s eyes were still gentle, but his gaze scanned the man’s entire body like a living poisonous snake.
“And it is just as dangerous and vain.”
For a moment, the blood in the city seemed to have cooled. Each and every word that quietly flowed out resonated like electricity in the man’s mind. Knowing that hundreds or thousands of heads could fall in an instant depending on the mood of this capricious devil, he had no choice but to bow down.
“Oh, punish me for using my foolish mouth…”
“It’s a mystery after all.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Is that so?”
The Songgol Songgol team oozed from the forehead of the city.
Jang Il-so opened his mouth slowly.
“I know that merchants in Gangnam have been suffering great damage due to the situation on the Yangtze River. “As the leader of the Sapae Association, I apologize.”
The moment the word apology came out of Jang Il-so’s mouth, the blood drained from the man’s face.
“Well, how could the Lord apologize for that? To stabilize the world. “Is there anyone who doesn’t know that it was a brave move?”
“Brave… “Cluck, cluck, cluck.”
At the word brave, the place immediately sneered as if it couldn’t bear it.
“Thank you for thinking that way. In any case, I don’t want to ask you to give up your interests and sacrifice yourself for the sake of Sapaeryeon. Rather, it means that we should provide a way to help each other.”
“What if you say you’ll help?”
“It’s simple.”
Jang Il-so brought the teacup in his hand to his mouth. And I very slowly savored a sip of tea. It was a gesture as if he didn’t really care whether the person across from him was upset or not.
“Danju.”
“Yes, yes! Lord Ryeon..”
“If what a merchant needs is knowledge, what our Sapae-ryeon needs is stability.”
“⋯⋯Did you say stability?”
“No matter what, the foundation must be solid. To that end, isn’t stability the most important thing?”
Of course that is correct.
Nevertheless, the reason I had no choice but to ask was because the person who said it was Jang Il-so. When I think about the steps he has taken so far, the words ‘unconventional’ and ‘radical’ are suitable, but the word ‘stability’ is not suitable at all.
“That’s true, but…”
“In fact, the lives of the common people in Gangnam cannot be said to be very stable these days.”
When Jang Il-so spoke in a slightly sighing voice, the man looked at him again in surprise.
‘Is this person really the defeated Jang Il-so?’
Of course, the man knew that it was right. Is there anyone else in the world who wears such splendid attire? Even if there are only two of them, who else but Jang-sang can control the fearsome leaders of the Sapae faction right here in Sapae-ryeon with just a spoon?
The place shed a strange smile as the man was unable to hide his surprise.
“why? “Do you find it strange that these words are coming out of my mouth?”
“Well, it’s not like that…”
“haha. There’s nothing strange about it. “Danju, it is clearly true that I am the leader of the Four Sects and a murderer who has killed countless people.”
“⋯⋯.”
“But… then there is no need to persecute the common people unnecessarily, right? “All I want for Gangnam is stability and order.”
The man tried to open his mouth several times but closed it again. It was difficult to decide what to say without offending the unpredictable Jang Il-so.
“So, I am asking you to do so. A merchant is a being who chases after evil spirits. That’s why he sometimes forgets. In the end, it is because there are people who will buy things.”
Just when the man thought that he had no idea what his intentions were, he opened his mouth in an indifferent manner.
“I know that Gangnam commercial circles have been secretly hiding and stockpiling grains and goods since the Sapaeryun took control of Gangnam.”
“Ryo, Ryeonju…”
“iced coffee.”
Jang Il-so waved his hand full of jewelry as if to stop the conversation.
“Don’t misunderstand. I don’t mean to blame you for that. “When times are tough, crouching down is the way to go.”
“⋯⋯Thank you for your understanding.”
For a moment, it seemed as if the spirit had run away and managed to come back. Her man now almost wanted to beg to cut off her head with a single sword.
At that time, Jang Il-so’s oily eyes narrowed slightly.
“But there has to be some degree of chasing Lee Moon. Not releasing grain even when people are starving is going too far. “Isn’t that right?”
“⋯⋯.”
“I understand that Danju is a person with great influence in the Gangnam commercial world. “They say that Shim Yi-kyung of the Nanjing Merchants is the most popular merchant in Gangnam.”
“⋯⋯That’s too much praise.”
“So go and tell it. Unpack all the grain stored in the warehouse. Also, please bring any other items you have collected to Sapaeryeon. “It will be used for the reconstruction of Hangzhou.”
The body of the man, Shim Yi-kyung, began to tremble. The words she most wanted to hear finally came out of Jang Il-so’s mouth. Her eyesight seemed distant. While he wanted to shout that he should cut off his head, he heard completely unexpected words in his ears.
“And charge for it. “I will pay you within a month.”
“⋯⋯Yes?”
Shim Yi-kyung was so devastated that she ended up asking in a dumbfounded voice without realizing it.
“I said I would pay for it. Why are you doing this? “It seems like this person knew how to rob you, right?”
“Well, that’s right… Could that be possible? Lord Ryeonju!”
“Hahahahahahaha!”
Jang Il-so shook his body and laughed as if the reaction was amusing.
“Okay, okay. However… let’s not overprice it. I like people who are greedy, but I despise people who are overly greedy. Do you understand what I mean?”
“It’s all natural. “How can we be overly greedy when it comes to serving all people!”
“Hmm.”
The snorting sound I got from Kang Il-so came out. Shim Yi-kyung watched carefully.
“Well, if you just tell me that…”
“and.”
“Yes, yes! Lord Ryeonju!”
“We will open the Yangtze River, so please resume trade with Jiangbei.”
Shim Mi-kyung opened her eyes at those words.
“There is one condition.”
“⋯⋯What is that?”
“All you need to do is ensure that the grains and goods taken out of the warehouse can reach not only big cities, but also villages where the poor live.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Just as blood flows through human truth, let the blood of logistics flow again throughout Gangnam. “The same goes for goods traded with Gangbuk.”
“Well, if that’s possible, we have no choice but to welcome it too. Aren’t merchants ultimately people who make a living through logistics?”
Shim Yi-kyung continued speaking while breaking into a cold sweat.
“But… it is impossible to do logistics in Gangnam right now. “If anything even remotely valuable appears on the road…”
“Plundering?”
“That’s…”
“Just take it.”
“yes?”
Shim Yi-kyung asked in surprise, and Jang Il-so smiled softly.
“The first time or two will do. After that, no one will think of plundering it. “After seeing the first people who touched the object die, their flesh being torn off piece by piece, over the course of a month.”
For a moment, an eerie chill ran down my back.
“Therefore, Lord Dan, please quickly move the upper world to distribute grain and goods throughout the world, and send what has been accumulated so far to Gangbuk to take Lee Mun. Instead, let the price of this statement reach the entire Gangnam. That is the condition that the Sapaeryun places on the commercial bank. In return, Sanggye will be able to travel unrestrictedly only to Gangnam.”
“Okay, thank you. Lord Ryeonju!”
“It was nothing.”
Jang Il-so smiled quietly. When Shim Yi-kyung saw that, a small suspicion momentarily appeared in her mind.
“⋯⋯But⋯⋯.”
“Hmm?”
Maybe this was Shim Yi-kyung’s courage. No, to be honest, it was more a matter of discomfort than courage.
Defeated Jang Il-so is the leader of the most criticized faction in the world. The first thing he does after taking complete control of the scam is to use his money to save the hungry people in Gangnam. I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.
That’s why Shim Yi-kyung ended up asking. She slightly pushed aside the rising fear.
“Why this kind of good government…?”
“Is it strange?”
“⋯⋯.”
“Or is there any reason why we shouldn’t have done that?”
“Well, that’s not it.”
“How is it?”
Jang Il-so said with a deep smile.
“This Jang Il-so is not as bad a person as you think, is he?”
“I am a bad person. This is absolutely unfair! “Wow, I’ve never dared to think of something like that in my head.”
Place, which had been laughing cheerfully, slowly lowered its gaze and smiled.
“That’s a good thing. It’s a good thing. “I am truly grateful that Danju recognized me while the whole world misunderstood me.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Danju is after Lee Mun, and I am after stability, so we will be able to have a good relationship. Please take care of me in the future.”
“yes! Lord Ryeonju! I will do my best.”
A slightly excited look appeared on Shim Yi-kyung’s pale, pale face.
Although it feels like my lifespan has been shortened by ten years, I am now able to sell the goods I have accumulated and re-secure the distribution channels that were blocked.
It may not cause any major problems right away, but isn’t being able to resume logistics a benefit in itself?
And seeing as Jang Il-so is a more communicative person than expected, it won’t take long for him to take advantage of this opportunity and gain a huge amount of profit…
“ah. really. “Just one more thing.”
“yes?”
Shim Yi-kyung raised her head in surprise. And at that moment he saw.
The most eerie light flowing from Jang Il-so’s beautifully curved eyes.
“I’m just saying this just in case… but I hope you convey this to the upper world. “This Jang Il-so is a person who likes to set an example.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Isn’t the reason people are different from pigs because they know grace? If you know grace, you will receive favor as favor. “If there is someone who doesn’t receive my favor as just a favor.”
Place lightly licked my red lips.
“Danju, you will realize once again, in a slightly different sense, that the real me is a little different from what the world says I am.”
The strength left Shim Yi-kyung’s body.
“Drink the tea that came out and then go. It’s my consideration. Hahahahaha!”
Shibi came out from behind Jang Il-so, who stood up with a big smile. And placed it in front of Shim Yi-kyung.
That day, Shim Yi-kyung could not finish a cup of tea for more than one hour.
