Black Corporation: Joseon

Chapter 794

Episode 794: Noblemen go to Shinji. (6)

“Hmm....”

Hyang forced himself to maintain a serious expression and looked at Lee Jing-ok.

As if he already knew everything, he said, ‘You have it, right? When Hyang saw Lee Jing-ok with the expression ‘Give it to me right now!’, an unknown aura rose up in Hyang.

‘I can’t just hand it over!’

This was an error caused by a situation that was different from what had happened between the township, soldiers, and other officials.

-The scent insists on making something and using it.

-Actual users, such as soldiers and officials, are reluctant or opposed to it because they do not know its utility. In particular, Ministry of Finance and Economy officials strongly oppose it due to budget issues.

-But later, in real life, Hyang’s invention played a big role, making those who opposed it fall into silence.

This had been the custom and tradition until now, but now Lee Jing-ok had created the opposite situation.

Thanks to this, the slightly off-putting incense smelled like Ddanjuk instead of Ddanjuk.

“Hmm... Is the weapon you were thinking of coming here?”

“No. “I had similar thoughts at this magazine.”

“Is it only for the general? “Then maybe the general misjudged something?”

“Oh no! “There were quite a few young people who had similar thoughts as me!”

“But why wasn’t it developed? “I understand that there are several craftsmen and researchers in Area 51 who have devoted their lives to developing new freight cars.”

What Hyang said was true.

The Effect of Incense To be precise, there were many people who were impressed by the various firearms made by incense and risked their lives to create new firearms.

One of the fun things about Hyang was evaluating the extraordinary firearms they made – for example, combining a saber with a short gun.

Lee Jing-ok responded to Hyang’s comment with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“Because it goes against the empire’s military action policy, and there are also those who think that artillery is better than freight cars...”

Hyang nodded at Lee Jing-ok’s answer.

“It is true that the military policy of the empire is centered on defense. And the military wagon is an item that goes well with it...”

* * *

The military foreign policy of the empire was ‘absolute defense first.’

-Never hit first until you get hit first.

This was the strongest prerequisite for the empire’s military actions.

The reason these prerequisites were created was because of the situation of the empire.

-If you consider the northern part of the empire, the surrounding islands, and the New Territories, there is no need for territorial expansion.

-War is an event that places a great burden on the empire’s finances. The empire’s governance is not yet strong.

-The biggest problem that created the above two restrictions is population. The empire is still underpopulated. Even a population of about 1/3 of the population – about 30 million – can overcome the above two constraints.

Because of these weaknesses, the empire insisted on a military foreign policy centered on thorough defense.

-In a tightly fortified defensive position, use artillery and freight cars to block the enemy’s offensive and then launch a counterattack to punish the enemy.

And in order to operate this doctrine more efficiently, significant funds were invested in the operation of a communication network using reconnaissance devices such as Bhikkhu and luminous communication devices.

However, there were many objections to this. Of course, although it was a counterargument, it was not an argument for changing the preconditions themselves, but rather for changing from a passive response to an active response.

-Even if our empire’s castle is strong, it will collapse under a strong attack. Therefore, the concept of ‘offensive defense’ must be introduced.

-When counterattacking, you must move quickly. However, the freight cars and artillery guns used by our military are heavy and difficult to move quickly.

As a simple example, at least six horses are needed to move the Imperial Army’s most basic artillery, the General Artillery Artillery. Training horses to get used to the noise of the battlefield is not only a problem, but also transporting feed for these horses to eat is also a problem.

The same goes for side-by-side freight cars. In order to operate properly, one door must be placed in each door of the freight car.

It is difficult to time these heavy weapons when chasing down retreating enemies or engaging in street fighting against enemies hiding in a collapsed city.

To those who argued in this way and argued for the ‘development of light guns and light freight cars,’ the mainstream opponents responded as follows.

-In the case of a freight car, one soldier must be deployed, but two soldiers can move it when necessary. This can be said to be light enough.

-It is true that artillery is heavy. Therefore, towing vehicles that are clearly more efficient than warhorses are being deployed.

-The artillery is heavy, but its power is certain. If chasing down retreating enemies or street fighting is a problem, you can upgrade it to guns with longer range and more power.

The summary of their argument was this.

“The problem is catching fleeing enemies? “Then you can use guns that fly farther, right?”

Naturally, a lot of time was wasted and officials had to work through the night.

Then, at some point, officials realized one thing.

“wait? Anyway, there are railroad tracks in Area 52 and there is plenty of space to work, eat, and sleep, right? “I just need to get the report there, right?”

“I see?”

Officials who realized this fact moved when the incense moved.

And work efficiency has improved significantly.

However, only the efficiency of the officials working at the temporary palace.

Officials working in Shinji’s local administrative agencies had to check the railway timetable whenever they received orders to send reports to places other than the temporary palace.

This was because although the direction of Haenggung Palace passed almost once a day, Area 52 departed only from Haenggung Palace once every two days. If the timing was not right, a disaster would occur with a delay of at least 4 days.

The next to suffer were the officials in charge of operating Area 52.

For them, the incense that came with their mother-in-law’s incense and the officials at the temporary palace were their sisters-in-law. No, the scent was okay. The problem was the officials of the temporary palace who followed.

“Now that I’m here, I need to check on the operation status.”

With these words, the officials from Temporary Palace took a close look at the operational status of Area 52.

“huh? “Isn’t this spending strange?”

“Isn’t there an error in the input and output here?”

Every time the officials from the temporary palace spoke out, the officials in Area 52 had to bow their heads.

“I’m sorry! The person in charge is still new....”

“If he was new, he should have looked into it more.”

“I’m sorry!”

“If you’re sorry, don’t do something to be sorry about? If you do that, it will be us who will be scolded by His Majesty!”

“I’m sorry!”

“And how many of the accommodation facilities were broken? Did you see them?”

“We will fix it right away!”

“You should have looked before pointing it out. “Aren’t you going to get ahead?”

“I’m sorry!”

“I’ll say it again, if you’re sorry, don’t make yourself sorry! “I’ll leave you alone!”

“Hi! I will do my best!”

In this way, the officials of Area 52 had to go through all kinds of hardships. But they had to endure this hardship. Most of the officials from the temporary palace were superior to them. Even if they were in the same rank, they were about to be promoted, so it would be a big deal if they got dirty.

* * *

In this situation, Hyang’s ‘Area 52 business trip’ was known to every corner of the new area through the luminous communication device.

“Ah-oh! Why this time!”

“You haven’t had anything to go these days!”

News of the unexpected business trip sent officials into a frenzy to find the cause.

“found!”

“who is this?”

“General Lee Jing-ok!”

“ᄊ....”

The officials suppressed the six-headed character that was about to come out.

It was Lee Jing-ok, the ‘commander of the conquest army’ and ‘former Minister of National Defense’.

In the end, officials chose action over words.

“A lot of medicines are coming these days...”

Lee Jing-ok looked bitter as he looked at the bundles of medicines piling up in his office and dormitory.

This was because I knew very well the meaning of the medicine.

“Would you like some too?”

At Lee Jing-ok’s words, the subordinate generals all shook their heads.

Ironically, among those who sent the medicine were some of his subordinate generals.