Franchise God - Chapter 1284



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Franchise God Episode 1284

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Inside the offshore farm, there were a number of very large barges.

It looked like a military barge that the Navy used as a maritime forward base, but its size was incomparably larger.

Although it had a low oddline and a flat shape, it was made of semi-permeable metal, so its loading capacity was incomparable to that of barges of the same displacement.

Ha Su-yeong started loading food here and transporting it to the Port of Liverpool in earnest.

The electric-powered barges did not need tugs because Freedom controlled their movements. They also did not need crews on board.

The cargo ship crew watched the scene with cigarettes in their mouths and sighed.

“I’m worried that if we continue like this, we’ll have nothing to do in the future.”

Despite their lamentations, the speed of food transport increased significantly once Ha Su-yeong started working in earnest.

Because they were loading and unloading so many items, the Port of Liverpool was often delayed and had to wait because the ships could not unload the food on time.

rWe know there are delays, so we have diverted some of our shipping routes to Dublin.

“What? No, Freedom! That can’t be! That’s food that our British citizens should be eating!”

“We also sell food to Ireland. The type and quality of food we supply is the same. We just changed the docking arrangement sequentially to save time, so you don’t have to worry about that.”

“Ha, but… …

After hearing this, there was nothing to say, but British officials were unnecessarily upset by the fact that priority was given to Ireland.

In any case, it was true that the sea farms were selling food to both Ireland and England.

However, British citizens had the perception that ‘they had come to help Britain, which was trapped in the tidal wave.’

They had no idea that Ireland was suffering the same damage as they were.

After a while, Britain learned a shocking truth.

“What? You are selling wheat to us, but flour to Ireland?”

“Yes, that’s right. The information was delayed because it was kept secret in Ireland.”

“Why are you selling us wheat and not flour?”

Now, Britain is supplying the wheat it has purchased by milling as much as possible, but running the mills is not easy. They are all powered by electricity, and energy must be conserved as much as possible.

So, more than 80% of the people receive whole wheat grains and mill them themselves to eat.

How does each individual mill it?

This can be done by repairing a watermill or by manually operating a small hand-operated mill.

‘I grind the flour that my family eats!’

This is one of the qualities of a gentleman that is all the rage in London these days.

But in Ireland, it is sold in the form of flour, not wheat grains.

“We must protest this immediately!”

The Ministry of Finance immediately called Ha Su-yeong and expressed its intention to protest.

Although it was called a protest, it was actually a very cautious inquiry.

And I was disillusioned by Ha Soo-young’s answer.

“You never said that Britain wanted it in flour form, so I thought you wanted it in wheat form.”

“Then, Ireland… … ?”

“I sold it to him because he wanted flour and I said I would grind it for him. Of course, the milling cost is added.”

“How much does it cost to mill flour?”

“It is not an easy task to mill and package wheat in the middle of the ocean. The price of flour made by milling 1.5 kg of wheat grains and 1 kg of wheat grains is the same.”

Not 1kg of wheat flour, but flour made by milling 1kg of wheat grains.

In other words, it is at least 50% more expensive.

The finance official swallowed hard as he recalled the astronomical sums paid to buy enough food to sustain 60 million people for three months (or more than six months if rations were conserved).

‘Even though it is just one item, flour, the price cannot be increased by more than 50%. The amount received will be reduced accordingly.’

The bureaucrat rationalized it to himself.

Don’t most British citizens already enjoy the simple pleasure of grinding flour at home?

If you can’t avoid it, enjoy it, they say, home milling has become a trend that is leading the way for gentlemanliness throughout Britain, especially in London.

On the UK’s UCC portal, content related to wheat milling was very popular, including how to build a home analogue mill, how much flour an adult man can grind in a single hour, and a video about repairing and recycling an old water mill.

“Shall I grind it into flour and sell it to England? Oh, but England has already bought up all the wheat, so they won’t need any more.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes. We are transporting the most important wheat first, so we are not transporting wheat anymore. We are transporting other food items such as barley, vegetables, sauces, and meat containers. That is almost finished.”

The finance official let it go, thinking that it was a situation where he couldn’t receive it since it was ground into flour anyway.

“Well, it’s finally the day of settlement.”

In the middle of the night, the Irish Secretary of State, who had secretly climbed onto the offshore farm, met Ha Su-yeong, who had been waiting for him.

“I guess you kept the boarding a secret?”

“Of course. Except for the President and the entourage that came with me, no one knows that I am here.”

“But America knew.”

“Oh, then England is already… …

“No, the British don’t know yet. They know full well that I’m meeting with the Minister in secret, and they wouldn’t tell the British. They’ll keep it a secret unless I tell them.”

The Secretary of State swallowed hard.

The United States and the United Kingdom are blood allies who shed enormous amounts of blood together in World War II, and to the United States, they are friends and family that no country can replace.

But the US is prioritizing Ha Soo-young over the UK and is so confident about it as if it were a given.

Although the United States was known to be friendly with Ha Soo-young, the Secretary of State seemed to have a vague sense of how high the wall of friendship was.

“Okay, let’s settle the accounts. The food supplies we have provided to Ireland so far are 1 million tons of wheat, 100,000 tons of barley, 300,000 tons of various canned goods, and 200,000 tons of meat such as beef and pork…

The Secretary of State asked hurriedly at the daunting number.

“So, you mean you received that much?”

“Oh, you didn’t know yet. Well, since the lower-level officials are counting everything, it’ll probably take some time to come up with the statistics. I’m aware of the entire quantity since the androids have taken them all out.”

“That’s a lot of quantity… …

The Secretary of State could not close his gaping mouth.

Looking at the piled up groceries, I thought I had received a lot.

Since it was a postpaid system, I worried about how much Ha Soo-young would ask for in return, which would be ridiculous if others heard about it.

But from Ireland’s perspective, it was a natural concern.

It was good that the country was now free from the threat of starvation, but it was daunting to even think about how we would pay off this debt.

‘Isn’t this enough to sustain the entire island for more than a year?’

I don’t know what will happen to the tsunami and food situation in the future, but it’s reassuring to know that I will have something to eat even if I just sit around and do nothing for a year.

The price to be paid would be enormous, though… … .

“Cash is fine, I’ll take in kind. I want to build a ranch, farm, and fish farm in Ireland with a nice villa attached, so please give me the land.”

For a moment, the Secretary of State doubted his own ears.

You want land instead of cash?

“Excuse me, do you really want to cede territory?

“No way. I’m talking about private ownership.”

When Ha Soo-young shook his head as if it was nonsense, the Minister of State felt a sense of relief.

For a moment, I was very nervous, thinking that he was going to talk about ceding territory.

“It has always been my dream to build a nice cottage in a beautiful Irish setting and do some small farming.”

“The amount of food that the Swimming Farm has provided to our island is enormous. I can hardly imagine how much land would have to be provided to match that amount and at a fair price.”

“The cigars received from Britain and the cigars received from Ireland cannot be the same. Ireland has never interfered in the agenda of the permanent members.”

I heard it clearly.

The rates applied in Ireland and the UK are different.

“But I think the minister needs a benchmark that he can comfortably decide on, so, um, yes. Something like 100 square kilometers would be good.”

“100 square kilometers.”

Compared to the size of Ireland, it was by no means a small landmass.

However, Ha Soo-young did not specify which area he wanted. He just said that any place that was good for building a villa or farm would be fine.

‘This is nothing more than a pretext and an excuse to strengthen our friendship with Ireland!’

The minister realized that fact.

Ha Su-yeong brought and handed over an astronomical amount of food to Ireland even though Ireland didn’t even beg for it.

Before even deciding on the amount, he handed it over to me and told me to receive it first, and then he demanded a pitiful amount in return for what he had given me.

Perhaps the excuse of power failure when anchoring off the coast of Dublin was a well-planned lie from the start?

The Secretary of State detected another intention behind Ha Soo-young’s generous business dealings.

“Do you need a good friend to keep one of those annoying permanent members in check?”

“New friends are always welcome. If I establish a farm in Ireland, even if the tidal flats do not disappear, Ireland will at least have one less thing to worry about: food.”

The Secretary of State smiled brightly and genuinely for the first time today.

“From now on, I will treat you, Chairman, as a precious friend of Ireland.”

“I will also treat Ireland as a precious friend.”

“This is how you compensate Ireland.”

“Is it because I spoke Korean instead of English that the Atlantic Dragon King didn’t understand me properly? I don’t understand why he even locked up Ireland in a tidal wave. Why is this the way things are done?”

‘Or perhaps the Atlantic Dragon King mistook Ireland and England for one nation.’

“That’s why I have to come to land every now and then to check things out. How can I know what’s going on in the world when I’m stuck deep in the ocean?”

“But does the Dragon King really exist? Even you, Master, have never had a direct conversation with him in this life?”

“Then how do you explain the movement of the sea after I have observed something like a memorial service?”

“Rather than a dragon king as a personal god, isn’t it possible that there is a transcendent natural will-structure that processes and outputs commands inputted according to the master’s divine language?”

“Well, that could be true. It’s not like I was born as a Dragon King every time I was born on Earth. But that’s not important right now.”

In Ireland they gave away food as if it were nothing, and in England they sold it for a very high price.

Astronomical sums of pounds are now in his possession, with more to come.

“These guys really don’t have any plans. They’re opposing the standing committee, but they’re selling food, so they’re giving us money without hesitation.”

“I’m sure he thinks casting an abstention isn’t a big deal.”

“Because they have such poor empathy, they’ve been causing trouble all over the world, committing all sorts of war crimes. As expected, they’re a superior version of Japan. By the way, what would our Ireland give the old king as a villa?”

“Have you ever conquered Ireland?”

“Of course I did it.”

Ha Soo-young looked at Dublin Harbor from a distance and pointed with his finger from one side to the other.

“From there to there, it was all my family name. Now, not even a trace of it remains.”

“I guess you have no regrets about Ireland.”

“Is that so? We needed a forward base to destroy Britain, so we conquered Ireland first. And the people followed us loyally after their surrender, so we were able to destroy Britain easily.”

“Do you have any secrets?”

“After driving them into a dead end, they offered to turn them into a self-governing territory and exempt them from taxes for 100 years if they faithfully served as a forward base to attack Britain. So they surrendered and complied.”