Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 103



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103. The nobles of Huizhou (8)

The fight naturally became a fight between the left and right. But there was a problem. The number of people on the left and right were different.

There are 8 people on the left and 6 on the right. Even if the central salt shaker moves to the right, it will be a fight between 8 and 7.

“Then the silent prayer should come to the right.”

“Yeah, well.”

It didn’t really matter who I fought with anyway, because I wasn’t on anyone’s side right now.

“Welcome.”

The merchants on the right also seemed to want to talk to me, as they greeted me warmly.

“The Taoist master is very cute.”

“Eating is so satisfying. Eat more.”

“it’s okay.”

Myung-kyung, who was treated like a child, became slightly pouty. The merchants who sensed Myung-kyung’s discomfort quickly changed the subject to me.

“Ah. But then again, there won’t be anyone from your side who will come out.”

“yes?”

“There’s no way that young dojo could come out. Everyone here is at least first-class.”

Myungkyung’s lips protruded even more. It seemed that those words were also words that hurt Myungkyung’s pride. The problem was that if it was first-class as the merchant said, Myungkyung couldn’t handle it. Myungkyung also didn’t know that and remained silent.

I shook my head. I had no intention of using Death Penalty as a card in a gambling house like this anyway. Whether it was Myeong-gyeong, Myeong-yeop, Myeong-seong, or Myeong-jin.

“I’m going out.”

“huh?”

“I am also a shaman’s disciple. Although I am a lay disciple.”

“Ah, ah, that’s right. I guess the disciples of the underworld are a bit different.”

The merchants said that, but their eyes were not at all expectant. They had seen too many merchants who were disciples of the common people use shabby martial arts, so they understood.

“It’s okay. It’s a fight you don’t have to go to.”

“Yeah. What’s the point of hurting yourself for no reason? Both your body and time are money.”

Some of the merchants were even worried about me. It was funny. I almost forgot for a moment, but they were a group of people who had conspired to embarrass me. They probably wanted the painting that the disciple of the shamanist sect that they had proudly brought in said he couldn’t do.

However, a disciple who was much younger than expected came, and he even confessed his relationship with me and the shamans, so their goal had already been failed.

Of course, there is a concept of this kind of initiation ceremony in any group, so there is no great emotion. The world of merchants is like that. If you react sensitively to even the smallest things, you will miss the opportunity to advance further. Sometimes, it is necessary to broaden your stride.

“Because if you have to, you can always surrender.”

“Yeah. I guess so.”

“Is it okay if I lose?”

“What can we do if we are not okay?”

“It’s obvious that it’s a left-right fight. Is there something wrong with it?”

The merchants on the right flinched.

“You really know everything. What kind of source do you have to know so much about us?”

“I was lucky. I didn’t know that the 15 clans of Huizhou were divided into the old clans and the new clans.”

“That’s something only the merchants know.”

That’s definitely true. If it weren’t for Yeo Hong-yang, I wouldn’t have known about it. In fact, even I, who was a big shot in the business world in my previous life, heard about it for the first time.

The 15 tribes of Huizhou. If you include the minor tribes, there are a total of 55 tribes. The largest of the 55 tribes is called the 15 tribes of Huizhou. I thought the 15 tribes of Huizhou were all tightly knit as the same Huizhou merchants, but that wasn’t the case.

The Gu clan consists of eight families: Cheng, Wang, Wu, Huang, Hu, Wang, Lee, and Bang.

The Shin clan consists of seven families: Hong, Yeo, Po, Dai, Jo, Gang, and Sun.

The ones on the right are the Shinjok, and the ones on the opposite side are the Gujok. As you can see from their surnames, Son Yeong-ui and Yeo Hong-yang are Shinjok.

“You’re capable. But you really shouldn’t take it lightly.”

“No problem.”

“And there’s nothing particularly at stake. Whether the winner is the Gujok or the Shinjok, I just feel good.”

“That’s right. Otherwise, an accident will happen during the fight.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

While we were chatting, the first round of the game was about to begin. Of course, there were some necessary procedures that had to be followed before the game could begin.

“Okay, okay. Let’s start with the money, no. the salt.”

“I will bet two hundred geun on the enemy.”

“Oh my. Isn’t two hundred pounds too salty? Since when did you become so salty?”

“It’s two hundred pounds of salt, so of course it’s salty. Then how can it be bland?”

As soon as the gambling began, the whole place became lively. The contemptuous taunts of the black-lipped man who had just broken the spell were heard, but no one paid any attention.

“How long will it take you? Of course you don’t have to. Since it’s your first time, it wouldn’t be bad to just watch.”

“No. I’ll just leave it to the green man.”

“what?”

Everyone was shocked. Even the black-haired man who looked down on gambling turned to look at me.

A thousand pounds of salt. That was the amount of salt that could be exchanged for a hundred salt seals. And the number of salt seals Wang Song gave me was a hundred. Now I’m betting all the salt I’ve earned from this salting. And that’s just for the first time.

“Ahem. I admit that you are hot-tempered, but let’s reconsider. No matter what, wouldn’t it be a bit bad if your junior went back empty-handed?”

It was nonsense. In fact, the merchants were twitching their lips as if they were trying to hold back laughter.

“Then I’ll bet a thousand pounds on the enemy.”

“I weigh five hundred pounds.”

“Three hundred pounds.”

In an instant, the salt was directed towards the enemy. Since the skills were similar anyway, the expected value was higher when betting on the one with the higher odds.

Son Yeong-ui, who manages the gambling money, nodded after diligently working on the abacus. Calculating the odds must not have been easy, but judging from how fast he was at calculating, he was a skilled merchant.

In the end, I was the only one who bet on the Nok-ui-in in the first round. There was still a lot of slush left, and no one had the guts to burn salt like I did. In fact, they couldn’t have the guts. They weren’t top players like me.

They are just people in charge of salt at the top of the 15th clan of the Huiju. They may be high-ranking, but that doesn’t mean they can gamble away all their salt and go with an empty cart.

“Let’s start.”

Everyone who was going to walk walked, so the fight began. The fight was quite exciting. It was understandable, since the skills were similar.

The merchants cheered for the enemy with sweaty palms. There was no choice since most of the merchants had bet on the enemy.

However, the victory of the Green Man was a narrow one.

“oh my!”

“Take that!”

The enemy who lost by a single point couldn’t raise his face. He didn’t have to live up to their expectations, but he would still feel embarrassed.

“Haha. What should I do with this? I ate it all.”

“Luck usually comes to beginners.”

The merchants showed signs of discomfort as they spoke. They probably wouldn’t be in a good mood since they were being rushed by a rookie who had just arrived today.

But this wasn’t beginner’s luck. I picked the winner exactly every time and took the salt. People didn’t bet against me as much as they did the first time, but it was easy to collect a thousand pounds of salt.

“Hey, young man. Salt, you know. It’s very poisonous.”

“Hey. If it’s ten thousand pounds, it’s just pocket change. How could it be poisonous?”

People have become eyes that are incomprehensible. They won’t understand even if they wake up from the dead. I, too, barely managed to understand after waking up from the dead.

The worlds that the unmanned and the merchants live in and see are different. The merchants only know the level of the unmanned. However, not all first-class people are the same, and even the highest level varies greatly.

I could now see how strong my opponent was, because I had learned martial arts to that extent.

Where his muscles were developed, what kind of energy was leaking out, what kind of martial arts he was using. I had that information, but the other merchants didn’t. So this gamble was actually a fight that was too advantageous for me. I’m a merchant, but I’m also a warrior.

“What the heck?”

“Isn’t this a scam? Do I look like I’m wearing ice leg hot pants?”

The merchants eventually began to suspect me. But they also knew that their suspicions were ridiculous when they thought about it. The host here was Son Yeong-ui, the chief of the salt mines.

“Okay, okay. Quiet. I just got lucky.”

In the end, a strange situation unfolded where Son Yeong-ui took my side.

“The next match is between Hwiyoungsangdan and Ohuisangdan. Should we call this a no-deal match?”

“No. This guy is leaving.”

“……okay?”

Son Yeong-ui looked at me strangely, as if she hadn’t heard me say I was leaving. The escort of the upper ranks of the royal guard was a huge man who looked to be seven feet tall. His forearms were as big as my thighs, and it felt like my ribs would break the moment he squeezed them. It was just a matter of appearance.

“Ahem, two thousand pounds. Hang it on the upper part of the robe.”

“Well, me too. It was a difficult decision.”

The merchants started to hang on the other side, keeping an eye on me.

There was no one who bet on me except for the beast with the heart of a beast who was really trying to eat the reverse dividend.

“Then slowly… … .”

“wait for a sec.”

When Son Yeong-ui was about to proceed with the secret battle, someone stopped him. And there was only one person here who could stop Son Yeong-ui with such arrogant words.

“Can I walk too?”

“yes?”

The black-lipped man’s words were unexpected. At first, he despised the gambling table and didn’t even look at it, but then some wind blew and his mind changed.

“I, Daehyeop. This is something that merchants do among themselves, with salt at stake.”

“Since you’re going to hang it, why don’t you change it so that you can hang something other than salt? I’ll have some fun too.”

The man in black took off the scabbard at his waist and placed it on the table.

“I’ll bet on this.”

Everyone’s eyes widened. I squinted. I didn’t know what that sword was, but the decorations, patterns, and craftsmanship were not ordinary. It was obvious that the sword and scabbard were worth a great deal of money. There wasn’t a single merchant here who didn’t recognize it.

“… … Are you okay? The black symbolic one to the unmanned… … .”

“Since it’s going to break anyway, wouldn’t it be less frustrating if we played together?”

“So, who do you want to give this sword to?”

“I’ll bet on that boss.”

Everyone looked at those words with a look of doubt. I guess I felt the same way.

“……All right.”

Eventually, on the other side, there was a pile of salt weighing over a thousand pounds, and on my side, there was a famous sword hanging there.

‘I suddenly feel burdened.’

To be honest, it didn’t really matter to me whether I won or lost. Originally, you couldn’t bet on matches at your own level. If you could bet on matches at your own level, there was a chance that match-fixing would occur, so it seemed like they were trying to prevent it in advance.

“Then let’s begin.”

As the merchants started to murmur, Son Yeong-ui clapped his hands to get their attention.

I raised my head and looked at the escort warrior of the upper rank. But the warrior of the upper rank looked at me and avoided my gaze.

I smiled. No one noticed.

Perhaps the top-ranking officer tried to gauge me and failed. That’s why he was so intimidated.

At that moment, the outcome was already decided.

“start!”

bang!

Before Son Yeong-ui’s voice could even leave the Hwecheonru, the head of the Wuyi Sangdan’s unmanned unit was hit on the ground. I leisurely walked in, tripped, and grabbed the back of his head to strike him down.

“……what?”

That was a word that spoke for everyone here now.

Ah. Except for those two. The man with the black hair and the man with the black lips had smiles on their faces.