I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 195



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (195)

[On June 22, Oama decided to rise up and headed to Mino. Then, he rose up in the Yamato Basin and raided Yamato-kyo in Asuka. This was the beginning of the Jinshin War.]

This is Japan, and a newspaper article caught the public’s attention.

The Shinshin War (672) was an event that marked the beginning of modern-day Japan, and the Ōama mentioned therein was Emperor Tenmu, the 40th emperor of Japan.

Emperor Tenmu was the one who elevated the emperor to the position of the true ruler of Japan.

He may be called the 40th emperor, but the 39 emperors who came before him were not even emperors.

[It is estimated that the Buyeo people settled in Japan around 1,600 years ago. They had a more advanced civilization than the indigenous Japanese, the Ainu people, and at that time, there was no organized state in Japan, so the immigrants built their own power in each region. – Ango Shin Nihon Geography (安吾 新日本地理 – 1951)]

As Anko’s New Geography of Japan, published in 1951, states, at that time there was no government in Japan to represent the country.

In such a situation, could the leader known as the Emperor properly rule Japan?

Japan started out as a confederation of several powerful clans.

In the beginning, the Soga clan had the upper hand, and after that, the Fujiwara clan system took over, so it was far from centralized power.

The one who put an end to this confusion was Prince Ooama.

The Jinsin Rebellion he led was not a simple struggle for the throne.

The Mino region where he rose up only lit the spark of a great war.

It was a major incident that virtually engulfed the entire country of Japan, including Kinai, the center of Japan, and the Seto Inland Sea.

Because he won this war, Ooama was able to become the emperor who ruled Japan.

However, there are hidden protagonists in this major incident that announced the beginning of Japan.

That is the Owari clan,

When the Mino uprising took place, Prince Ooama’s followers numbered only a few dozen.

The Owari clan was the one who turned this lowly organization into a great power, but their existence is erased from the Japanese chronicles.

Why did the Japanese imperial family have to hide their existence?

The answer was discovered relatively recently.

[It is presumed that the Owari clan, along with the Izumo clan, are immigrants who came from the Korean peninsula. In fact, the two families are recorded as the Cheonsun clan in the Newly Compiled Family Records, and it cannot be denied that the Izumo clan has a deep connection with Silla.]

The Shinsen Seongsirok is a record of the clans of ancient Japan compiled in 815.

Here, the Owari clan is recorded as a descendant of the Tenson clan.

To put it simply, the Cheonson clan is a family that assisted the royal family.

So let’s recap here.

1,600 years ago, the Buyeo clan settled in Japan via the Korean Peninsula, establishing independent power in each region.

Then, the centralized government system of Japan began with the Jinshin War caused by Prince Ooama, and the Owari clan that supported Emperor Tenmu were immigrants from Silla?

Could this be the reason why their traces were erased from Japanese history?

But even if the ruling class erased its traces, looking at ancient documents, it is undeniable that the Owari clan played a major role in the Shinshin Rebellion.

The question is why are these claims starting to emerge now?

There is good reason for that.

[Daehan Transport actively invests in the opening of Sanyo Shinkansen]

[Economic vitality in the Sanin area]

[Izumo is a territory developed by the ancient Silla people]

Izumo is where Japanese history began in mythology.

It is said that an ancient giant created a continent by pulling in the lands around him, and among the lands the giant pulled in was something called Shiraki.

It is almost an established fact that Shiraki means Silla, and there are traces of Silla’s contribution to Japanese history not only in historical materials but also in mythology.

But what if that history is still repeating itself?

South Korea’s head of state, Park Sang-geun, is from the Goryeong Park clan and is a descendant of the Silla royal family. Is it true that the Silla royal family is leading the economic development of the Sanyo-Sanin region?

From the Japanese perspective, this is a development that gives goosebumps all over your body.

If this is really true, is history repeating itself?

Just as the aristocrats who came from Silla contributed greatly to the birth of Japan, what if Marshal Park Sang-geun, a descendant of the royal family of Silla, is expanding his influence by leading the Japanese economy?

In the past, he contributed greatly to the birth of Japan and then disappeared into the back alleys of history, but what about now?

Now, from the Japanese perspective, the Korean enemy is a fearful and respected figure.

Will he disappear after making a great contribution to the founding of Japan like that time, or will he turn Japan upside down from the roots like Prince Ooama?

Although more specific research is still needed, many Japanese people have already begun to regard Park Sang-geun as the shadow of Silla that appeared in Japan over a thousand years ago.

A literally awe-inspiring figure,

That presence was evident this time as well.

***

“Your Majesty, this way.”

“yes.”

Ongoing business trip to Japan,

I toured the coastal area of ​​Sanin-Sanyo.

This place was once famous for producing Japanese sea salt, but most of them have closed due to Japanese government policies.

It is far more profitable to pour seawater into a furnace and extract refined salt than to produce sea salt; in fact, Britain recently increased salt production to 8 million tons using this method.

So what about Japan’s salt production?

Desperately, it stops at 900,000 tons.

“Throw that purified salt in the trash can!!”

“When it comes to salt, sea salt is the best!! It has to be made by drying it in the sun!!”

In Korea as well as Japan, there is a strong preference for sea salt.

This is because there is a perception that sea salt is less salty than refined salt and is better for the human body, but the reality is a little different.

Less salty means less salty, and in fact, factory-made salt has a much higher sodium content than sea salt.

So it feels saltier and more artificial to people’s mouths.

But it makes no sense for companies to educate consumers in that way.

“I don’t like refined salt!! Give me sea salt!!”

“Ah, do you like sea salt better? Then I should give it to you.”

This is why Korea’s salt production is only 300,000 tons.

If consumers prefer refined salt, the factories could run and produce 7 million tons of salt a year.

But the reality is that Korea consumes over 5 million tons of salt every year, and the supply is woefully short of demand.

That’s why we have to import it from outside, but where do we get the sea salt from?

The United States produces 40 million tons of salt each year, and it goes without saying that it is refined salt.

Then what about our neighboring country, Japan?

They closed down the salt farms and started producing refined salt, but it’s not selling.

Everyone says that their tastes have become more sophisticated and they don’t eat cheap refined salt, but can Korea import sea salt from Japan?

In the end, the Japanese government’s decision to close the salt farms was self-inflicted.

The biggest problem is that the residents of the Sanin-Sanyo area who made a living by farming salt farms have lost their source of income. This is a rural area, so there is no proper source of income.

But the government closed down the salt farms to mass-produce salt in factories, so what would have happened to the public sentiment here?

Literally on the verge of explosion,

After much deliberation, I made a decision.

“How much salt can be extracted if the salt pans are revived?”

“It would be around 800,000 tons.”

“Hmm~ But it’s still not enough. But let’s get it out there. There’s plenty of demand.”

I promoted sea salt to the people of the Sanin-Sanyo area.

There is a lot of demand for sea salt, so if the locals produce salt, Daehan Transportation can sell it to various places.

In this way, the salt farms that the Japanese government had closed down have been revived.

San’in-Sanyo, which had suffered from a long recession, recovered its vitality, and salt prices remained high thanks to the Japanese’s preference for sea salt.

Sea salt that is literally out of stock and cannot be sold.

In this way, I unintentionally swept away Japan’s salt industry.

The plan is to increase salt production to 1.5 million tons within the next 10 years, and Japanese public opinion is responding with astonishment.

[Just eat it all up]

[I give this country to you. Take it.]

Japanese intellectuals spouting empty words,

There is a lot of discontent, asking how they could possibly monopolize such trivial things.

But I didn’t monopolize it, I just revived the salt farms that the Japanese government had closed down. Who told me to do that?

Entrepreneurs have to produce products that suit the tastes of their customers. What’s the point of producing refined salt in a factory if consumers turn away from it?

Japan only emphasized effectiveness and ruined the salt industry.

Do you think Korea imported sea salt from China because it had no sense?

That’s why policies are difficult, and I pointed out the incompetence of the Japanese government.

“Businesses have to sell what consumers want, and governments have to figure out what the people want to be successful. What on earth were you doing while I was reviving the Japanese salt farms? That’s what I want to ask.”

The Japanese government and intellectuals who have nothing to say,

If there is time for table talk, isn’t it the role of rulers and businessmen to find out what the people want and what the consumers want?

What have you all been doing all this time that you’ve been ignoring it?

But now you’re saying that Daehan Transportation has a monopoly on Japan’s salt farms? Let’s see how many Japanese people would agree with that.

The people of San’in-San’yo area have already turned to me a long time ago. Do you think that Japan is being occupied by Korea?

Don’t you think that it’s because you guys are involved in politics that things have turned out like this?

While Japan is turning a blind eye, 2 million tons of sea salt are being produced in China every year.

This gap will continue to widen in the future, so if we don’t want it to widen further, we have to work harder at producing in the future.

The Soviet Union is also producing salt to meet Korea’s demand for solar salt, and the Korea-Japan solar salt market is expected to soar to at least 10 million tons in the future.

I figured it out early on, so I’m just going to spend the money.

You should be angry that your thoughts only go so far, and belittling me as an invader seems like a shallow tactic to cover up your own incompetence.

“I have no intention of letting go of this industry. If you want it back, pay me the price.”

I valued the Japanese salt industry at $650 million.

Considering future value, it was natural to accept this much, so the embarrassed Japanese government recommended negotiations.

I blocked the attempt to have the Japanese government manage sea salt in the future by guaranteeing 30% of the profits.

Have you forgotten that Japanese parliamentarians are receiving my support?

The power structure that will not change no matter how much you talk about it for a hundred days,

Even if you advertise that refined salt produced in a factory is better than sea salt, the Japanese people will not believe you.

In a situation where we need to secure even sea salt produced in China,

Eventually, the Japanese government imported 700,000 tons of sea salt through Daehan Transport.

A shocking situation is unfolding in which salt produced in our own country is imported.

Even Japan’s far-right groups felt fear in the face of a merchant who cut off their noses while their eyes were open.

Public opinion was forming that Silla had been swallowing up Japan for over a thousand years, but I did not believe in such pseudo-science.

I am not trying to cover Japan with the shadow of Silla, but I am just trying to do business in Japan that will make money. In fact, isn’t Japan also benefiting as the economy of the San’in-San’yo region revives?

Who would have thought that I would devour Japan?

This is why I hate pseudoscience.

People are making a fuss as if the end of Japan will come because of Korea, but what is the reality?

The Japanese economy is growing every year, and Daehan Transport is also riding on that growth and reaping the benefits.

Korea and Japan are not in a relationship of eating each other, but rather cooperating economically. I have proven this not with words but with actions.