The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 498



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Episode 498 Plague [1]

Liston’s journey has finally come to an end.

Of course, that didn’t mean I got what I wanted.

First of all, finding someone who would catch the eye of our brother Liston was difficult.

This gentleman is quite a famous person in England.

And celebrities, then and now, are much more popular than what they actually look like or have.

‘No matter what, I never thought I would see something like this.’

In that situation, would you notice a person who is very skinny?

If only they were thin, it would be different, but the vast majority of people looked sick.

Unless we live in an age where infrastructure is as solid as the 21st century, malnutrition is inevitably the strongest chain that leads to disease.

Aren’t you in a state where you can’t even wash?

Did you feel sexually aroused while watching it?

Then I think it would be better to just die.

“Plain.”

“yes.”

“I feel like a dog.”

“Me too. This smell… … .”

I feel like there’s no need for that anymore.

why?

I just felt like I was going to die.

For now, even the samurai are hesitating.

To be honest, it didn’t seem like anything other than a powerhouse like Liston or Black Ship could do this.

Would it be an exaggeration to say that these people are filled with a sense of nostalgia for the ‘Joseon Army’, which was once invincible only to its own people?

I don’t think so.

I still clearly see the scene of these guys dragging out innocent people with their vicious hands.

Of course, Liston was easily able to command even such a band of bandits.

“Your Majesty.”

Thanks to that, the interpreter opened his mouth to Liston, who had become a gentleman in the meantime.

The guy also had a very scared look on his face.

It was natural.

The smell of death mixed with the wind that had been blowing since a while ago was something that anyone would find ominous.

“I think it would be best not to go to this town. It seems like there is an epidemic going on.”

Actually, that’s what I thought too.

What if this is a respiratory disease or something?

Even though Nana Liston ate well and had a high level of immunity, it was the same.

Bullets aren’t the only ones without eyes.

Even a bottle has no eyes.

Just because someone takes good care of their health doesn’t mean they won’t get sick, right?

I don’t even have to go far; just look at my ENT friend, he suddenly got a retinal detachment.

I have a low stress level, exercise regularly, and even manage my diet, but I just collapsed.

“Hmm.”

But Liston was a manly man.

No, all 19th century British people did that.

Rather, the red coats who had been indifferent until just a moment ago, that is, until Liston went on an adventure to find a woman to flirt with, began to come forward one after another.

“It seems like I’ve finally found a town worth going to.”

“Yes, what’s so scary about the plague? There are both Gyeongdo and Piyeongsi here.”

“That’s what I mean. Besides… … doesn’t meeting women and such go against our purpose?”

Among them was Captain Charles, a soldier and confidant of the Earl of Elgin.

He was a man who was loyal to the Earl and not to the British Empire, but he didn’t think there was anything wrong with that.

He was a typical political soldier, and as expected from someone like that, his words were sharp.

“If our British Empire is to establish itself to any extent in this Far East, the support of the Shogunate, or rather of the people, is essential.”

“Try it more.”

Liston is also a great doctor, not to mention a great doctor.

It’s not that there aren’t many people like this among doctors.

There are doctors out there who are just one of many, many doctors, and they act as if it is they or the patients that will be wiped out.

Liston is… … .

It seemed strange that I had killed far more patients than I had saved, but that didn’t mean I could step forward.

-I heard that T.E.P. Young ran away because he was scared.

-What on earth could a person who can even curse be afraid of…?

-Haha, what… Where would a yellow-haired person go? After all, he can’t do as well as a white person.

Because it’s obvious that this kind of conversation will happen.

No, how much have we proven so far, and you’re still going to do that shit?

Oh, I will.

I guarantee it.

We British people are literally a people who are always up and down, so if we find something to criticize, we will bring it down right away.

There are a lot of people right now who dislike me purely because of my skin color and appearance, so why are you saying that again?

“Even listening to it through the interpreter, it definitely seems… … that they don’t have good feelings toward us. Doesn’t it?”

“That’s true. Well… … Isn’t that possible? Aren’t they still uncivilized?”

“Yes, but even if they are uncivilized, they are still useful to our British Empire. In your opinion, they are much better than the Qing.”

“If the Count says so, then so be it.”

Although Liston usually has a tendency to flatter those in power, this isn’t just flattery.

As you heard yesterday, our count has considerable insight into the world situation.

It can’t be helped that he is the legitimate successor to the Greek Temple’s original pirate family.

Wouldn’t the person who tries to learn something be the one who gains the most knowledge?

You can tell just by watching a movie like .

No one will tell you where or how you got it, but you have all the blueprints.

If we convert that to 19th century terms, it’s a map, but the geography of the Qing Dynasty and Japan is already somewhat familiar thanks to exploration ships having visited the area several times over the past several hundred years.

“Yes, but if you’re going to use it like that, you’ll probably need to win over some public sentiment. I guess… … .”

“Oh, are you going to change the shogunate?”

“It doesn’t matter if you cooperate, but if not, we have to change. But if we do that, we will gain more power and spend less money and troops… … .”

“I will need your support. Alright. As a nobleman of the British Empire, I cannot just let this golden opportunity slip away.”

Liston slapped his knee, saying, “That’s right.”

Then he looked at me.

Well, I thought about it from the beginning, but persuasion seemed impossible.

My eyes have already rolled back.

Drying the mad Liston?

It is difficult even for our king.

“Idiot.”

“under.”

“Why are you sighing, you idiot!”

No matter what, I thought it was a bit harsh to just keep calling him a retard.

I sighed involuntarily.

I was wondering if this kid was doing this on purpose or if it was just a coincidence.

To be frank, my name isn’t Kim Tae-byeong, it’s Taepyeong.

Why did you go from being a commoner to a cripple?

“Anyway, you idiot. I need your help. Isn’t the plague a kind of sorcery?”

“No, brother. Sorcery? Everything we’ve discovered so far… … .”

“No, it’s something similar.”

“I said that’s not true at all?”

“So, can we stop it or not?”

“You have to go and see for yourself. I don’t even know what it is, but what should I… … Hey, why are you dragging me?”

“Didn’t you say you’d know if you went and saw?”

“I told you to wait and see… … When did I.”

“That’s it.”

The sayings, “Plague and witchcraft are the same” and “You have to go and see to know” echoed in my head, creating a strange feeling.

“Your Majesty!”

“Follow me. You are my people.”

“ah…….”

“What, aren’t you following me?”

“No, it’s not.”

Liston persuaded, no, threatened, the interpreter as he carried me with one hand.

Basically, the advice given by a strong person usually has the nature of coercion, but what kind of nature would the advice given by that strong person while exerting all his strength have?

You probably felt like if you didn’t listen here you would be cut down and dismembered immediately.

Besides, there aren’t only Liston here, there are also Red Coats.

They only move around with guns drawn the whole time, but they are guys who can intimidate others with just that.

Well-trained soldiers are always in sync with the times.

Even the clothes and guns they are wearing are well maintained, so… … .

It would be an elite rarely seen among people living in pre-modern times.

“Let’s do this for now.”

“Oh… … As expected, it’s you. You brought everything!”

“Unlike my brother, I always have patients in mind. In the first place, I go around to see if they are in trouble or not.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Anyway, since it has come to this, what can I do?

I started by giving out the masks I had brought.

It wasn’t that much of a waste.

Since it’s made of cloth anyway, it doesn’t cost much if you buy it in the UK, which is becoming the world’s largest cotton textile production base.

However, since Joseph isn’t here, I feel a bit pressured to disinfect it myself later, but… what can I do?

“ah.”

As we entered the main village wearing masks, a strong smell began to hit our noses despite the masks being worn.

That’s understandable, because a dead person was right in front of him.

The level of decay did not appear to be severe, perhaps because it had not been dead for that long.

“Hey, why are you touching that!”

One of our samurai walked over and courageously checked the body.

The samurai looked like they were asking what the problem was with what I said.

In comparison, Liston and the Red Coats were clicking their tongues.

I thought that this was the standard that distinguished between pre-modern and modern times.

Well, most of it was thanks to me, but anyway, now we had a clear concept of miasma, or germs.

“You go over there and wash your hands! With this!”

“No, why… … .”

“Stop talking nonsense and wash up! There’s something in that corpse that can kill people.”

“Ah, ahhhh! So this is a magic item?”

“What? No, it’s soap!”

“Ohh… … Witchcraft soap… … .”

Compared to that, aren’t the Japanese like that?

So I tried to explain it as best I could so that it would be understandable, but as I continued, it turned into witchcraft again.

‘I guess there’s no need to correct it, right?’

What can we do by developing Japanese studies?

That’ll just cause a war later on.

No, it’s not just war, Unit 731 is going to do Maruta experiments or something.

Medical knowledge will be used 100% like that, for real.

It’s obvious we’ll end up in militarism, right?

‘Looking at what we say about the British Empire… … it seems like it was going to end up that way from the beginning.’

Japan is not strictly speaking a British colony.

It’s not that Britain is kind, it’s that they’re too far away to manage.

However, the long arm of the British Empire must have had some influence.

Especially until the Russo-Japanese War, it was unconditional.

‘Common sense… … does it make sense that a country at this level now would grow to the point of going to war with Russia in less than 100 years?’

Even though Russia is a second-rate power that only gives and takes outside its homeland, it is still a European power.

But are you still getting robbed by these pre-modern guys?

If there had been proper development, this would have been absolutely impossible.

But what if we focus all development on the military?

There will be huge side effects later, but who knows, this isn’t our country.

It’s obvious that they’re thinking, ‘If it can be used to fight Russia right away, then that’s good enough.’

‘But how can I teach you properly?’

As this thought occurred to me, I found myself reaching out my hands to the sky.

I was bored just doing this, so I mixed it up with the Korean Shaman and walked around stamping my feet.