Chapter 264 – 3. Dongju in May (1)
During the voyage, they met by chance and arrived at the kingdom of Yeon due to the fate of saving the kingdom’s fleet.
My first impression of Yeon Kingdom was that it had a lot of water.
A place where waterways are used instead of roads and boats pulled by all sorts of swimming animals instead of wagons.
They were usually large turtles or dolphins. The most unassuming animal was a small boat driven by a child, pulled by four ducks.
It was so cute that it made me laugh out loud.
“Thank you very much. What if it really wasn’t for you…”
The young man, who climbed the wall to take on the role of guide, thanked Yuri’s son.
Of course, even if they hadn’t come, they might have won.
However, even if they had won, it was clear that unimaginably huge damage would have been inflicted.
At least half of those who survived here must have died.
He himself would not have been able to assure his life or death.
“The kingdom of Yan is indeed full of water.”
“Yes. It’s a truly blessed place. Thanks to that, I can farm 24/7 all year round, so I’m very wealthy.”
Compared to Ming, which is an empire, I felt like it was rural, but it felt very bustling in a different sense from Ming.
Rather, it should be said that it gives off a lively and bright atmosphere that was not found in Myeong.
Most of the buildings were built in half contact with the land and half of the water, and the appearance of coming and going through the boat was so natural that it showed a unique appearance.
“The farming seems to be going well.”
Hee hee, the young man began to show off his pride.
In the introduction of the young man, Yeon Kingdom was a really good kingdom, but it was not without its flaws.
As water was very abundant, the land itself was poor, so it was impossible to grow crops that could only be grown without good drainage.
The same was true of cattle.
Due to the nature of the land with a lot of water, there were very limited places to raise ordinary livestock, and it was difficult to raise them in most lands.
In fact, it seemed that they could not be raised in most areas unless they were creatures that could live well in water like ducks.
“Instead, if you look over there, each house has a small fish farm. On the other side of the wide sea, there are places where the water is a bit shallow and wide sea ranches have been built.”
In fact, I could see a place where thin wooden sticks were tightly planted to make small places to trap fish next to the house.
When I asked why there was such a thing, it seemed to be a small fish farm.
But… It’s hard to say that it’s food in the true sense, and wouldn’t it be more like sheep (bringing in captivity)?
YuRia laughed at that sight.
In rural villages, has the landscape of each family raising a few chickens in their front yard been replaced by a small fish farm?
For some reason, in that strange feeling, YuRia felt like an aquarium for some reason, so I came to think that this would be fun too.
Really, to the extent that I wonder if it would be nice to go sightseeing here for a while, if not for the sons I left far away.
‘It’s just a matter of coming back next time, so let’s just think about it for now… ‘
I felt somehow bitter.
I had to run away, almost throwing away the house I had built for the rest of my life. Tia, a sore finger, was already in a situation where she needed to be taken care of by Tia rather than taking care of herself. That’s why even when Tia used her as she pleased, she was a little angry, but she couldn’t be angry.
About 15 years were left until the time when Tia had to move to the empire she mentioned.
At that thought, Yuria thought at the same time that this much time had already passed and at the same time wondered if this was the only time that had passed.
There are times when I wasted my time in a frozen state.
It was also a day full of eventful times that made my eyes tremble and my teeth tremble just thinking about it now.
YuRia returned to her room and started writing the letter she used to write every day, unless there was something special going on. Hosea, Joshua and Tia. Write a letter to each child individually.
And YuRia, who was looking to see if there was a reply in the subspace, sighed and sighed at the letter that was not there today.
But. Although the heart of her child and the heart of her parents cannot be the same, it was a bit regretful.
Even so, when something happened or something special happened, he always let me know, so it was admirable.
Meanwhile, Yuria suddenly came up with the idea of installing a gate here.
But she decided to put it on hold for now.
First of all, it was because the production of the gate itself cost an enormous amount.
The gate business, which was developed as a fairly large business, is making huge profits, but it was not long ago that this business turned into a surplus.
For a moment, thinking that Delis had a lot of trouble with money circulation, she thought it would be good for sightseeing, so installing a gate was something she shouldn’t have done.
She doesn’t live alone with Loa like she did in the past, and as she is related to society in many ways, she can’t spend money impulsively.
In fact, she is now her own, no, Loa and her property are her family’s property, and in fact, the stake in Delhi’s is very large, and the feeling that Delhi’s is an asset to the top of the euro in operation is also considerable.
“Ummm…”
While thinking about it, Yuria picked up a pen.
She had written a letter to Delis in advance. She didn’t ask me to prepare right away, but I’d like to find out about opening a gate to the East Continent once, but I want you to calculate the business evaluation for it.
Yuria, who sent her letter like that, suddenly had an idea.
If she goes through Methuselah, she might be able to talk to Tia while she is on the ship.
“…”
Actually, the fool wasn’t Loa, was she herself?
No, I don’t know for now.
“Methuselah. Is there any way to contact Tia? Not by letter, but by direct voice.”
– Sorry, but it’s impossible. However, if the Master regains his ability, there is a way.
What did Yuria say? And tilted her head.
“Isn’t it meaningless to try to regain her ability?”
– Thoughts can be conveyed regardless of distance, but to read thoughts, you must be in front of your eyes or in contact with your body. Therefore, the other side has no way to communicate with the Master.
At those words, Yuria was stunned and lost in her thoughts for a moment.
“What is that method?”
-If you study this ship, you can understand it naturally. However, like this ship, the other side also requires a device made of cedar wood.
At those words, Yuria let out a sigh.
“It would be cheaper to create another artifact that enables intercontinental communication.”
– I agree.
In the end, the idea that she tried to talk to Tia through Mood Sella was a futile idea.
Maybe I didn’t think of it because there was no possibility in the first place.
For some reason, YuRia, who was feeling down, got up from her seat and went to visit Fang.
Looking at Shen and Fang reading her book in her chair in her own room, the largest room in her ship, Yuria somehow smiled.
She still hadn’t decided whether to become an adopted daughter, but she had a clear will to live with him, so the two of them were studying letters very diligently.
While reading a book for a while, Pang is aghast at Yuria’s arrival. And her face blushed slightly.
Seeing Fang like that, YuRia also blushed a little.
It’s embarrassing, but it’s like a necessary treatment for Fang, so YuRia sat on her bed, took a deep breath, prepared her mind, and gestured to Fang.
Fang also gulped and swallowed her saliva, approaching her with a very tense face and sitting down on her bed. Soon, without a word, Yuria opened her collar and pulled her down to reveal her breasts.
Fang was still a child and she said she was like a girl now, but she was still a boy, so Yuria’s heart fluttered and shook.
Seeing Yuria like that, Fang also hesitated for a moment, but she closed her eyes tightly and held her large breasts with both hands, biting into the small protrusion at the end and starting to suck on her side.
“Hmmmmuh…!”
I could feel Yuria startling and trembling, but Fang tried to ignore it and sucked harder and harder.
It was because she knew from experience that the only way to minimize the humiliation Yuria would experience was to eat quickly as much as she needed to suck vigorously.
Quite bizarre.
She wondered why she was so happy when she was breastfeeding the baby she had given birth to, but why is she so shy now that her tears are about to come out?
She stretched out and felt her milk being sucked from the depths of her chest, and the feeling was so embarrassing that she trembled for a long time before her breasts were empty and started to hurt slightly. Lightly patted on the back.
It’s over.
“Haha…”
Yuria hurriedly adjusted her clothes and sucked in her breath as her body stiffened at the extreme embarrassment of her and she couldn’t breathe.
Yuria, who had been holding her breath for a long time with her eyes closed and one hand on her chest, opened her eyes and saw her Fang, who had a very guilty expression on her face. Whoops, she let out a sigh.
“It’s okay… She’s made up her mind to the point that she’ll be her mother if only you guys allow it, but she can’t stand this much.
This is unavoidable.
Shen, her older sister, may not know it, but her younger brother, Fang, has been living with her almost all her life.
She couldn’t help but need her own help, at least until she was old enough for a normal human to go through her menopause.
After letting out a deep sigh and brushing off her last emotions, Yuria gave her a bittersweet smile and hugged her fang lightly and comforted her.
“Don’t think too hard”
“…”
Unlike the waterway she first arrived at, there were no villages around the great waterway she arrived at this time.
The young soldier who saw Roa who was puzzled by him immediately explained the reason.
In the case of a great aqueduct, it is usually a waterway for huge ships, so it is not suitable for building houses because the depth is deep and it is difficult to build pillars on the bottom in the water.
The life of water houses began when the land was soft, but now, on the contrary, it seems that it was difficult to develop a village in this place where it is difficult to build a house on water.
Is that why? The surroundings of the waterway were literally alive with natural scenery.
“Come to think of it, why did the pirates target the military fleet?”
“The pirates didn’t target us, we encountered a group of pirates while patrolling the area. It’s an affluent land in many ways, but since the land is declining, we depend on imports for a lot of things, so pirates targeting it as merchant fleets come and go often. There are a lot of them, so they need to be cleaned regularly.”
The young man sighed and sighed.
Today is the first time I’ve experienced a real battle during my service as a soldier, but I’ve heard stories about it often.
I don’t really get tired of it, and pirates from all over the world gather here, so it’s very troublesome.
“What are the specialties of this place?”
At the question asked by YuRia, who had come up on the boat, the young man immediately smiled and opened his mouth proudly.
“First of all, rice is famous. Besides that, there are also water parsley and avocado.”
Avocado…
Hmmm, YuRia, who was lost in thought for a while, seriously thought about it.
Avocado, avocado. It is delicious to eat as it is cooked, but it is a good crop for producing the highest quality edible oil.
“Roa. I think we’d better stay in this country for a while.”
“Yuria?”
“I don’t know about the warp gate, but I’ll have to leave the subspace gate for the warehouse here. Avocado is, in many ways, the best crop for producing top-notch edibles.”
Olives and avocados are suitable crops for weaving the highest quality edibles, but olive oil has a relatively low smoke point and has a unique scent, so it does not go well with some dishes, but avocado does not have such a strong scent, so it goes well with any dish.
And its high smoke point was very suitable for various cooking requiring high temperatures.
Of course, even if the smoke point of olive oil is relatively low, it’s not that low, so it doesn’t matter, but even so, its unique scent is unavoidable.
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to buy avocados in large quantities. I’ll continue to do that regularly. This country also seems to grow only a few crops, so there are many shortages, so isn’t it the best country for trade?”
There are many things that need to be done here to make a branch at the top of the euro, but first of all, we can still do some preliminary research.
Aside from that, rice can also be purchased cheaply here, so if you sell it to a kingdom, you might be able to make a lot of money.
I decided to stop for a while thinking that I would be able to get a stable supply of avocado, which can be said to be a high-quality food ingredient, but Yuria didn’t know.
About the consequences of this decision.
* * *
A huge ship of pure white follows leisurely. The more I looked at Baek Kyung, the more I felt like I was being intimidated.
Even though the trade ship, which was maximally enlarged for trade, had a width slightly wider than a hundred caliber due to the ship’s stability, the length and height did not reach the latter.
Actually, the trading ship made like that was slow, and at most it was mainly used for the nearby Golden Kingdom and Yuan Kingdom, and was sometimes used only when trying to import many items from the Zhou or Ming Dynasty at once.
However, that boat, Baekkyung, was following the boat with almost all of its sails folded, although it was going slowly because it was a waterway.
In order to deal with the pirates, although he sacrificed a certain amount in terms of size, he could not understand the appearance of the white whale easily following this warship that had increased its speed as much as possible.
As a country that is more familiar with water than anyone else, when it comes to ship-related technology, it is by no means inferior to the famous empire, and on the contrary, the pride that it considered superior was shattering miserably in front of the white whale.
I know that you have received great grace.
However, he was a general loyal to the country.
In order for the kingdom of Yeon to develop further in the future, it was thought that the technology of the ship called Baekgyeong was necessary.
Even if it means repaying favor with an enemy.
“…”
Of course. From the beginning, I had no intention of unconditionally repaying the favor with an enemy.
Either way, it’s a last resort.
But if you can’t get the white whale’s drying method…
“Kuhm”
The general was thirsty.
There is a conscience stabbed in the heart of wanting to become a beast that betrays grace, but it is also because he has seen the majesty of a young man who wiped out pirates.
The clumsy duke will collapse like a rotten straw before that young man’s sword.
It was clear that something was not going to happen.
If so, what should I do?
The general glanced up at the white whale that was following him.
The red-haired young man often looked downward while talking to the soldier he had sent in the guide car.
Looking closely at him, I noticed a little bit of blue hair sticking out over the railing of the ship.
They are said to be on a long journey to restore their wife, who was said to have become a child under an unknown spell, to her original form.
And that young man was strong in arms, but seemed to lack a lot of intellect, and it seemed that his wife made up for the young man’s lack of intellect.
‘Do I have to keep the two apart somehow?’
Intelligence and powerlessness. If there is only one of the two, there is a way to attack somehow.
However, when the two of them come together, it is difficult to come up with a way to handle it.
Without pressing down with overwhelming force more than necessary.
* * * * * *
Yuria, who finally arrived at the capital of Yeon Kingdom, looked at the palace with a smile.
He never imagined that even the royal palace would be connected by waterways.
“Across the lake is the Ming Empire.”
“To?!”
Unable to imagine that the capital would be placed right next to a foreign country, Yuria looked at the soldier in surprise.
“Because the lake is so large, the distance between Ming and Gao is unexpectedly quite far. Most of all, most of the land around the lake is also the territory of our Yan kingdom. Literally, only one side of the far side touches the Ming Empire. It’s comfortable this way even though I do a lot of things. Most of all, Yeon Kingdom is on good terms with the Empire, so there’s no big problem.”
I thought I had arrived by now, but as expected, another problem arose.
The waterway inside the royal castle was so large that a hundred whales could not pass through it.
The width itself was not a problem.
The problem is height.
I thought the mast was high, but I didn’t think it would be this high, so everyone was embarrassed.
“How would you like to leave the white whale here and come in our boat?”
At the words of the young soldier, Yuria hesitated a little.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been burned so many times that I thought it would be okay. In the current situation, I was very afraid to get away from the only thing I could do.
But. Contact was necessary to make the trade he wanted.
It didn’t necessarily have to be a king, but he did have to be someone with some status.
Because the name is international trade.
“By the way, is this something worthy of meeting the king face-to-face?”
“Oh, I guess I didn’t say that.”
“?”
The young soldier opened his mouth with a look on his face as if he had really done a great job.
“One of the ships you saved is the youngest princess, who was cherished by His Majesty.
At those words, YuRia groaned and began to agree to some extent.
The son of his beloved brother.
If he was to the extent of marrying a princess, he must be a high-ranking noble (official). If it was the eldest son, he was naturally likely to be the heir to the family.
“For a moment…”
Leaving her loa on her deck, Yuria entered her ship and knocked on Tamamo’s door.
Was Tamamo in the form of a fox in the room? For a moment, a sound like a somersault was heard and the door opened.
“What is afterlife?”
“Umm… I’m asking you this, but can you meet the King of Kites in my guise instead of me?”
Tamamo was dumbfounded by Yuria’s words, and she pondered for a while.
“Look, do you have any reason to meet with the King?”
“Since the specialties here are pretty good, I thought I’d try to do international trade properly.”
Yuria told Tamamo about the situation in Yeon Kingdom and special products.
Avocado is a crop from which special grade edible oil can be obtained. An environment in which crops that cannot grow in wet land cannot be grown due to too much water.
In fact, selling the goods of a kingdom and an empire at a high price. It was a story that avocados could be purchased cheaply and in large quantities to produce high-quality oil.
“Are those avocados that good?”
“Even if you cook with it, it tastes really good. The oil itself is really good. There is no better oil than that for cooking oil.”
I wondered how much oil Yuria coveted, but Tamamo nodded her head with a smile.
“Perhaps this ship has the ability to see the surroundings and can communicate words to me with the ship’s ability, so it’s probably trying to get me to speak instead.”
“That’s right”
“However, the place where the bonnyeo must enter is the royal palace. Is there really a law that prevents this ship’s communication from being blocked?”
At those words, YuRia moaned and pondered again.
“What are you so afraid of?”
“Because if you thought it would be okay at a time like this, you were caught and dissected or raped…”
“…Suddenly, she became terribly afraid of becoming her descendant.”
At Tamamo’s words, Yuria giggled, but she really didn’t laugh when she smiled.
“Just go”
“Yes?”
“Husang, if you’re honest, isn’t your combat power enough to win if you’re not someone who has trained and polished your strength? If that’s not the case, the ones who can threaten the next life will have to be monsters or powerful races like youkai, not humans at all.”
“…”
As Tamamo said, even if she faced Theverin Tutz again, she was confident enough to beat the three or four without too much difficulty.
“She’s the original woman, but the demonic energy hasn’t completely drained from her body, so it’s better if she doesn’t use her powers if possible.”
“…Okay. What could happen?”
But she was anxious.
If you must do it, you will catch someone.
Then she will go with Loa. Please protect the ship well with the rest of the people.”
“Don’t worry, juniors. It’s easier than you think for the next generation to worry about.”
The frequency of what later generations experienced is strange.
If it happened so often, humans would not have been able to establish a society at all, and the nation would have been soybean flour, and mankind itself would have been a monster, and we would not have been able to unite and resist the existence of monsters.
In fact, it would have collapsed immediately.
That’s why Tamamo didn’t think much of Yuria’s jinx.
It’s just a coincidence.
But coincidences happen once or twice. That’s three or four times. If it becomes five times.
Could he really be seen as a mere coincidence?
