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“It’s a telegram from the Korean Empire.”
came to New York
I’ll have to go down to the Federal Reserve soon, but I’m going to stay in New York until I finish my work or negotiations in the Korean Empire.
“Thank you.”
hedge fund headquarters.
James handed me the telegram.
“It is said that Wan Yong-ri arrived safely in the Korean Empire. The imperial family authorized the establishment of the Korean Empire’s post office, and Wan Yong-ri was appointed as the first post minister.”
“I’m sure the money will make things go faster. How about the Smithsonian Geological Exploration Team?”
When Ambassador Lee Wan-yong returned to the Korean Empire, there were quite a few people who followed him.
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One is Samuel Sachs, who is in charge of the Japan Settlement Bank, and his companions.
Another was the Smithsonian Foundation, which was dispatched for geological exploration and coastal surveying of the Korean Empire.
“The Smithsonian Exploration Team is said to start work right away.
“They seem to have fallen on fire, too.”
The Imperial Family of the Korean Empire.
King Gojong probably owes $30 million in debt, but he may be thinking of finding and selling one more copy.
‘Oh no.’
Anyway, that wouldn’t be it.
Still, it was reassuring to see the Smithsonian receiving support from the imperial family of the Korean Empire.
At least it won’t hurt.
“What about Sax?”
“It is said that Director Sachs arrived safely while passing through Japan. He has work to do at Nippon Steel. Did you know?”
“Oh, I’ll tell you about that later.”
“Yes.”
pallang.
I waved the telegram in my hand.
“What else is this telegram?”
“The Imperial Family of the Korean Empire wants to partially accept the treaty and partially revise it.”
“It’s a revision.”
It’s not an amendment.
The content was full of unnecessary rhetoric, but in the end there was only one thing I wanted to say.
“You’re asking for more because you don’t have enough money. Am I the only one who interpreted it that way?”
“Yeah, that’s how it read to me.”
“I’ll be delighted.”
Isn’t $100,000 in rebate enough for $1 million per ticket?
Well, it could be because everyone wants different things.
“And there is also this passage that complete freedom of religion is impossible.”
“Isn’t this an indirect expression of asking for more money?”
“No, that’s not what I mean.”
It looked like it could be used.
“James, there is one area where Protestants in the United States have a problem. To be precise, it’s the worst problem the entire Protestant community is suffering from.”
“Are you heresy?”
“Oh, that’s right. But it’s not the perfect answer.”
heresy.
This is also one of the reasons.
“There are two most fundamental causes: sectarian divisions and fading identities.”
“ah.”
“Even within the same Baptist Church, if there are divisions and different values, is it really a denomination? Protestants always think about it.”
It is approaching the worst of Christianity in modern Korea. They don’t know what they believe. Without knowing the values, the politics between the general assembly, presbytery, and local churches are also running at the end of the day.
There are many believers who believe in it.
The problem is that the power struggles of a small number of power groups that cause such conflicts are a problem.
Even within the same denomination, sects are indiscriminately divided, and astonishing things happen, the local churches take hostage as a means of self-defense to withdraw from the denomination.
Why?
There are dozens of denominations of the same denomination. There are many places to go even if you resign.
“There is no one in power who would like this kind of bullshit.”
“…I guess so. Just hearing about it makes me dizzy.”
“I would like to accept the proposal of the imperial family of the Korean Empire. I’ll have to get the opinions of Baptists, Anglicans, and Catholics.”
“Yes.”
But I am not a Hogu.
I don’t remember ever giving the Korean Empire an offer in the first place. Violation of the rules stipulated in the treaty can be brought to the International Permanent Court of Arbitration.
It was a telegram that I could chew on, but I thought I could change it to my advantage.
“Instead of accepting all the proposals of the imperial family of the Korean Empire, I will make conditions.”
“What conditions?”
“Let the Bank of Japan Settlements recognize the direct ownership of the land 500 information indirectly owned and allow foreign corporations to own the land.”
“Are there any more?”
“Ah, it allows you to set a restricted area for land ownership. If you tighten it too much, you will get a rejection reaction.”
“Yes, I see. That’s the end of the story.”
widely.
James ripped open the note and put it into his pocket.
“Shall we tell the Imperial Family of the Korean Empire?”
“no.”
I smiled.
If we make a proposal directly to the imperial family of the Korean Empire, it doesn’t look good.
In this case, you can use the organization you are trying to use.
“Deliver it to the Imperial Household through the Post Office of the Korean Empire.”
Go to work, meat shield.
It’s the first task.
***
Japan Settlement Bank.
Tokyo headquarters.
“This is the new steel business plan proposed to the board by the Detroit Chairman.”
Samuel Sachs.
He convened a board meeting of the Bank of Japan as soon as he returned to Japan after consulting with Detroit Morgan on New Nippon Steel.
Board of Directors of Japan Settlement Bank.
It was filled with directors of Goldman Sachs, New York descent, and hedge fund secretariats.
“If it’s a new steelmaking business, is it Japan again?”
“No, not Japan.”
New Japan Special Industrial Zone.
Four industrial complexes were first selected as industrial complexes designated by GHQ on the advice of the Smithsonian Foundation and Japan Settlement Bank.
Katakushu, Keihin, Chukyo, Hanshin.
The railroad construction plans of American railroad companies were also being planned in consideration of this industrial complex.
But today’s content was nowhere else.
“The first generation of the Korean Empire.”
The unfamiliar name of the board of directors began to roar.
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Of course, the Korean Empire was not completely unfamiliar because it was right next to the Japanese Islands.
But it was an unknown land they had never been to.
“Why did the Korean Empire suddenly…”
“I heard that the Korean Empire is going to declare freedom of religion in the imperial family soon.”
“ah!”
Freedom of religion.
What this meant was clear. For the full license of Christian missionary work.
In particular, it was more meaningful when a special country such as the Korean Empire declared it.
“It is rare to find a country where 10 million people live on a small land. Even a country that has not even been modernized properly. Not even an industrial park, let alone a railway.”
It has a high population density and has a basic weight class.
A blue ocean that has not even been modernized.
It is a strategic point that can extend to the continent and the starting point of land transportation in Asia.
“But it’s not an extreme land where even the language or culture doesn’t work, let alone the infrastructure.”
Conversation doesn’t work
culture doesn’t work
In fact, it looks like a barren land to the western eye.
“The Baptists, Anglicans, and Catholics say they are sending missions to the Korean Empire in earnest.”
“A missionary group? Isn’t that too small for a decent number of people?”
“First of all, they said that only 1,000 people were confirmed for the baptismal meeting.”
1,000 people.
I shut my mouth at that absurd number.
A lot.
“The Anglican Church said it was sponsored by JP Morgan and the British government.”
“I’m not kidding.”
“Not to mention Catholicism.”
“Why?”
ignorant
In the opinion of Sachs, the directors were too ignorant of the Korean Empire, but there was nothing they could do about it.
It was on the edge of the Far East.
“I heard there were three persecutions. It is said that missionaries belonging to the Paris Foreign Missions Church were almost wiped out through the three persecutions of Gihae, Byeongoh, and Byeongin.”
“That’s… it’s a pity.”
“But ironically, thanks to that, Catholicism in the Korean Empire has taken root. The number of church members counted by the Gyeongseong Diocese is about 50,000. It’s not an exact number. There are many undisclosed Catholics.”
Through the concrete layer of Confucianism, it gathered as many as 50,000 believers. In the process of being slaughtered three times for being Catholic.
In fact, the Paris Foreign Missions Church was at the most advantageous peak.
“The chairman of Detroit added one more device. Why did the chairman of Detroit commission the Korean Empire’s steelmaking business to the Japan Settlement Bank?”
“I’m curious about that again.”
“That’s because Japanese people are the best at communicating verbally.”
To communicate with Americans, you have to speak English.
To communicate with Koreans, you have to speak Korean.
However, neither Americans nor Koreans are familiar with each other’s languages.
But I’m not Japanese.
There was a history of exchanges with each other for over a thousand years.
“So, we are planning to build a steel mill in the Korean Empire by forming an advisory group for Nippon Steel.”
“The Japanese are kind of interpreters.”
“That’s it.”
“Where is the location assigned?”
👌👌👌👌
Sachs unfolded the map.
The land where the history of the ironworks of the Korean Empire begins.
“There were several candidate sites. We’ll know exactly when the Smithsonian Geological Exploration Team gives out the results.”
deep water. calm waves.
A port environment where large ships carrying imported iron ore can dock.
A coastal area close to the Chosun Railway, which will connect Busan to Sinuiju on the Gyeongui Line and Gyeongbu Line.
“Aside from that, considering the conditions… To be honest, there were only two areas where a steel mill could be built.”
two places.
But the Detroit chairman has identified only one. The other one has different uses.
“How’s that place?”
“It is…..”
Sachs flicked the map with his finger.
“It’s Pohang.”
Pohang Works (POSCO).
The will of the Detroit chairman was firm.
***
Korean Empire Post Office.
new office.
“Minister of Post, this is a request from the Japan Settlement Bank.”
Wearing the uniform of the Korean Empire and taking on the dazzling high-ranking post of Minister Chae-shin, Lee Wan-yong looked at the reporting officials with quite a satisfied look.
“Tell me.”
“Yes, I have been requesting the right to construct and operate the port facilities in Pohang from the Ministry of Posts.”
“Pohang?”
Lee Wan-yong furrowed his eyebrows.
It’s not that the Japanese Settlement Bank’s request was offended, but that there was no history of building a port in Pohang in his memory.
‘Is it Pohang all of a sudden?’
Is Pohang an environment to build a port in the first place?
“Has there ever been a port in Pohang?”
“It’s not in my memory. Maybe it’s there, but you probably don’t know it. Isn’t it unfamiliar?”
“I will.”
However, along with the Smithsonian Foundation’s geological survey team, a coastal survey team was also present.
The geological survey team immediately went up to investigate the northern coal mine, and the coastal survey team remained in the Yeongnam region.
I thought I was going to investigate Busan or Ulsan, but Pohang was really unexpected.
“He’s a man who can’t be controlled.”
Detroit Morgan.
When I first met the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, he suddenly offered religious freedom and was stunned, and then suddenly brought out a port facility called Pohang Port.
‘The order is reversed. Don’t you usually take measurements and decide? Or was the Smithsonian just a decoration and did a separate investigation? driving me crazy.’
Lee Wan-yong couldn’t really grasp the heart of Detroit.
In the end, it was quickly concluded.
‘…Let’s do our best.’
If you don’t know what you don’t know, you avoid touching it.
Lee Wan-yong quietly nodded and searched for a way to live.
“you.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Give the Bank of Japan both the right to construct and operate the port facilities.”
“Yes, we will handle it as in Busan and Ulsan.”
I thought my heart would stop when JP Morgan Bank and Rockefeller sent a telegram to pick up tickets for the modernization of Busan and Ulsan ports.
Both were commissioned through the Japanese branch, but Lee Wan-yong knew exactly what the name was.
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Of course, I had already confirmed through the telegram that I had received permission from the Detroit director.
‘Now all that’s left is to make money!’
The imperial family of the Korean Empire will not have any problems.
The fact that the Detroit chairman had been demanding port rights meant that his wallet was getting thicker.
“haha. I’m getting excited. If you stay close to him in Detroit, you will quickly accumulate enough money to feed three generations.”
Lee Wan-yong gave a greedy smile.
“What are you doing? Hurry up without going to deliver it!”
“Yes, yes! I will pass it on to the Japan Settlement Bank!”
“great.”
“By the way, sir, there is one more thing.”
“Something else.”
The secretary handed a telegram to Lee Wan-yong.
“I got a telegram from the Detroit chairman personally.”
“uh?”
stand tall.
Lee Wan-yong’s movements stopped.
“Give it to me.”
gulp.
Lee Wan-yong carefully accepted the telegram. He gently placed his hand on it and glanced open the gap.
cold sweat flows
Lee Wan-yong read the contents slowly, but then the light faded from his eyes.
“……shit.”
I was given a national mission.
***
“Are you doing well by now?”
New York office.
I buried my back in the chair.
“Please don’t let me be disappointed with the Post Office of the Korean Empire.”
For Lee. and the Korean Empire.
Please continue to prove the value of use to me.
I also don’t want to give up another country with my own hands.
“You who do not work, do not eat.”
2 Thessalonians 3:10.
This is the saying of the Apostle Paul.
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