The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Merchant Group - Chapter 741

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The Youngest Son of the Eun Hae Trading Company Chapter 741

Chapter 741. Tamseo Martial Arts Tournament (2)

Just as I intended, everyone in the banquet hall had their eyes fixed on the people from Samwon Bang.
After all, the more attention such matters draw, the more effective they become.
I heard whispers from those beside me.
“Exactly. If the Eun Hae Trading Company had served spoiled food, we would have all seen it.”
“So they really did bring that deliberately?”
“Hmm… Is it really to frame the Eun Hae Trading Company, just as Eun Seo-ho said?”
“They’ve got some nerve!”
At their murmurs, the people from Samwon Bang broke into cold sweat despite the chilly weather.
They would have noticed that I deliberately placed that spoiled food before them, but there could be no evidence.
My cultivation level is supreme perfection.
To perceive my hand movements, one would need to be at least my equal or higher in realm, and there is no such person in this gathering.
Even if they claim they didn’t bring it, no one would believe such a claim.
Truly, they are caught between a rock and a hard place.
Now, how would they respond?
At that moment, the Samwon Pavilion Master spoke with a laugh.
“Ha ha ha. It seems there is a misunderstanding here.”
“A misunderstanding?”
“We did bring this food, but it was certainly not to insult the Eun Hae Trading Company.”
Just as I predicted, they admitted to bringing that food themselves.
Denying it would gain no believers, and would instead become an insult to the Eun Hae Trading Company.
Then the Eun Hae Trading Company would have justification to declare all-out war against Samwon Bang.
The scale difference between Samwon Bang and our Eun Hae Trading Company is enormous.
In other words, Samwon Bang’s downfall is all but certain.
Moreover, our Eun Hae Trading Company would face no criticism for it.
Tsk, tsk…
They want to harm us but lack the courage to fight openly.
“Then why did you bring it?”
“The truth is… I have rather peculiar tastes. I find it difficult to eat unless the food is spoiled, so I deliberately brought spoiled food.”
“What? Deliberately, you say?”
“Yes.”
What an utterly absurd excuse.
However, this response was one I had anticipated, so I calmly countered.
“Honestly, that’s hard to believe. You deliberately eat spoiled food?”
“It’s natural to feel repulsed. But it’s actually quite delicious.”
He spoke thus and picked up the visibly spoiled food with his chopsticks.
Tremor, tremor, tremor, tremor.
“Why are your hands shaking?”
“Ah, I suffer from a slight tremor condition.”
I observed his eyes.
Those pupils, violently quivering, were the eyes of a man deliberating a hundred times over—should he eat this food or not, consume it or offer it to me?
But what could he do?
He had brought this upon himself with his own mouth.
While some foods are intentionally aged for consumption, this was not aged—it was spoiled.
When Palgap retrieved it at my request, he had visibly recoiled.
He closed his eyes, placed the food in his mouth, and forced a smile as he chewed and swallowed.
“It is… ugh… quite delicious.”
I suppressed an inward laugh.
He had claimed he wanted to eat spoiled food and suffer stomach troubles, so I brought him exactly that—he should enjoy it.
Ah!
Still, despite the spoiled nature of the food, it would cause him no actual harm.
I had already purged the toxins from the food using my Taiyin Ice-Sea Divine Art.
It merely tastes foul.
But there is no need to tell him that.
My intention is to instill fear of me and the Eun Hae Trading Company in them, not to kill them.
No matter how petty my revenge may be, I am not their equal in depravity.
In any case, I have no intention of letting the matter rest with merely the Pavilion Master eating spoiled food.
“But the quantity is quite substantial—it seems the other gentlemen also enjoy spoiled delicacies.”
“Haha, indeed.”
The Merchant Guild Leader’s words—that he alone cannot perish.
A most desirable attitude for me at this moment. Though it would be a thunderbolt from the blue for the other Dan Ju Group members who accompanied him.
There is reason in my deliberate inclusion of them as well.
The Sangbang is a gathering of several smaller merchant guilds.
Thus, while one Dan Ju is elevated to Pavilion Master as the leader, all participate in decision-making.
They are equally complicit in this.
The Red Bean House was somewhat different, however.
According to the Information Bureau, they had all already consumed medicine that causes stomach troubles.
Multiple people suffering stomach troubles would serve better to pressure us than just one person.
So I must ensure they cannot claim their stomach troubles resulted from food we provided.
As I stared directly at them, they exchanged glances before reluctantly picking up their chopsticks to take the spoiled food.
Yet they hesitated, clearly struggling to eat it.
“What are you doing?”
“Ah, nothing at all.”
And the four men who had accompanied them also began to eat the food.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Drip, drip, drip.
Their eyes glistened with unshed tears—the expression of those who desperately wanted to weep.
I spoke to them.
“Indeed, you certainly brought that spoiled food intending to consume it yourselves. I apologize for the misunderstanding on my part.”
“Oh, no, it’s fine.”
“It was certainly easy to misunderstand… *gag*. We… hahaha.”
At my courteous apology, they forced themselves to wear magnanimous expressions.
“Thank you. As a gesture of apology, I shall procure more spoiled food for you. I believe there should be some at the Compost Disposal Area.”
At my words, they frantically waved their hands.
“Ah, no, that’s quite all right.”
“Please don’t decline. You’ve honored this banquet with your presence, so I must serve you what you enjoy. However, since it might disturb the other guests’ enjoyment of the banquet, I shall arrange to host you elsewhere.”
At my words, they shot up from their seats.
“We sincerely apologize! We really must be going now.”
“We shall see you next time.”
Their faces drained of color as they hastily fled the venue.
“Well, they’ve departed.”
I chuckled inwardly with satisfaction.
Now it was about time for the medicine they consumed to take effect…
Even if they suffer from stomach troubles, they won’t dare claim it was due to food provided by the Eun Hae Trading Company. Heh!
My heart felt somewhat lighter, but there was still much to do.
Back then, thanks to the assistance of Jegal Family’s Grand Elder and others, everything passed without incident.
Had those individuals not been present, and had the Guard Warriors and I not been masters of the martial way, a bloodbath would have ensued.
I had already extracted a confession from the Silent Guest that he intended to kill over a dozen people at that very gathering.
Then who shall compensate for the deaths of those innocent victims?
Will compensation bring the dead back to life?
These were people willing to kill innocent souls merely to humiliate the Eun Hae Trading Company and secure their own gains.
Such contemptible individuals must be made to understand the true meaning of fear.

I headed toward Father.
Since today’s guests of honor were Yu So-ak Internal Chief Manager and his wife, Father would be in his office.
Father had to handle Yu So-ak Internal Chief Manager’s duties as well.
I called out to Father from outside.
“Father, it’s Seo-ho.”
“Come in.”
As I entered, Father lifted his head with a satisfied smile.
“You’ve worked hard. I hear you gave the Samwon Bang people a proper lesson.”
“Yes. They fled in quite a hurry.”
Since Father also knew what Samwon Bang had been attempting, his expression was one of satisfaction.
“But I don’t intend to end things here.”
“Right. Ending it here would only give them an excuse to crawl back.”
Father nodded slowly and asked.
“So, do you have a method?”
I smiled and replied.
“Yes, of course. That’s why I came to ask for your permission.”
I explained my thoughts to Father, and he nodded in approval.
“Give it a try.”

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Those who returned to Samwon Bang rinsed their mouths with water dozens of times.
“Ugh! The smell still lingers in my mouth.”
“Blech! I feel like I’m going to keep retching.”
And they glared at the Pavilion Master.
“Pavilion Master! Did you have to drag us into this too?”
“You could have eaten it alone!”
In response to the Dan Ju Group’s complaints, the Pavilion Master offered his own defense.
“Aren’t we the kind of brothers who’ve mixed blood in our wine? So getting upset over a little spoiled food seems petty! And if I’d eaten alone back then, do you think that bastard would have just let it go?”
He continued.
“He was determined to humiliate us.”
“….”
“It would’ve been better to just grit your teeth and eat one bite of spoiled food. Otherwise, we might have ended up running from a fox only to meet a tiger. So be grateful to me….”
But the Pavilion Master couldn’t finish his words.
“Ugh!”
The Pavilion Master clutched his stomach.
“Ugh!”
“What’s wrong?”
“My stomach, my stomach….”
In Eun Seo-ho’s grip, he’d forgotten about the discomfort from being forced to eat the spoiled food.
Before attending the banquet, he had consumed a medicinal powder designed to induce stomach distress.
“Ugh! I, my stomach too….”
“Kuh-hack!”
The problem was that instead of taking just one dose as instructed, he had consumed two.
And so they began clutching their bellies and rolling across the floor in agony.
Had Eun Seo-ho not intervened, this would have been the perfect opportunity to demand compensation from the Eun Hae Trading Company, but the problem was that many witnesses had already seen them consume the spoiled food.
In other words, any demand for compensation would fall on deaf ears.
Now they could no longer distinguish whether their stomach pain stemmed from the injustice of their situation, the medicinal powder, or the spoiled food.
Of course, it was absolutely not from the spoiled food, but they didn’t know that.

* * *

The wedding ceremony between Yu So-ak Internal Chief Manager and Cho Young-young Deputy Officer concluded successfully.
And I was in my office, devising a plan to deliver a decisive warning to Samwon Bang.
At that moment, the door opened and Palgap entered.
“Young Master.”
“Ah, what is it?”
“Did you know? The Samwon Bang Master and the Dan Ju Group are currently suffering from severe stomach distress.”
“Is that so? They must be having quite the ordeal. That’s why I always say you shouldn’t eat just anything you find.”
Palgap nodded in agreement with my words.
“Indeed, sir. To think they consumed two of those potent medicinal powders each—what foolishness.”
“So what are people saying about it?”
At my question, Palgap let out a snort of laughter.
“Everyone’s reaction is simply ‘well, what did they expect?'”
I rose from my seat with a satisfied smirk.
“Just as anticipated. Then shall we execute the plan before heading to the Jegal Family Estate?”
Samwon Bang is an establishment that sells fragrance pouches.
Fragrance pouches are small pouches filled with aromatic herbs and carried in one’s pocket, and a considerable number of people, regardless of gender, carried them about.
But beyond this practical use, they also imbued the pouches with mystical significance.

“How do you like this fragrance pouch? If you carry it with you, you’ll be protected from carriage accidents.”
“Is that truly so?”
“Yes. And this fragrance pouch will make you wealthy.”
“Ooh….”
“Perhaps there’s a woman who has caught your fancy? If you carry this fragrance pouch, she’ll soon be in your arms.”
“I’ll take all three.”

Of course, it had no actual effect.
But such things were naturally sought by those who wished to believe, or done for self-satisfaction, so I had no intention of criticizing them.
However, Samwon Bang had crossed that line.
They were selling fragrance pouches at exorbitant prices, claiming that wishes would surely be granted by inserting talismans from a spiritually-gifted Taoist Sage.
Moreover, they had sold fragrance pouches containing cheap incense sticks, or ones with incompatible ingredients, or even spoiled materials.
As a result, customers began experiencing problems such as skin rashes.
Yet when victims tried to lodge complaints, they were instead intimidated and silenced.
The number of victims continued to grow even now.
I had to show them.
How the fragrance pouch business should truly be conducted.

* * *

In the bustling Marketplace Street of Chongyang County where people came and went.
A new shop had opened there, and people were curious about its purpose, but they soon discovered it.
It was a shop that sold fragrance pouches.
“Buy fragrance pouches! Fragrance pouches!”
“Fragrance pouches that bring good fortune!”
“Buy fragrance pouches!”
On the first day the shop opened, a customer arrived.
“Welcome.”
“The fragrance pouches are quite beautiful.”
Unlike the existing fragrance pouches, these were made from silk with lovely colors and superior quality.
“You seem to have something on your mind.”
The woman who had come as a customer questioned the shop owner’s words.
“Pardon? Was it that obvious?”
“Would you care for a cup of tea?”
As the woman drank tea and exchanged various conversations, she soon found herself speaking about her troubles.
“The truth is, I’ve lost a ring.”
“A ring?”
“Yes. My mother gave it to me when I married, and it became her memento. But I lost it, and I’m so heartbroken.”
“I see.”
The shop manager comforted her and subtly recommended a fragrance pouch.
“Then how about this fragrance pouch? It’s one that brings good fortune.”
“Good fortune?”
“Of course, I cannot guarantee results, but who knows? Perhaps fortune will bless you and you’ll be able to find what you’ve lost.”
Upon hearing this, the woman purchased the fragrance pouch.
After all, she had come to buy a fragrance pouch anyway, and the quality seemed excellent for the price.
Moreover, when she smelled the fragrance from the pouch, she felt a sense of peace and comfort.
‘Hmm… The fragrance is far superior to what Samwon Bang sells. My head doesn’t even ache.’
For two days, I carried the fragrance pouch with me.
“Hmm, the pillow seems to be bulging today.”
As her husband grumbled and inspected the pillow, he pulled something out from inside and tilted his head in confusion.
“What? Lady, isn’t this your ring?”
“Yes! That’s my ring. How did it end up here…?”
“How fortunate. You were quite distressed about losing it.”
The woman smiled brightly upon seeing her recovered ring.
‘That fragrance pouch is truly miraculous!’
Those who had purchased the fragrance pouch and achieved their desires were not just one or two.
Word spread, and people began flocking to the Fragrance Pouch Shop.
The problem was that far more customers arrived than Eun Seo-ho had anticipated.

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