The Joseon Prince Went To America And Didn’t Return – 123



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“Everyone come here. We couldn’t have a deep conversation because we were worried about what the men thought during dinner time right? Let’s have a sincere conversation among ourselves from now on.”

After the meal.

The women began to chat on the first floor drinking wine and eating cheese.

“We should also start moving slowly.”

“yes.”

“This way. If you use the central staircase here you can get to the second floor more easily.”

“Your Majesty do you play poker?”

“No one is as good at cards as I am.”

“Then would you like to play a game with me?”

“Okay.”

After moving to the second floor the men played poker or darts and secretly exchanged business opinions with their colleagues next to them.

“Hey look at me for a minute.”

“yes.”

We chatted for a while playing cards with the guests.

Then he called Morgan Jr. aside and tried to have a private conversation with him.

“Take it.”

After moving to my office with him I took out one of the high-end whiskeys displayed on one side of the study and poured it for Vice President Morgan.

“Wow. This alcohol tastes terrible.”

“yes?”

Morgan glanced at me and began to tell me the story he had been keeping inside.

“Congratulations your highness.”

“What are you congratulating me on?”

“I… I mean the marriage promise I made with the prince last time.”

“….”

Oh my.

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As soon as we meet are you talking about your children’s marriage again?

This guy seems to be really obsessed with that topic.

“I hope it goes well as planned?”

I looked up and looked into Morgan Jr.’s eyes.

His eyes were extremely anxious.

The reason he’s so anxious is probably because of what happened 30 minutes ago.

‘I got a huge hit with my wife Ethel today.’

“I think it’s been about three months. Give me your hand. Do you want to touch it?”

When Ethel made her surprise announcement to everyone that she was pregnant I was so happy for her and gave her a huge hug.

Until this point Ethel was as happy as if she had everything in the world.

But after that.

Morgan Jr.’s chuckle sent Ethel spinning her wheels.

“First of all I hope my daughter will be beautiful.”

“yes?”

Ethel’s pregnancy news also got Morgan Jr. doing a shoulder dance.

Why?

His youngest child turns seven this year.

If my daughter isn’t born soon the age gap between us will be too big making it difficult to arrange a marriage.

‘In that situation Ethel suddenly became pregnant.’

Was it because I was too happy?

Morgan Jr. said something he shouldn’t have said.

“I wish I had a beautiful girl who resembles the princess.”

In the Joseon Dynasty there has never been a princess who became a queen.

It might have happened in the ancient kingdoms of the Korean peninsula but it hasn’t happened in the last thousand years at least.

‘It’s like pulling out the nose hair of a sleeping lion.’

My wife Ethel had a very innocent face to people but she was a woman with much greater ambition than people could imagine.

‘Ethel wants me to become emperor so she can become empress.’

If I become emperor the child born to Ethel will succeed me.

Morgan openly told the woman who had such a wild dream that he hoped their first child would be a girl.

‘I wonder if it would be different if I already had a son.’

How would ambitious Ethel react?

She remained calm throughout the party in front of the guests.

She responded with a cold expression even when provoked by some celebrities.

But Ethel couldn’t stand it anymore and exploded.

“Are you calling that a celebration now?”

Because of that the atmosphere at today’s banquet suddenly froze over.

Fortunately Mrs. Morgan and I interpreted Morgan Jr.’s remarks favorably and comforted Ethel that their first child would be a boy.

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Morgan Jr. was still looking very sullen as he was firmly attached to Ethel.

‘Then watch what you say.’

Why do you get on Ethel’s nerves so much that even I have to watch out for it?

I crossed my arms and mumbled in a slightly negative tone recalling what had happened that day.

“It’s a matter of the distant future. I agree with both hands but Ethel’s influence is also very much involved in the children’s marriages.”

“This prince!”

“Think about it. The child that will be born in the future will be mine but it will also be Ethel’s child. I will not force the child’s marriage.”

Morgan’s youngest son Henry Morgan would become a business tycoon who founded Morgan Stanley a giant American commercial bank in the 1930s.

If we look at just the professional aspect he would make a very good son-in-law for my future daughter.

But apart from that we still don’t know how Henry’s character will develop.

That’s why I took a slightly more reserved approach than usual.

No matter how rich a person is if his character is a total mess he is out of the question as a son-in-law for me.

“I will respect Ethel’s opinion and also ask my children’s opinions before moving forward.”

“….”

“Well I’m not completely closing off the possibility. Try raising your youngest son well. Ethel would gladly accept it too.”

Morgan’s expression became bitter.

since.

He didn’t say anything else but he made an expression that said ‘Is the prince still on my side?’

So I kept my mouth shut and stuck to the opinion I had expressed earlier.

dripping-

I frowned and tapped the bottle with my right index finger.

It’s a silent gesture asking if you’d like another glass of whiskey.

“Please give me another drink.”

“okay.”

As I poured Morgan Jr. a drink I changed the subject from the small talk we had just had to business.

* * *

“Ah! You. How was your recent trip? I heard you stopped by the Panama Canal construction site that your father is actively promoting?”

I asked him with a rather curious expression.

“How is the progress? When do you think it will be completed?”

“That’s… slower than I thought.”

Unlike the Suez Canal the Panama Canal took quite a long time to build.

The Suez Canal was a simple construction project that involved digging through a flat desert but Panama’s project required highly sophisticated construction technology that involved climbing up a mountain in the jungle.

“Money and technology are both problems but the biggest worry is mosquitoes. These pests cause frequent outbreaks of endemic diseases and construction workers often collapse.”

Suddenly my arm feels itchy.

I guess it’s because the story about bugs which I hate the most came out of Morgan’s mouth.

“So you’re saying that mosquito was the root of all evil?”

“yes.”

“It looks like Director Walter Reed who investigated this five years ago was right.”

“Yes.”

Morgan Jr. explained to me mosquito prevention tips and gave me a detailed account of the current situation in Panama.

“Major General Gorgos who is guarding the Panama Canal is leading the work of filling up the water holes for the health of the workers there. This is all to prevent yellow fever and malaria. Thanks to this the number of workers dying from endemic diseases has been greatly reduced.”

Morgan Jr. asked me to call someone to run an errand for him.

To get my bag that I left on the first floor.

“You called.”

“omg.”

When Choi Hyun-woo came into my office Morgan Jr. looked slightly intimidated.

I thought he was a little scared.

“This is my chief secretary. His name is Choi Hyun-sik.”

“Oh I’m sorry. Prince. Mr. Choi. I’m sorry. You look exactly like a Japanese person. I cringed without realizing it.”

If Ford was anti-Semitic Morgan Jr. seems to have been anti-Japan from that day on.

but.

That could be the case.

Because a normal person almost died after going to church.

Post-traumatic stress disorder due to trauma is common.

‘Maybe I could go on like this forever.’

It would be a tragedy for the Japanese.

Because if Morgan Jr. who will succeed JP Morgan as the heir to the Morgan empire were Japanese it would be disgusting.

“Here you go Deputy Morgan.”

Choi Hyun-sik kept his expression unpleasant as he handed the briefcase over to Morgan.

Morgan’s comment that he looked like a Japanese person seemed to have been deeply engraved in Choi Hyun-sik’s mind.

“Thank you.”

Morgan Jr. took a stack of reports out of his briefcase and handed them to me.

List of Korean workers who died during the construction of the Panama Canal.

I glanced over it and frowned slightly.

“More workers than expected were sacrificed during the canal construction process. Some of them were our people.”

“yes.”

Morgan Jr. added to me the following comment recalling scenes from the Panama Canal construction site:

“But it has decreased a lot compared to before. Before that we thought these endemic diseases came from ants.”

“I see.”

I crossed my arms and took a slightly defensive stance.

After that I made a suggestion to Morgan Jr.

“I would like to bring all the bereaved families to the United States. Oh this is something I agreed with your father in advance.”

“Oh yes. I heard.”

Morgan Jr. gave me a knowing look.

“It’s a promise so I will definitely keep it.”

The report also included numerous photographs taken on site.

The patients’ expressions are very vivid.

I looked at their pictures and recalled a not-so-good memory.

‘You’ll know when you try it. That fucking disease….’

Antimalarial drugs are so toxic that they can destroy a healthy liver.

When I went to Africa several times.

I skipped taking the mosquito repellent a few times thinking I just had to be careful of mosquitoes.

Unfortunately I contracted malaria after returning to the United States.

That’s when I realized how serious the disease was.

‘Why else would there be a term in Korean that says ‘Leave a hak behind’?’

Here the word ‘hak’ means ‘academic quality’.

Malaria refers to malaria.

The term “getting out of a rut” is used to mean sweating it out when escaping from something difficult or hard.

This disease was persistent and vicious.

Having experienced it myself I felt as if the pain of the patients in the photos was being transmitted to me in real time.

‘Was the antimalarial drug quirine extracted from the cinchona tree and artemisinin extracted from wormwood?’

Even if you don’t know about artemisinin quirine is on the market.

If we spread this it seems like we can save more Korean workers.

‘I guess I should start a pharmaceutical company soon.’

Because the pharmaceutical industry grew explosively during World War I.

If I were to be the first to develop an antibiotic like penicillin I would make a fortune.

“What are you thinking so deeply about?”

“I was wondering how I could save even one more of our citizens.”

“ah….”

Morgan Jr. looked genuinely touched.

“Your Majesty whether you’re sleeping or awake you only think about your people.”

I shrugged and answered.

“In a way it was because of me that you went to Panama.”

It could be seen as a leap.

Because of me the sincerity of the Korean residents reached Morgan’s ears.

Morgan used this to try to complete the Panama Canal early.

So I couldn’t say that I was completely free of responsibility.

“Oh I heard that after stopping in Panama you visited Cuba and Mexico.”

“yes.”

I sipped the remaining alcohol and looked at Morgan Jr.

It’s a silent gesture to tell a story about him.

Morgan Jr. called me over after a moment of reminiscing about the past.

“Your Majesty.”

“okay.”

“It’s Mexican.”

Morgan Jr. continued speaking with a rather serious expression.

“I feel like something big is going to happen soon.”

* * *

“What’s the big deal?”

“Yes. The current ruling party is not very popular in Mexico.”

“however?”

I know Mexican history relatively well but I pretended not to and watched Morgan Jr.’s reaction.

Morgan Jr. explained to me in detail the information he knew.

“I think we will probably lose the next election.”

“okay?”

“Yes. The problem is that they are unwilling to give up power.”

“How? If we lose the election a transfer of power will be inevitable.”

“Well aren’t there a number of ways to change the election results? You could arrest the opposing candidate on some charges in advance rig the votes or assassinate your opponent. Why not use one of the methods I mentioned earlier?”

I retorted with a negative expression.

“If you manipulate the election results like that the opponent won’t just sit by and let it happen.”

“Yes I guess so.”

Morgan predicted Mexico’s near future quite accurately.

‘The Mexican Revolution occurred in 1910… Morgan Jr. predicted this very accurately. After all Morgan is the one who further expanded the Morgan Empire after my father’s death. He must have an eye for the big picture.’

After the 1910 presidential election.

Mexico is headed towards ruin due to endless civil war.

I squinted my eyes and recalled this information.

“Oh right. The prince set up a civil-military cooperative in Tijuana along with a military school.”

“okay.”

Organized a Korean militia together with the Korean Military School near Baja California.

The purpose is to defend the surrounding area.

‘Until now I’ve only been ordering people to maintain order around the school. I guess I’ll be gaining some real-world experience soon.’

The chaos in Mexico will also be of great help to Patriot agents who are training them in special missions.

They will also be tasked with rescuing kidnapped Mexican government officials and escorting some pro-North Korean figures.

‘It’s also good for selling weapons.’

Why did I establish a defense company with the Lee Hoi-young family last year?

It’s all to prepare for this day.

You don’t have to fight World War I to make a lot of money from the Mexican Civil War.

Morgan Jr. asked me for help with information about the Korean People’s Militia.

“Would you be able to help our group later?”

“The militia I established? It’s still in its infancy. There are many rookies who haven’t even fired a single bullet.”

“Still it’s better than nothing. Something could happen sooner or later. That means our Morgan Group’s local assets in Mexico could be threatened.”

Mexico and Cuba are countries that border or are close to the United States.

It is easy to access because the distance is close.

This prompted many American capitalists to move into both countries and take over the sugar milling mining and railroad industries.

The Morgan Group also had entered Mexico.

“If anything happens I’ll need your help. Is that okay?”

“then.”

I looked at Morgan with a big smile.

“In return I also have one request.”

“Please speak.”

“We need some cooperation from the US military to further grow the private military companies in Tijuana.”

“yes.”

“Do you happen to know any generals in the US military?”

Since I don’t know anyone in the military I’m having a hard time delivering airplanes and such.

It seemed like I would have to get in touch with Morgan and Rockefeller.

“sure.”

Morgan shrugged looking like he was saying ‘No big deal.’

“I can pull up a list. If there’s anyone on it that you’d like to meet just let me know. I’ll step forward and make the connection for you.”

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