The Joseon Prince Went To America And Didn’t Return – 124



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To emphasize that he meant what he just said Morgan Jr. immediately mentioned a big name he knew to me.

“Your Majesty do you know General Dewey?”

“General Dewey?”

George Dewey perhaps?

You’re not talking about the one and only ‘Admiral of the Navy’ in American history are you?

‘Mad George Dewey.’

From the Civil War to the Spanish-American War.

He was a soldier who had traveled extensively across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for nearly fifty years.

‘How many stars were there in the Great General’s Sleep?’

Modern times.

It’s not like my parents’ stone bed was specially bought in Korea.

George Dewey was a big shot in the US military with six stars.

As I am getting older I will soon be retiring for health reasons.

It is fair to say that there is no more influential figure in the US military today.

That’s why I absolutely had to open up to Izawa.

‘Even if he comes down as a civilian his influence within the US military will remain the same. Above all he survived until the middle of World War I. Knowing him will help you with lobbying.’

I quickly hid my delighted expression and spoke indifferently.

“I know. Um…..”

Ah I should have left out the last onomatopoeia.

“You know.”

Morgan Jr. who had a sharp wit smiled brightly at my answer.

I think the old man realized that I wanted to introduce George Dewey.

“I can introduce you to him or I can introduce you to someone else.”

Oh my god.

The initiative quickly passed to Morgan Jr.

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Because in a negotiation if you desperately want something you become the weaker party.

Morgan has been considerate of me so far but he’s also a businessman.

His tongue began to lengthen perhaps because he instinctively sensed that he had the upper hand.

“But for what purpose do you want to meet with generals in the US military?”

Morgan wanted a more detailed explanation.

what.

If I move to strengthen PMC power news of me will quickly reach Morgan and Rockefeller.

I intended to tell them my purpose frankly.

“There are three reasons.”

“There are three?”

“Yes. First of all I am teaching Korean students at the Tijuana Military School. First of all I need someone who can judge whether the current curriculum is good.”

“Oh yes.”

Morgan looked like he understood.

The Tijuana Military School is where the sprouts of Korean PMCs grow.

As their capabilities are strengthened the power of PMCs within Mexico will be strengthened.

He made an expression that said he could accept this for the sake of his family since then the Morgan family’s assets would be safe.

“Also I recently purchased a patent. I need to use it to improve weapons but I want to leave it to someone with actual combat experience.”

When American conglomerates make some money they enter the military business.

The news that I have been supporting the volunteer army in my home country is well known to the Morgan family.

Without asking any questions he began to guess another reason on his own.

“The last one is that you are trying to contact military figures to ask for their cooperation in defending the border area as some bandits might cross the border if Mexico becomes unstable.”

“okay.”

“Well General George Dewey doesn’t fit any of the three…”

right.

George Dewey was a naval figure.

He is a great help to the Morgan family who are in the steel and shipbuilding business but not to me.

‘The person I need is someone from the army.’

Oh my god.

Who are the army generals of this era?

He worked as a lobbyist Park Byung-jun and visited the Pentagon countless times.

I didn’t really like the military industry but I forced myself to study related information because it was a lucrative industry in the lobbying industry.

At that time key figures in the US military also studied from time to time.

‘Because I needed this kind of prior knowledge to make small talk and ask American generals who they respect.’

I looked back on those memories and looked for the names of famous generals.

‘Yeah. Pershing! There’s Pershing.’

If the Navy has George Dewey the Army has John Pershing.

One of only three generals-in-chief in American history.

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Moreover Pershing was one of the least racist military figures of his era.

‘Pershing! Give me Pershing’s contact information!’

Otherwise Marshall or MacArthur would be good too.

ah!

Were these people still young and of low class?

“This prince.”

“okay.”

“I will go back to New York and send you the list I have. Please choose the person you like and contact me.”

“Okay.”

I wish General Pershing’s contact information was on the list that Morgan Jr. was going to send.

I finished my private interview with Morgan Jr. while praying in my heart.

Afterwards he returned to the reception room and started playing poker with the guests again.

* * *

All the guests have left.

Ethel and I were left alone in the bedroom.

“Ethel what were you doing while I was washing?”

Ethel closed the book she was reading and ran her fingers through her flowing hair.

“I was learning.”

“You were learning? What?”

“I was learning the traditional culture of the Korean Empire from the prince’s maids.”

Are you talking about the former court ladies who recently ran away from Joseon?

“oh….”

what.

I was a little touched.

“It was more fun than I thought. Maybe that’s why it went smoothly.”

“okay?”

Ethel took a half step toward me and called out to me.

“Your Majesty.”

“I’m listening.”

“I have one question about what I learned today.”

“Ask me a question. I will answer everything I know.”

Ethel asked me a question with her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

“In the Korean Empire they say that before a child is born parents and people around them have dreams. They call those dreams prenatal dreams.”

“Yeah that’s right.”

“Oddly enough when I sleep I don’t dream at all. I spend the night as if I’m dead.”

I didn’t know that.

I learned something new today.

“The prince must have had a dream about our child… What kind of dream did the prince have recently?”

hmm.

Ethel’s question made me briefly recall memories from the past.

What did you dream about recently?

‘Oh by the way. I had a strange dream two months ago.’

I scratched my head and answered Ethel’s question.

“An old woman came up to me and gave me a piece of fruit from a very large tree.”

“Fruit?”

“Yes. But the next day I had the same dream again. At that time I was holding one of the fruits I had received the night before and the old woman gave me another fruit.”

“One more?”

Isn’t it weird?

I also found it a bit strange.

He continued his story while looking at Ethel.

“I thought it was strange and tried to forget about it but the next day he handed it to me again.”

“So you’re saying that the old woman gave the prince a total of three pieces of fruit?”

“yes?”

Ethel looked curious her expression intent on something.

“What kind of fruit was it? Was it the same kind of fruit?”

As I remember.

It looked like a peach and also like an apple.

‘What do these guys mean?’

Wouldn’t it be okay if I find out first and then let you know?

If Ethel gets disappointed because she hears a strange interpretation after telling her something for no reason it won’t be good.

Because the mother’s depression also affects the child.

“Well I don’t remember the details until then.”

“Think about it. You need to know that to find out the sex of your baby.”

“Ethel.”

“yes.”

I held Ethel’s hand tightly and urged her.

“Precognitive dreams are a part of culture but they are also superstitions with little basis.”

“….”

“Don’t try to rely too much.”

I don’t like this kind of thing.

The same goes for Lee Kang the original owner of this body.

‘I’m not on the hate side.’

Lee Kang the original owner of the body hated superstitions more than I did.

Why?

This was because his adoptive mother Queen Min was obsessed with superstitions.

Wasn’t it Queen Min who emptied the national treasury that Prince Daewon had saved in just one year to cure his weak son?

“Personally I don’t like superstitions. My dead adoptive mother was a fanatic about them.”

“…Was that so?”

“Then. Didn’t the people from the palace tell you this story?”

Ethel’s face quickly darkened.

“I’ll be careful.”

“Good idea. Okay come here.”

I lay in bed with Ethel.

After that I summarized what happened that day as usual.

* * *

“You want to contact someone in the military? My father has some connections with the military.”

I told Ethel what I had just shared with Morgan.

Then she began to talk about how her family might also be of help.

I looked at Ethel with a big smile.

“exactly?”

“Yes. My Uncle John and my father both had a complex about donating to the military during the Civil War and being exempted from military service. That’s why I know they donate a lot to the military.”

Nose complex?

Rockefeller?

‘Can I say something like this so carelessly?’

Let me freeze for a moment.

“why?”

Ethel blinked.

“No. I think it’s a bit sensitive.”

“Hey we’re not strangers. Married couples need to be honest with each other.”

“still.”

“First of all I am no longer the daughter of the Rockefeller family but the princess of the Lee family. Shouldn’t I be honest with the prince?”

He’s not a Rockefeller he’s a Lee.

That’s a really good mindset.

I nodded in understanding and asked Ethel.

“Could you introduce me to some supply officers from the Ordnance Bureau from your family?”

“I guess we’ll have to find out.”

Ethel didn’t guarantee what she couldn’t be sure of.

“But it might be possible.”

But I didn’t expect that I wouldn’t be able to do it.

Because it’s Rockefeller.

The Rockefeller family is the one that creates connections overnight out of thin air.

“Unlike Mr. Morgan who has close ties to the Navy our family is close to everyone.”

“Thank you.”

“No. Rather I am more grateful to you Prince.”

“Why?”

“It’s not easy to ask a woman for something. Thank you for approaching me first.”

Early 20s.

This is the age of machos.

America in particular is a macho nation among macho men.

Usually a married man orders his woman without asking her for anything.

Ethel seemed slightly impressed by my 21st century manners.

“If there’s anything that upsets you please let me know first like I did now. If you keep suffering inside your relationship with your partner will grow distant.”

This isn’t couples counseling.

Having a deep wife by my side is truly healing.

“Ah! Actually I was a little disappointed today.”

While I’m at it I decided to bring up what happened today.

“Really? What is it?”

Ethel has a face that says she doesn’t know anything at all.

At this I made a slightly crooked expression.

“Didn’t you promise to be the first to tell me when our child is born?”

“ah!”

Ethel nodded as if she understood what I said.

“This prince.”

“I’m listening.”

“Let me start by apologizing. I announced something so important in front of everyone without even consulting the prince.”

Ethel added with a tearful face:

“But there is something that feels a little unfair.”

“What’s unfair?”

“Yes. When I declared that I would not drink alcohol for a while no one except the prince noticed that I was pregnant.”

“yes.”

“Maybe it’s because I announced my pregnancy using our own code.”

“….”

“That means I was the first to tell the prince about this just as I promised. If the prince is kind he might see that I kept my promise.”

Now that I hear it it seems like it’s true.

For now I nodded.

“I see. Now that I think about it what you said seems right.”

“I’m sorry though. I should have told you in advance.”

Ethel.

She seems to have a knack for picking up and putting down things.

He caressed Ethel’s cheek and then caressed her stomach.

“Is there anything you want to eat or have? Or anything you want to do?”

“Hmm… what could it be?”

Ethel pretended to be troubled and then snuggled into my arms.

“Oh! There is one thing that just popped into my head.”

“What is it? Tell me.”

“This is something the prince might slightly dislike….”

She put her mouth to my ear and whispered something.

I opened my eyes wide when I heard this.

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