The Joseon Prince Went To America And Didn’t Return – 158



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I used to think that prenatal dreams were just baseless superstitions passed down from generation to generation among the people.

‘It’s creepy. How did it fit so perfectly….’

When Ethel had just had her baby.

I had similar but slightly different dreams for three days in a row.

In my dreams an old woman appears one a day.

You gave me three pieces of fruit right?

‘Did the apple mean a son and the peach mean a daughter?’

After a brief moment of blind faith in my dreams I returned to my realistic self.

‘It must be a coincidence.’

If you look closely the details are slightly different.

In my dream I received an apple after receiving two peaches but in reality my son was born first and then my two daughters were born.

Not everything fit together perfectly.

But it was true that I had a very strange experience so I recalled the dream scene in my head for a while and looked at the little rascals in front of me with wonder.

“majesty.”

“What’s going on?”

I was currently focusing on taking care of my youngest daughter.

As she was the weakest and smallest of the three she didn’t sleep and kept checking on her daughter’s health.

“Please give me the youngest baby.”

“Is it time to breastfeed already?”

“yes.”

I handed the child over to Sonia.

He took care of the youngest with a very careful expression as if he might break at any moment.

“Here it is. Quickly feed [Jin].”

Ethel who had been watching the scene soon summoned the child back to her arms.

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“Sonia. Don’t take [Genie] to the nanny. Give her to me.”

The youngest’s name was ‘Jin’.

Binary.

If you slightly mumble the pronunciation of the English nickname it becomes ‘Genie’ a genie living in a lamp.

“Jina let’s eat.”

“Are you going to breastfeed the baby yourself?”

“okay.”

Ethel like me seems to have an eye for the youngest.

This is because he was smaller than other children and suffered from many minor illnesses.

Perhaps during childbirth.

It is speculated that this is because they are born last and drink a lot of amniotic fluid.

“Ethel.”

“Yes Your Majesty.”

“Don’t overdo it. Just lie down a little longer.”

“No. They are my children and they should be breastfed. I want to do my best to fill their stomachs even if it is not all of them.”

Although it seemed like she had shown some of that side of herself before her marriage Ethel seemed to have a very strong maternal instinct.

‘The more I get to know her the more I realize how charming she is.’

Before marriage.

The woman who had been venomously glaring at me saying that I couldn’t have an illegitimate child while handing me a prenuptial agreement had disappeared.

It seems like only the image of my loving mother remains.

I looked at Ethel once with eyes dripping with honey.

Started taking care of other children.

“Don’t you all look half like me and my wife?”

The first one seemed to resemble me a little more.

‘It’s huge.’

Although they were born as triplets they were very healthy children as if they absorbed all the nutrients meant for the youngest.

Kkeuk-

Moreover as expected from a manly man the sound of his trimming was very loud.

I basked in the warm sunlight as I patted my first son’s back.

* * *

“majesty.”

“Come in.”

Since my baby was just born I have banned outsiders from entering my Cornwall cottage.

hereto.

My friends from all over the world sent me letters and gifts to congratulate me on the birth of a new life.

“We have received congratulatory gifts from royal families from various European countries.”

“gift?”

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“yes.”

“Let’s solve them one by one.”

ah.

You can tell where the gift is sent just by looking at the gift wrapping.

“This must be the Netherlands.”

Queen Hendrik and Wilhelmina sent me a gift wrapped in orange silk with a tulip pattern.

What was inside was a tiara dangling with all sorts of jewels.

“This is from England then Germany and finally Russia.”

The gifts from each country were wrapped in wrapping paper with their own symbols colors and family crests.

Looking at these gifts I thought it was time for me to choose my own unique symbol.

“I’m not in a good mood so please tell him that I’m grateful to you.”

“yes.”

Let’s stop opening presents here.

Next it’s time to check the letters that came to me.

“What is this?”

Among them Woo Hyun-sik picked out an envelope and handed it to me.

“Vice President Morgan sent a letter.”

“Morgan Jr.”

“yes.”

The Morgan family is a major lord that currently rules New York.

Morgan Jr. is the next heir to the Morgan family.

Since he was a person of considerable influence I think he took it out and gave it to me.

“What do you think you heard?”

I guess the letter was sent to coincide with Ethel’s expected birth date.

After leaving my first child with Sonia for a while I quickly unsealed the letter and checked the contents inside.

huh?

There was no letter inside just a single photo.

“under!”

Look at this guy.

The subject of the photo was Morgan’s youngest son who was only 9 years old.

Henry S. Morgan.

He is the co-founder of Morgan Stanley which became the largest commercial bank in American history.

‘Morgan Stanley is a company that along with Bank of America was responsible for one axis of commercial banking in the United States.’

I had previously arranged for my newly-born daughter to marry the future co-founder of Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Jr. seemed to have sent me a letter reminding me of this again and telling me not to forget it.

‘Do you keep your word once you say it? This is really difficult.’

Which of my two children should I marry off to this guy?

If a prince is born in the Dutch royal family they may have to send a child there.

‘But would my kids like this cheeky brat more?’

That’s a problem too.

Forcing your daughter into marriage when she doesn’t want to is something only a bad father would do.

‘If Henry Morgan and my daughter were to marry…’

I had a fun imagination.

Really.

If Henry Morgan becomes my son-in-law I will be able to indirectly exert influence over Morgan Stanley.

Then I will be able to project my influence over the three major commercial banks in the United States.

‘I will become father-in-law with the founder of Morgan Stanley which was ranked first.’

The founder of BOA Giannini who was in second place is also my closest business partner.

I also own a significant stake in this company.

‘The same goes for Citibank which was in third place.’

This is a bank under the Rockefeller family.

National City Bank was the predecessor of today’s Citibank and was currently owned by Rockefeller.

‘I hold the three crowns of American finance in my hands.’

It’s not certain yet but if things continue as they have in the original history that’s what will happen.

Although it was only 1910 it roughly means that the American financial world was under my influence.

To be a little more certain a few more safeguards would be needed.

It would be better to consider the first goal as having been achieved to some extent.

‘What should I do next?’

The worries deepen.

Moreover with the birth of my children I began to worry even more about what to do in the future.

* * *

After focusing on raising my children for a long time I took a break for the first time in a long while.

After spending the 100th day which is difficult for both children and adults.

The number of times my three children got sick has also decreased significantly.

“Did our Jin take a dump?”

I enjoyed the sight of the southern English landscape turning green while soothing the crying children.

That was when.

‘Who is it?’

A stranger came to visit.

Now that the children have grown up enough we allow guests to visit the annex.

Less than four hours after I made this announcement someone came to visit me.

“Congratulations Prince.”

“It’s been a while huh?”

The main character was Walter Rothschild.

He was the nephew and adoptive son of the current Baron Rothschild and the future head of the Rothschild family in Britain.

“As soon as I heard that you had permission to visit I came here without hesitation despite my rudeness. Are your Royal Highness and the newborn baby both in good health?”

“Thanks to your concern everything is fine.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“Let’s walk this way for a moment.”

I’ve allowed guests to visit but I can’t let them into my house yet.

Because children’s immunity is not yet complete they may be vulnerable to infectious diseases.

So I walked around the yard and talked to Walter.

“Yes. Why did you come to see me in such a hurry? If you had given me a little hint before coming I would have prepared a separate building over there to accommodate guests.”

Walter answered my question with a slightly apologetic expression.

“There is talk that the prince will return to America after his immigration… so I came here before it is too late.”

right.

It’s true.

Because Ethel hated life in England so much.

I was born and raised in the US so I don’t have any ties to this country.

The climate is also not that great unlike the west which is warm all year round.

Because the air is also quite polluted.

She wanted to leave this island nation as soon as possible.

“That’s true.”

“Is that so?”

As I didn’t know many people in England I decided to leave the country without saying anything.

Since he wasn’t on good terms with Baron Rothschild he planned to leave without telling the Baron or Walter.

Walter noticed this and came to me first and held out his hand.

“I don’t know about others but aren’t you and I like comrades who have been through life and death together?”

“….”

Walter looked at me with his eyebrows narrowed as I blinked without any sign of hesitation.

“I hope my father has not offended you Prince.”

“Why do you say that?”

“I’m saying this because I haven’t heard from you lately. Of course you must have been very busy raising the triplets but… If there’s any misunderstanding I’d like to clear it up here.”

Walter unlike the Baron is a person who shows interest in me.

So I thought it would be a good idea to give it a little hint.

“I heard some interesting news recently.”

“What is it?”

“I heard your father offered a loan to the Japanese government. And on pretty good terms.”

“….”

I shrugged my shoulders and made a slightly nonchalant expression.

“I know full well that I am not in a position to comment on other people’s investment activities. However the current Prime Minister of Japan is Katsura Taro as you know. As you know I almost died at that time because I was injured.”

Walter nodded.

Because everything I just said is true.

I looked at Walter like that and gave him some advice.

“At least under Katsura’s regime they should have temporarily suspended the provision of new loans. He was the one who tried to assassinate his own son and business partner.”

Katabuta.

Without even checking the sincerity of my words Walter looked into the source of the information.

“Where did you hear that news?”

“Morgan told me.”

“Is this Deputy Morgan?”

“No. Representative Morgan told me.”

Walter looked slightly shocked.

Morgan is also one of those guys who was after my back like the Baron.

When Japanese bond prices plummeted.

Just look at the fact that he bought them all cheaply instead of selling them off like Rockefeller.

He was as greedy as the Baron and wary of me.

“He himself confessed. He said that he tried to provide another loan to the Japanese government without telling me but Katsura became prime minister again so he put a temporary stop to it.”

“….”

“But Representative Morgan told me that your father is showing signs of something different.”

It looks like something has crossed the Atlantic Ocean between the two.

Morgan was the first to hit the back of Walter’s head when he saw him making that dumbfounded expression.

‘It was the Baron’s mistake to trust Morgan.’

Morgan was a man ready to stab someone in the back of the head at any time if it meant he could benefit from it.

Moreover he thinks of me more easily than of the Baron.

Because they feel they can control America under their control.

That’s why.

You must have betrayed the Baron and reported his movements to me.

“This is disappointing. I thought your family and I were on the same team.”

“….”

“Representative Morgan has become more trustworthy.”

Barons Morgan and Rothschild are fighting each other for control of the Federal Reserve.

Right now Rockefeller and I are on the Baron’s side so the Baron has a slight advantage but if I were to switch sides the situation would change completely.

Morgan must have informed me of the Baron’s movements with this in mind.

‘I’m being fooled again and again. I’m telling you this. It keeps repeating itself.’

Walter looked at me urgently with a look of needing to take a dump.

“Your Majesty. If you join hands with Representative Morgan….”

I quickly cut Walter off and said what I wanted to say.

“Yes. The American economy will be completely subjugated to his hands. Isn’t it to prevent this that Representative Rockefeller and I are taking your father’s side?”

“Yes. If you take that into consideration….”

“But you know.”

I smiled broadly and looked at Walter.

“What does it have to do with me that Mr. Morgan has such a tight grip on American banking?”

“yes?”

“After all the American financial world was an industry that was in Morgan’s hands. Wasn’t it?”

“….”

“I don’t care which law passes. I get one of nine seats or I get two of seventeen seats… that’s it. Unlike your father.”

I reminded Walter that Morgan’s offer wasn’t bad either.

“Furthermore I am quite close with Deputy Director Morgan. Like you and I Deputy Director Morgan and I have a very close relationship.”

“….”

“These days I’m starting to wonder why I have to take your father’s side so desperately. It seems like your father only thinks of stabbing me in the back.”

“You misunderstand. There must have been a misunderstanding.”

I snickered and made a knowing expression.

“Yes. There must be some misunderstanding. That’s why I don’t throw you away and continue to see you.”

“….”

“Please go and tell your father. If there is any misunderstanding he should clear it up before I leave England.”

If he wants to get the Federal Reserve Act enacted the way he wants he’s going to have to give me something more.

‘Let’s raise the stakes Baron.’

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