The Joseon Prince Went To America And Didn’t Return – 72



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The world is full of surprises but this time the scale was different.

The United States is not a small city-state but one of the great powers.

Who would have imagined that we would be saved by just one economist?

This is something that would only happen in a novel.

But you know.

JP Morgan is now doing that difficult thing with ease.

‘No wonder… ridiculous conspiracy theories continue to dominate future generations.’

It’s been two weeks since JP Morgan came to the forefront.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average which had hit rock bottom has since recovered to 60 points.

Thanks to what.

My pockets are getting fatter again.

Ten million dollars for relief funds.

And ten million dollars to buy financial institutions such as trust securities banks in the East.

A huge sum of money about twenty million dollars is out of my hands and tied up in the market due to this financial crisis.

This was not all of my wealth.

Now that it’s grown to forty million dollars isn’t there still twenty million dollars left?

I put it back to Livermore.

Livermore did not disappoint my expectations and was once again profitable.

‘Livermore is a genius. This investment proves it.’

He didn’t always advocate pessimism like Doctor Doom.

Rather he was a thorough believer in trend trading.

Of course in a situation like now long not short.

In other words the focus was on buying stocks rather than short selling.

Livermore like a man with the heart of a beast once again used his credit and made bold investments with borrowed money.

They focused on buying financial and mining stocks that had fallen sharply in the meantime.

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As he predicted these two industries have been particularly strong in this rebound giving me huge profits.

‘It doesn’t end here.’

Now the US will recover its all-time high that is the Dow 100 within a year.

The US economy will return to normal sometime next year.

‘It’s still pretty tough outside but the stock market is already in a festive mood.’

It can’t be helped.

The stock market is a leading indicator.

It was clear that the game would be a total bust so it kept falling until now.

As Morgan’s measures made it seem as if the economy would recover quickly the New York stock market quickly began to reflect this positive news.

I took a quick glance out the window as I prepared to leave the hotel.

‘As expected from a capitalist country its true colors are very obvious.’

The stock market was gradually recovering but the streets were still filled with unemployed people.

Because the economy was still in a slump.

The free cafeteria for them was full every day.

‘There are a lot of unemployed people but ironically the rich have become even richer because of this financial crisis.’

Of course some of the wealthy went bankrupt and disappeared into the back alleys of history.

But for many their wealth will more than double despite this crisis.

One of them would be me.

“Your Majesty this way.”

Since I was planning on coming to New York often I went out to shop for real estate in the city.

You can’t stay in a hotel all the time right?

I needed my own annex to rest for a while while visiting New York.

I drove around Manhattan with a real estate agent looking for some good properties.

“Hey Gianni?”

“This prince? It’s nice to see you here again.”

Good properties attract good buyers.

Giannini also couldn’t just stay in a hotel when he came to New York so he was looking for a second home where he could stay.

I walked around with him and talked about things I had never been able to share.

“This prince.”

“Tell me.”

“Are you busy these days?”

“then.”

I’ve been really busy for the past two weeks.

Of course when I was forced to stay at Morgan’s house I couldn’t sleep because I was meeting people but after leaving that house I became even busier.

Because everyone was handing out invitations to me to their homes.

“Do you know what people ask me these days when I meet them? They all ask about the prince’s well-being first.”

“Haha… is that so?”

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“Yes. Especially they kept asking me what kind of woman the prince’s ideal type is. Damn it… They’re not even worth a damn.”

Come to think of it there have been a lot of people offering to introduce me to my future spouse lately.

Even Paul Warburg who immigrated from Germany and whom I met at the last meeting of seven is like that.

He offered to introduce me to his sister three times.

Another member James Hill also slyly sent me a photo of his granddaughter and asked if I wanted to meet her.

‘Isn’t it true that Rothschild also asks people around me about my womanizing and health?’

Well in a way that’s natural.

I am one of the few princes in this world and also one of the wealthiest tycoons in America.

Except for his skin color he is the best candidate for a husband and son-in-law.

‘My value will increase as time goes by.’

Men and women are equal but physical differences exist.

Women have a separate fertile period.

But men were ‘relatively’ free.

‘The higher you go in the hierarchy the more marriage becomes a business not a love affair.’

This is especially true for European royalty.

The right to the throne is also carried as a dowry.

Westerners may seem different because of vague fantasies.

Rather when getting married people here are more strict about family background than in Korea.

‘I have a lot.’

I’ve been married once but I don’t have any children yet.

It means that if I die my wife will inherit all of my assets.

It was a condition that anyone could not help but covet.

“This prince. I mentioned this before. My wife’s youngest brother…”

like this.

Giannini also promoted his sister-in-law whenever he had the chance.

“Are you talking about viola?”

“Yes. How about meeting up sometime?”

ah….

That pretty sister-in-law?

When I first saw it I remember it not being my style…

“I’ll think about it.”

In times like this it’s best to pretend to be worried and avoid answering.

I once again avoided introducing Giannini’s sister-in-law and explored real estate in New York.

* * *

When I returned to the hotel there were two letters addressed to me.

One is Germany.

One was a letter from the Russian royal family.

Of the two letters I opened the telegram from Germany first.

I guess it was because he was acquainted with Wilhelm II that he felt more comfortable.

hmm…

As expected the top of the letter contained a formal greeting asking how I was doing.

The rest was filled with Kaiser’s characteristic delusions.

‘Isn’t this guy boring…?’

That fucking yellow peril theory.

The Kaiser preached to me theories of a conspiracy by the Japanese Empire and insisted that I should be wary of them.

He also mentioned the United States where I currently reside and reached out to me to ask for my help in keeping Japan in check together with Germany.

‘If I had been persuaded I would have done it a long time ago.’

I was more wary of Japan than anyone else.

But I didn’t like this kind of Kaiser’s delusional yellow peril theory.

This unfounded wariness actually leads the United States to get closer to Japan.

I too laughed at the Kaiser’s ridiculous behavior but soon I focused on one word.

‘Huh? Gando?’

I was going to just let it go thinking that I was an idiot for wasting my time on such ridiculous fantasies.

The contents of the letter seemed quite different from last time.

‘At that time he preached Japan’s expansionist ambitions while mentioning Panama…’

This time the region called Gando is used as an example.

Kaiser is Japan and China.

In particular he told me that he was sending troops to Gando in order to expand his influence in the southern Manchuria region.

“Is anyone there?”

“Have you found it? Your Majesty.”

Choi Hyun-woo who had just moved to New York from the West answered my call.

“Bring me a map. Not a world map but the domestic map you brought me three days ago.”

“yes.”

Choi Hyun-woo immediately handed me a brand new map published this year.

It was said that Ahn Chang-ho brought this story with him when he returned from Joseon.

“Gando… Gando….”

As I looked at the evangelism I kept thinking about the word Gando.

Then Choi Hyun-woo who was listening to this from the side helped me by pointing to the upper right end of the map.

“Your Majesty. If you’re talking about Gando… wouldn’t you mean the Bukgando that’s written here?”

“Hmm… I guess you’re right.”

Administrative districts marked small above Hamgyeong-do.

Another map that Choi Hyun-woo handed over was even colored in.

It seemed to clearly indicate that Gando was the territory of the Korean Empire.

‘I heard that Joseon is called Paldo…’

Although I have limitations as a second-generation Korean immigrant I still know the basics.

I know the names of the administrative districts.

But this is the first time I’ve heard the name ‘Gando’.

I tilted my head but Choi Hyun-woo answered my curiosity.

“The land called Gando is a northern territory that is in territorial dispute with the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty claims it as their own land and we claim it as our own.”

“okay?”

“Yes. Our country began to actively claim sovereignty over this land by appointing the Gando Administrator in 1902.”

The territories of Qing and Joseon are divided by a river.

To the west is Amnok.

To the east is Tomun.

The source of the Amnok River is clear.

However there were multiple water sources for Tumun and the name ‘Tumun’ was interpreted differently by the Qing and Joseon causing a dispute.

Perhaps because of this when compared to other missionaries the territorial boundaries were all different.

Choi Hyun-woo rolled his eyes for a moment and then brought up the name of a person in the West.

“Ah… there’s a rumor that Lee Beom-yoon the manager of Gando is staying in San Francisco.”

“Lee Beom-yoon?”

“Yes. Didn’t you form a volunteer army in vehement opposition to the Eulsa and Jeongmi treaties? I heard that you recently fled to the Maritime Province for a while and came to the United States to meet with Your Majesty.”

I guess you came to see me to ask for funds for the operation of the volunteer army.

okay.

If I go to the West I must meet Izawa too.

I folded the map in half and handed it to Choi Hyun-woo.

“First let’s reply to Kaiser. It looks like you’ll have to do some work.”

“Just give the orders.”

“There’s a man living here in New York named Lee Wi-jong. He’s a prodigy who speaks seven languages. I’ll be working with him on this project.”

I’ll be brief.

I organized what should be included in the reply and handed it over to Choi Hyun-woo.

“Gando is part of the Korean Empire. Here is a map and some related materials. I am angry but tell the Kaiser that Japan is acting this way because it sent its troops to Gando which is all Korean territory.”

“yes.”

“If you want to protest this I advise you to start by raising the issue of the Eulsa Treaty and the Jeongmi Treaty which were forced upon Korea. Refer to the speech I gave at The Hague to discuss the illegality of the two treaties.”

Choi Hyun-woo asked me with a worried expression.

“But Your Majesty will the Kaiser respond to your reply?”

“It doesn’t matter whether you respond or not.”

Anyway Joseon cannot currently manage that land.

Qing Japan Russia.

One of the three will take charge.

“The important thing is that I insisted on it. That Gando is our land.”

If we do that wouldn’t we be able to claim that land as ours when Joseon becomes independent?

I continued to give guidance.

“Ah… Contact the Wright brothers and find out about the current status of fighter development. If you report this to Kaiser along with the Gando sovereignty he won’t be able to ignore it.”

Kaiser took a keen interest in airplanes.

In fact at the end of the telegram I sent this time I was asking about the development status of the airplane I had introduced during my last trip to Europe.

‘It was a good decision to sell the medicine.’

When I visited Germany I emphasized this to Wilhelm.

The fighter jet we are developing will be able to conduct reconnaissance and even target enemy warships in the future.

Compared to their rivals the British Navy the situation of the German Navy was truly dire.

That’s why Kaiser couldn’t help but take an interest in airplanes.

‘If we were to manufacture and export fighter jets the number one exporting country would be Germany.’

Because no other country in Europe is showing more interest in the fighter jet we are developing now.

How to increase naval power in a short period of time?

Germany had to compensate for this by increasing its air power.

‘If you have any sense you will accept my claim to some extent. By the way at the very bottom… why are you asking my age?’

I thought you were going to spoil my mood by giving me weird compliments like “I have pretty hands”…

Why does the very end of the telegram ask for my date of birth?

I placed the Kaiser’s telegram on the table feeling slightly curious.

After that I opened the seal on the outside of the letter from Russia.

* * *

The letters from Russia were no more remarkable than the telegrams from Germany.

The first start was of course greetings.

After that I was filled with disappointment.

All Nikolai had to say was that he protested about why I didn’t stop by Russia when I visited Europe.

‘I hope you will visit the Russian Empire at some point in the near future?’

The detailed reason could be learned from the mouth of the Russian diplomat who delivered this letter.

They came here when I was out of the hotel looking at properties.

He is said to have persistently held onto Choi Hyun-woo whom he considered his own person and asked him about his current investment status.

‘Perhaps you must be looking for me urgently because of property management.’

Morgan became known throughout Europe as an investment genius and came to manage the fortunes of the Vatican and the Italian royal family.

Morgan did it so I can do it too.

It would have been worth it if my fame had spread all the way to Europe.

‘I must stop by Russia soon.’

Compared to Western Europe Russia’s economy was backward.

But although the country itself may be poor the Russian imperial family had greater wealth than any other country.

If you manage this you might be able to make some money.

‘I want to go right now but…’

That can’t be.

Because I left too much of the West which was like my territory empty.

I had to personally see how the West was doing and also manage the growing Korean community.

‘I heard that the number of immigrants has been increasing rapidly recently…’

It is said that many wealthy Joseon dynasties immigrated to the United States.

They wanted to meet me.

As a cornerstone of the Korean community and a senior immigrant I would like to ask for advice.

“Your Majesty.”

“What’s going on?”

“There is someone on the first floor of the hotel.”

“On the first floor of the hotel? Who’s here?”

I went down to check and a familiar face came into my sight.

“Hello Your Highness.”

Finance Minister Cortelho.

He asked me to shake his hand.

“I think you should come to Washington with me.”

“Why?”

“The President would like to speak with the Prince.”

what?

Roosevelt me?

“What will you do? Will you stay here in New York? Or will you come with me to Washington?”

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