I Became A Black Merchant In Another World-Chapter 297: Comparison and Incitement (11)

If you commit a crime, it’s only natural that you must pay the price.

So, the person who got caught trying to steal our family’s secret production techniques for the munitions factory should, of course, face the appropriate consequences.

In the proper world, the criminal should pay for their crime, and the victim should receive compensation and protection, right?

"Our munitions factory is faster at producing goods compared to others. Naturally, our family’s special techniques are applied here."

Thorough division of labor and a $5 salary policy.

These two are the special secrets of our munitions factory.

Through division of labor, we make sure each person only does one task, drastically improving efficiency.

And various policies to make employees want to dedicate themselves more to the company, working harder for the boss.

We match the salaries to five times those of other factories, and morning and night, we drill into them that no one else, anywhere, will treat them like we do in the Rothschild family.

‘Imposing an ideology based on irrefutable facts soon becomes a belief.’

And belief becomes the driving force behind achieving feats that surpass one’s limits, sometimes even human limits.

"The rat that tried to steal that, I’d like to kill him on the spot if I could."

But things in this world don’t solve so easily.

There is no absolute good, no absolute evil.

The Deus of the Bible, often seen as the absolute good, commanded the slaughter of all infidels, leaving no one alive.

Meanwhile, a certain mustached man, often called the embodiment of absolute evil, created the first animal protection laws and helped all the Jews who were indebted to him to escape to America.

"I don’t like shedding unnecessary blood. Neither do my wives."

"Are you going to spare me?"

"Blood calls for blood. If I take revenge on you with blood, I’ll feel satisfied in the moment, but how can I know if other people will come after me next?"

Throughout my life, the number of people I’ve ordered to be killed has already surpassed ten.

In this world, human life is so light compared to modern society. Maybe that's why I've adapted to it.

I don’t feel overwhelming guilt for having killed dozens of people.

I’ve only killed one major figure, the rotten baron who opposed the founding of my trading company.

As for why I haven’t killed more important figures, it’s simply because taking down someone too high in rank would be too troublesome for me afterward.

‘That guy’s the same.’

"Give me your munitions factory, armor factory, and all the artisans. If you do that, I’ll let this go without saying a word."

"The munitions and armor factories are the core business of the Banco family! If you take them, our business will collapse."

Banco immediately kneeled and bowed his head to the ground.

The sight of him throwing his pride away for money.

That’s the exemplary attitude of a merchant.

Yes, no matter how important pride may be, it’s useless when faced with ‘enormous wealth.’

If the one receiving that apology had been another noble...

They would have abandoned their pride and begged for their life, even dancing a soul-pouring dance like King Injodae.

‘But someone else’s pride isn’t worth any money, right?’

"You seem to think that you can request negotiations with me. But as far as I’m concerned, you’re no better than a cockroach crawling on the street."

"...."

"If you don’t accept my proposal, I plan on visiting the High Court this afternoon."

"The High Court, you say?"

"I have an acquaintance there, and he’s quite eager to get promoted to the position of regional high court judge. He’s burning with desire to be promoted this year."

They say you need to play office politics to rise in a company.

But there’s one thing you mustn’t misunderstand.

In any organization, what’s more important than office politics is how much you can contribute to that organization.

Only when that premise is in place can you rise to positions like department head, director, or managing director through office politics.

Without real contributions, even if you’re great at politics, it’s hard to climb.

Politics is something everyone does.

‘In the end, tangible achievements are what matter.’

"And if you succeed in proving your guilt, that acquaintance of mine will be able to rise. As for you and your family, who knows what will happen? You probably won’t die peacefully. After death, what use is money?"

"Are you planning to kill me if I don’t accept your offer?"

"Of course, why not? You and I both climbed here this way, didn’t we?"

Even if you work honestly in a company—or just breathe in a developed country—you're living by exploiting people from underdeveloped countries.

The chocolate we eat is made from cocoa harvested by exploited African workers, and coffee is similar.

Let alone merchants competing to earn huge amounts of money—they can’t be clean.

Of course, I’m among the dirtier ones.

‘But that’s all in accordance with the law of the survival of the fittest.’

"So what’s your choice?"

"I’ll give you our munitions factory and armor factory."

"Wise choice. What good is having all that money if you’re dead? I hope you won’t regret your decision."

I had him sign a contract, then I placed the document into a secret drawer in my desk.

"You may leave now. I hope we don’t meet again under such circumstances. If this kind of unfortunate thing happens again, I don’t know what I might do."

With that, I waved Banco out of my office.

He left, wearing an expression as if his soul had left his body.

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Well, he must be stunned right now because he lost such a huge amount of money.

But someday, he’ll kneel to thank me for saving his life.

And if that day never comes, it won’t matter much.

"Even if you do bad things, don’t get caught."

Just then, someone knocked on the door and entered.

"I saw Banco running out in a cold sweat. What happened?"

"He tried to get his hands on our family’s munitions factory secrets, so I gave him a little lesson. As a lesson, I took the munitions factory and armor factory from the Banco family for free."

"You really show no mercy."

"Half-hearted mercy just ends up tripping you up."

Deus in the Bible commanded the total slaughter of the infidels.

But the Jews, instead of massacring the infidels, spared the children and women and made them slaves.

Centuries later, the descendants of those spared infidels turned them into slaves.

Had they massacred them instead, the Jewish kingdom might have lasted to this day.

Well, it’s all in the past now. What can I do about it?

I just need to make sure I don’t repeat the same mistake those fools made.

"My father used to say the same thing."

"It’s late, what ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) brings you here today?"

Erika naturally moved toward where I was sitting.

"My birthday is tomorrow. And I’ll be turning 19."

"Have you prepared for the birthday ball?"

"Chris and Sebastian helped me prepare well. Even the uninvited Baron Conti came and offered a lot of advice."

"Baron Conti, that guy... He came to collect his consultation fee again."

Retired nobles often struggle with money problems.

This is true even for those who hold vast estates.

In the end, whether noble or commoner, everyone suffers from money problems.

That’s probably why Baron Conti came all the way here to earn some consultation fees.

"A former chamberlain really loves money, doesn’t he? He’s like a money ghost."

"Still, he does do his job properly. Thanks to him, my birthday banquet is now prepared well enough to avoid any criticism."

A tricky gentleman.

When it’s helpful, he’s extremely helpful, but he also shows up to steal money from others’ wallets.

Then Erika firmly grabbed my hand and placed it over her chest.

"There’s one year left."

As soon as I heard that, my heart began to race wildly.

"Chloe, Chris, and the other maids are learning various things to become a wife who can satisfy you more."

Any man would be unable to contain his excitement upon hearing this.

The fact that a beautiful virgin, who had kept herself pure, was secretly learning how to please me in bed.

‘...This will definitely cure my erectile dysfunction.’

I think this is even more effective than Viagra.

"In one year, exactly one year from now, I’ll be yours."