Chapter 253 – 254. Entering the North Sea

North Sea

It is located in the northernmost part of the continent and has a cold climate that does not melt snow and ice all year round.

Because everything was frozen, the North Sea was barren, and farming was unimaginable.

I wonder if even the northern migrants, including the emperor of the Central Plains, gave up on conquering the North Sea?

The North Sea was cold.

It’s so huge that you can’t even imagine it.

There was a snowstorm for three hundred and sixty days, and the temperature was always low.

And this cold was no different from rat poison to the central plains who lived in a relatively warm place.

Even wearing layers of cotton clothes could lead to frostbite, and if supplies were cut off even for a moment, one would have no choice but to starve.

That’s why many immigrants, including Jungwon, did not conquer the North Sea.

Why do you want to dominate a place that has an environment where people have no choice but to rely on supplies because it is too harsh and miserable cold for people to live in and the land is frozen?

The North Sea was a place that everyone was afraid of.

There was no system of state in the North Sea.

Instead, small villages scattered throughout and developed their own culture.

Because it was the North Sea where agricultural land could not be secured, people in the North Sea mainly hunted for meat or secured food through trade.

However, as luck would have it, a considerable amount of resources were buried underground in the North Sea.

Rare minerals can be easily obtained with just a few pounds of food for long-term storage, so how could they not come?

In addition, in the North Sea, a drinking culture of making and drinking strong poisonous liquor was developed to maintain body temperature.

In particular, the addictive throat-passing like gunpowder that seemed to burn the throat was considered a delicacy that people in the Middle Ages should experience at least once.

“Great”

Seonwoo frowned and exclaimed in admiration.

It was because the poisonous wine passed down the throat and gave a burning pain.

Seonwoo quickly found a snack.

The best snack to alleviate this poison and rising drunkenness.

“Eat this.”

Just then, a soft voice came from the side.

When I slightly turned my gaze, I saw Seolhyang, who was smiling softly, holding up the beef jerky.

“Pressure”

Seeing this, Seonwoo quickly opened her mouth and took the jerky from her hand and ate it.

Jilgeung Jilgeong

Gulp

Seonwu chewed the jerky several times in his mouth and then swallowed it whole.

“Whoops”

And after a while, I felt the poisonous drunkenness and the burning pain calming down to some extent.

“Thank you… Sojeo…”

Seonwoo looked at Seolhyang who handed over the snacks and expressed his gratitude.

“Hehe… No.”

Seolhyang, who heard Seonwoo’s words, smiled brightly and continued.

“Doesn’t Zhang Xiaoxia, a master of poisoning, be able to detoxify the North Sea’s poisonous wine?”

“Isn’t it poisonous in the first place? Besides, if you detoxify the spirit of alcohol with your inner strength, wouldn’t it be meaningless to drink it?”

At her question, Seonwoo smiled slightly and continued.

“That’s right. Drinking is meaningful only when you’re drunk!”

Seolhyang listened to Sunwoo’s words and nodded her head in agreement.

It was so cute that it looked like a white rabbit.

“In that sense, I’d like a drink too.”

Seolhyang pushed her glass at Seonwu and continued her words.

“Sozer, this is very poisonous.”

As she pushed her glass in, Seonwoo asked her with a worried look on his face.

The poisonous liquor of the North Sea was incredibly poisonous.

To the extent that it is incomparable to the solo performance of the midfielder.

Seon-woo wondered if she would be able to withstand this solo drink.

“Ah, how can a warrior be afraid of drinking?”

Seeing Seonwoo’s concern, she continued with a big expression on her face.

“Have you ever had a drink?”

Seonwoo looked at her with a questioning expression on her face and continued her words.

“Absolutely!”

To Sunwoo’s question, she answered in a confident voice.

“Ah, lie.”

At that time, Unhye, who was listening quietly next to her, continued with an expression that seemed to be nonsense.

“It’s not a lie!”

At her words, Seol-hyang became irritated and continued.

“A sister-in-law who hasn’t left Ami Sanmun for over 10 years, say you’ve had a drink.”

Unhye opened her mouth as she looked at Seolhyang who was hot.

What she said was true.

Unlike Shaolin, which even makes grain wine for visitors, ARMY was the one that kept its distance from alcohol.

It was the result of inheriting the will of the ancestors who believed that alcohol confuses the human mind and paralyzes normal thinking.

When did Seolhyang, who had been with ARMY for over ten years, taste alcohol?

No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t help but bet on it.

He must be telling lies to get poisoned North Sea drink.

“Really!”

After hearing her words, Seolhyang raised her voice with a look of regret.

“When did you eat?”

After hearing Seolhyang’s unjust protest, Unhye asked her back.

“…”

At Unhye’s question, Seolhyang shut her mouth.

And Unhye, who saw that, opened her mouth with a playful smile.

“Look at that. That’s a lie.”

“…Samae.”

After hearing Unhye’s words, Seolhyang paused and continued her words.

“Can you promise not to tell anyone?”

She said to her with a serious expression on her face.

“…What is it?”

Seeing Seolhyang’s serious expression, Unhye asked her with a serious expression.

“Actually, at the Buddha’s Birthday last time, there was a time when Master gave me a gift of alcohol from the Chuchu Hall in Shaanxi…”

“If it’s an additional brewery in Shaanxi, it’s a place with the best brewery in Jungwon, right?”

After hearing her words, Unhye asked her in surprise.

The Chuchujang of Seomseo was so famous that even Unhye, who had never seen it outside of Amisanmun, knew about it.

Chuchujang was famous for having the best brewing in the Central Plains, and the liquor they made boasted such a deep taste that it was presented to the emperor.

If a gift of alcohol came from such an additional store, it would most likely not be ordinary alcohol.

“Right, despite the extreme refusal, Master somehow left it.

After hearing Unhye’s words, Seolhyang began to tell her secret story about her drinking.

“So what did you do?”

“I wanted to send it to my longtime friend and drunkard senior who is crazy about alcohol.”

“What if it’s Mr. Chwigeolgae!?”

“Yes, the ark of openness.”

Seolhyang calmly answered her question.

As she said, Guwolshinni was very confused about how to deal with the gift of alcohol that suddenly came in.

Amifah was under a strict prohibition order.

Having alcohol in such circumstances is not a very good situation.

However, since it was sincerity that I couldn’t just throw away, I couldn’t turn away from their hearts.

I couldn’t even sell it for the same reason.

In a word, it has become a complex of troubles that is difficult to deal with.

She was worried

The way to deal with the silkworm of the additional chapter.

And soon she found a pretty good trick.

It was to be given to an old friend and drunkard of the Ark of Opening, who said he would go crazy with alcohol.

Of course, she thought it was a waste because it was so expensive and precious, but she made her choice.

Alcohol was a law that had meaning only when it was drunk.

Not only did she not drink, she thought it would be useless to keep her, and the additional silk was worth so much that she thought she could pay off her debt to the drunkard.

Thus, the silk of Chu-chujang came into the hands of Chwigeol-gae.

Cui Geolgae was delighted and expressed her gratitude to Xinni of the nine months several times.

“Then… By any chance?”

After hearing her words, Unhye suddenly began to see her complexion turn blue.

It was because when I roughly put together Seolhyang’s words, I could imagine what would come out.

“That’s right, I drank it secretly.”

Seolhyang continued with a confident expression.

“No! What if I drink it!”

Hearing her words, Unhye exclaimed in a fit of anger.

Chu-chujang’s silk was so precious that it was considered difficult to buy even with a thousand gold.

Drink like that

How could he devour the alcohol he was going to give to the drunkard?

“I’m curious, and it’s a gift, so it’s a waste to pass it on without tasting it.”

“Did you eat everything!?”

“No, I drank half a bottle and poured the rest.”

“…”

After hearing her words, Unhye put on a dumbfounded expression.

I knew full well that it was arbitrary, but I never imagined that I would have an accident like this.

How could he touch the wine he was going to give as a gift to a celebrity?

Not someone else, but the master’s drink.

If you follow her words, isn’t that what the drunkard was delighted with after receiving the multan liquor?

“It is a secret.”

Seeing her reaction, Seolhyang put her index finger to her lips and said with a wink in her eyes.

“It is also a secret.”

Then she turned her head to look at her Sunwoo and continued her words.

Haha”

After hearing her words, Seonwoo burst into an absurd laugh and nodded her head.

I was fully aware that he had a formidable personality, but I never imagined that he would be such a tomboy.

Of course, that look was even cuter than that, but that was it.

Seonwoo slowly lifted the bottle.

“Have a glass, please.”

And he looked at her and spoke to her.

She even told me this secret story that she would drink poisoned wine once, so how could she stay still?

“Hehe, thank you.”

Seolhyang, who heard Seonwoo’s words, held out her drinking glass with a bright smile.

Shiver

The clear liquor in the bottle began to fill her glass.

Soon after, her glass was full and Seonwoo took the bottle away.

Seolhyang took a glass full of her liquor and looked at the transparent liquor as if it were strange.

Gulp

Soon after, she poured the glass into her mouth and threw it away.

“Uhh”

Swallowing her drink straight, she let out a moan after a while.

It was because of the burning heat.

“Ugh”

The North Sea’s dokju was hot enough to be incomparable to the dokju of the chujangjang I had the last time.

“Ooh ooh”

She poured out her pain, her face flushed red from pain, even her tears.

“Huh”

Seeing this, Seonwoo unknowingly burst into laughter.

It was because I thought that she was very cute when I saw her, who was confident that she could eat well, but she suffered after one drink of hers.

“Let’s go to sleep… If you eat snacks, you will feel better.”

Seonwoo looked at her Seolhyang and handed her a piece of beef jerky.

“Wah pressure”

Seolhyang then opened her mouth and quickly accepted her jerky.

Gurgling gurgling gurgling gurgling

Gulp

And she chewed it quickly and passed it on.

Then the burning pain in her stomach began to subside somewhat.

“…I thought I was going to die.”

With her stomach steady, she spoke with her flushed face.

“Do you want to eat again?”

Seon-wu said to her, pushing her bottle of hard liquor into her.

“It’s okay!”

Seolhyang was surprised at Seonwoo’s invitation and replied.

She didn’t want to face the burning pain in her throat any longer.

“Shit”

Seeing her strong refusal, Seonwoo let out a silent voice as if regretting it.

The reaction was so cute that she was going to watch it a few more times, but I felt like giving it up.

“Zhang Xiaohyup!”

Then he heard a voice calling him from somewhere.

When I turned my head, I saw the figure of a lucky man there.

“Looks like we’ll have to start soon. The snow wind is getting stronger.”

He continued with a serious expression.

Hearing his words, Seonwoo looked around.

I could definitely feel the snow wind stronger than when I first sat down and ate.

“I’m sorry. I guess I was too relaxed.”

Seonwoo looked at the lucky man and apologized.

It was because I wanted to take too much time to sell my hat even if I left immediately.

“No, how can the weather blame you for this?”

At Sunwoo’s words, the lucky man shook his head and continued.

“How long does it take to get to the nearest town?”

Seonwoo looked at the fortune teller and continued.

“They say they’ll arrive around evening if it’s early, and if it’s late, they won’t arrive even after today.”

“Okay. Let’s leave right now.”

“Okay. Then I’ll pass it on to others.”

“Thank you.”

“It’s nothing.”

After finishing his words, the lucky deficit jumped away.

It was my intention to deliver the news quickly.

Seonwoo looked at his back and scratched his head.

I should have just prepared for departure first and notified myself.

Although he was treated well, he felt a sense of responsibility and mixed emotions.

`Whoo`

Seonwoo sighed and looked ahead.

The pure white earth, blown by a fierce snow wind, was revealing itself.

Seeing this, Seonwoo felt his heart pounding.

It was because I thought that the stronger the snow wind, the closer I was to the North Sea Ice Palace.

`Now soon.`

Seonwoo’s eyes twinkled as he gazed at the pure white land covered with snow.