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“As a Baptist, what a welcome it is. It’s like a revelation from God, my task has been given. In a good sense.”
A Baptist Church in New York.
President Rockefeller was taking a walk around the church after the service. Around us, Pinkerton detectives were escorting us, vigilant with fearful eyes.
“The Korean Empire is familiar, but where is it attached to?”
“It is a peninsula located in the middle of the Qing Empire and the Japanese archipelago. If goods are transported by sea from the Japanese archipelago and entered into a port, it can be transported by land from the Korean Empire to the Qing Empire and Imperial Russia.”
“It’s a pretty strategic point.”
Rockefeller was deep in thought.
“Is the railroad environment well laid out?”
“I think I’ve heard that Japan laid the Gyeongin Line in the past, but it probably wasn’t completed. Because the Japanese Empire was ruined.”
“Ah, Japan vomited all the privileges it had gained from the Korean Empire with the 2nd Treaty of Tokyo. I remember.”
Currently, there are few railways in the Korean Empire.
Rockefeller saw this meaning at once.
“In other words, modernization hasn’t even started yet. The end of the Industrial Revolution.”
“Yes, it is a pre-modern country that has not yet been industrialized. The transportation environment is the worst because the railroad environment is not laid down.”
“The national road facilities will not be very good.”
“The Han River is a huge river that surrounds the capital, but it is not a structure that has taken root nationwide like the United States.”
“Sea transportation is also not very good. However, it may be possible to stab it into the capital at once.”
“A warship will fit in. Dreadnought-class battleships are unreasonable.”
“You’re dumb.”
Rockefeller’s lips curled up.
Is this entrepreneurial temperament? He seemed to be getting more and more excited the more he said it was difficult.
“Still, Hanyang, the capital, is probably the most modernized area in the Far East.”
“Is it a water concentration policy? It’s not bad.”
In essence, modernization is a kind of economy of scale.
For the Korean Empire, which began to modernize, it was also a way to concentrate all its capabilities in the capital.
“There’s a lot of population on that subject.”
“Most of them are poor people. We shouldn’t think of the US or European powers.”
“Yes. But in a few decades, it will be unknown again. After all, the population is the national power. You can get an estimate just by looking at the Qing Empire.”
right.
If you look at the population pigs of the Qing Empire, you can get an estimate.
“The market value would be enough.”
“It’s a pretty distant story.”
“Besides, it’s very good news that there is a country where Baptists can do missionary work. Even if the Korean Peninsula is called shit land, the missionaries don’t care. If there are people there, they will fly to spread the gospel of God.”
“Then are you accepting my offer?”
“What is acceptance.”
President Rockefeller tapped my back with his hand.
“It’s already going on.”
“…it’s fast.”
“There is one Baptist pastor that I know well. He was interested in East Asia, so he will take care of it.”
I think it took less than 3 days to send the letter and get to New York.
Has the Baptistry already started moving?
“How many missionaries will you send?”
“I’d like to push 1,000 in my mind, but it’s going to take some time to recruit Baptist missionaries across America.”
“Is that so.”
“As a result, we agreed to dispatch more than 1,000 people.”
As Rockefeller said, perhaps a thousand Baptists would come to the Korean Empire for missionary work.
In any case, religious people must admit one thing that is quick. If there are people there, they will bubble in their mouths and rush to missionary work.
‘Well, in a way, the church can be seen as a business.’
There is a great collection service called tithing.
The church extorts money from church members under the pretext that ‘Sincere Protestants should keep their tithes and give thanks to God’.
Even if you look at Rockefeller, a faithful Baptist, 10% of every income received is dedicated to the Baptist Church.
It was crazy to say that the total amount of donations so far was 100 million dollars.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Yes?”
“The eyes were looking at a pure madman. Is it because of my mood?”
“…..Yes.”
A person who is like a ghost in the blind spot.
I shouldn’t be insulting.
Crazy Cancel Cancel.
“A new administrative agency called the Korean Empire Post Office will be established.”
“It must be an organization that will allocate the monopoly rights mentioned in the letter.”
“Yes, once you have a contract with me, you will have to proceed with me.”
“It’s the best.”
It is to terraform a country (?).
The Korean Empire was not a small country, and there was no reason for President Rockefeller to dislike it, saying that it could even do Baptist missions.
“The Longitudinal Railway in Mainland China, and the Shanxi Coal Corporation. The mission of the Korean Empire this time as well. In my later years, I’m getting amazing projects.”
“We have to do good things together.”
“Yeah, we should do good things together. I know how to attract allies… Ah.”
stand tall.
New York City.
It’s quite a walk from the Baptist Church. Rockefeller paused for a moment and glanced at me.
His face was unusually hard.
“Did you even send this letter to other Christian groups?”
“Yes.”
momentary static.
“Of course, I would have contacted Morgan’s Episcopal Church. It’s not just there.”
“It’s not just there.”
static again.
Rockefeller spoke a little faster.
“…Where did you contact me?”
“The Anglican Church of England and the Salvation Army. They were sent to the Paris Foreign Missions Church under the direct control of the Holy See.”
“Anglican Church and Catholicism?”
Rockefeller’s eyebrows rose sharply.
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Oh, the Puritans hated Anglicans and Catholics.
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Of course I knew.
I smiled sly on the inside, but pretended to be calm on the outside.
‘Chairman Rockefeller, you must be burning black by now.’
Mayflower.
An incident in which 102 Puritans immigrated to Massachusetts due to the persecution of the Anglican Church, a division of the Catholic Church.
That was in 1620.
What does the Puritans have to do with it?
The Baptist Church was a Christian sect derived from the Puritan influence. The relationship between the Anglican Church and Catholicism is not good.
Because no madman liked the forces that suppressed our side.
“I was looking for you.”
“Haha, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Damn it. Anglicans and Catholics would be a pain in the ass.”
President Rockefeller rolled his eyes and began to roll calculations in his head.
“That’s why I like monopolies. Competition gives me a headache.”
“Then you can monopolize it.”
Anglican Church. Catholic. baptismal meeting.
The relationship between them… is terribly bad.
But the lean meat I threw is the only one in the Korean Empire.
“…This wasn’t the time to sit still. I’m sorry, but I think I’ll have to cancel the next schedule.”
“Yes, go.”
Rockefeller quickly sold out.
His face was as determined as a Crusader in the Crusades.
Deus Vult (God wants it)
I don’t know why this word comes to mind right now. It looked like it was going to be a pretty fun time.
“What is our Anglican Father doing?”
***
“Have you all gathered?”
“Yes, Chairman.”
23 Wall Street, New York.
JP Morgan Bank headquarters.
railroad board.
BNSF.
Great Northern Railway.
All senior executives operating the Class 1 transcontinental railroads were convened.
“I got a letter from the Chairman of the Detroit Federal Reserve. But it’s not very serious. The Baptists have already started moving.”
“Is this a baptismal meeting?”
murmur murmur.
President Morgan’s remarks quickly became noisy. Chairman Morgan clenched his eyebrows and corrected it.
“I’m sorry. The Baptist Convention was a mess. Rockefeller and the Pennsylvania Railroad started moving.”
“Where is the target?”
Hill Railroad Director.
The protagonist of Pacific Hillline.
A railroad giant who served as the chairman of the Great Northern Railway.
“Korea Empire.”
Chairman Morgan unfolded the world map into the conference room. It was a map of East Asia.
Chairman John Pierpont knew quite a bit about the location and information of the Korean Empire.
That’s right, Detroit’s maternal lineage was Korean.
“The location is about this.”
“Exquisite location.”
“The problem is that there is no freight train that crosses or crosses this peninsula.”
“Five…..”
Directors in the conference room.
My eyes started to glow.
“Yes, this is good news that resonates with our frontier spirit in a short time.”
“But Chairman, isn’t this the inland region of the old continent? No matter how much private capital enters the country, the English people will not like it.”
Long-Richard Esoteric.
Since it was a conference attended by some of the big names who knew the insider, a question was raised indirectly.
Right.
The Long-Richard Doo Memorandum is a global jurisdiction agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States arranged in Detroit.
During the Silver Goose Rush, according to the revised Third Long-Richard Memorandum, the interior of the Korean peninsula was under the jurisdiction of the English gnomes.
“It’s sure to come in some form or another. You insidious bastards in England, don’t you know how revealing your personality is?”
“Not messy.”
“Isn’t it necessary to take measures?”
“Didn’t I tell you. The Rockefellers. That is, the Baptist Church began to intervene directly.”
Baptists begin to intervene.
The Anglican Church was struck by that fact.
But should the Detroit Gnome also be a member of the Morgan family?
It was a game that was made slightly advantageous to the Anglican Church themselves.
“I’m going to move with the Anglicans.”
“Are you moving together? Are you making alliances and building alliances?”
“It’s similar. If we collaborate with the British Anglicans, the British Royal Family can’t even touch us.”
Unlike Catholicism, which is a centralized system of the Holy See, the church is a self-sufficient foundation.
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Of course, there is a center, but it is not as tightly intertwined as Catholicism.
It was relatively free from central control.
“In partnership with the Anglican Church of England, we have agreed to establish a medical foundation and a school foundation. Both the British mainland and the Korean Empire.”
“ah.”
The executives agreed.
The plan is to provide schools and medical services with the Anglican Church with a large amount of investment.
These were the foundations that were established when the church went on a mission to another country.
“The Korean Empire is like a blank page. We need to monopolize that infrastructure and build it from start to finish.”
“If there is no railroad environment, modernization is still a pre-modern country.”
“Yes, infrastructure investment is necessary.”
Infrastructure investment is not just about transportation networks.
“It is a country where vocational education, engineering education, and university education are insufficient. We are planning to establish a school foundation to educate locals and train talented people so that they can be put directly into the factory.”
“Are we dictating infrastructure investment?”
“No way.”
It is a matter of controlling a small and medium-sized country.
Infrastructure investment was expected to be massive in addition to JP Morgan Bank’s capital.
“It’s called Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Bank, and my son, Detroit Chairman, has established a joint venture bank for infrastructure investment in a joint venture with the British government’s Bank of England.”
“It’s… sweet.”
“It’s very sweet. The Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Bank was established for the Australian railroad environment, but they said they plan to test it once in the Korean Empire.”
“The British government will also close their eyes if this is the case.”
“Besides, the Anglican Church is overturned this time. It’s not just the Baptists.”
President Morgan burst into laughter.
“My son also wrote a letter to the Paris Foreign Missions Church.”
“Catholic…..!”
Catholic.
The magic word shook the conference room. Baptists and Catholics were not absent from this conference room, but they began to be swept away.
As President Morgan was an Anglican Church, everyone began to be influenced.
“okay.”
Chairman Morgan put a smile on his lips as if he was happy.
Catholics also participate in this great missionary war.
“Unfortunately, the Anglican Church, the Baptist Church, and the Catholic Church do not have a good relationship with each other. A fierce war of propaganda will begin. An arena will be held where everyone will draw their sword of capital and fight fiercely for the expansion of the Christian sect. “
I don’t know if the Korean Empire itself is worth it. In the Far East, it is a strategic location and useful for business, but well, that’s it.
But for missionaries, the meaning is different.
The words of Detroit suddenly came to mind.
-If you don’t have enough money, you can get it from the sovereign wealth fund.
‘It’s going to be fun.’
The dollar never runs out.
Chairman Morgan remembered Detroit and continued his plans for the future.
“No concessions. Anglicans, Baptists, Catholics! The ultimate victor in the end must be JP Morgan Bank. Got it!”
“Yes!”
JP Morgan.
New York financier stretched out.
***
Paris Foreign Missionary Church (MEP).
“Bishop, I have received a reply from the Holy See.”
click.
A priest in a black priest’s uniform entered the bishop’s office. The bishop accepted the telegram.
“It’s fast.”
“Because it’s a meaningful area for us.”
“Byeongin Persecution. Yes, I remember.”
The bishop couldn’t take his eyes off the telegram for a while.
The priests stood still and watched the bishop. The bishop put his hand on his forehead.
“In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…. Amen.”
widely.
The bishop, who drew the Holy Cross in a low voice, threw the telegram on the desk. The brides were nervous.
Then the bishop’s lips opened.
“Brothers and sisters.”
“Yes, Bishop.”
“It seems that the American Baptist Church and the British Anglican Church have already begun to move.”
The brides trembled.
A bright smile appeared on the bishop’s lips. Heat was boiling in the smiling eyes.
“Let us also spread the gospel without delay.”
tuk.
A mysterious envelope.
Enclosed there was a large amount of checks in the name of offerings.
– Detroit, Morgan Olym.
＜ The Crusade of Modernization. (1) > end