Joseon Devours an Engineering Student (10)

Regardless of time or place, high-ranking people are desperate to chase trends.

To put it only slightly exaggeratively, failing to keep up with a trend was practically tantamount to having contracted a fatal illness.

Yi Ho-deok, the Ming Minister of Works, was one such person.

"I must obtain the Joseon celadon His Majesty received as tribute, by any means necessary."

It was not as though he would immediately fall ill without Joseon celadon, nor would he starve to death.

In truth, lacking Joseon celadon would not hinder him from living his life.

However, men like Minister of War Yang Sa-gi, who was constantly watching for a chance to seize power as his rival, had obtained Joseon celadon.

What if he alone had none?

If everyone else had one and he alone could not obtain one, how deep would his sense of deprivation be?

Not only would his dignity plummet into the abyss, but among those who had followed him until now...