Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 72

Chapter 72

“You said your name was Jin So-ah, right?”

“……”

Jin So-ah looked at Wei Yan-ho with eyes that contained an appropriate mixture of confusion and confusion.

“What happened? This person who never left his room now was getting fresh air, and what does he say? Are you Jin So-ah?

This man had been stealing food in this house for almost a month, and now he was asking his name. It was so absurd that Jin So-ah felt that his nose would be covered, not just the qi.

“That’s how anger sickness feels.”

Feeling something boiling in his stomach, Jin So-ah was able to advance one more step in the medical aspect by experiencing firsthand the symptoms of anger disease that he had only read about in the books.

If I did, I should be grateful, but…

‘I am very grateful!’

Jin So-ah squeezed her teeth. “If this was something to be thankful for, what wouldn’t be? Everything that was worthy of gratitude!”

“Yes, I am Jin So-ah.”

“I’ve been thinking about it…”

“Thought?”

“Yes.”

Wei Yan-ho scratched his head slightly.

“As much as I think about it, there seems to be no solution if things go on like this.”

“…Even if you don’t think so, there is no answer anyway.”

Even I think the situation is serious.

“At least you’re aware of it.”

“Hmm?”

“Yes?”

“What are you talking about?”

You weren’t talking about yourself?

For a moment, Wei Yan-ho frowned deeply.

“Do I have no answer?”

Jin So-ah asked with an extremely serious face.

“Do you want an honest answer?”

“…No.”

Wei Yan-ho decided not to listen.

Sometimes in this world it is more comfortable to live without knowing certain things.

“Anyway, I think we need to get money somehow, don’t you?”

“I think so too, but there’s no corner where the money can come from. What can we do?”

“…what an incompetent doctor.”

Jin So-ah exploded.

“It’s not that I don’t want to make money, it’s that my sister is very stubborn.”

– That’s right, she’s a unique woman.

People usually take care of their own safety first before taking care of others, but Jin Ye-ran seemed to have it the other way around.

But there was no doubt that Jin So-ah was also very vulnerable.

“A person can’t live just eating land, can he?”

“I think the same.”

“If you learned such good medical skills, you should make some money and live comfortably.”

“…Even if it’s not comfortable, I’d like to live without worrying constantly.”

“That’s right.”

Wei Yan-ho continued to nod.

How uncomfortable it was to live with constant concern.

He had not lived comfortably either for a moment when he was with Baek Mu-han.

“First we have to get the money back…”

“Yes.”

“And then how much is it?”

“I don’t know exactly, but I heard it’s about twenty nyang in gold.”

Suddenly, Wei Yan-ho’s eyelids shook.

“C-how much?”

“Twenty nyang in gold.”

Wei Yan-ho’s head began to turn very slowly but surely.

So there were twenty nyang in gold.

Then in silver, it would be two thousand nyang.

Since a silver nyang could sustain a decent home for a month, two thousand nyang of silver would be…

The steam started coming out of Wei Yan-ho’s head.

“I’m not good with calculations, but is this strange?”

“Nothing happens. Most people react in a similar way.”

“Isn’t it more amazing to have such a debt?”

Originally they were more than a hundred nyang. They got rid of all their possessions and returned most, leaving just that amount.

“D-Really?”

Wei Yan-ho approached Jin So-ah, put his arm on his shoulders and spoke subtly to him.

See, your family was extremely wealthy.

“……”

Jin So-ah wanted to discuss something, but Wei Yan-ho’s words were all true, so he ran out of words.

– Mm, well, it’s twenty nyang in gold, isn’t it?

Wei Yan-ho looked at the distant sky.

Today the sky was particularly clear.

“There is no choice.”

Wei Yan-ho nodded as if he had made a decision.

“Do you-do you have money?”

“Money?”

Wei Yan-ho bowed his head.

“What money?”

“Twenty nyang in gold.”

“Are you crazy?”

Wei Yan-ho pointed to Jin So-ah.

Where would I get so much money? And even if I did, why would I give it to you? You’ve been living without money and now you think that other people’s money comes from digging the land.

Of course, the money doesn’t come out of digging the land.

Money only comes when you threaten some pusillanimous merchant passing by.

– So how do we get all that money?

“We have to earn it.”

“How?”

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!

Wei Yan-ho squeezed his teeth slightly.

“What do you mean?”

When Jin So-ah bowed his head, unable to understand what Wei Yan-ho was saying, Wei Yan-ho smiled maliciously and opened his mouth.

“Where’s that playhouse where your father ruined himself?”

Jin So-ah’s eyes trembled.

***

“Is he going out again today?”

Kang Cheon-rip, the owner of the Golden Flower Hall, Hubei’s largest gambling room, where all the gambling experts from Hubei’s alleys met, was in a bad mood.

“That’s why…”

A casino basically made money by charging commissions from the gambling tables.

New arrivals who are clueless or know nothing can think that gambling houses earn money by making experts in prepared gambling win against visitors and swindle them, but if such victories are repeated, no one will visit the gambling house.

While they could make quick money right away, once players realized they would lose to gambling experts every time they went, they would eventually look for other casinos, and then the casino would close.

In this way, the gambling houses mediated among the players, set up tables and made profits by taking a certain amount of those tables.

But even that would become boring if I continued.

When a suitable target appeared, doing what they called “a job” to clean it was also a virtue of gambling houses.

Especially when young people from good families who were not involved in such circles, or rich and naive people who did not know how gambling houses worked, visited the gambling house, that day would be a day to kill cattle and hold a banquet.

But lately, perhaps for bad luck, no marks of that guy had appeared in the joint for several months.

‘Did the voice spread too much?’

It seemed that properly plucking the merchant Seongsu had become widely known.

When the word came out that someone had ruined themselves in a certain gambling house, rich people avoided that place for fear of running the same fate.

Damn, I was too obvious about it.

It was inevitable given the situation, but the losses were considerable.

At this rate, this month’s earnings would obviously be scarce. Your skills might even be questioned.

“I need to find a method…”

Just when I was about to think if I should prepare a new gambling game, the door opened suddenly and a man ran in frantically.

“Chief!”

What?! Did the government come to raise money or something? Why do they always make such a fuss about small things?

This is not trivial! “One appeared, one appeared!”

“What appeared?”

“A brand appeared!”

Chocar!

Kang Cheon-rip jumped out of his seat and the teacups from the desk fell to the ground.

But Kang Cheon-rip didn’t have the ability to worry about such trivial things.

What, a brand?

That’s what I’m saying, anyone can see he’s a white man, a white man!

Money? How much money did he bring? Is it long or short term?

“As far as I could quickly check, he brought at least three nyang in gold.”

“Three nyang?”

A bright light emerged from Kang Cheon-rip’s eyes. It was so intense that for a moment it seemed that the room had become brighter.

“He’s here!”

Even if his dead father came back to life from the grave, he wouldn’t be so happy.

Kang Cheon-rip naturally started doing a shoulder dance.

Let’s go!

“Wait a minute.”

Why, what happens now?

It seems that this target is new in the garages. If you face it directly, won’t the child be frightened?

“E-it’s true.”

“First, let’s watch for a while. How about we let him win properly and then take him to an important game?”

Great!

Kang Cheon-rip nodded enthusiastically.

What did it matter if it was this way or that way?

At that time there were three nyang in gold in his eyes.

‘Three nyang!’

Three nyang in gold would more than make up for all the month losses of being without doing anything. Not only that, but it would be a good prize. I could even get a reward.

Dokbi, Manco, where’s Dokbi?

“I have already called him.”

“Je, heh, heh, if Dokbi is ready too, there’s nothing to worry about.”

Kang Cheon-rip calmed his throbbing heart and slowly left the room. Although he could not look directly at it, he needed to check from a distance if it was really a suitable target.

“Come on!”

“Yes.”

A warm smile flourished on Kang Cheon-rip’s lips.

‘Today is company dinner day.’

Kang Cheon-rip was dreaming too soon.

“It’s a target, isn’t it?”

Kang Cheon-rip looked at the boy dressed in silk with careful eyes.

Having been playing at gambling houses for decades.

Now Kang Cheon-rip could distinguish whether someone was an expert or a target just by looking at his face. His keen insight started the analysis, and soon Kang Cheon-rip, having reached a conclusion, joined his hands.

“Janggu.”

“Yes, boss.”

“Close the door.”

“Yes?”

The God of Wealth has appeared here today.

“So much?”

As much as you wrap something in silk, don’t raise the price.

Kang Cheon-rip pointed to the boy in silk clothes.

Those narrow, dull, cloudy eyes, that white skin like snow for never coming out! The hands visible under their sleeves have not a single callus. It is someone who has barely held chopsticks with his own hands, much less game chips.

“Indeed!”

Moreover, those silk clothes are not only expensive, but also new! Obviously, some young master of an important house came to see the outside world and ended up here!

“Absolutely correct!”

Ha, ha, ha, ha! The God of Wealth has appeared today! Just in case, they sprinkle salt in all windows to block God’s way out and drive away evil spirits who can enter.

“That salt so expensive?”

When three nyangs in gold will be ours, you call it expensive!

– Yes, boss!

As Janggu rushed out, Kang Cheon-rip looked at the boy with a sinister smile.

Heh, heh, heh, what a fortune. I thought I would stand by after working at Seongsu Trader, but today a God of Wealth has arrived like you.

The mark (?) that received Kang Cheon-rip’s pleased look had no idea how the situation developed and kept yawning as he looked around.