Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 90

Chapter 90

The next morning.

“Young Master Wei

“…”

Jin So-ah, who was looking for Wei Yan-ho while opening the door, was hit by a flying pillow as soon as he opened it and rolled it over the floor.

“Don’t ever sleep!”

“It is strange that young Master Wei sleeps until this hour.”

“…I would rather die than get sick.”

Jin So-ah seemed delighted to see Wei Yan-ho stand up without complaining. Normally, this was someone who grabbed the blanket and lay down again, talking about dying and living, but now he stood up alone.

Jin So-ah, who momentarily checked whether the sun had risen from the west, confirmed that it had come out correctly from the east and looked back at Wei Yan-ho.

“Why?”

“Nothing.”

‘Is he sick somewhere?’

Although he could not say it out loud, Wei Yan-ho removing his own blanket looked like the equivalent of a blind man opening his eyes and a cripple standing up.

“Wow.”

Wei Yan-ho, who also seemed unfamiliar with his own behavior, continued to sigh and crawl out.

“Come on.”

“What, where are we going?”

“You said you wanted to succeed, didn’t you?”

“Yes.”

“Then don’t argue and follow me.”

“Yes.”

Jin So-ah, who already had absolute confidence in Wei Yan-ho, asked no further questions and followed him.

“But shouldn’t we tell the sister?”

“There is no need to worry about that.”

“…”

Jin Ye-ran watched the two disappear outside the front door from afar with anxious eyes.

“But where are we going?”

“…You talk too much to be a man.”

“Then at least walk faster.”

Wei Yan-ho’s pace of walking was truly that of a gentleman.

Without haste, walking very slowly but safely toward his goal, he was worthy to be a model for countless scholars.

«If only I could straighten my back and raise my shoulders a little bit.»

With his eyes narrowed, his shoulders down and his back half bent like an old centennial, if he didn’t look so pathetic, he would have been tolerable. But why would anyone with a perfectly normal look walk like that?

“But this road is…”

Thinking the road seemed familiar to him, he looked up and saw Silver River’s commercial stall in the distance.

“Let’s go to the Silver River commercial stand?”

“Yes.”

“Are you borrowing money or something?”

As he said it, Jin So-ah thought he had said something ridiculous. Wei Yan-ho was already incredibly rich. Of the 200 nyang he had won that day, he had returned the hundred nyang he had borrowed from Ha Dae-bung on the spot, and after paying off the twenty nyang debt of the game, he still had eighty nyang left.

And while it cost him twenty more nyang to pay off Jin So-ah’s debt, he still had sixty nyang left: a huge fortune. Why would anyone like that need to borrow money from a commercial post?

“Ah, you’re going to withdraw the money you deposited.”

“No money…”

“What?”

“But it’s right that he’s going to collect the guarantee.”

“Are you starting a business?”

Wei Yan-ho simply smiled without responding.

“Have you come?”

Wei Yan-ho, looking at Ha Dae-bung who greeted him warmly, thought a person really has many faces.

When he met Wei Yan-ho, he proved to be the perfect example of a usurer, but after learning that he owned a Golden Sword from the Imperial Inspector, he showed extreme servility. Then, in the gambling house, he became a rich investor, and now, again…

“Your back will be broken.”

“I think that’s usually said to people who walk too straight on their backs.”

“…Let’s double it in half, in half.”

Seeing Ha Dae-bung lean so low that his head almost touched the ground as he crawled, Wei Yan-ho could really feel how hard it was to make a living through business.

“And what about my sword?”

You mean the golden sword? Mm-hmm. I’ll have it brought in right away.

“Yes.”

What kind of tea would you like?

I have cheap tastes, so I don’t even notice the difference by drinking expensive things.

“Haha, you joke well.”

“But I mean it.”

Seeing Wei Yan-ho’s face without the slightest trace of humor, Ha Dae-bung ordered a servant to bring cheap tea. Unnecessary expenses were absolutely undesirable.

“And what brings you here?”

Have you thought about what I mentioned before?

“Mmm…”

As a trader, Ha Dae-bung immediately understood the situation with that one comment.

“It’s not really such a difficult task…”

“Yes.”

– But there’s no capital, is there?

“Capital?”

Yes. There is no capital. As much personnel, technology and management skills as you have, without money there is no business.

“But we have money.”

Ha Dae-bung had a bitter smile.

“That’s not even far enough.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Of course it is not enough. Think about it. No matter how much money you have earned, young master, if you lined up everyone who has that money in Hubei, the figure would be infinite.

“…Come on, I’m sure not so much.”

“Don’t underestimate the rich.”

Ha Dae-bung’s face was serious.

“Of course, what I said was exaggerated, but there are many people who don’t care about eighty nyang of gold.”

Wei Yan-ho thought there was logic in those words.

In fact, had not his own father offered a hundred nyang of gold as a reward just for finding him? That meant that Guangdong’s Wei family had enough money to spend twice as much as Wei Yan-ho owned just to find his son.

The problem was that, as far as Wei Yan-ho knew, the Wei family was famous for being a prestigious family, but not particularly recognized for its wealth.

Even the Wei family could easily spend a fortune of a hundred nyang.

And if it were Jiangbei, where there was incomparably more money circulating than Jiangnan, it wouldn’t be strange at all if many people didn’t think anything about sixty nyang of gold.

– Hmm… so this money isn’t enough?

There are ways, you could open a clinic, but it would end up as an ordinary clinic, and what young Master Wei wants from me isn’t running such a small clinic without me failing, is it?

“Mmm…”

Wei Yan-ho issued a contemplative sound, as he had encountered a great obstacle from the beginning.

“Um, but…”

Then Jin So-ah raised his hand.

“What?”

“Could I know what you’re talking about?”

Wei Yan-ho snapped his tongue.

“I told you everything last time.”

“What?”

Wei Yan-ho smiled and declared:

“We are rebuilding the Sacred Hand Hall.”

***

“Hey, fucker, let’s slow down!”

Jang-il was in agony.

Who was he?

A little beggar from the beggars’ sect.

Originally, beggars needed strong legs to survive. Vagrants who only begged in one place used to die in a few years.

When it’s cold, you just go to a warm place, and when times are bad to beg, you need to be able to climb mountains and at least collect grass to eat to survive as a beggar; it’s natural.

That’s why the Mendigo sect has been famous for its lightness skills since ancient times.

As someone who had traveled through all the central plains, Jang-il always had confidence in walking.

But this was a little too much.

“You should let me sleep before we go!”

Although Jang-il had the talent to run short distances quickly, this type of long distance march did not adapt at all to his body.

Also, as his companion was someone who advanced without letting him sleep, advancing and advancing again, his fatigue doubled.

“There’s no time.”

“Your brother won’t die! Even the King of Hell wouldn’t have common sense and wouldn’t take someone like that.”

When Wei San-ho’s eyes became menacing, Jang-il shuddered.

“Did I say something wrong?”

“Well, it was the right thing to say: what could happen to Wei Yan-ho?”

“The incidents happen to those who move. How useless it was to worry about someone who, if left alone, would spend years in his room without any concern.”

“Let’s rest a bit, you bastard!”

“That beggar actually.”

Wei San-ho frowned.

Although he had brought him as a guide, a beggar was still a beggar.

Noisy, dirty and grumbling that pierced the sky.

“Once we get to Hubei, you can rest as much as you want.”

“I feel that I will die before I get there!”

“You won’t die.”

At the firm words of Wei San-ho, Jang-il sat right there. Although he was in the middle of the main street, the beggars are not ashamed.

– Oh, I can’t go on.

“Wow.”

Wei San-ho let a deep sigh escape.

He had speeded up the pace a little because he wanted to see his brother, but what good was a Little Mendigo of the Mendigo sect if he was so weak? A Little Mendigo of the Mendigo sect should be able to walk a thousand li as if it were a single step.

“And do you call yourself a Hugijisu of the Mendigo sect?”

[TL/N: Hugijisu () refers to a superior or elite disciple of the later generation of the Mendigo sect in the ranks died.]

I’m a Fox-Dog, not a Fox-Horse, that’s why I told you to bring that Flying Eagle Beggar!

Wei San-ho shook his head as he watched Jang-il lie on the road as if it were his bedroom, making a tantrum.

– Get up, there’s a carriage coming.

“A carriage?”

Jang-il’s head suddenly rose, but immediately disappointed and went back to bed.

I was hoping I could take a carriage if it was a carriage going to Hubei, but that carriage came from Hubei’s direction.

“Please step aside.”

“Wow.”

Jang-il rose slowly from his place and headed to the side of the road.

“But what kind of carriage is so striking?”

Jang-il’s mouth opened wide when he saw the huge four-horse carriage pulled by four pure white horses.

Even one of those horses would be too expensive for ordinary people to even dream of. A carriage with four horses so bright and obviously fine could not be a common carriage.

“Did any minister come in?”

Jang-il showed his curiosity.

“Don’t cause trouble.”

“Problem!”

Jang-il muttered quietly.

A Beggar Sect beggar should be interested in anything, even the slightest, unusual. Only then could he be considered a member of the Beggar Sect who survives by selling information.

“Mmm…”

Jang-il threw his lump in the middle of the road.

“Upstairs!”

Then he waited with a malicious smile for the carriage’s approach.

“Wow!”

The coachman stopped the carriage when he saw the lump that had fallen on the road.

“Who’s there?”

Then he stared at Jang-il and Wei San-ho who were on the side of the road.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I was trying to step aside and unintentionally…

“Hurry up, pack up and leave.”

“Yes, yes.”

Jang-il slowly advanced towards the carriage, picked up his lump and stepped aside slowly.

“Hold it!”

The carriage began to move again.

Jang-il straightened his back as he watched the carriage move away. Wei San-ho scolded him.

Did you do all that just to see the coachman’s face?

“Tsk tsk tsk tsk.”

Jang-il looked at Wei San-ho like he was pathetic.

“That’s why kids who only have strength die young people.”

“Huh?”

“If you don’t know how much information I just collected, you better keep your mouth shut.”

What information did you gather?

“With just words?”

It doesn’t matter.

Thinking he was just joking, Wei San-ho tried to rush down the road without getting involved, but Jang-il spoke.

Although the wheels of the carriage stopped briefly, they were barely nailed to the ground, which means that there is only one person inside. And that person has learned martial arts.

“Mmm?”

“The carriage had no imperial marks, so it is not royalty, and there is no case in which a coachman escorts only a high-ranking lady, so it must be a man.”

“What’s so important about that?”

“Ha, this guy.”

Jang-il looked at Wei San-ho as if he were unbelieving and continued.