Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 93

Chapter 93

“Isn’t this a very good condition?”

“What do you mean?”

“Young Master Jin, working alone for twenty years, was unable to revive the Sacred Hand Hall.”

“…Mm, it’s true, I guess.”

“And even though the Sacred Hand Hall’s reputation is impressive, it is not something Young Master Jin needs absolutely.”

“That is also true.”

So why are you willing to pay young master Jin such an exorbitant salary of a gold nyang a month for twenty years to help him revive the Sacred Hand Hall? It does not seem that young master Wei has much to gain from this.

I’d be making money.

You already have a lot of money. Do you really think you could get your investment back after 20 years investing so much? You could end up losing all the money invested.

Wei Yan-ho drank the tea of leaves that were placed in front of him without answering.

I don’t think young Master Jin has a particularly remarkable relationship with Master Wei. Even if it wasn’t a medical clinic, there are countless ways to make money, so I don’t understand his intention to use this particular method.

Wei Yan-ho left his cup of tea.

“It’s fate.”

“What do you mean?”

“Wasn’t the fate I got here and met that boy?”

“Destiny…”

Wei Yan-ho responded casually.

Since I just want a room and food anyway, if I have money, it would be good to use it for something meaningful. So-ah is someone who will accomplish great things. Although he is young, if So-ah revives the Sacred Hand Hall and becomes an excellent doctor, he will be able to save countless people. So I think it is not wrong to believe in him once.

“It’s hard to understand, but if that’s your will, Master…”

Jin So-ah covered his mouth with his hand.

Then he carefully left the building, making sure that his steps could not be heard.

“I never thought young Master Wei would think of me that way.”

Until a few moments ago, he was no different from a ruthless lender, but who would have known he was thinking such things inside?

Ha Dae-bung’s words were not wrong. Even if he worked his whole life, it would be impossible to pay twenty nyang of debt gold and rebuild the Sacred Hand Hall.

But if he had done what Wei Yan-ho had commanded him, in twenty years he would have paid all his debts and made a name for himself as a renowned doctor at the rebuilt Sacred Hand Hall.

“He did it all thinking about me…”

He felt sorry for thinking badly of Wei Yan-ho, even if it was briefly.

“I have to pay him.”

All he could do was become an excellent doctor. With that thought, Jin So-ah ran home.

“He left?”

Ha Dae-bung slightly opened the door and looked out, watching Jin So-ah running away.

“Yes, he left.”

“Head.”

An evil smile crossed Wei Yan-ho’s lips.

“Cheating a small child is nothing.”

“…Does this look very malicious?”

“Really?”

Wei Yan-ho smiled satisfied. With this, he had easily obtained an obedient slave with good background and excellent influence.

“Think I would participate in something like that, when I have lived my whole life of my reputation…”

Ha Dae-bung had a stupefied expression.

“A ruthless usurer speaking of reputation!”

“…I adhered to established interest rates.”

“Sixty percent?”

“Four and a half percent.”

Ha Dae-bung corrected Wei Yan-ho’s words and snapped his lips.

“You really lived with a lot of conscience.”

“I was born naturally with a good character.”

Did you wet your lips?

“…earlier.”

Ha Dae-bung smiled shyly and continued.

“Apart from that, I feel like I might have some remorse for conscience.”

“For So-ah it’s not a bad situation either.”

“It’s true, but…”

The only clear difference was that a sign like the Sacred Hand Hall was not easy to get anywhere, and just holding it was worth more than twenty nyang of gold to Jin So-ah.

“What are you going to do now?”

At the words of Wei Yan-ho, Ha Dae-bung swallowed saliva with difficulty.

“Since it seems difficult to escape from the branch manager position even if you continue to work as you have done so far, why don’t you change jobs with this opportunity?”

Why do you want to hire me? From Master Wei’s perspective, am I different from a usurer who sucks the blood of the poor? I may not have wielded a sword, but what I did was not very different from what the Black Land Mansion did.

“That’s why!”

Wei Yan-ho applauded.

That ability to keep a store while you take on those terrifying interests! That mental strength that could mercilessly crush the heads of those who would come to your store holding on to a burning nail as if they were drowning and submerging them!

“…that’s an insult, isn’t it?”

With that skill level, you’d have to stand out in whatever task you’re assigned. Yes, of course. What do you think? I’ll pay you a good salary, so how about starting from scratch as general manager of the new Sacred Hand Hall?

“In the past, I would have thought that this was a lifeguard I would cling to without looking back…”

Having vividly witnessed how Jin So-ah was deceived before his eyes, he began to suspect that that lifesaver might actually be a line.

“Am I cheating too?”

Why would someone as insightful as you think that?

“…they’re cheating on me, aren’t they?”

“No, not at all.”

Ha Dae-bung fell into anguish seeing the dubious expression of Wei Yan-ho.

He had also met many people who roamed the higher world, but this was the first time he encountered someone whose intentions were so indecipherable.When someone planned something, his emotions or intentions inevitably reflected, even slightly, in his expression, but Wei Yan-ho had none of that.

Even now, with an expression as if he owned the world, he was bent in his chair as if everything was annoying: how could anyone read any intention in that appearance?

“Wow.”

Ha Dae-bung let go of a long sigh.

“Whether it’s a lifesaver or a line, it’s sure this could be a new opportunity.”

Anyway, I was sick of the loan business.

That’s the way loan houses were. You could only operate them; there was nothing like expanding the business or trying something new. You could only open your mouth and then swallow anyone who came.

Although Ha Dae-bung proved to have natural talent in this field, his thirst for a new job in which he could plan and advance on his own had been growing.

“Will you let me operate as I want?”

I can’t say I’ll give you full authority, but I’ll try to interfere as little as possible, and as you can see, I’m someone who couldn’t interfere well even if I wanted to.

“…That seems to be the case.”

To interfere, you have to know something, and to know, you have to move. From what you had heard, you seemed to be the kind of person who would not leave your room for half a month or a whole month, so how could you know how a medical room works and interfere?

“It’s not very reliable, but…”

It would be something you should never do based on judging a person, but that person’s ability could be called exceptional.

“It’s definitely a line…”

But the bait was too appetizing. With a bait of that caliber, it wouldn’t be so bad to bite it. It was just a choice between not biting the bait and starving, or biting the appetizing bait and leaving the consequences to chance.

“I will.”

Ha Dae-bung nodded vigorously.

Wei Yan-ho smiled and extended his hand towards Ha Dae-bung.

Ha Dae-bung shook Wei Yan-ho’s extended hand.

“Please take care of me.”

“Yes, likewise.”

The rebirth of the Sacred Hand Hall that would bring a storm to Hubei’s medical world was beginning.

“The first thing we need is a building.”

“A building?”

“The building has to be impressive for people to think: ‘Ah, if I go to this medical room, saving my life would be nothing of the other world’.”

“I see.”

Wei Yan-ho nodded too.

Whether in personal or business matters, appearance always matters. Wei Yan-ho would not have been fooled so easily if his master had not had the appearance of an immortal sage.

I wish it hadn’t been for that red face like an azufaifo and those white mustaches like snow!

“Swindler!”

“Excuse me?”

“Oh, nothing.”

Wei Yan-ho shook his head vigorously. “Just thinking of his master turned his stomach.

“I think there’s a proper building.”

“Do you have a building you bought?”

“It’s not like that… but I think we can get a free building where there’s no owner or anyone who claims to own it.”

Where are you talking about, is there such a place?

“The Mansion of the Black Land.”

“…”

Ha Dae-bung looked at Wei Yan-ho with an empty expression.

This crazy bastard was seriously saying that he had installed a medical room in the building that had been used as a base for a criminal organization so far?

“Maybe you should reconsider?”

Why? The building is impressive and is close to the center. Few times there is such a good location in Wuhan.

“It’s true, but…”

Only in terms of location, there was nothing to discuss.

It was in the middle of Wuhan, on a main street. Moreover, it was so famous that it would be difficult to find someone in Wuhan who did not know where the Black Land Mansion was, so, as a location, it was unbeatable.

But human perception doesn’t work that way.

What good would it be to win a place and destroy public confidence?

“…Nobody builds a restaurant on top of a black well.”

Come on, there could be a change of perception: a place that was used before to torment people is now a place that saves people.

“That’s just an illusion.”

“Let’s leave that behind for now.”

“And secondly, it’s important to hire quality doctors.”

“Mmm…”

Even if we make a big announcement about the opening of a medical room under the name of Holy Hand Room, if those who visit it initially do not receive the proper treatment, they will soon stop coming. It is important to disseminate the information.

“And then?”

“In the end, it’s still rumors.”

Ha Dae-bung took his hands to his face and made a whispering gesture.

As good as the medical room you build, if people don’t recognize it, it’s completely useless. We need to spread rumors quickly and definitely.

Wei Yan-ho nodded.

“In fact, you are my Zhang Zi-fang.”

“Head.”

“So you must have solutions to all those situations?”

“…”

Ha Dae-bung stayed like a mute who had eaten honey.

Why should Ha Dae-bung have such solutions?

“To me?”

“Didn’t you ask to be allowed to operate as you wanted?”

“I did.”

“But I do all this work while you just pick up the fruit? Do you leave the hard work to others?”

That’s not what I meant, but somehow the atmosphere made him look shameless.

“N-not that.”

“So you must have solutions?”

“…”

If you don’t have them, believe them.

Ha Dae-bung felt that something was wrong, but it was too late to get out of there; it had sunk too deep. Wei Yan-ho swamp was like a deep swamp from which, once you fell, you could not escape.

“Can I leave it?”

“If you die Where won’t you be able to go?”

“…Mother.”

Humidity sprang around Ha Dae-bung’s eyes.