Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Chapter 97

#97

Taejonbirok Volume 4 Episode 22

Chapter 31 – The Lazy Man Gets to Work (2)

Even after the governor left, the feast continued for a while. Jin So-ah felt like ten bodies were not enough for the feast that did not end even at night.

As I went around greeting people one by one, receiving their congratulations and revealing my future aspirations, my schedule finally ended around midnight.

“Ugh.”

Jin So-ah lay in bed without even washing properly.

“Ugh, I’m dying…….”

And then he fell into a deep sleep as if he were dead.

The next morning.

“What, what the heck is this…….”

Jinsoah's eyes trembled.

“Ah! I told you not to push!”

“Get in line! Get in line!”

Jin So-ah, who had barely managed to wake up from her sleep after General Ha Dae-bong had been making a fuss since morning, was startled by the line forming in front of the main gate.

“Hey, how far does the line go?”

The line in front of the main gate stretched along the main street and even extended past the corner.

“Hoo hoo hoo hoo.”

Ha Dae-bong opened his mouth wide and laughed at the sight.

“It’s just beginning, Your Majesty.”

"yes?"

“Please go to the main office.”

"ah……."

Jin So-ah hid her bewildered feelings and headed to Jang Ju-sil. Jin So-ah sat on a soft chair in the examination room in front of Jang Ju-sil and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

“Is this a dream?”

There was an ambition.

He also had faith that business would be good. But the line now forming in front of the main gate was far beyond his imagination.

“I told you not to push!”

“There’s an emergency here! There’s an emergency!”

“Hey! You over there! Didn’t you just barge in? Where are you cutting in!”

The lines were so long that they were tangled together and causing chaos.

“Hoo hoo hoo hoo.”

Ha Dae-bong looked at the sight, turned around, and shouted loudly.

“Get ready! It’s opening time!”

"yes!"

As the door opened, patients rushed in, but they were unable to enter because they were caught in the rope that Hadaebong had put up in advance.

“Please come in after receiving your first examination in order. The first examination is free!”

“Wow!”

Usually, a doctor's office is a place where the medical expenses are so high that it would make you cry just by looking at the doctor's eyes. It's not for nothing that they say that if you go to a doctor's office a couple of times, your household finances will be in shambles.

But I couldn't help but like it when they said the first visit was free.

The doctors who sat at the desks in front of the main gate began to classify the patients based on their comments. Since this was a job that did not require a particularly high level of medical skills, they were specially hired by Ha Dae-bong as trainees.

When they offered to pay pocket change instead of making the trainees do the work they had to learn on the job, they started fighting among themselves over who would take over the work.

It was a decision that killed two birds with one stone: I could learn medicine at a historic medical school and earn money at the same time.

“Go to the Samjin Clinic.”

“To this clinic!”

“……I think it’s just a cold, so I think it’s okay to go home.”

The neatly sorted patients were guided to the examination room by the medical staff. Inside the examination room, doctors from each field were waiting to receive patients.

Soon, the sound of patients murmurs and the smell of medicine began to fill the hospital.

Jin So-ah opened the door and looked outside because no one was coming in, and kept rubbing her eyes.

“What the heck is this…….”

I just threw a banquet once, but so many patients came. What kind of harmony is this?

“It seems like a good start.”

Ha Dae-bong approached Jin So-ah and spoke. Jin So-ah looked bewildered and struggled to figure out what to say. But there was no need to worry. It wasn’t him who answered, it was someone else.

“Well, that’s as expected.”

"huh?"

A reply came from above Jin So-ah's head. Then, there was a rolling sound from the eaves, and Wi Yeon-ho fell down from the eaves.

“Oh, you were there?”

"huh."

Wi Yeon-ho smiled happily as he watched the patients flocking in.

“Now all that’s left is to rake in the money.”

“Yes.”

“……Will this continue?”

Jin So-ah couldn't understand why people were flocking here, so she couldn't help but tilt her head.

“Hahaha, Your Majesty, you can just watch the ritual and eat some rice cakes.”

Jin So-ah tilted her head at Ha Dae-bong's confident words.

“I don’t know at all…….”

Wi Yeon-ho looked at Jin So-ah as if she was pitiful.

“That’s why I said that people like you, congressmen, are no good.”

Jinsoah blushed.

“It’s hard for people who deal with patients to make a living because they don’t know what the patients are thinking.”

“What do you mean?”

“How many members are there in Muhan?”

"……to?"

Jin So-ah was lost in thought. There was the nameless hospital where he was, and there was the fake Seongsujang.

and…….

“Except for the sex shops on the main street, there are hardly any places that can be called hospitals. Even if there are, they are small places. That’s why people flock to the sex shops on the main street.”

This is because the past Seongsujang was such a huge medical clinic. People living in the infinite did not necessarily need to go to any other clinic besides Seongsujang, and naturally, no other clinics were created. Then, when Seongsujang collapsed and a new doctor came in, a vacuum was created.

“When you’re sick, you have to go to the doctor, but they take money for the first visit, so you go for no reason and are afraid of wasting money on something that’s not a big deal, so you suffer and endure it, and end up getting sicker.”

“I don’t understand. Then why don’t you come to the anonymous doctor’s office?”

“Is there any patient willing to pay for treatment at that unknown clinic?”

“……There wasn’t any.”

“People like cheap things, but on the other hand, if it’s too cheap, they start to doubt whether the product is good. If the treatment is free, the building is falling down, and the doctors are just young women and little guys, who would trust them with their lives? They go to the sex shop even if it means borrowing money.”

Jinsoah was confused.

Then what does it mean that they have been doing all this time?

“Only those who cannot afford to pay even if they die go there. So the debt keeps growing, and no matter how much you work, you have no income.”

Jin So-ah's face became pale.

“In the meantime, if they say they will treat patients without charging an initial consultation fee, then anyone who feels even the slightest bit sick will have no choice but to flock here. And what if they just make the medicine and acupuncture prices cheaper than that?”

Hadae-bong took the words.

“From now on, we will conquer the infinite number of medical facilities.”

“The remaining suspicions were resolved with the Taesu’s visit. He must have been a member of the National Assembly that the country trusted and entrusted with its affairs, so there was nothing to be hesitant about.”

"surely."

Jin So-ah nodded and asked.

“But why did you bring the prince here?”

“We had a good conversation.”

My heart sank when I saw Wei Yanho smiling sinisterly.

“Tongue, is that a threat?”

“What about threats? I just showed you the ledger of the bribes that was in the black kitchen.”

“That’s a threat!”

Jinsoah screamed.

That's a threat!

“Oh my! This is called a deal.”

Wi Yeon-ho took out the ledger from his bosom and shook it gently.

In fact, it wouldn't be such a big deal for someone of the rank of Taesu to receive bribes. Even if evidence was discovered, it would be impossible to punish him.

Tae-su snickered when he saw Wi Yeon-ho sneaking into Tae-su's house and handing over the ledger.

But then, when he saw the golden sword that Wi Yeon-ho held out, his face turned pale.

What kind of place is Asadae?

It is a place to find and punish officials who commit crimes or corruption. The authority of the Office of the Inspector General was already immense, but when Lee Wang-ya ascended to the position of Office of the Inspector General, its power doubled.

But not just any inspector, but an inspector who possesses the inspector's golden sword?

This was a story that didn't come out with a quote.

Thanks to this, the governor of Hubei Province had no choice but to obediently visit the Holy Water Market as ordered by Wei Yanhu.

“In addition, I received an official statement that I could use the wealth I obtained from the Heukji Kitchen as I pleased.”

It's the devil.

This man is a devil!

What crazy person in the world would think of threatening Taesu?

“But once people come and go, will they come back again?”

“Tsk tsk.”

Wi Yeon-ho looked at Jin So-ah as if she was pitiful.

The prestige of the Seongsujang that has been passed down through generations, the low cost of treatment, and even the protection of the Taesu.

There was no reason for people not to come. In addition, with the huge initial investment of capital, they had carefully selected and placed capable members of parliament, so there was no way they wouldn't make money.

“Money is earned. Money is earned…….”

Wi Yeon-ho's eyes burned.

“The question is whether we can recover our investment!”

"yes?"

“You can make money, but the money you earn by beating people up isn’t cheap either.”

“It really went in.”

Hadaebong also nodded.

At first, I tried to invest as little as possible, but after considering it here and there, I ended up spending more money than I thought. Fortunately, I was able to get Jangwon for free.

“So you must recover this investment.”

“……Me?”

“Yes! You! You have to get it back!”

Wi Yeon-ho declared.

“There’s no time to sleep anymore! I’ll definitely make you the best member of Hubei, so work like a dog! Like a dog!”

At that moment, Jin So-ah intuitively felt that something was seriously wrong.

“……How did you come here?”

“Congressman, I feel really bloated… I feel suffocated since yesterday, as if a rock has settled inside me.”

After taking the patient's pulse, Jin So-ah began writing a prescription.

“It doesn’t seem to be an acute illness, but rather indigestion. I’ll prescribe some medicine to protect your stomach, so go and take it for a week.”

“Thank you. Is it okay if I don’t get spit on?”

“You don’t necessarily need to get a needle. But if you do, it will cost extra. Is that okay?”

“Yes! It’s okay!”

“……I will guide you to the bedroom.”

As the nurse took the patient to the bedding room, Jin So-ah took the acupuncture needle and placed it on the patient lying down, then returned to the examination room.

There was already another patient sitting in the examination room.

“……Look here.”

“Yes, Senator?”

“Is there still a long line outside?”

“Oh my, sir! The line stretches out the front door. I’ve been waiting for three hours.”

“I see.”

Jin So-ah let out a sigh of relief.

'Is this how I have to live?'

From the moment people started flocking to the special treatment room, I had no time to open my eyes.

The nameless hospital was busy, but not this kind of busyness. Since there were few doctors, there was simply not enough time to manage and treat the hospitalized patients.

But here, they were busy trying to get rid of the patients who were flocking in.

“Ugh.”

Jin So-ah groaned once and then started seeing the patients again.

Wi Yeon-ho, who was watching the scene from the eaves, nodded.

“I guess I’ll make some money.”

“Hoo hoo hoo.”

Hadae-bong burst into laughter.

“It’s just beginning.”

“Yes.”

Wi Yeon-ho couldn't help but think that he had made a good decision in hiring Ha Dae-bong.

“But it’s really amazing.”

"you're welcome."

Even though Wei Yanhu had brought the governor, it was impossible for the business to be this successful because of that alone. Everything happened because Ha Daebong’s plan worked out exactly.

“From a businessman’s point of view, all congressmen are idiots.”

Hadae-bong smiled bitterly.