I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 108 Sticks and Carrots
The next morning.

The first sunrise of the rising sun reflects the ancient vigor of the old trees in the courtyard.

Wei Changtian opened his eyes and looked at Yang Liushi lying beside him, feeling a little dazed in the silence.

Last night was the first time in two months that he did not enter the "dream state" when he fell asleep, and it was also the first time he slept with a woman unsuspectingly.

Without the discomfort of a hangover, it was quite relaxing.

I just don't know when will be the next time I can fall asleep so peacefully.

He stood up and shook his head, and Yang Liushi woke up slowly at this time.

"Young master, are you awake?"

"Well, you're awake too?"

"OK."

The two exchanged some nonsense, and after looking at each other, they both felt a little funny.

Yang Liushi moved her body slightly, leaned against Wei Changtian's chest and said coquettishly:
"My lord, last night you almost tormented my servant's family..."

"toss?"

Wei Changtian was taken aback: "Aren't I drunk?"

"Hehehe, where did the young master think?"

Yang Liushi patted Wei Changtian's arm and smiled, "I'm talking about taking off your clothes and cleaning your body, and helping you sleep."

"Oh."

Wei Changtian didn't feel embarrassed, and nodded, thinking that "drunk sex" really only exists in TV dramas.

Otherwise, if you are all drunk, how can you still have the mind to do that kind of thing? It's hard to say whether the location can be found correctly.

Unless it was planned by someone.

Lying on the bed for a while, I refused Yang Liushi's invitation to have a "morning exercise", got out of bed and got dressed.

When the two opened the door and walked out, they happened to meet Yuan'er and Ah Chun who were waiting outside.

"Young Master, Sister Liu Shi..."

Of course Yuan'er knows that Yang Liushi has an "adulterate relationship" with Wei Changtian, but the former is not as famous as Lu Jingyao, strictly speaking, her status is the same as her maidservant, so she has always been referred to as "sister".

"Are you up? I'm going to prepare warm water now."

She hurried into the side room to pick up the kettle that was simmering on the stove, while Ah Chun was standing beside him with a copper washbasin.

But this washbasin is really too big, it's better to hold it than hold it.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Wei Changtian couldn't help laughing twice, went to the well to fetch a bucket of cold water and washed his face perfunctorily, when he looked up again, he happened to see a small head protruding from the wall.

It looks like he should not be as big as Ah Chun, with two small buns tied on the left and right sides of his head, he is a boy.

This is the son of the widow next door?

Wei Changtian smiled at the boy, but the latter was not afraid, his big eyes were full of novelty.

This house has been empty for a long time, now that so many people have moved in at once, it is normal to be curious.

"what's your name?"

Wei Changtian thought for a while, then slowly walked to the wall and raised his head and asked, "How old are you this year?"

"..."

The boy tilted his head to look over, and after a while, he stretched out five chubby fingers.

Is it dumb?

Wei Changtian paused for a moment, and at this moment a call suddenly came from the courtyard next door.

"Of course!"

The voice of the middle-aged woman should be that poor man who lost her husband.

Hearing his mother's call, the boy shrunk his head and quickly disappeared behind the wall, followed by a faint sound like "what are you doing here?"

Wei Changtian wasn't in the mood to eavesdrop on other people's education, so he shook his head and went into the house for breakfast.

Unexpectedly, my neighbor was even worse than I imagined. Not only was there no man in the house, even the child was dumb.

If it were Xiao Feng, it is estimated that he would gain another widow who still has a charm, is considerate and virtuous.

But I absolutely did not have such a plan.

Even the eldest daughter of Huanghua can't handle it, so there is really no need to take this offer.

Huh?
By the way, Zhang San is almost forty.

If he is willing, he can help make the match.

Glancing at Zhang San who was eating sullenly, Wei Changtian couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

I even help solve the marital problems of employees, I am such a good boss!

……

Compared with the capital city, Shuzhou City seems to have a stronger urban atmosphere.

After everyone had breakfast, there were all kinds of yelling in the alley outside, all of them were peddlers and peddlers.

There are needles, needles, rice, oil, salt, fresh fruit and snacks. If you want to buy, you only need to say hello in the house, and you can complete the shopping without leaving home.

It should be regarded as the predecessor of "purchasing agent".

Wei Changtian sat at the gate of the house with great interest, watched the shopkeepers coming and going for a while, and bought some bunches of candied haws.

The hawthorns at this time are a bit old, but they are very cheap, only five copper coins for a bunch.

After asking for four strings, it turned out that he searched for a long time before he found that the least valuable money on his body was five taels of small silver ingots. In the end, Yuan'er ran out and paid for twenty copper coins.

"crunch~"

The peddler accepted the money with a happy face, and the peddler quickly walked away with a straw stick.

"Honey, hey, hey, candied haws! No sweet, no money!"

Nine tunes and eighteen tunes, palm rope to pry the pole.

If it was put in the previous life, it would be good if this kind of behavior of hawking and selling at the gate of the community early in the morning would not be called "disturbing the people" by the police.

It's just that although there were no police at this time, the two black carriages that suddenly appeared from the corner of the alley startled the peddler.

He hurriedly tried to dodge, but the alley was too narrow, so he finally fell to the ground.

Before he had time to check whether he was injured, the peddler hurriedly picked up the stick with the candied haws on it, but unfortunately the straw had just fallen into the mud in the corner, and the dozen or so bunches of candied haws had already been covered with sticky black mud, which was obviously serious.

"This this……"

Wanting to cry without tears, he looked up at the two carriages. The "mirror" flag on the roof made him instantly lose the idea of ​​going to ask for an explanation.

Just now, a gentleman bought four bunches of candied haws at once. The peddler thought he was lucky today, but in the blink of an eye, this happened...

Ugh.

Sighing, he patted his dusty clothes, and the slightly hunched figure slowly disappeared with a bare straw stick on his shoulder.

And just when he thought he was unlucky and limped around the alley and left, the two "vehicles involved in the accident" also stopped slowly.

Seven or eight men in tiger uniforms trotted up to stand in front of Wei Changtian as soon as they got off the car, bowing nervously.

"Young Master Wei, why are you sitting here..."

Chen Bo squeezed out a smile, bowed his head and said, "I'm going to take the liberty to come to the door today, please forgive me, my lord."

"..."

The morning breeze blew past the two ancient locust trees in front of the door, and also raised the corners of everyone's clothes.

Wei Changtian glanced at Chen Bo, did not speak, but continued to sit on the steps in front of the door idly, and then ate the candied haws in his hand.

"Click, click~"

The sound of sugar shattering was heard clearly in everyone's ears.

These "adults" of the Xuanjing Division, who are usually invincible, all kept their heads bowed and bowed, as if they had been cast with a holding spell, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

At this time, in the courtyard next to her, a woman who was not very handsome, but looked like a good wife and loving mother, was quietly looking at this side through the crack of the door, her face was full of shock.

She held a basket of eggs in one hand and a little boy in the other. She originally wanted to apologize for her son's "peeking" behavior this morning.

But I didn't expect to run into this scene just as I was about to go out.

Tiger jiao clothing, mirror flag.

This is an officer of Xuan Jing Division, why do they treat that young master with such respect?

The deceased husband was a well-known bodyguard in the city during his lifetime, so the woman has also been swayed by some affairs in the Jianghu, and knows how powerful Xuan Jingsi is.

But it was also because of her understanding that she was even more confused about the identity of this new neighbor who moved in.

The woman couldn't help but looked at it curiously for a while, but felt that her behavior was very rude, so she wanted to close the door and go back to the house, and apologize for her son later.

But at this moment, the mysterious young master finally finished eating the candied haws, and slowly stood up from the steps.

He threw away the bare wooden stick casually, and said to the trembling crowd in front of him:
"Not bad... come in."

not bad?
A somewhat inexplicable question suddenly popped up in the woman's mind.

This refers to the taste of candied haws?
still is
……

In the main hall with simple but not simple decoration, Yuan'er was serving tea to everyone one by one.

This is a very normal thing, but when everyone except Wei Changtian received the tea, they all got up and gave a little help, and they were extra cautious and humble in every move.

Seeing this, Wei Changtian was not in a hurry to speak, and only after Yuan'er retreated did he look at Chen Bo with a half-smile.

"Master Chen, bringing so many people to look for me is quite impressive."

"My lord was joking..."

Chen Bo, who was sitting on the left hand side, hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Yesterday, many colleagues had missions and were not in the yamen. Today, when they heard that I was coming to visit the young master, they rushed to follow."

"Let me introduce to you, this is Wang Daochang of the Commoner Guard, with an official position of Qianhu; this is Zhang Zhongsheng of the Zongmi Department, with the same official position of Qianhu, this is..."

Soon, Chen Bo introduced several people one by one.

Wei Changtian nodded indifferently, but he had already remembered the names of several people in his heart.

One township, two thousand households, and five hundred households.

It is estimated that this is all the "high-level officials" of the Xuanjing Division's Shuzhou sub-rudder.

There are more than [-] people with eight establishments of more than [-] households. This ratio is undoubtedly low compared to the capital's general office, but it is also normal.

After all, everyone who has been in the system knows that it is too difficult for the grassroots to be promoted.

"Master Chen, you're not here just to let me recognize someone, are you?"

After taking a sip of tea, Wei Changtian smiled and said, "If that's the case, then I recognize them all by now, and you can go."

"Haha, if it's just such a trivial matter, we naturally wouldn't dare to bother you, Young Master..."

In order to relieve the atmosphere, Chen Bo laughed very stiffly twice, but it turned out to be even more embarrassing.

Fortunately, he was thick-skinned enough, and after laughing, he waved at one person.

The latter immediately moved a large wooden box to the center of the room, took out the key and opened the box lid.

Wei Changtian had noticed this box a long time ago. He thought it was some kind of gold, silver and jewellery, but only now did he realize that it contained a volume of ledgers.

"Master Chen, what do you mean by this?"

"Young Master, this is the account of Xuanjing Division's Shuzhou sub-rudder's shareholding in all industries."

Chen Bo casually picked up a book and put it in front of Wei Changtian's eyes, and said with some pain: "Most of them are in the city of Shuzhou, and there are also some in other counties."

"Oh?"

Wei Changtian's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Chen Bo with great interest: "It looks like a lot, what can you tell me about it?"

"Yes."

Chen Bo introduced like a few treasures: "There are two gambling houses and two brothels..."

"Three rice shops, one pawn shop, one jewelry store..."

"..."

Chen Bo's speaking speed was acceptable, but he didn't finish speaking for half a minute.

Wei Changtian, on the other hand, became more and more surprised the more he listened.

dude, I'm straight a dude!

Basic necessities of life, food, drink, and entertainment are all covered?

Although most of them only invested a few percent of shares, the number is too much!

"okay."

Interrupting Chen Bo who was still chattering, he asked directly: "Just tell me, how much is the total net profit of these industries every year?"

"About one hundred thousand taels..."

After Chen Bo finished his answer, afraid that Wei Changtian might misunderstand, he hurriedly added: "However, after deducting the expenses such as up and down management, there is not much left, just to subsidize the expenses of the department..."

The cost of the subsidy... dare you say it.

The imperial court will give the servants' salaries. After the money is earned, in addition to being used as "bonuses" points for the subordinates, most of it is not in the pockets of you guys.

Of course, although Wei Changtian thought so, he definitely wouldn't be entangled in such things.

After all, the part of the Wei family who "supplied the confession" took the biggest head.

If you eat meat yourself, you can't make soup or let others drink it.

Looking at the ledger in front of him, Wei Changtian didn't open it, but smiled knowingly and asked: "Master Chen, it seems that you have not only achieved great success in martial arts, but also a good businessman."

"I just don't know why you want to show me these books?"

"Naturally, these properties must be returned to the original owners and returned to the young master!" Chen Bo's face was serious.

"Return to the original owner?"

Wei Changtian laughed and said, "I have never contributed any effort, nor have I contributed any money. Where did this saying come from?"

"My son's words are wrong."

Chen Bo didn't feel distressed anymore at the moment, and his tone was extremely serious.

"The entire Xuanjing Division belongs to the Wei family, not to mention the mere store business."

"Since the young master is a member of the Wei family, of course it must be returned to the original owner!"

"..."

Speaking of this kind of sake, it is basically the same as putting it all on the table.

Chen Bo clearly wanted to show his loyalty by handing over his "financial power", lest Wei Changtian, who was perverse, would write a letter to Wei Xianzhi to get rid of him or kill him.

As for Wei Changtian, he has no interest in these industries at all.

Not to mention that he doesn't know how to do business, the more important thing is that he is not short of money at all, and from the beginning to the end, he just wants to control the armed forces of the Shuzhou branch.

As for the expenses of these armed forces...whether it's imperial salaries or private property subsidies, he doesn't bother to care about them.

Thinking of this, Wei Changtian finally shook his head in the eyes of the crowd.

"Master Chen, you should take this ledger back."

"Young master! We..."

Everyone never expected this result. For a moment, they thought that Wei Changtian was determined to mess with them, and they couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

But before they could say anything, Wei Changtian continued to say:

"You don't need to panic, I will tell you the truth now..."

The way of the emperor is to add a big stick and a carrot.

The "big stick" is almost done, and it's time to give some carrots.

　Coherent plot, 2 in 1 chapter~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)