Chapter 118 Natural Slag (22 a day, , asking for monthly tickets)

"Okay, okay, stop talking. I believe you are still not capable of it."

Seeing Wang Hao's words getting more and more outrageous, saying that you were also involved and that you were one of them,
Keqing could only wave her hand to interrupt Wang Hao and end the topic.
"So what are you going to do next? Take over the casino and close it? Or keep it open?"

Keqing already knew that Wang Hao almost won the entire casino.

Three hundred million Mora, this amount is simply not something a casino can afford.

If the fat boss's previous circle was willing to give him a hand, maybe they could really work it out.

But now, the fat boss has obviously been abandoned, so it is naturally impossible for him to come up with the money.

If you can't come up with the money, then naturally you can only use other things to pay off the debt.

Even if Wang Hao doesn't do anything, the final judgment is that the entire Yanshang Tea House will belong to Wang Hao.

Well, his surname is Wang, he lives in Liyue, and he runs a teahouse. I have an inexplicable sense of déjà vu here.

"Well, the location of the Rock Tea House is very good. It would be a pity to close it directly. Besides, I plan to use it to go fishing."

A smile appeared on Wang Hao's lips, and there was a dangerous light in his eyes.

Keqing had a strange expression on her face. This was not the first time she had seen Wang Hao look like this. Two years ago, when Wang Hao was plotting against his classmates, he also looked like this.

"Are you going to do something bad again?" Keqing said subconsciously.

Wang Hao: …

【Hahahahaha, I’m going to do something bad again. 】

[I can only say that Keqing really understands Wang Hao. ]

【…】

"Next time, please change 'bad things' to 'plan' so that it won't affect my reputation." Wang Hao said somewhat indignantly.

Keqing rolled her eyes at him and said, "Come on, do we still need this kind of decoration between us?"

Yes, of course I don’t need it.
Besides, what's the difference between us?

Wang Hao was angry inside, but under Keqing's gaze, he finally didn't say it out loud.

He smiled awkwardly and changed the subject: "It's mainly to target the Fatui."

In fact, Wang Hao had a deeper purpose for staying in the Yanshang Tea House, but he couldn't say it. He could only tell Keqing that it was to deal with the Fatui.

"Fools?"

Keqing murmured, then nodded thoughtfully, "The Fatui are indeed dishonest. They will get involved in shady businesses like the Rock Tea House. If we can set a trap for them in advance, we can take advantage of them."

She did not doubt what Wang Hao said.

Keqing believed Wang Hao's statement that he wanted to deal with the Fatui almost instantly.

She even thought of several plans to use the Rock Teahouse to deal with the Fatui.

"Yeah, I think so too. However, in order to avoid being discovered by the Fatui, the fat boss still has to stay for a while." Wang Hao said softly.

Keqing's expression remained unchanged. She already knew what the fat boss had done. Given her personality, she wouldn't care no matter how Wang Hao dealt with the fat boss.

Just the dregs of society.

"Are you going to let him go?"

Wang Hao smiled: "To be precise, I let him go because he was burdened with debts."

"Tell me more about it." Keqing asked directly without any hesitation.

“The debt of 300 million Mora has been finalized, and there is no way he can pay it back, but the specific time of compensation is still to be discussed.

Whether it is the Qianyan Army or the General Affairs Department coming to judge, it is impossible to really force people to death, and they must give people time to react.

In theory, this time is for him to raise funds.
But in this situation, the two bosses, Zhuang and Wang, will definitely spread what happened today, and the casino owner will definitely be abandoned by the real backers behind him, so he will not be able to borrow money from the Liyue forces. "

At this point, Wang Hao showed a hint of sarcasm on his face.
"Then, like a drowning casino owner, he can only grasp at the only straw to save his life."

Keqing also understood: "Northland Bank."

Yes, if the Liyue forces cannot borrow money and still want to raise enough Mora, the only way is the Northland Bank.

"That's right, the North Country Bank. Although the Qianyan Army confiscated the property of the Yanshang Tea House, they haven't had time to touch the account books or anything like that."

Wang Hao said with a hint of sarcasm, "A casino has considerable profits. If the casino owner takes his account book to Northland Bank for a loan, will Northland Bank lend the money?"

Keqing comes from a wealthy family. Although she is now mostly in charge of Liyue's industrial affairs, she is no stranger to commercial finance.

With a highly profitable casino as collateral, Northland Bank would certainly lend money, and it would be fast.
Because it is a high-quality asset.

This is an asset that capital loves.

But in fact, with Wang Hao's 300 million bill, the casino of Yanshang Tea House has already registered with Qianyan Army and the General Affairs Department.

Essentially, it no longer belongs to the fat boss.

The fat boss used it as collateral, which was a second mortgage and was illegal.

However, if he were to defraud Northland Bank, there would probably be no righteous person who knew the inside story to report it.

"What if the Northland Bank finds out that something's wrong with the casino? They won't lend the money then," Keqing asked.

She had clearly identified the problem.

Wang Hao smiled.

“If Northland Bank doesn’t lend money, who will be in trouble?”

Keqing thought about it for a while.
"The casino owner of the Rock Tea House."

Since Northland Bank won't lend money and the funds cannot be mobilized, the fat boss will definitely be the one who suffers.

"Haha, so we don't have to worry about anything. The fat boss will do his best to get the Northland Bank to lend the money." Wang Hao said with a smile.

Does the fat boss have the ability to use the casino as a prime asset to get a loan from Northland Bank?

Wang Hao thinks that there is.

As long as the Qianyan Army does not publicize the trial, when the North Country Bank conducts an investigation, it can only find that the fat boss's casino has suffered a loss, which just happens to correspond to the situation where the fat boss wants a loan.

Northland Bank would definitely want to take over a casino that makes a ton of money every day.

Maybe they will take the initiative to lend money to the fat boss and then use some means to take over the casino.

Of course, there are two prerequisites, that is, the gamblers caught this time will not be released first.

After all, once these gamblers are free, the fact that Wang Hao has amassed 300 million Moras will inevitably be revealed.

It is better to believe that the Emperor likes women's clothing than to believe that the gambler will keep the secret.

"Please ask the Qianyan Army to detain those gamblers for a few more days, so that they can understand the consequences of gambling."

"Okay, it's easy to lock them up for a few days if they know the truth but don't report it." Keqing nodded and agreed to Wang Hao's request.

After the two of them discussed it, they would lock up the gambler for a while longer. There were some discussions in the comments.

【Not democratic at all.】

[You are talking about democracy in Liyue? ]

[It's so funny, Liyue only has a wise ruler. 】

[It is not too much to shoot gamblers, and a few days in jail is too easy for them. 】

[Indeed, gamblers deserve to die.]

Ignore the arguments in the barrage,

Wang Hao continued to look at Keqing: "By the way, remember to keep a copy for me of the property confiscated by the Qianyan Army."

“Keep a copy? Aren’t those all yours?” Keqing tilted her head.

Although she thought gambling was bad, Keqing was not prepared to confiscate the property.

Since Wang Hao won, it should belong to Wang Hao.

"They are all gambling money, ill-gotten gains... Look back and see if there are any families whose families have been ruined by gambling. Calculate some aid for them based on their specific circumstances, and put the rest into the poorhouse."

Although gamblers are not worth saving, most of their families are implicated.

They can still be saved.

As long as they don't condone gamblers, Wang Hao is willing to provide assistance to help them get out of the trough.

After all, most of the time, the people who suffer the most from gamblers are their families.

"Hmm, good idea."

Keqing gave Wang Hao a thumbs up without hesitation.

[Sometimes, I can’t figure out whether Wang Hao is a real good person or just creating a persona.]

[Three hundred million Mora! Even if the casino owner can't afford to pay, the wealth of the entire Yanshang Tea House must be tens of millions of Mora! Is it all donated now? ]

[Didn't you say to keep a copy? You didn't say to donate all of it. 】

[Win 300 million, take 10 million, and keep 10,000? ]

[I feel really bad. I feel like my harvest has been taken away by others.]

The commentators were talking a lot.

"You said you would leave a copy for you. What did you want to leave? Jewelry, calligraphy and paintings? Or Mora?" Keqing asked.

The property seized by the Qianyan Army from the Yanshang Tea House was very complicated. Many of them were properties mortgaged by gamblers. It was quite difficult to calculate how much these things were worth.

After all, the things that are easy to sell have already been sold by the casinos.

Those that can be kept in the casino warehouse are either difficult to sell or have potential for appreciation.

Of course, there are more casinos that are confused about the value.

"Porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, bring us some. Don't give us the precious ones, just something that can fool people." Wang Hao said nonchalantly.

Keqing was stunned for a moment, then realized that this property was probably not prepared by Wang Hao for her.

If you prepare it for yourself, then Mora is definitely the most convenient.

The result is that I have to choose porcelain, calligraphy and paintings that are not easy to sell and not precious.
Something doesn't look right.

"What are you going to do?" Keqing was a little confused.

Wang Hao curled his lips: "I can't force him to death, of course I have to leave some foundation for the fat boss."

Keqing glared at him unhappily: "Tell the truth."

"Okay, okay, two reasons."

Wang Hao held up two fingers towards Keqing.

“First, leaving something for the fat boss will give him hope. This way he won’t despair and commit suicide, and will go to the Northland Bank to borrow money.

Second, if he goes to the Northland Bank to borrow money, these things can also serve as collateral for the fat boss, making it easier for him to borrow money and making the Northland Bank believe that the fat boss still has a solid foundation. "

Wang Hao explained with a smile.

Keqing looked at Wang Hao.

Obviously both reasons make sense.

But for some reason, she always felt that Wang Hao was not telling the whole truth, as if there was something that Wang Hao was still hiding from her.

I have to say, girls' sixth sense is very accurate.

Yes, Wang Hao was hiding something from her.

That is about the matter of the talisman with no taboos.

The comments said that the Fatui accidentally obtained the Unrestricted Talisman from the Rock Tea House.
But Wang Hao is not going to change this situation.

The Hundred Taboos Talisman involves many important entities.

Emperor, immortal, demon.

Each of these beings possesses the power to influence Liyue.

Wang Hao planned to follow the "plot" or "fate" mentioned in the barrage.

The Fatui will obtain the Talisman of No Taboos, but this Talisman of No Taboos will have been tampered with by Wang Hao.

The barrage said that destiny is always just a general direction, but the details are always full of uncertainty.

And what Wang Hao is fighting for is this uncertainty.

Because of this uncertainty, he didn't plan to tell anyone.

Whether it was Keqing or Ningguang, he was not going to say anything.

After looking at Wang Hao for a while,
In the end, Keqing backed down.

A blush appeared on her little face, but it quickly disappeared.

"Should I give the things to you, or should I give them directly to the casino owner?"

Although she felt that Wang Hao was not telling the truth, Keqing still decided to help Wang Hao carry out his plan.

"Just give it to him directly. Once he accepts the bet, you can let him go. When you let him out, give him the thing." Wang Hao said.

After a pause, Wang Hao continued: "Oh, by the way, those gamblers should be locked up for three days. If the casino owner still hasn't received the loan in three days, he would be a waste."

Keqing nodded: "Okay."

After the two finished talking about this matter, they quickly changed the subject. The casino matter was actually not a big deal, otherwise it would not be Wang Hao's turn to solve it.

Keqing quickly told her story: "Kotav is dead."

"Who?" Wang Hao looked confused.

"That's the Fatui major we captured last time," Keqing explained.

Wang Hao reacted: "That major? Wasn't he handed over to Sister Ningguang? How did he die?"

"Ningguang handed the man over to Ye Lan, and Ye Lan imprisoned him in the General Affairs Department. Nothing had gone wrong before, but yesterday when the General Affairs Department employees were delivering food to the prisoners, they found that the man was dead."

Keqing looked a little gloomy and her tone was not very good.

Wang Hao raised his eyebrows: "Did the Fatui do it?"

"It could only be them who did it." Keqing showed a hint of anger, but it quickly disappeared, "But we have no evidence."

"How did that person die? There must be an autopsy." Wang Hao asked.

Keqing's face turned even worse when she heard Wang Hao talking about the autopsy.

"Bite your tongue and commit suicide."

"what?"

Wang Hao had an expression of 'what are you talking about' on his face.

Keqing showed a trace of anger on her face: "We have completed the interrogation. We have asked almost all the questions we should ask. He also cooperated well, so we didn't gag him. But..."

Wang Hao understood.
After being interrogated, Kotav used his cooperative attitude to relax the vigilance of Keqing and others.

After regaining some freedom (no longer having his mouth gagged), he immediately chose to commit suicide.

"He's quite a man." Wang Hao sighed.

Biting the tongue to commit suicide, anyone with a little common sense knows that this is not a good way to die.

Essentially, biting your tongue won't kill you.

Biting the tongue and committing suicide are actually two ways to die.
One is death from blood loss, and the other is death from suffocation due to blood flowing back into the throat.

Both ways of dying require time.

Therefore, biting the tongue to commit suicide is a very painful way to die, which is completely different from the immediate effect described in vernacular novels.

“Oh, this just shows the cruelty within the Fatui. He would rather bite his tongue and commit suicide than bear the responsibility of leaking the secret.” Keqing said coldly.

"Maybe this is his responsibility." Wang Hao also chuckled.

Although they are not in the same camp as the Fatui, Wang Hao still respects them for their resolute behavior.

Of course, the best respect for the enemy is to give them death.

"Hmph, anyway, with his suicide, a lot of the evidence we collected before and the information he told us are no longer useful." Keqing said unhappily.

Wang Hao could understand this.

Any open conflict with the Fatui must have a legitimate reason.

Keqing collected evidence to give the Fatui a hard time.
But with the suicide of Major Kotav, the evidence from him became useless.

Because... there is no evidence.

Keqing used these evidences to attack the Fatui, and the Fatui dared to say that Qixing had framed her, and even turned around and said that Qixing had killed a Fatui major.

Perhaps it could inflict some damage to the Fatui, but it was too far from the original strategic goal, and there was a risk of backlash, so it would be better to abandon the action directly.

An operation that had been prepared for a long time had to be abandoned because of the death of the major, which was the reason why Keqing felt uncomfortable.

Seeing Keqing's unhappy look, Wang Hao shook his head helplessly: "If you really want to deal with the Fatui, you can go to Sister Ningguang to get some secret missions and capture a few Fatui spies to vent your anger."

Sister Ningguang, it’s Sister Ningguang again.

Keqing glanced at Wang Hao angrily and became even more unhappy.

This guy can't get around Sister Ningguang no matter what he says. Really, it's just that he invested in you a little earlier than me.

If you had shown your talent earlier, I would have been your mentor. How could Ningguang have had any problem with me?

What Keqing can't stand most about Wang Hao is that he always mentions Ningguang.

“No, I don’t care about the Fatui’s affairs anyway. Instead of wasting energy on this, I might as well do other things.” Keqing said angrily.

She was just venting, not really speaking the truth.

As Keqing's good friend, Wang Hao knows Keqing's temper very well.

Such discouraging words could not possibly be what Keqing really meant.

After watching Keqing vent for a while, Wang Hao said, "The Fatui are not easy opponents to deal with. It is normal to have gains and losses."

Hearing this, Keqing gave the man a speechless look.

You think I'm mad because of the fools?

It's really hopeless.

Shaking her head, Keqing stood up: "Forget it, you should rest. You can go out tomorrow."

Wang Hao was stunned: "I have to be locked up for a day too?"

Keqing glared at him and said, "You should reflect on this."

"Then please ask for leave from the Ministry of Law for me." Wang Hao shouted.

Keqing was speechless, nodded, then snorted coldly and left arrogantly.

After Keqing left, Wang Hao calmed down again, no longer having the confused look he had before.

[The conversation just now just felt wrong.]

[Keqing must have gotten angry because Wang Hao mentioned Ningguang.]

[I’m sure Keqing is interested in Wang Hao, otherwise I’ll eat it live]

[You're just trying to eat and drink for free, right? 】

[I also think Keqing is interested in Wang Hao. Her mood just now was obviously wrong.]

[Don't tell me, Keqing's rolling eyes just now were quite interesting.]

【Wang Hao, please speak up. Don’t be silent.】

[Yes, Wang Hao, please speak.]

【say something.】

Looking at the topics discussed by the barrage,

Wang Hao's eyes were calm and he said nothing.

Does Wang Hao know that Keqing is interested in him? Of course he knows.

Last time in Guyun Pavilion, Wang Hao had already noticed that something was wrong.

But Wang Hao still has no idea how to respond.

Accept? He has so many things on his shoulders, even secrets involving the demon god. The road ahead may not be easy. Involving Keqing may not be a good thing.

Reject? Facing the feelings of a girl, Wang Hao was only a teenager, how could he not be moved? He couldn't even say the word of rejection.

As a result, Wang Hao's expression changed repeatedly.

And from his appearance, the comments did reveal something.
[Okay, okay, you don’t take the initiative, and you don’t refuse, right, you scumbag. ]

[He is self-taught. Wang Hao has some potential. 】

[We didn't teach you this, so you can't blame us in the future.]

【Natural slag. 】

[If you don't have any feelings, just reject her directly. Keqing is not a girl who can't stand rejection. ]

[No, why did Wang Hao reject her? Keqing didn't express her feelings either.]

[To be precise, Keqing hoped that Wang Hao would take the initiative, but Wang Hao pretended to be deaf and dumb. ]

【…】

Watching the barrage of comments criticizing me.

Wang Hao's eyes flickered slightly.

"Give me some time."

After speaking to the comments, or perhaps to himself, Wang Hao put his hand between his eyebrows and turned off the camera.

That night, Wang Hao, who had always had good sleep quality, suffered from insomnia.

　There will also be a bonus update for rewarding the helmsman [pointing at the sun], and a milestone update for 11 collections, both at noon.

Coding all night...

　
(End of this chapter)