Traveling to another world, inheriting a mess at the beginning

Everyone in this city knows that Marquis Moti is dead.

Although there is still a young master left in the Marquis's family, he is a waste who is only 21 years old and just over the second level. He was expelled from the Imperial Capital Academy because of his failing grades.

——The Marquis's family has collapsed, and another noble will soon take over this place.

Because of this conclusion, many people have cut off their relationship with the Marquis's family and are ready to deal with the next lord.

If the next family does not have much strength, then you can take advantage of the other party's unstable foothold to make a few profits. If the next family is a capable person, then take the money that should have been given to the Marquis's family to manage it.

In any case, these people will not do business at a loss.

"Why, you dare not go to the Marquis? Then this young master will continue to go crazy."

"Oh, no, young master! If you have anything you want, prepare it immediately, please don't smash our goods!"

Aarons is not afraid of making a big deal.

After all, this business was originally the property of the Marquis's family. Even if he set it on fire, it was a family conflict, and only the Marquis himself could hold him accountable.

Even if the case was reported to the city government, no one dared to do anything to Aarons, who was still a noble.

"Anyway, I just heard that because of the lack of a receipt, this young master could not get back the dividends for the Marquis. So this young master thought that this shop should not be able to continue, so he just smashed it all!"

"This, young master, what are you talking about! You want to get back the annual payment for the Marquis, how dare I stop you! Hurry up, get the accounts and money!"

Watching a clerk hurriedly running to the inner room, Aarons stopped his exaggerated performance. He reached out and patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder, and then a chilling sneer appeared on his face.

"Do you have to lose a few gold coins before you understand the truth?"

"I know I was wrong, please spare me, young master... We will give you the bonus right away."

The clerk who went to the inner room quickly brought an account book and a leather bag. After Aarons took the two things, he threw the heavy leather bag to Karin who was standing aside.

"I won't look at this account book. Anyway, I guess most of the records are fake."

"This, how is this possible..."

Because of his experience in his previous life, Aarons is quite familiar with financial fraud.

Even if this store reluctantly took out the money, it would definitely be much less than the amount it should have given.

"Forget it, I will let you go today. If you dare to find so many bullshit excuses next time, I will burn this store down!"

Waving his hand to Karin very casually, Aarons threw away the account book in his hand and strode out of the messy Chamber of Commerce store.

"What's wrong with this useless young master? Why did he suddenly learn to play rogue? Go and use the spirit language to notify other shops and tell them to close quickly!"

After finally sending Aarons away, the sweaty middle-aged man anxiously began to command his men to clean up the shops that had suffered heavy losses.

However, the people here did not notice that a mysterious man who almost completely hid his figure in a hooded cloak had been quietly observing everything from the window from the beginning.

...

After getting the money, Aarons did not go to the next shop for trouble.

"...This routine can only be used once. These guys will communicate with each other. It is estimated that other shops have closed down now."

"Have you investigated it before?"

"No, it's just a little experience."

After watching Aarons' performance just now, Karin had a little doubt in her heart.

This young master is said to be only 21 years old, but his style of behavior is more like that of a 40-50 year old. The degree of freedom in his acting just now, even surprised her.

How could such a meticulous person be mistaken for a waste by outsiders?

"How much money is there in total?"

"Eight gold coins and thirty-five silver coins, and some copper coins."

"Humph, I guess at least half of it was withheld. But I was planning to stop while I'm ahead, so this number is not a loss."

If I really push the other party too hard, then tomorrow there might really be desperate mercenaries to assassinate me.

The cost of the potion I just wasted is definitely not worth a gold coin, and there are not many fragile items on the shelves that were kicked over. The loss of the store must not be much, and even if the money is handed over again, it will not affect the profit.

Aarons, who has rich experience in his previous life, is of course very clear about how calculating businessmen are.

"I guess those guys will leave this city soon and come back after I am replaced by the next lord."Aarons is not only short of money and manpower, but also short of time to think about countermeasures and implement them.

Once the news of the Marquis's death is officially made public, he must immediately go to the imperial capital to meet the emperor and let him judge whether he is qualified to inherit the Marquis's territory.

If the emperor thinks that Aarons is not capable of inheriting the territory, then he will be demoted to an honorary earl or viscount. If he cannot get the fief again, then his family will no longer be nobles in two generations.

The question now is, how long will this buffer period last?

"It's still early, don't rush back, let's go to another place and take a look."

When Aarons was looking up information in the study before, he found that the Marquis's family not only controlled the Chamber of Commerce that could generate a lot of income, but also founded many public welfare institutions with huge expenses.

The existence of these institutions has indeed made a significant contribution to the stability of the city. And Aarons once again realized that the Marquis was indeed an excellent lord with noble character and caring for the common people.

In addition to partiality.

"There is an orphanage in the north, which will take in some children whose parents have unfortunately passed away or have been abandoned. I plan to go and see what the situation is there."

"Are you worried about those children?"

"Don't think of me as too kind. I just want to see if I can add some labor to the house."

Because there is only the old gardener Raul in the Marquis's mansion now, a large number of vacant rooms and facilities are unoccupied and unattended. So Aarons wants to find some new people to make the mansion a little more lively.

If possible, it doesn't matter if the orphanage is moved directly into the Marquis's mansion.

"You are actually not suitable for playing a villain."

Karin seemed to see Aarons's duplicity, and the corners of her mouth could not help but rise slightly.

And Aarons also knew that his excuse was not very convincing, so he did not continue to explain.

"... In addition, Master, I always feel like someone is following us."

Even if he can't use Dou Qi, Karin's senses are still quite sharp. But Aarons shook his head, seeming to not care about it at all.

"It should be those guys from the Chamber of Commerce who are watching me. Don't worry about them."

Even though he is a poor and incompetent young master, no one in this city dares to cause trouble to him now.