I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Ma Zhi sat down on the ground in a very unpromising manner, crying and wailing:

"Sir, this isn't really my fault. It's just that we've had more and more people lately..."

"Okay, stop howling. Go call people and get everyone over here." Jiang Yuan kicked him angrily.

After Ma Zhi left, Jiang Yuan began to plan.

Ma Zhi cannot be blamed for the decline in income of the entire Taiping County.

The reason for such rapid economic growth in the past few months was entirely because Taiping County was too poor before.

After this period of development, the population of Taiping County has reached 20,000, which Jiang Yuan had not expected.

With so many people pouring in, the jobs in Taiping County are already full, and there is no way for them to provide a way to support their families.

According to the regulations of Taiping County, these people are not allowed to beg on the streets and can only be supported by the daily food distribution from the government.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan immediately opened another account book.

This account book records in detail the various economic industries in Taiping County.

Liquor, tea, fruit, etc. are all included.

After a quick look, Jiang Yuan had a general idea that Taiping County did not have enough industries.

It is necessary to increase production and expand new ways of making money, and the pace of outward expansion cannot be stopped.

The city wall design that Jiang Yuan has drawn, according to the image of the Bagua diagram, has only expanded to the first stage and is far from what Jiang Yuan expected.

"That son of a bitch Ma Zhi actually stopped the expansion plan due to lack of money!" Jiang Yuan cursed and closed the account book.

Outside the door, Chen Qing, Li Hu and others rushed over. Seeing Jiang Yuan's serious expression, they all shrank their heads and sat back in their seats.

"Everyone, please don't be so reserved. Silence is not golden. I want to hear about your work these days. Ma Zhi, come up and report first." Jiang Yuan leaned back and said in a calm tone.

Ma Zhi walked to the center of the lobby with his teeth bared.

"Sir, the population of this county has grown rapidly in the past few months, now reaching over 20,000 people. 8,000 of them are currently unemployed and awaiting assignment from the government."

"Also, there are not enough houses in the city, but we have no money left in our bank account, so we can only relocate them to a centralized location first."

"The rest is nothing serious."

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly. He had already thought of this and had a solution.

Taiping County is now like a fat man who has eaten too much. He is bloated and his internal digestion cannot keep up. He must stop and slow down.

"Li Hu, tell me."

Li Hu immediately stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Sir, I currently have a thousand detectives under my command, but it's still not enough. Because there are too many people in the city, there are often fights, thefts, and other such cases."

"But there have been no major cases such as murder so far."

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly. Li Hu had done a good job. With more than 20,000 people, no tragedy such as murder occurred. This was not easy.

"If it's not enough, we can recruit more constables. If I remember correctly, the subsidy should be enough to pay for a hundred constables."

"Sir, the higher-ups haven't cared about us for a long time. Not a single grain of food has been distributed to us for such a long time." Li Hu said with a bitter face.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but feel a headache. I worked so hard to pay taxes for you, but it was like throwing a bun at a dog, and I didn't get any money back.

"Ma Zhi, fix the tax revenue for Taiping County at 8,000 people from now on!"

Jiang Yuan was so angry that his teeth were itching. If he paid less tax for more than 10,000 people, how much money would be saved?

After saying that, Jiang Yuan secretly looked at Wang Jue. This kid is not one of them. He won’t secretly report him to the higher-ups, right?

But unexpectedly, Wang Jue did not react at all and continued to sit calmly in the chair, which made Jiang Yuan feel relieved.

"Chen Qing, how is the city defense?" Jiang Yuan spoke again.

"Sir, there is no problem with the city defense, but we are indeed short of manpower. We only have 500 soldiers now, including 400 infantrymen and 100 archers. The cavalry only has horses, but no saddles or manpower." Chen Qing said softly.

Jiang Yuan pondered for a while and said, "According to the laws of the Great Duan, one out of five men will be counted. Then expand my army!"

There are more than 20,000 people, and one in five men is selected, so there are 4,000 people at least.

It can also greatly alleviate the job vacancy problem in Taiping County, but this will incur additional expenses for Taiping County.

But this is not a big problem. Jiang Yuan is never stingy when it comes to spending money.

"Ma Zhi, take 20,000 taels of silver from the treasury to build a tea roasting and processing factory. Also, double the production scale of porcelain and fruit wine."

"And we need to continue building surrounding facilities. Aren't there many people who have nowhere to live? No problem. Give them money and let them work with the construction team to build new houses."

"Another thing, when you build the house, don't dig up the pipes we buried earlier."

After giving the instructions, Jiang Yuan waved his hand and adjourned the meeting.

After everyone left, Jiang Yuan happily went to find Bai Jingyun.

After all, he is the eldest son of the Bai family, and the Bai family has a lot of business. If he can get in touch with him, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell his things.

"Jingyun, let me ask, what is the main business of your Bai family?" Jiang Yuan looked at Bai Jingyun expectantly. Wine, tea, porcelain, anything related to them would make him a big shot.

Bai Jingyun looked at Jiang Yuan with a wary look: "What? What do you mean?"

"I'm warning you, don't set your sights on my Bai family. Even if you marry my sister, it has nothing to do with you."

Jiang Yuan slammed the table, his face filled with grief and indignation: "Look! We're being so distant, what's our relationship?"

"We're a family. If I were to marry your sister, wouldn't that make me your brother-in-law?"

"You're being so distant now. It really hurts my feelings. Oh, forget it. I was originally trying to help you with some advice so that you can get your beautiful girl soon. But now, I think..."

Before he could finish his words, Bai Jingyun clenched his hand. Bai Jingyun looked at Jiang Yuan with deep affection: "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about? We are a family."

"You tell me, as long as I can help, just ask!"

"So what kind of business does our family do?" Jiang Yuan asked enthusiastically.

Bai Jingyun thought carefully and said, "Based on what I know, there are cloth, money houses, restaurants, and some businesses that are not easy to talk about."

Jiang Yuan's entire attention was focused on the word "restaurant". If he could sell all the fine liquors here, how much money would he make in a day!

But what are Bai Jingyun’s difficult-to-disclose business in the air?

Could it be...

Jiang Yuan thought: "It's a difficult business to talk about? Salt smuggling or human trafficking?"

"What are you thinking about? This is punishable by death. Of course not!" Bai Jingyun spoke quickly.

"What is that? Can't you let me take the liberty to ask?" Jiang Yuan looked at Bai Jingyun curiously. Whatever this guy refused to say must be something shameful.

Bai Jingyun blinked: "Since you already know that this is a bit presumptuous, then don't ask."