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

Li Hu looked at Jiang Yuan in shock and confusion. Borrowing food from bandits, robbing in the middle of the night, and releasing prisoners without authorization—any one of these three charges was enough to cost Jiang Yuan his official position.

Can a normal mind really come up with these things?

In the end, more than 50 people were released from the prison, and with the villagers who returned one after another in recent days, the population of Taiping County has reached more than 300 people.

Jiang Yuan felt very happy. For a city, what resource is the most important?

It is undoubtedly the population. Only with the population can various industries flourish.

Moreover, the biggest crime of the more than 50 people who were released was just Zhang San at the beginning, who killed a cow of Mr. Zhang.

How can these be criminals? Aren’t they innocent citizens?

Busy times always pass very quickly. Of course, this does not apply to Jiang Yuan.

He is a county magistrate, you can't ask him to move bricks and build a house.

Even if Jiang Yuan was willing, these people would not dare.

Don’t treat the village chief as a cadre. Does that mean Wangzai steamed buns are not dry food?

Putting aside Jiang Yuan's identity as the county magistrate, not all the food and drinks they had these days were provided by Jiang Yuan, and they were extremely grateful to him.

It was soon evening, and Wang Gang and Ma Zhi returned with twenty or thirty villagers pulling ox carts.

There were a lot of supplies on the car, including food, drinks and daily necessities, enough for the entire Taiping County to eat for a period of time.

Ma Zhi walked over, shaking his head, and gave Jiang Yuan a thumbs-up: “Sir, you really are this!”

"He actually managed to escape from the siege of dozens of people! I heard that these three robbers are all highly skilled in martial arts and are brave enough to fight a hundred alone! I didn't expect you to be so well-hidden."

"Huh? This guy is talking about me?" Jiang Yuan was a little confused and puzzled.

Until he figured out the reason, he scratched his head.

In one night, not only did he offend Mr. Huang and the government of Tai'an County, but now he had a group of enemies for no apparent reason.

Jiang Yuan could only pray in his heart that this matter must not be discovered, otherwise with the limited manpower he had now, he would definitely not be able to escape with nothing.

"Sir, the caravan has left Tai'an County today, and the inkstone you wanted to buy was not purchased." Wang Gang said in a low voice.

Jiang Yuan suddenly perked up: "Caravan? When did they leave?"

Taiping County and the surrounding Tai'an and Taizong counties are located on the border and rarely trade with the outside world.

There are caravans passing through here every month, which enables us to maintain trade with the outside world.

"We didn't buy everything this morning." Wang Gang said, scratching his head.

Jiang Yuan immediately began pacing on the spot, his face full of confusion. Finally, he clapped his hands and said, "Damn it! The brave ones will die of overeating, and the timid ones will die of starvation. Done!"

Wang Gang looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion. What happened, sir?

You wouldn't go crazy just for an inkstone, right?

"Wang Gang, Li Hu, select fifty young and strong men from these villagers. I'll lead you to do something big tonight!"

Li Hu's eyes changed. With only three people, Jiang Yuan dared to go to Tai'an County to commit a crime. Now with more than fifty people, Jiang Yuan would definitely kill the sky.

"Sir, calm down! Calm down! It's just an inkstone. I'll catch up with them and buy one now." Li Hu was anxious. If he let Jiang Yuan continue like this, even Nezha would not be enough to chop him down.

Jiang Yuan glared at him and said, "Look at how useless you are. We're not going to kill or rob people, what are you afraid of?"

Li Hu was increasingly confused about what Jiang Yuan meant. He brought more than fifty villagers with him. What else could he do if not to kill people?

"Just follow me and I guarantee you'll gain a lot today!" Jiang Yuan said confidently.

Li Hu sighed deeply: "Sir, I believe that if we follow you, we will one day be able to stand out from the crowd."

In the evening, Jiang Yuan led more than fifty people and rushed into the mountain.

The group marched for more than 20 miles in a hurry, and the intensity of the march made Jiang Yuan exhausted. He had no choice but to take the Lihu brand vehicle again.

Jiang Yuan sat on a huge rock by the roadside, grinning.

"I've finally figured it out. Everyone in this world has some basic martial arts skills. No one is a simple person."

"Why didn't the original owner think of practicing martial arts? This is too painful."

After complaining, Jiang Yuan immediately ordered everyone to cover themselves with black cloth and take up weapons.

"Those of you holding hoes, please stand back. Those of you holding kitchen knives, please come forward."

"Damn it! Who told you to hold the rattle?"

"And you, look fiercer!"

After Jiang Yuan's training, these people finally began to look like bandits.

As everyone was eagerly waiting, a caravan finally arrived slowly from a distance.

In the setting sun, Jiang Yuan's shadow was very long. He stood in the middle of the road with Wang Gang and Li Hu, looking like a one-man-blocking-a-thousand-men-impossible-to-break-through.

But what puzzled Jiang Yuan and others was that when the caravan saw them, instead of stopping, two people ran out quickly.

Am I so unintimidating?

A question arose in Jiang Yuan's mind. With forty or fifty people behind him, weren't the other party afraid at all?

Running towards the source of the river were a middle-aged man and a young man.

The middle-aged man shouted from more than twenty steps away, "Excuse me, which leader is leading the team?"

Just as Jiang Yuan was about to speak, Wang Gang beside him stepped forward and let out a terrifying roar.

"I built this mountain and planted this tree! If you want to live from now on, leave money to buy the road!"

The middle-aged man was visibly confused. What was going on? A different excuse this time?

"Haha, this hero is really joking. Of course we understand this principle. Here we will give you some money for tea." The middle-aged man said, taking off the purse hanging on his waist and throwing it over from a distance.

Li Hu reached out to take it, OK, thirty taels of silver are in hand!

"Sir, thirty taels is not a small amount." Li Hu said to Jiang Yuan in a low voice.

Jiang Yuan's face lit up at first, but then he pretended to be furious: "What?! Thirty taels, you're giving money to a beggar!"

As soon as Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Wang Gang took another step forward and glared at the middle-aged man with angry eyes like a diamond.

"This mountain is mine, this tree..."

"Shut up!" Jiang Yuan pulled Wang Gang back unhappily.

"What's wrong? Master, why don't you shout?" Wang Gang looked at Jiang Yuan with wise eyes.

Jiang Yuan ignored him. If he continued shouting, he would probably be exposed. He immediately took a few steps forward and said, "Call your supervisor out. I've dispatched forty or fifty brothers today. Do you think you can get rid of us with such a small amount of money?"

"Master, you're joking." The middle-aged man immediately said with a smile, then waved his hand, and the young man following him reluctantly threw the purse on his waist to Jiang Yuan.

The moment Jiang Yuan got the silver, his face turned pale.

There are at least twenty taels of silver in this purse, which is four or five kilograms when converted.

The young man was most likely a martial artist, and his strength was so strong that Jiang Yuan's hand was almost broken.

But in the eyes of the middle-aged man, this was obviously not a good sign. He took the money but did not have a good expression. This was obviously greed.

"Master, according to the usual practice, this is already a lot. We can have a long time to come. It will benefit both of us."