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

Li Hu looked at Jiang Yuan who was rolling on the ground in confusion.

Jiang Yuan usually avoids work if he can, so when did he become so fond of work?

"What are you looking for, my Lord?"

Jiang Yuan continued to flip through the bamboo slips, and without looking up, he said, "Stop talking nonsense and look with me to see if there are any bamboo slips without seals!"

Li Hu was about to reach out his hand when Jiang Yuan suddenly stopped.

"This is it!"

With excitement in his heart, Jiang Yuan directly opened the bamboo slips. There was nothing underneath the bamboo slips, and there was no seal on it.

"What does the lord want this for?" Li Hu asked again in confusion.

"Hehe! With this thing, we can directly mine the iron ore outside our city!" Jiang Yuan hugged the bamboo slips happily.

Li Hu looked at Jiang Yuan suspiciously: "Sir, are you sure? That's iron ore. Even if Tian Wen is stupid, he won't let us mine it ourselves."

Jiang Yuan spread out the bamboo slips with a smile: "Come, take a look, what's on it?"

Li Hu rolled his eyes. "My Lord, I may not be very smart, but I can't read. Isn't this all blank?"

"That's right, but this is what I want!" Jiang Yuan said, and searched through the remaining bamboo slips again, and finally saw these words on one of them.

"You don't need to report this trivial matter to me next time. You can decide for yourself."

In addition to this passage, there is also Tian Wen's personal seal.

"See? From now on, we can make our own decisions on trivial matters like mountain excavation." Jiang Yuan looked at Li Hu proudly.

"Sir, this doesn't seem to be what Tian Wen is talking about?" Li Hu said with a troubled look on his face.

Opening a mountain, this is illegally operating an iron mine. If this is discovered, all nine generations of the family will be killed.

Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes. "You know shit! This is Tian Wen's order. We just need to follow it. Even if the higher-ups find out one day, they'll look for Tian Wen. What does it have to do with us?"

"Your Excellency is truly wicked." Li Hu said speechlessly, shaking his head.

Ever since Jiang Yuan took office again, everything he did was either hurtful to others or against the harmony of nature. But it is strange that this guy is still alive and well and has not received any retribution at all.

"Stop talking nonsense and go get Chen Qing and Ma Zhi." Jiang Yuan gave orders excitedly.

Once the mountains are opened, there will be iron, which can not only be sold but also used to make armor for oneself. Becoming a powerful person is just around the corner.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

If there were no external enemies surrounding us, who would maintain an army and maintain their own strength?

If this is discovered, there will be no need for trial and they will be treated as rebels.

But he couldn't resist those people outside who were determined to kill him.

Counting the people he had offended, Ning Fei and Qing Zhu were now entangled at the border and couldn't get away, so they could let go for the time being.

The Liu family and the Zhao family are both located in the imperial capital and are deeply rooted. No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for a small county magistrate like him to deal with them.

As for expecting the current emperor to handle things fairly, that is nonsense.

What is the emperor? A synonym for power.

But who gave these powers? This question was answered as early as the feudal period on Earth.

If the aristocratic families do not obey the imperial power, then the imperial power will be just an empty shell.

Such as the words written on the earth in the previous life, "When autumn comes on September 8th, my flower will bloom and all other flowers will die," by Huang Chao, and Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion.

With their strength, why were they able to enter the imperial city? It was because those aristocratic families no longer supported the imperial power. Anyway, whoever became the emperor would be the emperor, so it didn't matter who changed him.

But they never expected that these two people would not play by the rules at all.

The Great Duan Dynasty also had this trend. No matter how fair the emperor was, he could not offend the Zhao and Liu families for his own sake.

Therefore, strengthening one's own strength is an inevitable step.

Soon, Li Hu led a group of people into the county government office. After returning to their seats, they looked at Jiang Yuan.

"Everyone, this county magistrate has an important announcement today!" Jiang Yuan stood up solemnly and looked down at everyone.

Everyone looked at Jiang Yuan silently, their eyes very calm.

"Sir, just say it directly next time. We are already used to it." Zhao Kai said with a grin.

Kong Xuan couldn't help but nod: "That's right, no matter how unreasonable your words are, we can accept them."

Jiang Yuan nodded and sat down. "Okay, I won't waste my words then."

"Ma Zhi, call up the eight thousand civilians you support and have them go and clear the mountains. And Chen Qing, call up all your infantry and have them maintain order."

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he waited for a long time, but didn't hear any response. He opened his eyes and looked down.

Everyone in the group seemed to stretch their necks, looking at Jiang Yuan in disbelief. Zhao Kai even scratched his ears and talked to himself.

"Am I hallucinating?"

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and said, "I'm telling the truth. The higher-ups have approved it. We can do this!"

"Can this be approved?" Zhao Kai looked at Jiang Yuan in disbelief.

Since ancient times, the right to mine iron ore has to be at the state level at least. When did the requirements become so low?

Jiang Yuan nodded solemnly, "Yes, it has been approved. So, gather all the young and middle-aged men in our county who are free and let them go to open up the mountains. Those who are willing to go will be provided with three meals a day and two taels of silver per month."

After a moment of silence, everyone walked out of the county government gate as if in a dream.

Zhao Kai kicked Kong Xuan hard, and the latter immediately became angry.

"Damn it! This is the second time. I'm going to make you realize whether you're dreaming or not!"

Kong Xuan's roar rang in everyone's ears. Only then did everyone suddenly wake up and rush into the county government office.

"Sir, are you serious?"

"You can't just drag us out and chop us up that day, right?"

"Sir, do you really have the memorial with Tian Wen's seal?"

Jiang Yuanlie grinned and said, "Looking at your lack of ability, it seems that I have to find a time to explain to you what it means to be a king, a prince, a general, or a minister. Are you a bit of a creature?"

"Of course it's true." Jiang Yuan said, throwing the bamboo slips in front of everyone.

"Oh my god! It's actually true!"

"We're rich! If we can open up the mountains, our Taiping County will be rich!"

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Ma Zhi came forward with a stern face and said, "Sir, I have a question."

"explain."

Ma Zhi rolled his eyes a few times, then bent down and said with a bitter face, "Sir, although 8,000 idle personnel may seem like a lot, in reality, only half of them are young and strong. I'm afraid this number of people is a bit insufficient for opening up the mountain."

"The most important thing is that Taiping County is surrounded by mountains, and this number of people is not enough."

After Jiang Yuan thought carefully for a while, he nodded and said, "Yes, that's a problem."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan pointed directly at the map hanging behind him. The map did not cover a large area, only about 500 miles around Taiping County.

"Come, tell me, which city has people?"