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

"If I'm not happy, then it's not a happy job. So it's not that we don't work, it's just that there's no job that can make us happy."

"When the day comes that you have a job that will allow us to work and have fun, please come find us again."

Sun Xin was stunned by Wang Kun’s words, and his mouth felt dry.

"But, but you don't work, so aren't you just idlers? How can you be considered a person living and working in peace and contentment?"

"Besides, you are all so young, at the age of striving hard. If you don't work hard, how will you get married and have children in the future?"

Ergou curled his lips and said, "My lord, you worry too much. This is not your concern. Okay, stand over there and block the wind for me."

Sun Xin stared blankly at a group of young men who were doing nothing, and closed his eyes with a painful expression.

No wonder! No wonder Jiang Yuan was willing to exchange 300 young and strong men for 600 old, weak, women and children.

Even if the elderly, the weak, women and children cannot do any heavy work, they can still do some simple weaving handicrafts.

Although it is not an important contribution, it is still labor after all.

But damn, these people don't do any work at all.

This damn Jiang Yuan!

It’s really not a piece of shit!

After cursing Jiang Yuan in his heart for a long time, Sun Xin turned around and left angrily.

"Sir, are you just going to leave them alone?"

"Don't worry about them for now. If they don't want to work, then they don't have to work. The money they have will eventually run out. I don't believe they can go on without food or drink."

"Send someone to keep an eye on them. If anyone dares to steal or do anything, throw them straight into jail! I don't believe it!"

Sun Xin said with confidence.

"As long as they want to eat, they have to work hard!"

Only after the two of them had walked a long way away did Jiang Yuan come out from behind Wang Gang.

"Master, did I perform well?" Ergou came up with a playful smile.

"Master, what about me?" Wang Kun also stretched his neck.

Jiang Yuan grinned and gave a thumbs up: "Good, very good!"

"Master, our efficiency is a bit low. It's been several days, and not many people have gone there." Wang Kun said with a frown.

Jiang Yuan waved his palm-leaf fan calmly, "Don't worry. A three-foot-thick ice doesn't form overnight. These people are just exploring the way. Once the rest of us are convinced that those people have truly achieved better development in Taiping County, they will definitely rush over in droves."

"Don't worry, in half a month at most, there won't be many people left in Taizong County!"

After saying that, Jiang Yuan stood up and walked to a vendor pushing a cart on the street.

"Boss, how do you sell candied haws on a stick?"

"Sir, two cents a string." The small vendor immediately came over with a smile.

Jiang Yuan casually pulled out a piece of silver from his sleeve pocket and tossed it to the vendor: "It's all covered."

"Thank you very much, sir. Thank you very much, sir." The vendor was ecstatic, and then asked cautiously, "Can you eat all this?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head pretentiously: "You really haven't seen the world. If this were in our Taiping County, your stuff would be sold out in less than half an hour."

As he spoke, Jiang Yuan took a piece of candied haws and took a bite, immediately giving them a thumbs-up. "Not bad! With your skills, if you were in Taiping County, you'd definitely sell out every day and make a fortune in less than half a month!"

The vendor looked at him with suspicion and asked, "Is the Taiping County you mentioned over a hundred miles away?"

"That's right." Jiang Yuan nodded.

The vendor smiled and shook his head, saying, "Sir, you're not right. I heard that Taiping County is a poor and remote place, and many people fled here last year to escape famine."

Jiang Yuan immediately revealed a look of disdain: "The news is no longer true, right? You know that was half a year ago. In the past six months, the magistrate of Taiping County has been working hard to govern the country and has granted amnesty to the people. Not only does he encourage production, but he also provides free private schooling for children."

"Every household has been allocated land and housing, and merchants like you will receive business subsidies, and taxes are only 30% of those in Taizong County."

"They've also been vigorously developing trade. Not only do they exchange goods with the caravans from Luoyun City, they've also established stable cooperative relationships with the tribes on the grasslands. They've already become very successful!"

"This is all thanks to the Taiping County Magistrate's talent for both civil and military affairs, his extraordinary wit, his broad mind, and his striking handsomeness!"

The peddler looked at Jiang Yuan with a frown on his face. Regardless of how credible what he said was, what did the word "handsome" mean?

Can this thing improve the lives of the people in Taiping County?

"Haha, sir, you are joking. How could lowly merchants like us be treated preferentially?" The peddler's smile was a little bitter.

Everyone says that the common people are poor, but if we really calculate based on their status, the merchants have some money, but their status is not as good as that of the common people. The four categories of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are not just talk.

"That's wrong. In our Taiping County, everyone is equal, and there is absolutely no distinction between high and low status." Jiang Yuan spoke again.

"Seriously?" The vendor still had some doubt in his tone.

Jiang Yuan shook his head and carried the wooden stake of the candied haws directly on his shoulder: "Even if I tell you a hundred times, it's not as good as you going there and seeing it for yourself."

The peddler stared blankly at Jiang Yuan's receding back and couldn't help but clench his fists.

Well, let’s go and take a look. If nothing works, I’ll just go and buy some goods.

"Go and distribute some to everyone." Jiang Yuan casually threw the candied haws to Ergou, and sat on the street happily eating the candied haws with a string in each hand.

At noon, today's lunch was two steamed buns, two large chicken legs, and a glass of juice for each person. Jiang Yuan and his group once again replicated the scene of yesterday.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

With the instigation of Jiang Yuan and his group, all kinds of rumors were spreading throughout Taizong County.

As long as you go to Taiping County, it is the beginning of your journey to happiness.

Taiping County is a veritable paradise on earth and a utopia.

In the Taizong County government office, Sun Xin was sitting at a large desk looking through bamboo slips. There were at least 10,000 or 20,000 people in Taizong County, so the daily official duties were quite busy.

Just as he was thinking hard, the door was suddenly pushed open and someone staggered in.

"Sir! Oh no, sir, we've been tricked by that damn Jiang Yuan!"

Sun Xin frowned and immediately stood up and looked at the person who came: "Old Li, you have been with me for more than ten years, why are you still so impatient?"

"What kind of big thing could possibly happen in our Taizong County? Could it be the sky falling?"

Old Li said with a sad face: "Sir, this is a hundred times more serious than the sky falling!"

This time, Sun Xin could no longer sit still. No matter how weak Old Li was, he couldn't be scared like this.

"Tell me in detail!"

Old Li slapped his butt and sat on the ground, looking like a shrew: "My lord! Our Taizong County is finished!"

"According to incomplete statistics, at least two thousand people have already gone to Taiping County. I'm afraid that within half a month, all the people in Taizong County will have fled!"

"What?!" Sun Xin stood up straight. "What's going on? Why are our people running to Taiping County?"

"We've all been tricked by that damn Jiang Yuan. He didn't come here out of kindness to exchange young men with us. Those three hundred young men were clearly undercover agents he sent to stir up trouble!"

"Right now, rumors are spreading throughout the city, all saying how great Taiping County is. Although our people haven't left yet, their morale has already been lost..."

Sun Xin stood there in a daze, his mouth opening and closing, his body shaking, and he fell directly into the chair, unable to speak for a long time.

It was not until Old Li's crying woke Sun Xin up that he suddenly stood up and became furious.

"Bring your people with you and follow me. I want to see how they spread rumors and stir up trouble!"