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

By the time the three of them hurried to the military camp, the situation had already been brought under control.

Li Hu swaggered up to Jiang Yuan, bowed, and said, "Sir, all the freeloaders have been apprehended. May I ask what should be done with them?"

Jiang Yuan smiled slightly and said to Sun Xin, "Master Sun, since you've said so before, I will punish you accordingly."

Sun Xin nodded without hesitation: "Of course County Magistrate Jiang must act on behalf of the people and impose a direct punishment."

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, Li Hu, listen up. Send all these people to the construction team and have them undergo labor reform for five years. After that, they'll be released!"

Li Hu looked at Sun Xin with a vague look in his eyes and whispered, "Sir, isn't this punishment a bit too severe?"

"It's okay. This is the result that Lord Sun and I discussed together. Let's punish him according to this." Jiang Yuan said softly.

"Yes." Li Hu responded and immediately called the constable behind him.

"Escort everyone to the construction team."

Sun Xin nodded with satisfaction and glanced at Jiang Yuan sideways.

Yes, he earned himself the title of a good official who served the people, and at the same time, Taiping County lost 300 soldiers.

I really am a genius!

I think it will be easier to bargain with Jiang Yuan later, right?

Sun Xin's thoughts just came to an abrupt end. He looked at several familiar figures in the team with confusion.

"Strange, why does this guy look so much like Lao Li? Could he be his lost brother?"

"And those guys around here, why do they look more and more familiar?"

Just when Sun Xin was puzzled, Lao Li, who was among the escorting crowd, rushed over crying as if he had finally seen his parents.

"Sir! Sir! I'm being wrongly accused! We are innocent!"

Sun Xin shuddered and quickly raised his hand to stop everyone: "What's going on? What's going on? These people are all from Taizong County. Why are they being detained?"

Li Hu stepped forward and asked knowingly, "Sir, this is all in accordance with your orders. All of them are being sent to labor reform."

"What?" Sun Xin was a little dumbfounded. He looked at the escorted crowd again and immediately understood what was going on.

It turns out that all the people being escorted are mine!

"County Magistrate Jiang, what on earth is going on?"

Jiang Yuan scratched his head, his face full of innocence: "Master Sun, this is not my fault. Didn't you say that they should all be sent to labor reform?"

"That's not the case. I'm asking why these people are all from Taizong County?" Sun Xin said hurriedly.

There are only these young and strong men left in the entire Taizong County. If they are all sent to labor reform for five years, the entire Taizong County will be finished.

Jiang Yuan spread his hands and said, "How should I know this?"

"Do they have to tell me before they eat for free?"

"But Lord Sun, I thought Lord Sun knew about this. It's a great show of righteousness, but it seems they are eating alone and didn't tell Lord Sun?"

"Nonsense!" Sun Xin shouted angrily.

"How could my men eat for free? And if I knew, how could I possibly go along with them?"

After Sun Xin finished speaking, his expression changed again: "Bah! I declare again, my people will never eat for free!"

"Jiang County Magistrate, please don't wrongly accuse a good person. Release him immediately!"

Jiang Yuan's face turned cold. He didn't even look at whose territory this was and dared to be so arrogant to me.

I think you don’t want to continue your career anymore!

"Master Sun, we have all the evidence, are you still going to make excuses for them?"

"Are you saying that I have wronged them?"

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he waved his hand. The owner of Taiping Restaurant immediately ran over with a sad face and knelt on the ground with a thud.

"My Lords, I am telling the truth. These people did eat my food, but they refused to pay. I beg you to help me!"

Sun Xin frowned and looked at Lao Li beside him: "Is what he said true?"

Old Li was stunned for a long time with a pale face and was silent.

Seeing this scene, Sun Xin's heart sank.

Fortunately, at this time, Lao Li finally spoke up: "Sir, although we ate it, we didn't know that we had to pay for it, and he didn't tell us before."

As soon as these words were spoken, Sun Xin suddenly felt a sense of conspiracy.

Damn it! Not to mention collecting the money first, he then quotes a sky-high price after we finish eating. Isn’t this Jiang Yuan’s usual tactic?

"Magister Jiang, I need an explanation for this matter."

Jiang Yuan looked at the owner of Taiping Restaurant calmly and said, "Tell me what happened yesterday. Let me see what happened."

"Yes, sir."

"Last night, as usual, I brought food to the brothers in the barracks, but this group of people came up and started eating. After they finished eating, I realized they weren't ours. I have to charge them, but they refused to pay me. This is outrageous!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan looked at Sun Xin again.

"Sir, this is not our fault. We asked at the time, and those people said they would not charge us, so we ate." Old Li said aggrievedly.

Li Hu immediately curled his lips and said, "Nonsense, that's for our own people to eat, of course we don't charge. But you are not one of us, so you must pay."

Sun Xin sighed, it's hard to guard against.

Needless to say, Jiang Yuan deliberately arranged Lao Li and others to the military camp in order to trick them now.

But things have already happened. Whether Jiang Yuan put a knife to Lao Li's neck and forced them to eat, the money still has to be paid.

"Okay, I roughly understand. We are indeed in the wrong in this matter. Come here, shopkeeper. I will pay you whatever you want." Sun Xin said weakly.

He clearly came to Taiping County to ask for money, but in the end, he not only did not get the money, but also owed Jiang Yuan tens of thousands of taels of silver.

What the hell is going on!

Jiang Yuan seemed not to have heard Sun Xin's words and stood there motionless.

"County Magistrate Jiang, I will pay you whatever you want." Sun Xin spoke again.

"Haha!" Jiang Yuan sneered twice and said, "Master Sun is really generous. He paid as soon as he said he would."

"But I also want to ask, can Lord Sun's words override the laws of Taiping County?"

"Could it be that with just one word from Lord Sun, this matter will be finally over?"

"Why didn't Lord Sun say to pay and release him before? Instead, after learning that he was one of our own, he said this. Does Lord Sun really think that Jiang Yuan is easy to bully? Hmm?"

Faced with Jiang Yuan's series of questions, Sun Xin's throat moved.

It's over! I've been tricked by the Japanese. I originally thought Jiang Yuan was just trying to extort money from me.

Now it seems that this guy clearly wants to keep all the people in Taizong County.

Damn it! Everything was fine when I came here, but I can’t go back!