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

"That's true, but these people are the backbone of Taizong County. If they really stay here, won't Taizong County be finished?"

Sun Xin looked at Jiang Yuan with a wry smile.

Jiang Yuan shrugged his shoulders. "That has nothing to do with me. I only know that they have violated the laws of Taiping County, and I will definitely punish them according to the law."

"Even the emperor who breaks the law is subject to the same punishment as the common people, let alone you who are not the emperor."

Sun Xin held it in for a long time before finally saying, "How about this? I'll pay the boss double the amount of money they spent on the meal."

Jiang Yuan grinned and handed the long bill to Sun Xin. "Master Sun is really generous. I would like to thank you very much."

Although he wanted to kill Jiang Yuan, the situation was overwhelming and Sun Xin had no choice but to take the bill.

Sun Xin only took one glance and immediately felt his scalp tingling.

This is not food at all, it's simply delicacies from the mountains and the sea.

Ginseng is eaten by the pound, and hundreds of jars of various alcoholic beverages sold at exorbitant prices are consumed outside.

"County Magistrate Jiang, are these things really for them to eat?" Sun Xin looked at Jiang Yuan in disbelief.

"Of course." Jiang Yuan nodded without hesitation.

I don’t care whether you have eaten or not. It’s dark here. As long as it’s on the bill, you have eaten it!

"I can understand this hundred-year-old ginseng, but what kind of dish is this dragon liver and phoenix marrow? Could it be that County Magistrate Jiang is raising a divine dragon?"

"And there's this twenty kilograms of iron? What's the point? Old Li and his people can't just hold onto the iron and chew on it, right?"

Jiang Yuan took the bill silently and took a deep breath.

Okay, I asked you to exaggerate a little, but I didn’t ask you to lie!

Just this bill adds up to a full thirty thousand taels!

Even if the people in Taizong County were pigs, they couldn't eat so much, let alone Sun Xin. Who wouldn't be confused after seeing this!

"Well, Lord Sun may not understand the prices in our Taiping County. Anyway, these things are not too many, so just pay for them." Jiang Yuan said righteously.

Sun Xin's face turned completely black. You can cheat me out of my money, but you can't just take it without any deception.

If I give this to you, I will look stupid.

"Magister Jiang, I have no money. You should send these people to labor reform." Sun Xin said calmly.

Anyway, Lao Li and the others are all employed. Once they leave their jobs for a while, people who are investigating will naturally ask questions. Then I will just shift the blame to someone else. I wonder what you, Jiang Yuan, can do!

"Lord Sun is quite generous, but I would like to ask you, Lord Sun, can everyone take what you say seriously? Or are your words just bullshit and we should just listen to them for fun?" Jiang Yuan spoke slowly.

Sun Xin looked at Jiang Yuan with difficulty. He had just said that he would pay for all the money. What should he do now?

If he admitted it, he would be directly burdened with a debt of tens of thousands of taels of silver, and even if he demolished the house, it would not be enough to pay off the debt.

But if I don't admit it, you can't really say that what I said is bullshit, right?

"This... naturally cannot be taken too seriously." Sun Xin said with difficulty.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Doesn't that mean that Lord Sun sometimes talks and sometimes farts?" Jiang Yuan pretended to be surprised.

"You!" Sun Xin's face flushed, and he swung his sleeves violently: "Of course my words count!"

clap clap clap!

Jiang Yuan clapped his hands and looked at Sun Xin with a smile: "Okay, now please settle these accounts, Master Sun."

Boy, the total amount is more than 100,000 taels. Not to mention you, even Taiping County can't come up with so much money at once. I want to see what you can use to pay back!

At this point, Sun Xin was ready to go all out. He gritted his teeth and said, "Jiang County Magistrate, I don't have any money. Can I owe you money first?"

"Yes, of course, I'm always willing to help!" Jiang Yuan said cheerfully, then waved his hand:

"Li Hu, why don't you give Lord Sun the IOU for his signature?"

"Yes."

Li Hu took out an IOU from his chest and handed it to Sun Xin, then asked his men to bring pen, ink and ink pad.

Sun Xin's face turned completely dark. It turned out that this thing was prepared in advance.

You are such a good guy, Jiang Yuan, it seems like you have been planning to trick me for a long time!

After Sun Xin signed the document with all his heart and put his fingerprints on it, he turned to look at Jiang Yuan again and said, "County Magistrate Jiang, if there is nothing else, we will take our leave."

In one day, just one day, he was cheated out of one hundred thousand taels of silver. If he stayed any longer, he would probably have to change his surname to Jiang.

"Wait!" Jiang Yuan reached out to stop Sun Xin and said regretfully, "Sir Sun, according to what's written on the IOU, you guys probably can't leave Taiping County."

"What?" Sun Xin looked at Jiang Yuan in disbelief. He had already thought it through when he signed.

After all, I am a local official. Even if you, Jiang Yuan, are very brave, you can't do anything to me, right?

but now.

Oh no, he really dares to do it!

"Master Sun, look, it's written in black and white on this IOU that you are not allowed to leave Taiping County until you have paid off the debt. So, I might as well find you a job in Taiping County, and you just have to pay off your debt honestly."

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, regardless of whether Sun Xin was willing or not, he took Sun Xin's arm and said, "Master Sun is very knowledgeable. In my opinion, this position of etiquette book belongs to you!"

Sun Xin looked at Jiang Yuan with a frown, Li Shu...

After all, I am the magistrate of Taizong County, a seventh-rank official. Do you think I hold a lowly position?

No, we absolutely cannot stay in Taiping County!

"County Magistrate Jiang, you're going too far! Without an imperial appointment, do you dare to strip me of my rank?"

Jiang Yuan chuckled and waved to the back, and Ma Zhi immediately handed over a bamboo slip.

"Master Sun, take a good look at this. This is signed and stamped by Governor Tian Wen. All officials in Taiping County can be appointed by me."

"As long as it's not forced, then I can appoint you. As for your so-called magistrate rank, I naturally cannot deprive you of it, but if you voluntarily give it up, that's fine."

Sun Xin looked at Jiang Yuan in amazement. Is this possible?

"What if I don't give up?"

Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes and sighed, "That's easy. Pay me back. If you don't, I'll take my men to Taizong County to raid your house and bring all your wives, concubines, and children back to Taiping County."

"According to the law, all your wives and concubines are mine. As for your children, haha!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Xin couldn't help shivering.

"But, but even if I want to pay back the money, with my income, I will never be able to pay it back until I die!" Sun Xin said angrily.

Jiang Yuan walked up and patted Sun Xin on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't panic, we in Taiping County are the most humane."

"Since you can't pay it back, we can support the son in paying the father's debt, and then let your son take over."

"I've calculated it. According to the rule of nine in and thirteen out, there's a fall every other night..."

"You are lending money illegally! It's illegal!" Sun Xin glared at Jiang Yuan.

Wow! If we really calculate it this way according to Jiang Yuan, let alone a lifetime, even if it means the endless generations to come, it will be too much.

It’s still not finished!

Jiang Yuan gave a wry smile and nodded, "Of course I know that. Then let's calculate it reasonably according to the laws of the dynasty. I've already calculated it."

"It will only take until Lord Sun's eighth generation grandson to pay it back!"