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

Jiang Yuan smiled inconspicuously and put the token away.

He didn't say anything, just looked at Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan's face turned awkward. Indeed, the Yang family even took out the token, so his 100,000 taels of silver was indeed a bit stingy.

"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, I'm not a stingy person. Just tell me the amount and I'll go home and get the money!"

Jiang Yuan sneered and said without mercy: "Mr. Ning, how much silver do you think the Yang family's token is worth?"

Ning Chuan was speechless immediately. A first-rank official, and the prime minister of the current dynasty, saw the token as if he were seeing a person. How much silver could it be worth?

I'm afraid no amount of money can buy such favor.

Besides, the Yang family is so generous, so I have to do something about it!

"Mr. Jiang, just name a price." Ning Chuan said through gritted teeth.

As long as the Yang family is overthrown, no matter how much money he has, he can get it back himself. There is no need to worry about what Jiang Yuan wants.

Jiang Yuan stretched out a finger with a calm expression.

"Mr. Jiang, what's this?" Ning Chuan narrowed his eyes and pointed with one finger. Is this ten million or one million?

"One million taels. I'll only wait for one hour. I hope Master Ning won't let me down."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.

One million taels sounds like a lot, and it is actually even more so.

Even if a wealthy businessman handles tens of millions of taels of silver in his lifetime, it is hard to say whether he will eventually get a million taels.

But now it also depends on who they are in front of. As for the Ning family, let’s not talk about anything else. Just the Queen Ning and Ning Fei, one of them is the mother of the country, and the other has hundreds of thousands of soldiers under her command.

This one million taels of silver can only be worth a few words.

"Okay, without further ado, I'll leave immediately. Mr. Jiang, just stay here and drink tea. All expenses will be covered by me."

After Ning Fei finished speaking, he turned around and hurriedly left the teahouse.

Half a minute later, Duanmu Yuanchen squinted his eyes at Jiang Yuan and asked, "Where did you get this token?"

Since entering the imperial capital, Jiang Yuan has not gone out to meet the Yang family. It is clear that he has just come out. This token cannot be given to him by the Yang family.

It can only fool idiots like Ningchuan.

Jiang Yuan coughed dryly twice and said, "Don't worry about it. This is God's reward for my justice. I just exchanged it for money today."

Duanmu Yuanchen pondered for a while, then looked up at Jiang Yuan as if he had suddenly realized something: "Oh! Did you take it from Yang Qingfeng in Xinri City?"

"I was just saying, you were groping around on the bed for a long time, and it seems you got something as good as this!"

"Haha, that's not important. It's definitely true anyway. And I didn't say the token was given to me by the Yang family. I just showed it to him. He insisted on imagining it himself. Can you blame me for that?"

Duanmu Yuanchen looked at Jiang Yuan with disdain. Is this even human language?

In this situation, if you take out the token, who wouldn’t think that way?

"Then what do you mean by asking someone for money?"

"Then this is even simpler." Jiang Yuan lay on the table calmly.

"If you were walking down the street and someone offered you one million taels of silver for no apparent reason, would you take it?"

"Of course I have to. If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you're a bastard." Duanmu Yuanchen said seriously.

Jiang Yuan nodded with a smile: "That's right, he said he would give me money, and I accepted it. There is nothing wrong with it. Besides, I will definitely tell the truth in the future, so it won't be considered a waste of his money."

"Besides, money is truly abominable. It's the source of all evil, the very root of all crime!"

"Now I'm asking him to give me the money. I'm helping him shoulder the responsibility for his crime. I'm doing this out of kindness!"

Duanmu Yuanchen nodded vigorously, his eyes filled with wonder. "Not bad, not bad. Old Jiang, your insights are truly profound. How about this? Let me shoulder some of the blame as well."

Jiang Yuan immediately rolled his eyes and said, "After all this time, I thought you were a good person. So you just want a share of the spoils?"

But you still lack money?

"Your father has so much wealth, and you still care about my meager fortune?"

Duanmu Yuanchen scratched his head awkwardly, thinking back to his days in the Eastern Palace. He had hardly seen silver, let alone banknotes.

"I like it very much. I like it very much."

"No!" Jiang Yuan said with a sullen face.

"You've read so many of my books, don't you understand one thing?"

When this was mentioned, Duanmu Yuanchen suddenly became energetic and patted his chest and said, "Ask whatever you want. I've read all your books!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head disapprovingly: "Seeing it and becoming your own are two different things."

"But since you said that, I'll ask you a few questions."

"Society is simple, but people are complicated. What's the next sentence?"

"A towering building rises from the ground, but glory can only be achieved by oneself?" Duanmu Yuanchen said immediately.

Jiang Yuan sat up and picked up the teacup: "Look, this is a good memorization. Glory can only be achieved by yourself."

"It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Look at how I operate today. If you can learn a few tricks, will you still be short of money in the future?"

Duanmu Yuanchen's eyes lit up. That's right. If he had Lao Jiang's methods, who would he be able to cheat?

There are rich people in the palace, and cheating any one of them is enough to make you squander for a while.

"Okay, okay! Old Jiang, you have to tell me later how to make people willingly give me the money." Duanmu Yuanchen enthusiastically took Jiang Yuan's hand.

"Ahem!" Jiang Yuan immediately stopped smiling.

"These are all my best abilities. How can I give them to you so easily?"

Duanmu Yuanchen looked at Jiang Yuan with an embarrassed expression: "But, I don't have any money. If I had money, I wouldn't be learning this from you."

"Okay, okay." Jiang Yuan looked at Duanmu Yuanchen with a smile.

Damn, Jiang Yuan had been to the East Factory room where Chen Liu was staying. The furnishings inside, including night pearls, glass cups, and imperial green jadeite, were simply everything you could think of. Any one of them could be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Not even an hour had passed. Only half an hour later, Ning Chuan hurried back with two guards.

"Huh! Mr. Jiang, I've been waiting for a long time." Ning Chuan wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Jiang Yuan kept glancing at the other person's chest. Hmm, it was bulging, not bad.

"No hurry, no hurry. Mr. Ning, have a drink of water and we'll talk slowly."

Ning Chuan picked up the teacup and drank it all, then reached into his arms and took out a thick stack of banknotes.

"Mr. Jiang, everything is here, please click."

Jiang Yuan didn't even look at it. There was no need for the Ning family to fake the one million taels.

"It's okay. Although I don't know what the Ning family is like, I believe in Mr. Ning's character!"

The slight dissatisfaction in Ning Chuan's eyes disappeared immediately: "Haha! Mr. Jiang is a straightforward person. If you have any problems in the future, just come to me!"

"Mr. Ning is such a kind man. Today I'll offer you a cup of tea instead of wine!"

"Brother Jiang, you're so kind! It's a shame we met so late!"

"The trial is in a few days?"

Jiang Yuan slammed the table and shouted, "Don't worry, Mr. Ning. I can't stand despicable people like the Yang family. I will definitely not hesitate when the time comes!"

"Master Ning, just wait and see. If you don't tell that old man Yang Cheng to poop, then even he'll poop clean this morning!"

With the two of them pretending to be nice, the gathering in the teahouse was a great success for both the host and the guests.

After saying goodbye to Ningchuan, Jiang Yuan felt relieved as he walked back.

One million taels! Plus the expansion of Zuijiangyue Restaurant, Taiping County will have enough money to expand dramatically from now on.

When they returned to the East Factory, it was already dark. No one knew what Chen Liu was busy with, so Jiang Yuan and his group could only eat and drink in the East Factory as usual.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed quietly.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, a piece of news instantly swept across the entire imperial capital.

Yang Qingfeng, the second son of the Yang family, intended to do something indecent to Princess Su Su in Xinri City, but fortunately he was rescued.

Today, Su Su directly accused Yang Qingfeng of his despicable behavior in Xinri City in the hall. The emperor was furious and announced a thorough investigation of the matter.

At the same time, another piece of news came out.

Empress Ning was a model mother for the country and gave birth to a son for the emperor. The emperor was so happy that he issued a general amnesty and exempted taxes in many places.

As the entire imperial capital was buzzing with discussion, an unexpected yet reasonable person appeared before Jiang Yuan.