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

"Sir, the person has been here for a while. How about meeting him?"

Chen Qing asked tentatively.

Jiang Yuan nodded solemnly: "Well, since we're here, let's meet them. I don't believe they can do anything in Taiping County!"

Ever since he saw the military information of Taiping County, Jiang Yuan has become quite confident.

Three thousand troops. Let alone the Yang family, even if the Ning family came, what could they do?

You have to know that no matter how powerful the Ning family is, only Ning Fei has the military power. But according to the news, Ning Fei is still at the border.

Even if the Ning and Yang families went crazy, no matter how many assassins they sent, it would be useless in front of a formal army!

"Oh, right, send three hundred men to ambush next to the county government office and have those people come to the county government office to confront us!"

After saying this, Jiang Yuan decisively turned around and walked towards the county government office, calling Wang Gang, Li Hu and others on the way.

Since the inner and outer cities of Taiping County were not small after the expansion, it took Jiang Yuan a full incense stick of time to see a carriage bridge slowly approaching, with many soldiers standing on both sides.

"Damn! What a big show." Jiang Yuan cursed with his head down, and walked out with Wang Gang and a few others.

In full view of the crowd, the axle curtain was lifted, and a white-haired old man came out. He glanced at the crowd in a shrill voice and stopped at Jiang Yuan.

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

Jiang Yuan, who was standing opposite, was a little dumbfounded. Imperial edict? What did that mean?

In the early stages of the Duanmu Xiongtu Imperial Capital incident, he was completely using himself as cannon fodder.

Although he later sent Chen Liu to rescue him, that was entirely a balancing act of the emperor.

Now they are sending someone over here again. What are they thinking?

While Jiang Yuan was pondering the pros and cons in his mind, the old eunuch holding the bright yellow cloth stood in the sedan chair somewhat awkwardly.

Damn! What's going on?

An imperial edict! This is an imperial edict, something written by the emperor himself. Why don’t these people react at all?

"Magister Jiang, are you not going to accept the order yet?" the old eunuch said hurriedly.

Jiang Yuan finally reacted, blinked and looked at the imperial edict in the old eunuch's hand, feeling a little troubled.

One has to kneel down to receive the imperial edict. If it was really the emperor himself, then he would kneel down, but Jiang Yuan really couldn't kneel down to this old eunuch!

The old eunuch's face gradually became impatient: "Jiang County Magistrate, why are you so reluctant to kneel down and accept the order?"

Jiang Yuan nodded solemnly, then waved his hand decisively, asking everyone around him to come behind him.

Then, under the confused look of the old eunuch, Jiang Yuan fell to his knees with a thud.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

The people behind him knelt down on the ground in an orderly manner, shouting slogans with Jiang Yuan.

The old eunuch pinched his thigh hard and then gasped.

"Jiang County Magistrate, the imperial edict is here, why are you kneeling over there?"

"Don't you take the imperial edict seriously?"

Jiang Yuan raised his head calmly and looked ahead with a determined gaze.

"This direction is the direction of the Imperial Palace. I have to kneel towards this direction to feel like I'm truly kneeling before the Emperor!"

"Hurry and read the imperial edict!"

The corners of Li Hu's mouth twitched fiercely. What the hell is the direction of the imperial capital? This is the place where many old people in Taiping County who watched them grow up were buried after their death!

The old eunuch nodded helplessly: "County Magistrate Jiang really never forgets the grace of the emperor!"

After saying this, the old eunuch directly spread out the imperial edict.

"Taiping County Magistrate Jiang Yuan has made great contributions and dedicated himself to governing the country over the years. He is hereby granted the title of Baron of Taiping County! His fiefdom is to be 100 miles around Taiping County!"

"Appreciate this!"

Everyone in the crowd except Jiang Yuan was stunned. A man from Taiping County?

Doesn't this mean that Jiang Yuan jumped directly from an eighth-rank county magistrate to a fifth-rank one?

Moreover, this is different from ordinary fifth-rank officials. This one has a fiefdom. To put it bluntly, this is equivalent to a small prince.

From now on, all matters within Taiping County no longer need to be reported to the higher authorities, and Jiang Yuan can make the decision with just one word.

This is like upgrading a shotgun to a cannon!

Under the gaze of everyone, Jiang Yuan stood up and excitedly took the imperial edict from the old eunuch.

"We would like to congratulate Lord Jiang here." The old eunuch said with a smile.

"Haha! I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. My father-in-law has had a hard journey. Please take a good rest. Ma Zhi, please take my father-in-law to appreciate the characteristics of our Taiping County!"

"Yes!"

After sending away the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict, Jiang Yuan couldn't wait to spread out the imperial edict, looked at it carefully, and then put it away happily.

Alright! With this thing, whatever you do in Taiping County will be legal.

And, the most important thing is that it does not specify how many soldiers Taiping County can recruit on its own.

But it makes sense. Taiping County is a small border town. According to the intelligence collected above, its population is less than 10,000. Even if it is allowed to develop, it can only recruit 1,000 private soldiers. There is no need to limit it at all.

But Jiang Yuan naturally knew how much different this was from the actual situation in Taiping County.

Moreover, with the subsequent development, Jiang Yuan is very optimistic about the prospects of Taiping County.

"Sir, does this mean that we don't have to worry about being discovered for what we did before?" Li Hu stretched his head forward.

Jiang Yuan nodded lightly. Although he couldn't be conferred the title of Viscount as Chen Liu said, a Baron was completely enough.

"That's right, from now on we don't have to be sneaky about some things, we can do them openly!"

With that, Jiang Yuan walked back to the county government office happily.

However, before he could sit down on the chair, Chen Qing rushed in again in a hurry.

"My lord! My lord!"

"Huh? What happened again?" Jiang Yuan looked at Chen Qing puzzledly.

What else could happen after receiving the imperial edict?

Chen Qing swallowed his saliva and said in a deep voice: "Sir, we just found a guy covered in blood at the city gate."

"What is this? Do you recognize it?" Jiang Yuan asked in confusion.

"I know him. He's Gerry, the second leader of the horse bandits last year!" Chen Liu spoke quickly.

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly. Last year, Taiping County was blocked by horse thieves in the city and dared not come out. It was only with the help of the truth bomb that they broke the deadlock.

After that, he formed a cooperative relationship with this group of horse thieves.

"Well, how is the person? Bring him over to have a look. And call two doctors at the same time."

Seeing Jiang Yuan speak, Chen Qing quickly turned around to find a doctor.

After a while, when Gary was carried in, Jiang Yuan was shocked. He was covered in blood, and the wound on his chest had penetrated deep into the bone, with large pieces of flesh and blood exposed.

"Wang Gang, go to the barracks and call Hatu over. Maybe Gerry can leave some last words."

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said that if the injury was treated in time, he might still be able to survive, but considering the degree of blood loss, even a dog would shake its head when seeing it.

As the two doctors came over, Hatu also rushed in.

"Second brother! Second brother, wake up! You, what's wrong with you? Where's the eldest brother?"

Hatu looked at Gerry stupidly, and Gerry actually opened his eyes when he heard the noise.

"Save...Brother...at...the Maki tribe..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gary tilted his head and there was no more sound.