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

After taking a sip of wine, Zhang Cheng's expression changed completely.

"Old Zhao, this one hundred taels of silver is well spent. This nectar is indeed worthy of being called nectar!" Zhang Cheng gave a thumbs up in praise.

As he spoke, Zhang Cheng hurried to Jiang Yuan's side and said, "Mr. Jiang, do you still have this wine? Can you sell me some separately?"

Jiang Yuan squinted at Zhang Cheng and said, "I still like your rebellious look just now. Recover a little."

Zhang Cheng had an embarrassed look on his face. He straightened his expression and looked at Jiang Yuan pitifully again.

"No." Jiang Yuan shook his head decisively and refused while coming to Zhao Li's side.

"Mr. Zhao, there are some things I have to tell you in advance. You can't drink too much of this wine, so you have to be careful when selling it. It's best to find a small porcelain bottle and only sell this much each time." Jiang Yuan reminded.

"I understand! Don't worry, County Magistrate Jiang." Zhao Li patted his chest and promised.

After bidding farewell to Zhao Li and his group, Jiang Yuan took a deep breath, and his hands holding the silver were shaking.

Ten thousand taels of silver.

In his previous life, this would have been several million. Jiang Yuan had never seen so much money in his two lifetimes!

And this is not a one-time deal, he earns 10,000 taels every month.

Not only that, he also has a cart of tea behind him. When the bulk tea comes out, money will flow in!

With the money, building city defenses and recruiting troops is a natural thing!

"Be steady, be steady. Ning Fei and the other two haven't left yet. We can't be too arrogant for now." Jiang Yuan warned himself secretly in his heart, then got back on the carriage and headed towards Taiping County.

Half an hour later, Jiang Yuan got out of the car refreshed.

"Li Hu, call someone to exchange these banknotes for silver!" After giving the order, Jiang Yuan immediately looked around.

The influx of more than a thousand people has brought some signs of prosperity to Taiping County again.

But Jiang Yuan was not satisfied with this. The roads in Taiping County were too bad. They were all dirt roads and full of potholes. The collapsed city walls had not been moved yet.

After returning to the county government office, Jiang Yuan immediately approved two thousand taels of silver and asked Ma Zhi to lead people to repair the roads in Taiping County.

All the roads are paved with bluestone slabs.

Five thousand taels of silver were given to Wang Gang, who was asked to take people to repair the city wall. The remaining three thousand taels of silver would not be touched in the short term.

So far, there is only one constable in the county government, Li Hu, and the salaries of several people have to be paid as usual.

But Jiang Yuan was not in a hurry to ask Li Hu to recruit people. After all, weren't there plenty of people on Heiyun Mountain?

Chen Qing's group of bandits are not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also have strong execution capabilities.

If you don't have strong execution ability, you can't be a bandit. You can't just receive a report that someone is passing by below, and then take half an hour to come down the mountain. How can you rob anything then?

Jiang Yuan knew exactly why Chen Qing asked Shi Ming to come over. It was just a gesture of goodwill.

We just need to wait for a while and we will be able to recruit this group of bandits naturally.

At this time, in Taiping County Prison.

Zhao Kai and the other two calmed down after their initial anger.

"This damn official! He actually locked us up. What should we do?" Wang Jue looked at the bluestone walls around him with a worried look on his face.

It was quite solid, and the three of them, who were not considered experts, had no way of breaking through the wall.

"What else can we do? Let's wait for the general to send someone to rescue us." Kong Xuan said comfortably while lying in the haystack.

What's wrong here?

There is food, drink, and a place to live, and more importantly, there is no need to stare at Jiang Yuan from outside.

Just a few taels of silver a month, why are you playing with your life?

Zhao Kai stood up and looked at the long sword hanging outside the door and said in a deep voice: "No, we have to find a way to get out. What if Jiang Yuan takes advantage of this to go see Prince Zhao?"

"Okay, whether you can escape underground or smash the wall with one blow, just stay still." Kong Xuan said lazily.

Zhao Kai slowly walked towards the wall, raised one hand high, and said passionately: "How can you know if you don't try it?"

After saying that, Zhao Kai shouted angrily, gathered all his strength, raised one leg and kicked at the wall.

"boom!!!"

After a loud bang, several pieces of old ashes were shaken down.

Wang Jue was stunned for a moment. No, you want to use your feet, why are you raising your hands?

"Ahhh! My leg!" Zhao Kai hugged his right leg and jumped on the spot, looking extremely funny with his teeth bared.

Kong Xuan shook his head and continued to lie in the haystack with his legs crossed.

Wang Jue walked to the cell door speechlessly and wanted to ask someone to check the severity of Zhao Kai's leg injury.

But when he put his hands on the cell door, the door creaked and opened directly.

Wang Jue looked back at Zhao Kai, who was also stunned. He forgot the pain for a short time and came to the door of the cell with the help of Kong Xuan.

After the three of them were silent for a while, Zhao Kai was the first to speak and break the silence.

"Can we just pretend that what happened just now didn't happen? Otherwise, if it gets out, it will make me look very wise."

Kong Xuan showed his white teeth and held up a finger: "Ten taels of silver!"

"Why don't you go and rob!" Zhao Kai glared. Even though he was a Dragon Guard, he only earned twelve taels of silver a month.

Kong Xuan put on an indifferent expression: "You can earn money again if you lose it, but once you wear the title of Erbi, you can't take it off."

"Two liang!"

"Nine taels!"

"Three liang!"

"Eight taels!"

"Alright, alright, let's go out first." The relatively steady Wang Jue interrupted their bargaining.

The three escaped from the cell, carefully sticking to the wall for fear of encountering the jailer.

But when the three of them walked to the gate, they found that there was not a single guard in the entire cell.

The three of them looked at each other. Their previous cautiousness seemed to have become a joke. The three of them looked at each other and felt that it would be better not to tell this matter to anyone.

Shortly after the three figures disappeared, a sneaky black shadow slipped sideways into the cell.

Not long after, a dark shadow stood at the door of the cell where Ding Yin was imprisoned.

"Xinwu? Why are you here?" Ding Yin looked at the dark shadow outside the door in surprise.

Xin Wu rubbed his wrist nonchalantly: "Of course I came to save you."

"Tell me quickly the jailer's pattern of action and who has the key." Xin Wu said lightly.

Ding Yin scratched his head. "Jailer? I've never seen any!"

As for the keys…

and many more!

Did those guys lock the door when they brought me in?

After thinking it over carefully, Ding Yin immediately stood up and kicked the prison door open.

Xin Wu, who was outside the door, was silent for a while, then asked quietly, "So, you were locked up in this unlocked cell for several hours?"

Ding Yin's face turned blue and purple. How did he know the door was not locked?

Besides, Jiang Yuan, why are you locking me up if you don’t lock it up?

At this time, Jiang Yuan in the lobby of the county government office was looking at the sky worriedly.

He has nothing to do with either side. This has clearly informed both sides that what you want to do has nothing to do with me, and I don't want to provoke any of you.

But if Prince Zhao still refuses to let go, Jiang Yuan will have no choice but to completely turn to Ning Fei.

This is not what Jiang Yuan wanted.