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

Lian Jiang Yuan was stunned for a while, and asked again as if he didn't hear clearly.

It was not until Li Hu said the name again with a pout that Jiang Yuan let out a long sigh.

"Damn, this is not easy to deal with. His father has offended us deeply."

"Is that called a fatal offense? That's called a blood feud." Li Hu added.

"Besides, Zhang Jiaojiao is not easy to deal with!"

When this was mentioned, Jiang Yuan could only helplessly laugh twice.

Zhang Jiaojiao, the daughter of Mr. Zhang, has a strong personality and no one dares to propose to her even though she is already twenty years old.

Whenever Mr. Zhang was mentioned, Jiang Yuan couldn't stop getting a headache.

It can be said that the smooth development of Taiping County in the early stage was due to the fact that he took advantage of the Zhang family. At the very beginning, he cut down all the trees on the mountain.

When he was short of money, he even dug up the graves of three generations of the Zhang family. Although they were filled up afterwards, Mr. Zhang could definitely see it.

Afterwards, he divided up the farmland of Mr. Zhang's family, and when he wanted to go to Luoyun City to complain, he asked Li Hu to secretly plot against him several times.

Although there was some compensation afterwards, Mr. Zhang didn't seem to buy it.

Jiang Yuan had no doubt that Mr. Zhang wanted to eat him alive.

Now that Wang Gang is thinking about the other person's daughter again, this matter is really difficult to handle.

"Don't worry, Wang Gang. I'll sacrifice my reputation and make this marriage happen for you!" Jiang Yuan said through gritted teeth.

"Master, you should have a bowl of meat soup first." Wang Gang smiled and served Jiang Yuan a bowl of soup.

After drinking the broth with dry biscuits, Jiang Yuan felt warm all over immediately. He breathed a sigh of relief and went straight into the tent to rest.

The next morning, the troops began to advance again. The return was quite easy. Jiang Yuan was very satisfied with the current harvest. Even if he encountered a small tribe more than ten miles away, he was too lazy to recruit them.

It’s almost the end of the year after all, and we have to let these people go home to celebrate the New Year.

Time passed quickly, and with Jiang Yuan eager to return home, by noon on the eighth day, the outline of Taiping County had appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Brothers, you've all worked hard. Everyone will go to the Quartermaster's Office to collect an extra three months' salary. Now go home and rest!"

"Oh! Your Excellency is wise!"

"Everyone..."

"What the hell?!" Jiang Yuan suddenly turned around and looked at the young man behind him who was about to speak.

The young man chuckled and quickly shut his mouth.

Jiang Yuan was shocked. This kid had bad intentions. If this got out, his life would be over.

"Remember this, don't say the wrong thing next time."

After giving instructions to everyone, Jiang Yuan waved his whip again, and soon, Taiping County came into view.

Jiang Yuan dismounted first, Hatu led a large army to the military camp, while Jiang Yuan and his men went straight into the city.

Several people rushed all the way to the county government office. As soon as Jiang Yuan stepped into the gate of the county government office, he saw Ma Zhi sitting on a chair with a sad face.

"Ma Zhi, who are you showing your sad face to?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"Sir, you are finally back!"

Ma Zhi hurried over to Jiang Yuan and pushed him into a chair. "Sir, take a look. This is the financial situation of our Taiping County over the past two months."

Jiang Yuan glanced at it casually, and it was almost all red.

But he was not surprised at all. This was very normal. When he entered the grassland, he took away a large amount of supplies. Wars are not just about people, but also about money.

On the grassland, Jiang Yuan coaxed and deceived many people from small tribes to come to Taiping County, at least 20,000 to 30,000 people.

When these guys arrive, they must have a place to live and a job to do, and Taiping County is responsible for all of this.

These are just small heads. Jiang Yuan has just brought back the real big heads, 5,000 cavalrymen!

Not to mention anything else, each person's monthly salary is two or three taels of silver, which is more than ten thousand taels. Each person is equipped with three horses and a set of equipment. A rough calculation shows that nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver have been wasted.

Jiang Yuan had no regrets at all. These were all things he should have spent. Money could be earned again if lost. The purpose of making money was to increase one's own strength.

"Why are you in such a hurry? How much money do we have left?" Jiang Yuan said calmly.

Ma Zhi was like a double eggplant, and he said with a sluggish look: "Sir, there are only 30,000 taels left."

Jiang Yuan glanced at him unhappily. What was said on the surface was for the people above to see. Why would he tell him this?

"Where's Anben?"

"Then I don't dare to look at it." Ma Zhi said with a wry smile.

Jiang Yuan shook his head, waved his hand and took out an account book from the hidden grid. After careful calculation, Jiang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Based on Taiping County’s current income, it can still make ends meet, but there is no spare capacity for anything else.

But this won't work. Taiping County has only just begun its first step on the long road of spending money.

"It doesn't matter. We still have nearly one million taels of silver lying in our secret book."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan casually threw the account book into the grid and tapped his fingers on the table: "By the way, how is the underground warehouse I asked you to build?"

Ma Zhi quickly dug out a stack of blueprints on the table and said, "Sir, two of the eight granaries have been built, and one is already in use. It was built exactly according to the blueprint you drew."

"Each warehouse can store 100,000 dan of grain." After saying this, Ma Zhi couldn't help but look at Jiang Yuan curiously: "Sir, I don't think we need to build so many granaries. Even in a year of famine, two or three would be enough. Besides, storing too much grain will not only be very expensive, but we won't need it."

"You know nothing. Who would complain about having too much food?"

"At worst, we can just sell the old grain every year. It's just a hassle at best."

As he spoke, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but start thinking. The grain stored in Taiping County was only enough for emergency food for three months. If all eight granaries were full, it would only be enough for the people of Taiping County to eat for two to three years.

This is nothing. Think about the Hanjia Granary in China's Tang Dynasty, which stored five to six million dan of grain, enough to feed 100,000 people for more than ten years.

I have only filled up 800,000 people, and the population of Taiping County will definitely continue to increase in the future. It is too little, too little!

"First, have the Ministry of Works complete the construction of these eight granaries and fill them with grain. Remember, we can't be careless about the grain."

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he once again put aside the official business piled up on the table.

When there are more people, there are naturally fewer things to do, but fortunately, the time he was away was not long. Jiang Yuan was busy until the evening and finally finished his official business.

"call!"

After taking a long breath, Jiang Yuan looked at Wang Gang and said, "Wang Gang, Zhao Kai, the rest of you follow me!"

"Where are you going, sir? Are you not going to eat?" Zhao Kai asked in confusion.

I've been here for so long, just to eat the food Xiaoqing cooked, and you're gone without saying a word?

"What are you eating? Follow me, I'll take you to a good meal!"

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he led a few people out of the county government office. However, Zhao Kai became more and more confused.

"Sir, you're not heading towards the restaurant, are you?"

Jiang Yuan stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers: "That's right, let's go to Mr. Zhang's house and have a meal."

Zhao Kai immediately rolled his eyes: "Sir, we went there because we were thinking about their daughter, and with what you did, are you sure they will let you eat?"

"will not."

"Then why are you still going?" Zhao Kai's eyes became more and more confused.

Jiang Yuan said seriously, "But he has to say a few polite words. As long as he dares to be polite to me, I will be rude to him!