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

"I don't have any money. Go ask whoever you gave it to for it."

Mr. Zhang said with a dark face, at this point, I definitely can't afford the money, but as for face?

This kid Li Hu treats his face as his butt, and he still wants to maintain his reputation in the market!

"Mr. Zhang, how can you go back on your word? It will be bad for your reputation if this gets out!" Li Hu was also anxious. He had finally found an opportunity, how could he not seize it.

Most of the industries in Taiping County are government-run, and the common people are considered wealthy compared to those outside, but no one can come up with thousands of taels of silver at once.

"Li Hu, don't be anxious. I remember that you haven't received your salary for half a year. You should have quite a bit of money." Jiang Yuan said softly.

Li Hu shook his head weakly. "No, my monthly salary is thirty taels of silver. I haven't received it for ten months, so the total is only three hundred taels of silver."

"That's not a small amount, is it?" Kong Xuan asked in confusion. "You rescued Miss Mingyue on the grassland, and she doesn't have any parents. It shouldn't cost much, right?"

"Oh, you don't understand." Li Hu waved his hands repeatedly.

"Look, I'm getting married soon, and the house I live in now only has two small rooms, a kitchen, and a sleeping area. It was fine when I was alone, but it's not okay now. If I have children in the future, I'll definitely have to move to a new house."

"House prices in the inner city of Taiping County have skyrocketed. Three hundred taels won't buy you a decent house, let alone other expenses."

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "Oh, so it really is a problem."

Jiang Yuan was thinking not only of Li Hu, but also of Wang Gang, Ma Zhi, Zhao Kai and others.

These guys' salaries are not low, but when it comes to matters like buying and selling houses, they are obviously not able to do it.

Even I am the same. Every time I make money outside, I eat and drink lavishly, as if I am not short of money at all.

But every time he returned to Taiping County, all the money from Jiang Yuan would be recorded in the account book, and even if it was taken out, it was basically for the development of new economic industries in Taiping County.

From this point of view, the only money I have available to spend on myself at any time seems to be my salary.

But after the New Year, he will marry Bai Wei. The Bai family is a wealthy family, so three letters and six betrothal gifts are inevitable. His salary is not enough.

"Li Hu, let's put it this way. You're tired of kowtowing, but you can't cheat Mr. Zhang like this. Let Mr. Zhang give you a hundred taels of silver."

"As for your need for money, that's easy. I'll take you to earn some money after the New Year. How about that?"

Li Hu rushed towards Jiang Yuan with his eyes shining: "Are you serious, sir?"

“It really can’t be truer!”

"Okay, it's a deal! It's getting late, sir, so I'll go back first." After Li Hu said this, he said hello to Zhao Kai and the others and slipped away.

Jiang Yuan was so angry that his teeth ached. "When I asked you to do something before, you were either afraid of breaking the law or afraid of being beheaded."

He is so straightforward now, what a fucking lecher.

"Tsk tsk tsk! It's true that brothers are like limbs and women are like clothes." Kong Xuan said sarcastically, and after he said that, he did not forget to poke Zhao Kai.

"Don't you have to go home to be with your wife?"

Zhao Kai said seriously, "I don't know why, but now that you mentioned that, I really miss my wife. Please excuse me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Kai bowed to Jiang Yuan, turned around and disappeared.

"Damn! They are all traitors who forget their loyalty for the sake of beauty!" Kong Xuan said angrily.

Jiang Yuan patted his shoulder at the right time: "Relax, didn't you say it before? After all, brothers are like limbs, and women are like clothes."

Kong Xuan couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Yes, but what they did was completely opposite!"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but shook his head: "Kong Xuan, take off your clothes now."

Kong Xuan was stunned and quickly waved his hands: "Sir, don't joke. It's the coldest time of the year now. If you take off your clothes, you will freeze to death."

"Well, do you think this dress is important or not?" Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes.

"Although this saying originated from the chicken plague in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, in the real world, brothers are like the limbs of a centipede, and women are like winter clothes."

"Do you think the centipede's limbs are important?"

Kong Xuan stopped talking immediately.

After saying that, Jiang Yuan turned around and called Zhang Yuanwai to walk side by side with him.

"Mr. Zhang, I don't have much to say about the matter between Wang Gang and Miss Zhang. I just have one thing to say: if it's because Miss Zhang doesn't like Wang Gang, then I won't force it."

"But if Miss Zhang likes it, please don't get in the way, Mr. Zhang, how about that?"

Mr. Zhang opened his mouth, but he really didn't know what to say, and in the end he could only sigh.

Jiang Yuan calmly looked at the brightly lit scene in Taiping County and said, "Mr. Zhang, you can rest assured about Wang Gang's identity. Within ten years, I will make Wang Gang a true general. How do you think?"

Mr. Zhang trembled all over and his face turned pale.

"Your Excellency, please don't say such nonsense. I will pretend that I didn't hear it. Your Excellency, just treat it as what you said."

Jiang Yuan waved his hands helplessly: "Don't be afraid, Mr. Zhang. You know, Taiping County is already my fiefdom. I have the power to recruit private soldiers. Now that I have soldiers, it won't be difficult to ask for a general title."

"Oh, I see. I thought Lord Jiang wanted to accomplish something great."

"Haha, brother, you're joking. I'm already very satisfied as long as I can ensure that the people in my fiefdom live and work in peace and contentment." Jiang Yuan smiled and said nothing more.

When the group arrived at the Zhang family's door, after some pleasantries between the two sides, Jiang Yuan took Wang Gang and others away.

"Okay, nothing happened, let's go back." Jiang Yuan waved to Zhao Kai and others.

After the three people left, Jiang Yuan sat on the threshold of the county government office with a calm expression.

As a serious time traveler, Jiang Yuan had to start thinking about a problem.

Can I sit on this throne?

Can this rebellion be created?

Although he seemed to have no intention of rebelling before, Jiang Yuan had to admit a problem now.

Although he had never thought of rebelling, everything he did in Taiping County, whether it was building nine outer cities in succession, building eight granaries to store grain, or mining to equip soldiers with light armor.

As well as various preparations for seeking war horses on the grassland, once Jiang Yuan's plan is completed step by step, Jiang Yuan can be sure that he can definitely resist an army of hundreds of thousands.

He has no intention of rebelling, but everything he does seems to be a preparation for rebellion.

For a moment, Jiang Yuan was a little confused.

Could it be that his subconscious planning alone had already prepared him for rebellion?

Finally, after some careful consideration, Jiang Yuan nodded solemnly.

Whether or not one can rebel depends on whether the world is in chaos and whether there is an opportunity.

Of course, the most important thing for a rebellion is whether you have money.

A man with money is a real man, but a man without money is hard to be a real man!