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

Zhou Baochang looked puzzled and looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion: "Sir, how can you help me achieve this?"

"It's very simple. I'll just take everyone in your village away." Jiang Yuan said with a faint smile.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Baochang's face suddenly turned ugly.

"Mr. Jiang, I kindly asked someone to lead the way for you and warmly entertained you. Isn't it inappropriate for you to do this?"

"No, no, no!" Jiang Yuan waved his hands and pointed at the house behind him.

"Captain Zhou, forget the polite words. You have at least a dozen strong men hiding in this room. Why don't you let them come out first?"

"How did you find out?" Captain Zhou was shocked.

Logically speaking, these people had been arranged long ago, and Jiang Yuan couldn't have X-ray vision, so how could he know!

Jiang Yuan sneered disdainfully, not even looking at the level of masters around him. Who was he trying to fool with such a simple trick?

"If I'm not mistaken, the mountain road you mentioned was also destroyed by you."

"As for the purpose, it's to attract passing merchants to your village, and you use the excuse of entertaining them to sell your tea. If they fall for your trick and buy it, that's fine, but if they don't, I'm afraid the consequences won't be any better, right?"

"Speaking of which, you old fellow are really evil-minded. Fifty taels of silver for a bag, why don't you just go and rob it?"

"Also, how can you eat all the food yourself? I'm afraid all the money from the sale went into your pocket. You should at least share some with the villagers so that they won't run away just because they see a little money. Oh, brain."

After Jiang Yuan's analysis, Zhou Baochang's face became more and more ugly, but he soon felt relieved.

"So what if you figured it out? Come out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, twenty or thirty strong men holding hoes and kitchen knives walked out of the room.

"Captain, why are you wasting so much time talking to him? You might as well listen to me and just rob him." A sturdy man with a gloomy face stared at Jiang Yuan intently.

"That's not right. How can you use violence in business? Do you have any professional ethics?" Jiang Yuan looked at the burly man with dissatisfaction.

The strong man sneered: "Bullshit, we are in this deep forest, no one will know if we kill you."

Jiang Yuan took a step back helplessly: "Well, since you guys won't listen to reason, then these guys around me also know a little bit of fighting skills."

"Kong Xuan, Wang Gang, take action!"

In an instant, the two men rushed into the crowd like a gust of wind, and started chopping melons and vegetables without saying a word.

Jiang Yuan sighed, turned and walked out of the room.

If these people are really honest people, there is nothing wrong with giving them some money.

It's a pity, but fortunately, not everything was gained. The more than a thousand good villagers have been led to Taiping County by Wang Yuan.

A moment later, Kong Xuan and Wang Gang walked out of the room covered in blood.

"Sir, everything has been solved, but a lot of miscellaneous goods were found in the backyard of the room, as well as more than two hundred taels of silver and five hundred taels of silver notes."

"Take everything. Forget about the cargo at the back. We don't have that many carriages. Let's set it on fire."

Jiang Yuan spoke softly, no matter what, it was not all in vain.

After the group had packed up, they continued walking along the village road.

The man hadn't lied. Not long after they left, Jiang Yuan and his companions were back on the main road.

During this time, Wang Gang and his companions found a stream and washed the blood off their bodies, and the group finally got back on track.

The following days were pretty good. Apart from encountering some bandits along the way, there were basically no setbacks.

After more than ten days of travel, the group finally appeared in front of Caiyun City, an important city in Yunzhou.

The magnificent city wall stretches as far as the eye can see. It is built entirely of blue bricks, which makes it strong and majestic.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but reveal an envious look. Although Taiping County had been completely transformed after a year of development, it still couldn't compare with Caiyun City.

Not to mention anything else, just the most important thing is population. Caiyun City has a population of nearly one million, while Taiping County does not even reach one-third of that.

The most crucial issue is the foundation. Caiyun City has stood on this land for countless years, and various industries have long been mature.

Although Taiping County is developing rapidly, it currently relies mainly on the several major industries created by Jiang Yuan, and has not yet formed a merchant industry chain.

After they entered the city, Jiang Yuan took them to an inn, left the goods and laborers behind, and started strolling on the streets with Li Hu and his group.

"Sir, what business are we going to do this time?" Li Hu ran to Jiang Yuan happily.

Jiang Yuan had already made it clear this time that the business was not mainly for Taiping County, but for them and others. After making money, Jiang Yuan would distribute it uniformly. At that time, no matter whether it was Li Hu and Wang Gang who came with them, or Zhao Kai and others who did not come, they would all be able to get a share.

"Don't worry about it. You won't understand even if I tell you." Jiang Yuan said slowly.

Li Hu shrugged helplessly. How come this guy always has something to hide from everyone?

Forget it, it’s not like I don’t have money anyway.

When they reached a commercial street that was known as the most prosperous in Caiyun City, Jiang Yuan stopped.

"Sir, the shops here are not cheap. Can we make money?" Li Hu asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, you can definitely make money."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan waved his hand and walked directly into a teahouse that had a for-sale sign hung on it.

"Hey, everyone, please come in. What would you like to drink?" The waiter looked at Jiang Yuan attentively.

Jiang Yuan looked around the store and saw only two or three tables occupied. No wonder it wanted to be sold.

"If you don't want to drink, tell your boss to come out. I want to close the shop."

"Okay, please wait a moment." Upon hearing that an inventory was needed, the waiter rushed to the second floor in a hurry. After a while, a middle-aged man came jogging over with quick steps.

"Is this the young man who wants to take over the store? Please come in and let's sit down and talk slowly." The middle-aged man enthusiastically pulled Jiang Yuan to the private room.

Jiang Yuan looked at the middle-aged man with some confusion. Is this guy so anxious?

"Sir, how much do you want to bid?" the middle-aged man asked cautiously.

Jiang Yuan looked around and said calmly, "I think your location is good. Why do you want to transfer it?"

"Well, to be honest, something happened in my hometown and I had to sell the shop at a low price." The middle-aged man sighed.

"No more, just thirty thousand taels, just thirty thousand taels, and I'll do it!"

Jiang Yuan was shocked. Thirty thousand taels? He had observed this shop before. Considering its location and size, it would cost at least one hundred and fifty thousand taels.

Something is wrong. There must be something wrong. Otherwise, it would be a sale at a low price and it would not be possible to sell it so cheaply.

"It's too expensive." Jiang Yuan said softly.

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, nodded, and said, "Then please name your price, as long as it's suitable, I will sell it!"

Jiang Yuan thought about it again and again, and finally stretched out a finger lightly: "Ten thousand taels, if it's suitable, I will..."

Before Jiang Yuan could finish his words, the middle-aged man slammed the table.

"Sell!"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but widen his eyes. No, buddy, you are selling this too?

Have you really never seen silver?

Don’t even mention that there’s something wrong with these. Just look at the price. Whoever says there’s something wrong with this store is the one who really has a problem!