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

With each of them having their own plans in mind, the deal was quickly reached.

After Jiang Yuan handed over the stack of banknotes, the middle-aged man bowed to Jiang Yuan with a relaxed and happy face: "Thank you, sir. In that case, we will meet again in the future."

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man hurried out of the store with the waiter.

"Sir, don't you think there is something fishy here?" Li Hu looked at Jiang Yuan in disbelief. He knew there was something wrong with this shop even if he used his toes to think about it.

Jiang Yuan held the deed and various documents in his hands and sneered, "This store only costs 10,000 taels of silver. I'd only be worried if he didn't have any problems."

"Sir, you knew there was a problem but you still bought it. What if something goes wrong? This is not our Taiping County." Li Hu felt a headache. Where did Jiang Yuan get the courage from? Why was he not afraid of anything?

Jiang Yuan calmly put away all the documents and said nonchalantly, "What are you afraid of? If an enemy comes, we will fight him. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth."

"What are you afraid of? How can I suffer any loss?"

After saying that, Jiang Yuan directly called over the large number of laborers who were pressing the carriages and taught them word by word how to renovate the shop.

Which walls need to be broken down, how should the tables and chairs be placed, etc.

After giving the instructions, Jiang Yuan immediately asked Kong Xuan to find someone to customize a plaque.

The group worked hard for two or three days before they finally finished setting up the store. Li Hu, who was in charge of hanging the plaque, looked at the big words on it in confusion.

"Sir, what... is this for?"

Jiang Yuan took a quick look and saw four large gold-plated characters engraved on the plaque: "Taiping Lottery".

"Hang it up first. I'll explain the rules to you in detail later. If we do well, we can open a branch within a month. Within three years, there will be a lottery shop of ours throughout Daduan."

Just as Jiang Yuan finished saying this, applause suddenly broke out at the door.

"Clap clap clap!"

A young man dressed in gorgeous clothes and a white robe walked in with a smile, followed by several guards. Even in the middle of winter, he was only wearing a thin coat. Needless to say, it was a benefit brought by the strong internal energy reaching a certain level.

"It's a good job. It's only been two or three days. I think we can open it and welcome customers tomorrow."

Jiang Yuan left Li Hu and walked towards the young man in fancy clothes: "Oh? I wonder if my shop's opening has anything to do with this young man?"

The young man in fancy clothes smiled inconspicuously, pointed his finger at his chest and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Long Aotian."

"Fuck! Wait! What's your name?" Jiang Yuan stared at Long Aotian with wide eyes, fearing that he had heard it wrong.

"You heard me right, my last name is Long, and my given name is Aotian."

Jiang Yuan's mouth twitched violently. "Long Aotian! What the hell is that name? Isn't this the name of a male protagonist in an online novel?"

"Haha, don't worry, I'm not here to cause trouble, but at the same time I hope you don't cause any trouble for me." Long Aotian looked around the store indifferently, then pulled out a chair and sat down without any hesitation.

Kong Xuan glanced at Long Aotian: "Who the hell are you..."

"Shut up!"

Kong Xuan was halfway through his words when Jiang Yuan covered his mouth.

This guy might be the son of luck, a guy who is absolutely impossible to kill. Why are you being so arrogant to him?

"Haha, smart guy." Long Aotian smiled lightly, casually crossed his legs and looked at Jiang Yuan.

"Since you know me, you should be from Caiyun City, right? That would make things easier."

"Tell me first." Jiang Yuan said in a deep voice. When he met such a guy, Jiang Yuan didn't want to have any more entanglement with him.

As we all know, anyone who has anything to do with the protagonist is bound to be a villain, and the righteous characters must also go through hardships to highlight the protagonist's awesomeness.

At first, Jiang Yuan wondered if he was the so-called son of destiny.

But after such a long time, Jiang Yuan had long given up on this idea. Although he was a time traveler and a born loser, it had been a year and he had not had any adventures at all. Everything he had was earned by his own hard work.

Even so, he almost died many times. How could he be the protagonist?

Long Aotian looked at the tea bowl, and a guard behind him immediately poured him a cup of tea.

"Well, it's simple. In the next ten years, you only need to pay me 30,000 taels of silver every month." Long Aotian said slowly while drinking tea.

Jiang Yuan's face suddenly darkened. Thirty thousand taels of silver a month means three hundred and sixty thousand a year, and three million six hundred thousand in ten years.

This amount of money was not an astronomical figure for Jiang Yuan. After all, there were nearly one million taels of silver in Taiping County's account book, not to mention that it had to be repaid in installments over ten years.

But, I opened a shop here and haven’t made a penny yet, but I’m already in debt of millions of taels of silver. What a big deal!

"Mr. Long, may I ask why I should give you money?" Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes.

Li Hu, who was sitting on the sidelines, felt a tightness in his heart. It was all over. Jiang Yuan was going to kill someone. The business hadn't even been done yet, and he would most likely run away after killing someone. His dream of getting rich was most likely shattered.

Long Aotiao slowly played with a round jade pendant in his hand and spoke casually.

"Asking so many questions will do you no good. You just need to be obedient."

Jiang Yuan suddenly laughed. He walked slowly to Long Aotian and said, "I don't care whether you are the son of destiny or not. I can tolerate other things, but you want money?"

Sorry, I can’t stand it anymore!

The entire Taiping County was built up by me bit by bit. You act like you are worth two and a half million and ask for more than three million taels of silver right away. Why don’t you just go to hell?

"Mr. Long, I think it's better to be clear. Thirty thousand taels is not a small amount."

Seeing Jiang Yuan approaching step by step, a guard beside Long Aotian immediately went to meet him.

Long Aotian raised a hand, his expression unchanged as he said, "Hey, come back. This is our first meeting after all, so let's make a good impression."

The guard turned around silently and stood behind Long Aotian.

"Since Master Jiang wants to know clearly, I will explain in detail."

"The previous owner of this shop bought this piece of land from me for five million taels, but he paid back part of it and then transferred the shop to you. Naturally, I'm going to ask you for the money as well."

"I wonder if Mr. Jiang understands what I said?"

Jiang Yuan nodded with a cold face. Okay, no wonder it was transferred for ten thousand taels. It turns out there is such a thing.

"I understand, but what puzzles me is that since the previous owner borrowed the money, what does it have to do with me? Why should I repay this debt?"

"We in Daduan don't seem to have such laws, right?"

"What a joke!"

The guards behind Long Aotian looked at Jiang Yuan with disdain.

"Remember this, in Caiyun City, what my young master says is the law!"