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

He Wu stared at Xin Wu in astonishment: "General, are you really planning to bribe these people with money?"

"No." Xin Wu shook his head slowly, then looked towards the Taiping County wall: "I'm not planning to, I'm not."

"He Wu, don't you think about it? If we storm this city, we'll lose at least several thousand soldiers. Not to mention anything else, the money we'll spend on compensation alone will be even more than that."

"Now that we have this opportunity, it only costs a few gold and silver coins to capture this city while saving thousands of soldiers. I really can't think of a better deal than this."

"Besides, after we capture the city, aren't the things inside worth ten thousand taels of gold?"

Having said that, Xin Wu waved his hand and asked He Wu to go back to negotiate.

He Wu nodded in agreement. That's right. If Xin Wu could become a general, it meant he had a big vision. He himself was still small. Money was nothing to him!

A moment later, He Wu approached Taiping County again, about two hundred paces away, and shouted to Jiang Yuan and the others on the city wall:

"Listen up, brothers on the city wall! I have ten thousand taels of gold here! Converted into silver, that's a full one hundred thousand taels, enough for twenty taels each for the three to five thousand of you!"

"Now, as long as you open the city gate, all these things will be yours!"

Jiang Yuan on the city wall suddenly looked at the several large boxes shining with gold beside He Wu with shining eyes.

"Damn! You're really willing to spend the money, but this thing is not easy to get." As he spoke, Jiang Yuan's eyes turned, and a cunning expression appeared on his face.

"General! Stop lying to us! The county magistrate already lied to us last time. Without the gold, everything we say is meaningless!"

He Wu frowned slightly. Got it? Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for me?

These ten thousand taels of gold weigh a thousand pounds, how can I deliver them to you?

"Brother, I promise you that as long as you open the city gate, this gold will be given to you immediately!" He Wu spoke again.

"No! The county magistrate said the same thing at the beginning, but it turned out to be the same. Don't try to deceive us, unless, unless you give us the gold right now!"

Jiang Yuan gathered his strength and shouted loudly, then waved to a group of people behind him to get ready.

He Wu below was already a little impatient: "My dear brother, we are so far away from each other, I can't deliver the gold to you."

"But don't worry, I'm definitely not one of those corrupt officials in your county. As long as you open the city gates, I'll give you gold immediately!"

Almost as he finished speaking, Long Guangxian's voice came again.

"Easy! General, we'll drop a few ropes down here. Tie up the chests and we'll pull them up. As soon as we see the gold, the city gates will open immediately!"

Hearing this, He Wu couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xin Wu in the distance, and waved his hand to let a subordinate go and pass on the message.

A moment later, the subordinate ran over.

"The general said that he could give the money, but not all of it. He could only give part of it first, and the rest would be given after we entered the city."

He Wu breathed a sigh of relief: "General, you are indeed very thoughtful."

After receiving the order, He Wu immediately turned to look at the city wall and said, "Brothers, I understand your fear of being cheated, so I have decided to place some of the gold under the city wall first, according to your requirements. I will give you the rest after the city gates are opened. How do you think?"

"Sir, I don't think they are sincere. You should at least give them half!" Li Hu said angrily.

Jiang Yuan immediately slapped him: "You ungrateful thing, you got it for free, what do you want? Do you know how to fish?"

Having said that, Jiang Yuan immediately nodded at Long Guangxian.

"Okay! We agree. I'll let the rope down now, and you tie the box to the rope!" Long Guangxian shouted loudly, and then threw down seven or eight ropes.

He Wu didn't waste any words and just waved his hand to let several soldiers carry a box over.

A moment later, Long Guangxian and others pulled the box up using the rope.

"Yes, it's really gold!" Li Hu held the two gold ingots with shining eyes.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but shook his head. He was already a general, and the bounty from the emperor alone was worth thousands of gold. How come this kid was still so greedy for money?

"Okay, move over there first."

"Sir, what about this city gate?" Long Guangxian looked at Jiang Yuan tentatively.

Jiang Yuan sneered: "You think you can buy our lives with this little money? What are you thinking!"

"Everyone, pretend to grab the gold!"

As soon as he finished speaking, this section of the city wall suddenly became a mess. Countless people were scrambling for the gold like crazy. At Jiang Yuan's instruction, quite a few of them even pretended to fight.

He Wu, who was standing under the city, shook his head in disdain when he saw this. They were willing to do this for such a small profit. It was obvious that this group of people would not have any great future.

After a while, seeing that the commotion on the city wall had gradually subsided, He Wu spoke again: "Now that you have the gold, please abide by our agreement and open the city gates. We will give you the remaining gold!"

After a while, another voice was heard. Although he didn't know what the two people looked like, He Wu could still clearly hear that it was not those two people who were speaking this time.

"General! That's not fair! Why can those people get the gold, but we don't?"

"Right! That's not fair! Brothers, keep an eye on the city gates. Don't let those people open them. We won't open the gates unless we get the gold!"

He Wu suppressed his anger and said, "Brothers, I told you, I'll give you a portion first, and the rest will be given after we enter the city. Everyone will get a share!"

"But if you refuse to open the city gates, you will never get the gold!"

Jiang Yuan, who was squatting in the distance, looked up at Zhao Kai who was speaking and shook his head.

Zhao Kai grinned and shouted, "No! We must see the gold first, otherwise the city gate will never open!"

He Wu looked at Xin Wu helplessly again.

"Give it all to them!" Xin Wu's voice came from afar.

He Wu angrily kicked the box. "Move it all under the city wall and give it to them. Damn it! They deserve to be bullied by those bastard officials! These unruly people!"

Not long after, when the remaining boxes were pulled up again, Jiang Yuan burst into laughter.

Ten thousand taels of gold, converted into pure silver, would be a full 100,000 taels. I haven't done anything yet, but I've already earned a full 100,000 taels of silver.

After a while, He Wu's cold voice came.

"The gold is in hand. When will the city gates open?"

Long Guangxian took a deep breath. The deception was over, and now it was time to start the fight.

Just as Long Guangxian was about to draw the sword from his waist, Jiang Yuan slapped his hand and stopped him: "What's the rush? The fish has just been hooked, and the pig-killing scheme has just begun. Why are you so impatient?"

Long Guangxian looked at Jiang Yuan in disbelief. What's going on? They've already been deceived by you. How can they trust you again?

If something like this really happened, how stupid would Xin Wu and He Wu have to be!