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

Jiazi's words continued to echo, and everyone present was moved.

Even though they are enemies, this kind of spirit is still admirable.

But admiration aside, the East Factory masters will never show mercy when they take action.

On the other side, Jiang Yuan and others who were standing in a safe area couldn't help but sigh.

"Guess how many experts Chen Liu needed to kill Jiazi?"

"At least a dozen experts and hundreds of soldiers will have to die, otherwise it will be difficult."

"Don't worry too much. Whether they live or die has little to do with us." Jiang Yuan said in a calm tone.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last battle between the Zhao Dynasty and Daduan. As long as Jiazi dies, no core figures of the Zhao Dynasty will survive.

Watching the battle on the field, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

It has only been a year since Zhao Junxuan started his army, and he was defeated directly. This is the consequence of not giving enough consideration.

But it must be said that the benefits Zhao Junxuan brought to himself by this disturbance were unimaginable.

Taiping County now not only has stored up at least ten years' worth of food and grass, but has also captured twenty to thirty thousand soldiers and horses. Although the population has been reduced a bit, after Jiang Yuan went to various cities with the Ding Yin token to fool people a while ago, the population has actually increased.

In addition, there are 150,000 refugees promised by Chenliu. When these people arrive, the population of Taiping County will be close to 500,000!

A population of 500,000, what a concept! It is enough to be equivalent to a heavy city.

In two or three years, when the thorny grass has burned down the grassland, I will have millions of barbarian soldiers at my disposal.

By then, Taiping County will have completely stood up!

Not to mention the Zhao Dynasty, even if Ning Fei led his troops here again, Jiang Yuan would not be afraid at all!

By the time Jiang Yuan had sorted out his thoughts, the entire battlefield had entered its final stages. Except for Jiazi, all the other warriors had died in battle!

No one was captured. At the last moment, he would rather take the East Factory masters with him to die together than be captured.

Finally, surrounded by heavily armored infantry, the bumpy long sword in Jiazi's hand was unable to penetrate the armor, and his arms were eventually cut off neatly by several Dongchang masters.

"Take it!"

Chen Liu roared, and Wei Yong in the crowd used his hand as a knife and knocked Jiazi unconscious with one blow.

Looking at the devastated battlefield, Chen Liu couldn't help but sigh. After all, martial artists were difficult to deal with. It took more than a hundred heavy-armored infantrymen to kill them before they could capture them.

"Take him back and lock him up with Zhao Junxuan. Wei Yong, you will personally watch over him. No one is allowed to approach without my order!"

After giving an order, Chen Liu walked straight towards the source of the river.

"Old Jiang, no matter what, thank you very much this time."

Jiang Yuan smiled and waved his hand: "It's not a big deal. Just don't forget my 150,000 helpless people."

"Don't worry! There will definitely be some!" Chen Liu patted his chest. He had captured Zhao Junxuan. Not to mention exchanging him for 150,000 civilians, even if it was 300,000, it would be a huge profit!

"Alas, we have to part ways just after we met." Chen Liu said regretfully.

"Zhao Junxuan's matter is of great importance. I will not linger here any longer. I will gather my forces and set off again."

Jiang Yuan was not surprised at all: "Yes, there will be many opportunities in the future. Zhao Junxuan's matter is more important."

"If you don't say you want to leave, I'll leave too. Taiping County has fought three battles in a row, and now everyone is exhausted. I want to go back and rest."

Chen Liu nodded and said, "Well, before I go, I need to trouble you with one thing. Tell Tian Wen to return to Luoyun City to take charge of the situation. I will make plans after I return and consult His Majesty."

After Chen Liu finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Long Guangxian beside him, but his face was not happy.

"General Long, please come back with me to meet His Majesty."

"Yes!" Long Guangxian responded, then bowed to Jiang Yuan and said, "Thank you for your care these days, sir. If I were still alive, I would repay you with gratitude!"

After saying that, Long Guangxian picked up his spear, followed Chen Liu, and turned to leave.

"Huh! It's finally over!" Jiang Yuan let out a long breath and waved to everyone.

"Let's go home too!"

Compared with the 100,000-strong army of Chenliu, the 30,000 to 50,000 people in Taiping County seemed quite simple. While Chenliu was still packing up, Jiang Yuan had already waved goodbye to him.

Chen Liu was in a good mood. He came to the mountains alone and watched Jiang Yuan lead the Taiping County troops away.

“It’s a truly unique geographical advantage.”

"As long as there are 200,000 troops guarding the mountain road, even a million-strong army won't be able to break in."

Chen Liu sighed, turned around and started walking down.

Just as Chen Liu was about to walk down the mountain, he subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

"What the hell, what shook?"

Out of curiosity, Chen Liu took a few quick steps and slowly squatted down. In front of him was a rolling log that had been broken into several pieces for some unknown reason.

"Hmm? How can wood reflect light?" Chen Liu muttered to himself, then picked up the wood, looked left and right, and his eyes were immediately attracted by an irregular piece of iron stuck in the wood.

"This is……"

After a while, Chen Liu's face was filled with horror. This piece of iron reminded him of an unsolved case in the imperial capital a few years ago.

Yang Cheng, one of the Three Dukes.

"It was really Jiang Yuan who did it."

Chen Liu slowly exhaled, and finally he threw away the wood in his hand and turned away.

……

On the other side, more than ten days had passed unknowingly. Jiang Yuan, who had returned to Taiping County, stood at the city gate but did not go in.

"Sir, you've been standing here for a long time, let's go." Li Hu looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion.

"That's right, sir. I heard that the people are welcoming us back on the streets." Zhao Kai stretched his neck to look inside.

Jiang Yuan looked at the end of the team in confusion, where there were coffins everywhere.

Although Taiping County won a great victory in this battle, many people died in the actual clash with the rebels.

A rough calculation shows that there are as many as three thousand.

Some of those who were lucky enough were able to keep their bodies intact, but some were trampled into meat paste by the cavalry, and they could only pick out the armor from the meat paste to make a cenotaph.

"Forget it, let's go in."

As the troops entered the city, Jiang Yuan looked at the people on both sides without saying a word. From time to time, crying sounds could be heard behind him. They saw the names written on the coffins.

But what was rare was that Jiang Yuan did not hear any insults.

When they arrived at the county government office, Jiang Yuan waved and called Ma Zhi over.

"Sir, what's the matter?" Ma Zhi asked hurriedly.

"Every soldier who returns this time will be given two taels of silver. In addition, each injured soldier will receive an additional one tael."

Ma Zhi suddenly grasped Jiang Yuan's hand, tears streaming down his face, "Your Excellency truly loves the people like your own children. This is a truly kind act!"

"Fuck your grandma!" Jiang Yuan pulled his hand back angrily and spoke again.

"Also, count the soldiers who are disabled due to war and cannot work for the rest of their lives. Arrange some sitting jobs for them."

"For any soldier who died in battle, if he had a son, he would inherit his father's military pay and be supported until he was eighteen years old. If he wanted to join the army, he would take over his father's position. If he did not want to, he would be given half of his father's military pay."

"If there are no children in the family and no one can work at home, they will be paid a soldier's salary for life."

"And then there's..."

Ma Zhi and Jiang Yuan stood at the door and talked for half an hour before Jiang Yuan waved goodbye.

"That's all I can think of for now. Let's do it."

Ma Zhi nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely implement all the policies on them."

"Well, if anyone is found to be corrupt, they will be executed immediately!"

After saying this, Jiang Yuan turned around and walked into the county government office. He sat on the chair and couldn't calm down for a long time. The joy of victory had been weighed down by the heavy pressure.

After a long while, Jiang Yuan drank some tea and began to handle government affairs.

……

Time flies, spring has passed quietly, and it is already midsummer.

On this day, the originally peaceful Taiping County was completely broken.

All the streets were painted festive red, and people continued to come to Taiping County from all over the world.

The caravans that Taiping County had just started to cooperate with, the many tribal leaders of the grassland, and many officials came from the imperial capital from thousands of miles away.

Three days later, Jiang Yuan got married!

At the county government office, Ma Zhi, who was in charge of recording the gifts, widened his eyes.

"Zhuge Dacongming gave me a thousand-year-old ginseng!"

"Tian Wen from Luoyun City sent a night-shining pearl!"

"Long Guangxian sent ten thousand taels of gold!"

"Qinglong, Huolong... wait for others to send ten thousand cattle and sheep!"

"..."

The sounds continued to ring out one after another. Jiang Yuan, who was sitting in the county government office, looked at the gift book in his hand with a calm expression.

What's outside is just a cover-up, and what's delivered to Jiang Yuan is the real gift.

How could Long Guangxian and Tian Wen, who were lucky enough not to be punished, only send such a small thing?

"Not bad, Long Guangxian knew what I needed and sent me gold directly. Not bad, not bad."

Jiang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Although nothing major happened during this March, Taiping County was still extremely busy.

Fortunately, the 200,000 refugees sent from Chenliu were sent in batches, otherwise Taiping County would not be able to accept so many people at once.

In order to prevent Taiping County from running out of food and fodder, the imperial capital also ordered the grain transport to be delivered via the Qianlong River.

The influx of these 200,000 people has directly led to a shortage of houses in Taiping County.

According to Jiang Yuan's original plan, he would build houses after completing one circle of city walls, and this was indeed the case for the first three circles of city walls.

But now it is no longer possible. The construction of the city walls has stopped, and we can only speed up the construction of houses. Even so, there are still many refugees living in tents.

Tian Wen and Long Guangxian did not disappoint Jiang Yuan and sent back extremely generous rewards.

After casually flipping through it, Jiang Yuan stood up and called Wang Gang and others.

"Sir, the count is not complete yet. The Bai family has so many relatives! They are all very rich!" Li Hu shouted in the narration.

"That's fine too, just throw it in the warehouse later. I want to go out for dinner!"

After the group had packed up, they immediately headed towards Taiping Restaurant.

As soon as they entered the door, several disdainful voices were heard.

"Fuck! How could Miss Bai marry here?"

"Is there anyone in this tiny place who is worthy of her?"