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

A mere man, armed with only a spear in his hand, dared to return to Taiping County, a den of dangerous people.

In this world, Ning Fei is probably the only one who dares to do such a thing.

"I hope you return safely." Qingzhu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

At this time, in Taiping County, due to the withdrawal of Ning Fei's army, the soldiers and horses on the city wall seemed to be much less, but in fact, according to Jiang Yuan's design, the entire Taiping County city wall was equipped with fixed guards, with a sentry every ten steps and a post every three steps.

In addition to these fixed guards, there are also patrol guards on the Taiping County city wall. There are four walls, each with nine walls, for a total of thirty-six walls, and there are 360 ​​teams of patrol guards.

Each team is divided into ten people, headed by a captain. These patrol teams are replaced every two hours. At this time, the previous patrol team has only completed half of the patrol. When the second patrol team is halfway through the patrol, the third patrol team just starts.

In this way, the patrolling soldiers are guaranteed rest time, and the number of people on the Taiping County city wall can be maintained at more than 10,000 at any one time.

In addition to the city walls, there are still night watchmen and patrols on the streets of Taiping County. In addition to the army, the team of detectives led by Li Hu will also patrol the streets.

And this is just the number of people on the surface.

There are countless scouts and plainclothes officers working in secret.

It can be said that wanting to sneak into Taiping County silently is nothing but a pipe dream, unless he can become invisible.

At this moment, in the weeds a hundred meters away from Taiping County, Ning Fei stared at the city wall with his eyes. He had been watching here for two hours, but still couldn't find any opportunity to take advantage of.

"Jiang Yuan is so afraid of death. It seems that sneaking in at night will be extremely difficult."

Ning Fei said this as he carefully disassembled the spear in his hand into two sections and turned around to retreat.

In the blink of an eye, the sky became bright.

Since Ning Fei had already retreated, the scouts of Taiping County did not discover any enemy activity, and the gates of Taiping County were opened early that morning.

Many people carried hoes and slowly walked out of the city gate. Although Taiping County had enough food, Jiang Yuan had already ordered that if anyone wanted to reclaim the wasteland outside the city, they would be subsidized with 300 coins per mu, and the reclaimed wasteland would belong to the reclaimer.

As for government taxation, it depends on the circumstances.

Yes, Taiping County now has a population of over one million, and it simply cannot survive without taxation.

The policies announced by Jiang Yuan were also very simple, including business tax, land tax, and personal income tax.

The most important thing is that most of the industries in Taiping County are government-run, and it is worth mentioning that gold and silver mines have long been dug out in the mountains outside Taiping County. Moreover, the restaurants and lottery shops opened by Jiang Yuan in Daduan in the early days have also begun to make profits. Although it is a year of great chaos now, the profits are still considerable.

Only in this way could the troops in Taiping County be maintained and not disbanded.

Before they knew it, at noon, some people holding farm tools began to return to Taiping County, while those who lived a little further away chose to sit in the fields with dry food to eat.

In the crowd, Ning Fei, who was dressed like a farmer and carrying a hoe, mingled with the crowd and easily blended in.

When he walked into Taiping County, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. The city was bigger than he had imagined, and it was not as dirty and messy as he had imagined. The streets were paved with cobblestones, and there was a trash can every few steps, and they were separated into dry and wet areas.

"Hey! Why are you still stopping? Hurry up and go!"

Hearing the urging from behind, Ning Fei hurriedly followed the farmers in front and continued to move forward.

A moment later, in a room, Ning Fei calmly took off his clothes, and then found a piece of clothing in the closet. Although he was wearing a chain mail when he came, it was impossible for armor to appear under the noses of the guards at the city gate. Ning Fei simply stayed outside. Anyway, for him, it didn't make much difference whether he had armor or not.

After a moment, Ning Fei looked at the fainted man in front of him, feeling somewhat hesitant.

His instinct from years of leading troops in battle told him that he must kill to prevent future troubles.

But his conscience told him that military war had nothing to do with civilians.

After hesitating for a long time, Ning Fei slowly moved the man to the center of the room, and flew to pick up a tile from the roof, creating the illusion that the man was knocked unconscious by a falling tile.

Anyway, this guy didn't see me, so even if he doesn't believe it when he wakes up, he can't explain it.

After changing his clothes, Ning Fei did not act rashly. He carefully took out a human skin mask from his arms and then walked out of the room with a swagger.

Soon, after Ning Fei wandered around the street for a while, an incredible expression appeared on his face.

Taiping County actually has nine city walls inside and outside. This discovery made Ning Fei feel very uncomfortable.

There are nine city walls. If we send troops to attack openly, even Ning Fei can't calculate how many people will be needed to sacrifice to take down all nine city walls.

"This city was actually built in ten years. What kind of magic potion did Jiang Yuan feed these people?" Ning Fei whispered to himself.

From the outside, Taiping County is larger than the imperial capital, but even the imperial capital is only divided into inner and outer cities. Taiping County actually has nine of them, which is simply appalling.

You should know that when the imperial capital was first built, it took a full twenty years to complete.

It took Taiping County only ten years to develop from poverty to its current size.

What kind of concept is this? You have to understand that when corvee labor was imposed, who would put in the effort to build the city? If they got tired, that was their fault, but if the city was built, they had nothing to do with it. So who would still work hard?

But even under such circumstances, Jiang Yuan was able to lead Taiping County out of poverty in ten years and build such a city in the process?

Ning Fei had never heard of such a thing in his life.

With surprise and doubt, Ning Fei walked along the avenue towards the Eighth City. Half an hour later, Ning Fei looked at the city of the Eighth City and showed a puzzled expression again.

Because anyone who enters the city will hand a small card to the guard, and the guard will only let them in after verification.

"How strange! This isn't an outer city, so why do we need a pass?"

After some thought, Ning Fei finally retreated slowly. To be cautious, he decided to wait and see the situation.

A moment later, Ning Fei sneaked into a house again, knocked the male owner unconscious, and searched his body for a while, finally finding a card.

"Taiping County Resident Identity Card, Taiping County Jiucheng Office?" Ning Fei looked at the words above and was stunned. What is this?

Then he understood that this was probably similar to the tiger talisman and bamboo talisman.

In Daduan, tiger talismans were used to mobilize troops and were usually issued to military generals, while civil officials held bamboo talismans to identify themselves.

But Daduan did not release these things to ordinary people. The main reason is that the population of Daduan is too large and there is no way to publish it. Moreover, these things are easy to forge, and even if they are released, I am afraid no one will use them.

"Very good, with this thing, entering the city will be no problem." Ning Fei sneered, but when he turned the card in his hand over, the smile on his face disappeared immediately.

On the back of the card, there is a portrait of the male owner!

Ning Fei looked at the card, then looked at the male host, and immediately showed a helpless expression. The portrait was very vivid and could be distinguished at a glance, and it was completely unusable.

"I don't believe that everyone in Taiping County has this thing!"

Ning Fei gritted his teeth, put his things away, turned around and walked out of the room. Soon, at the second citizen's house, Ning Fei put down his ID card without saying a word, turned around and walked out of the room.

Less than half an hour passed and Ning Fei sat on the street with a melancholy look on his face. During this period of time, he knocked out dozens of people and found cards on each of them.

In other words, everyone in Taiping County has identity information, and it is unrealistic for him to steal someone else's identity information and sneak in.

"Forget it, let's wait until tonight to see if there is any chance."

Ning Fei sighed, stood up and walked to a restaurant, asked for a private room and began to wait quietly.

"It's Candied Haws! Fragrant and sweet Candied Haws!"

"Mutton skewers, shredded chicken rolls, and stinky tofu!"

Listening to the hawking sounds outside, Ning Fei couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Is this really just a small border town?

Why is it so prosperous that it is not inferior to the imperial capital, and even the people living there can all smile?

Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened. Ning Fei was still sitting by the window with a serious expression. He looked for a long time, but did not see a single beggar in Taiping County!

Not a single one, and everyone here has a rosy face and smiles.

The most outrageous thing is that as evening approaches, children holding books can be seen running on the streets everywhere...

Some of them lived in large courtyards with high walls, while others lived in ordinary small houses. In other words, in Taiping County, everyone could afford to go to school.

Here, reading is no longer exclusive to the rich, and the poor can also read and write.

Ning Fei also heard several people chatting about how in Taiping County, going to school was free, and the houses they lived in were also distributed uniformly...

"This...how is it possible?" Ning Fei muttered to himself.

At this moment, all Ning Fei's previous guesses about Jiang Yuan were overturned. If it was as these people said, Jiang Yuan truly loved the people like his own sons.

But, would a guy who was so cowardly and thieving ten years ago do such a thing?

Ning Fei knew that being a clean magistrate for three years would earn him 100,000 silver coins.

Among all the officials in the world, if there is someone who does not take bribes or pervert the law, he can be considered an honest official. There are only one such person among a hundred.

But Jiang Yuan actually used the money he earned from business to subsidize the people. Not only did he not embezzle money, he also gave money. How could there be such a person in the world?

In an instant, Ning Fei felt that he could no longer see through Jiang Yuan.

As night fell, Ning Fei stood up with a calm expression.

No matter how good an official Jiang Yuan is, since he is my enemy, I cannot let him live!