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

"Magister Jiang, I'm afraid I can't do anything about this. Restoring the country will require a lot of money." Prince Zhao said with an embarrassed look on his face.

Jiang Yuan immediately took two steps forward, leaned over the table, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, there is a question you may not have considered."

"What's the problem?" Prince Zhao asked subconsciously.

Jiang Yuan quickly picked up the gavel on the table and slammed it on the table.

"Your Highness, what is this?"

Prince Zhao pondered for a long time before uttering two words: "Wood?"

"Wrong, wrong, wrong!" Jiang Yuan waved his hands repeatedly, then slammed the gavel again: "This is just a name! A cover to openly recruit soldiers!"

"And your Highness, can you recruit soldiers openly? How many people are willing to fight for you secretly?"

After Jiang Yuan's patient persuasion, Prince Zhao looked a little shaken.

"Yes, that's a problem..."

"Yes, so you give me the money and I will recruit soldiers. When the time comes, whatever Your Highness wants to do will be a matter of a word!" Jiang Yuan struck while the iron was hot, his face full of righteousness.

"Okay!" Prince Zhao slammed the table, which scared Jiang Yuan. He looked at Prince Zhao expectantly.

"From now on, I will give you 200,000 taels of silver every month as military expenses, and you can recruit soldiers and buy horses!" Prince Zhao said firmly.

Jiang Yuan immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news." Prince Zhao patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder with satisfaction, glanced at Ding Yin, and the two of them walked out of the room quietly.

Phew! Jiang Yuan in the room breathed a sigh of relief and then grinned.

That's it! Fortune and wealth are found in danger.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver, plus the monthly income from Daluo Tea, is a total of four hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver.

As long as we have money, why worry about Taiping County not being able to develop?

As for the money being paid by Prince Zhao, who cares?

I didn't promise to help him rebel, so what he imagined is not my problem.

Jiang Yuan happily took out the financial statements from the county government office. Outside, a large number of horse thieves were besieging the city. If he wanted their horses, they would not give them up.

How could the defenders of the city not have bows and arrows? Unfortunately, there are not even a few bows in Taiping County, let alone feather arrows.

There are blacksmiths in the city, but they won’t work for you if you don’t have money.

Looking at the account book that was already in deficit, Jiang Yuan's mouth twitched violently.

In just one month, Ma Zhi not only spent all the ten thousand taels of silver, but also owed several thousand taels of silver to others.

Fortunately, these were all expenses for guarding against horse thieves, and the records were clear, so Ma Zhi did not embezzle any money.

"Poor, really poor." Jiang Yuan shook his head and thought carefully for a while. Then Jiang Yuan took out some drawings and began to draw patterns.

Not long after, Jiang Yuan returned to the city gate tower with a few satisfied drawings.

The quarrel between the two sides had reached a heated stage, with Ma Zhi fighting alone against the two horse bandit leaders, Hatu and Geli.

Jiang Yuan immediately took out the blueprint and handed it to Wang Jue. These people were the Dragon Guards. Even if they couldn't make bows and arrows, they could still tell the good from the bad.

"Sir, there is no problem, but Taiping County doesn't seem to have the authority to recruit soldiers?" Wang Jue looked at Jiang Yuan hesitantly.

"The governor has promised that our Taiping County can recruit its own militia to resist the horse bandits in these grassland tribes." Jiang Yuan smiled slightly, as if he had already calculated that Wang Jue would ask this question.

"Okay, I'll find someone to build it right away." Wang Jue nodded, turned around and walked down the city wall.

The smile on Jiang Yuan's face gradually disappeared. Wang Jue was a man who was decisive in killing, ruthless and taciturn. He was definitely a top fighter.

But the key point is that this guy is not one of us after all.

Jiang Yuan could figure out why Ning Fei and Qingzhu kept these three people. On the one hand, they wanted to monitor him, and on the other hand, they wanted to continue looking for the whereabouts of Prince Zhao.

But fortunately, according to the current situation, these three people have gradually integrated into the family and it won’t be long before they become our own people.

Time passed quickly, and the verbal battle on the city wall lasted from day to night.

Ma Zhi was so tired that he foamed at the mouth and sat down to rest, and the horse thieves outside the city were not much better off.

Ma Zhi and others could at least drink some hot tea, but the horse thieves below couldn't do that, and many of them had sore throats.

Jiang Yuan glanced at the horse thieves under the city wall nonchalantly. The most urgent thing was to stop these horse thieves first.

From then on, no matter whether he used dirty tricks or whatever he did, he was determined to get these war horses from Jiangyuan.

When night came, both sides still did not stop, and were ready to fight at night.

The horse thief leader Qingmu looked extremely unhappy. He was no longer able to control these horse thieves.

But if they continue to curse like this, the other person will go back to sleep and they will have to endure torture on this winter night.

"Despicable guy!" Aoki stared at Jiang Yuan who was strolling leisurely on the city wall.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or Jiang Yuan did it on purpose, but he just opened his eyes and showed his white teeth to Qingmu.

"Everyone listen up, retreat!" Aoki couldn't bear it anymore and roared angrily.

The horse thieves' curses stopped abruptly, and most of them chose to obey Aoki's orders, mounted their horses and prepared to leave.

But there are still a small number of people who are unwilling to leave. How can they, as men from the grassland, run away?

A horse thief stepped forward first, looking at Aoki with red eyes.

"Chief, by..."

Halfway through his words, the horse thief looked at the scimitar on his chest in disbelief.

Qing Mu, who was on horseback, looked at the bandits around him who were still ignorant of their own danger with a ferocious look: "There is no basis for this. My order is an order."

"Everyone, retreat immediately!"

Jiang Yuanteng stood up quickly: "Aoki, are you leaving just like that? Are you admitting defeat? Are you trying to escape?"

"You bastard! Stop talking nonsense. If you want to come down and fight, I, Aoki, will accompany you at any time. But if you're just wasting your breath, I don't bother with you!" Aoki snorted coldly, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and rode away.

More than 200 horse thieves left in a hurry, and Jiang Yuan could only sigh and watch.

What a pity, what a pity, if we could wait until the second half of the night, when they are exhausted,

It will be easy to deal with it at that time.

"I didn't expect this guy to be so smart. What a pity." Jiang Yuan shook his head and turned away.

It doesn’t matter if he can’t get the warhorse. It’s impossible for him to have all the good things.

Moreover, although these horse thieves have left Taiping County, they have not completely left, and the situation can still turn around.

After coming down from the city wall, Jiang Yuan had a good sleep. The next day, before dawn, Jiang Yuan was already writing furiously in the lobby.

He now has the money, the next step is how to use it.

If used well, Taiping County can be directly built into a top-grade county, which is of vital importance.

While he was painting and revising, it was already bright outside.

Wang Gang, Li Hu, Ma Zhi, Chen Qing, Zhao Kai and others came to the lobby one after another.

"Sir, is there something important that requires you to gather all of us together?" Zhao Kai asked nonchalantly, crossing his legs.

Jiang Yuan remained silent and continued writing frantically. After a moment, he let out a long sigh and blew the ink off the paper.

"Everyone, next, please prick up your ears and listen carefully."

"What does the lord want to say?" Li Hu asked casually.

Jiang Yuan slammed the table and said, "Great question! Next up is Taiping County's six-month and three-year development plans! Everyone, listen carefully!"