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

Aoki did not conceal his actions at all, and everyone saw it clearly.

Jiang Yuan's face was filled with confusion. This guy still refused to accept his defeat? He was looking for death?

Does the family have to be together?

Chen Qing snorted coldly and drew the long sword in his hand directly.

Jiang Yuan even pretended to throw the truth grenade. If you dare to draw your knife, I will send you to see your grandmother!

Aoki paused, his face clearly showing some panic.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't get excited, don't get excited, I want to surrender!"

As he spoke, Qingmu took off the scimitar from his waist, raised his hands above his head, bent down and waited for Jiang Yuan to take the scimitar away.

Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. The nomadic people did have a ceremony of presenting a knife when they surrendered, so he cut the fuse directly.

But you want me to go? Don't even think about it. There's no way I'm going to go. What if you try to feign surrender to me?

"Chen Qing, you go." Jiang Yuan said, winking at Chen Qing, who nodded implicitly.

Following Jiang Yuan's instructions, Chen Qing came to Qingmu with a majestic horse and a golden sword, took the scimitar and returned without any accidents.

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Excuse me, sir, what do you want to do with us?" Aoki stood up and asked.

Jiang Yuan curled his lips and said, "When you fight me, you call me dog officer, but when you can't beat me, you call me sir. You are quite flexible."

Jiang Yuan was in a rare dilemma.

We can’t just let go of the horse bandits we defeated with great difficulty.

But if they were locked up in jail according to the procedure, how much would these three or four hundred people have to eat in a day!

No, no, I won’t do a business that will lose money!

After some careful consideration, Jiang Yuan nodded slightly and decided on how to deal with this group of horse thieves.

"Aoki, how much did you steal along the way?"

Aoki's face was a little embarrassed: "This, this is the first time I bring people out. In the past, it was always our parents who came, so we haven't gained anything this time."

As soon as these words came out, Hatu immediately became unhappy and shouted loudly:

"Damn! Big brother, how can you be so dishonest! Have you forgotten that I stole a chicken and roasted it for you two days ago?"

Aoki gritted his teeth and glared at Hatu fiercely. It was obvious that he really wanted to hit someone.

An expression of disbelief appeared on Jiang Yuan's face. More than 500 people just stole a chicken?

No, buddy, are you kidding me?

After dividing it up, there wouldn't even be enough for each person to get one bone.

"Sir, we only got that one chicken. Apart from that, we didn't get anything else. If we can't break into Tai'an County, we'll have to return to the grassland in a few days." Qingmu had a look of loss on his face.

"You're feeling disappointed because you didn't get anything." Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sneer.

Aoki stood there with an embarrassed look on his face, waiting for Jiang Yuan's next words.

"How about this, since you didn't get any food, I can give you some." Jiang Yuan said slowly.

"Thank you, sir!" Aoki bowed immediately.

Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes: "Don't thank me yet, there are conditions."

"First, leave me half of the war horses you brought. Second, every month you can bring your grassland specialties, such as kumis, goat milk, etc., to trade with me."

"You must ensure that there are at least fifty horses in your trade every month."

"Also, that Hatu who shot me with an arrow, stay here!"

"That's impossible!" Before Aoki could even open his mouth, Hatu rejected it outright.

Jiang Yuan squinted his eyes at Hatu and said, "Why is it impossible?"

"Humph! My eldest brother isn't someone who covets fame and fortune. No matter how much you give him, there's no way he'll let me stay!"

Qingmu took a deep breath, raised his head and asked, "May I ask why you left Hatu here?"

"That's none of your business, but I can promise you one thing: I won't take his life, let alone..."

"make a deal!"

Jiang Yuan was stunned for a few seconds after saying half of his words, then smiled and nodded.

That’s right, people like me rely on three things to make a living: betraying our brothers, taking care of our sisters-in-law, and being disloyal to our own people.

If this kid is trained, he still has some future.

"Brother, you..." Hatu looked at Aoki in confusion.

Qingmu patted Hatu's shoulder seriously and said, "My Lord must have seen your bravery and invincibility, so he has a liking for your talent. You must not let my Lord down."

Jiang Yuan's face instantly turned dark. Who said that all the people on the grassland were reckless? This guy was trying to appease him with nice words, so he was not a simple person.

After some bargaining, the two sides quickly reached a consensus.

Jiang Yuan and his group left first. Qingmu and other horse thieves later took everyone to camp outside Taiping County, waiting for the transaction between the two sides tomorrow.

Back in the room, Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Taiping County's predicament had been resolved. Now he could focus on development and convert all the money he earned into strength. Promotion to a top-grade county was just around the corner.

Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, Jiang Yuan brought his men directly to the city gate.

Qingmu was very smart. He had already divided the two hundred war horses and was waiting for Jiang Yuan's order to rush into the city.

A portion of the grain in Taiping County was allocated to Aoki, and the handover between the two parties was completed smoothly.

"Then I'll take my leave. See you next month." After saying this, Aoki left with the rest of the people without looking back.

Hatu looked at the eight or nine people around him and couldn't help but sigh.

From now on, I will have to live under someone else's roof.

"Ma Zhi, receive one thousand taels of silver to build a horse farm. Also, go to Tai'an County to recruit some people to raise horses."

"Sir, why don't you recruit people from our county?" Ma Zhi was puzzled. Shouldn't this thing first stimulate jobs in his own city?

"This is called attracting people. You know shit. There are still plenty of jobs for people in our county." Jiang Yuan said unhappily.

Whether it is roasting tea leaves or brewing alcoholic beverages, these jobs can at least provide employment for hundreds of people in the county.

In addition, expanding the city, building hayfields, quarries, etc., all of these require manpower. Now there is no shortage of money. As long as he can find a way to trick people over, Jiang Yuan has a hundred ways to make people stay.

After sending Ma Zhi away, Jiang Yuan immediately looked at Hatu, who couldn't help but shrink his neck. He had shot an arrow at Jiang Yuan, and no one could stop this guy from taking revenge.

"Sir, is there any errand I can do?" Hatu felt a little uneasy.

Jiang Yuan walked over with a smile on his face. His shoulder still hurts. "You still want to get rid of it?"

"Hatu, you just arrived in this city and don't have a place to stay. How can you stay in this cold winter? So I've already thought of something for you. I have a vacant room nearby. You can stay there first..."

"Thank you, sir!" Hatu bowed excitedly.

What a good man! He has struggled on the grassland for half his life, but now he doesn’t even have a yurt. Now he has a house.

"Ahem! I know you're very excited, but don't get excited yet." Jiang Yuan coughed twice, his expression a little unnatural.

"The total cost of the house is 1,800 taels of silver, and your monthly salary is 3 taels. This means that from now on, as long as you work hard, it will only take 50 years to pay off the debt!"