[Don’t ask how much money I have. It depends on how much your house can hold.]
[The Strongest County Magistrate System is now bound. One thousand taels of silver deposited every day. Even the emperor is eager to be my sworn brother.]
Being transmigrated was bad enough. I’d also become a poor county magistrate who had starved to death.
On my first day in office, the constables were digging a hole in the back courtyard of the county office, getting ready to bury me. I climbed out of the pit, and a “ding” rang in my head.
I had money now. But I wasn’t buying farmland or grabbing land. I reclaimed wasteland, built roads and docks, made cement, and smelted steel. While others farmed, I built infrastructure. While others collected rent, I opened trading companies.
The people ate meat every day and had money to spare. At New Year, they slaughtered pigs and sheep and set off firecrackers.
The city’s population grew from one thousand to five thousand, and shops opened one after another along the streets.
The landlords ground their teeth in frustration, while the prefectural government secretly tried to trip me up.
But at my side stood a princess in men’s clothing. The moment she flashed her token, no one dared make a move.
She said, “How do you know how to do everything?”
I said, “I know a little.”
She asked, “Where did the silver come from?”
I said, “I found it in a dream.”
She didn’t believe me, but she shielded me from every blade.
Later, someone at court impeached me for “misleading the people and plotting rebellion.”
The emperor glanced at the memorial and asked, “How much commercial tax did Qingchuan County pay in a year?”
The Minister of Revenue flipped through the accounts, his hands trembling.
“...More than half a province.”
The emperor was silent for a moment. “Then let him keep at it.”
I’m not farming or rebelling. I just want to turn a poor county into a modern city rich enough to rival a nation.
It doesn't matter if he's a donkey or not, the mouse is really unjust 😂
The donkey is really pitiful. After doing the work, it turned into a horse when it came to the author 😂😂😂