Three months later.
After the previous County Magistrate died suddenly, another County Magistrate finally came to fill the vacancy.
This County Magistrate was quite old.
He was an old jinshi who had only passed the imperial examination at the age of fifty-five.
It could be said that he only had a few years left before retirement.
This would be his only term as County Magistrate.
This Old County Magistrate was clearly much smarter, or perhaps simply more cunning.
He had spent a considerable sum of silver to obtain this paid post.
Poor counties produced rich County Magistrates; that was a common thing.
Even a rotten ship had three nails left in it—it all depended on how one scraped off the flesh.
When the Old County Magistrate arrived in Great Green County, he had no other demands, only three matters.
Make money, make money, and make money!
Of course, he also found the previous County Magistrate's sudden death somewhat suspicious.
Judging from the documents, the man had only been in his thirties, right in the prime of life.
Although traveling to a remote region and falling ill due to an unfamiliar climate was normal enough.
Still, something about it felt off. Mainly, the timing of his illness had been too coincidental.
He had died of a sudden illness not long after taking office. That was far too quick.
But in these times, let alone a County Magistrate falling ill, even an emperor falling ill was perfectly normal.
There had been countless emperors who died from some minor ailment.
There were also innumerable emperors who had died in their thirties.
Thus, after this Old County Magistrate arrived, he did not rashly do anything.
He merely had the Old Servant who accompanied him invite the county's local gentry, scholars, and elderly juren to