In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 373 County Magistrate, why is your red envelope higher than a pillow?!

The dignified county magistrate personally inquired, how could this young soldier possibly withstand it?
He was so frustrated that his face turned red, and he finally managed to stammer out the words "not cold".

Su Yuan asked again:
"Training your body using military methods will likely leave you with many aftereffects. Will you feel a stinging sensation all over your body on rainy days?"

The young soldier thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said:
"In reply to the county magistrate, whenever it is rainy, I do suffer from unbearable stinging pain all over my body and have to take some painkillers to suppress the pain."

"But cheap painkillers are harmful to the body, while expensive ones are unaffordable for most people. Most of the time, they can only endure the pain and only take one when they really can't stand it anymore."

Su Yuan nodded slightly and then asked:

"How much is your monthly military pay? Has Wang De withheld any of your pay?"

The young soldier quickly said:

"No, Lieutenant General Wang treats us very well. He never withholds our pay and gives us the full amount of ten spirit coins every month."

Ten Spirit Coins are equivalent to ten thousand Federal Coins.

The pay sounds good, but considering the soldier's daily training and pain relief expenses, ten spirit coins are barely enough to support his family.

Su Yuan then asked the constables at the county government office and found that they could only receive a salary of seven spirit coins.

However, since the constables also had the responsibility of city management while patrolling the streets and alleys, they could still make a little money, so their overall income was not small.

After listening to the constables and the soldiers' reports, Su Yuan pondered for a moment, then beckoned to Wang De and Qi Junxiang.

The two hurried forward, waiting respectfully for instructions.

"Wang De, wrap these 20,000 spirit coins into large red envelopes and distribute them to the soldiers."

“But each rank-and-file soldier should receive at least forty spirit coins, and the rest should be distributed to the deputies and centurions.”

"In addition, our county's garrison soldiers have defended the county seat for many years. Even if they haven't made any great contributions, they have certainly worked hard. Please record their merits in their merit books so that they can be promoted more quickly in the future."

These words shocked the entire courtyard.

Are you going to give all 20,000 spirit coins to the soldiers of the Xiang Army? And even record their merits?
This... they must be dreaming!
After a full ten seconds of stunned silence, Wang De hurriedly knelt on the ground and said sincerely:
"Your Excellency, how can this be?"

"How can it not be!"

Su Yuan smiled faintly and addressed the assembled soldiers:
“The Lin family of Longcheng, the Liuyang Sect and other local tyrants and powerful families spend their days plundering the people’s wealth, but never give anything back to the people.”

"What's wrong with me taking the money from these two families today to subsidize the guardians of my Longcheng County?"

"Not only the soldiers, but also the constables, clerks, and even the menial laborers of the county government, will be rewarded with red envelopes as long as they make contributions."

As he spoke, Su Yuan took out another 10,000 spirit coins and stuffed them into Qi Junxiang's hand:

"Quickly wrap these into red envelopes and send them to the homes of every constable. If they don't know the way, have one of your two head constables lead the way!"

Qi Junxiang took the money bag blankly, and it took him a while to realize that his county magistrate had entrusted him with this matter in order to build up his prestige!
Immediately, the newly appointed county magistrate was moved to tears and said:
"Thank you for your promotion, Your Excellency. I will certainly live up to your expectations!"

But that wasn't all. Su Yuan then took out the last money bag he had on him, containing ten thousand spirit coins, and stuffed it into the hand of County Magistrate Ying Ding:
"Red envelopes are one thing, but the food for our soldiers and officers must also be improved."

"County Magistrate Ying, use this money to purchase meat and spiritual plants. Make sure that the daily food allowance for every soldier and runner reaches one spirit coin!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers and officers finally snapped out of their shock and erupted in thunderous cheers.

Ying Ding took the money bag containing 10,000 spirit coins and looked at the wealth that rightfully belonged to him, feeling complicated.

Despite the complexity of the situation, he felt a deep sense of respect for him.

Su Youlin is a man capable of great things!

After that, Su Yuan stopped his long-winded speech, waved to end the meeting, and went to the magistrate's residence in the back hall of the county government office to rest.

Sitting cross-legged on the couch, Su Yuan recalled the scene of spending 40,000 spirit coins just now. It was impossible for him not to feel a little pain.

However, in order to quickly gain a foothold in Longcheng County, winning over the hearts and minds of the people is essential.

"Besides... I can ask Captain Zhang to reimburse me for the 40,000 spirit coins I spent today."

"Using 40,000 spirit coins to win people's hearts on one hand, and reimbursing 40 million federal coins to my account on the other, it's a win-win situation... I win twice."

Just as Su Yuan was thinking this, the notification sound of the dog system suddenly rang in his ears.

[You used extortion to seize the wealth accumulated by three generations of cultivation families and sects, bribed loyal soldiers with dirty money, and reimbursed all expenses under various pretexts. This combination of tactics is enough to shock even the demons!]

[Number of rule violations +3] Su Yuan snorted. How could a mere demonic cultivator's vision measure his methods?
Recalling the joyful expressions of the soldiers and constables, Su Yuan's heartache eased slightly.

It was at this moment that Su Yuan thought of the original educators on the Blue Star Federation's homeland and fell into thought.

If you're so generous to outsiders, shouldn't you be more generous to your own people? For example, could you use the 60 million yuan in reimbursements to raise the workers' wages?
After all, with the improvement of his cultivation level and the help of wealthy women like Long Bai and Qi Hanyue, his need for worldly money has become less and less.

With this in mind, Su Yuan sealed off the bedroom and contacted Captain Zhang.

After reporting on the situation in Longcheng County and the necessity of winning people's hearts, Captain Zhang reluctantly agreed to the reimbursement.

Then, Su Yuan asked Captain Zhang to convey to Chen Nuoyi that "all 60.1 million Federal Credits should be used to increase the salaries of Yuan faculty and staff."

Captain Zhang readily agreed to such a small matter.

ten minutes later.

Su Yuan, who was about to take his headphones aside and prepare to cultivate for a while, suddenly noticed that the headphones started vibrating wildly.

After putting his headphones back on, Captain Zhang's solemn and deep voice rang out:
"Your little girl... cough cough, your vice leader asked me to ask you, have you been possessed?"

Su Yuan: "???"

All I'm doing is asking my employees for a raise, right?
What do you mean I've been possessed?
No! What kind of image do I actually have in other people's eyes?

After a five-minute explanation, Su Yuancai was finally cleared of suspicion.

"Oh, so it's you who's had a change of heart. I never expected you to have a conscience. That's quite a surprise."

Captain Zhang couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark, which made Su Yuan so angry that he almost swore.

After hanging up the call, Su Yuan calmed his somewhat displeased mood and began cultivating.

However, with Chen Nuoyi and Long Bai not around, and the Great Desire Puppet unable to receive the accumulated desires from Blue Star, the spiritual power it converts is decreasing bit by bit, causing his cultivation speed to plummet.

"In less than a month, Noyi will be able to reach the Celestial Law World. I'll hold on a little longer."

Su Yuan thought to himself:

"The problem is that she and Qi Hanyue and the others had already missed the Celestial Official Examination when they arrived in the Celestial Law World, so they could not enter the Celestial Official system."

"You can use the Immortal Skin Mask to impersonate someone else if you want. After all, this thing is not something you can just buy anywhere. It's a magical artifact that can block the gaze of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Even if you are also a Nascent Soul cultivator, it's not so easy to make. There's only one of these."

"So during this time, I also need to figure out how to prepare their new identities in the Celestial Law World."

"To be the county magistrate's wife? To be a pirate? Or to be a male servant?"

Thoughts flashed through my mind, and the whole room fell silent.

The next morning.

Su Yuan, who had been cultivating all night, suddenly heard urgent knocking on the door.

"Your Excellency, something terrible has happened! There's a disturbance outside the county government office! It's quite large, with no fewer than five Foundation Establishment cultivators leading the way!"

Ying Ding's voice rang out from outside the door, his tone filled with anxiety.

Su Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked:

"Which faction does the leader belong to?"

Ying Ding hurriedly replied:

"According to Registrar Liu, the leader and the people mixed in with the crowd who were making a fuss were mostly disciples of large and small cultivation families in Longcheng County."

Su Yuan was not surprised at all by this answer.

He put on his green official robes, a bronze official seal, and a black gauze hat, and walked out of the bedroom, following Ying Ding to the entrance of the county government office.

Looking from afar, one could see that no fewer than a thousand people had gathered outside the county government office, including commoners and scions of prominent families.

Su Yuan glanced at them and immediately spotted several young men from prominent families exchanging glances and signaling to each other.

The rhetoric used by this group was very simple: as soon as County Magistrate Su took office, he persecuted local honest and wealthy families and issued an order to conscript laborers to fight pirates.

The people, fearing they would be conscripted, were naturally incited.

(End of this chapter)