Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

"I say, you don't understand good or bad words, right?"

Jiang Sheng was also furious and pulled Wan Ronghua off the stairs. "Is what my master said wrong? Even if we want to discuss business, there is no such thing as you!"

Wan Ronghua woke up instantly, at a loss: "I, I was anxious, Manager Jiang, I'm sorry, I will help your family to exchange the goods first..."

On the surface, he stopped thinking, but in fact he was still pondering what Shen Zheng had just said.

Lord Shen was right. He had neither demonstrated his abilities nor explained the pros and cons of the business, and he even went there rashly...

Under such circumstances, Lord Shen's willingness to speak to him was already a compliment to him.

Instead, he made a mistake in his haste and lost his manners.

Feeling regretful, he began to think about ways to remedy the situation.

No matter what, he had to try again.

......

After Shen Zheng returned home, she locked herself in her room and began to draw blueprints.

Now that the Great Zhou steelware has taken shape and the blast furnaces in the East and West workshops are running day and night, she thought of drawing some more steel tools for reference in the workshop.

Steel springs, steel crossbow rails, fish-scale steel armor, steel spikes for chevaux de frise...

From military infrastructure to people's livelihood, she drew everything she could think of.

The drawings on the table piled up more and more, and the steaming tea had gone cold without me noticing. Outside the window, the two gray sparrows came again, chirping non-stop.

As she was drawing, she suddenly remembered something.

--bike.

Now the rubber has not been found, but she can think about the accessories first, right?

As long as she can get those two wheels rolling and get some rubber...she has plenty of ways.

She immediately started working, following her memory, and drew the general outline of a bicycle - a frame with two wheels, handlebars, pedals, and brakes.

As for the complexity of the chain, she wanted to try to use meshing gears instead. If that didn't work, she would make a mold to make a steel chain.

A small bicycle can be disassembled into dozens of parts. By the time she sat in the study, it was already dusk.

The orange-red sunlight poured into the study, telling of the last bit of warmth. Before the sky got completely dark, Peiyu and the others returned home one after another, and Ziyiju became lively again after a long time.

After dinner, Pei Yu and a few others read in the corridor, while Mu Qing followed Shen Zheng back to the study and reported to Shen Zheng about Cui Jinyin's "daily movements".

In the past few days, Mu Qing has been working in the Xianhuan Society. As a member of the Shen family, her position in the Xianhuan Society is very delicate - people from the court and merchants are willing to give her face, and if there is a dispute, they will ask her to be fair.

After Shen Zheng found out, she jokingly called her "the peacemaker who holds the ring in his mouth."

The room was brightly lit and the two sat down facing each other.

Mu Qing was not like usual today. Instead, he said with a tired look, "Sir, today... Miss Cui is very sad."

"Sad?" Shen Zheng frowned slightly. "What happened?"

Mu Qing pursed her lips, as if she found it difficult to speak.

Shen Zheng's face darkened. "Go ahead."

"Miss Cui was almost peeped at when she went to the restroom today." Mu Qing held the hot tea in his palm and said with his head down: "If Miss Cui's clothes were not complicated and it took time to change, I'm afraid she would have already..."

It has already been seen by others.

Just saying this out loud made Mu Qing feel extremely disgusted.

Shen Zheng's fingertips, pressed against the table, turned pale. She tried to keep her voice steady as she asked, "Who was the person peeping? How was he dealt with during the meeting?"

"The person peeping... was one of the disaster victims the association helped yesterday. He was a man in his late 40s, originally from Yanzhou. When the vice president learned of this, he was furious and expelled the man from the relief center. Later, Miss Cui's guards secretly followed him and beat him up."

Regarding this solution, Shen Zheng could neither say it was "appropriate" nor "inappropriate".

She just felt that human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant.

The soup kitchen provides assistance to the homeless, but once some people have their fill, they begin to have thoughts that they shouldn't have.

"This matter is due to poor management within the association. The Fifth President and I will give Cui Jinyin an explanation." After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Has Minister Xu learned about this?"

For women, whether married or not, they should not suffer such disgusting things.

Xu Zhijie treated his niece Cui Jinyin as his lifeblood. If he knew...

"Minister Xu doesn't even know." Mu Qing thought of Cui Jinyin's face and sighed, "When that man first came to the relief center to register, he couldn't clearly state his hometown, only saying that he was from Yanzhou. The registration officer refused to accept him. It was Miss Cui who found his fellow townsmen in the center and was able to correct his identity. Who would have thought..."

Unexpectedly, the man set his sights on Cui Jinyin.

What a great story about a farmer and a snake.

Shen Zheng gestured for Mu Qing to continue.

Mu Qing continued, "Afterwards, Miss Cui burst into tears, saying that she had misjudged people and brought shame to the Shen and Xu families. After crying, she ordered the guards not to tell Lord Xu and you about what happened today, saying that it was such a small matter that she couldn't let go."

"Little things?"

Shen Zheng inexplicably thought of Liu Bucktooth.

The last person who was so disrespectful to her was still doing hard labor.

“There is no small wound in the heart.”

Besides, Cui Jinyin doesn't look like a broad-minded person. If she keeps this matter in mind, it might turn into a disease.

......

The next day, as soon as Shen Zheng got up, Nanny Gu came to report.

"Sir, just as the sun rose, Lord Jiang sent someone to deliver a note, saying he wanted to say goodbye to you."

Shen Zheng took the invitation and looked at it carefully - Jiang Zhiming was going to take up his new post with his wife and children and would leave tomorrow, so he came with his wife to say goodbye at 9:00 PM today.

After seeing it clearly, she couldn't help but be stunned.

The Ministry of Personnel just came to your door yesterday, and you are leaving Beijing to take up your new post tomorrow?

This job is really tiring.

It was already three quarters past noon, more than half an hour before the time on the visiting card. After a moment's hesitation, Shen Zheng said, "Send someone to reply. I'll be waiting."

She was quite curious. After the Huihe River inspection, where would His Majesty and the Ministry of Personnel send Jiang Zhiming and what position would he be given?

This question remained unanswered until Jiang Zhiming and his wife arrived.

Because Jiang Zhiming kept it a secret.

"Sir Shen, where in life can we not meet?" He smiled and took a sip of tea. After receiving a sharp look from his wife, he coughed lightly and said, "Sir Shen and I serve in the same court. We will definitely meet in the future. Sir Shen, don't worry."

"..."

Shen Zheng was speechless.

She wouldn't miss him on purpose.

Seeing Jiang Zhiming's suspenseful look, she guessed that the place where he was to take up his post might be related to her.

So she asked, "Is the place where Lord Jiang will be taking up his post at Liuyang Mansion?"

Jiang Zhiming shook his head like a rattle: "Absolutely impossible!"

Mrs. Jiang complained that he couldn't speak, and added: "Sir Shen, our old Jiang is not that lucky..."