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

"Ding--"

On the morning of the third day after the notice was issued, Shen Zheng, who was fast asleep, was startled awake by the sudden electronic voice.

"Detecting—" the system feigned an attack.

Shen Zheng clutched her pounding heart and gritted her teeth: "It's not even dawn yet, you'd better really have something to do."

"Detection complete—" The system voice remained cold: "Upon testing, the host's first jurisdiction—Tong'an County, Liuyang Prefecture—has completed the autumn harvest, and grain production has once again increased significantly compared to the same period last year."

"..." Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng swung her arm and pounded the quilt: "Tell me something I don't know so early in the morning!"

"Ding—Tong'an County's agricultural output value has increased by 220, far exceeding the national average, reaching the level of a prosperous county's agriculture. Congratulations, host."

After the electronic voice finished speaking, Shen Zheng was stunned for three breaths.

"What does that mean?" After confirming that the door was properly latched, she opened the system's prosperity value section: "It means... Tong'an County's agricultural production value has now reached the target?"

Although the electronic voice didn't respond to her question, the shimmering blue screen in front of her had already shown her everything—

[First Jurisdiction – Tongan County, Liuyang Prefecture]

Agricultural production value: 343 - Prosperity

Industrial output value: 231 - Developed

Military Strength Value: 325 - Advanced

[Personnel and Infrastructure Value: 137 - Under Development]

Multilateral Trade Value: 201 – Developed Countries

Education Value: 228 - Developed

[Transportation Convenience Score: 118 - Under Development]

Total Prosperity Value: 1583 - Developed County Town

[Usable Prosperity Points: 1085]

After quietly reviewing the numerical data panel for Tong'an County, Shen Zheng belatedly realized—the system seems to have... updated again.

The previous system did not display the prosperity level of a single value, but now, additional annotations have been added after each value, making it more intuitive.

But there were two things she couldn't quite figure out.

One—The military strength value is less than 20 points lower than the agricultural production value, so why is agriculture "prosperous" while the military is only "developed"?

I can't figure this out, so I'll put it aside for now.

The most important thing right now is the second point—if she remembers correctly, when she returned from the capital last time, the system detected that Tong'an County was a "developing county with growth potential," but now the screen shows that Tong'an County is now a "developed county."

Clearly, Tongan County's prosperity has been upgraded once again.

so......

What about her reward?!

In just a moment, Shen Zheng accurately saw through the dog system's little scheme—it wanted to steal her rewards again!

Gritting her teeth and rubbing her hands together, Shen Zheng stretched out her finger and fiercely poked the "back" icon on the screen.

Sure enough, a small gift icon was flashing in the bottom right corner of the homepage.

After a cold laugh, Shen Zheng clicked the icon without hesitation. The gift box exploded in front of her, and a cold, emotionless mechanical voice sounded in her ears at the same time—

"Upon testing, the host's primary jurisdiction, Tong'an County in Liuyang Prefecture, has officially been upgraded from a 'developing county with growth potential' to a 'developed county,' fulfilling the conditions for unlocking the advancement reward. The host has received the advancement reward—one thousand catties of dehydrated and dried natural rubber."

In addition, below the rubber icon, there is a line of small text that scrolls back and forth: "System save time limit: 23:59:59......"

"...Dried rubber?"

"You're only offering to store it for one day?"

Shen Zheng cursed under her breath and leaned against the headboard to think.

This thousand kilograms of dried rubber seems rather insignificant compared to the sweet potato and high-yield rice seeds previously awarded by the system.

The reason for this is simply that rubber cannot be produced.

But what she couldn't deny was that, at that moment, this thousand pounds of dried rubber was indeed a priceless treasure to her.

With this batch of rubber, she could then begin manufacturing tools such as bicycles, hand pumps, and drive belts.

Once the batch of rubber trees purchased by the fifth supplier arrived, she immediately spent a large sum of money to exchange for a batch of rubber seedlings from the system, pulling off a classic "prince-for-a-cat" deal...

If we continue down this path, it won't be long before the industry of the Great Zhou Dynasty embarks on a new journey!

Thinking of this, Shen Zheng's pent-up frustration vanished, and she quickly dressed and headed straight for the study.

Before leaving, Yu Zhengqing specifically told her that there was a hidden door behind the antique shelf in the study, and the small storeroom in the main courtyard was located behind the hidden door.

Storing this thousand pounds of dried rubber in a small warehouse is absolutely perfect!

......

When Shen Zheng came out of the study, Hua Duo was looking for her everywhere.

"Master, Master?" Hua Duo was taken aback when he saw Shen Zheng step across the threshold of the study. "You... are in the study?"

“Yeah.” Shen Zheng patted the dust off her palms and said bluntly, “To hide something.”

Upon hearing this, Hua Duo didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he subtly curled the corners of his mouth and asked, "Would you like to have breakfast now, Master?"

Shen Zheng rubbed her stomach: "I'm really hungry. Have the Lord and the others eaten?"

"Not yet." Hua Duo followed her out of the courtyard and said, "The Lord said that there is a lot of work to be done at the government office these days. He wants to wait until you have dinner together before going to the government office to help you with government affairs."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng slapped her forehead: "I almost forgot."

Today is the day when each county submits its list of applicants for the newspaper. If all goes well, the prefectural government will conduct a practical assessment in three days to test the applicants' specific abilities.

After having breakfast with Yu Shizhang and Xu Yunyan, the three of them took a carriage to the government office.

During the journey, Yu Shizhang kept saying that Yu Nanshu was lazy: "It's like I'm trying to kill her by telling her to eat before she goes to sleep. She just won't get up. I don't know who she took after!"

Shen Zheng shrank into a corner of the carriage, and before she could speak, Yu Shizhang looked over.

After looking her up and down, Yu Shizhang chuckled, "So it turns out she's both far away and right in front of you."

"..." Shen Zheng chuckled and said, "I really had something to do this morning... You'll find out later."

Yu Shizhang asked with skepticism, "Really?"

"Yes, it is." Shen Zheng nodded, then leaned against the windowsill and asked him, "Do you find the carriage bumpy?"

Yu Shizhang said suspiciously, "Isn't that obvious?"

Shen Zheng smiled with narrowed eyes: "Give me two months, and I'll get you a smooth carriage ride. If you don't want to ride, you can pedal yourself."

After saying that, Shen Zheng looked Yu Shizhang over carefully for a few more moments and shook her head: "No, with your physique, I don't think you can kick it by yourself."

At his age, even one fall would be bad enough, let alone learning to ride a bicycle.

Yu Shizhang found her words inexplicable: "Are you deliberately picking a fight so early in the morning?"

Xu Yunyan chuckled softly.

Shen Zheng shrank back: "I'm not saying anything more..."

As the carriage bumped along, they arrived at the government office. As soon as Shen Zheng got out of the carriage, she saw a thin, small figure standing at the bottom of the steps.

"Yan Qiao?"