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

Shen Zheng was frightened by the shout and quickly turned around to look.

After she saw who it was, she breathed a sigh of relief and gestured to him to keep quiet.

Wu Lizheng didn't understand what was going on, so he jumped off the ox cart and trotted towards her.

He asked with some confusion: "Sir, what are you doing?"

Shen Zheng looked around and shook her head at him: "It's okay. If you see me when no one is around, don't call me so loudly."

Wu Lizheng was a little confused at first, but after seeing her expression, he understood. He sighed and said, "You have done a lot for us. We love and respect you, so we naturally want to be closer to you."

Shen Zheng knew what he meant, but she just couldn't take it anymore...

She smiled and said, "Wu Lizheng, if it were you, would you not hide?"

Wu Lizheng was stunned when he heard this, thinking that he might not hide the feeling of being admired like this...

Maybe he will even put on his most beautiful clothes and ride a horse through the streets!

But he still said: "How can I compare with you? Your achievements in Liuyang Prefecture, no! In the whole Great Zhou, which county magistrate can compare with you? Please don't embarrass me."

Shen Zheng smiled helplessly, looked at the ox cart he was riding in and asked, "Are you going back to Xiahe Village?"

Wu Lizheng nodded and said, "Isn't it our turn to go to Shanghe Village to collect food today? I came here on Lao Liu's ox cart."

Only then did Shen Zheng realize that this ox cart was the one that He Hua had invited her to ride on when she met her halfway before.

The one driving the ox cart was still the old man Liu from last time. He turned around and smiled at Shen Zheng, and asked, "Sir, do you still remember the old man?"

Shen Zheng smiled back at him: "Of course I remember. I rode your ox cart when I went to Shanghe Village before. I have to trouble you again today."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Liu immediately jumped off the ox cart and spread the rice piled on one side of the cart across the entire cart.

"It's no trouble at all. It's a blessing for me to be able to ride in my ox cart! Come on up!"

Shen Zheng nodded, thanked him, lifted her skirt and got on the car.

Unexpectedly, Wu Lizheng standing by did not move, but pretended to be angry and said:

"You are such a good old Liu. I told you that I wanted to sit on your hay before, but you refused to let me. My butt hurts so much all the way here. Now the adults are here, and you've already spread the hay before they've given the order!"

Old man Liu was also a tough guy. He glared at the man and said, "What are you talking about? Do you think you can compete with an adult? Sit down or not! If you don't sit down, I'll leave!"

Wu Lizheng was just telling a few jokes to cheer Shen Zheng up, and he immediately climbed into the car after hearing what she said.

If he didn't ride in Old Liu's ox cart back, then he would have to go to Shanghe Village alone.

Then he realized why the adults went to his Shanghe Village. Was they looking for someone?

After he sat down, he asked, "Sir, are you going to Shanghe Village? Are you going to look for the students in the village? If so, I will tell them to go to the government office to look for you. Why do you have to go there in person?"

Shen Zheng shook her head and said to him, "I want to go to the village to check on the rice. If it is ripe, the government will make some arrangements and we will start the autumn harvest in a few days."

Wu Lizheng has also been paying close attention to the situation on the land recently. After thinking about it for a while, he said:

"I just went to the fields this morning and saw that most of the rice grains are already ripe, with only a few still being harvested. The sun has been strong these days, so it will probably be in the next few days."

The people in their village are so excited recently. They are watching the fields day and night. They are just about to pull the rice grains off the rice and cook them into white rice!

Shen Zheng thought for a moment and said, "I'll go take a look later. If it's almost done, I'll borrow some manpower from Prefect Yu, and we'll start the autumn harvest."

Wu Lizheng asked in confusion: "Sir, why do we need to borrow manpower from the prefect?"

In his opinion, although the yield of rice is much higher than other crops, they can work harder!

Each household has one acre of land, so harvesting the rice only takes one day. Add on the bundling of rice stalks and drying the rice, and it won't take much longer either.

There should be no need to borrow manpower from the government office.

Shen Zheng understood Wu Lizheng's thoughts, but she also had her own considerations.

She asked Wu Lizheng: "The people in the patrol team are the main labor force in their families. If there is autumn harvest, they should also participate in it. We can't just let our parents, wives and children go to the fields."

Wu Lizheng nodded. What Lord Shen said made sense. The work on the farm was the work of the whole family.

But he still felt that it was not necessary to borrow manpower from the government office.

Shen Zheng looked at him and continued, "Wu Lizheng, if you were the head of another county in the prefecture, would you want to come to our county to see the autumn harvest?"

Wu Lizheng was stunned. He had never thought about it from this perspective.

But he changed his mind and thought, if he were from other counties and heard that the high-yield rice in Tongan County was about to be harvested in autumn, he would definitely try his best to come and have a look.

Seeing that he understood what she meant, Shen Zheng continued, "If I were the county magistrate of another county, I would definitely come to Tong'an County to take a look."

Wu Lizheng immediately understood what she meant and asked, "Your Excellency, are you saying that people from other counties will come to see our autumn harvest?"

Wu Lizheng suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart. Look, look, come and see, the crops that Lord Shen has led them to grow are something that other counties can only envy!

Thinking of this, he suddenly laughed. Those people would probably be so tired of watching them by then.

Shen Zheng also laughed. In fact, she had thought about the autumn harvest before. In fact, it would be fine not to disband the patrol team and let everyone guard the checkpoint all the time.

But if this were to happen, not only would it make people in other counties in the prefecture uncomfortable, but she would also not be able to achieve her goal.

What she wanted was to let people from other counties come and have a good look at the grand sight of the autumn harvest.

I have heard about the yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu thousands of times before, but it is not as real as seeing the autumn harvest with my own eyes.

So she planned to borrow some manpower from Yu Zhengqing in advance before the autumn harvest. With officials from the government office in charge, she could feel more confident in showing the current Tongan County to others.

If someone really has evil intentions, they should also consider whether they are qualified to go to the government office.

After a moment, Shen Zheng said, "Let them see it with their own eyes, and our grain seeds will sell faster and at a higher price."

Wu Lizheng suddenly realized something and looked at Shen Zheng with admiration: "Your Excellency is wise!"

Shen Zheng got goose bumps on her arms when she saw his eyes, and turned her head away to change the subject.

"Looking at the rice is one thing, and the other thing is that I have to look for lotus flowers."

Wu Lizheng was stunned. When did her daughter Hehua become friends with Lord Shen? Why did Lord Shen have to go to the village in person to find her?

He was a little terrified, and said hurriedly: "Sir, how can I be so worthy? If you have any problem, please tell me. I will ask her to come to the county government office to find you when I return."

Shen Zheng shook her head and refused. Anyway, she had to go to the field to take a look, so it would be better for her to go together.

Then she looked in the direction of Shangjing, but she didn't know whether Yu Zhengqing's men had arrived in Shangjing.