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

Shen Zheng shook her head. She knew that cakes, no matter good or bad, were very expensive nowadays. He Hua was willing to take them out to treat her, so how could she dislike it?

Mrs. Wu smiled and turned to go into the Lotus Room. She had known before that her daughter took Lord Shen as her role model and talked about Lord Shen all the time at home every day.

At first she didn't quite agree and asked Hehua, among the millions of women in the Great Zhou, how many could become Lord Shen?

What did the lotus say?

She said, "I know that I am not as good as Lord Shen. I am not as talented and well-read as she is, nor as calm and smart as she is. But even though I am not educated and not smart enough, I still admire women like Lord Shen. It was Lord Shen who made me realize that being a woman is not a big deal. I can be just as good as a man!"

"So no matter what my daughter does in the future, whether it's embroidery or farming, Master Shen will always be her role model!"

It was then that when Mrs. Wu looked at Hehua's determined expression, she realized that the little girl who was just learning to speak had really grown up.

From then on, whenever Lotus talked about Lord Shen, she would look into Lotus's shining eyes and listen to her quietly.

Then she heard her husband say that Lord Shen wanted to recruit carpenter apprentices in the county.

When she heard the words "when women can compete fairly with men", she finally understood why her daughter admired Lord Shen. How could such a man not be a role model for girls?

......

After Shen Zheng explained her purpose, He Hua sat on the stool and looked at her blankly. A fallen leaf fell on her head, but she didn't notice it at all.

She spoke after a while, her tone full of insecurity.

"Your Excellency is saying that you want me to be a jacquard craftsman in a fabric workshop, weaving patterns for fabrics?"

Shen Zheng nodded.

Lotus' eyes opened wider and wider, and her first reaction was to refuse.

Her embroidery skills can only be considered mid-level in the embroidery workshop. There are several embroiderers in the workshop who are better than her. How can she be qualified to be a jacquard master in the workshop!

She looked somewhat guilty, twisting the corner of her clothes and speaking hesitantly: "Sir, I just embroider some pieces on weekdays and sell them in the embroidery workshop. If you want to talk about craftsmanship, I am actually not as good as the embroiderers in the embroidery workshop."

After saying this, Hehua lowered her head in frustration. She thought Lord Shen wanted her to help with embroidery, but who knew that he wanted her to be a jacquard master as soon as she arrived.

She didn't even know what a braided flower book was and had to ask Lord Shen to explain it to her.

How could she become a jacquard master in a workshop?

Shen Zheng looked at He Hua's expression and knew that she was troubled. She spoke to comfort her:

"Lotus, I know you're worried about whether you can do it, but don't rush to refuse."

He Hua raised her head, pursed her lips and looked at Shen Zheng.

Shen Zheng continued, "You should know that most of the embroiderers in the embroidery workshop started learning embroidery at a young age. They were enlightened earlier than you, and they have professional masters to teach them. They are also exposed to more embroidery techniques and styles. Why do you want to compete with them?"

He Hua was stunned when she heard this. She had never thought about this issue before.

She only knew before that no matter what the conditions were, no matter how early or late she started, her embroidery could only be sold for a few hundred coins at most, while some of the embroiderers in the embroidery workshop could sell their embroidery for a high price of several taels of silver.

This is the difference between her and them.

But what Lord Shen said today made her suddenly enlightened.

The fact that her embroidery works cannot be sold at high prices does not necessarily mean that she has poor skills or lacks talent.

In fact, if we talk about talent, how many women in the county can be like her, teaching herself embroidery and able to sell her embroidery works in the next county?

Lotus was still in a daze, and Shen Zheng continued, "And now the textile machine in our county is the only one in the whole Great Zhou. You can weave the pattern according to your own ideas and make some patterns you like. These patterns may be worn by tens of thousands of people in the future."

Shen Zheng said this because the pattern on the dress that He Hua made for her last time was extremely unique, and it was obvious that it was drawn by He Hua herself.

If she were to say, Hehua is actually a talented woman. People in their profession need imagination, right?

Although Lotus's embroidery skills are not as good as those of the old masters, it is not necessarily that Lotus loses in talent and craftsmanship. If she practices more in the future, she may not be inferior to those embroiderers.

But there was another main reason why she chose Hehua as her jacquard master: Hehua was from Tongan County.

If she wanted to find those skilled embroiderers to be jacquard masters, she would have to go to Quanyang County or even Liuyang Prefecture, which was really unnecessary.

Such a good thing should only be enjoyed by the people in one's own county.

Tens of thousands of people!

Lotus couldn't help but open her mouth wide.

Sir Shen is planning to expand the fabric workshop business to such an extent!

Could the patterns she invented really be put on cloth and worn by tens of thousands of people?

Lotus' voice was a little trembling, and she asked uncertainly: "Sir Shen, do you think...I can really do it..."

Shen Zheng was amused by her and asked back, "If I say you can do it, do you think you can do it?"

Unexpectedly, Lotus nodded and said, "Yes, if you say I can do it, then I can definitely do it."

Shen Zheng didn't understand her strange train of thought, but her purpose of coming here today was to convince He Hua, so she said, "I think you can do it."

Lotus' eyes suddenly turned red.

Lord Shen was willing to give her a chance and even came to her in person. What reason did she have to refuse now?

She took a deep breath, stood up and said, "I am willing to be a jacquard master in a fabric workshop, and I will definitely live up to your trust!"

Shen Zheng smiled and looked at her: "Then it's settled. After the autumn harvest, when the workshop is established, you will come and officially start work."

Hehua nodded vigorously and secretly decided in her heart that she must practice embroidery skills at home during this period of time and not embarrass Lord Shen!

......

It was almost dusk when Shen Zheng returned to the county government office. After dinner, she sat down in the study. After thinking for a moment, she began to write a letter to Yu Zhengqing.

She wrote in the letter that the rice in the fields of Tongan County was now ready to be harvested, and she wanted to invite him and the county magistrates of various counties to watch the autumn harvest.

Also, if he wants to come, please bring some people with him to escort the county's Mid-Autumn Festival harvest.

Shen Zheng added the sentence "if he wants to come" later. Although she knew that Yu Zhengqing would definitely come, she couldn't write this letter directly as a notification letter. It still had to have some invitation meaning.

After Shen Zheng finished writing, she held up the letter, blew on it, and read it word by word.

She always felt that there was something strange about this letter.

He also helped her notify the county magistrates and brought people to help.

how to say.

Shen Zheng scratched his head.

She seemed to be treating Yu Zhengqing as her subordinate...