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

Shen Zheng looked at Yin Wencai's back and felt inexplicably sad. She was also an ordinary person. If she had not obtained the opportunity of the system, she would still be insignificant and powerless under the natural disaster.

How despairing it must be to watch the people in the county go hungry and have no clothes to wear.

Shen Zheng thought about the purpose of inviting the county magistrates, and asked Yu Zhengqing in a low voice: "Sir, has Magistrate Yin paid back the grain he borrowed?"

Yu Zhengqing thought for a moment and shook his head. "No, he borrowed a lot of grain at that time. Quanyang County is his biggest creditor. In addition, the grain tax in Baiyun County has remained at 20% in the past two years. If the tax is not increased, he will not be able to repay it all at once."

Shen Zheng lowered his head in thought. There was no grain in the county government warehouse. It was just like the previous Tong'an County. Without grain, there was no possibility of having money.

How can I buy grain seeds from her without money?

She asked in a low voice: "You also know the reason why I came here to find the county magistrates. Have you... talked to County Magistrate Yin? Did he say anything?"

Yu Zhengqing looked at Yin Wencai's back and recalled what he said yesterday.

"He also knew that you, a native of Tong'an County, had a harder life than he did in Baiyun County, so he couldn't bring himself to borrow money. So he asked me if the government office could give him some money."

"Your Excellency?"

Yu Zhengqing shook his head. "Not yet. The government office is not my sole authority. Regarding the county government's loan, I need to discuss it with the Tongpan."

Shen Zheng was stunned. Normally, when she withdrew money from the county government, it was just a matter of a word. There was really no such thing as such a formality.

But it's also true that her county government is in a run-down state and has no money, so what rules can they talk about? However, as things develop in the future, they will have to pay attention to procedures and make sure that all matters involving money are based on reason and evidence.

Otherwise, when the three-year term is up, the next county magistrate will take a look and say, "Wow, the money in your county government was just a matter of a word from the previous county magistrate Shen? I want it too!"

Don't give it to me? I'll sue you for treating me differently!

She will just walk away when the time comes, and those who stay will suffer.

Thinking of this, Shen Zheng looked at Xu Zhubu and Zhao Xiu behind her. She felt a little reluctant to leave. She didn't know if she would meet subordinates who would protect her like this in the future.

Xu Zhubu and Zhao Xiu were stunned by her strange look.

What's going on, sir? It seems like they are going to be separated today?

The county magistrates nearby saw Shen Zheng and Yu Zhengqing whispering. Although they were curious about their conversation, they did not dare to step forward rashly, but walked towards the rice fields together.

Instead of eavesdropping, they might as well go to the edge of the field and look at the rice, because that rice represents the money in their pockets!

When the county magistrates thought about the money from their county government being used to buy the rice seeds, they couldn't help but feel heartbroken. They just hoped that Lord Shen could sell it at a lower price...

Seeing them leave, Shen Zheng expressed his thoughts: "Sir, I don't need to make any money from Baiyun County, I just need to break even, but I can't do that for other counties."

Yu Zhengqing smiled approvingly. He knew Shen Zheng would say this.

It is because Shen Zheng is essentially the same type of person as Yin Wencai, both of whom care about the world.

She seems to be gentle and sometimes even a bit sycophantic, but she has her own set of standards of good and evil in her heart. If she is forced by force or sweet talk, Shen Zheng will never give in because of her personality, which will only backfire.

But from her interactions with the people of Tongan County in the past, it can be seen that they love and respect each other, which is why Tongan County is so warm and happy today.

So for Shen Zheng, it is more important than anything else if the people live a good life. Seeing that Yin Wencai has done so much for the people of Baiyun County, it is inevitable that she will lend a helping hand if she is able to.

When Shen Zheng saw the smile in Yu Zhengqing's eyes, she inexplicably felt like she was being plotted against. Could it be that those words just now were meant specifically for her?

Yu Zhengqing saw her complaining expression and said with a smile, "You are right. I told you this just to see what you would do. If you don't want to, that's fine. I will go back to the government office and discuss the loan with the judge."

Shen Zheng's face fell when he heard this. What a good move of retreating to advance.

"I have already said what I want to say, there is no reason to take it back."

There was a look of resentment on her face, but she did not feel uncomfortable in her heart, because she believed Yu Zhengqing, and what Yu Zhengqing told her could not be fabricated out of thin air.

What touched her most was Yin Wencai's personality.

When the county suffered a disaster, instead of increasing taxes, the government borrowed grain in the name of the county government and opened its granaries to distribute grain to the county residents. This was one of the reasons.

The county was too poor to buy grain seeds. Tong'an County and Baiyun County were both county governments. If he was willing to cry poor to himself, it would be more convenient than borrowing money from the government office. But he didn't do that. This was the second reason.

Based on these two points, she was willing to not make money from Baiyun County. The Great Zhou should have more officials like Yin Wencai.

Yu Zhengqing stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the backs of the county officials, and said to her, "Shen Zheng, you and Yin Wencai are different from them."

Shen Zheng knew what he meant and nodded, "I will go to see Magistrate Yin later to discuss the grain planting issue."

After the two of them finished talking, they walked towards the edge of the field together. Zhou Lizheng and the people from Nanba Village stood where they were and took out the bamboo joints from the baskets on their backs.

The time is approaching.

At this time, the county magistrates on the edge of the field were like children, grabbing the rice in the field and counting the rice ears.

"Master Zhu, look at the stalk in my hand. It has fifteen ears of rice! My lords, I want to ask you, can you find more ears of rice than this?"

"Master Liu, don't be anxious. I think the plant over there is quite good. Let me go down to the field to take a look! You might lose your first place!"

Zhu Kongjia lifted up his robe and was about to go to the fields when Shen Zheng called him back.

"Master Zhu, please slow down, the auspicious time has come!"

The county magistrates were stunned. Auspicious time? What auspicious time?

Shen Zheng stepped forward and explained, "Today, all the villages in the county have agreed to light firecrackers together at 9:00 p.m. to officially start the autumn harvest!"

The county magistrates looked behind Shen Zheng and saw that the villagers behind him had already arranged the bamboo joints and firewood piles, ready to throw the bamboo joints in and ignite them at any time.

Zhu Kongjia came over and said with a smile: "On such a big day today, it's only natural, only natural."

Shen Zheng smiled at him, turned around and nodded slightly to Zhou Lizheng. Zhou Lizheng took a deep breath and signaled the villagers beside him to throw the torches in their hands into the firewood pile.

The dry wood caught fire at a touch, and a small flame instantly turned into a raging fire. In the hot summer day, as the flames jumped, everyone suddenly felt their breathing become warmer.

Shen Zheng was fascinated by the pile of firewood. Her Tong'an County was like the sporadic flames at the beginning, burning hotter and brighter.

At the same time, in Shanghe Village.

The villagers gathered at the village dam. Wu Lizheng stood in the middle, holding a torch in his hand and shouting loudly: "Throw! Torches!"