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

No, that doesn't match.

As far as they know, there are more than 1,500 households in Tongan County, and each household has one acre of land. The harvest is calculated to be 1,000 kilograms. 30% of the rice seeds is 300 kilograms.

Even if the county residents paid the grain tax at 20% before screening the seeds, that would be 90,000 catties of rice seeds! How could it be only 70,000 catties!

How could there be a sudden shortage of 20,000 kilograms of rice seeds?!

This is 20,000 kilograms, not 2 kilograms!

Could it be...

Shen Zheng saw them keeping their heads down and remaining silent, as if in deep thought, and a trace of disappointment welled up in her heart.

Of course she knew what they were thinking. As long as she had people record less rice seeds in the account books, she would be able to sell the rice seeds privately and make more profit.

She suddenly felt that the people in front of her were a little stupid.

If she wanted to make a profit privately, why would she have to say so much to them? The price of rice seeds in the county is now determined by her. If she wanted to make a profit, why would she have to argue with them like this?

Seeing this, Yin Wencai showed a hint of anger on his face and his chest heaved.

Some of these people don't know what's good for them...

Do they really think that Lord Shen is willing to sell them rice seeds at a low price because they are officials in the same dynasty?

So stupid!

If Lord Shen didn't care about the people, who would they be to dare to jump around in front of him!

Shen Zheng sneered and asked, "Why do you all look like this? Could it be that I sold you the superior species, but you were unwilling and wanted the inferior species instead?"

Before the county magistrates responded, Shen Zheng continued, "If that's the case, you should have told me earlier. This way, I can sell all the high-quality seeds in the grain shop, which will bring more profit."

Seeing that Shen Zheng didn't give them any face at all, Yin Wencai was so happy that he wanted to applaud on the spot.

The county magistrates were terrified when they heard this and waved their hands hastily. If they bought back the inferior seeds and the merchants bought back the superior seeds, where would they put their faces?

Isn't this just like picking up rags?

At this moment, they were like being poured with a bucket of cold water. They were shocked to realize that they had been immersed in officialdom for too long and had completely lost their original intentions. Everyone they met looked like a corrupt official.

Lady Shen was only screening rice seeds, but they thought she wanted to...

The county magistrates wanted to bury their faces in the ground, and some even raised their hands and slapped themselves.

Yu Zhengqing's face turned pale and he slapped the table.

"If you don't want any of it, then don't buy it. I brought you here as my guests, but I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful!"

Yu Zhengqing still felt that it was not enough, and continued: "In short, for me, political achievements are not important, and I am not afraid of being laughed at by my colleagues. This year, other counties in our prefecture will not grow rice. When you figure it out, you can grow it again. The county residents will find a way to deal with hunger! Shen Zheng, follow me!"

Shen Zheng originally wanted to mock them some more, but seeing Yu Zhengqing defending her like that, her anger subsided a lot.

Upon hearing this, the county magistrates were furious and quickly opened their mouths to defend themselves.

"Master Yu, I have absolutely no such intention. I just... just..."

"It's just that I don't know much about the rice in Lord Shen's county, and I have a distorted understanding of rice seed selection. Lord Yu, as long as Lord Shen is willing to sell it to us, we are willing to buy it for any amount of silver!"

Although they knew that they might have misunderstood Shen Zheng, they still tried to find excuses to justify themselves.

Shen Zheng felt bored when she saw how they were so reckless. She stood up and followed Yu Zhengqing out. Yin Wencai glared at them and also lifted his robe and left.

The three of them sat in the pavilion in the backyard, looking at each other in silence.

Shen Zheng had just wanted to rip those people off heavily to relieve her anger.

But now the rice seeds of Tongan County not only have to be sold to them. If they are to be slaughtered, then the local governments will also be slaughtered, which runs counter to her original intention of benefiting the people.

Pricing must be consistent. If prices are high, how can it benefit the people?

If she quoted a lower price today, these people would keep their mouths shut, fearing that outsiders would know that they had benefited.

On the contrary, if she offered a high price, what would other officials think of her? What would they think of Yu Zhengqing?

They would feel that there was discord within Liuyang Prefecture, and that Yu Zhengqing, as the prefect, was incompetent in governing and could not even discipline a county magistrate.

People would think that Shen Zheng became arrogant and cheated her colleagues after she achieved some success.

This was the first time Shen Zheng felt so tired since she came here.

She couldn't help but think, how wonderful it would be if her Tongan County was really a paradise isolated from the world.

Then she wouldn't have to flatter in the officialdom, and she wouldn't have to accept the malicious speculations of these people just for the sake of the people.

The forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds. I really want to use a slingshot to shoot them all down!

Shen Zheng looked at Yin Wencai, whose face was filled with anger, and suddenly a plan came to her mind. She leaned her head closer and began to plan in a low voice.

......

After the three men left, the meeting room fell silent, and the remaining county magistrates slumped in their seats.

Zhu Kongjia glanced outside the door and spoke first: "We have really offended Lord Shen and Lord Yu today. I say, you are all veterans in the officialdom, how can you not hide things like this?"

The others were unhappy when they heard this and said, "Master Zhu, you weren't very nice just now, were you? I remember that when you heard about the 70,000 kilograms of rice seeds, you took a deep breath and almost shouted: Master Shen is embezzling."

"You!" Zhu Kongjia stood up suddenly after hearing this. "Master Liu, what do you mean? Are you saying that I have made you two masters unhappy today? Or am I sorry to you all?"

"I don't mean that. Lord Zhu, you can understand what I mean by listening to what I say."

"Liu Zhixing!"

Seeing Zhu Kongjia's rage and about to fight, the people around him quickly advised: "My two lords, please stop arguing. Now that things have happened, we should discuss countermeasures. We can't really not grow rice this year, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Kongjia glared at Liu Zhixing fiercely and sat down.

The meeting room fell into silence again, and everyone held their foreheads and lowered their heads in thought.

After what seemed like a long time, Zhu Kongjia sighed and said, "My fellow colleagues, today, we were indeed wrong."

Liu Zhixing continued, "I think so too. When I heard that there were only 70,000 kilograms of rice seeds, I was so focused on calculating that I forgot that Lady Shen didn't have to sell the rice seeds to us in the first place. If she didn't want to, we would have to buy the seeds from the grain shop, and we would have paid a high price."

Zhu Kongjia nodded, "That's right. Besides, the rice seeds were originally provided by Lord Shen. She can make profits in any way she wants. There is really no need to go through such a big detour."

He said with a wry smile.

"My fellow colleagues, our hearts...are dirty."

All the county magistrates were stunned when they heard this and couldn't help but clench their fists.

Zhu Kongjia is right.

If they had a clear mind, when they heard about 70,000 kilograms of rice seeds, their first reaction should not be to suspect Lord Shen of embezzlement, but to ask Lord Shen how she planned to screen the seeds.

The heart sees everything as dirty.

When did they become like this?