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

While the county magistrates in the meeting room were at a loss, Shen Zheng and Yin Wencai in the courtyard had already discussed a strategy.

Yu Zhengqing looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, his eyes full of approval.

Yin Wencai stood up, straightened his clothes, and said to them, "My lords, I will go now."

He was a little nervous at this moment. He had been dull for most of his life and could be said to be completely naive. If it weren't for Lord Shen's teaching today, he would never have been able to come up with such a brilliant plan.

Shen Zheng gave him an encouraging look, "Master Yin, don't be nervous. When you go in, just follow what we just discussed."

Yin Wencai nodded heavily, took a deep breath, and stepped into the conference room.

The atmosphere in the meeting hall was heavy. The county magistrates all lowered their heads one after another. No one knew what they were thinking.

When they heard footsteps, they raised their heads at the same time, with expressions of reminiscence, regret, and helplessness on their faces.

When they saw that the person coming was Yin Wencai, their faces were all filled with disappointment.

They thought Lord Yu and Lord Shen had returned.

Zhu Kongjia asked first: "Master Yin, what did you say when you went out with the two masters just now?..."

Upon hearing this, all the county magistrates sat up straight and looked at Yin Wencai. The impression Yin Wencai usually gave them was that he was flattering but also a little stupid, and also a kind of inexplicable dullness.

The way he just glanced at them and then followed the two adults out of the door made sense.

A lackey, isn't that what they are all like?

But it’s better this way. Someone is willing to save face and help them find out what the two adults are thinking.

Seeing that they looked expectant but also a little scared, Yin Wencai couldn't help but think in his heart: It's exactly as Lord Shen said.

He sighed, pulled a bench and sat down, his face looking like he was neither crying nor crying, and he looked very worried.

"My Lords, I was scolded by the two Lords just now when I went out. Lord Yu even kicked me. Lords, we really pissed off the two Lords today. We... can't grow rice anymore!"

Upon hearing this, the county magistrates collapsed back into their chairs.

They knew this would be the result. Lord Yu always keeps his word. Today, they judged others by their own standards. Lord Yu was so furious that he said he would not give them rice seeds. Then, they really could not buy any...

Upon hearing this, Zhu Kongjia raised his hand and slapped himself, then burst into tears: "Why did I become such a mean person, making random guesses? Why, why? Now it's all my fault, it's all my fault..."

The other county magistrates were all distressed when they heard this, and so were they.

Their counties, like Tong'an County, belong to Liuyang Prefecture, and they already have a great advantage in terms of location. Lord Shen had clearly agreed to give them the rice seeds from the beginning, but now they have made things worse and are now unable to compete with other prefectures.

Yin Wencai stretched out his hands to cover his cheeks, and a dull sound came out from his hands.

"My Baiyun County is poor to begin with. We don't even have the money to buy rice seeds. I originally wanted to go back and discuss with the residents of the county to see if each household could contribute some copper coins to make up the difference. Now, we don't have to do that..."

After he finished speaking, he let out a sob: "That's fine, that's fine. Perhaps this is the fate of me and tens of thousands of people. I... accept it."

The situation in other county offices was obviously much better than that in Baiyun County, but when the county magistrates heard Yin Wencai's sad crying, they also felt a sense of grief for the other party.

Zhu Kongjia wiped the tears from his face and gritted his teeth.

"This time we were the ones who were wrong. As the saying goes, a real man should take responsibility for his actions. We misunderstood Lady Shen today and have not apologized to her yet. In my opinion, no matter what, we should apologize to Lady Shen first."

Upon hearing this, Yin Wencai seemed to have found a life-saving straw and nodded repeatedly.

"Master Zhu is right. Master Shen is not an unreasonable person. Let's go and apologize to Master Shen. Maybe..."

After he said that, he secretly glanced at Zhu Kongjia. This man almost said what he said, but fortunately he reacted quickly.

Enough of the foreshadowing, the main event is about to begin.

"You two lords are right! We are wrong, so let's go! Let's go and apologize to Lord Shen!"

When the county magistrates heard this, they felt that what the two of them said made sense. Now the only way was to apologize to Lord Shen. Otherwise, they would have to go back empty-handed. How could they face the elders and folks in the county?

Seeing that they were making wild claims and that the task assigned to him by Lord Shen had not been completed yet, Yin Wencai quickly stood up to stop them.

"Wait a minute, my lords. How can we just go like this? How can we be sincere?"

Sincerity?

The county magistrates frowned slightly when they heard this.

If Tongan County was still as poor as before, then showing "sincerity" would be very simple, just pay money.

Judging from Lord Shen's current momentum, she will never be short of money in the future. So where does their sincerity come from?

"Lord Yin, what do you think we should do to show our sincerity?" they asked one after another, treating Yin Wencai as a living Zhuge Liang, completely forgetting that among all the county officials in Liuyang Prefecture, Yin Wencai was the one they despised the most.

Yin Wencai was secretly happy that the fish had taken the bait.

Just now when they were outside, Lord Shen told him that after he went in, he should cry first, as sadly as he could, to arouse the sadness of the county magistrates.

Then came his "last struggle" in extreme sorrow: he offered to apologize to Lord Shen, giving everyone a glimmer of hope.

Finally, it’s “sincerity”.

Lord Shen said: "If I don't sell them rice seeds, they will lose both 'fame' and 'profit'. What you need to do is to guide them to choose one of these two. If they want 'fame', they have to give up 'profit'."

At that time, Yin Wencai was a little confused and asked awkwardly, "Master Shen, I am stupid, may I ask what this 'fame and fortune' means?"

Shen Zheng looked calm as she explained to him, "Now that they can't buy rice seeds, the people will complain and they will have to endure the ridicule of other states. This is fame. If they can't plant this year, they won't be able to sell next year. This is profit."

"And in their minds, the reason why Lord Yu and I are so angry is because they misunderstood me. I sold rice seeds for the people, but they thought I was profiting privately. So when you go in later, you just need to guide them and let them stand on the perspective of 'benefiting the people' with me, and then we can succeed."

Yin Wencai's eyes lit up slightly. He understood what Lord Shen meant. This was a brilliant plan.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the county officials hurriedly asked, "Master Yin, please tell me, what should we do to show our sincerity?"

Yin Wencai looked a little embarrassed and said, "My Lords, if we really want to do that, the price will be high. I am afraid that you..."