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

Shen Zheng had no idea of ​​the village heads' plan. She and Yu Zhengqing were walking in the village. The villagers were wearing their shoes and walking back and forth on the rice that was drying in the sun.

This is turning the rice over.

The drying area is not large. If you want to dry all the rice, you have to spread the rice thickly. The rice on top will be exposed to the sun, while the rice below will still be covered. The moisture cannot escape, and the rice will easily become moldy.

Once rice becomes moldy, ordinary mold is okay, but some molds can be fatal. Not to mention saving seeds, you don’t even dare to eat it.

Such incidents have happened in other counties in the past. The rice in an old woman's house became moldy, and the color of the mold was particularly bright. The old woman estimated that it should be okay to eat such beautiful-looking mold.

She washed the moldy rice, dried it in the sun, and then cooked it and ate it.

Unexpectedly, the patient died that night. The doctor shook his head and said there was no hope of saving him.

This case frightened the people in the county. How could someone die from eating something? And the food was crystal clear white rice.

What didn't they eat during the famine years? They picked fruits and ate tree roots, so why didn't they get hurt?

Although the people thought so, the county magistrate was still clear-headed. He immediately ordered people to dispose of all the moldy rice in the old woman's house.

How did you deal with it?

It was thrown into the forest in the back mountain. There were wild beasts in the forest. The wild beasts did not eat vegetarian food, but there were small animals that ate vegetarian food. The small animals were poisoned to death after eating the poison, and the wild beasts could not escape after eating the small animals. The doctor said that the poison was very strong and could definitely kill them.

If we can poison one or two of them to death, it will be a benefit to the people.

Who would have thought that instead of benefiting the people, it would harm them.

Some people who don't believe in superstition think that the old woman died because she accidentally ingested rat poison. It's normal that she can't remember clearly because she is old.

That was white rice, such a rare thing. The county magistrate ordered people to throw it away for nothing, which made them feel heartbroken.

The two old bachelors went up the mountain together, intending to retrieve the moldy rice from the old woman.

Although the others felt sorry for the rice, they did not dare to follow them. There were indeed wild beasts on the mountain, and it was not a year of famine. It was not worth losing their lives for a few bites of food.

It is different for old bachelors. They have no wife, children or elder relatives. In their own words, their life is worthless. As long as they can live one day and fill their stomachs for one day, they are already satisfied.

The county yamen runners were also afraid of wild beasts, so they didn't dare throw the sack too deep. The two bachelors were lucky enough not to encounter any wild beasts. They carried the sack down the mountain overnight, washed the moldy rice, and had a hearty meal.

How satisfying! They thought, they hadn't eaten so full in a long time.

After several days, there was no movement in the old bachelor's house. No one went out and no one knew about it.

The two old bachelors had no family, but someone still passed by their house and smelled a peculiar odor. The person said the smell was very strange and not like feces. Feces is not so smelly and not so disgusting.

Like the smell of rotting meat.

The old bachelor is so poor that he can't afford to buy meat. Even if he is lucky enough to pick up a piece of meat, it would be good enough if he didn't eat it raw immediately. Why would he wait until the meat became smelly before taking any action?

This is strange.

The man had some guesses in his mind and couldn't believe it, so he called a lot of people to knock on the door together.

After they broke the door open, the smell became even stronger. They couldn't even open their eyes because it was too pungent.

When they saw the scene in the house clearly, they could no longer bear it and rushed out of the yard to vomit.

Everyone vomited with tears in their eyes, wishing they could vomit out their bile as well.

The weather is bad and the old bachelor has rotted away.

This incident became a hot topic of conversation among people throughout the county.

Some people felt sorry: Although the two old bachelors did not get married, they were not unfaithful. They were just a little lazy. It was a pity that they died.

Some people mocked: The county magistrate ordered that the food be thrown far away, but these two people still picked it up and ate it like vicious dogs. They can't blame anyone for their deaths.

Someone patted his chest, thinking he had escaped a great escape: he also wanted to go up the mountain to pick it up, but was stopped by his wife.

How the people react is a small matter; it is hard for their county magistrate.

When someone dies, someone has to take the responsibility. Their diligent county magistrate was accused by the prefect of not governing his subordinates strictly. The prefect said that he should not have thrown the body onto the mountain, but burned it.

Although the county magistrate kept his official hat, he had no hope of promotion.

Later, this incident was made public to remind the people that moldy rice and rice should not be eaten as they would cause poisoning, and no matter how good the doctors were, they would be helpless. It was like the King of Hell in the world.

The people and officials of other counties all sighed, not knowing whether to say that the county magistrate harmed the bachelor, or that the bachelor harmed the county magistrate.

Seeing the villagers sweating profusely while turning over rice, Shen Zheng had an idea in his mind, and immediately went to the county school with Yu Zhengqing.

Yu Zhengqing knew that she had a new idea, so he didn't ask and just followed her in her thinking.

She found Mr. Qiao and gave him a general description of what the drying rake looked like.

"It's made of bamboo, which saves money and labor. It has a long bamboo pole as a handle and a bamboo rake underneath. The pole must be long, so a person can stand on the spot and use the rake to turn over a lot of rice."

Shen Zheng felt that this simple tool should have existed in the Great Zhou Dynasty for a long time, but it was not often used in Tongan County.

As expected, after hearing this, Mr. Qiao nodded and said, "I've heard of this drying rake before."

After he had drawn up the blueprint in his mind, he raised his head somewhat proudly and said, "If this simple tool is not for the people of Tongan County, I will never make it myself."

Shen Zheng smiled and said, "The sun is strong these two days. The rice can be screened after drying for another day or two. You can just make one or two and let them try first. If they work well, you can make them before the autumn harvest next year."

Old Qiao nodded, and Shen Zheng thought of another tool, so she told Old Qiao about it.

"...similar to this. The bottom should be made of solid wood, which is wear-resistant. It should be long horizontally and wide vertically. It is used when harvesting rice. With one push, the rice can be pushed into a pile."

Old Qiao had vaguely heard of this before, and he immediately understood what she meant.

Shen Zheng originally thought that she would have to wait until tomorrow to get it, but unexpectedly, Old Qiao said with a smile: "You two adults, take a break. It will take an hour."

She was a little surprised and asked, "You can do it in just one hour?"

Old Qiao nodded and pointed to the yard. "The wood and bamboo are readily available, and the tools are not difficult to use. Just plane and align them."

Shen Zheng showed an admiring expression and praised: "You are really amazing, your hands are so skillful."

Yu Zhengqing glanced at her. Although she was an official, she was generous in praising her subordinates and had no dignity at all.

He pondered for a moment and thought that this technique of controlling subordinates could be learned.

Don't be stingy with praise and make your subordinates feel proud of themselves, so that they will work harder.

Shen Zheng was also secretly looking at Yu Zhengqing beside her. Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, she began to feel uneasy.