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

Yu Zhengqing looked at the two people leaving and asked Shen Zheng: "Do you trust them so much?"

The two men were obviously hiding something from her, and it seemed that this matter was related to her.

Shen Zheng smiled and said, "The entire Tongan County is one entity. I naturally trust the character of the village heads."

Yu Zhengqing sighed and said, "I'm not saying that they have problems, but you are curious, what are they hiding from you?"

Zhou Lizheng and Wu Lizheng gradually walked away, and their backs became more and more relaxed.

Shen Zheng looked at their backs and chuckled, "Of course I'm curious. They will leave traces no matter how careful they are when they act in the county. I'll ask Zhao Xiu to investigate when I get back."

"what?"

Yu Zhengqing was stunned by her words, "Didn't you say you believed them and wouldn't force them to tell you?"

Shen Zheng still had that smiling face, and asked back: "Is there any conflict between my subordinate ordering Zhao Xiu to investigate and not forcing them to tell me what happened today?"

Yu Zhengqing looked at the two men's cheerful backs and suddenly felt sorry for them, as they were deceived by the county magistrate whom they respected.

"...You are really a little fox. You have done all the good and bad things for me."

Shen Zheng straightened his face and explained for himself: "I am not afraid that they will do something that is against the will of heaven and earth."

Yu Zhengqing saw that she didn't look fake, so he asked, "How is that?"

Shen Zheng picked up the drying rake in her hand and plucked the rice on the ground. With just one pluck, the rice underneath was turned up.

"Every household will be selling rice seeds soon, and they will have money after the sales. I am afraid that they will be too proud of the money and spend it recklessly, or be targeted by someone with ulterior motives and be harmed by them."

She had seen many scams before, and there were even scams tailor-made for people who wanted to get rich quickly. It was hard to guard against, and with her mind in a mess, she gave away all the money in her pocket.

Yu Zhengqing thought the second half of the sentence was possible, but he didn't quite agree with the first half.

"Not really. I've been poor for most of my life. I should spend the money I finally earned carefully for the rest of my life."

Yu Zhengqing has always been a man with plans, and he didn't quite believe what she said.

Shen Zheng looked at Yu Zhengqing. His words had a hint of "Why not eat meat porridge?", which showed that he had never experienced hard times.

She said: "It is precisely because they have been poor for most of their lives that they suddenly become rich that their hands become loose. There are so many things they have never seen before, and everything they see is new to them."

Yu Zhengqing was stunned. After carefully pondering her words, he suddenly realized that what he had just said was still not considering the issue from the perspective of the common people.

Shen Zheng has truly experienced hard times, so she can hit the nail on the head.

When he was with her, he never relied on his age and official rank to claim himself as a teacher. On some matters, he could give Shen Zheng some pointers, and vice versa. They were just teachers to each other.

He smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I am obsessed."

Shen Zheng looked at the drying rake in his hand and slapped his head.

"I shouldn't have let Zhou Lizheng go. I should have let him try out the drying rake to see if it works."

After she finished speaking, she didn't act pretentiously. She stood in the same place and started playing with the drying rake back and forth. In an instant, a thin layer of dust covered the entire drying dam, choking Yu Zhengqing so much that he raised his sleeves to cover his nose and stepped back repeatedly.

Seeing that he was unwell, Shen Zheng stopped what she was doing.

Unexpectedly, Yu Zhengqing walked up to him, stretched out his hand and said, "Let me play with it... and try."

Shen Zheng: “…”

After she handed the drying rake to Yu Zhengqing, she started playing with the shovel. With a little force, the rice on the ground was pushed into a small hill.

"It's useful." Shen Zheng said.

Yu Zhengqing was having a lot of fun playing with the drying rake. This was an experience he had never had before.

He suddenly discovered that some simple happiness had nothing to do with the money and power he possessed. Sometimes, the most essential thing was the happier you were.

The villagers nearby were walking back and forth on the rice, sweating profusely from exhaustion. When they turned around, they saw the objects in the hands of the two men.

The villager came over curiously, his eyes full of curiosity, and asked, "Sir, is this rake specially used for turning rice?"

He saw that when the two adults used it, it was convenient and labor-saving. If every household could use it, it would save a lot of effort when drying and harvesting rice.

"Come and give it a try, fellow villager."

Shen Zheng called him over, and Yu Zhengqing reluctantly handed him the drying rake in his hand.

The villager was flattered! It was handed to him personally by the prefect!

He looked around and saw many villagers looking at him enviously.

The other villagers complained in their hearts: They have been hanging around on purpose for so long, why doesn't Lord Shen ask them to give it a try.

Shen Zheng noticed that the villagers around her looked quite resentful, so she called them all over.

"Everyone, come and give it a try. This rake is very simple to make. If it works well, I will teach you how to make it when Old Craftsman Qiao is done with his work. You can use it during the autumn harvest next year!"

"Thank you, sir!"

The villagers swarmed over, but one man stood still, standing out among them.

He was a young man with delicate skin and tender flesh. Although he was wearing a coarse linen shirt, the shirt was very new and it was obvious that it was made of coarse cloth that had not been starched or washed.

A red rash appeared on his neck, and he would unconsciously reach out and scratch his neck from time to time.

This invisibly conveyed a message to Shen Zheng: he must be from a well-off family, as he usually wears at least silk clothes. Today, in order to conceal his identity, he temporarily bought a set of coarse cloth clothes to wear.

After all the villagers gathered around him, he still stood there motionless, staring at Shen Zheng with hatred in his eyes.

Shen Zheng felt a little puzzled.

How could anyone in Tongan County hate her? And she was a young master from a wealthy family?

It's not that she is arrogant. Judging from the current situation in Tongan County, no one should hate her so much, because she has never touched the cake of any landlord or gentry.

The origin of this young man is very intriguing.

Shen Zheng asked the villager beside her softly: "This aunt, that young man, do you know him?"

The aunt only turned her head to take a look, then confidently replied: "Sir, that child is not from our Nanba Village. Is he visiting a relative?"

After she finished speaking, she asked several other villagers, "Do you know that young boy?"

Several people followed her gaze and shook their heads, "I don't know him."

"That's strange." Auntie thought, "If they came to steal rice, they shouldn't have sent a young boy."

Shen Zheng chuckled after hearing this and looked around, but did not see anyone who looked like an attendant.

It seems that this kid sneaked out on his own.

If you say he has no brains, he knows how to change into cheap clothes. If you say he has brains, he comes here alone and hates himself so openly.

Shen Zheng was not worried about what he would do. As the saying goes, a biting dog doesn't bark.

If he really wanted to harm others, he wouldn't just stand there and watch. He stood there as if he was simply expressing his hatred.

Shen Zheng stared at him from a distance. The young man was the first to give in and looked away.