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

Hu Zi and the other two were very quick and agile, and while Shen Zheng and Yu Zhengqing were talking, they found out the weight of the rice in Grandma Xu's house.

Zhou Lizheng said loudly: "Grandma Xu's family, eight bags of rice, a total of 1,133 kilograms!"

Everyone in Nanba Village sighed for a moment.

"I saw that Grandma Xu's family had eight large sacks, and I thought that the amount weighed would be more than Uncle Chen's."

"Well, after we sell the rice seeds and get the money, you should go see a doctor. The sacks of Granny Xu's house are obviously smaller, so how can they weigh more than Uncle Chen's?"

"But the fields of Grandma Xu and Uncle Chen are in similar condition, so there shouldn't be a loss of more than 100 kilograms... This is not a small amount, could it be..."

What he wanted to say but didn't dare to say was that the rice yield per mu might be unstable.

Everyone was obviously not satisfied with the result, except for Grandma Xu who narrowed her eyes in a smile.

"That's enough, that's enough. My wife and I are all very satisfied with this weight."

Her eldest daughter-in-law supported her and said with a smile: "When the rice was heading, several children in my family fell ill one after another. The whole family didn't pay attention to the fields and neglected to take care of them, which led to the growth of weeds in the fields. By the time we discovered them, the weeds had already grown firmly and it was difficult to pull them out."

"We were really worried at that time. As we all know, barnyard grass is a very stubborn weed. Crops that grow with it have difficulty growing, let alone maturing and bearing fruit."

The villagers nodded when they heard this.

Echinochloa is commonly known as ox tendon grass because it is as tough as ox tendon.

Its appearance is very similar to that of rice, but its rhizomes are much more developed than those of rice. Once it has taken root in the ground, it is not easy to pull it out. Even if the stems and leaves are pulled off, its roots are still underground.

If you don't dig out all the roots, they will keep competing with crops for soil and fertilizer in the field. The crops that grow will be thin and small, making you not know where to start when you want to eat them.

Therefore, every household in the village hates weeds.

The words of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xu family made everyone excited.

"Hiss! If rice and barnyard grass grow together, can they still produce more than 1,000 kilograms per mu?!"

"Doesn't that mean that the weeds are snatching food from the ground but have never snatched food from the rice?!"

“There are crops that the weeds can’t grab!”

The adults actually led them to grow such an amazing rice variety. Not only was it high-yielding and easy to care for, it was also able to adapt to such a harsh environment, with only a slight decrease in yield per mu.

No, no, no, compared to their initial prediction, more than 1,100 kilograms is considered an overproduction.

Yu Zhengqing also turned around and looked at Shen Zheng, "This rice is not ordinary."

Of course it is different, Shen Zheng thought, the characteristics of hybrid rice are its well-developed root system, strong adaptability and strong resistance to adversity.

To put it simply, if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. If the enemy moves, I will move randomly.

Seeing that Shen Zheng was not surprised, Yu Zhengqing asked again, "From your expression, you already knew the habits of rice?"

Now Shen Zheng is no longer afraid of Yu Zhengqing's temptation. Perhaps it is because of the time they have been together that her trust in Yu Zhengqing has become the same as that of Xu Zhubu and Zhao Xiu.

She nodded and said, "I know a thing or two. This kind of rice is very hardy. As long as the climate environment is not like that in the westernmost and northernmost parts of the Great Zhou, you can plant it without worry in other areas."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Yu Zhengqing glared at her. "The emperor doesn't know about this."

Shen Zheng smiled and said, "Even if I knew, I don't want to say too much before the results come out. Now that I have enough evidence to support it, I am not afraid of others questioning and refuting it. Isn't this good?"

Yu Zhengqing was speechless and turned his gaze back to the drying dam.

After calling each other family again, Hu Zi and his companions cooperated more and more tacitly.

Zhou Lizheng was counting and calculating, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, "Uncle Cai's family has one acre of land, seven bags of rice, a total of 1,230 kilograms!"

A villager said: "Wow! We are almost there! The next family should show some courage!"

The person next to him rolled his eyes. "You said it was just a little short of a few kilograms. You also said it was just a little short of a few dozen kilograms. How much of a shortfall do you have?"

Villager: "I call this encouragement, what do you know?"

Another half a quarter of an hour passed, and when Hu Zi finished reporting the numbers, Zhou Lizheng finished the calculations and shouted with a smile, "Aunt Liu's family has one acre of land, eight bags of rice, a total of 1,285 kilograms! They are in first place for now!"

The atmosphere on the drying dam reached its peak.

Afterwards, several more families were weighed, but still no one broke Aunt Liu's record.

At this time, more than half an hour had passed. Shen Zheng and Yu Zhengqing looked at each other. There was a hint of disappointment in the depths of their eyes, but they should go to other villages.

Shen Zheng informed Zhou Lizheng and then turned and left with Yu Zhengqing.

The two walked side by side, and Yu Zhengqing chuckled and asked, "Are you waiting for... a family with an output of more than 1,300 kilograms per mu?"

Shen Zheng paused for a moment and asked, "Isn't it the same for you, sir?"

"Yes." Yu Zhengqing said without hesitation, "I was looking forward to it because of their commotion just now. Now I can't help feeling a little uncomfortable when I can't see the yield exceeding 1,300 kilograms per mu. Let's go. Maybe the next village can give us a surprise."

The two of them got on the carriage together. As soon as Shen Zheng sat down, she heard cheers coming from the drying dam.

Shen Zheng scratched her ears, lifted the carriage curtain and looked out. Zhou Lizheng was jogging over, shouting as he ran: "Sir! Two sirs! One thousand three hundred and ten pounds! One thousand three hundred and ten pounds!"

Yu Zhengqing squeezed his head over and asked, "Really?"

Zhou Lizheng took a breath and smiled so hard that his teeth were visible. "Really! Really! It's definitely 1,310 kilograms! My Lords, when you two go to other villages, please help keep an eye out to see if there is any village with an acreage yield of more than 1,310 kilograms!"

He said this to ask Shen Zheng and the other two to keep an eye out, but in reality he wanted them to help him show off.

His Nanba Village wants to become the number one village in Tongan County!

Shen Zheng was infected by his joy and nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll tell them when I get there. The highest yield per mu in Nanba Village is 1,310 kilograms."

"Hey!" Zhou Lizheng saw that Shen Zheng understood what he meant immediately. After thanking her, he trotted back to the drying dam.

"I feel relieved now." Yu Zhengqing said with a smile, "Today, you have given me another big surprise. After the yield per mu is determined, I will write a letter to His Majesty."

He looked proud and said, "Give me a whole sack of rice when the time comes. I will send someone to take it over to open the eyes of the people in the capital."

"It doesn't hurt to bring more." Shen Zheng said, "In addition to the rice seeds, the county government's granary will have a lot of rice by then, but..."