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

The follower felt uncomfortable and looked back at Tongan County.

Luo Zhijing in the carriage seemed to sense it and asked him, "You are so impatient that you want to shout it out in other people's territory?"

"I was wrong." The attendant scratched his head, touched the banknotes in his arms, recalled what he had seen in Tongan County, and said in amazement: "Sir, a rice seed with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu only costs 200 coins per catty, then the Tongan County Magistrate..."

Luo Zhijing poked his head out and said with a smile: "Do you think I'm stupid?"

The attendant nodded: "This is clearly a good opportunity to make money, but she wasted it. The prefect Liuyang, who seemed so powerful before, has been led astray now."

Luo Zhijing frowned when he heard that. He looked at his follower with disgust and slapped him on the head.

"According to what you said, why is Yu Zhengqing still the prefect of Liuyang? You should let him take over the position. It would be a waste of your talent for you to follow me."

The follower covered his head in pain. He knew, of course, that he was not cut out to be an official, but the magistrate of Tongan County and the prefect of Liuyang were really too strange.

He added: "That female county magistrate is the first female official I have ever seen. Well...she is a little different from what I imagined."

The female official he imagined should be ferocious, strong, and smart.

Luo Zhijing was completely speechless. "No, who do you think you are? Are you disappointed in me?"

He was speechless and angry, but his follower, although not very old, had been by his side for quite some time.

He was bought from the street with two meat buns by Luo Zhijing when he was still an ambitious young man - he didn't buy it from a human trafficker, because human traffickers couldn't find such cheap servants.

Luo Zhijing took out two meat buns, and the man sold himself to him. For many years, he accompanied Luo Zhijing in the palace examinations until his name was on the list of successful candidates.

Luo Zhijing was ten years older than him, so he had always treated him as his younger brother. If he hadn't really done anything wrong, Luo Zhijing would have been reluctant to punish him.

"When judging people or things, you can't just look at the surface. Yu Zhengqing is not a fool, and Magistrate Shen is even less so. They are very smart." When Yu Zhengqing was not around, Luo Zhijing spoke the truth without hesitation.

"I am stupid, sir, why are their rice seeds so cheap?"

Although the follower is stupid, he has one great advantage, that is, he is obedient and loyal. Luo Zhijing's words are his "imperial edict".

"This matter needs to be viewed from two aspects," Luo Zhijing said profoundly.

The attendant turned around and asked eagerly: "Which two aspects?"

"If I had high-yield rice seeds, how do you think I would price them?" Luo Zhijing asked.

The attendant glanced at the guards following behind him, well, they were all confidants.

He then answered directly: "My Lord, you love money. Even though the money in the government office is not from your pocket, I know that you love it."

Luo Zhijing motioned him to continue, and he continued, "I think your price won't be too low, um... one tael of silver per catty, it's actually quite cheap, isn't that what we thought before we came here?"

Yes, they had inquired before coming and found out that the price of rice seeds sold by Tongan County to other counties was two hundred coins per catty.

But these counties all belong to Liuyang Prefecture, so it is understandable that they offer a low price.

So Luo Zhijing made two calculations at that time.

First, Shen Zheng does not seek power, but only profit, so the price of her rice seeds must be high. If it is high, it may be close to one or two taels of silver.

Secondly, Shen Zheng wanted fame, so she needed to earn less money. Luo Zhijing estimated that she would sell it for around 500 coins, but she actually bought it at the bottom and sold it for 200 coins.

Luo Zhijing shook his head in disapproval, "If I had the high-yield rice seeds, I would sell them for a few hundred coins per pound, just like County Magistrate Shen. Although it would definitely be more than 200 coins, it would definitely not exceed 500 coins."

"Why?" The follower frowned. He had lived a hard life with Luo Zhijing, so he naturally knew that Luo Zhijing was a money-loving person.

But he is not blindly greedy for money. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way. Luo Zhijing is also a principled money-lover. He will not directly put his hands into the public pockets, but he will...

The carriage moved forward slowly. Luo Zhijing looked at the fields that stretched and receded on both sides with a complicated expression.

"Because I am not so short of money right now. What I lack is fame, reputation, official rank, and power."

The follower was a little surprised because Luo Zhijing seldom talked about this with him. Maybe he was stupid and couldn't help in this regard.

He knew that although the master and his wife had a good relationship, he could not hold his head up high when he was at his wife's family home.

He seldom showed it, which led others to think that he didn't care.

But how can I not care? For decades, I have been living under the control of my father-in-law and have never been a decent person.

Just as outsiders would not call Yu Zhengqing Yu Zhengqing, they would not call Luo Zhijing Luo Zhijing.

The attendant finally realized that he had been neglecting this aspect. He felt bad for Luo Zhijing and was silent for a long time before he said:

"So you will be like Magistrate Shen, selling high-yield rice seeds at a low price just to earn a reputation that will help you get promoted in the future."

"Yes and no." Luo Zhijing said with a smile: "I looked down on her and Yu Zhengqing before. The two of them are not just for fame."

The follower was puzzled and said nothing.

Luo Zhijing had a complicated expression and laughed at himself: "The two of them are the second aspect that this official just mentioned. The rice seeds are priced low, not for fame, and even less for money."

"Then why?"

"For the people."

"For the people?"

"For the people." Luo Zhijing repeated it again and took out the deed from his arms.

He pointed at one of the sentences and said, "This sentence may seem random, but it is actually what Magistrate Shen intended."

The attendant could read, and was taught by Luo Zhijing. He stopped the carriage and slowly read along with Luo Zhijing's finger: "...If there are any more seeds, I hope they will benefit the people."

"People." The attendant looked confused and murmured, "Sir, are there really officials in this world who would be like this?"

Luo Zhijing raised the contract and said, "Didn't we just meet?"

He laughed after he finished speaking, "I'm old, I'm old. I used to think Yu Zhengqing was sick and always wanted to compete with him. I didn't expect that after competing for most of my life, I still lost to him, haha."

This time he gave in.

The attendant was not convinced: "Sir, in my eyes, you are the most powerful sir in the world, much more powerful than Sir Yu."

He spoke sincerely, without any falsehood in his expression.

Because he will remember all his life, that winter day, that poor scholar who was shivering with cold, and those two delicious meat buns.

That was the most delicious food he had ever eaten in his life.

......

Tongan County Government Office.

Seeing Luo Zhijing walking away, Shen Zheng moved towards Yu Zhengqing with a gossipy look on her face.

"Sir, do you two... have a grudge?"

She looked suspicious. When Yu Zhengqing brought up Luo Zhijing's father-in-law to mock him, Shen Zheng's first reaction was, revenge for stealing his wife...

But as far as she knew, Yu Zhengqing and his wife had a very good relationship?