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

This aroused everyone's curiosity, and they all asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Zhubu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Their handwriting is OK, and their knowledge... is OK, but their eyes are erratic, and their words seem to want to find out about our county government, but they rarely ask about the situation of the enlightenment class."

Li Hongmao hissed, "How come I remember they only asked about the county government? I was negligent."

Xu Zhubu said seriously: "I eavesdropped."

Everyone: "..."

Shen Zheng was silent for a moment, then said, "Then there is no need to rush to choose someone. There is still time. Mr. Qimeng's character and character are the most important."

"Yes."

......

The next morning, there was a lot of noise outside the county government office.

Shen Zheng had just finished her meal and walked into the front yard. She heard the noise outside the door and asked Zhao Xiu, "Another official has come so early? Why don't you invite him in?"

Zhao Xiu shook his head mysteriously: "They are not the adults who came to visit, but the heads of the villages. They came early in the morning."

Village heads?

Shen Zheng looked at the tightly closed door and asked again: "Why are you so secretive? Why don't you open the door and let them in?"

After saying that, Shen Zheng walked towards the door, took down the bolt, and opened the door with both hands.

As soon as the door opened, the sound outside stopped abruptly. Shen Zheng held the door with both hands, and was suddenly stunned after seeing the scene in front of him.

The entrance to the county government office was packed with people. The village heads were standing in the front, lined up in a row, their faces filled with joy.

Standing behind them were villagers from various villages and various means of transportation. There were not many ox carts and donkey carts, about one or two in each village, and there were more human-powered handcarts.

The cart was piled high with sacks of various kinds.

When the villagers saw her coming out, their eyes suddenly lit up and they shouted in unison, "Hello, sir!"

Zhao Xiu stood behind Shen Zheng and whispered, "The village chiefs came before dawn, saying they were afraid that if they arrived too late, they would have to go against the local authorities and cause you trouble."

Shen Zheng felt warm in her heart and nodded to everyone.

Yu Zhengqing in the courtyard also heard the noise and came out. He looked at the crowded gate and asked after a moment of stunned silence, "Are you here to pay your taxes?"

The village heads all stood up straight, and Zhou answered loudly: "Your Excellency, we are here to pay the tax grain, but only the rice seeds! That is, the rice seeds selected from 20% of the tax grain!"

Yu Zhengqing looked surprised when he heard this and asked, "When did you finish measuring the yield per mu? Did you finish screening the seeds so quickly?"

When everyone heard Yu Zhengqing's question, they showed a proud look instead.

Zhou Li was touching the sacks on the cart, and raised his head to answer: "To answer your question, our villages completed the weighing of per mu yield the day before yesterday, but we started the seed screening on the day of the first per mu yield weighing."

They knew that the county government was very busy nowadays and they couldn't ask Lord Shen to do everything.

Therefore, long before measuring the yield per mu, each village had already set the seed screening standards, and everything was done according to the strictest standards. Those that were small in size, those that were not full and plump, and those that were strange in shape were not accepted.

The seedlings given to them by the adults can produce thousands of kilograms of grain in their fields, so the rice seeds they select must naturally be perfect.

When the rice seeds are sold to other states, they will not hold you back.

Moreover, this is the glory of their entire Tongan County. How proud it would be to tell others about it!

Yu Zhengqing looked at them with admiration and asked, "So the families who measured the yield per mu that day started screening seeds the next day?"

"That's right." Zhou Lizheng replied with a smile, "But not all the rice has been screened. We thought we should take out 20% of the rice first and screen out the rice seeds needed by the county government."

Seeing that Zhou was about to finish his words, the other village heads quickly took over and said, "Recently, we have heard that many high-ranking officials have come to our county. They must have come to buy our rice seeds, so we thought of screening some out first and putting them in the county government's granary."

They didn't want to keep Lord Shen waiting for long.

Yu Zhengqing looked at the people with dark circles under their eyes and suddenly understood why Shen Zheng said that day that she trusted her county residents.

Now it seems that they are really trustworthy.

Because they really cared about Shen Zheng and the county government, and they would first consider her and the county government when something happened.

Shen Zheng felt a warm current flowing through her heart. She bowed to everyone and said, "Shen Zheng would like to thank all the villagers for their support."

The sale of rice seeds by the county government actually has nothing to do with the county residents. Even when it comes to tax grain, many people avoid it. When it comes to paying taxes, they will delay it as long as possible. She estimated that the residents of Tongan County were the only ones in the entire Da Zhou who couldn't wait to have their grain confiscated.

She also knew that she had treated the county residents well before, whether they were digging canals or patrolling the county. Although people from other places envied her, many people secretly scolded her for being a sucker.

"The people of Tongan County are so shameless. They work for their own county and still have the nerve to ask for money? I think the female county magistrate is also stupid. The money from her own county government is spent like water."

When Shen Zheng heard this, she actually felt sad. County residents have the obligation to build a beautiful home together if conditions permit.

But the people of Tongan County at that time could hardly even afford to eat, so how could they negotiate any conditions?

She just happened to have money in her pocket and her people just happened to be in need, so she gave it to them. You can say she was taken advantage of or that she was trying to win people's hearts, but she felt happy just by seeing people's lives getting better and better.

And now, the civil actions of Tongan County have proved that treating the people in the county well is like treating the crops in the fields well. The more you give, the more they will give back.

Shen Zheng looked at those sincere faces and stepped down the stairs.

Zhou Lizheng saw her coming and quickly said, "Sir! Which bag of rice seeds do you like? Choose one and let's open it and take a look!"

This was to prove themselves to her in person - the rice seeds they selected were definitely those that met the requirements of the county, without any fraud or adulteration of inferior seeds.

In fact, in this situation, in order to win the hearts of the people, Shen Zheng should have said, "I trust you all, no need to watch it."

But official business must be handled impartially, and checking tax grain is a fixed procedure - in some places, both the government and the people are scheming, constantly increasing the demands for high-quality grain, while constantly finding loopholes to hand over low-quality grain.

Although Shen Zheng trusted them, the taxes for the first year still had to be reasonable and traceable.

Her fingers rubbed the sack. The sack felt rough, but it contained the hopes of millions of people in the Great Zhou.

Shen Zheng said to everyone, "The rules cannot be abolished. Thank you for your hard work. First, take the tax to the warehouse. Each village head will stay. The government will send someone to check the rice seeds with you."

Everyone had no objection to this arrangement. They dared to send it in with such fanfare, so they were not afraid of being investigated!

At Shen Zheng's command, everyone left in an orderly manner. Yu Zhengqing suddenly thought of something and asked, "Have you finished weighing the yield per mu? Why don't you report the number?"