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

Xu Zhubu frowned as he looked at Shen Zheng, and his heart was in suspense.

Could it be that the rice seeds sent by the villages were insufficient?

Then he thought of something and shook his head secretly.

Paying less rice seeds would only bring one benefit to the villagers, which was that they would earn more money.

But even if the villagers had this idea, the village heads would never agree to it, and would not send the rice seeds over so ostentatiously early in the morning - they would not dare to do such a bad thing in public.

Xu Zhubu put himself in the other's shoes and thought that if he wanted to make such a plan, he would definitely save the rice seeds until the last minute, and pay as little as possible, or pay inferior seeds if possible.

In a word, put your own interests first.

Moreover, some time ago, each village was trying to unite the villagers to secretly build a shrine for the adults, which would also be a considerable expense.

If the village head and the villagers are stingy with their money, why go to so much trouble?

So there can't be a shortage of rice seeds.

Xu Zhubu looked up at the village heads again, only to see that they had smiles on their faces and their eyes were closely following Shen Zheng, carefully observing her every move.

Zhou Lizheng even reached out and tugged at Wu Lizheng's sleeve, his expression seeming to say: So what? I told you that the adults would be able to figure it out.

Wu Lizheng snorted softly and turned his head to the side, but his eyes were still glancing at Shen Zheng.

Xu Zhubu somehow understood the meaning of his eyes: Praise us! Sir, please praise us!

Xu Zhubu understood what he meant and had a plan in mind.

Shen Zheng, however, was looking at the book in her hand. She didn't notice the expressions of the village heads, but muttered quietly, "Could it be that I haven't done the math manually for a long time and made a mistake? No, I have to do it again."

After she finished speaking, she sat back on the stool, took out a pen and paper and started calculating quickly, looking as if she would remain unmoved even if the sky fell.

Seeing that she hadn't thought about that, Xu Zhubu 23 didn't bother her and walked towards the village heads.

"Cough." He coughed lightly.

Several village heads were originally smiling like cats that had stolen some meat, but when they saw him coming, they immediately restrained their expressions.

For some reason, when they interacted with Lady Shen on a daily basis, they always felt that she was very approachable. If she was not at work or not speaking in an official tone, she would have a gentle aura, which always gave them a false impression.

That is, Lord Shen is not their parent official, but a lovely little girl in their village who makes people happy when they see her.

Of course, if the adults are doing their errands or interrogating prisoners, the feeling will be different.

Adults are like goddesses in heaven, so far away and out of reach.

Xu Zhubu was different. Although he usually looked like a gentleman, they felt that he was not as easy to get along with as an adult.

Zhou Lizheng thought, maybe it was because Xu Zhubu had beaten Liu Bucktooth before! This made them think Xu Zhubu was a...

Hmm...how should I put it, a beast in human clothing?

The beast in human clothing stood in front of the crowd.

Everyone's scalp tightened, and they whispered, "Master Zhubu."

Xu Zhubu nodded to them and asked in a low voice: "How many rice seeds do you have?"

Zhonglizheng: "!!!"

The adults thought they had calculated wrong, so they went back and calculated again. But it was this Xu Zhubu who guessed it right away!

The surprise is gone!

They want adults to discover it for themselves!

What a good thing!

Zhou Lizheng was the first to react. He moved forward and tried to cover Xu Zhubu's mouth. Xu Zhubu was startled and quickly took two steps back.

He quickly said, "Why? I won't tell you."

Zhou Lizheng stopped, patted his chest, and suddenly felt that Xu Zhubu was not that scary.

Seeing that Shen Zheng was still calculating, the village chiefs quietly pulled Xu Zhubu back two steps and whispered, "Master Zhubu has a good eye. How did you guess it?"

"That's how I can tell. It's too obvious on your faces."

Xu Zhubu thought that the only thing they had missing was writing the words "How many rice seeds are there" on their faces. Was there any need to guess?

Upon hearing this, the people in the village rubbed their mouths quickly. If Xu Zhubu hadn't said it, they wouldn't have noticed that their mouths were about to freeze with laughter...

Zhou Lizheng stretched out his index finger like a thief and said proudly, "There are so many more."

The chief clerk looked at the finger and asked, "One pound per household?"

"How is this possible!" Zhou Lizheng looked hurt and screamed.

"You are so generous to us. You led us to dig canals and plant rice. You also provided books for the students in the county. One pound? You look down on us!"

How much does one catty cost? Only one tael!

One tael of silver! It was about the same as the monthly tuition for the students. How could they afford it?

If people from other counties knew about this, they would probably laugh their heads off. How could they still call themselves people of Tongan County? They would just be called ungrateful wolves!

The other few people also had looks of hurt on their faces. They had not expected that the image of their villages in Xu Zhubu's mind was so low.

The village chiefs held their chests and said, "Master Zhubu, would you like to guess again?"

Xu Zhubu raised his eyebrows slightly. He really didn't expect the county residents to be so generous. After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Ten kilograms per household?"

The village heads laughed out loud when they heard this.

You see, they are so generous that even the chief clerk who has seen big scenes could not guess it!

Xu Zhubu showed a hint of surprise when he saw this, and asked, "It's more than ten kilograms?"

That's really too much.

Xu Zhubu's first reaction was that if each household's tax grain included ten more kilograms of rice seeds, then their first batch of rice seeds could benefit more people.

This is a good thing, both for your reputation and for the entire Great Zhou.

The only ones who suffered losses were the people in the county.

But in fact, the people have already got enough. The adults care about them, and they are willing to give up their own interests to protect the adults. It will be a good story when it is spread out.

"You did a great job." Xu Zhubu praised.

The village heads raised their heads with pride, and suddenly felt that they had regained their confidence in front of the chief clerk, and said directly:

"Your Excellency has been kind to us, and we will all remember it in our hearts. You can just wait and see when your Excellency has finished his calculations."

Xu Zhubu and the others reached a consensus and wanted to give Shen Zheng a surprise, so they simply stood there together and watched Shen Zheng calculate.

It was a pity for Shen Zheng who was kept in the dark. She used two or three sheets of draft paper and was sweating from calculating.

"Clap."

Shen Zheng put the brush in his hand on the table, wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, then raised his head and was stunned.

"Master Xu, why are you standing so far away from them? Come here, I have something to ask you."

The village heads walked over briskly, and Xu Zhubu followed closely behind with a smile on his face.

Shen Zheng narrowed her eyes and looked at their similar expressions, and an idea flashed through her mind.

It can not be!

She took another look at the book in front of her, and combined with the expressions of the village heads and Xu Zhubu, she was 80% sure.