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

Shen Zheng was touched.

She calculated the data twice and there was no possibility of error, so according to this data, almost every household in Tongan County submitted 10% more rice seeds.

The price of this crop of rice seeds is not a small amount of money for any household in the village.

The village heads are all quite old. Even the youngest, Zhou, is several years older than Shen Zheng.

But at this moment, they were standing in front of Shen Zheng, like children waiting for praise.

Seeing that Shen Zheng remained silent, they became anxious and wanted to make things clear - every family in our family has contributed more rice seeds, so please praise us, adults!

But then he thought again, and was worried that if Shen Zheng called them over and told them something that was not what they had in mind, then the surprise would be gone.

Alas - torment.

Seeing the expressions of the village heads, Xu Zhubu couldn't help but chuckle and asked on their behalf, "Sir, what do you want to ask your subordinates?"

As soon as Xu Zhubu said this, Shen Zheng's guess was 100% confirmed.

But she didn't mention the matter of rice seeds and just secretly gave Xu Zhubu a look.

It would have been fine if the village heads hadn't said anything, but he actually kept it a secret from her along with them, causing her to feel very upset and her pen was almost smoking.

She cleared her throat, picked up the per-acre yield records of each village from the table, and read:

"The per-acre yield of each village in Tongan County this year has been clearly calculated..."

"what......"

The village heads were like eggplants hit by frost when they heard this.

They were anxious, wondering why the adults didn't mention the rice seeds!

Tell me quickly! If they tell me, they can pretend to answer casually: It's just a few more rice seeds, just the villagers' kindness.

But Shen Zheng didn't say anything. Instead, she pretended not to notice their disappointment and anxiety.

"What? You don't expect the highest and average yields per mu?"

"Looking forward to it! Looking forward to it! Please read it, sir." The village heads could only smile apologetically.

Shen Zheng smiled: "Okay, then I will continue. This year is the first time that our county has planted high-yield rice. In fact, I told you at the beginning that the yield of this rice per mu can reach 1,000 kilograms."

"But because there are few paddy fields in our county, the ditches are all dug on the spot, and the soil is naturally not as fertile as the paddy fields, so even the yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu is a little uncertain to me."

"Fortunately, all the people in Tongan County are good at farming. If the land has no advantages, then we can create advantages for ourselves! As a result, with the efforts of many parties, the yield per mu of every household has exceeded 1,000 kilograms. The highest yield per mu comes from..."

In fact, among all the people present, except for a few people from the county government, everyone else knew which village had the highest per-acre yield.

But in order to cooperate with Shen Zheng, they still pretended to be curious: "Sir, which village are you from?"

Shen Zheng saw their cooperation and wanted to go through the ceremony quickly.

"From Shanghe Village under Wu Lizheng's jurisdiction! One thousand three hundred and fifty-two pounds!"

"Good!" Everyone applauded, but there was no surprise on their faces.

Everyone understood what was going on. The ceremony was over and it was time to move on to the next thing.

At this moment, an untimely voice sounded.

"Wow! It's so high!"

“?” Who is so tactless!

When the village heads turned around, they saw Zhao Xiu taking two steps forward and embracing Wu, the village head, warmly.

"Brother Wu, you are a great villager from Shanghe. You beat several other villages and took the first place!"

"Haha..." Wu Li was just about to say that there was no need to do this, when he heard Zhao Xiu say:

"After today's matter is over, I will go out and help you spread the word so that everyone in the surrounding area will know that the highest per-acre yield in Tong'an County comes from your village. From now on, when you, the people of Shanghe Village, go out, your backs must be straighter than bamboo poles!"

Straighter than a bamboo pole... Wu Lizheng chuckled: "That's not necessary. Thank you, Captain Zhao."

Zhao Xiu tilted his head in confusion: "Why not? This is a great opportunity to become famous!"

Didn't the villages want to compete with each other in the past? Could it be that today, with the adults here, they have become more modest?

Zhou Lizheng, who was standing by, laughed out loud, "Captain Zhao, guess what is the highest yield per mu in Nanba Village?"

Seeing his confident look, Zhao Xiu thought for a while and then answered, "One thousand three hundred and twenty?"

"No." Zhou Lizheng shook his head, "You are guessing too high."

"One thousand three hundred and forty?"

"No, you're guessing too high."

"One thousand three hundred and forty-five?!" Zhao Xiu was surprised and looked at Shen Zheng uncertainly.

Shen Zheng just chuckled, raised the book in his hand, and said, "Guess higher."

"what?"

This time Zhao Xiu was completely confused.

If we guess higher, wouldn’t the per-acre yield be almost exactly the same as that of Shanghe Village?

He looked at the village heads suspiciously and asked uncertainly, "Are the highest per-acre yields in all your villages similar?"

"That's right!" The village heads straightened their backs, taller than bamboo poles.

"..."

Zhao Xiu was in a complicated mood and asked Shen Zheng, "Sir, what is the difference in the highest per-acre yield among these villages?"

Give him a number and make him give up.

Shen Zheng didn't keep it a secret, "Almost close, about 7 to 8 kilograms."

No wonder!

"...Okay, no wonder you're not excited, it turns out you're all from the same mother."

"That's wrong." Wu Lizheng shook his head. "A few more pounds is a lot, but we know about this matter. It's fine as long as it can be included in the county calendar. There's no need to publicize it."

Zhao Xiu's eyes widened, "You really have an idea..."

Good guy!

He thought Wu Lizheng really didn't want to be famous, but it turned out that he was holding it back and was thinking about being included in the county calendar!

Seeing that the sun was already high, Shen Zheng interrupted everyone's jokes:

"Okay, now that we've talked about the highest yield per mu, let's move on to the average yield per mu. The villages were in a hurry, so we didn't calculate the average yield per mu before, so I'll help you calculate it today."

Everyone straightened their expressions when they heard this; this is something they really wanted to know.

Shen Zheng went on to say: "The average yield per mu in each village is basically between 1,240 and 1,260 kilograms. Compared with the estimated yield per mu when the seedlings were planted, it is more than 200 kilograms higher!"

"it is good!!"

This time everyone applauded sincerely. It’s really prestigious to be a native of Tongan County!

Shen Zheng stood up and said with a smile: "This is the result of the hard work of everyone in our county. Without further ado, congratulations to everyone and thank you all!"

After she finished speaking, she handed the booklet in her hand to Xu Zhubu.

"After talking about per-acre yield, it's time to talk about rice seeds. Just now, Zhao Xiu and I screened the rice of more than a dozen households according to the most stringent seed screening standards, and the average seed yield of these households was one in ten."

To use Shen Zheng's usual terms, that's 11 percent.

This ratio may not sound high, but compared to ordinary rice seeds on the market, the seed yield has doubled.

The village heads looked at each other when they heard this. When they screened the seeds a few days ago, the yield was roughly this rate, almost the same as what the adults had calculated.

The high-yield rice that the adults taught them to plant has a high yield, and the seed rate is so high that it simply leaves no chance for other rice to survive!

Oh, it’s so beautiful just thinking about it!