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

After Shen Zheng finished talking about the ratio of rice seeds, she separated the rice seeds that were brought from each village.

She pulled out a handful of rice seeds that the villagers had selected themselves, and motioned Zhao Xiu to bring the rice seeds they had just selected.

"On one side are the rice seeds selected by each village, and on the other side are the rice seeds selected by Zhao Xiu and I just now. I don't know your seed screening process, but it is nothing more than those few steps, so the rice seeds selected by both sides are basically the same in appearance and weight."

Shen Zheng spread out her hands. The two handfuls of rice seeds looked almost identical, golden in color, covered with a layer of fine fluff, and lay quietly in the palms of her hands.

Everyone came closer to look and nodded.

"They are all good seeds. Based on my many years of farming experience, the per-acre yield of rice grown with these high-quality seeds should be roughly the same as ours this year."

Shen Zheng nodded and picked up a rice seed. "Only Wang Guangjin and I have seen the original rice seeds. You have never had the chance to see them. But those rice seeds are exactly the same as before. This is a good thing."

Just as the village heads were about to respond, Shen Zheng took a step back, bending his back slightly.

"Sir! What are you doing? This is embarrassing for us!"

The village heads felt they could not bear the bow and took a step back.

"You can bear it." Shen Zheng took the booklet from Xu Zhubu and showed the weight of the rice seeds on it to everyone.

"If the yield rate is not much different, the rice seeds you sent today must be more. In total, it is not just a few thousand kilograms, but tens of thousands of kilograms."

When she first calculated this number, she was extremely surprised because it was too much more, so she wondered if she had calculated it wrong.

But after repeated calculations, she dared to be sure that it was not a mistake. The villages and households really did not deliver the grain seeds as agreed. The actual amount of rice seeds they delivered was far more than the agreed amount.

The village heads all laughed and were very happy. Village head Zhou was the first to steal the limelight:

"Sir, tens of thousands of kilograms of rice seeds may sound like a lot, but in fact, if you spread it out to each household in the village, each family doesn't pay much more, only 10% of the total rice seeds."

Zhao Xiu was dumbfounded.

One percent...just?

You should know that the tax grain only needs to pay 20%, and the "10%" Zhou Lizheng said is already half of the grain tax rice seeds, and he still said "that's all"......

When did the people in the village become so generous?

Zhao Xiu was stunned. That was not right. His family also had land for farming. How come he hadn't heard Hui Niang talk to him about this? !

——Hui Niang at home smiled. Since it was a surprise, she had to be on guard against Zhao Xiu, who was close to her.

Shen Zheng also laughed when she heard Zhou Lizheng's bold words, and said in a cheerful tone:

"Only 10%? 10% is already a lot. Now you have paid 30% in taxes, and you owe me 10% in taxes. You also have to keep the seeds for yourself. Actually, after calculating, you don't have much left to sell."

"Oh! There are plenty, sir!" Zhou Lizheng waved his hand generously, "The rice seeds are only a few dozen kilograms, but don't forget that every household in our village has never seen dozens of taels of silver."

Wu Lizheng also echoed: "Yes, sir, I don't know how to spend dozens of taels of silver. You led us to earn the silver, so we will definitely not forget our roots."

He felt a little embarrassed when he said this and scratched his head.

"Compared to Landlord Xiao Wang, we are nothing. In the final analysis, we are still a little greedy. We want to sell the remaining rice seeds for some silver. After all, that is a lot of money that we have never seen in our lives."

Wu Lizheng was just thinking about Shen Zheng praising them more, but he suddenly thought of Wang Guangjin.

Only then did he realize that, after all, they had been poor for most of their lives and were really afraid of poverty. They did not have the courage to spend millions of taels of silver like Wang Guangjin.

They also wanted to save some money for themselves, to repair the leaky roof, replace the chipped earthenware bowls, wear new clothes that would not prick the flesh, and eat meat a few times a month, so that when the girls or boys get married, they can have a grand wedding and be envied by others.

After another hundred years, the body will no longer need to be wrapped in a cool mat, but will be able to lie in a nice coffin, and then have a stone tablet engraved on it to be worshipped by future generations and to protect them.

So that when the younger generations want to worship, they will be facing a bunch of small dirt mounds and have no idea which one is which. If they worship the wrong person, wouldn’t it be a privilege for the old man and old lady next door? Hahahaha.

This is the dream that most of them have lived for until now.

Ordinary but true, so please forgive their "selfishness".

"That's enough. One tenth of the grain is enough. You are different from Wang Guangjin. You have done a good job. We, the people of Tongan County, can do as much as we can! Shen Zheng would like to thank you all!"

Shen Zheng thanked them sincerely.

She had never thought of comparing other households in the county with Wang Guangjin. Even when Wang Guangjin was about to sell rice seeds to the county government, she had not thought of this.

When the seedlings were planted, she had already promised the villagers that what belonged to them would be theirs, and she also wanted the people in the county to live an enviable life.

This is all her ability now. If she can be promoted in the future, she will try her best to help more people.

But now that the people have expressed their opinions, she, as the county magistrate, cannot sit idly by.

Shen Zheng smiled and expressed a thought that had been in her mind for a long time: "Just now I said that each household still owes me 10% of the rice. Today, in front of you, I will also express my position."

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words and listened attentively.

"As for the rice, you should bring it to the county government office when you pay your taxes. I will sell the sifted rice seeds to local governments in my own name at the county government's rice seed price of 200 coins per pound."

This was something she and Yu Zhengqing had discussed before. She originally wanted to give it to the county government in her own name, but was persuaded by Yu Zhengqing.

Yu Zhengqing only said one sentence: "Are you rich? Lend me a hundred taels of silver."

God!

Shen Zheng covered her chest with her hands at that time. Yu Zhengqing's words were simply...heartbreaking!

The monthly salary of a county magistrate is only a few taels of silver. How did those rich county magistrates get their money? Either they took advantage of others or they had private property. What did Shen Zheng have? What could Tongan County get? Even if there was something, she would not get it!

Moreover, Yu Zhengqing is such a stingy person that he has not even received any food allowance in the past few months. She even has to rely on Fang Ziyan for her meals!

How could she come up with such a huge sum of money as one hundred taels of silver?

Shen Zheng immediately stopped.

After a lot of discussion between the two, they decided to sell it to local government offices in Shen Zheng's personal name, which would also help them gain a good reputation and pave the way for the future.

On the contrary, when everyone in the granary heard Shen Zheng's behavior, they immediately lost their composure and started to dissuade her.

"!"

"grown ups!"