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

When Feng Qianzhi heard the door open, she stood up suddenly and smoothed her hair nervously.

"Sister Shen! Oh no, Lord Shen, you are here!"

She trotted all the way to Shen Zheng, and the fallen leaves in the yard made crisp sounds when they were stepped on.

When she stood in front of Shen Zheng, her expression was complicated, with anticipation, guilt, and a hint of nervousness and unnaturalness.

Sister Shen is the county magistrate, the one the people praise so highly...

And she was actually only slightly better than the beggar. The two of them were like the bright moon in the sky and the mud in the pond.

Shen Zheng noticed her unnaturalness and raised her hand to touch her head.

"Qianzhi, just call me Sister Shen like you did yesterday."

Feng Qianzhi's eyes flashed with trepidation, and he asked cautiously: "Qianzhi, can I..."

"of course can."

Shen Zheng took her hand and walked slowly to the stone table in the yard. Li Shiyuan had already stood up and was waiting.

"My dear Mr. Shen," he said with a salute.

Shen Zheng returned the greeting and motioned for him to sit down. "Doctor Li, are you feeling better?"

"In reply to your Excellency, I am now in good health."

Li Shiyuan was also secretly looking at the young female county magistrate.

When he came out of the clinic yesterday, he was sent to the guest room, and he hadn't even taken a close look at this person yet.

He had been traveling abroad for many years, but this was the first time he had seen a woman who was an official. Although he was indifferent to fame and fortune, he still had the curiosity that people should have.

"Thank you for rescuing me yesterday. If you hadn't been here, my life would have been in danger."

He took out two porcelain bottles from his arms and was about to hand them to Shen Zheng when he heard Shen Zheng say:

"It's just a small favor, Doctor Li, don't worry about it."

Li Shiyuan shook his head and looked back at the inn.

"Thanks to your care, my master and I stayed at the inn for one night. But I don't have any extra money. I only have these two bottles of health pills to express my gratitude to you."

Shen Zheng pushed the porcelain bottle back and suddenly asked:

"May I ask, Doctor Li, how long have you been traveling?"

Li Shiyuan didn't know why she asked about this, but he still started counting the time.

"I come from a family of doctors, but when I was sixteen there was a turmoil and I lost contact with my family."

"turmoil......"

Shen Zheng frowned slightly and asked, "Which year did the unrest occur?"

Li Shiyuan answered without thinking: "In the 24th year of Hongwu, there was a rebellion in Luo'an."

Shen Zheng searched for information about the unrest in her mind.

"Hongwu" was the reign title of the previous emperor. From the reign title alone, we can tell that the previous emperor was a "radical", the kind of emperor who would beat others to submission.

Therefore, during the Hongwu period, unrest and wars often occurred, but they were eventually suppressed by the previous emperor with force.

In the struggle between the superiors, the winners are the kings and the losers are the bandits. But the first to suffer are often the common people, while the rich are the businessmen who make money from the national disaster.

But despite the order of the late emperor, "After entering a town, soldiers must not bully the civilians, nor burn, kill, or loot." But the cruelty of war is more than just burning, killing, and looting.

can only say.

As an emperor, the first thing the late emperor considered was the stability of his royal power, and the people came second. To put it more nicely, there is a country before there is a family.

Forbidding soldiers to bully the people only serves to leave the people with a little face in their crumbling lives.

The Luoan mentioned by Li Shiyuan is located in the northeast of Da Zhou. The turmoil at that time lasted for a long time and covered a wide area, almost affecting Shangjing.

So, "Dr. Li, have you been able to find any traces of your family over the years?"

"Not yet."

Li Shiyuan came back to his senses and smiled, "After so many years, whether I can find it or not, it's actually more... just a memory."

"Oh, I forgot to answer your question. I have been traveling around the Three Kingdoms for more than ten years."

Shen Zheng opened her lips slightly and made a rough calculation in her mind.

According to the year Li Shiyuan said, he was only sixteen years old in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, so this year, he is only over fifty years old? How...

Li Shiyuan noticed Shen Zheng’s surprise and touched his silver hair.

"My hair is a symptom of poisoning. I thought it would grow black hair again after the poison was removed, but who would have thought that the hair that grew back would also be white."

"If you want to get back to black, there are ways to do it. But herbs are precious, and it would be a waste to use them on me. It would be better to leave it like this, and over time, you will get used to it..."

Shen Zheng forgot to speak for a moment after hearing this, and only found her voice after a while.

She asked the same question as Feng Qianzhi directly:

"Doctor Li, have you ever thought about finding a place to stay?"

Li Shiyuan knew Shen Zheng's intentions from the moment he met her, or even earlier, but how could he waver?

Feng Qianzhi also held her breath, waiting for his answer.

"Sir Shen, to be honest, this is not my ambition."

After hearing his answer, Feng Qianzhi picked at her fingernails.

She had already expected the master's answer, but she just felt a tightness in her chest.

"What is Doctor Li's ambition?" Shen Zheng asked again.

"The ambition is to reach tens of thousands of mountains."

"For the mountain?"

"Exactly."

Seeing that his refusal did not make the county magistrate angry, Li Shiyuan felt a little guilty for some reason.

"Sir Shen, I know what you mean. But... you think I am ungrateful. As I just said, I come from a family of doctors. It's not that I am arrogant, but at that time, my Li family's medical records, collections of books, and medical skills were the best in the entire Luoan area."

"But it was during that turmoil that the treasures of my Li family that had been collected for a hundred years were destroyed. Only a few medical records were left, which I brought out. How heartbreaking it is!"

Even though decades have passed, Li Shiyuan's eyes still reddened when he talked about this.

What he cares about is the inheritance, the century-old essence that can save thousands of people from disasters!

Shen Zheng understood that this was one of the purposes of Li Shiyuan's desire to collect and test herbs from all over the world as Feng Qianzhi had said yesterday.

Li Shiyuan clenched his fists, his hands trembling a little, "Sir Shen, do you know how much money people have to pay for a common cold prescription at the clinic?"

Shen Zheng frowned and replied, "More than two hundred coins."

"Exactly!"

Li Shiyuan became a little excited. "But those herbs are all found everywhere. Anyone who knows how to use them can collect them. They are not worth much at all! The expensive ones are always the prescriptions!"

Expensive things are always just prescriptions.

What is valuable is always knowledge.

These two sentences suddenly overlapped in Shen Zheng's mind.

"So, Doctor Li, you collect hundreds of herbs and prepare prescriptions, hoping to leave your legacy to the world?" Shen Zheng asked.

Li Shiyuan was a little stunned when he heard this. "Why don't you think that I want to restore the glory of the Li family? You know, in the eyes of others, people in our profession are the most stingy. Whether it is prescriptions, medical records, or medical skills, we have never shared them with others or colleagues, let alone passed them on to the world."