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

"What happened to Jiusi?" Yu Shizhang couldn't sit still and asked.

"Master Yu was appointed by His Majesty to guard the relief grain in the eastern city. He set out at the same time as me. If we calculate the date, he should have arrived a few days ago."

"what?!"

Yu Shizhang stared at Wei Que in disbelief, "When I left the capital, he was just a small centurion! In the blink of an eye, he has been appointed by His Majesty to do a job?!"

Wei Que was silent for a while, and then he said, "I don't know the reason, please forgive me, my Lord."

Shen Zheng raised her eyes slightly, and the gap between the sunlight and the shadows of the trees made her eyes flicker.

Maybe Wei Que was not really unaware, but even if he knew the reason, he could not say it openly, as it would be bad for both parties.

The carriage fell into silence for a moment, and for a while the only sound was the rolling of the wheels.

Yu Shizhang hesitated for a moment, then asked, almost explicitly, "Master Wei, do you want to go out for a ride?"

Can Wei Que say he doesn’t want to?

Shen Zheng was distracted for a moment, and found that she and Yu Shizhang were the only ones left in the carriage.

After Wei Que left, Yu Shizhang no longer had any concerns and asked Shen Zheng directly: "Why do you think His Majesty did this?"

Shen Zheng pondered for a moment, "First, it is to allow you to return to the court, and to allow the Bo Mansion to return to the vision of the civil and military officials. Second, it is intended to promote Master Yu, so that the civil and military aspects of the Bo Mansion can advance in parallel. Third, it is to inform the court that your Bo Mansion... has a close relationship with me and Tongan County."

"exactly."

Yu Shizhang's complexion became visibly ugly.

Shen Zheng's breathing stagnated, and a bad feeling crept into her heart, "Master, do you not want Master Yu to be involved?"

"How could that be?" Yu Shizhang immediately denied her words, but his expression remained unhappy. "It's just that the governor in the east...may have some grudge against Zhengqing."

Shen Zheng was stunned, frowned and asked, "Are you afraid that the governor will trip up Master Yu?"

Yu Shizhang hummed, "Maybe not in public, but he has many dirty tricks in secret. And now he is tripping Jiusi up, which is equivalent to tripping up the Earl's Mansion. As long as Jiusi can't get up this time, then my Yongning Earl's Mansion... will also be seriously injured."

Shen Zheng knew that the officialdom was like a battlefield. When a country had no external threats, the officialdom would create internal troubles for itself.

But that’s a disaster area!

Even though Yu Jiusi borrowed the momentum of the Bo Mansion, he went there to save the lives of millions of people. It can be said that every decision he made was closely related to the lives of the people.

If that person wanted to trip up Yu Jiusi, where would he start?

Shen Zheng had some initial thoughts in her mind, and suddenly she shuddered. The chill was like ants gnawing at her flesh, slowly crawling up her back.

Her voice trembled, she couldn't believe it: "Those are human lives... Lord, how dare he?"

Yu Shizhang stretched out his hands, palms facing up and slowly clenched his fists, "Playing with human lives is too easy for us."

——It’s simple!

The villain in Shen Zheng's heart began to roar. For high-ranking officials, playing with human lives is indeed easy, but why?

Why should we use human lives as bargaining chips? Why should we give them the right to easily deprive others of their lives?

The high position she had worked so hard to climb to shouldn't be like this...

"Are you shocked?" Yu Shizhang smiled bitterly, "This is not your first day as an official, nor is this the first time you have seen the undercurrent beneath the calm surface. Shen Zheng, don't lose your mind, or you will be defeated without a fight."

Yu Shizhang's voice was like a pair of powerful hands, clearing away the fog that had enveloped Shen Zheng's mind.

Shen Zheng's eyes were bloodshot, and after taking a steady breath, he said, "Master, the lower officials are just... obsessed."

"Do not blame you."

Yu Shizhang was anxious just now.

When he thought about how Yu Jiusi was just a rookie and how he could never defeat those monsters, he wanted to rush over in person to help his grandson.

But he couldn't. If Yu Shizhang went, the entire Yongning Marquis's Mansion would be put down.

But when he saw Shen Zheng's appearance, he suddenly calmed down. If they were all anxious on the surface, then the Yongning Marquis's Mansion would really be defeated without a fight.

He concentrated his mind and asked, "Shen Zheng, if it were you, how would you do it?"

Shen Zheng lowered her eyes in thought.

Floods hit many places in the east, and many people died of drowning, starvation, and disease. In the end, all of them died.

Making a fuss about a dead person...

"Plague!"

Shen Zheng and Yu Shizhang said in unison.

"It's the epidemic!" Shen Zheng grabbed Yu Shizhang's sleeve anxiously, "Master, after a disaster there will be a big epidemic, this is a truth that everyone knows. Using the epidemic as the cause is his best entry point."

"Besides, if he took the grain, there would be too many procedures and it would be easy to leave evidence. If he took the dead and corpses, it would be much easier. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a disguised massacre in the city! Master Yu was ordered to guard the grain, so he would inevitably have to give away the grain..."

The corpses in the disaster area are equivalent to pathogens.

Whether it is piled in the fields, thrown into the streets, or dumped into the water, there is a high probability of causing epidemics.

This insidious tactic can even be called a "military strategy" when two armies are fighting!

"No..." Shen Zheng quickly picked up the paper and pen on the small table and murmured, "A way to prevent and control the epidemic...prevent and control the epidemic..."

The words she used to talk to Yu Shizhang yesterday came in handy today.

Shen Zheng didn't know whether to praise her good luck - she "happened" to need lime, "happened" to find limestone, and "happened" to calcine raw lime.

Or should I just sigh at my bad luck - the emerging force of the small team just got the chance to start out, and then they ran into my father's old enemy. Judging from Yu Shizhang's expression, I guess the other party is also a very powerful person.

Fate is truly unfortunate and life is like a play.

Shen Zheng really wanted to write down everything she said yesterday, but her hands were still shaking slightly, and the carriage was shaking, so she tried to write several times, but only left ink marks of varying depths on the paper.

"Stop the car!" she shouted outside.

The horse was suddenly stopped. After she collected her composure, she lifted the carriage curtain and said to Shen Xingjian, "Sir Shen, I suddenly remembered that I have something to deal with. I would like to trouble you to take Sir Wei there. I and the Lord will go back first and come back to look for you later."

Shen Xingjian was about to nod in agreement, but when he saw Shen Zheng's slightly pale lips, he rode his horse closer.

He glanced at Youyou who was following behind Wei Que, and lowered his voice: "Lord Shen, do you need my help?"

Shen Zheng was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile, "No need, it's not a big deal, I'm just a little rushed. Lord Shen, you go first, I'll be back with Lord Bo soon."

She paused and continued, "You should still remember the calcination process, right? If you don't understand, you can discuss it with Niu Chu. He should remember it."

Shen Xingjian pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "I remember, Lord Shen, don't worry."

"That's good. Thank you for your help."

The carriage began to turn around, and Shen Xingjian unconsciously gripped the reins tighter and tighter. He suppressed the nervousness in his heart and leaned towards the carriage again.

"Sir Shen, if there is anything I can do to help, please let me know."