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

Shen Zheng stuffed the banknote into his arms: "Take it if I tell you to. We will have many opportunities to make money in the future."

Although it is true that she loves money, the county government is in need of money right now, and she got the compensation by relying on her title as the county magistrate. If she took all this money for herself, she would not be able to sleep at night.

What's more, she has many ways to make money. If she just sticks to these three thousand taels, it would be too boring.

Afterwards, she took Xu Zhubu to count the items sent by the Fang family. There were dozens of pieces of high-quality cloth, as well as a certain amount of rice, flour, grain, oil, tea, and wine.

She couldn't help but smack her lips: "This Fang family is really rich. That day Fang Ziyan shouted on the street that his Fang family is richer than my entire Tongan County, and I didn't believe it."

Xu Zhubu entered the items into the account book one by one, lowered his head and said, "What he said must be true. Not only in Quanyang County, but also in the surrounding counties, his family is involved in business."

There is really no comparison. Shen Zheng quickly adjusted her mentality.

Today, her Tongan County is also on the road to development. Although the progress is slow, but with steady steps, there will always be a day when others will envy her.

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In the following month, Shen Zheng and Li Hongmao took turns every other day to process food coupons for the villagers in each village.

No one wanted to take over the shift with Xu Zhubu, and he looked a little thinner.

Shen Zheng would go to the canal digging site every few days to check on the progress, and would also bring the wages of the workers for the next few days to the village head and ask them to distribute it on his behalf.

The workers receive their daily wages at the end of each day, so they are full of energy every day.

Liu Bucktooth, who had almost recovered from his injuries, also joined the canal digging team. Although he had his own food, it was far inferior to the standard of the laborers. The public kitchen had to prepare a separate portion for him. Although the laborers did not bully or beat him, they did not like him.

The canal digging has now entered the final stage. Once they dig the last section in Qingyuan Village, the project will be officially completed. It is estimated that it will only take about three days.

Qingyuan Village in Tongan County is adjacent to Linmu Village in Quanyang County. According to the map drawn by Shen Zheng, the last section is from the junction of the two villages to the lower reaches of the starting river.

Although the excavation was carried out at the junction of the two villages, according to the high-precision map provided by the system, they did not cross the boundary, but the channel was closer to Linmu Village.

Who would have thought that today, a conflict would arise between the two sides.

"You are from Tongan County! This is our Quanyang County territory. Who allowed you to start digging?"

The villagers of Linmu Village in Quanyang County stared at the laborers from Tongan County with ferocious eyes, as if they wanted to eat them all.

Seeing how confident they were, the laborers from Tongan County stopped their work and looked at Zhang Lizheng of Qingyuan Village for help.

Zhang Lizheng was unsure and looked at the map again and again before he made sure that they had not crossed the border.

He raised his hand and handed the map to Yu Lizheng of Linmu Village, and said in a very friendly manner:

"Yu Lizheng, look at the map. This small mound is within the territory of Tong'an County, and we have not crossed it. You must have misunderstood."

Yu Lizheng in front of him was wearing clean fine linen clothes, while he was wearing coarse linen clothes that had been washed to a pale color. The contrast made Zhang Lizheng look a little less imposing from the beginning.

Yu Lizheng from Linmu Village raised his hand and waved away the map in his hand, saying in a very arrogant manner:

"Who knows which rural book you copied this map from? If I say you have crossed the line, then you have crossed the line!"

This remark angered everyone in Tongan County. They all knew that the canal digging map was drawn by the county magistrate himself, but now he was being humiliated by a village head from Quanyang County.

Zhao Tu and Zhao Shui were young and hot-tempered. They could not bear to hear the county magistrate being humiliated. They raised the carrying poles in their hands and pointed them at the front gate of Yuli!

"Who do you think you are? How dare you slander the magistrate of Tongan County like this!"

"You!" When Yu Lizheng heard that the map was drawn by the magistrate of Tongan County, his body stiffened for a moment. However, being pointed at and scolded by two young boys made him even more furious.

He pointed at Zhao Tu and Zhao Shui and said, "Tie up these two uneducated boys. I will teach you a lesson on behalf of your county magistrate!"

The villagers from Linmu Village standing behind him immediately came up and pressed towards Zhao Tu and Zhao Shui.

The laborers from Tongan County also gathered around and stood in front of Zhao Tu and Zhao Shui in a protective posture.

"This is the territory of my Tongan County! Don't even think about bullying the people of Tongan County!"

Zhao Tu and Zhao Shui, who were blocked by the crowd, were deeply moved. They had just entered Tongan County for the first time, but they were protected by everyone.

But the two of them did not want to hide behind the crowd like cowards, so they tried their best to squeeze to the front.

However, the human wall in front was too thick, and they could only hear the sounds of confrontation between the two sides from behind.

Yu Lizheng sneered, "Today I will let you see if I can do anything to these two guys! Let your county magistrate prepare to come to my Quanyang County Office to redeem them!"

He had the confidence to say so, for he was the uncle of the chief clerk of Quanyang County and had a say in the Quanyang County government.

Moreover, his Quanyang County was countless times richer than Tongan County. In his opinion, no matter how hard the people of Tongan County worked, they were just a bunch of peasants.

What's more, the female county magistrate is not here now. He has kidnapped the person first. What can she do? She still has to come and redeem the person obediently.

Just as the two sides were deadlocked, a voice came from behind the people of Tongan County:

"I don't know who this village head is, and how could he be able to boss me around?"

"The county magistrate is here!" The citizens of Tongan County immediately recognized Shen Zheng's voice, and they all showed a look of relief on their faces.

With the county magistrate here, everyone feels reassured and is not afraid of the people from Quanyang County.

They made way for Shen Zheng. She walked slowly with a calm expression and stood in front of the people from Tongan County.

She originally wanted to come and see the final progress of the canal digging today, but she didn't expect that the people of Quanyang would put on a good show for her. She stood behind the crowd for a while and heard the whole story clearly.

As soon as Yu Lizheng from Linmu Village saw Shen Zheng, he cursed in his heart that she had come today by chance. How could he save face?

But a smile instantly appeared on his face: "My Lord, I am the head of Linmu Village in Quanyang County, and the chief clerk of the county government is my nephew."

He introduced himself at this time because he wanted Shen Zheng to cover up the matter for the sake of his nephew.

Shen Zheng chuckled in her heart, knowing what he meant, but would she let him have his wish?

She smiled and spoke, but the smile did not reach her eyes:

"This uncle, the chief clerk, said that the canal dug by Tong'an County has reached your territory. It is indeed somewhat different from the map I drew. Why not ask your nephew to come and discuss it with me in person? I will wait for him here today."

Yu Lizheng's forehead was instantly covered with sweat. This woman was really difficult to deal with. She didn't give him any face at all.

If he could tie the person back first today, he would naturally have the upper hand, but now she appeared first and asked his nephew to come over.