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

Shen Zheng raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes. Without looking up, she spoke softly, "I like it very much, really. Thank you He Hua."

Lotus suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with unconcealable joy.

Then she spoke unconfidently: "Do you really like it? If you don't like it, it's okay. When I make money in the future, I will make you better-looking clothes!"

After hearing this, Shen Zheng couldn't hold back the tears any longer and a drop fell down.

How could she deserve such sincerity from a girl?

The tear just fell on the clothes in her hand, creating a circle of water color.

Shen Zheng still had tears in her eyes. She looked up at He Hua and said, "Now you believe it, your parents are so moved that they are crying."

Hehua didn't expect that she would cry because of this dress, and she was at a loss for a moment.

"Master Shen, please...please don't cry. Please change your clothes first. I will wait for you outside."

After saying that, she ran out. As soon as she ran out, she secretly cursed herself for being so stupid. She didn't even bother to hand over a handkerchief to Lord Shen when he was crying!

Shen Zheng looked at Hehua's back, thinking that the fabric of this dress must have cost Hehua a lot of money, so she secretly stuffed the only dozen coins she had left under her pillow.

However, a dozen cents was definitely not enough, so he had to bring the remaining silver to Hehua next time.

After Shen Zheng changed her clothes and went out, Aunt Wu, who was scooping rice, looked at the clothes on her and was a little confused. It seemed that this was not the clothes of her family's Hehua?

But she didn't ask, she just asked everyone to sit down and eat.

Farmers’ breakfast is extremely simple, usually consisting of a delicious side dish and a bowl of porridge.

Today, in order to entertain Shen Zheng and Xu Zhubu, the Wu family specially steamed a few large white steamed buns. The white flour steamed buns are sweet and soft, and they have a unique flavor when paired with side dishes.

By the time they finished breakfast, the sudden rainstorm had stopped.

Shen Zheng looked at the gradually clearing sky and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the rain only lasted for one night. If it had lasted for two more days, she could not guarantee that the hybrid rice could withstand it.

Thinking of Qingyuan Village, which had the lowest terrain, she asked Wu Lizheng to organize the villagers to wash the rice leaves to avoid affecting the future ear formation, and then left.

Lotus sent them to the door, her eyes full of reluctance.

Shen Zheng smiled at her and said, "Don't send me off. I'm sure I'll need your help next time we meet, so don't refuse then."

When Lotus heard that he could help her, she became visibly happy, but then she became a little confused about how she could help.

Before she could ask, Shen Zheng and the other person had already turned and left.

She couldn't help but look forward to it, and secretly swore in her heart that she must do her best and not let Lord Shen down!

……

A month ago, Shen Zheng started thinking about what the county should do next after the hybrid rice harvest.

The system does have quite a few high-yield seeds that can be exchanged, but she knows that low grain prices hurt farmers.

When grain production increases dramatically, the social status of farmers will become increasingly low. Although it is good to be able to fill their stomachs, the thing that the country lacks the least at that time is grain. If grain prices plummet, farmers will still not make any money.

Can people live on food alone? Yes and no.

After people fill their stomachs, they will begin to pursue material needs.

If this cycle continues, farmers will become even more lowly, and it will not be enough to just satisfy their food needs, including clothing, shelter and transportation.

She wanted to lead the people of Tongan County across classes, so she had to develop in all directions.

So her next target was clothes.

In fact, before she received the new clothes made for her by Lotus today, she was still a little hesitant about whether to get involved in the textile industry.

But what Lotus said today made her make up her mind.

Good cloth was really too expensive. Take the linen dress that Lotus made for her, for example. A piece of linen cost nearly two hundred coins. Lotus had no idea how many embroidery pieces she had sold to buy this one piece.

If this piece of cloth was used to make more delicate adult clothes, such as the one that Lotus made for her, it could barely make two sets.

Moreover, fabrics such as cotton, linen, satin and gauze are outrageously expensive. The cheapest ones cost one or two taels of silver per piece, while the most expensive ones cost over a hundred taels of silver per piece.

Ordinary people, let alone this kind of clothes, would only have one silk handkerchief or other small silk item in their life, which they would treasure carefully.

As far as she knew, there were already many areas in the western part of the Great Zhou where cotton was grown, but people mostly used the cotton for viewing, and only some of it was made into cotton and linen cloth.

There were also fabric workshops that thought about weaving cotton into cotton cloth, but after many attempts, they found that they could only mix a small amount of cotton into the linen when weaving it, and then twist the yarn into cotton and linen.

But when they wanted to go further and try to make cotton cloth, they failed. The cotton cloth they made either had huge gaps or was rough.

The problem lies with the textile machines.

Her prosperity points were just enough to exchange for a blueprint of an item, which was the multifunctional Hualou textile machine.

The products of the system are of the highest quality. The multifunctional Hualou textile machine can not only weave a variety of fabrics such as cotton, silk, satin, etc., but also directly weave patterns while weaving.

High-ranking officials may look down on these monotonous patterns, but for ordinary people, cotton cloth is not only comfortable and breathable, but also wear-resistant and washable, and has different patterns to choose from, which is already great.

However, she has not exchanged the drawings yet. She will exchange them when she returns and then find skilled craftsmen to build the textile machine before the autumn harvest. In this way, the county can develop seamlessly.

"careful!"

When Shen Zheng was thinking about where to find a skilled craftsman, her thoughts were brought back by Xu Zhubu's exclamation.

Before she could react, one of her feet slipped into the rice field.

At this moment, she had only one thought in her mind: the new clothes that Lotus made for me must not get dirty!

Then she hurriedly grabbed Xu Zhubu who was about to pull her, and the two of them suddenly switched positions!

The person who fell into the rice field turned out to be Xu Zhubu.

"My rice!" Shen Zheng felt so heartbroken when she saw the large field of rice that was crushed by Xu Zhubu.

Nowadays every rice plant is money!

The next moment she met Xu Zhubu's resentful eyes.

Shen Zheng shuddered suddenly and cursed herself inwardly for being a worthless person. When Xu Zhubu was dragged into the field by her, her first reaction was to feel sorry for the rice!

She quickly stretched out her hands to Xu Zhubu on the edge of the field, trying to pull him out.

At this time, Xu Zhubu did not appreciate her kindness and stood up by himself.

Shen Zheng laughed awkwardly and was about to open her mouth to defend herself, but Xu Zhubu turned back, squatted down, and picked up the rice that had been crushed by him.

Shen Zheng silently slapped herself in the face behind him.

Really unpopular!

"Ouch, stop holding me, come up quickly." She called out to Xu Zhubu, whose back and buttocks were covered in mud and water, from the shore.