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

"This lady, again..."

Xiao Yuan knocked on the carriage window and paused.

——We meet again? Why does this sound so strange, like a flirt?

Forget it.

He changed the words: "My lady, the horse was just frightened just now, nothing serious has happened. The other party has left, so you should take back the purse."

The next moment, the curtain was lifted, and a woman, supported by a maid, walked out of the carriage and said, "Sir, I am honored to meet you again."

Xiao Yuan was stunned.

This sounds strangely familiar.

He looked at the woman and nodded, saying, "If you really want to thank someone, you should thank this warrior Yan. He was the one who stopped the carriage. Otherwise, the ox cart would have been hit, but you would still be in the carriage and would have been injured."

"Yes." The woman smiled and took two steps forward, bowing and saying, "My humble daughter Mo Qingwan, thank you for your help, brave man."

She was used to using money to settle matters, and was also used to using money to express gratitude.

She just lowered her eyes, and the maid beside her took out a fatter purse, walked forward without saying a word, and handed it to Yan Mu.

Yan Mu rarely saw someone so generous, and was stunned for a moment.

"It's just a small favor...Miss, please don't take it to heart." He still pushed the purse back.

Xiao Yuan stood there and stared at Mo Qingwan, then picked his ears after a while.

What did she say her name was?

Xiao Yuan was a little incredulous and stepped forward to ask, "Miss, is your surname Mo?"

Isn't Mo Zongkai's last name Mo? That day, the person Mo Zongkai called out seemed to be "Mo Qingwan"?

Mo Qingwan seemed to have guessed his thoughts. With a faint smile on her face, she said bluntly: "My surname is Mo, and I am from the Mo family of Liuyang Prefecture. Mo Zongkai... is my younger brother."

She is actually Mo Zonkai’s sister!

Xiao Yuan simply couldn't connect such a gentle and generous girl with that scoundrel Mo Zonkai.

But can the family of a rogue really be normal people?

Xiao Yuan felt that he was not sure, and he became alert in his heart. He asked seriously, "Miss, are you here to visit the master today?"

They privately called the people from the Mo family "come to redeem people", but when the Mo family really came, they would not say so - they couldn't make it seem that the matter could be settled with money.

Besides, the case of Mo Zonkai framing the students of the county school has not been finalized yet, and Xiao Yuan is not sure how to resolve this matter.

Mo Qingwan still had that gentle look on her face. She nodded and said, "My younger brother was ignorant and made a big mistake, which also brought a lot of trouble to Tong'an County. I am terrified. I came here today to understand what happened that day and apologize to Lord Shen and everyone in the county school in person."

This sounds nice indeed, but Xiao Yuan is now on high alert.

He divided the detectives he brought with him into two teams, and sent one back to the county government office to report the news. Then he said, "Miss, please get in the car and follow me."

Mo Qingwan had no objection and returned to the carriage with the help of the maid.

Just by listening to the conversation between the two, Yan Mu's men knew that they were busy, so they stepped forward and said, "Master Constable, we will not disturb you from doing your job for now."

Xiao Yuan nodded with a solemn expression, and led Mo Qingwan's carriage back to the county government office.

......

"Speak of Cao Cao, here comes Cao Cao."

Shen Zheng drank the last cup of tea, stood up, straightened his robe, and asked Yu Shizhang: "My Lord, do you want to go with me?"

Yu Shizhang stared at the empty teapot in a daze, and suddenly said, "Who taught you to drink tea like this? The mother of tea didn't even leave some."

"No one taught me..." Shen Zheng coughed lightly and asked him, "Is Uncle going?"

Yu Shizhang used tweezers to pick up the tea leaves and shook his head, saying, "Isn't it said that the other party is also a girl? It would be too scary for me to go there. You go by yourself."

Yo--

Shen Zheng raised her eyebrows.

Who says girls can definitely be scared by him?

There is no need to put the two siblings of the Mo family together, and one can tell who is stronger and who is weaker at a glance.

She slowly left the tea room and went to the book office again.

Xu Zhubu was a little surprised to see her coming over, "Why are you here, sir?"

"Master Xu, you have a strong sense of personal territory." Shen Zheng stepped into the office and joked with him, "I came to look for you, what's the matter?"

Seeing this, Xu Zhubu knew that she was joking with him. He raised his sleeves to stop writing and chuckled, "Nothing serious, it's just that you haven't been to my place for a long time."

Shen Zheng stepped forward, picked up the book he was writing and took a look - he was calculating the wages for the county government and the people in Xiahe Village.

Only then did she realize that she had not cared about the financial situation of the county government for a long time.

"How have things been in the past two months?" Shen Zheng sat down on a stool, flipped a page in the book, and asked like a newly appointed official: "It's almost the New Year, how much surplus money do you think the county government will have this year?"

Chief Secretary Xu didn't even need to look through the book. He thought for a moment and then said, "In recent months, the county's expenses have basically been used up by the surplus money before selling rice seeds. The money from selling rice seeds, except for the part invested in the cloth shop and repairing the county government office, has hardly been used. It's all in the account. In the past two months, many merchants in the county have also improved. At the end of this month, they will come to pay the annual tax for merchants, which is also a small amount of silver."

When Shen Zheng heard this, she realized that the annual tax for a business owner wasn't a lot, but it was definitely not a small amount.

Such a sum of money is only considered "a small sum of money" in the mouth of Xu Zhubu. What does this mean?

This shows that the county government’s financial situation is very good at the end of this year!

She asked directly: "How many can there be?"

"It is estimated to be nearly ten thousand taels." Xu Zhubu said: "Most of it is from the sale of rice seeds."

"Almost ten thousand taels left?" Shen Zheng rubbed her fingers. This was actually more than she expected.

Xu Zhubu chuckled, picked up the account book and said, "How can you complain about having too much money like you do? If you hadn't cared about the people around you and set the price of rice seeds so low, the county would have a surplus of far more than ten thousand taels now."

Shen Zheng looked at him and said with a smile, "Didn't we say that at that time? No matter how high the price is, the only ones who benefit are the government, and the people will still suffer. But if our county wants to develop, we still have to make more money through legitimate means."

The idea is not to have all the money from the surrounding prefectures and counties flow into Tongan County, but to have the rich lead the poor.

Later, the cloth mill started to operate, and the county also needed money to build roads and docks.

If I had more money, I might even be able to buy two more cargo ships of my own...

Thinking too far ahead.

Shen Zheng came back to her senses. Xu Zhubu looked at the book and said, "Ms. Man's inn is now doing a booming business. When she came to settle the bill that day, she said that there might not be enough guest rooms in the county inn."

"Fix it!" Shen Zheng waved her hand. "Next time she comes to give an account, you should learn more about it and we will fix it if necessary."

Only with complete supporting facilities can we retain the influx of foreign population!

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhubu smiled and praised, "Your Excellency is generous."

Speaking of inns and related basic facilities, Shen Zheng felt that Tongan County was still lacking a lot of facilities, and he concentrated on thinking about it.

When building roads, the main streets also need to be planned. While being beautiful, functional drainage ditches are also important. And...

After a moment, she slapped the table, stood up and said, "How could you forget? I really have something important to talk to you about! Xu Zhubu, bring paper and pen and follow me."