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

Shen Zheng said so.

Wang Guangjin's heart was moved uncontrollably.

He was not very good at reciting poems and composing couplets, but he lived in Tongan County. Although his life was better than that of ordinary people, he knew what the people were thinking and what they lacked!

The world he saw during this long journey was a picture he had never seen before.

so......

Why can't he act as the eyes of the people, as the adults said, and take the students and people of Tongan County, and even the people of several surrounding counties and towns to see the scenery outside!

As soon as he started to make assumptions, Wang Guangjin's thoughts became more divergent.

"Just writing is not enough!" He couldn't help but start to gesture: "The mountains, the water, the river, the lake! I can remember them clearly now. Sir, why don't we ask an artist to draw them and depict the beautiful scenery and then insert them into the book!"

People would be more willing to read books if they had pictures in them, right?

But at this point, Wang Guangjin hesitated again: "But...most of the great painters are aloof and arrogant. I know of one in Liuyang Mansion. He charges gold, silver and jewels for each painting. If the person who asks for a painting doesn't have enough money, he won't paint."

How could he afford this? He didn't have enough money, and he didn't have any fame. People would only paint for him if they had nothing better to do, right?

Shen Zheng shook her head upon hearing this and asked him, "So, this master...is what he painted a painting, or is it gold, silver, and jewelry?"

After that, she didn't want to talk about this person anymore.

Everyone has their own aspirations, and it is understandable that paintings with exquisite skills are priced high and circulated, but what they wanted in their travel notes was just to let the people see the outside world.

but......

"Speaking of people with superb painting skills, I seem to... actually know such a person."

Wang Guangjin immediately looked up, looking for help.

"You also know this person." Shen Zheng said.

He knew him too? Wang Guangjin was stunned and fell into deep thought.

Liuchang Academy has a teacher who likes to collect paintings, and a classmate who likes to paint. However, painting is not tested in the imperial examination, and Liuchang Academy is mainly for reading, so the painting skills of that classmate......

No sarcasm intended, but that's exactly what it is.

He racked his brains and went through everyone he knew, but he really couldn't figure out who the "person with superb painting skills" that Shen Zheng mentioned was.

"Sir, I don't think I know this person..."

Shen Zheng stopped keeping the secret and pointed in the direction of the county school: "County school, Mr. Jin. He is a good painter of people, but the reason why the 'people' are good is that the people in his paintings are integrated into the scenery. If the scenery is good, the people will be good too."

"Mr. Jin?!" Wang Guangjin couldn't believe it: "Have you seen his paintings? How come I have never heard of him?"

If what the adults said was really so good, why did this person keep quiet and just teach in the county school?

Shen Zheng seemed to see what he was thinking, and chuckled, "You also know that since the subject of 'painting' was eliminated from the imperial examination, it has become more difficult to make a name for yourself by painting. Luck, luck, the right time, the right place, and the right people, all of these are essential."

She said it cryptically, but Wang Guangjin still understood.

If ordinary people want to become famous through painting, they have to learn to cater to others.

The two agreed that after Wang Guangjin finished his task, they would go find Jin Zhanpeng to see what the painter thought.

If the painter has no objection, the two of them will go out together to write a travelogue, which will be printed by Tongan Printing House.

"Every household in Tongan County can get it for free." Wang Guangjin said, "Some paper and ink don't cost much money. I will treat it as a gift to the people to read books."

"Mr. Wang is very generous." Shen Zheng bowed with a smile, and Wang Guangjin quickly moved away.

"Sir, please don't embarrass me. The success of the printing house is entirely due to you."

Speaking of the printing house, he asked again: "Is the printing house now...completed?"

Shen Zheng curled her lips when she heard this, "You are curious about this and that, shouldn't I be curious about the cotton too? How long will it take to ship it back? Can it arrive today?"

Judging from the manpower and walking speed, at least some cotton can be brought back tonight, right?

Wang Guangjin slapped his head and said, "Our ship can't reach the shore today!"

Shen Zheng was suspicious: "The boat couldn't reach the shore, so how did you get back? And you came back so early in the morning."

She thought the cargo ship had docked last night, and Wang Guangjin had returned first. She thought Wei Que was guarding the unloading at this moment, but who would have thought that it had not docked yet?

So Wang Guangjin came back from swimming?

Wang Guangjin made a paddling gesture and said with a smile, "There are several times more cargo ships at Liuyangfu Wharf these days than when I set out. Many people and cargo are stranded on the ships, waiting in line for docking. It will take another two days for our cargo ship to dock. I came down first in the boat of the boatmen."

"Liuyang Wharf..." Shen Zheng pondered.

Wang Guangjin saw this and asked quickly, "Sir, is there anything wrong?"

Shen Zheng frowned slightly: "The Mo family has not been peaceful recently. Mo Er Mo Zongkai also had some conflicts with our county before."

Wang Guangjin heard some minor conflicts and thought it was a minor incident, so he asked, "There are adults here, but has it been resolved?"

Coming to Tongan County to cause trouble? The other party probably doesn't have the guts to do that. It should be better to talk things out.

The next moment he heard Shen Zheng say, "It's solved."

"That's good." Wang Guangjin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Right now, Mo Er is being held in the prison of Liuyang Prefecture." Shen Zheng said again.

"What?!" Wang Guangjin kept coughing, as if he was going to cough out that pound of lung.

He asked in disbelief, "The son of the richest family, the Mo family, is in jail?"

He had heard of that boy. How arrogant he was! How could he be imprisoned just like that? He was indeed their Lord Shen!

Shen Zheng sighed when he heard this: "People are looking for trouble with us, how can we give in? I won't say more, tell me what the situation is at Liuyang Wharf right now?"

She had thought before that the Tongan County wharf had not been built yet, so if the cargo ship came back, it would definitely dock at the shore of Liuyang Prefecture.

But that cargo ship was not a merchant ship, nor was it some nameless small boat, but a hundred-ton ship with the three big characters "Cao Yun Si" on it.

With Wei Que being such a high-ranking official there, no matter how arrogant the Mo family is, they wouldn't dare to seize the ship of the Grain Transport Bureau, right?

But she didn't expect that the Mo family was not peaceful, and many cargo ships were stranded at the dock. Seeing that the cotton was coming back, was it really necessary to waste a few days there in vain?

Wang Guangjin also calmed down and carefully explained the current situation of Liuyang Wharf.

Basically, there are fewer trackers and laborers, and many laborers have to pay first before accepting a job. If they are not paid first, they would rather not take the job.

Considering the current situation of the Mo family, he was surprised and asked, "Sir, do you think the workers went on strike because the dock didn't pay them?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

The Mo family is in turmoil, and the head of the family is not here. How many people are there who really want to support the Mo family? Don't they all run away when disaster strikes?

The situation at the docks is not that chaotic right now, but how long can the workers hold back their pent-up anger?