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

That was the instruction, but Mo Qingwan never thought that Shen Zheng would actually come in person.

main hall.

After she invited Shen Zheng and the other two to sit down, she herself did not sit down. She stood aside nervously and asked, "Sir Shen, but the prefect's side..."

Her mother is still in the Mo family.

The prefect has been making moves recently, and she can vaguely sense that he wants to deal a fatal blow to the Mo family.

She was only a businessman, much lower than the court officials. She didn't dare to ask the other party what he wanted to do, let alone act on her own, for fear of ruining other people's plans.

Waiting was the most anxious thing, and all she could do was to cooperate. And Lord Shen's coming today made her very nervous, fearing that she would hear some bad results.

Shen Zheng was silent for a moment, then shook her head: "Master Yu... I will go and ask him about today's matter, so don't worry too much. But I came here today for something else."

Mo Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.

No news is good news.

She asked Shen Zheng why she came. Shen Zheng hesitated for a moment and asked her, "Who was in charge of the dock before? But you?"

Mo Qingwan immediately understood.

There have been a lot of things going on at the dock recently, and she has heard a lot about it. Seeing her hard work being wasted like this, she said she didn't feel bad, but in fact she still felt a little sad...

"My daughter was in charge of the dock before." She lowered her eyes. "Now that my father is gone, it has fallen into the hands of my second uncle, who is in charge of it."

After she finished speaking, she said with some disgust: "My daughter's second uncle is really not good at doing business. In his eyes, the people who work for his family are even worse than pigs and dogs. He either beats or scolds them."

This goes against her business philosophy.

She is just one person, with a pair of hands, a pair of eyes, a mouth and a brain. If she wants to expand her business, she cannot manage it by herself.

The shopkeeper, servants, and even laborers under her were all her right-hand men. Without them, the business would never be able to succeed. Therefore, she could not say that she respected these people very much, but she was polite to them.

——People are just doing things for you to earn some money, not selling their lives to you. Why don’t you treat them as human beings?

"That matches up." Shen Zheng said calmly, "Many cargo ships are stranded at the docks, and it's all related to Mo Er. The cargo ship that the Canal Transport Bureau bought for me is also among them, and the Lord of the Canal Transport Bureau is on board."

Wei Que might not be able to react to what happened at the dock for a while.

But he is not a person who just sits there and does nothing. If he had taken a closer look today, he would have discovered something was wrong. Based on Shen Zheng's understanding of him, this man with a hot temper would probably explode.

After all, when they were discussing the shipping conditions in Tongan County, Yu Shizhang, an earl who was much higher in rank than him, was present, and he dared to slam the table with one hand in anger.

When Mo Qingwan heard that the goods from Tongan County were also stranded at the dock, he suddenly felt short of breath.

Countless faces flashed through her mind, and she suddenly clenched her teeth: "After I left, the managers under my command... were all sent away by Mo Er. My... Sir, please wait a moment, I will think about it, and there will be someone who can help."

Those people came to see her, but she could do nothing when she saw their haggard faces.

Shen Zheng shook her head when she heard this: "I came to look for you, not to ask for your help. Just go with me."

To resolve this problem, both she and Wei Que have countless ways to do it.

But what she wanted was not just for the cargo ship to dock and unload.

——She wants more too.

Mo Qingwan was puzzled, but did not ask any more questions. She got on the carriage with her maid.

She was a little nervous riding with Shen Zheng, and kept trying to find something to say, but she racked her brains and couldn't come up with a suitable topic. In the end, Shen Zheng took the initiative to speak: "How is your mother's health now?"

This is actually a bit irrelevant. Everyone saw Mrs. Mo's physical condition that day.

Mo Qingwan lowered her eyes and answered seriously, "I thought that after I left home, my mother's worries would be relieved and her health would get better day by day, but...but my mother suffers from a chronic disease. In the words of the doctor, her foundation is leaking, and no matter how we repair it...it will be useless."

That's why she was a little anxious.

She was afraid that her mother would not live to see the day when she could live with her. If that happened, how would she live the rest of her life?

Shen Zheng pursed her lips and whispered, "See if we can get Madam Mo to leave the house and find a house to stay in for a while. It won't take long."

Mo Qingwan's eyes lit up when she heard this, "That's exactly what I was planning! It's this house, I'm still looking at it."

No one except her and Mrs. Mo's confidants should know the location of the house, so as to prevent flies from smelling the scent and coming.

Shen Zheng nodded and said, "There is a great doctor in Tongan County, but he is currently in Changnan Prefecture in the east. You should stay with your mother, and when the doctor comes back, let him take a look at your mother, who knows, he may be able to help."

Doctor from Tongan County!

The words "maybe there is a way" directly turned into "there must be a way" in Mo Qingwan's ears.

She nodded repeatedly, her face full of gratitude: "I owe you too much, if there is an afterlife, I will definitely be your cow..."

Before he could finish his words, Shen Zheng raised her hand to stop him: "Don't talk about the afterlife, live in the present, let's talk about this life."

Mo Qingwan was stunned when he heard this.

Could it be...what she meant?

She was nervous and happy at the same time. Just as she was about to ask, the carriage jolted and then there was a noise.

"Master, Master! Do you need laborers to help unload the goods onto the truck and store them? One stone of goods is only one penny, I'll do it for you! I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"

"What the hell are you talking about? What do you mean by one cent? Are you going to let all the brothers starve? According to your calculation, after moving a shipload of goods and dividing it among the brothers, there won't even be ten cents left!"

"We brothers love to do hard labor! You can't do it? There are people who are willing to do it! What if you don't do it? Are you going to let the children starve to death?"

"You don't have food to eat, but we brothers do? I don't do this job for a penny, so you guys can't do it either! Whoever dares to take it, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Come on! I'm afraid of you, you bastard!"

"Come on—come on!"

Inside the car, Shen Zheng understood.

There are quite a few cargo ships stranded at the dock, but they are basically small and medium-sized ships. Among them, the ship of the Grain Transport Bureau is considered a large ship.

The laborers at the dock were taking private jobs, getting paid one penny for one stone of goods. However, they did not move the goods alone, but rather worked as a "moving team" to unload the goods together.

Unloading the goods from the ship to the dock, and then moving them from the dock to the warehouse or carriage, such a long distance and such hard labor, only pays one penny per stone.

Vicious competition circulates at the dock, and all they are fighting for is a bite of food.

Beside Shen Zheng, Mo Qingwan clenched his fists tightly and muttered, "One penny per stone? It's exhausting, and I can't even earn a few dozen pennies a day!"

She knew the workers who were arguing and swearing below.

In the past, they would bring their children to the dock to "see the world" and teach them to call her "big sister" sweetly, but they would not scold her endlessly or even almost fight like this.

It was Mo Er who forced them into their current state.