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

The lunch dishes were not luxurious, but they were delicious, the meat and vegetables were fresh, and the portions were quite large, so both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much.

After the meal, Balezhan and Yang Zhou took the straw paper handed to them by Xu Zhubu and carefully put it in their arms.

Ba Lezhan did not drink, so he raised his teacup to Shen Zheng, "Sir Shen, I will not bother you any more. I will have people implement the series of policies we discussed as soon as I get back!"

Shen Zheng smiled and nodded, "Lord Ba, you should call the chief clerk and others to discuss the details, so as to avoid any inapplicable provisions."

But Bale Zhan shook his head like a rattle when he heard this, holding the paper in front of his chest and said, "No need, no need. This is the essence of our three counties' discussion. I think it is great and there is no need to change it at all!"

Just kidding, this is the best time for the three counties to reach an "alliance".

The county magistrate, the county magistrate is on good terms.

Policies, policies are synchronized!

From now on, whoever sees Quanyang County will call him “brother county of Tongan County”?

And being able to discuss policies with Shen Zheng and Yang Zhou, this feeling... is really good!

Intrigue and deception?

It doesn't exist, okay?

The three siblings are like the same old couple.

Shen Zheng shook her head helplessly and stopped trying to persuade him. "Then Lord Ba, be careful on your way. Xiao Yuan, go and see Lord Ba off."

"No need to see me off!" Ba Lezhan smiled, walked out of the restaurant backwards, and waved to Shen Zheng, "The driver is waiting outside, Master Shen, I'm leaving now!"

After Balezhan left, Yang Zhou did not stay any longer and went forward to say goodbye.

After Shen Zheng agreed with him, she suddenly remembered something.

"Sir Yang, you may have to go back to the county by yourself." She looked at Diwu Tanwei and said with a smile: "I have some private matters to discuss with Diwu Zhubu."

Since it was a private matter, Yang Zhou naturally did not ask any more questions. He nodded and got on the carriage.

......

County government office, Shen Zheng’s backyard.

Shen Zheng, Yu Shizhang and Diwu Tanwei sat in the pavilion in a triangle. A breeze blew past, blowing away the dryness brought from the restaurant.

Shen Zheng spoke up: "Fifth Chief Clerk, I am keeping you here this time because I have something to ask you."

Diwu Tanwei sat up straight, "Master Shen, please feel free to speak."

Shen Zheng handed over a cup of tea and pushed the wooden fruit plate filled with raisins towards the Fifth Tanwei. Yu Shizhang glanced at him and dragged the fruit plate back to the center.

"......" Shen Zheng smiled awkwardly, "Fifth Chief Book, would you like to try it? These are the raisins that the president of the County Chamber of Commerce brought back from Ximi Prefecture."

"Okay, thank you, Lord Shen." The Fifth Tanwei remained calm, picked up a raisin and put it in his mouth, chewing it and praising it, "It's delicious."

Shen Zheng smiled and pushed the fruit plate towards the Fifth Tanwei, secretly stepping on Yu Shizhang.

"If it tastes good, just eat more."

Yu Shizhang bared his teeth and stepped back on Shen Zheng, "What for?"

Shen Zheng didn't expect him to speak again, so she gritted her teeth and whispered, "My Lord, the Fifth Chief Clerk has come from afar, but he is our guest. If you think the raisins are delicious, I will give you another can later."

Yu Shizhang doesn’t think raisins are delicious at all.

He felt that the raisins had been brought back for such a long time, and Shen Zheng didn't even offer to share some with him, so he just turned around and let Diwu Tanwei eat more!

Really abominable.

It was difficult to hold a bowl of water level, so Shen Zheng had to estimate the distance by eye and pushed the fruit plate right between the two of them.

"You and the Fifth Chief Bookkeeper, please eat more." After saying that, she coughed lightly and began to talk about business: "Fifth Chief Bookkeeper, I heard from the uncle that your family business also involves papermaking?"

At that time, Yu Shizhang's original words were - "In the circle of Shangjing, most of the scholars with good family backgrounds use paper made by the Fifth Family. The Fifth Family only makes high-quality paper. They don't make ordinary straw paper."

Diwu Tanwei nodded immediately, "To answer your question, my family has two papermaking workshops, both located in Shangjing."

Shen Zheng asked again: "Does the papermaking workshop use soft gypsum?"

What if someone actually knows this method?

"Soft gypsum?" The Fifth Tanwei was obviously stunned and shook his head, "No. Sir, why do we need to add soft gypsum during papermaking?"

Shen Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the fifth workshop doesn't know about this method, it is estimated that no workshop in the world has ever used it, so this business can be discussed.

"It's like this..." Shen Zheng turned slightly and looked at Diwu Tanwei, "First, the county school needs a batch of gypsum, so I want you to buy it."

"No problem, sir." The Fifth Tanwei agreed immediately.

Shen Zheng stretched out her hand and grabbed a handful of raisins. While chewing them, she said, "But this is not the point. The point is that in the papermaking process, adding the treated gypsum can greatly improve the quality of the paper."

Diwu Tanwei immediately realized that Shen Zheng came to discuss business with her.

She sat up straight and looked at Shen Zheng with her eyes, "Sir, may I ask, what exactly do you mean by 'improving the quality of paper'?"

Shen Zheng was not afraid of the Fifth Tanwei's trick, so she said directly: "Increase the strength of paper, increase the hardness and toughness of paper, improve the water resistance and ink absorption of paper, and reduce...paper costs."

Diwu Tanwei put some force on his fingers on the table and said excitedly, "Sir, what do you want the workshop to do? Will it supply paper to the printing house in the future?"

It's easy to talk to smart people. Shen Zheng smiled and nodded: "Since it is a good and cheap paper, the workshop will give it priority, but this is only one reason."

Seeing there was a "second one", Diwu Tanwei acted as if he was "all ears", and said, "Your Excellency, please feel free to speak."

"The second is that the paper made in this way is of high quality and low price. I hope that your workshop can sell the paper in Tongan Bookstore, and can only sell it in the bookstore. The net profit shall not exceed half of the profit."

"No problem." The Fifth Tanwei agreed immediately, "The family can sign a contract with you. If the family sells this paper privately or at a high price, the Shangjing government can make a judgment."

Shen Zheng paused and nodded in agreement.

Although the idea of ​​"letting the government in the capital" make the judgment was a bit too much, she understood that Diwu Tanwei said this to reassure her.

If you have done nothing wrong, you will not be afraid of the judgment of the government.

Half of the net profit may not sound like much, but paper is a consumable and papermaking is a business that is sure to make money.

"One more thing." After thinking for a moment, Shen Zheng asked, "Does your workshop ever recycle used paper, reprocess it and make it into paper for recycling?"

"Recycling?" The Fifth Inspector was slightly stunned and then shook his head. "No, sir. The workshop has always used ramie, tree bark and other materials to make new paper."

Although Yu Shizhang didn't know why Shen Zheng suddenly mentioned "recycling papermaking", he still said: "That old guy Diwu Nazheng doesn't know how to live."