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

The crowd quickly dispersed, leaving only the swearing man in front of the notice area.

The two constables had angry looks on their faces. They pulled out the iron bars from their waists and pointed them at him.

"Slandering an official in public shall be punished with twenty strokes of the cane!"

The man was stunned for a moment, his knees went weak and he knelt down.

"My lord, I said something wrong. Please slap me in the face!"

After saying that, he raised his hands and slapped himself a dozen times.

The two detectives didn't really want to arrest this man and give him a beating.

Seeing that the man had bulged his cheeks with just a few slaps, they did not pursue the matter any further.

"Lord Shen is a good official. I'll forgive you for your first offense. But if I hear you slandering Lord Shen again, we'll settle all the old and new accounts together and punish you with forty strokes of the cane!"

The man was filled with gratitude on the spot, answered loudly, then got up and ran away.

"And you!"

The two detectives looked at the crowd gathered.

"Lord Shen made a fair judgment in the Wang family case. No more random comments. Do you hear me?"

To ordinary civilians, the constable's words were also extremely authoritative, and everyone answered yes one after another.

The two detectives turned and walked towards the county government office, and one of them remembered something.

He turned to the scholar and said, "Read the other notice to them carefully. The master is always thinking of you, and you should be grateful!"

After the two detectives left, the crowd gathered around the bulletin board again.

They asked the scholar, "Just now the constable said that the county magistrate was thinking about us. What did the other note say? Is the county government going to give out money?"

The scholar carefully examined the conscription documents.

After reading it, a smile appeared on his face: "It is indeed a good thing."

The people around him were illiterate and were scratching their heads anxiously: "What's the matter? Tell me quickly!"

"The county magistrate is recruiting workers to build a canal for the entire county. He only wants 500 people. They will be provided with adequate meals and 40 cents a day. The wages will be settled daily."

There was an uproar among the crowd instantly.

Although the wages of laborers in the county are between forty and fifty cents, there is not so much work for them to do!

During the slack season, everyone wants to find a job, but there are too many people and too little meat.

This time the county government is recruiting 500 people at a time. How much silver will that cost!

No, they have to go home quickly and call their families to sign up!

The crowd dispersed, and some even went straight to the county government office to sign up.

At that time, people did not understand how much benefit the completion of the canal would bring to the entire county. They only knew that they would be given food and money for building the canal.

On the other side, Xu Zhubu knocked on Shen Zheng's door.

The county residents were so enthusiastic that dozens of people came to sign up just after he posted the job recruitment notice.

After Shen Zheng opened the door, he said directly: "Sir, the recruitment notice has received very good response, and a large number of people have come to sign up."

After hearing this, Shen Zheng slapped her thigh.

The wages are still too high!

But once words are spoken, it is too late to regret now.

She had no choice but to say, "Come on, let's discuss which category of people should be taxed first."

After the two arrived at the study, Shen Zheng spoke first.

"Those who have only one able-bodied man in the family and have a wife, children and elders to support are classified as one category."

Xu Zhubu continued: "Those who have little land and can barely make ends meet are classified as one of them."

Shen Zheng nodded: "Those with many children in the family are considered one category."

Xu Zhubu picked up his pen and wrote them down one by one.

Shen Zheng suddenly thought of something and said, "Any woman who meets the requirements will do."

Xu Zhubu nodded and made note of it.

Shen Zheng looked at him and nodded secretly.

She said, "I'll trouble Master Xu to take care of the selection."

At this time, the constable came to report that Wang Guangjin was leading a convoy of vehicles heading towards the county government office.

Shen Zheng's face lit up with joy, this efficiency was as high as his mother's!

She hurried to the gate of the county government office.

As soon as she arrived at the gate, she saw Wang Guangjin and his motorcade, with people surrounding them watching and whispering.

Wang Guangjin clasped his fists towards Shen Zheng and said, "Sir, the grain stored in the Wang family's granary is all here, a total of 210 stones."

Shen Zheng bowed to Wang Guangjin and said, "Thank you very much."

Then she said loudly to the people around her: "While we are digging ditches and repairing canals, Prince Wang will provide food for the county government!"

"it is good!"

The people around cheered and were no longer as concerned about Wang Guangjin's act of using silver to redeem himself from punishment as before.

For ordinary people, nothing is more important than a hot meal and some money.

Shen Zheng ordered the constable to call Xu Zhubu to register the grain, and then lead everyone to move the grain into the county government granary.

Wang Guangjin was thinking about moving food with everyone else when he was stopped by Shen Zheng.

"My Lord, please follow me."

Shen Zheng took Wang Guang into the study, and then she went to the bedroom to take out the rice seeds.

Wang Guangjin looked at the big cloth bag that Shen Zheng was dragging and realized what was inside.

He hurried forward to help Shen Zheng carry the cloth bag into the study.

Shen Zheng opened the cloth bag, took out a handful of seeds and handed them to Wang Guangjin.

Wang Guangjin was stunned when he received the seeds in his hands. After all, he grew up in a landlord's family, but he had never seen such golden and plump rice.

He looked carefully at the tiny rice seeds in his hand.

"Sir, what kind of species is this? I have never seen it before."

Shen Zheng couldn't say that this was high-quality hybrid rice.

She could only laugh it off and say that it was a new variety bred by her adoptive father when she was in her hometown and it had not yet been planted on a large scale.

"Will you germinate and grow seedlings?" Shen Zheng asked.

"But can we sow the rice seeds in the cultivation fields and transplant them after they germinate?" Wang Guangjin replied.

Shen Zheng shook her head when she heard this. It seemed that there was no method to germinate and grow seedlings at that time.

"First, soak the rice in water overnight, then take it out and wrap it in a wet cloth, and finally put it next to the charcoal fire to germinate. After germination, it can be sown in the nursery field."

Wang Guangjin had never heard of this method, but if he thought about it carefully, he could probably understand the method.

Rice is also considered a half aquatic plant, so what the adults said must be right!

Seeing that Wang Guangjin only had a vague idea, Shen Zheng had to take out a pen and paper and write down the detailed method.

"Take a small amount of rice and try to germinate it according to the above steps."

"Yes! Sir."

Shen Zheng looked at the large sack of rice and thought that it should be enough to grow enough seedlings to plant a hundred acres of land. She would put the rest in her room for now.

"These should be enough. March is the time for raising seedlings. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions."

Wang Guangjin nodded, then carried the bag of rice and walked away impatiently.

Over the next ten days or so, recruitment was in full swing.

Wang Guangjin's seedling germination also made some progress. After Shen Zheng checked it twice, she felt at ease and handed it over to him.

Just after lunch today, Shen Zheng and Xu Zhubu were reviewing the final 500 workers who had been selected, when the constable outside came hurriedly reporting.

"Sir, the villagers of Huaihua Village are fighting with the refugees. Go and take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng stood up abruptly, looking shocked.

"Refugees? Where do these refugees come from?"

As far as Shen Zheng could remember, she had never seen any refugees when she went to Beijing.

The capital of a country will never allow refugees to enter. If a refugee sneaks into the city, he will be executed once he is discovered.

This situation is not uncommon in big cities. Some refugees will do anything to survive.

More than 30 years ago, there was an incident in the Great Zhou Dynasty where refugees massacred villagers on a large scale. This incident shocked the government and the public, and some people were so terrified when talking about refugees.

"They came secretly from the south of the county. After the villagers of Huaihua Village discovered the group of refugees, they notified the village head. The one who came to report the news was the village head's grandson. The boy said that when he left, the two sides were confronting each other, and now they must have started fighting!"