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

The villagers also knew what Wu Lizheng meant. One villager said:

"Uncle Wu, we understand. The county magistrate said before that the common man is innocent. How can he be guilty?"

The people around agreed and said that they would never tell anyone and would wait until the head of the village reported the matter to the county magistrate before making any decision!

Wu Lizheng nodded. Although none of them had much education, they still understood the most basic principles.

He called out to Old Liu who was standing on the edge of the field: "Old Liu, hurry up, let's go to your house. Use your ox cart to take me to the county government office!"

"okay!"

Along the way, Old Liu turned the ox cart into a horse carriage.

......

When Shen Zheng heard the news, she also stood up, her face full of joy.

"I guess the ears will be in the coming days. It seems that your village, Shanghe, was the first to plant rice and the first to ear."

The villagers who were queuing up in the county government office to receive food coupons didn't quite believe what Wu Lizheng said. Just a dozen ears of rice?

They all asked, "Wu Lizheng, you must have seen it wrong, how could there be more than a dozen!"

Wu Lizheng put his hands on his hips and said, "There are only a dozen of them! I will never lie to the county magistrate! You will know the answer after a few days by looking at your own fields!"

The villagers were stunned when they heard this and still didn't quite believe it, but what Wu Lizheng said made sense. Could it be that he had nothing better to do and came to the county government office to deceive the county magistrate?

They couldn't sit still any longer and immediately wanted to run back to the village to check on their own rice.

But I can't just give up these food coupons. I have to wait seven days after today before I can get them back.

They had no choice but to stand there, resisting the urge to go home immediately, while their minds drifted to their own fields.

Li Hongmao and the other two just walked out and heard most of what was said before.

Li Hongmao was also a little skeptical. Although he was a scholar, he still had to go to the fields to help during the busy farming season.

They grow rice there, but their rice yield per mu is only about 100 kilograms, which means that each rice plant produces one or two rice ears.

But at this moment he believed Wu Lizheng's words unconditionally.

Not for any other reason, but because the person who took out the rice seeds was Shen Zheng, and he believed in her unconditionally.

He couldn't help but think of his fellow villagers in Shanghe Village. They should also know this good news, right?

They should be very happy.

Li Hongmao smiled and asked Shen Zheng, "Sir, why don't you go to Shanghe Village to take a look?"

Wu Lizheng had the same idea. He came to share this with the county magistrate. He wanted her to go and see the rice ears.

Shen Zheng shook her head. She really wanted to go and take a look, but there were more important things to do at the moment.

Moreover, it was she who took out the rice seeds. She had seen what would happen next in another place a long time ago.

Wu Lizheng felt a little lost.

He thought that the county magistrate was truly capable, as he could remain calm despite such a great event.

Shen Zheng looked at Wu Lizheng's expression and said:

"I don't watch it, not because I don't care, but we have more important things to do right now."

Wu Lizheng looked at her in confusion.

Shen Zheng said to Zhao Xiu who was standing beside him, "Zhuifeng is not here today. Go to the carriage and horse shop to rent a fast horse and go to each village to inform the headmen to come to the county government office to discuss matters this afternoon."

Zhao Xiu responded and trotted out of the county government gate. At this moment, he was very excited.

Like Li Hongmao, he believed Wu Lizheng's words at the beginning. Although he wanted to go home and tell his family the good news, it was obvious that what the adults had told him was more important.

What she said was more important, that within a few days, the rice in the county would begin to ear, and by then there would be more people who would be interested.

They can't wait until someone has completely targeted them before thinking of ways to deal with it.

She had to be fully prepared from the beginning.

Wu Lizheng understood her meaning instantly, thinking that he was being one-sided and the county magistrate was thinking more comprehensively.

He saw that people from other villages were still collecting food coupons, so he took the initiative to go to the pavilion in the backyard and wait.

Li Hongmao took the initiative to step forward and took the brush from Shen Zheng's hand.

"Sir, I will take care of such a small matter. You can go ahead and do your work first."

Shen Zheng did not refuse him. She really needed to calm down and think carefully about what to do next.

After Shen Zheng left, Fang Ziyan stood aside, somewhat confused. How could a piece of rice make these people so happy?

He whispered to Pei Zhaoqi, who was writing food coupons, "Why are you so happy?"

Pei Zhaoqi sighed and said without raising his head: "Do you know what it means when a rice plant produces more than a dozen ears of rice?"

Fang Ziyan scratched his head: "Does it mean that there are more than a dozen ears of rice?"

Pei Zhaoqi's hand trembled and a drop of ink dripped onto the food coupon. He had no choice but to exchange it for a new one.

He then asked Fang Ziyan: "Do you know how many ears of rice an ordinary rice plant can produce?"

Fang Ziyan shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

He had never had the chance to see rice in Quanyang County before. He couldn't even tell the difference between rice and wheat, so how could he know these things?

"An ordinary rice plant can only produce two ears of rice," Pei Zhaoqi replied.

"Ah?" Fang Ziyan's mouth was big enough to fit an egg.

He asked, "Doesn't this mean that one rice plant is equivalent to many rice plants?"

Only then did he understand why everyone was so happy. Didn't this mean that the rice harvested by then would be many times more than before!

Pei Zhaoqi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he finally understood. Then he thought of something and spoke seriously:

"Lord Shen and the village chiefs still need to discuss this matter. You must not tell your family, understand?"

Fang Ziyan's face immediately became serious, and he nodded heavily at Pei Zhaoqi.

Pei Zhaoqi is his good friend, if he asks him not to say it, he won’t tell anyone!

Li Hongmao listened to what the two little disciples said and a smile appeared on his face.

His two disciples, one is extremely intelligent, and the other is extremely simple-minded.

......

After everyone in the county government office had lunch, leaders from various villages began to arrive one after another.

The people of Shanghe Village really kept their mouths shut, and even the people from other villages didn't know about it. Zhao Xiu, who came to inform them, came like the wind and left like the wind.

The village heads who were notified were confused and had to rush to the county government office first.

Therefore, among the several village heads present, only Wu Lizheng and Zhou Lizheng of Nanba Village knew the reason for the meeting.

Zhou Lizheng knew that it was because the people who came to collect food coupons today were from his Nanba Village. After a little inquiry, he found out what happened in the county government office that morning.

He didn't believe it at first because he had never been to Shanghe Village to see the rice ears with his own eyes.

A dozen ears of rice on a rice plant? It's incredible!

He was completely stunned by the news.

But the fact that the county magistrate invited them to discuss matters made him feel mostly certain.

At this moment, he could not suppress his joy in his heart, wondering how such great news could have been discovered by the people of Shanghe Village first.

As I thought about it, my thoughts drifted back to the rice in my own garden.

I don’t know when his rice will bear ears of rice. What will the scene be like then?