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

After leaving the main hall, Shen Zheng went to look for Yi Qun again.

Yi Qun was assigned to her by His Majesty to help her train county soldiers, so she was very curious about how Yi Qun would select personnel.

Yi Qun was about to go out to look for her, but after hearing what she said, the two of them went back to the yard and sat down.

"I thought about it all night last night." Yi Qun said with dark circles under his eyes, "If we recruit openly, there will be too many people and too many eyes. I am afraid that someone with ulterior motives will plant spies. So I think... to directly select people from the garrison in Shangjing. Your Majesty will agree."

"..."

Shen Zheng was silent for a long time. "They are stationed in the capital, so impressive. Why would they follow me to the county town?"

Yi Qun seemed to have heard a huge joke.

"Sir Shen, if you are so self-deprecating, then wouldn't the heads of all the officials in the court be buried in the mud?"

Shen Zheng didn't say anything, so he continued, "You have a steel sword, a telescope, and a thousand-step bow that hasn't been made yet. If these soldiers follow you, they will truly have a good life. I'm afraid they will wake up laughing in their sleep. Besides, how long can you stay in Tongan County? I'm afraid it won't take more than two years before you have to return to Beijing, right?"

After Shen Zheng heard this, she thought about it and felt that it did make sense.

but......

"Which general do these garrison troops follow?" Shen Zheng frowned slightly. "The soldiers in the camp always have special feelings for their generals. If their generals don't agree, the steel swords will be useless."

Yi Qun smiled, "General Zhongwu. There has been no war in the past two years, so General Zhongwu has stayed in Shangjing and took over the garrison. He is a man who can't sit still. He always goes to the training ground when he has nothing to do. He has great prestige among the soldiers."

If those soldiers had not followed Lu Botang, he would not have thought of attacking the garrison.

A general leads like soldiers.

Lu Botang has a loud voice, but he is not a bad person, and he is loyal and brave. The soldiers he leads are no bad.

Shen Zheng was indeed somewhat tempted, but still said: "Then please ask His Majesty first. If His Majesty agrees, we can negotiate with General Lu. In addition... I have another request. Please ask His Majesty as the commander."

She thought about this matter for two days.

"You say." Yi Qun said.

"Can we select some female county soldiers through other channels?" Shen Zheng's eyes were very serious. "Among the women, there must be some with outstanding martial arts skills. They should not be buried. And I am a woman. In some situations, male soldiers are not suitable for guarding."

Yi Qun was stunned for a moment.

He almost forgot the difference between men and women.

Shen Zheng's words were well-founded and he had no way to refute them, nor did he want to refute them.

"Okay." He nodded in agreement, "I'll go to the palace later."

He left four Yulin Army soldiers to Shen Zheng. When he was away, these four people would follow Shen Zheng and protect her safety.

But when Shen Zheng left the house, she still took Hua Duo with her.

Hua Duo is a woman and one of the family's own, so sometimes it is more convenient for her to act than the Yulin Army.

For example.

What if she encounters a thief while using the toilet outside?

The soldiers of the Yulin Army might have some reservations, but Huaduo could just watch her defecate. If anyone had any ill intentions, Huaduo's machete could split the toilet door in half!

......

Nearly 300 kilograms of sweet potatoes were loaded onto two horse-drawn carriages. The carriages were filled to the brim. Shen Zheng asked the driver to go to the Ministry of Revenue first.

Logically, she should report to the Ministry of Works first, but it is almost the end of spring and winter has come early in Beijing. If the sweet potatoes are not planted in the fields, it will affect the harvest.

Although the system provided high-quality and stress-resistant sweet potato seeds, Shen Zheng did not want to take a gamble on it.

The sooner you get out of bed, the sooner you can feel at ease.

She and Huaduo were sitting in the carriage together. Huaduo looked up at the roof, then looked down at the carriage, then lifted the curtain to observe the road conditions. In short, he was looking at the sky, the earth, and the air, but not at her.

Shen Zheng took the initiative to ask: "How much does your sword weigh?"

Huaduo's sword was about three feet long, wide in front and narrow in the back, with the widest part being about half a foot. The handle and the blade were integrated and wrapped with white cloth. Although the blade was hidden in the sheath, it still made people feel cold at first glance.

Because this knife is really too big.

As if he didn't expect her to speak up, Hua Duo was a little nervous, "Master, my sword weighs ten or twelve pounds."

"So heavy?" Shen Zheng was shocked.

Hua Duo had been carrying the knife on her back before. When she got into the car, she took the knife off with just one hand. Her expression was so effortless that Shen Zheng mistakenly believed that the knife was hollow and weighed only a few pounds.

"Hmm..." Hua Duo held the handle tightly and whispered, "I am born strong, and the machete is too light to hold normally."

Shen Zheng looked at her "slim" figure and swallowed subconsciously.

As far as she knew, a normal machete weighed from one to two kilograms to seven to eight kilograms.

A sword like Huaduo's, weighing 12 kilograms, is already a heavyweight among heavyweights.

This shows what?

——Huaduo’s strength is really outrageous!

As the saying goes, force can defeat skill. In the face of absolute power, all fancy moves are in vain.

I don’t know...where did Your Majesty find such a great treasure?

Before Shen Zheng could speak, there was a noise outside the carriage and the speed of the carriage gradually slowed down.

Huaduo's entire demeanor suddenly changed.

She stood up with her knees bent, her back slightly bent, and her left hand slowly held the twelve-pound machete across her chest. She looked so relaxed, as if she was holding a small dagger.

The carriage stopped, and the noise outside was even louder than before.

Shen Zheng listened attentively for a moment. Words like "beheaded at noon on the seventh day", "corrupt official", "it would be better to die" and so on, along with the wind blowing in from the corner of the carriage curtain, poured into her ears generously.

Who is going to be beheaded?

Shen Zheng slowly sat up straight, feeling curious.

She had only been in the capital for a few days and a colleague had already lost his life?

It seems that the emperor has really been angered.

"Hua Duo, go out and take a look." Shen Zheng lifted the curtain for her. "I heard outside that a corrupt official is going to be beheaded."

Her curiosity made Huaduo suddenly feel that his master... wasn't so out of his reach.

"Master, it's Lu Sichu, the former Minister of Works." Hua Duo's ears moved slightly. "They said that it was the emperor who issued the decree himself. In seven days, Lu Sichu will be beheaded at Xishikou."

Shen Zheng was slightly surprised, "You heard all this? You have a very good ear."

The sounds were so chaotic that she listened for a long time but couldn't piece together any useful information.

Hua Duo nodded slightly and continued, "They also said that the emperor wrote in the edict that smallpox was in Xingning Prefecture."

After saying that, she looked at Shen Zheng quietly, as if she wanted to continue to get praise from her.

But Shen Zheng's mind was drawn to the word "smallpox".

Every word and action of the emperor represents the Great Zhou court, and he will not speak without a purpose.

Since he had mentioned the smallpox epidemic, she, as a subject, naturally had to expand her thoughts.

For example, why did the emperor chop off Lu Sichu's head with great fanfare? Another example is why the emperor announced the smallpox epidemic in Changnan Prefecture to the world.