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

Shen Zheng looked at Li Hongmao's rather defensive expression and nodded secretly, thinking that he was indeed a smart man.

"My Tong'an County is notoriously poor in the surrounding area. We don't have much money, but we have one thing in abundance: land. This year I plan to dig ditches and reclaim land for farming. The more manpower we have, the better."

Li Hongmao's expression turned stern when he heard this. She wanted to use their civilian status to keep them hanging around to dig ditches and cultivate the fields for her, and then kick them out when they were no longer useful.

But Shen Zheng's next words made Li Hongmao secretly feel that he was being mean-spirited.

"I can open the household registration for you first. It's the household registration of Tong'an County. The county government and you will each have a copy. The ditch digging will start in the next two days. The wages for the county residents are 40 wen a day, including daily meals. But you just caused me to lose some medical expenses, so I have no wages, but the standard of meals is the same as that of the county residents."

Before the refugees could rejoice, Shen Zheng continued:

"The county government will allocate land for you to live in and farmland. You can slowly build and open up the land. The county government will provide the grain seeds for this year."

She thought that it would be a good idea to let these refugees plant some hybrid rice on ordinary fields to see the results.

After all, the farmland on Wang Guangjin's farm is all top-quality farmland, so the harvest will naturally be better than that of ordinary farmland.

Li Hongmao and the refugees were so happy that they almost went crazy after hearing this. This was too unreal, just like the beautiful dreams they had had on the road before.

First register their household registration and then issue it to them, and they will be the county's citizens for sure.

And digging ditches actually includes meals, so as long as you work you will have food to eat!

They actually had a share of the land and houses, which was something they had never dared to imagine in the past!

The refugees nearby were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other and burst into tears.

A man held his head and cried: "Why didn't you come to Tong'an County earlier? My mother wouldn't have starved to death!"

The people around him felt sad after hearing this and could only pat the man on the shoulder.

After the refugees calmed down, they came forward and knelt to thank Shen Zheng.

Shen Zheng waved her hand and said, "You work for the county and farm the land. The county provides you with housing and food. It's just an equal exchange. You don't need to thank me."

Li Hongmao understood, however, that things were not as easy as Shen Zheng said.

Neither registering for household registration nor allocating land is an easy task.

What's more, the harvests were poor everywhere last year, and the poverty of Tong'an County can be seen at a glance. The daily meals for dozens of people are not a small amount of money.

This county magistrate is truly a good official.

Li Hongmao clasped his hands together and said to Shen Zheng: "Sir, I am a humble person, but I think I have some knowledge, and I am willing to serve you!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng thought that Li Hongmao was really not humble.

She could only nod and say, "Mr. Li, please take care of everyone during the ditch digging and avoid conflicts with the county residents. We will discuss the rest after the ditch is dug."

"Yes! Your lord!"

Then Shen Zheng looked at the group of refugees and felt a headache. She had to take them back to the county government office today.

Shen Zheng sent a constable to the village head's house to inform him, and then led everyone back to the county government office. Along the way, they were secretly watched and pointed at by the county residents.

"Where did you pick up this savage from, sir?"

"What savage? I heard they were refugees! They were captured by the people from Huaihua Village!"

"It looks like they are going back to the county government office. Why are they taking these refugees back? They are going to chop off their heads!"

"Why do you only know how to chop off heads every day?"

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After returning to the county government office, Shen Zheng ordered the constable to close the gate because the county residents outside were waiting for him.

She also ordered the chef to prepare some food for everyone. Shen Zheng stood there for a long time without moving, watching them wolfing down the food, even choking themselves, and not stopping.

"What are you thinking, sir?"

Xu Zhubu stood next to Shen Zheng without knowing when.

Shen Zheng turned her head, looked into his eyes and said, "I wonder how many people like them there are in this world."

Xu Zhubu looked at the people in front of him and was silent for a moment.

"Of course, he can't be saved."

Shen Zheng stopped talking. She understood that as a small county magistrate, even her own people could not afford food and clothing, so how could she worry about the people of the world?

But she wanted to give it a try because she already had advantages that others didn't have.

However, she did not intend to express her thoughts. She did not have absolute strength now, and if she did, she would be laughed at by everyone.

Let’s just do the current things well first.

"I'll trouble Chief Clerk Xu to handle the household registration and land demarcation matters. Please do not harm the interests of the original county residents." Shen Zheng said.

Xu Zhubu nodded: "I understand, and I will handle it in the next two days."

Two days later, Xu Zhubu came to look for Shen Zheng.

"Sir, the registration and land allocation for the refugees have been arranged."

"Ding, it has been detected that the host's location has taken in a number of refugees. An additional 10 prosperity points will be awarded."

Hearing the system report in her mind, Shen Zheng quietly raised the corners of her lips. She didn't expect that the system would give her so many extra rewards. She had more points, so she thought that she would be able to try to exchange some items in no time.

Shen Zheng came to her senses and took the document handed over by Xu Zhubu to check. The household registration procedures were complete and the refugees were already citizens of Tongan County.

The residences and fields allocated to them were located in Xiahe Village, where the canal digging started.

Because of floods in Xiahe Village more than ten years ago, the villagers moved away one after another. Although the river dam has been repaired, there are very few residents in Xiahe Village today.

It would be nice to add a little more humanity to them.

Shen Zheng nodded after reading it: "Xu Zhubu's work is really reassuring."

Xu Zhubu's lips curved slightly: "Your Excellency is too kind to praise me. It is my duty."

Looking at Xu Zhubu's expression, Shen Zheng chuckled and took out the map that outlined the direction of the ditch.

"There is one more thing. Sir, please help me take a look. Is there anything wrong with digging ditches and canals according to this map?"

When Xu Zhubu looked at the map that Shen Zheng took out, his eyes lit up!

"How did you get such a detailed map, sir? It's really amazing!"

Shen Zheng pursed her lips and didn't answer.

Xu Zhubu realized that he had been rude, so he stopped talking and looked at the map carefully.

A quarter of an hour later he looked up and looked at Shen Zheng with eyes full of joy.

"Sir, this map is brilliant. With this map, we don't have to cross the river by feeling the stones. We can dig one step at a time and then think about the next step. This will greatly improve the efficiency of canal digging!"

Seeing Xu Zhubu's happy expression, Shen Zheng was also infected.

"Then, Master Zhubu, how long do you think the entire project will take, and will it be ready in time for spring planting?"

Xu Zhubu nodded immediately: "If we don't have this map, it will take three months, and we won't be able to make it in time for spring planting. But with this map, I am confident that we can finish digging in more than a month!"

There is more than a month left, so we can catch up!

Shen Zheng immediately overturned the previous idea of ​​allowing county residents to grow hybrid rice next year.

A must plant this year!

But she had to find a way to make the county residents believe in her and believe in hybrid rice.

If everyone is forced to farm, the county residents will be dissatisfied. She does not want to conflict with them. It is best for them to farm happily.

Xu Zhubu looked at Shen Zheng and saw that she seemed to be thinking about something again, so he had to call her: "My lord, the sooner the better. I will go and inform everyone now and start the work tomorrow morning."

Shen Zheng nodded in response, and Xu Zhubu bowed and walked out.

If you want each of the thousands of households in the county to plant at least one acre of hybrid rice, you have to let Wang Guangjin grow all the remaining rice seeds into seedlings!

Then she ran out of the county government gate, found a few porters, and asked them to carry the rice seeds and go with her to Wangjiazhuang.