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

After parting with Yu Shizhang, Shen Zheng went to Huiheba.

As soon as he entered, he was stopped by an officer from the Military Equipment Bureau.

The other person was the director of military weapons. He was nearly 40 years old, not tall, and had a scar on his forehead. He said that he accidentally injured himself while developing military weapons. He was thin, but as far as Shen Zheng knew, he was very strong.

His surname is Bao and his given name is Cheng. When read together, it becomes "Bao Cheng".

Shen Zheng didn't know whether Yue Zhenchuan believed these things or not, but she felt that it was a good name to have Bao Cheng, and that she would be successful in everything she did.

"Bao Jianzheng." Shen Zheng didn't expect this person to really come, so she pretended to be confused and asked, "Why are you here?"

Bao Cheng made a "hmm" sound and frowned, and the scar on his forehead moved.

"Don't mention it, Lord Shen. I have no choice but to trouble you. You don't know that General Zhongwu is really useless..."

"I seem to have heard someone talking about me behind my back?"

Before Bao Cheng finished speaking, he felt a chill on the back of his neck. He turned around and saw the tall and strong Lu Botang who had been standing behind them for an unknown period of time.

Shen Zheng didn't expect that he could really catch up, and laughed dryly: "General Lu is here too."

"Master Xiao Shen, nice to see you again." Lu Botang greeted her with a smile, then turned around and glared, "How could this general not come? They can't do their job at the Arms Supervisory Office. You've given them the blueprint for quite some time, but they haven't seen anything yet!"

Wrap it into a can and fry it.

"You come! You come! If you can do it, you come! The one who eats shit blames the one who poops for being slow. How can this be justified in this world?"

What a fragrant sentence.

Shen Zheng silently took two steps back.

"I'll do it if I can!" Lu Botang said loudly, "Not only do I blame you for being slow, I also want to find a few more people to play with you!"

"You rude bastard!"

"You black dwarf!"

"My Lords!" Seeing the two men start to gesture, Shen Zheng quickly squeezed in between them, pushing one with each hand, "Don't be anxious, both of you. Don't be anxious. I am not working with Lord Bao... No, we are developing it together, right? The people are watching, don't be angry, both of you."

Not far away, hundreds of laborers seemed to be working, but in fact they were watching a show.

Some people even worried: "Master Shen is standing in the middle, they won't beat Master Shen together, right..."

On this side, Lu Botang and Bao Cheng stopped fighting temporarily. Bao Cheng asked Shen Zheng, panting: "Master Shen, which shed is yours? We will build a shed next to yours."

Shen Zheng pointed at him.

Bao Chengran said: "Master Shen's shed is the best looking."

Shen Zheng was silent.

That’s right, she doesn’t even take care of the shed herself, but the laborers occasionally bring some small pendants over.

What about mud figures, bamboo dragonflies, and small bamboo fans...

Not to mention, Shen Zheng particularly liked the small bamboo fan. She would take it out and fan herself when she felt hot.

The people from the Arsenal built the sheds very quickly, and soon, four sheds in a row went up from the ground.

Then all kinds of tools were brought in. Shen Zheng couldn't help but said to Bao Cheng, "Master Bao, the wind is strong near the river. Some small parts are not safe here... and the axles cannot be cast here either."

Bao Cheng glanced at Lu Botang and said, "It doesn't matter. General Lu's horse is very fast. It only takes half an hour to get to the Ministry of Works from the dam. If Lord Shen has any idea, just use him."

"..."

Being caught in the middle is really hard.

Fortunately, Zeng Tongshi arrived in time and said that there were still fortifications on the dam and Shen Zheng was needed to go check them out, so he rescued Shen Zheng.

After checking today's construction process with Zeng Tongshi, You Fu appeared not far away. After Shen Zheng said a few words to Zeng Tongshi, she walked towards You Fu.

"Sir, I have found out everything." You Fu said, "The grandma that the Wu sisters mentioned was named Qiu Lianqiu, and she was from Jingzhou. In her early years, her father was the chief clerk of Yueqing County in Jingzhou. Later, the magistrate of Yueqing County was investigated for corruption, and her father Qiu Yingmu was also investigated and committed suicide in prison. She went to Beijing sixteen years ago to seek justice for her father, but she had nowhere to turn to, so she could only make a living in the suburbs of Beijing. Afterwards, she picked up seven sisters of Wu and brought them home to raise them until now."

Shen Zheng felt that day that the "grandma" was not like an ordinary peasant woman.

The daughter of the chief clerk...can also be considered half an official lady.

"What about her father..." Shen Zheng asked.

"I have also investigated it." You Fu said, "The magistrate of Yongqing County was corrupt, Qiu Yingmu helped him to make a lot of false accounts and profited from it, so he was not wronged. Even when the two were arrested, they were together."

Shen Zheng originally thought that Qiu Lianqiu's father was innocent, but she didn't expect...

"That's why she had nowhere to turn to after entering the capital." You Fu continued, "In her mind, Qiu Yingmu was incorruptible, upright, and definitely not a corrupt person, but that's not the case."

"Are you sure?" Shen Zheng still wanted to confirm it again.

After all, when you are in the officialdom, you are bound to take the blame.

You Fu paused, with a complicated expression: "The governor of Jingzhou at that time was the Minister of Revenue, Lord Ji, and this case passed through his hands."

Ok.

Now it is really certain.

Although Ji Benchang was stingy, he was very sensitive to money and did not form cliques.

After You Fu left, Shen Zheng felt conflicted.

The daughter of a corrupt official...

Her father's corruption most likely benefited her family.

But she was obviously unaware of it, and she did save the lives of seven baby girls. Without her, the five sisters might not be alive today.

But does she hate the court in her heart?

Shen Zheng was not sure, and she was not sure whether she had instilled some villain ideas into Ah Wu and others. In the final analysis, Ah Wu and others had done nothing wrong, they were just struggling to make a living.

"Master..." Huaduo walked over.

She heard clearly what You Fu said just now.

"Let's wait and see, there's no rush." ​​Shen Zheng said.

......

Two days later, at the morning court, Yongning Earl Yu Shizhang made a memorial on behalf of Shen Zheng, the Inspector of the Ministry of Works.

All the officials were curious, and even the emperor sat up straight subconsciously.

This is the first memorial Shen Zheng has written since he came to Beijing.

The emperor asked, "What does Mr. Shen want to report?"

Yu Shizhang stepped out of the line and said loudly, "Your Majesty, Lord Shen's report clearly states that we should love our own children, as well as other people's children. In today's world, the law clearly stipulates that anyone who kills a child will be sentenced to five years in prison. This is indeed a move to protect young children, but upon closer inspection, the law lacks punishment for abandoning a child. And there are occasionally abandoned babies in the suburbs of Beijing, and eight out of ten are female babies. Therefore, Lord Shen earnestly requests Your Majesty to order the officials to punish the crime of abandoning a child."

All the officials had complicated expressions when they heard this and dared not say anything.

Whether it is the common people or officials, there are many who prefer sons to daughters. Officials are better off because they want to save face and can afford to support the baby, so they will not abandon the baby.

But the people are different.

If you can't afford to raise it, don't want it, and no one will know if you lose it, just say it died.

They occasionally heard about this matter, but...almost no one took it to heart.