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

The night watch drum sounded, and two figures walked out of the back door of the Lord Garde's Mansion and headed towards Yintai Street.

A quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on the back door of Cui's house.

Two figures stood outside the door, almost blending into the night.

One of them lowered his voice and said, "My Lord has something important to discuss with Lord Cui."

The guard at the back door frowned and replied, "The master has gone to bed."

"Important! Do you understand what is important?" Another man in black robe was very excited: "If it is not important, how can I come here in person? Go and report it quickly!"

The guard was slightly startled and quickly looked at the man in black robe, "My eyes are not good enough, please wait a moment, sir."

Gadber quietly retracted his raised foot, his face dark, "Hurry up, you can't take the responsibility if you delay something important!"

After the back door was closed, he stood there, panting slightly, "What a big rack..."

Just when he was almost impatient, the back door slowly opened. After the housekeeper of Cui Mansion raised the lamp to identify him, he stepped aside and said, "I don't know why you came so late at night. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Please come in, sir."

After hearing this, he felt a little relieved and stepped inside.

The candles in Cui's study were lit. Gadber waited inside for about half a quarter of an hour, and the person he wanted to see finally arrived.

"Master, you are really in good spirits." After Cui Xiang entered, his first words were teasing, "It's so late at night, I wonder what important matter has Master come to visit in person?"

He emphasized the word "important" very heavily, implying a warning.

Gadber's face darkened, but when he thought about what was about to be accomplished, his anger subsided a lot.

"Why don't you sit down, sir, and listen to my detailed explanation?"

Cui Xiang chuckled and poured him a cup of water. "I don't drink tea at night. It's a mistake. Where's the uncle?"

Looking at the filled teacup, the anger that had just subsided in Gadber's heart suddenly rose up again.

"I have come here sincerely to discuss matters with you, Lord Prime Minister. If you do not like me, I will take my leave!"

Prime Minister Cui put down the teacup, leaned back slightly, and leaned against the back of the chair. "Master, what are you talking about? Didn't I come to see you? Could it be that Master, you like to sleep well and drink tea in the middle of the night? Butler..."

"That's enough!" Jadeber lowered his voice and gritted his teeth: "Even if the Prime Minister looks down on me, you and I are now in the same boat. I hope the Prime Minister will treat me with sincerity."

Cui Xiang suddenly laughed. His laughter was not loud, but it was particularly harsh in the quiet night.

"That's right, my uncle."

Grasshoppers on a rope?

And the idiot across from me?

The most frightening thing when working with stupid people is that they overestimate themselves and underestimate others.

He lowered his eyes and said, "Why did you come here, sir? Please tell me."

Gadber subconsciously looked around and confirmed that there was no one else in the room before he whispered, "My people went to the outskirts of Beijing today. I wanted to buy someone to take lime, but guess what... my people encountered?"

“What?!” Cui Xiang sat up straighter.

Just when Gadber thought that his curiosity had been aroused, he shouted again: "Take lime?! Such a stupid method is the plan you came up with!"

The faint smile on Gadber's face disappeared, and he asked word by word, "You said, my method is stupid?"

“Isn’t that stupid?!” Prime Minister Cui suddenly slapped the table with his right hand, causing the water in the cup to splash everywhere. “Did Shen Zheng ever say that lime can be eaten? What you are doing… is no different from instigating others to eat mud, and then spreading the word that mud cannot be eaten?!”

"How can there be no difference?" After being questioned, Gadber was very emotional: "You also saw the lime, it bubbled when poured into the water, it must be poisonous! That day my man only touched it, and his finger was poisoned, and it has not healed yet!"

In Prime Minister Cui's eyes, Jiadebo was extremely unreasonable at this time.

He suppressed his anger and said, "Since the day lime came into being, people from the Ministry of Works have mentioned that calcined lime will heat up when it comes into contact with water and can burn the skin, so it should not be touched directly. You didn't listen to the advice, but instead wanted to blame Shen Zheng?"

Stupid, so stupid.

Working with stupid people will not only make it difficult to accomplish anything, but it may also drag you into a quagmire.

After thinking for a while, he stood up and said, "I am tired and need to go to rest. Please go back, my Lord. Today, we will just pretend that we have never met."

"You believed her when she said that lime cannot be touched!" Jiadebo stepped forward to stop him, his chest rising and falling rapidly: "Whatever she said is true, the people in the Ministry of Industry were led by her nose, and you actually believed her? In my opinion, that lime is poisonous!"

Cui Xiang was impatient when he heard this: "Please leave, my Lord..."

"Moo-moo-ga-ga-ga"

The rest of the words were not uttered before they were interrupted by a short shout.

The sound was like an animal's cry, deep and powerful, and even a bit like thunder rolling in the low sky, which was frightening.

"Is this what you brought?" Prime Minister Cui asked immediately, "What the hell did you bring to the Prime Minister's residence?"

He had never heard that voice before. It was deep and loud, as if it came from some large beast.

Gadber laughed softly. The feeling of being in control made him feel extremely happy. "I just said that my people found a good thing in the suburbs of Beijing. It's a... monster."

"Monster?" Prime Minister Cui frowned and walked out of the study.

"Wait a minute, sir." Jia Debo blocked his way again. "I can say that this thing has never appeared in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is ugly and poisonous. If the people see this thing, will it confirm the rumor that cement is poisonous?"

"Cement..." Cui Xiang fell into deep thought.

"Yes." Gadber spread his arms and laughed loudly. "Before Shen Zheng came to the capital, such a monster had never appeared in the capital. Moreover, this monster... was caught in the lower reaches of the Hui River. How can cement be unrelated?"

Cui Xiang stood where he was, studying his expression carefully.

Could it be that... even a fool can sometimes hit the mark by accident?

"Seeing is believing." He waved away Gadber's hand that was blocking his way and walked out of the study.

The door opened and candlelight poured in, illuminating the figure of the person outside the door and the outline of the object in his hand - a square cage covered with black cloth.

Jia Debo followed closely behind, raised his chin and said, "Open it and show it to the Prime Minister."

The man in black robe took the order, put the cage in his hand on the ground, squatted down and uncovered the black cloth.

“Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga”

Two or three living creatures in the box seemed to be frightened and cried out miserably, their cries were quick and sharp.

Cui Xiang subconsciously took a half step back, and after stabilizing himself, he looked at the cage, his pupils shrinking slightly: "What is this..."

Looking at the creature's strong hind legs, he instantly thought of it as a beast.

"This, was really caught in the lower reaches of the Hui River?" he confirmed with Gadber.

The corners of Gadber's mouth curled up, and there was a fierce light in his eyes, "It's absolutely true."