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

Yu Zhengqing just remembered this and felt a little troubled.

His Liuyang Prefecture's Chamber of Commerce had come into conflict with the Fuzhou Prefecture's Chamber of Commerce half a month ago, and the two sides were arguing over the pricing of items such as rice, flour, grain, and oil.

This was because he had set rules for the merchants in the Chamber of Commerce in the city early on, prohibiting them from buying or selling various commodities in large quantities and maliciously manipulating market prices.

The merchants in Liuyang Prefecture listened to him and abided by the rules, but this gave the merchants from other prefectures an opportunity to take advantage of them. After the merchants from other prefectures took action, the merchants in Liuyang Prefecture complained bitterly.

This commercial war between the two sides has begun to affect the basic lives of residents in the city.

When Yu Zhengqing found that something was wrong, he wrote a letter to the prefect of Fuzhou Prefecture. The two negotiated and set a time and place to resolve the conflict between the businessmen.

After hearing the news, everyone from the Liuyang Chamber of Commerce went to the agreed location a few days earlier and waited.

If you don’t go now, you will lose everything!

Thinking of this, Yu Zhengqing considered the importance of two things in his mind.

Although both issues are important to people's livelihood, from a big picture perspective, the Chamber of Commerce issue is definitely not as important as high-yield rice and textile machines.

But in an emergency, we have to take the necessary measures. If Tongan County really had that high-yield rice, the rice planted in the fields would not have grown legs and run away, and the textile machines would not have disappeared just like that.

He and the prefect of Fuzhou had already set a time, and the negotiation location was agreed to be at the junction of the two prefectures.

There were many things to do in the government office, and he had already set out on time. If he went to Tongan County again today, he might not be able to make it in time.

Yu Zhengqing frowned and thought for a moment before making a decision.

He returned to his desk, sat down, picked up his pen and began to write a letter.

This letter is for Shen Zheng.

The general meaning of the letter is: I have important matters to attend to in the past few days, and I cannot personally verify the authenticity of the contents of your letter. If it is true, please keep your things well and come back when I am done. If someone comes to you without any eyes, you can use me as a talisman. If the contents of the letter are just your lies and deception of me, then you can expect to be punished!

After writing the letter, Yu Zhengqing took a look at the contents with satisfaction, put it in an envelope and handed it to the child.

He looked at Zhao Xiu and said, "Take this letter back and give it to your mistress. Her name is... Shen Zheng, right?"

Zhao Xiu nodded in response, took the envelope with both hands and put it in his arms.

Yu Zhengqing glanced at him and waved his hand at him: "Back off."

Zhao Xiu retreated respectfully.

He breathed a sigh of relief after he went out.

Just now, he saw that the prefect did not believe Lord Shen, and in a moment of desperation, he spoke to the prefect like that!

Fortunately, the prefect did not bother with him, otherwise he would not be able to return to Tongan County today!

Yes, he will go back today!

He and the adults thought that he would have to stay in Liuyang Mansion today, but who could have thought that things would go so smoothly for him today. It was only the evening when he finished his work and the sun had not even set yet.

He estimated in his mind that if he set out now and rode at full speed, he would be able to return to Tongan County around 11 p.m.

A smile appeared on Zhao Xiu's face.

It saved the government a lot of money!

After leaving the government office, Zhao Xiu got on his horse. His mood at this moment was completely different from when he came here.

He was also a person who had met the prefect and had a few words with him!

At one o'clock in the evening, the moonlight is bright.

After a busy day, Zhao Xiu returned to Tongan County. Seeing that it was getting late, he went back to his home to rest, intending to go to the county government office early the next morning to hand the letter to Shen Zheng.

Before, he had thought about investigating what happened that day in Yonglu County when he passed by Yonglu County on his way back from Liuyang Prefecture.

But plans cannot keep up with changes, and he did not expect that he could make the round trip in one day. When he passed Yonglu County just now, every house was closed and there was not a single person on the street. He had no choice but to return to Tongan County first.

Before going to bed, he took out the letter from his arms and carefully placed it under his pillow.

......

The next morning, as soon as Shen Zheng walked out of the room, she saw Zhao Xiu waiting in the yard.

She frowned slightly and walked quickly towards Zhao Xiu.

"Didn't I tell you to rest for a night before coming back? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhao Xiu scratched his head and explained the reason to Shen Zheng with a smile, saying that he met the prefect as soon as he arrived at the government office and it didn't take much time.

When Shen Zheng heard the on-duty personnel directly lead the way to Zhao Xiu, he praised in his heart that Governor Yu was considerate of them, the low-level staff, and now it seemed that he was a good official.

Then Zhao Xiu said that Prefect Yu was half-believing and half-doubting, and had planned to come back with him, but something happened in the mansion, so he had to let him deliver the letter first.

Shen Zheng breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. Fortunately, he didn't come.

It's not that she dislikes seeing Prefect Yu, but the rice has just started to ear, and if he really comes, he won't be able to see anything, because the rice ears are not yet filled with grain, and they are so dry and shriveled that there is nothing to see.

When the rice is full of grain, it will be a convincing sight!

After Zhao Xiu finished speaking, he handed the envelope in his arms to Shen Zheng.

After Shen Zheng took the envelope, she sat down on the stone bench in the yard. When she opened the envelope and saw the contents on the letter, she was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Was this letter really written by Magistrate Yu?

The tone and wording of this letter are not as solemn and majestic as Zhao Xiu described.

But how could Zhao Xiu forge a letter?

Shen Zheng recalled in her mind the scene when her original self first arrived in Liuyang Prefecture and went to the government office to pay a visit to Prefect Yu.

Well...Prefect Yu at that time did look solemn and majestic, and his whole body exuded an awe-inspiring aura.

Shen Zheng pondered for a moment and understood the purpose of his writing this letter.

It’s not that Prefect Yu was not dignified and majestic towards his subordinates, but he was using the words and tone of this letter to convey some information to Shen Zheng.

One of the messages was: I generally believe the contents of your letter.

If Prefect Yu did not believe it, he would not have taken the trouble to write this reply letter.

If Shen Zheng was really upset and lied to him in the letter, then his reply was just telling her: I am going to take your official hat, so you should run away as soon as possible.

So this reply letter expressed two meanings:

One is that he believed the contents of the letter and would come over after finishing the work at hand.

The second was to let Shen Zheng take good care of the rice and textile machines in the fields, and to use his name to do things when necessary.

Shen Zheng put the letter away with a smile, thinking that Governor Yu was truly an interesting boss.

Zhao Xiu, who was standing by, saw the expression on her face and knew that the content of the letter was good news, so he had completed the task assigned by the adults.

But people can't relax too much. Once they relax, bad things will pop up.

Zhao Xiu was also a person who could not hold back. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Sir, when I passed by Yonglu County yesterday, the constables looked at me strangely. Were they the ones who offended you and the chief clerk that day?"

Shen Zheng nodded and told Zhao Xiu roughly what happened that day.

Zhao Xiu immediately clenched his fists.

You bastard, how dare you set your sights on adults.

Seeing that he looked like he couldn't wait to rush to Yonglu County to deal with Wang Wu, Shen Zheng tried to persuade him to stop.

"Now, the most important thing for our entire county is to protect the rice in the fields and ensure that the rice is filled with grains and harvested in autumn."

Shen Zheng said with a hint of ruthlessness on her face: "As for Wang Wu, it won't be too late to deal with him later."

Zhao Xiu also understood the importance of the matter. No matter how angry he was, he kept reminding himself in his heart that the people's livelihood in the county should be the most important.

But when Zhao Xiu asked this, Shen Zheng remembered that Xu Zhubu had said before that he would write a letter to his friend to inquire about the character of the Yonglu County Magistrate. She wondered if he had forgotten it.