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

After the matter of the printing house was settled, Yu Shizhang talked about the bookstore and cloth shop.

The bookstore and cloth shop had already been decorated and were just waiting for the books and cloth to arrive.

According to Shen Zheng's estimation, the county's boats would not be able to reach Shangjing until the Huihe Dam was completed.

As the two were talking, a sneaky figure suddenly appeared outside the hall.

Seeing this, Yu Shizhang's annoyance was written directly on his face, "Zhuang Quanye, what do you want to do now?"

The figure outside the hall froze and timidly moved to the door, "Grandfather Yu, Lord Shen..."

Shen Zheng narrowed her eyes and smiled, her expression friendly: "Xiao Yezi, aren't you going to be a filial son today? Isn't it said that serving your teacher is like serving your father? Why are you still in the mansion in the middle of the afternoon, instead of serving others?"

Yu Shizhang laughed out loud without mercy.

Zhuang Quan's cheeks also suddenly flushed. "I, I, I heard about the big frog, and everything else. My brother told me everything. Master...he was wrong. I, I think...he should be expelled from the sect."

"Oh—" Shen Zheng stretched out her voice. "Gadeber was invited to tea by the Ministry of Justice, and you, his disciple, are afraid. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. The world is truly fickle."

Yu Shizhang laughed even louder, patted the armrest of the chair and called to her: "Say a few more words."

Zhuang Quan was almost in tears, but he still stiffened his neck and yelled, "I know I was wrong. I'm sorry!"

Shen Zheng raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking that this kid didn't remember being beaten at all, and he did have some advantages.

"Come, come here." Shen Zheng called him.

Zhuang Quan also nodded in agreement and observed Yu Shizhang's expression.

Yu Shizhang clicked his tongue and said, "Since your sister Shen asked you to come over, you should come over."

Zhuang Quan was also happy and ran over happily. He didn't dare to sit down, so he stood in the hall waiting for Shen Zheng to talk.

Shen Zheng looked him up and down and asked seriously, "Are you really unaware of the dirty deeds that Jiadebo did before? Now everyone in the mansion is family. If you know anything, tell it honestly, otherwise if something happens, neither your grandfather Yu nor I can protect you."

Yu Shizhang frowned when he heard this, turned to look at her, and asked in a low voice: "Is there anything else?"

Could it be the one he was thinking of?

Jiade waiter, he dares!

Shen Zheng didn't dare to jump to conclusions, and only mouthed, "I'll trick him."

Yu Shizhang obviously didn't believe it. He slammed the table and said, "What do you know? Tell me now!"

Zhuang Quan also shuddered, and knelt down with his eyes wide open, crying out that he was innocent.

"I really don't know anything, Master... No, Gardebert, besides wanting to ask me about your affairs in Tongan County, that's all he knows."

Yu Shizhang frowned, "What do you know about Tongan County? What did you tell him?"

Zhuang Quan also exclaimed, "Wow!" with a look of grievance on his face. "I don't know. You only wrote to Grandma Yu, but not to me. And Grandma Yu didn't tell me the contents of the letter. How could I know..."

Yu Shizhang thought about it, turned around proudly, and said to Shen Zheng: "Fortunately, I never wrote to this kid."

Shen Zheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Half a year, and you haven't written a single letter?"

How disgusting this is.

Come to think of it, before returning to Beijing, she didn't even know there was such a person as Zhuang Quanye.

Yu Shizhang glanced at Zhuang Quanye from the corner of his eye and said, "What can I say to him?"

He turned around and asked Zhuang Quanye, "What about your aunt? Did she say anything in her letter to you?"

"Aunt..." Zhuang Quan thought seriously, then shook his head. "Aunt never mentioned business in her letters to me. Even when she mentioned you and Sister Shen, she only mentioned you briefly, saying you were having fun in Tong'an County and that Sister Shen was a very smart person who could accomplish great things. She never mentioned anything else."

After these words were spoken, Shen Zheng narrowed her eyes and smiled, while Yu Shizhang blew his beard and glared.

Well, they are all in Tongan County. He went there to have fun. Shen Zheng is a smart person who can accomplish big things.

Really...

Thinking about it, he was extremely satisfied with his daughter-in-law Zhuang Zhiyun. "Zhiyun is like this. She always knows what to do. Zhengqing has found a good daughter-in-law."

Shen Zheng nodded in agreement: "Aunt Zhuang's knowledge is enough for others to ponder for a long time."

The two of them praised Zhuang Zhiyun a few more times before Yu Shizhang turned around and said, "Why are you still kneeling? Stand up and talk."

"Oh..." Zhuang Quan also stood up by supporting himself on his knees.

Shen Zheng looked at him and asked, "What are your plans after you betrayed your master?"

Zhuang Quan's expression also changed. He didn't expect that the cake would be fed directly into his mouth.

He hurriedly said, "Sister Shen, I want to become your disciple!"

"Ahem—" Shen Zheng didn't expect that she would be involved in this matter. She choked on her tea and said, "No."

"I really know I was wrong!" Zhuang Quan was also excited and wanted to kneel down again. "When you solved that problem that time, I knew you were smarter than my master. I have truly changed for the better this time. Please accept me. I want to take the imperial examination and participate in the palace examination."

Yu Shizhang felt so disgusted that he leaned back.

Shen Zheng still shook her head: "My skills are passed down to girls, not boys. You lose based on your gender. Also, don't compare me to Jardebo."

Zhuang Quan had often heard the saying “pass it down to males but not females”, but this was the first time he had heard the saying “pass it down to females but not males”.

He said with a bitter face: "You are sexist..."

After all the arguments, Shen Zheng still refused to accept Zhuang Quanye.

Looking at Zhuang Quanye's lonely back, Yu Shizhang chuckled and talked about the reading building with Shen Zheng.

"The Reading Building is about to open." He lowered his voice and said, "After the court session today, His Majesty summoned me alone and said that Gadbert was unavailable at the moment, so he asked you and me to take charge of the opening."

Shen Zheng was slightly stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Where is Jiadebo now? Is he under house arrest, or..."

"I can't say for sure." Yu Shizhang thought for a moment. "His Majesty didn't say much, but from what I heard from him, it seemed that he wanted to hand over the reading building to us in the future and didn't intend to return it to Gadbert. So you think this guy is probably..."

Most likely something serious is going on.

Shen Zheng and Yu Shizhang both tacitly understood what the matter was and didn't think much about it.

All they need to know is that Gadbert has made wedding dresses for them again.

"When will it open?" Shen Zheng asked.

"The calculated date is three days from now." Yu Shizhang pondered for a moment, "I plan to invite Principal Deng and the students from the western suburbs to go with us."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng's first reaction was - there's going to be trouble.

The Imperial College and the Western Suburbs Official School are not easy to deal with.

That's not right. To say that they are not easy to deal with is actually because everyone in the Imperial College, from the chief academic officer to the students, looks down on the principals and students of ordinary schools.

But now, times have changed.

Since Gadbert cannot show up, who has the final say in the reading building?

Your Majesty has the final say!

Everyone knows which side His Majesty is on.

It was a rare day off for Shen Zheng, so she had dinner at the Yongning Marquis's Mansion before returning to the Shen Mansion. She even personally supervised the preparation of the "bullfrog feast" in the kitchen.