Female-to-male: I live on farming

Qin Ke inspected the next village without stopping, and stayed in the house of County Magistrate Zhu at night. During the day, he could use the excuse of urgent official business to decline, but at night, Qin Ke could not refuse County Magistrate Zhu's invitation.

At such official gatherings and dinners, he couldn't be the kind of loner who was indifferent to everything.

"You can eat, but forget about drinking. I still have to write a memorial to His Highness after the meal." Qin Ke rejected the graceful maid who was pouring wine for him and looked at County Magistrate Zhu with a half-smile.

Qin Ke knew exactly what his intention was, but seeing that there was no big fish or meat on the table, just some light home-cooked dishes, it was normal, so she didn't intend to argue with him.

"Of course, of course." When County Magistrate Zhu heard Qin Ke talking about the eldest princess, he did not dare to continue to pester her even if he had eight courage. He waved his hand and hurriedly asked the maid to leave.

It seems that Qin Sinong is not only smart and capable, but also very impartial and just. Ordinary beauties are not at all attractive to him.

At this time, County Magistrate Zhu did not know Qin Ke's background. If he knew who Lu Youqing was, he would probably regret today's test.

Qin Ke was not making excuses. He really needed to write a memorial to the princess immediately. If he moved quickly, he could still catch up with this year's spring ploughing.

He visited several villages in Taiyuan County today. He summarized the arable land conditions of these villages and, based on the terrain, put forward feasible suggestions for building terraces to increase the arable land area, and proposed building water wheels to irrigate farmland.

Also attached were the design drawings of the waterwheel, which were of course exchanged by Qin Ke in the system mall. He had previously exchanged them for cotton, sweet potato and other seeds, and also for a curved plow. After completing the production, the system rewarded him with 10 points. Now that he had exchanged for the waterwheel, Qin Ke still had 25 points remaining.

Qin Ke was naturally accustomed to drawing diagrams, but writing memorials took a little longer. He couldn't write calligraphy fast enough, so he was busy until late at night when the stars were shining.

Someone was sent directly to deliver it to Cangwu City overnight. It is estimated that the princess will be able to see the memorial written by Qin Ke tomorrow morning.

Qin Ke stretched himself. He thought that he had never worked so late since he came to Dayan Dynasty. This reminded him of the time when he stayed up late to work overtime in his previous life. However, he was mostly forced to do so at that time. Now, Qin Ke felt that everything he did was full of meaning, for the people and for the country.

The next morning, after Qin Ke had breakfast, he continued to inspect other areas. Fortunately, he had made preparations before coming and asked the kitchen to prepare a lot of dry food such as pork jerky biscuits for him.

When he just left the house, the eldest princess of Cangwu City saw his memorial, pondered for a long time, and handed it to Gu Lanxi.

As soon as Gu Lanxi opened the memorial, he saw Qin Ke's handwriting, which was like that of a seven-year-old child. He silently despised it for a moment before reading it carefully. As he read, his brows furrowed and he asked, "Is Qin Ke's method really feasible?"

"Based on his past style, he won't say anything he's not sure of."

"Indeed," Gu Lanxi nodded. Qin Ke was indeed somewhat magical. The coal mine in Black Stone Mountain had existed for so many years and no one knew about it, but he knew what it was just by taking a look.

She glanced at Jinyang's expression. They shared the same bed and had a tacit understanding. She guessed her thoughts and asked tentatively, "Do you want to see it yourself?"

"That's right. The messenger said that Qin Ke has been traveling non-stop to survey and record the terrain. I guess he wants to catch up with this year's spring plowing. He is quite good at these things, but he is not so good at dispatching officials and making overall arrangements. It would be better for me to go there in person."

Qin Ke was a newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, lacking in authority. Facing those unscrupulous people who had been in officialdom for many years, if he wanted the county magistrate to obey his orders and arrange for the villagers in various villages to reclaim wasteland, he might be able to do it, but it would be more efficient than for her to go in person.

Jin Yang held Gu Lanxi's hand and continued, "It just so happens that Liangzhou's affairs are not busy right now, so I can personally go and implement the tax reform. In this way, I will need your help to look after the affairs in Cangwu City."

"It doesn't matter. I'll take care of everything here."

Since Jinyang decided to set off, she arranged manpower that day. She knew that Qin Ke would definitely need craftsmen, so she brought the Ministry of Works along.

So when Qin Ke returned to the county government office in the evening, he saw a familiar face guarding the door of the county government office at a glance, and immediately realized that the eldest princess had come in person.

He thought the princess would send some people to help him, but he didn't expect her to come in person.

Qin Ke dismounted and threw the reins to Lei Zhong, then hurried to the main hall to report. When he entered, the princess was sitting on the main seat, looking at something, while County Magistrate Zhu and his lieutenant were standing respectfully below.

"Your Highness Jin An."

Jinyang raised his head, his eyes as bright as stars, and looked at Qin Ke who had just returned from a busy journey. The hem of his brocade robe was wrinkled like crumpled paper, and there was a lot of dirt on it.

Seeing this, Jinyang's mood finally eased a little, and he said, "No need to be so polite, please sit down, Shishu, serve tea to Qin Sinong."

His words were full of respect for Qin Ke.

Magistrate Zhu looked at the nose with his eyes and the heart with his nose, and the difference in the treatment given to them by the two parties was obvious.

Of course, Jinyang did it for him to see, and also to support Qin Ke.

"What are the results of today's inspection?"

Qin Ke was indeed thirsty. After drinking the tea brought by the secretary, he presented the records in his arms and explained, "I have marked all the villages that can be transformed into terraces that I personally inspected. If Your Highness agrees, I can arrange for the reclamation tomorrow."

Jinyang did not dislike his handwriting. He roughly flipped through it and said, "Yes, the Ministry of Works is traveling with me this time. I have already handed the drawings you submitted to Zhang the Craftsman, and he is leading the construction."

After thinking for a while, he said, "You can let your servants do the investigation. Tomorrow you will lead people to supervise the construction of the terraces."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"You've worked hard these past few days, go back and change first."

Qin Ke bowed and said goodbye. He was indeed dirty, but fortunately the weather was getting warmer and he could take a bath outside.

However, Qin Ke was not idle after taking a bath. Since he had to hand over the work to other people, he needed to give them the standards for building terraces in advance.

After Qin Ke said goodbye, Jin Yang continued to sit on the throne, looking at the few people with a firm and sharp gaze.

Being looked at like this by the princess, Magistrate Zhu could only feel beads of sweat gradually oozing out of his forehead, cold sweat flowing down his neck, his fingers trembling slightly, and his palms being soaked with cold sweat.

"Do you know what I have ordered?" The eldest princess' voice was clear, steady, and full of majesty.

"I obey your orders. Tomorrow I will personally summon all the village heads in Taiyuan to inform them of this matter. I will also personally revise the land registration in Taiyuan County." County Magistrate Zhu knelt down hurriedly and bowed his head to the ground, his voice still trembling a little.