The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

Gu Yin knelt on the cushion that had been prepared in advance, and everyone else also knelt down in greeting.

Eunuch Yu straightened his back and raised his voice to announce:

"Propagate my oral order: Gu Yin, a daughter of the Gu family, is kind-hearted and concerned about the people. She invented a threshing machine that benefits the country and the people. I am very pleased and will reward her with 100 taels of gold, 1,000 taels of silver, 100 pieces of cloth, and a set of gold headpieces inlaid with gemstones."

When Eunuch Yu was reading out the Emperor's oral order, several guards at the back brought in the rewards one by one and placed them on the altar in the middle of the room.

"Miss Gu, please accept my order." Eunuch Yu reminded softly after reading the oral order.

"Your Majesty, I have received your order and thank you for your reward." Gu Yin replied happily.

She stood up and ran to the table, stretching out her slender hands to touch all the rewards. The look on her face as if she was about to pounce on the gold was like a wolf that had been hungry for a long time and suddenly saw a piece of meat in front of it, its eyes shining green.

Gu Huaiyi and Xue's eyes twitched. Thinking back carefully, they should not have treated their daughter badly. Why did she look like she had never seen money? Gu Yin didn't care what they thought. She was not worried because she had food in her hands. This was money that belonged to her completely and it was also her first income in this world. She had to feel it well.

Gu Huaiyi hurriedly took out the purse he had prepared in advance, stuffed it into Eunuch Yu's hand, and pretended to lead Eunuch Yu to the tea table:

"Eunuch Yu, thank you for your hard work. Come, let's continue drinking tea~"

When Eunuch Yu heard this, he was startled and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, the emperor is still waiting for me to go back and report, I will not disturb you any more." He was still drinking tea, and he had just drunk it for nearly an hour. He was about to vomit. Now he wanted to go to the toilet whenever he heard the word tea.

Gu Huaiyi knew that this was just an excuse, so he did not expose it and immediately sent the group out of the county government office.

When Gu Yin saw Eunuch Yu and others leave, she ran back to the table, holding the gold and laughing. One hundred taels of gold plus one thousand taels of silver had a purchasing power equivalent to about 200 million in modern times. She became rich overnight.

What is the purpose of earning money? Of course, it is to be spent, but Gu Yin himself does not lack anything, so he has to think carefully about how to spend it meaningfully.

Suddenly thinking of something, Gu Yin asked her father:

"Dad, does Ning County have an orphanage?"

"Orphanage? You mean the orphanage?" Gu Huaiyi wondered.

"Yes, a place to adopt orphans." Gu Yin nodded.

"There are only orphanages in the capital, not here. There are too many orphans in various places, and the court doesn't have enough money to take care of them all." Gu Huaiyi sighed.

"Can the county government be established by itself?"

"It's possible, but the county government doesn't have any money."

"You said... if I use my bounty to start a business, will it be enough?"

Gu Huaiyi was stunned when he heard this. His daughter wanted to use her own reward money to build an orphanage? This... she just looked like a money-grubber, how could she be willing to donate the money?

"It's possible within a few years, but the money will run out one day. Then, how should we place them? This is a hole that can never be filled." Coming back to his senses, Gu Huaiyi thought for a while and said.

"Well... this is a problem, but there is no need to rush. Let's set up the orphanage first. I will figure out the money issue."

Thinking of the group of children in the dilapidated temple, Gu Yin felt that the orphanage must be set up as soon as possible. It’s okay now that the weather is hot, but when the weather gets cold in winter, if they still live in that environment, lacking food and clothing, it will be difficult for them to survive the winter.

When I think about the fact that there were many people like them in this dynasty who were homeless at a very young age, compared to the modern children who are spoiled by their families, they really endured too many difficulties that they shouldn't have to endure at this age, my nose can't help but feel a little sour.

Now that he had money, he could help as much as he could. There were many ways to make money, so Gu Yin was not too worried.

When the father and daughter were talking, Xue was also beside them. Seeing that her daughter had arranged the use of the bonus in just a cup of tea, she was surprised and proud at the same time. Although her daughter liked money, she would not be swayed by it. Only by using money where it is needed can it play a greater role.

Xue secretly made up her mind that she would help her daughter open the restaurant and run it well.

She said goodbye to the two of them and took the maid to the street to look at the shops. After Gu Yin handed over the matter of running the nursery to her father, she took the jadeite pearls and went to the farm again. After so many days, the peppers were already, so she had to keep an eye on them.

Seeing the two of them running away in an instant, Gu Huaiyi chuckled and shook his head. He ordered people to send the cloth and jewelry back to the backyard, and personally took the yamen runners to move the remaining gold and silver to the bank for storage. This was the reward money that his daughter had worked so hard to get, so he had to be more careful.

He left 100 taels of silver and gave it to the county magistrate, who was told to set up the orphanage within a month. In fact, this was not difficult at all. All he had to do was buy a large yard and build more houses. The rest was to select orphans to move in and hire a few people to take care of the children's food and daily life.

Gu Yin didn't care how her father worried about it. It was his job to take care of it. If he did it well, it would be very helpful for his career. She came to a large field that had been recently opened up. She saw that the squares of land had been covered with a layer of tender green. The seeds that had been planted before had sprouted. The small cabbage hearts were growing even better. They were already one finger long and could be picked in a few days.

The two maids watched their mistress walk to this plot of land, squat down to take a look, rub the soil, and then run to another plot of land to pull the seedlings, and pull out the weeds that sprouted. They looked helpless. They didn't expect their mistress to like farming so much. They always asked the mistress to tell them to do the work, but every time the mistress didn't take it seriously and insisted on doing it herself.

Gu Yin didn't bother to pay attention to the two girls. They were already here. It was not as fun to just give orders as to do it by herself. Watching the seeds she planted sprout out of the soil and slowly grow into seedlings, the sense of accomplishment was indescribable. Perhaps this was the Chinese people's innate love for the land.

After checking the growth of the seeds, it was still early, so Gu Yin took another road and planned to go to the fields. Except for the last time he tested the thresher, Gu Yin had not been to the rice fields again, so he didn't know how the rice harvest was going now. Unexpectedly, he ran into the village head when he passed by a group of wooden houses.

"Miss Gu, why are you here?" Manager Zhao was directing things in the fields. When he saw Gu Yin coming over, he couldn't help but ask.

"I have nothing to do, so I came here to see how the rice harvest is going." Gu Yin simply asked Manager Zhao directly.

"Thanks to the thresher, the rice harvesting speed this year is much faster than in previous years. In two days, all the rice on the farm will be harvested." Manager Zhao said excitedly, leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade. Because this is the county magistrate's farm, they started using the thresher early on, so the speed is naturally incomparable.

"That's good. But what are they doing?" Gu Yin pointed at the people next to them.