The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

Gu Huaiyi suppressed his anger and said, "Zhou Bowei, what else do you have to say?"

Zhou Bowei pulled his youngest son to his knees on the ground, "Sir, I am innocent..."

"Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist!" Gu Huaiyi interrupted him, exuding his authority, and shouted, "If you did this, and you confess now, I might give you a lighter punishment because of today's special day."

"If you really did this, but you still want to quibble, I will find out the truth and I will definitely skin you alive!"

Under the strong pressure from the official, Zhou Bowei, who was used to using the power of village chief, couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Just when he was hesitating whether to resist, his youngest son beside him did not have the same determination as him. He just fell to the ground and cried, "I'll tell you, I did it all... County Magistrate, please spare my life... Don't peel my skin off..."

"Who told you to do this?"

Zhou Zhi secretly glanced at his father, the meaning was self-evident.

At this point, Zhou Bowei closed his eyes tightly and bowed his head to plead guilty.

"As the village chief, you should know how important food is to the villagers, but you sent people to destroy the rice fields. Where is your conscience?"

Thinking of the ruined rice fields, Gu Huaiyi's anger burned like a raging fire.

Zhou Bowei lay on the ground and didn't dare to look up, "I know I was wrong..."

"Humph! As the village chief, it's bad enough that you don't protect the interests of the villagers, but you also take the lead in destroying the crops. Let someone else take the position of village chief!"

After hearing this, Zhou Baiwei looked up suddenly and his face turned pale.

However, this was not enough. Gu Huaiyi continued, "You should pay compensation for destroying someone's rice fields. I order you to pay double the amount."

"Finally, to prevent villages from destroying crops in neighboring villages in order to compete for rankings, any village that destroys crops in neighboring villages will be prohibited from participating in the next year's planting competition! Therefore, Jixiang Village will be deprived of the right to participate in next year's planting competition!"

If Zhou Bowei was still regretting his position as village chief just now, he now collapsed to the ground.

The private destruction of the rice fields in Gutian Village was the result of discussions between him and a few villagers.

If other villagers knew that Jixiang Village could not participate in the competition for a year because of their behavior, their families would be drowned in the villagers' spit!

After their grievances were redressed, Gu Xinhe and his son kowtowed to Gu Huaiyi in gratitude, "Your Excellency is wise..."

"Get up."

Gu Huaiyi returned to the platform and told everyone what happened in Jixiang Village.

"Jixiang Village's behavior is a serious cheating! Therefore, Jixiang Village's ranking is cancelled! The rest of the rankings will be moved up one place, and Gutian Village, which was originally ranked fourth, will be ranked third!"

“So the top three names became: Yuxi Village, Xiejia Village, and Gutian Village!”

This sudden change shocked the villagers of Jixiang Village. The second place they had originally obtained was suddenly gone!

The duck in my mouth flew away...

"It's the village chief! It's the village chief and his men who did it!"

“Even if we hadn’t destroyed the rice fields in Gutian Village, we would have been ranked in the top three. Now we have nothing!”

"And you can't participate in next year's competition!"

The villagers of Jixiang Village all spoke out to criticize the village chief's family, and the looks they gave them seemed like they wanted to eat them!

The huge psychological gap made them resent the instigator.

Compared with the villagers of Jixiang Village, the villagers of Gutian Village felt like they had received a gift from the sky.

It's really a case of one family being happy and the other being sad.

As the sun rose, it was getting hotter and hotter with so many people gathered at the city gate.

Gu Huaiyi quickly announced the ranking of sweet potato villages.

First place: Taohua Village

Second place: Ruyi Village

Third place: Fengshui Village

Whether it is rice or sweet potatoes, the top three villages will receive bonuses.

The first-place village will receive a reward of 500 wen per household, the second-place village will receive 300 wen, and the third-place village will receive 100 wen.

As soon as the reward amount was announced, all the villagers were excited. They didn't expect that they could get rewards for farming.

Gu Huaiyi looked at the happy villagers below the stage and gestured for them to be quiet with a smile.

"We said in the spring that the planting competition would have a prize and a plaque as rewards. We have just announced the prize. Now please take a look at the plaque we have prepared!"

Four yamen runners, carrying two plaques covered with red cloth, climbed onto the platform one after another.

Some villagers were puzzled. “A plaque is just a sign. What’s the use of it?”

"That's right, a piece of wood is not as attractive as a bonus."

But when Gu Huaiyi pulled the red cloth off the plaque...

“We want this plaque!”

I saw two black, simple and elegant gilded plaques being held in the hands of the yamen runners.

One of the signs reads: [The first rice-growing village]

One piece reads: [Sweet Potato No. 1 Village]

The villagers had never seen such a scene before. Whenever they thought of this plaque hanging at the entrance of their village, they would walk with confidence!

“Have the villagers seen this plaque?”

"This is the honor of being the first place!"

"Please ask the two first place winners, Yuxi Village and Taohua Village, to send someone up to claim the prize!"

The villagers of Yuxi Village and Taohua Village cheered excitedly, and the mouths of the two village chiefs were grinning from ear to ear.

"Mr. County Magistrate, we want it too!"

"Yes, we want it too!"

After a morning, the villagers were no longer as timid about Gu Huaiyi as they were at the beginning, and now they dared to directly ask for a plaque...

Gu Huaiyi said cheerfully, "You want it, right? If you want it, then you have to fight for it yourself!"

"Ning County will hold a planting competition every year, and this first place plaque will only be given to the first place!"

"Which village of yours wants it? Work together to increase production and strive to get first place!"

When villagers from other villages heard that they also had a chance to fight for it, discussions suddenly became heated again.

In the end, no one knew who took the lead, but everyone knelt down before Gu Huaiyi.

"The county magistrate is wise!"

Seeing this, other villagers also knelt down and praised the lord for his wisdom!

After the event, Gu Huaiyi and his colleagues returned to the yamen. On the way, someone suddenly shouted from the side.

"Sir, the villagers in the countryside have a planting competition. Will our county also hold a competition?"

Gu Huaiyi looked in the direction of the voice and saw a tall and strong man.

He is quite courageous.

Gu Huaiyi subconsciously wanted to answer no, because he really had no such plan, but when he thought of his daughter's cunning little face, he swallowed the words back.

Then he asked, "What competition do you want to participate in?"

The man didn't expect Gu Huaiyi to ask him back, and was stunned for a moment.

Gu Huaiyi continued to ask, "What can you do?"

The man blurted out, "Cooking!"

Gu Huaiyi nodded, "Learn your skills well and wait for the announcement!"

After saying that, he turned and left. He had to talk to his daughter...

The people behind him were in an uproar.