Become a founding empress in ancient times with the system

Wang Yize retreated behind Sheng Changan. He had just run faster to inform the villagers, otherwise why would all of them appear here.

Sheng Changan sighed helplessly. She really didn't know what was going on, otherwise she would have stopped Wang Yi. "Old man, let's go to the field and take a look!"

"Sir, please." The old man walked tremblingly behind and led the way, followed by more than twenty people.

Sheng Changan asked softly, "Are these all the people in your village?"

"Everyone is here, except for some children who didn't come out because they were afraid of disturbing the adults."

There were only 27 people in the village, excluding the children. Even the adults were barely clothed, not to mention the children. I guess today's clothes were probably the best they had. Sheng Changan felt a little uncomfortable. It really was the worst possible outcome.

The old man smiled and said, "Sir, we are doing well now. When the potatoes grow, everyone will be much better off. Thanks to your order, after paying the rent and 10% tax, the rest will be ours." He was very satisfied with this. At least now everyone saw hope, and no one would starve to death every day.

"Rent?" Sheng Changan was a little confused. How come she didn't know about this?

"Yes! In the past, after we paid the rent and taxes, there was nothing left." The old man smiled with satisfaction.

Although she didn't know what the rent was, Sheng Changan temporarily suppressed her doubts and planned to ask about it later. She felt that County Magistrate Wu was not that kind of person. But with just such a small amount of food, they were already so satisfied.

Lin Chuan glanced at Sheng Changan who was walking in front of him in surprise. He didn't expect that she didn't have any disgust towards the old lady, but was quite kind to her instead.

As they walked and chatted, they slowly reached the potato planting area. Without waiting for County Magistrate Wu and the others to stop them, Sheng Chang'an walked right in. The system had given him just enough potatoes to plant. There wasn't even a single weed in the field, showing how carefully these people were taking care of the potatoes. Sheng Chang'an glanced around and asked, "County Magistrate Wu, how are the corn arrangements?"

"Sir, I put the corn in another place, not far from here. You should go and have a look." He specially chose the land here because it is almost concentrated in one place and is easier to manage.

Sheng Changan naturally wanted to go and take a look. Now that he was already out, he wanted to see the situation in other places.

After saying goodbye to the locals, they got back on the donkey cart and arrived about a quarter of an hour later. Zhang Shi quickly took the corn off the cart. Sheng Changan was shocked when she got off the cart. There were about two hundred people standing not far from the donkey cart, each holding farming tools. If she hadn't noticed that these tools seemed to be for farming, she would have thought she was being robbed.

Since they heard they were going to plant crops, these people had been waiting here since dawn, holding their only farm tools. Their eyes were all fixed on Zhang Shi's hands, almost glowing green.

A man who was obviously the leader of these people came forward and was about to take the lead in kneeling down. Fortunately, County Magistrate Wu obviously noticed that the adults did not seem to like others kneeling at all, so he quickly stopped him.

A group of people looked at Sheng Changan timidly, not daring to move.

"Zhang Shi, take them to plant the corn and tell them what to pay attention to." Looking at the dew on their bodies, Sheng Changan probably had been waiting here for a long time. He didn't intend to delay and gave the order directly. He turned around and opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know the man's name. "What's your name? Are you the village chief here?"

"Replying to the adults, I am Wang Gouzi." Although I don't know what the village chief means, I guessed it: "They all tend to believe what I say."

Wang Gouzi, this name is really everywhere. She always feels like cursing when she calls Quanmin "Village Chief Wang, there are quite a few people in your village."

He quickly waved his hand and said, "No, the common people all live in the county town. When they heard that they would have food after planting this corn, many people came here."

So that's why these people looked much better than the dozen or so people she saw before, but she remembered that it took two hours to get here from the county town! They actually walked straight over.

As if he noticed Sheng Changan's surprised expression, he smiled shyly and said, "Sir, being able to eat is more important than anything else. Besides, it didn't take long to walk, so we'll be there soon."

"Sir, there is a child here." Li Dashan appeared out of nowhere holding a child.

County Magistrate Wu's expression changed. "Perhaps someone threw this here on purpose again." Ever since he picked up that dog egg, people had been dumping children at the county government office and running away. But he didn't have enough food to feed them, so he could only ignore them. This time, they must have heard something and thrown the child here early in the morning. Judging from the fact that her clothes were a little wet, she must have come here a long time ago.

Sheng Changan was also a little confused. Ever since she knew Changqing, she knew this matter was inevitable. She didn't expect it to appear so soon: "Wang Yi, do you know this kid?"

Wang Yi came closer to take a closer look and said, "Yes, her parents died when the bandits entered the city that day."

After hearing this, Sheng Changan also remembered that only two people died that day, and the original owner happened to be at the scene. The bandits wanted to forcibly seize the wife, but her husband disagreed, and after the dispute, the bandits took action.

In this case, this child must have been thrown here by someone who was disgusted. It just so happened that many people probably knew that she was coming here, so it would be impossible to find her. "Forget it, take her back first."

Wang Yi laughed and reached out to hug him: "Okay"

Sheng Chang'an was stunned. Wang Yi wasn't actually that old, probably only about thirteen. He just acted so mature that people ignored him as a child. And the girl in his arms looked only about a year old. He even wore two extra layers of patched clothes, probably because he was afraid she would catch a cold.

The food was not yet ripe, but the number of people around him was increasing. Sheng Chang'an suddenly felt under great pressure. Once the picking up of children set the precedent, there would probably be more to come. Just look at County Magistrate Wu.

"Sir, there is still some left after the distribution." Zhang Shi walked over carrying a sack.

There were still about thirty kilograms left, but that was within his expectations. After all, they were all corn kernels, enough to plant nearly two hundred acres of land. "County Magistrate Wu, please arrange for some to be distributed to other villages. I'll wait here for you. Li Dashan, you and Zhang Shi go together."

County Magistrate Wu hesitated. After all, he was still a little worried about leaving the master here alone. "Let Li Dashan stay. I and Zhang Shi can go. It's not far."

Sheng Changan wanted to persuade her again, but seeing that County Magistrate Wu looked like he would not go unless she agreed, he agreed.