Transmigrated into a corrupt female county magistrate, defied fate and changed her life in a deserte

After these words were spoken, a big question mark appeared over Shi Zhubu's head.

Is Lord Wang playing with abstractions?

Suddenly, Shi Zhubu had a bad feeling and read the contents of the letter with trembling hands.

Then he couldn't calm down for a long time, his hands trembling, and cursed: "This...this...does she still have any shame?"

He didn't know that Song Jinshu's face was thicker than the city wall. Is this what a human being would say?

She was selling her underpants to raise money for him, and she was asking if she knew anyone who wanted to sell a kidney to raise money for the winter. She was also asking if she could borrow some old things she didn't want anymore, etc...

Although he didn't understand the meaning of some of the words, he felt that they were definitely not good words!

No wonder Wang Zhizhang asked him after reading it whether Song Jinshu would take the opportunity to borrow money from him?

After reading it, he had an illusion that if Song Jinshu met him, would he also ask him to borrow money!

Wang Zhizhang looked at Shi Zhubu's out-of-control appearance and sighed in his heart. He shouldn't have trusted him!

Jingyang County has been extremely poor in the past ten years. Song Jinshu is the county magistrate of Jingyang County. How could he possibly deduct ten thousand taels of silver from a place that is so poor that it cannot be any poorer?

And how could he buy several carts of grain on his own without alerting the officials of Shun'an Prefecture?

If you think about it carefully, Shi Zhubu used to be Song Jinshu's subordinate. Because he was ostracized by Song Jinshu, he wanted to transfer him to be his subordinate.

Under pressure from his beloved concubine, he agreed in a moment of weakness.

Then, thinking that he had been the chief clerk for many years and had been quite diligent, he was allowed to continue serving as the chief clerk in Guangrao County.

But I didn't expect that he wanted to frame such a...poor county magistrate for his own selfish reasons.

It seems that he needs to find a suitable time to give Shi Zhubu a good lesson.

His five-year term is about to end and he will be promoted to the provincial capital. He cannot let Shi Zhubu affect his career.

"Don't mention this matter in the future, and pretend that you never knew about it. Just do your own thing quietly these days!" Wang Zhizhang warned seriously.

Shi Zhubu shuddered, bowed his head and said, "I understand. I will do my job well. As for Jingyang County, I know nothing about it."

"Yeah! You're quite sensible!"

Wang Zhizhang expressed his satisfaction with Shi Zhubu's ability to understand current affairs, as this was also what he valued in him.

If he doesn't cause trouble in the future and works obediently, for the sake of his concubine, after he goes to the provincial capital, if there is a suitable position, she will reserve one for him.

On this side, Shi Zhubu watched Wang Zhizhang leave, with his head lowered and his eyes full of unwillingness.

He couldn't understand why a idiot like Song Jinshu could get ahead of him. He had worked diligently for so many years, but he was still not as good as her, a greedy and lustful person.

The rain lasted for half a month and is still falling today.

The people suffered terribly from this. The crops in the fields were in low-lying areas, and a lot of the food was drowned.

The entire Shunan Prefecture was basically in a state of anxiety, and the officials in the prefecture had gloomy faces every day.

Except for Jingyang County under the jurisdiction of Song Jinshu, although it has been raining and water has accumulated in the fields, the crops have hardly been affected because the water was drained into the canals in time.

The people of Jingyang County only then realized Song Jinshu's intention of digging the canal, and they became even more grateful to her.

I was also more convinced of her because the fresh vegetables and eggs in the back yard were simply not enough to eat.

Song Jinshu had nothing to do that day, so he planned to visit a nearby village and also visit the hot spring resort.

Lu Ruoyu and Shen Fenghua also rushed over after hearing the news, and both of them asked to go with her.

Song Jinshu had no objection to this. She was more than happy to have someone help her drive the carriage.

The last time she was trapped in the wild had left her with a shadow, and she felt a little uneasy about going out alone.

"Let's go to Zhangjia Village first, then pass by Wangjia Village and go directly to Wenquan Town..." Song Jinshu said to Lu Ruoyu who was driving the car.

Lu Ruoyu nodded in understanding. "That's right. Zhangjia Village is closest to the river dam, and has been affected more severely by the river than other villages. Let's go over there today and see if there's any way to remedy the situation."

If crops are affected by disasters, the harvest will be affected. The yield of fields in Jingyang County was originally not high.

If we go through this again, the people’s year’s work will be in vain.

Song Jinshu expressed her understanding. She was also planning to go to the village today to check on the situation in the fields and find an experimental field.

She plans to plant late rice in advance this year to save enough rice seeds for next year so that she can plant it on a large scale next year.

When grain production increases next year, the people of Jingyang County will no longer go hungry.

Then she can develop the county's tourism industry well, and good days will come!

"County Magistrate Lu, before we go back, I want you to take me to see my private land."

She was appointed to Jingyang County, and the imperial court gave her 350 acres of land.

But these fields... are all barren hills and wasteland. If she wants to cultivate them, she has to reclaim them first.

In ancient times, the cost of reclaiming land was low, and it was not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also resulted in low grain yields.

If ordinary people reclaim wasteland and cultivate land, they still need to pay taxes, and the grain produced may not be enough to pay the taxes.

Therefore, almost no one was willing to cultivate the wasteland. The emperor felt that it was a waste of land, so he exchanged part of his salary for land.

Anyway, the land has been given to you and you don't have to pay taxes. It has nothing to do with him whether you want to cultivate it or not.

Upon hearing this, Shen Fenghua looked at Song Jinshu in confusion and said, "Why are you going there to see the barren mountains and wasteland? To put it nicely, it's farmland, but do you know that this land has never been reclaimed?

Every year, the imperial court gives out wasteland to countless newly appointed officials, all for the sake of reputation. Everyone just treats it as a lucky charm and doesn't use it at all."

The fields of those officials were either given by others or were fertile fields purchased by themselves. None of them cultivated the land themselves.

Lu Ruoyu agreed with this statement very much. He didn't know why Song Jinshu thought of the wasteland. Could it be that he wanted to reclaim the wasteland and cultivate the land himself?

Once the land is reclaimed and cultivated, it will take several years. Song Jinshu's five-year term is over, and if he has any achievements, he will definitely not stay in Jingyang County forever.

By then, wouldn’t these fields be given away to others for nothing?

No matter how you look at it, it’s not worth it!

Song Jinshu was stunned. She didn't expect both of them to react so strongly.

She had heard a little about the official land given by the court, but she didn't care. This was land that belonged only to her and was privately owned!

No matter whether the land is good or bad, it belongs to her alone. Now she can be considered a member of the land-owning clan.

I will buy a house and a car later, and live a stable and comfortable life.

"I understand what you said, but I have my own ideas. You will know them later."

She not only has rice seeds, but also potatoes and watermelons!

She didn't plan to cultivate this wasteland to grow potatoes and watermelons, as these two crops were not picky about the soil.

Potatoes can grow just by being sown into the soil, and there is no need to spend time and effort maintaining the soil environment.