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

On the official road, Song Jinshu and his companion took a carriage to Zhitian.

Looking at the desolation along the way, Song Jinshu curled his lips, thinking that this dog emperor was really stingy.

Because the national treasury was empty and there had been disasters from time to time in recent years, it was unknown who had the wise advice to him to reduce the amount of his salary by granting him official land.

Most of these so-called official fields are deserted and uninhabited. Even if they are used to grow crops, the yield is not very good.

Therefore, the emperor could only use this to deal with these petty officials with no background.

When he arrived at the place where he was given official land, Song Jinshu felt that he had overestimated the emperor.

How dare he grant them this barren place as their official land?

Everywhere she looked was overgrown with weeds. Apart from the flat and wide area, she couldn't find any advantages.

"County Magistrate Lu, are you sure you didn't bring me to the wrong place? Can crops really be grown here?"

"Ahem~ It should be possible." Lu Ruoyu said uncertainly.

Song Jinshu said with a sullen face: "Even if the Japs came, they wouldn't be able to find this place!"

"Ghost? Don't be afraid here. Although this place is desolate, there are no ghosts." Lu Ruoyu thought Song Jinshu was afraid and comforted him softly.

"Alas! How long would it take to open up such a large piece of land if we hired someone to do it?"

Song Jinshu frowned. It was already July 20th and August was approaching. If it took too long to clear the land, she might not be able to grow rice and potatoes this year.

Because of the previous plague, most of the food she and Lu Chuan and others brought back was gone, and now she needs food to hire people to build the road.

By the time winter comes, I'm afraid there will be no food left.

She gave up the idea of ​​growing rice the moment she saw her own farmland.

If the land is cleared in time, potatoes can still be planted.

It’s a pity that there are no sweet potatoes. If they had planted sweet potatoes, the people of Jingyang County would have had a good winter.

Now we can only settle for the second best and plant potatoes.

Lu Ruoyu looked at the land and estimated the time it would take to reclaim it. She said softly, "I estimate the land is about 350 mu. I wonder how many days you want to finish reclaiming it?"

Song Jinshu lowered his head and thought that if the potatoes were planted in early August, they could be harvested in late October or November. By then the weather would be cold, which would be a perfect time to hibernate.

“It would be best if it could be completed before August.”

"Today is July 20th, and there are only ten days left. If you are in a hurry, you can hire thirty people, and the reclamation will be completed in eight days at the latest."

Song Jinshu's eyes lit up, and he hit the nail on the head: "Well, then let's hire forty people! There's strength in numbers."

If ten more people were added, the land reclamation work could be completed sooner, and she would feel at ease once the potatoes were planted sooner.

After the two returned, Song Jinshu wrote a recruitment notice himself.

The official land belonged to her privately, so she could not use the county government seal. She wrote her own name on the spot where she wrote.

When the people in the city who were looking for odd jobs saw the notice, they were all very happy. They were the pillars of their families, and because there was a shortage of labor at home, the farm work had to be done by no one.

Although I was very tempted when I saw the road construction job recruitment, I did not sign up because of my family situation.

Now that I have finished my farm work, I have come to the county town to find odd jobs in my spare time.

After searching for a few days, they still couldn't find it. Just when they were about to give up, they saw a notice in front of the county government office.

Someone looked at the name written below and asked curiously, "Why is this name the same as the one for recruiting road workers? Could it be that they're short on manpower, so our county magistrate is recruiting a new batch?"

The speaker is illiterate and can only judge based on the shape of the characters.

A literate scholar happened to be passing by and kindly stepped forward to help the villagers clarify the confusion: "This is not a recruitment for road construction workers, this is the county magistrate recruiting workers for himself!"

"Sir, could you please help me look at what's written on these? What kind of job is this for? How much is the salary?"

The scholar was questioned by the onlookers and was called a scholar. His face turned red. Although he had not yet passed the imperial examination, hearing them call him that made him feel that he had passed.

The scholar straightened his back and patiently answered the onlookers, "Lord Song needs to recruit forty strong men to open up wasteland. The salary is thirty coins a day, and three meals are provided."

"Hiss~ The county magistrate has provided us with work again!"

"I want to sign up! I missed it last time, and I can't miss it again this time!"

The crowd started to make noise, everyone wanted to sign up. This time, only forty people were being accepted, and if you went too late, there would be no spots left!

Seeing that they wanted to go to the government office after listening to this, the scholar hurriedly reminded them, "Master Song said that this work will probably only take a few days, and it will be odd jobs!"

"Odd jobs are fine! Odd jobs are fine! Thank you so much, Mr. Scholar!"

They no longer cared whether it was odd jobs or not. The thirty cents alone was more than what other employers in the county could get, and it also included three meals a day!

The forty places were filled in less than an hour. Song Jinshu was grinning from ear to ear, knowing that he could start work tomorrow.

She decided to exercise her privileges as a county magistrate and let the cook who was working on the road construction team prepare these three meals together.

The next day, Song Jinshu led them to Zhitian's land. Seeing this, the odd jobs became very motivated and tried their best to perform in front of her.

Working for the county magistrate is a respectable thing, not to mention the pay is so good.

How could they miss this opportunity to show themselves in front of the county magistrate?

If you are appreciated by the county magistrate one day, your future will be limitless!

Isn’t Wang Er from Wangjia Village an example?

Song Jinshu supervised the work for the whole morning and felt relieved to see that they were indeed honest and hardworking.

Six days later, this group of odd jobs gave Song Jinshu a surprise. They had cleared the land in just six days.

It ended two days earlier than expected, and the part-time workers were very reluctant to leave.

Although they knew that the slower they worked, the more money they would get, Lord Song treated them so well that they could not be the kind of people without conscience.

Seeing this, Song Jinshu waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. I just happen to have some work to do here, with the same pay. I wonder if you'd be willing to do it?"

The odd jobs workers nodded without hesitation: "Yes!"

"Okay! These are potatoes. Now I need you to plant all of them in the ground."

Song Jinshu had already taken out the high-quality potatoes from the system and cut them in the backyard of the county government office. Now he just needed to dig a hole and plant them.

The odd jobs didn't know what potatoes were; they just thought of them as a fruit enjoyed by wealthy people.

When cultivating, they are handled with great care, fearing that they might damage the potatoes by being too rough.

Song Jinshu didn't explain too much to them. They would naturally know when potatoes were promoted throughout the county.

And these people can also help her promote potatoes in the future.

All the potatoes were planted on August 1st. Looking at the newly renovated fields, Song Jinshu couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

Standing there and looking at the scene in front of her, she was already imagining the scene of harvest.