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After returning home, County Magistrate Lin immediately sent someone to invite several nearby county magistrates to gather in Qingshan Town.

Such good news should be shared with colleagues.

He also sent someone to find a few buckets to store the fish.

Naturally, the news of Shenjia Village harvesting rice fish could not be hidden from people in other villages.

After all, the county magistrate is here!

Therefore, those who were planning to catch these fish gave up the idea.

The other villages could only watch helplessly as the people of Shenjia Village had fish on their tables every day, while they themselves could only eat steamed buns with pickles.

People with more fields naturally had more fish harvests. For a while, every household in Shenjia Village carried their own rice fish to give to other people.

"Mrs. Zhang, where are you going?"

"Oh, I've collected the fish. I'll give some to my brothers from my mother's family so they can try some too. Where's Aunt Wang going?"

"Well! I couldn't finish them all, so I thought I'd send a few to my in-laws."

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Things like this have been happening almost every day in Shenjia Village in recent days.

The entire Shenjia Village harvested more than 10,000 kilograms of rice fish.

People from Shenjia Village could be seen selling fish in Qingshan Town and several surrounding villages.

Moreover, everyone in Qingshan Town knows that the county magistrate has personally gone to Shenjia Village to catch the rice fish.

The major restaurants in Qingshan Town rushed to send people to Shenjia Village to order rice fish.

At this moment, if you say that you don’t have rice fish in your restaurant, you will be looked down upon by your peers!

Many people even come to Qingshan Town to taste the rice fish.

Shen Tang asked the villagers to publicize the benefits of rice fish.

Nowadays, anyone in Shenjia Village can tell you the advantages of the rice fish: the rice fish in Shenjia Village is as fresh and tender as the mandarin fish, but without its luxury; it is as cheap as the grass carp, but without its fishy smell; it is as small as the crucian carp, but without its many bones; it is more nutritious than river carp.

Recently, people from Shenjia Village are often invited to talk wherever they go.

What he meant was simply that he wanted to know the techniques of raising rice fish.

But before the popularity of the rice fish had died down, a big shot came to Qingshan County.

Minister Zhao and his son were afraid of the unpredictable summer weather, so they took advantage of the sunny days and rushed to Lin'an Prefecture day and night.

The prefect of Lin'an Prefecture also received the rice fish and letters sent by County Magistrate Lin a few days ago.

Although he was unhappy that County Magistrate Lin had bypassed the chain of command and reported directly to the capital, he could also understand the importance of this matter.

When Minister Zhao and his son arrived in Lin'an Prefecture, he went to the dock to greet them in person, and followed Minister Zhao and his son to Qingshan Town.

If County Magistrate Lin was happy to see his good friend, he realized the importance of rice when he met Minister Zhao.

He actually sent the Minister of Revenue to go to the south of the Yangtze River in person, and he was accompanied by several officials who were best at agricultural planting.

After Minister Zhao and his son rested for a day, they proposed to go to Shenjia Village to see the rice with their own eyes.

Ten days have passed since the rice fields were drained and the fish were collected. The soil in the rice fields has gradually changed from being moist to being dry and hard.

Just after noon that day, three carriages stopped at the gate of Shenjia Village.

The villagers of Shenjia Village received news yesterday that the county magistrate would bring people to the village today.

Therefore, everyone put on the most decent and clean clothes in the house.

"The county magistrate is here!"

"My lord is here!"

"Sir, please bring back a few more fish when you leave later!"

"Sir, take mine!"

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The villagers of Shenjia Village are all very enthusiastic.

Which village in Qingshan Town is so prestigious that the county magistrate has come here many times?

The prefect of Lin'an and Minister Zhao and his son were all surprised.

It seems that County Magistrate Lin has a really good reputation here.

"My fellow townspeople, this is the Minister of the Imperial Court, Lord Zhao, who has come from the capital. This is the Prefect of Lin'an Prefecture, Lord Xiao. This is Lord Zhao, the son of the Minister of the Imperial Court."

The reason you all came here today is to see the precious rice in your Shenjia Village."

When everyone in Shenjia Village heard this, they all shouted, "Minister! Prefect!"

Although he had not received much education, judging from the appearance of County Magistrate Lin, he knew that these people must be higher-ranking officials than the County Magistrate himself.

In the eyes of the villagers of Shenjia Village, the county magistrate is the highest-ranking official they have ever come into contact with.

Now that several officials higher in rank than the county magistrate had arrived, they were even more excited and wanted to kneel down and kowtow in obeisance.

Fortunately, he was stopped by Minister Zhao.

Because of this, Minister Zhao was considered a good official in the eyes of the villagers of Shenjia Village.

Look, this county magistrate is a high-ranking official, but he is also a good official who is close to the people.

For a moment, the enthusiasm of the villagers was even higher.

"Sir, you must have had a hard time coming all the way here. Come to my house and have a drink of water!"

If this adult drinks the water, then this bowl must be offered as a sacrifice!

"Sir, come to my house!"

Both Minister Zhao and Prefect Xiao were in high positions, so how could they have come into direct contact with so many common people and yet received such warm treatment?

Several people were also overwhelmed with emotion for a while.

Look, the people of Shenjia Village are so simple and honest!

All of a sudden, everyone remembered the original intention of the imperial examinations those years ago. Wasn’t it for the people?

County Magistrate Lin is really lucky!

Prefect Xiao thought to himself that now that someone from the capital had come, County Magistrate Lin's promotion in the future was a foregone conclusion.

"Master Zhao, I will personally lead the way!"

County Magistrate Lin was already well aware of the land planning for Shenjia Village.

He walked in front first, and the other villagers were stopped by the village head.

"County Magistrate Lin, I just heard from the villagers that they're going to give you a few fish. Jiangnan is truly prosperous. I never thought ordinary farmers could afford to eat fish."

After all, the price of fish is much higher than pork. It sounds like every household in Shenjia Village has a lot of fish.

However, as he walked along the way, Minister Zhao did not see any fish ponds, and he became suspicious.

When County Magistrate Lin heard what Minister Zhao said, before he could reply, he heard Prefect Xiao speak for him:

"Master Zhao, you may not know that not all farmers can eat fish. Only in Shenjia Village can everyone eat fish."

Minister Zhao became even more curious after hearing this.

"This Shenjia Village used to have rice yields of 1,000 kilograms per mu, and now every household has more fish than they can eat. It's truly amazing!"

"Your Excellency may not know that the villagers of Shenjia Village planted carp fry into the rice fields during the spring plowing this year, letting the fry grow along with the rice seedlings. They only drained the water a few days ago to collect the fish.

This one acre of land can yield hundreds of kilograms of rice fish!"

Prefect Xiao spoke with a smile.

"Sir, we raise fish in rice paddies. The fish eat the pests and weeds in the paddies, and their excrement, combined with their food, adds nutrients to the paddies and promotes decomposition. When the autumn harvest is almost here, the rice is ripe and the fish have grown.

Shenjia Village harvested tens of thousands of kilograms of rice fish some time ago!

The taste of this rice fish is also excellent, much better than ordinary carp!"

When Minister Zhao heard this, his eyes lit up and he said happily:

"Great! It's really great! If Da Qi also implemented this method, wouldn't every household in the country be able to eat fish? I wonder who came up with this great idea!"