After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

Zhang Hulan's village was the official farmland of the Ministry of Revenue, and the people working in the village were all from the vicinity of the capital.

At this time, many fields in the village had been plowed, but there were still many fields that had not been plowed. Many people were plowing the fields and repairing the ditches.

There was a special office in the village. As soon as Wu Bangtai and Zhang Hulan arrived at the village, the village chief came out to greet them with all the officials in the village.

I was quite surprised when I saw Wu Bangtai.

"Greetings, Lord Shangshu!"

Everyone knelt down and saluted.

These officials were also temporarily transferred here, but they had heard that the garrison commanders here were appointed by the emperor himself.

However, some of them were unconvinced as to why the emperor would personally appoint a seventh-rank official, and at that, a position with such a hard job.

But when they saw the Minister of Revenue personally leading people over, they believed the rumors in their hearts and it seemed that they would have to be obedient in the future.

"Everyone, get up."

Wu Bangtai asked everyone to stand up, then pointed at Zhang Hulan and explained, "This is your Tunjian. From now on, Tunjian Zhang will be in charge of this place. You must do your best to assist Tunjian Zhang in doing his job well."

"I will obey."

Then everyone saluted Zhang Hulan, "We greet Master Zhang!"

Zhang Hulan said, "No need to be so polite, we are all colleagues from now on.

I'm new here, so I hope you all will be able to help me."

Everyone said in unison: "We will definitely assist you wholeheartedly."

Zhang Hulan said, "Everyone, please introduce yourselves."

"Sir, I am Xie Bangwen, the garrison commander."

"Your humble servant, Xiao Zuming, is the village chief."

There are also management personnel such as deputy village chief, chief clerk, and recorder in the village.

After introducing everyone one by one, the village chief took Zhang Hulan and Wu Bangtai on a tour of the village, and then Wu Bangtai returned to the Ministry of Revenue.

Zhang Hulan asked Dong Jianyong to go back and come to pick her up in the afternoon.

Xie Bangwen led Zhang Hulan to their office and said, "Master Zhang, this is your office. I'm right next to it. Please feel free to tell me if you need anything."

Zhang Hulan nodded, then asked, "How many people are working in the village now?"

Xie Bangwen replied, "Except your Excellency and me, there are currently forty-five civilians working."

"Are they all permanently employed in the village or are they temporary?"

"These people were recruited temporarily, all from nearby communities. The village signed a three-year contract with them. If they still want to work in the village after the three-year period, they can renew the contract."

"So, are the food and lodging provided by these working people by the village, or are they responsible for it themselves?"

"They eat and sleep in the village, and each person gets two days off each month. Their wages are five dou of rice and five hundred copper coins a month."

Zhang Hulan nodded slightly. The wages were about the same, including food and accommodation, and five hundred Wenjia and five dou of rice a month, which was not a small amount.

Zhang Hulan continued to ask some questions, "How many cows are there in the village?"

"Twenty."

"The grain seeds are all in the village, right?"

"Here I am."

“How many varieties are there?”

“There are currently five varieties.”

Zhang Hulan nodded again and said, "The weather is already warm. Let's soak the grain seeds. We'll plant them in the fields the day after tomorrow."

"Ok."

Zhang Hulan asked again, "Besides grain seeds, do we have any other seeds here?"

Xie Bangwen shook his head, "We are newly established here, and for now we only have rice seeds.

If you want other seeds, you have to apply to the Ministry of Revenue."

"Okay, I understand. You can go ahead and do your work."

I have already understood the general situation, and I will learn about the rest later.

"I am resigning."

Xie Bangwen bowed and walked out, then a woman in clerk's clothes knocked on the door and walked in.

"Sir, my name is Xie Xiaoman, and I am your attendant. From now on, please let me know if you have anything to say."

Zhang Hulan was surprised. A female clerk?

Zhang Hulan asked, "Your last name is Xie? Are you related to Lord Xie?"

Xie Xiaoman felt a little nervous and excited, and replied, "Your Excellency, that is my father."

Xie Xiaoman saw Zhang Hulan's confusion and explained, "Sir, because you are a woman, the Minister asked to arrange for a female clerk to take care of you. My father recommended me, so I..."

Zhang Hulan smiled and asked, "Have you ever been educated?"

Xie Xiaoman nodded and said, "Yes, my father taught me to read since I was a child."

"Did you come here of your own accord, or did your father force you to come?"

Xie Xiaoman quickly replied, "I came here of my own accord. When I heard you were a woman, I admired you immensely. A woman serving as an official is truly remarkable. There has never been a precedent for such a woman in our dynasty."

Not only in my dynasty, but even in the previous dynasty, I have never heard of women serving as officials. That is why I particularly want to meet you and learn from you.

"There's nothing much to learn from me," Zhang Hulan said with a smile. "I'm not afraid to tell you, I used to be a farmer."

"Then your crops must be very good."

Zhang Hulan looked at Xie Xiaoman carefully and asked, "You are not very old, are you?"

"The younger one is fourteen years old."

Zhang Hulan nodded. She was fourteen years old, not too old, but not too young either.

She was fourteen years old at the time and had already gone out to work hard.

"Don't stand all the time. Just sit down when you have nothing to do."

Xie Xiaoman responded, "Okay. If you have anything, please tell me."

Zhang Hulan also smiled and nodded, "Okay!"

Outside the house, Xie Bangwen stood quietly not far away. He felt relieved when he heard the conversation between Xie Xiaoman and Zhang Hulan in the house.

……

After having lunch in the village at noon, Zhang Hulan went to the village again in the afternoon to see that the fields had been prepared for planting.

Xie Bangwen followed.

Zhang Hulan pointed to the water channel beside the field and asked Xie Bangwen, "Where does the water here come from?"

Xie Bangwen replied, "When there's plenty of rain, water is diverted from the river. If the river water drops, the village uses well water for irrigation."

Xie Bangwen pointed to a spot in the farmland and said, "Look, sir, there is a well every few meters, which is used to irrigate the farmland."

"If there's a drought, wouldn't it be exhausting to rely on well water for irrigation?"

Xie Bangwen said, "What can we do? Just water as much as we can."

Zhang Hulan thought of the manual water press she had used in her previous life, and decided to talk to Wu Bangtai about it to see if the Ministry of Industry could make it.

If we had that kind of water pump, it would save a lot of effort to draw water from the well.

Zhang Hulan walked slowly along the farmland. Every few meters, she saw a manure pit, which was the same composting method she had mentioned before.

……

On her first day at work, Zhang Hulan didn't have any substantive work to do. She just got familiar with the people and the environment.

At 3 p.m., Dong Jianyong had already arrived and was waiting.

Zhang Hulan returned to the city with Xie Bangwen, Xiao Zuming and others.

Dong Jianyong smiled and asked Zhang Hulan, "How is it, niece? How do you feel about your first day as an official?"

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "I didn't do anything today. I just walked around the village and drank tea..."