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

When Zhang Hulan turned around to look, the yamen runner had already trotted over and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Madam!"

Ye Hongyun nodded to the yamen runner and asked, "I heard you said you were looking for the master. What's going on?"

The yamen runner waved towards Zhang Hulan, "Come here, this is the county magistrate's wife."

Zhang Hulan stepped forward and bowed, "I greet the County Magistrate's wife."

Ye Hongyun nodded slightly, his eyes fell on Zhang Hulan, and after looking her up and down, he asked, "What do you want from my master?"

Zhang Hulan said, "I have thought of a way to increase rice production this year, but I'm not sure if it will work. So I've come to tell Magistrate Wu about it and ask for his opinion."

"How can I increase rice production?" Ye Hongyun pondered for a moment and asked, "What method is it? If it's convenient for you, please tell me first. I'll tell him when the master comes back."

There was nothing to hide, so Zhang Hulan told Ye Hongyun about the regenerated rice.

Ye Hongyun was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhang Hulan again with a puzzled look, "Are you talking about regenerated rice?"

Zhang Hulan nodded, "Yes, ma'am."

“How do you know about ratoon rice?”

Now it was Zhang Hulan's turn to be puzzled. "Madam, do you know about regenerated rice?"

Ye Hongyun said, "I haven't heard of it before, but my master received a notice from the government office the day before yesterday. He went to the government office to discuss the matter of regenerated rice."

Ye Hongyun asked Zhang Hulan again, "How did you hear about regenerated rice? I heard from my master that the imperial court only started researching regenerated rice in the past two years, and it hasn't been promoted among the people yet. How did you know about this regenerated rice?"

Zhang Hulan was stunned for a moment before replying, "I just noticed that every year after the millet harvest, the rice stalks in the fields would quickly grow back. I didn't think much of it before, but this year, due to the drought, many people had no harvest. Now that it's raining, if the roots are still alive, I can cut off the dead rice ears and leave the rice stalks, and maybe millet will grow again."

Ye Hongyun's eyes flashed with admiration, and he nodded slightly, saying, "You are quite thoughtful. If this regenerated rice can really succeed, it will be a great thing for the people. Especially at this time, if we can harvest another crop of millet, the people's lives will be much better in the second half of the year."

Ye Hongyun then asked Zhang Hulan, "How much do you know about regenerated rice?"

Zhang Hulan said, "I don't know much, but I've discovered that rice stalks left short don't grow well, and those left too long won't grow at all. Only rice stalks about a foot long produce better ears of rice."

"Come on, come on, write down everything you know. I'll have someone deliver it to the master. Maybe what you know will be useful to the master and his men."

Zhang Hulan was dragged into the backyard of the county government office by Ye Hongyun, who then asked the servants to find paper and pen and hand them to Zhang Hulan.

Zhang Hulan was a little troubled. She could write characters, but she couldn't write calligraphy.

It’s not that it’s impossible to write the characters with a brush, but the characters probably won’t be readable.

Besides, the original body couldn't write, so it was better for her not to write, so as to avoid being exposed later.

Zhang Hulan said, "Madam, I can't write."

Ye Hongyun covered her mouth and smiled, "It's okay, it's okay. You talk, and I'll write."

Zhang Hulan then shared her knowledge about regenerated rice, and Ye Hongyun wrote it down. Ye Hongyun then sent someone to deliver it immediately to the provincial capital.

Zhang Hulan came to the county town for this purpose, and after finishing it, she prepared to go home.

As she was about to leave the city gate, she saw an old man pulling a donkey and hawking his wares.

The price was not expensive, only five taels of silver, and he also brought a donkey cart.

There were two middle-aged men bargaining with the old man, and they were only willing to offer three taels of silver.

It was obvious that the two middle-aged men saw that the old man was in a hurry to sell and deliberately lowered the price.

Zhang Hulan took a fancy to the donkey. She was going to do business in the future, so she couldn't always rely on her own two legs to walk, nor could she always borrow Zhao Guoliang's ox cart. So it was appropriate for her to buy the donkey and the donkey back.

Zhang Hulan stepped forward and asked, "Old man, what's the lowest price you can sell this donkey and donkey cart for?"

The old man looked distressed. "Sister-in-law, if it weren't for me, I wouldn't want to be shortchanged. Normally, a donkey costs five taels of silver, and a donkey cart costs one or two taels. The whole thing would cost at least six or seven taels of silver. I was desperate to save someone, so I sold it at a low price. Five taels of silver is absolutely essential."

Seeing the old man's wrinkled face and his distressed expression, Zhang Hulan didn't bargain with him and directly handed him five taels of silver. "Okay, I'll buy the donkey and the donkey cart."

"I'm asking you, do you follow the rules?" one of the middle-aged men shouted at Zhang Hulan.

Zhang Hulan looked at the man and said, "Fair trade, what are the rules you want to talk about?"

The middle-aged man was speechless for a moment, but another middle-aged man next to him said, "We negotiated the price first, so naturally we should buy first. What are you doing here, interfering?"

Zhang Hulan sneered, "It's true that first come, first served is the norm, but buying and selling requires mutual consent. The old man didn't agree to your price, and since I can afford it, it's my turn to buy it. If you really wanted to buy it, you shouldn't have maliciously lowered the price from the beginning."

The man continued, "It's natural to negotiate a price. He makes an offer, and we counter. This is the natural process of doing business. You're raising the price now. You're maliciously raising the price to steal the business."

Zhang Hulan said, "Haggling is fine, but the old man clearly said he wouldn't sell it for less than five taels of silver. I offered five taels, and he sold it to me. What's wrong with that? Besides, there's a rule in business: the highest bidder wins. Haven't you heard of that?"

Zhang Hulan then snorted and said, "Humph, you're not bargaining properly. You just see that the old man is in urgent need of money, so you're maliciously lowering the price."

After saying this, Zhang Hulan ignored the two middle-aged men and turned to the old man and said, "Old man, keep the silver. This donkey and donkey cart belong to me now."

"Okay, okay!" The old man nodded gratefully and handed the donkey reins to Zhang Hulan.

Zhang Hulan jumped onto the donkey cart and walked out of the city without looking back.

The two men looked at each other and followed.

If they dared to steal their business, they would have to teach this woman a lesson. Besides, they thought Zhang Hulan was pretty, so if they caught her, they would...

There was a lewd smile in both of their eyes.

Zhang Hulan looked back and a sneer flashed in her eyes.

If it were an ox cart, she wouldn't dare leave the city like this.

But donkeys run much faster than cows, so I have to teach these two shameless guys a lesson later.