Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 1230 Yin Wencai Wants a Share of the Proceeds?

"Lord Shen..."

Amidst the astonished gazes of the farmers, Yin Wencai dismounted before the horse had even regained its footing.

He looked anxious and quickened his pace, stumbling several times before finally collapsing in front of the carriage.

"Lord Shen..."

He craned his neck, staring intently at Shen Zheng sitting in the carriage. Before he could utter a word, tears streamed down his face.

"Lord Shen..."

He choked back tears, raising his hand to wipe them away, but somehow, the tears only flowed more and more, until finally, he could no longer see Shen Zheng's face clearly.

Seeing Yin Wencai crying uncontrollably in front of the carriage, Shen Zheng suppressed the bitterness in her heart, lifted the curtain, and got off the carriage.

The moment her feet touched the ground, the surrounding farmers exclaimed in surprise: "It really is Lord Shen!"

"Lord Shen is back from exterminating the locusts!"

The farmers crowded closer and closer, but Shen Zheng could only see Yin Wencai's thin shoulders.

"How come you... have lost weight again?"

He thought that with the prosperity of Baiyun County, Yin Wencai would also gain some weight, but unexpectedly, almost a year has passed and the person in front of him is even thinner than when they first met.

Shen Zheng suddenly asked, and Yin Wencai hurriedly wiped away his tears: "Have you...have you lost weight?"

He finally got his wish.

He was finally able to address Lord Shen as "this humble official" in person.

No one knew that this was a wish he had kept hidden in his heart since last autumn.

A man like Lord Shen deserves to be promoted, to be revered by all, and to stand in a prominent place to protect the people of this region.

"You've lost weight, quite a bit." Shen Zheng slowly raised her hand, placing her palm on Yin Wencai's thin shoulder and gently patting it. "Don't cry, the people are watching."

“I couldn’t control myself…” Yin Wencai sniffed, his voice hoarse. “I heard you went to Fuzhou to fight locusts, and I’ve been sending people to inquire about you every day, afraid that you might… afraid that you might have any mishap. These past few days, I’ve been thinking of you every time I close my eyes.

As he spoke, tears began to fall uncontrollably again: "You gave me rice seeds on credit, took me to explore the feldspar mine, and even taught me how to refine feldspar... Lord Shen, without you, there would be no me today, and no peaceful and prosperous life in Baiyun County. If anything were to happen to you, I dare not even think about it, truly, I..."

By the end, Yin Wencai had choked up completely, and the surrounding farmers also fell silent, all looking at Shen Zheng.

yes......

The rice in their fields was given to them by Lord Shen.

The primers their children learned were also printed by Master Shen.

Even the mines where they worked were built with Lord Shen's help.

As Magistrate Yin said, without Lord Shen, there would be no Baiyun County as it is today.

"Why bring this up..." The longer Shen Zheng served as an official, the less he could bear such sentimental words. He quickly ordered someone to bring Yin Wencai's horse over. "I've returned unharmed, haven't I? Come on, Magistrate Yin, take me back to the county office to rest for a while."

Seeing the dark circles under Shen Zheng's eyes, Yin Wencai suddenly realized, "Yes, yes, let's go back to the county office, let's go back to the county office first!"

The cart wheels turned slowly, and the people lined the road to see it off.

......

The Baiyun County Government Office hasn't changed at all; it's still dilapidated and run-down.

"Where's the money?" Shen Zheng walked ahead, looking at every tree and blade of grass in the county government office, as well as the peeling paint on the connecting corridor. "Where did all the money earned this year go? The county government office hasn't even been repaired once or twice?"

She used to renovate the Tongan County Government Office as soon as she earned money.

Although there's no place like home, even a doghouse needs to be warm and cozy. The drafty state of Baiyun County Government Office is comparable to that of Tongan County Government Office last year.

"laugh--"

Yin Wencai secretly blew his nose, lowered his head, and said, "The money I've earned is all in the treasury; I haven't been willing to spend it..."

"Why keep it if you don't need it?" Shen Zheng raised her hand and scraped some paint off the pillar. She took a step forward, but then tripped over a loose piece of brick.

"No..." Shen Zheng steadied herself with Hua Duo's help, and looked back at the shattered bricks: "You really need to fix this."

Why didn't I notice how dilapidated the Baiyun County government office was when I came here last time?

Yin Wencai remained silent.

Shen Zheng slowly turned around: "Why aren't you saying anything? What are you keeping all the money for? To make more money?"

This person is strange. He was crying and sobbing outside just now, but now that he's back at the county office, he's pretending to be mute.

Under Shen Zheng's probing gaze, Yin Wencai managed to utter three words: "I'll... I'll split the profits with you."

"?" Shen Zheng was completely puzzled.

Did she have a stake in the Baiyun County government?

What kind of revenue sharing?

"A feldspar mine." Yin Wencai, who had been keeping an eye on the ground, spoke up to warn, "Broken bricks, watch your step..."

"Profit sharing from the mine?" Shen Zheng put her foot on the next broken brick and stopped walking. "What profit sharing do you want from the mine? That's your Baiyun County government's revenue. Don't think about these things. I won't take a single copper coin from you. With that money, hurry up and repair the county government. After all, Baiyun County is now the face of the southwest of Liuyang Prefecture. How can it be dilapidated?"

Yin Wencai fell silent again.

To disagree is to oppose.

Shen Zheng felt that she was being subjected to emotional abuse.

She knew Yin Wencai was very stubborn, but she never expected him to use that stubbornness on himself.

After letting out a silent sigh, Shen Zheng stepped into the main hall of the county government office: "Come in and let's talk."

Yin Wencai thought Shen Zheng had relented, so he immediately summoned a yamen runner: "Go find the registrar and bring me the storeroom key!"

"Yes!" The constable lifted his leg to run away.

"Halt!" Shen Zheng's voice wasn't loud, but it made the yamen runners stop in their tracks. "No need to go get the storeroom keys. I have something to say to your Lord Yin. All of you, step back."

"Yes, sir!" the constable replied even louder, then turned and ran.

Yin Wencai was taken aback when he saw this, and shouted, "Don't listen to Lord Shen, go find the registrar!"

The yamen runner paused slightly, as if hesitating.

Yin Wencai shouted again, "I am the county magistrate!"

Shen Zheng chuckled: "I am still the prefect."

The constables ran off again, disappearing in a flash at the end of the connecting corridor.

Seeing this, Yin Wencai stamped his foot, "Lord Shen, you..."

Is there anyone in this world who wouldn't take money if offered to them?

"Come in and let's talk." Shen Zheng entered the main hall first.

After Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin sat down, they looked around curiously.

Cui Jinyin touched the creaking chair beneath her, then looked up at the rotten beam above her head, filled with fear: "Yu Nanshu, this room... won't collapse, will it?"

Yu Nanshu leaned back in her chair and shared her experience: "Don't worry, it won't happen. When I first arrived in Tongan County, the Tongan County Government Office was even more dilapidated than this, it didn't even have a couch."

"Oh...I see."

Cui Jinyin glanced at Shen Zheng quietly.

The teacher's past was... truly tragic.