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

Chapter 1106 Another imperial edict?

Outside the county government gate.

After the common people and foreign merchants were "intimidated" away by Xu Yunyan, only Balezhan and the Fang family father and son were left outside the county government office.

Ba Lezhan was annoyed the moment he saw Fang Hengyuan, but when he faced Fang Ziyan, he put on a different expression: "Little Ziyan, I haven't seen you for a few months. You've grown a lot. Uncle Ba almost didn't recognize you."

"Dad and big brother also said that I've grown taller." Fang Ziyan looked at him and said seriously, "But Uncle Ba, you seem to have aged a lot. Are you too tired lately?"

Ba Lezhan was stunned. He hesitated and raised his hand to touch his face. "Am I... old?"

No!

He eats a lot and goes to bed early every day. He can't be said to be eternally young, but he doesn't look old either!

Fang Hengyuan turned his back upon hearing this, his stomach aching from trying so hard to hold back his laughter.

"Zi Yan, how did you talk to Master Ba?"

When he turned around again, Fang Hengyuan had suppressed his smile and pretended to scold him, "Master Ba has worked so hard for Quanyang County, so it's normal for him to look tired. How can you speak to Master Ba like that?"

After he finished speaking, he secretly raised his sleeve to cover his mouth and said to Fang Ziyan in a low voice: "Son, say a little more..."

It would be best if we could piss this guy off Bale Zhan!

Fang Ziyan was puzzled and was about to ask when his eyes suddenly lit up, "Sister Shen is here!"

"Lord Shen is here?" Fang Hengyuan and Ba Lezhan looked at the young master at the same time, with the corners of their mouths curled up slightly.

It seems... they still have some status in Lord Shen's heart, otherwise why would Lord Shen come to greet them in person?

"Sir Shen!" The two men went forward together, saying in unison: "Greetings, Sir Shen. I am a humble official, and I dare not allow you to greet me in person. I am truly terrified..."

Shen Zheng paused slightly.

This is a wonderful misunderstanding.

Xu Yunyan took a half step forward and said directly: "You two have misunderstood. I am here to greet the Earl and the Prefect."

The implication is that you really don't deserve it.

"...Hahahaha..." Ba Lezhan and Fang Hengyuan smiled awkwardly, turned to look at each other and clapped their hands, saying, "We said it before, your Excellency was promoted to the fourth rank and concurrently serves as the county magistrate. This is a unique case throughout the Great Zhou. He must be busy with official duties now. How could he, how could he...Hahahaha, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Lord Shen..."

In the end, both of them wanted to find a hole to hide in.

Shen Zheng felt embarrassed for them, but also gave them a little face: "I wanted to welcome you two into the yamen for a chat, but I heard that the baron and the prefect were here, so today... I may not be able to meet with you two."

They both breathed a sigh of relief.

It feels so nice to have stairs down.

As expected of Lord Shen, even after being promoted to the fourth rank, he still treats people with such gentleness and courtesy.

If it were some arrogant officials, their faces would probably be trampled on.

"Sir Shen, please come in, Sir Shen, please come in." Ba Lezhan stepped aside and made way, nodding and bowing: "When Sir is free, I will come to pay you a visit..."

Fang Hengyuan nodded and said, "So do I, the common people."

Among them, the only "decent person" may be Fang Wenxiu.

Although Fang Wenxiu felt embarrassed for his father, he still remembered the etiquette and bowed to Shen Zheng, saying, "I, Fang Wenxiu, congratulate you on your promotion. I wish you a prosperous career and a broad range of virtuous policies."

Fang Hengyuan raised his chin proudly and glanced at Ba Lezhan.

Balezhan was so angry that his liver ached.

Shen Zheng looked at Fang Wenxiu and said with a smile, "Mr. Fang, long time no see. How have you been lately?"

Fang Wenxiu didn't expect her to answer. After a moment's pause, he immediately replied, "Thanks to you, my father, my family, and I are all well. Furthermore, in recent months, porcelain made from feldspar has been widely popular among the people, so Magistrate Yin summoned me to discuss the construction of a porcelain kiln in Baiyun County to reduce the cost of producing porcelain, which would also benefit the people."

After hearing this, Bale Zhan clenched his teeth.

Great job Fang Wenxiu, great job the Fang family, great job Yin Wencai!

It’s not enough to fire porcelain in Quanyang County, now we have to go to Baiyun County to fire it!

Feldspar porcelain... Such a huge amount of tax silver actually has to run all the way to Baiyun County!

Can this be tolerated?

Ba Lezhan glared at Fang Wenxiu fiercely.

Forget it.

In front of Lord Shen, he could indeed endure...

"Repairing a kiln in Baiyun?" Shen Zheng secretly glanced at Ba Lezhan and asked, "It's indeed a good thing for Baiyun County, but how will Mr. Fang recruit the kiln workers?"

Fang Wenxiu understood her implication and immediately said, "Your Excellency, since the porcelain kiln is being built in Baiyun County, the kiln workers will be selected from the county residents."

Shen Zheng nodded, and the figure of Yin Wencai appeared in her mind.

The sky of Baiyun County has been pushed higher and higher by this thin middle-aged man.

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhongli Zheng appeared from nowhere and looked at Shen Zheng eagerly at the bottom of the stairs.

Shen Zheng was slightly stunned, then smiled: "Everyone is here."

"Sir, I finally see you!" Zhou Lizheng just howled, and before he pounced on him, the sound of horse hooves came from the street.

Along with them came the people who had just been driven away by Xu Yunyan.

The curtains of the leading carriage were wide open, and Yu Shizhang sat inside, waving to the people: "Hey—you're back, you're back! Come on, come on, come and see the fun!"

Such strange behavior stunned Shen Zheng.

"What do you mean, uncle?" She turned to look at Xu Yunyan: "What do you mean by watching the fun?"

Let the people see Yu Zhengqing salute her, and then hear Yu Zhengqing call out "Your humble servant Yu Zhengqing, the prefect of Liuyang, greets Lord Shen"?

"......" No way, he is Yu Zhengqing's biological father.

Shen Zheng strode forward.

The carriages slowly stopped, and Yu Shizhang was the first to get off the first carriage.

When he saw Shen Zheng, he smiled profoundly: "Zheng, you might want to change your clothes before coming over."

Shen Zheng subconsciously lowered her head and looked at her casual clothes.

Clean and tidy, nothing wrong with it.

"You...?" she asked puzzled.

"Change into a red robe." Yu Shizhang said.

"Red robe?" Shen Zheng was slightly stunned.

Aren’t you talking about the fourth-rank official robe?

Official robes......

Shen Zheng's forehead twitched and a bitter taste appeared in her mouth.

I won't come back to work again...

With a lot of questions in his mind, Shen Zheng strode back to the county government office.

The people outside the yamen were puzzled: "Why did the master go back? Did he have a quarrel with the uncle?"

"No way, looking at the smile on Uncle's face, it doesn't look like they're arguing. What the hell is going on..."

Just when they were confused, Yu Zhengqing walked down from the second carriage with a yellow silk bag in his hand.

Yellow silk bag?

The people were stunned when they saw this.

They are familiar with this!

Weren’t the imperial edicts regarding your rewards and promotions previously placed in yellow silk bags?

So the Lord Earl and the Prefect are...here to announce the imperial decree?

But didn’t you just get promoted?!