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

Chapter 472: Developing the Fifth Company into a Supplier

That's really nice, isn't it?

Otherwise, why would she ask for a job in Yonglu County and become an official when her grandfather let out a hint of the secret?

She is the direct descendant of this lineage of the clan, and there is no need for her to come in person to deal with matters such as whether she is an outsider or an insider.

He was just a small county official, not even a county magistrate, but just a chief clerk. There were many younger generations in his family who were capable of taking on the position.

But she came anyway.

The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue issued documents at the same time, which made her very curious about the first female county magistrate and she couldn't help but want to see it with her own eyes.

What kind of woman could withstand the prejudice of the world and come into the limelight of the world with the position of county magistrate?

What kind of woman was she who could attract all the women in Beijing to admire, sing praises, and even imitate her?

Yes, imitation.

In Shangjing, almost no one knew what Shen Zheng looked like, but many women had begun to imitate her.

A small merchant in the capital said that Lord Shen had bought wooden hairpins from his shop before. Although it was not known whether the news was true or not, all of his wooden hairpins were sold out in just one day. Even items such as wooden combs and jewelry boxes were snapped up.

There was also a breakfast stall owner who said that Lord Shen loved his buns. From that day on, the breakfast stall was crowded with customers every day. Every day at the crowing of the rooster, not to mention the buns, even the bun skins would be sold out.

So this was the first time in Diwu Tanwei’s twenty-something years of life that he became curious about a woman.

She also found it very strange. She was a woman herself, so why would she be curious about women?

Isn't this just like what is written in those boring storybooks - girls in the boudoir hear about the chivalrous deeds of the heroes every day, and can't help but yearn for them, even running away from home, to see them for love?

But she is to Shen Zheng...

Diwu Tanwei was a little confused and shook his head violently.

It's more of admiration and yearning.

"They're gone." Shen Zheng's voice suddenly reached her ears, "Fifth Chief Clerk, if you keep looking, you'll see a hole in Zhou Lizheng's back."

When she came to her senses, Zhou Lizheng tripped over his left foot and fell out of her sight.

A smile spilled from the corner of her mouth, and she asked curiously: "Sir Shen, are all the people in your county so interesting?"

Shen Zheng also smiled, "It's not entirely true. Li Zheng Zhou is young, so he has a lot of tricks. He is the most troublesome among all the Li Zhengs. You don't know..."

She leaned over secretly and whispered in my ear: "It was he who proposed to build a shrine for me in the county. Luckily I found out, otherwise they would have already bought the place."

"Shengshi?"

Diwu Tanwei was stunned. Anyone who could think of building a shrine to his ancestors was indeed worthy of the phrase "full of clever ideas".

But...

She looked at Shen Zheng who was walking in front of her.

If it were her, she would deserve to have a temple built for her.

As the two were talking, they slowly passed by the courtyard where Xu Zhubu worked.

Only Xu Zhubu was in the yard. He sat in front of a stone table piled with lists, which he was reviewing one by one.

Although each village was roughly screening the recruitment list and eliminating those who were not suitable for the work, there were still hundreds of applicants in each village. Looking at the entire Tongan County, there were thousands of applicants.

The scale of the cloth workshop was not very large when it was first established, so it was impossible to accommodate all these people at once, so the recruitment list had to be re-selected again and again, and finally the first batch of workers could be selected.

A gust of wind blew by, turning the pages of several lists at the same time. Xu Zhubu did not look up, but skillfully took out a paperweight from the side and pressed it on the list.

"Master Xu has been working hard recently..." Shen Zheng looked up at Master Xu who was working hard, and then looked at herself visiting the county school. A feeling of guilt arose spontaneously.

How should a boss show sympathy to his subordinates?

Shen Zheng slapped his forehead, "Oh, right, the monthly salary has been increased! The constables have received two rounds of salary increases, but Xu Zhubu was left behind. I don't know if he will secretly blame me. No, I have to make it up to him..."

She decided to hold a "small meeting" in the cafeteria tonight and tell this to Master Xu to comfort his recently tired mind and body.

"Is this your county chief clerk?" Diwu Tanwei was also looking at Xu the chief clerk in the courtyard, and said in a cold tone: "As the county chief clerk, it is my duty to share your worries."

After hearing what Shen Zheng said, she thought that Xu Zhubu was a petty person, and said unhappily: "So what if the monthly salary is not increased? How can I feel resentful towards you? If I come to your county to be the chief clerk, don't talk about whether the monthly salary will increase or not, even if you don't give me a monthly salary..."

"Stop!" Seeing that she was about to poach people again, Shen Zheng quickly pulled her away from the gate.

"Master Xu is a very good person. When I first came to the county, he took good care of me. He also contributed to all the matters in the county, big or small. Please don't say that about him."

Diwu Tanwei's plan failed again and he was forcibly dragged away by Shen Zheng.

Xu Zhubu, who was working hard, seemed to hear someone mention him. He looked up in confusion, but only saw the end of a hair.

"I'll take you to see Uncle Bo." Shen Zheng was walking in front, and suddenly remembered what she wanted to ask, "By the way, what is the second reason you came here today?"

Diwu Tanwei originally wanted to stay in Tongan County for a while and leave things for later, but Shen Zheng asked the question in advance, so she had to answer.

She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Once the Tongan County wharf is built, we will be able to trade, right?"

"That's for sure." Shen Zheng replied immediately: "We have to do the cotton cloth business, and we have to do other businesses as well. You saw that day, the Fang family in Quanyang County next door broke up with the Mo family because of us. Not only did they lose some sources of goods, but they also lost the wharf. So whether it's for our county or for the Fang family, we have to open the Tong'an Wharf for trade."

Diwu Tanwei nodded and said directly: "After the trade is opened, can the Diwu family supply goods to the county?"

Shen Zheng suddenly stopped and turned around and asked, "Really?"

Although she didn't know much about the fifth family, there was an Earl of Yongning in the county.

In just these two days, she got a rough idea of ​​the business size of the fifth company from Yu Shizhang.

In other words, if Diwu Tanwei had not come to Yonglu County to take up the post, let alone Tongan County, even the merchants in Liuyang Prefecture would have had to work very hard to get on board the big ship of the Diwu family.

But now, the Fifth Tanwei has come to the door himself!

Diwu Tanwei chuckled and said sincerely: "Of course I am serious, why would I lie to you. Let's sign the contract first. After the Tongan Wharf is built, the cargo ship of the Diwu family will come. What kind of items and raw materials do you need then..."

"Wait a minute." Shen Zheng listened to her and always felt that something was not going on.