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

Chapter 599: Posting Couplets

Yu Zhengqing's words "Do you want Shen Zheng to personally deliver the limestone to you?" made Fang Qizheng choke on his breath. Fortunately, his old face was as cold as ice, otherwise Shen Zheng and the others would have been frozen to the spot.

"Then..." He glanced at Shen Zheng and finally backed down: "I will send someone to go with Lord Shen to get it."

Yu Zhengqing was still rude when he heard this: "What else? Since it is inevitable by chance, it must be done! Please send someone to follow him quickly. Lord Shen has important matters to attend to and must return to Tongan County."

Shen Zheng responded with a fake smile, and Fang Qizheng was the first to stand up and leave.

It seemed that he randomly picked someone to go with them, but upon closer inspection, the man was not very old, probably around twenty years old, with a face that was similarly dark as Fang Qizheng's, and even their facial features were 40% similar.

Shen Zheng leaned her head towards Yu Zhengqing and whispered, "Master Fang's son is also in this business? He is following in his father's footsteps."

Yu Zhengqing glanced sideways and almost laughed out loud.

Where did Fang Qi find this kid? He looks so similar!

He doesn't believe it even if you say there is no blood relationship!

"I am not your son. My surname is Ji. You can call me Xiao Ji." The little black-faced man assigned to them by Fang Qi Zheng said truthfully.

His surname is Ji, not Fang.

He is really not Fang Qizheng’s blood relative.

Shen Zheng smiled at him, "Xiao...Xiao Ji, forget it, just ride your horse and follow my carriage."

I wanted to ask him if he wanted to ride in the carriage with Xiao Yuan, but then I thought that it would be unfair to Xiao Yuan to have him get along with such a black-faced guy, so it would be better to let him ride in the carriage carrying limestone.

At the gate of the Salt and Iron Bureau, the doorman pricked up his ears and listened a few more words, as he seldom saw Fang Qizheng personally seeing someone off.

The young woman with a distinguished temperament got on the carriage and said, "Master Fang, after you bring the things back, you can purify them according to the method I gave you. Since I have never seen the purification furnace with my own eyes, it is difficult to estimate the exact time. I only hope that you will keep your promise after you get the results and bring the things I want here."

This woman calls herself a subordinate?

There is probably only one woman in Liuyang Mansion who can call herself like this, right?

Almost instantly, the concierge identified the identity of the woman in front of him - Lord Shen from Tongan County!

That's true!

Looking at the entire Liuyang Prefecture, apart from the prefect Yu, how many people dare to speak to them like this? I think it's only this one.

But the purification method she mentioned...?

The Salt and Iron Department is blessed! The concierge was absolutely certain.

He lowered his hands and head, but he listened to every word.

I only heard Lord Fang say: "Lord Shen, rest assured, you are a man of integrity. Since I have promised you, as long as the method is useful, I will not break my promise. Moreover...if this method is true, it is extremely precious. I will not be greedy for credit and will report the truth."

He didn't even promise more.

The doorman understood about 50% to 60% of the situation, and praised Fang Qizhen in his heart - a real man should be like this!

A role model for our generation!

As the "real man" watched, several carriages drove away. Shen Zheng didn't even have time to go to Yu Mansion to inform Zhuang Zhiyun before she was pulled away from the city by the carriages.

The carriage stopped in Yonglu County. Diwu Tanwei was not there, probably busy with her affairs. Shen Zheng had to ask Yang Zhou to help convey a few words, and then climbed back into the carriage with a grunt.

Next stop - Tongan County.

She fell into a drowsy sleep as the carriage rocked, and slowly woke up to the familiar sounds of hawkers.

"My Lord is back!"

"The master is back! He brought back a cart full of stones!"

The news spread quickly, and in a short moment everyone in the town knew that Shen Zheng, who had been away for two or three days, had finally returned.

This is the first time they have been apart for such a long time! The people thought.

Shen Zheng got off the carriage surrounded by them. As soon as she raised her eyes, she saw two benches stacked in front of the county government office, with a person standing on them.

The man was holding a small pawn, turned around in surprise, then stretched out his hand and jumped off the bench, "The master is back!"

It’s Zhao Xiu.

Shen Zheng walked forward with a smile, gestured with her hands and asked him, "What are you doing?"

"Post the couplets!" Zhao Xiu pointed at the folded red paper at his feet, his face full of joy: "Our government office hasn't posted couplets for two years. Yesterday, Chief Secretary Xu asked Lord Bo to write a couplet, and asked me to post it today!"

"Is it time to put up the couplets?" Shen Zheng thought carefully and realized that it was almost the New Year's Eve.

She suddenly remembered the "Little Earl of Yongning" whom she had met in the capital before, and subconsciously asked, "Did the Earl accept our money?"

"Ah?" Zhao Xiu was stunned by the question and scratched his head in confusion: "Why do you ask that, sir?"

That means it will be confiscated.

Shen Zheng smiled gently, "Writing a couplet requires a red envelope, which is a token of my appreciation. I will send it to Master Bo later."

Asking someone to help write a couplet is to pray for good luck and happiness, and for everything to go well. So of course you have to give them a red envelope as a token of your appreciation.

Zhao Xiu uttered an "ah" and said a little embarrassedly: "This subordinate and the chief clerk were negligent."

"No problem." Shen Zheng looked at the big red lantern lying next to the couplet. Although the lantern stand had not been erected yet and was deflated, it was still very festive. She couldn't help but ask, "Did you buy the lantern?"

"Yes!" Zhao Xiu picked up the lantern and flipped it with his hands. In less than a moment, he turned the deflated lantern into a round one. It started spinning with a slight touch of his hand.

He smiled and said, "I bought it in our county. I was afraid that they wouldn't accept the money if I went there myself, so I asked Hui Niang to buy it for me."

Now, if the county government wants to purchase something in the county, it's like committing thieves.

Any familiar faces in the county government office are not allowed to go. If they do go, the other party will make all kinds of excuses, as if they have earned a lot of money this year and just refuse to take the money!

Even though Shen Zheng had previously informed the Tongan Chamber of Commerce and merchants in the county, these people still said one thing in front of you and another behind your back.

He nodded and said everything in person, something like "even if Lord Shen came in person, we would still accept him", but when he turned around, not to mention Lord Shen, even if Uncle Lai went to buy two bunches of vegetables, he would have to cover his face!

Shen Zheng smiled helplessly and shook her head, saying, "I'll tell the people next time. If we don't accept money, we'll be forced to go to the next county to buy. Oh, by the way..."

Speaking of the neighboring county, Shen Zheng suddenly thought of the Fang family porcelain kiln. Looking at Zhao Xiu in front of him and Xiao Yuan behind him, he suddenly felt that the staff in the yamen was a little insufficient.

Constables have their duties to perform, and if they keep running around, they might end up missing out on important tasks.

And Baiyun County has yamen runners...

"Well." After thinking for a moment, she said to Zhao Xiu, "After you put up the couplets, go to Fang's house and ask Fang Wenxiu to come over. Tell him that I have something important to discuss with him."

Zhao Xiu agreed immediately, and Xiao Yuan, who had been standing nearby for a while, also stepped forward to help.

"One more thing." Shen Zheng pondered for a moment: "Recruit some yamen runners for the yamen, you should do it."