In order to cope with the subsequent revenge of Xincheng County Magistrate, Su Cheng went to the county office to find Magistrate Wang after breakfast.
Originally, Shen Youwei wanted to go with her, but Su Cheng persuaded her to have a good rest.
My own wife, I feel sorry for myself!
Shen Youwei didn't refuse, she was really tired after two days of hard work.
Moreover, the fact that Xincheng County Magistrate would retaliate was also caused by her, and she was too embarrassed to follow Su Cheng.
In the county government office, Magistrate Wang is gathering people to assign irrigation tasks today.
The drought is getting worse and worse, and water in the fields needs to be pumped out from the reservoir every day by water trucks, which also leads to a shortage of manpower.
In order to get promoted and make a fortune, County Magistrate Wang sent all the government servants out to help pump water.
"You guys are going to Wangjiazhuang today, you guys are going to Zhangjiazhen today!"
"And Nizi, you should go down and do some work today."
Magistrate Wang became ruthless and did not even spare his own son.
Wang Mingyu curled his lips when he heard this and was about to refuse.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Su Cheng's voice came from outside: "Master Wang is really spending a lot of money this time, even Young Master Wang has to be sent out."
As Su Cheng finished speaking, his figure appeared in front of everyone.
When he saw Su Cheng coming, Magistrate Wang's eyes lit up: "Su Cheng, where have you been these two days? I was just looking for you!"
"People below reported that our rice seems to be ripening early. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
Everything is for promotion and wealth. Magistrate Wang is worried that the rice that matures in advance is not as good as before, or it is simply rice that has not been vaccinated.
After all, this is the first time this kind of hybrid rice has come out, and no one except Su Cheng knows what is going on.
For this reason, Magistrate Wang went to the Shen family several times to find Su Cheng.
However, the Shen family never dared to expose Su Cheng's whereabouts, and excused themselves on the grounds that Su Cheng went to the mountains to fetch water.
Now seeing Su Cheng coming in person, Magistrate Wang couldn't wait to know the answer.
Su Cheng chuckled: "Of course it's a good thing to mature in advance. My Shen family's hybrid rice was planted first and is now partially mature."
"Next, the rice will mature one after another. I hope County Magistrate Wang will order the tenant farmers of those large families whose rice has not yet matured to help harvest the mature rice of other families."
"Of course, this is not a free help, but it saves time. When the other rice matures, the people in the front will have to help harvest the rice of the people behind."
This is easy to understand. In fact, it means concentrating efforts and giving priority to harvesting rice.
When the rice of those in the back is ripe, the people in the front can also free up time to help harvest.
This is mutual help and mutual benefit!
County Magistrate Wang frowned upon hearing this.
He didn't understand why Su Cheng did this.
In previous years, each family harvested their own rice. Why should we help each other this time?
"This... Su Cheng, I understand what you mean, but why do you do this?"
"Master Wang, think about it, under this drought, all the rice in other counties has been wiped out, and only our county has rice. What do you think they will do when they get the news?"
Su Cheng didn't bother to explain and asked directly.
He couldn't possibly say that it was because his wife beat the Xincheng County Magistrate, so the Xincheng County Magistrate would send someone to take revenge.
It can only be said that it is because their county has food and other counties do not.
In this case, people from other counties will definitely come over to harvest the rice.
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Wang's expression changed drastically: "Oh, I almost forgot about this!"
"If those unscrupulous people have no food and learn that our county has a bumper food harvest, they will definitely come and snatch the food."
"No, no, I have to go down and make arrangements for this matter immediately."
"Come here, hurry up and bring the chief of the pavilion below and the big family members of each pavilion to discuss matters."
This is related to the upcoming food harvest, and County Magistrate Wang does not dare to be careless.
Once the grain is harvested by others, the trouble will be big.
Magistrate Wang hoped that this batch of grain would be collected and handed over to the state treasury to pave the way for his promotion and fortune.
Of course, Magistrate Wang did not forget to thank Su Cheng: "Thank you for reminding me about this!"
Holding Su Cheng's hand, Magistrate Wang was so excited that he couldn't understand why: "If I can really be promoted this time, I will definitely recommend you, Su Cheng, to be the county magistrate here!"
In this era, in addition to becoming officials through the imperial examination, most officials were promoted through recommendation.
If someone like County Magistrate Wang rises from the rank of county magistrate, he can recommend someone to serve as the magistrate of Liuhe County.
This recommendation method has advantages and disadvantages. When you meet a good official, you will naturally recommend a good person for the job.
But if they are bad officials, they will definitely accept bribes and recommend some flashy people to serve.
But Magistrate Wang is sincere this time!
After all, without Su Cheng's help during this period, it would have been impossible for Magistrate Wang to arrange for water storage in advance.
Moreover, if Magistrate Wang is really promoted, recommending the position of Magistrate to Su Cheng can be regarded as a gesture of goodwill.
If Su Cheng really becomes the county magistrate, with Su Cheng's title, he might be able to go further in the future.
By then, he might have to ask Su Cheng to help him out.
This is officialdom!
Su Cheng thought nothing of this, thinking that Magistrate Wang was just joking.
"Haha, let's wait until Magistrate Wang is promoted. Without further ado, I'm going to find someone to prepare for the harvest. Farewell!"
"Mingyu, go see Su Cheng off for your father!" Magistrate Wang politely sent his son to see off the guest.
At the same time, in Xincheng County, Liu Guoan had also summoned many people.
Outside the Xinchengfu Yamen, dense crowds of people filled the streets. Moreover, these people were wearing brocade and other fine clothes, and they looked like they belonged to wealthy families.
Liu Guoan looked at the people present with a ruthless look in his eyes.
That damn female assassin was not caught, she must have left the city!
But it doesn't matter. Since we know that she is here for Liuhe County, she must be from Liuhe County.
It just so happens that there is water and rice in Liuhe County, so I must go there and get a share of it this time.
Anyway, the drought is getting worse and worse, and the rice in our county is already short of water and cannot be saved.
If he can't raise all the food he handed in, he may lose his hat as county magistrate.
Instead of sitting around and waiting for death, why not give it a try!
"Everyone, you must have seen by now that the crops in the fields have all withered!"
"The reason for all this is because Liuhe County has stored water in advance, resulting in a lack of water here and the inability to irrigate rice."
"Now, the rice in their Liuhe County is growing really well, and it's almost time to harvest!"
"Do you think we can swallow this breath?"
"No!" everyone shouted!
Liu Guoan snorted coldly: "Yes, we will starve to death if we don't have food, and they have so much food in Liuhe County, they should give us some!"
"You all belong to a large family in Xincheng County. You should go back immediately to prepare farm tools for the tenant farmers and go to Liuhe County to harvest rice in three days!"
"Go to Liuhe County and harvest rice!" the government officials shouted.
"Go to Liuhe County and harvest rice!" A group of wealthy households also shouted.