Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 1163: Beautiful and Talented

Feelings were waiting for her here, and she wondered how the old servant could be so bold.

The master coughed for a long time, panting, and looked at Zhou Guo and said, "Since you care about the people, do you have a way to make decisions for the people of this county?"

Zhou Guo raised his eyebrows, "You are the magistrate of this county."

The master said, "If you can save the people of this county, it won't be difficult for me to give you this position. Anyway, I don't have many good days left. Fengfei County has probably been forgotten by the higher-ups. Even if you sit in this position for generations, no one will come to investigate."

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "If I can make the lives of the people in this county better, will you still die?"

The county magistrate raised his head and stared at Zhou Guo excitedly, "Sir, are you going to lend a helping hand? Are you lying to me?"

Zhou Guo said: "I want to lend a hand, but I also need someone to help me. If it weren't for you, sir, who would listen to me in this county?"

She can push it forward slowly, but can the ordinary people below wait?

By the time she had sold her grain, seeds and fertilizers throughout the county, everyone was starving to death.

The county magistrate's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately struggled to get out of bed, "Are you serious? If you really have this ability, I can run around this yard three times right now!"

Zhou Guo's mouth twitched, and he looked him up and down, "Have you become an immortal? Is this body fine as long as you say it's fine? Can't you get out of bed?"

The county magistrate said excitedly: "I am suffering from a heart disease. As the saying goes, a heart disease needs a heart medicine. With the medicine, my disease will be cured immediately."

Zhou Guo said, "It can't be that quick, can it? Go back and lie down quickly, be careful that happiness will turn into sorrow."

The county magistrate did not mind and went back happily, saying to the old servant, "Go down and prepare two dishes. I will have a drink with this young master."

The old servant went happily. For him, the master's recovery was more important than anything else.

Zhou Guo asked, "You have been ill for so long, and the county government office is closed. What about the others? Where are the county magistrate and the chief clerk?"

The county magistrate smiled bitterly and said, "Our county is small and poor. It's good enough to have a county magistrate. What's the point of having a county magistrate? I have to do everything myself."

Zhou Guo: "...Then there must be constables, right?"

"There are constables, but the county has not been able to pay them in the past two years, so many constables quit their jobs and left with their families after the disaster. Others went out to find work, relying on the county government for a living, but they still can't get enough."

Zhou Guo sighed, he was really left alone without any help.

This doesn't look like a county town at all, it's more like a village, and the county magistrate is the head of the village.

She said, "Then you can handle the following matters by yourself? Can you handle it?"

The county magistrate said: "I can let them come back. As long as the county government issues an order, these people can come back."

Zhou Guo nodded, "Tell me what the situation is in the county."

The county magistrate took out the map and the tax revenue of the past two years. He was full of energy now, with no signs of being sick at all, and his whole body was glowing.

Zhou Guo asked from time to time, and before he knew it, it was getting dark.

The lights are on during the Great Heat period.

The old servant also came up and said, "Sir, the meal is ready. Where should we put it?"

The adult pointed to the door and said, "It's outside."

The meals are simple.

A thin corn porridge, a dish of cabbage, a dish of fried radish, a big bowl of egg soup, and two dishes of pickles were all for dinner.

Dashu and the others were really a little disgusted, and looked at Zhou Guo and said, "Sir, how about I go buy some vegetables?"

The old servant was unhappy, "Why? Do you think our food is not tasty?"

The county magistrate apologized, "I'm sorry, but these are all I have here. Can you make do with them?"

The old servant said, "This is the best thing we can offer. Eggs are only eaten when our master is sick. Usually, we use them to entertain guests."

Dashu said, "It's ok that there are no good dishes, but with so little food, who can eat it? You are the county government after all. I can't say that the food is very good, but you can't refuse to feed the guests when they come, right?"

Who treats guests like this?

Is this looking down on them?

Zhou Guo said: "Okay."

The county magistrate said to the old servant, "It's a little less, why don't you make more? These young men haven't eaten yet, and there is still room for them."

The old servant said in embarrassment: "Master, there is not much food left in the mansion, and there is nothing for sale outside now."

Even if they are for sale, they must be purchased with silver.

Zhou Guo really couldn't understand, "Why is it that the common people have a hard time, and your life is also hard?"

Can’t even eat?

The county magistrate said, "To be honest, I haven't received my salary for more than half a year."

Zhou Guo said: "Why don't you go to the capital to collect your salary? Why don't you go?"

The county magistrate sighed, "The mountains are high and the roads are long. Life is not easy this spring. I can't spare any time."

I don't have many people under me, and I don't have time to collect salaries, so it's enough to have enough to eat.

Now that he is ill, he can’t go.

Zhou Guo shook his head. "The way you live your life, even a dog would shake its head if it saw you. If you can't even live your own life well, how can you let the people live a good life?"

The county magistrate said dejectedly: "I am incompetent and I can't get by well."

Zhou Guo couldn't stand seeing him so lifeless, "Cheer up, as the saying goes, there is always a way out, you shrink your head when you encounter something, how can you do that? You have to think of a way."

She picked up a piece of cabbage for him with chopsticks and said, "Eat some of this. You are still sick. This is good for your health."

The two of them ate up all the food on the table.

The patient couldn't eat much, and most of it went into Zhou Guo's stomach, so of course he wasn't full.

After they finished eating, the county magistrate asked her, "Sir, I have already told you the situation in Fengfei County, but I don't know your name. I don't know how capable you are to make the people of this county live a good life. Why do you do this?"

There are many good people in the world, but no one can be so selfless as to give out their property and help ordinary people through difficult times without asking for anything in return. If Zhou Guo was an official, it would be understandable, but if she wasn't an official...

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "My last name is Zhou, and my given name is Guo. I'm not a big shot, but I couldn't bear to see the suffering of the common people, so I wanted to come and take a look. I didn't expect that even the county government office was closed."

The county magistrate was somewhat disappointed but also somewhat relieved. He cupped his hands and said, "Young Master is truly kind-hearted. There is no other person in the world as talented and beautiful as you. On behalf of the people of Fengfei County, I would like to thank you very much."

He stood up tremblingly and was about to salute Zhou Guo.

Zhou Guo stood up and said, "Your Excellency, there is no need to do this. I am doing this willingly, and it is not without benefit for me to do this."

The magistrate looked at her blankly.

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "You will know later."