The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 64 - 62 Why is the girl so hard to fool now
Chapter 64: Chapter 62 Why is the girl so hard to fool now?
Chapter 64 -62 Why is the girl so hard to fool now?
“What does Zhang Zhengliang do in Shaxi County? Didn’t he know that the Empress Dowager was deceived? Has Zhang Zhengliang recently submitted any memorials to the throne? I want to see what he has been doing in Shaxi County.”
The eunuch beside The Emperor immediately flipped through and presented two memorials from the County Magistrate Zhang.
The Emperor’s rage extinguished the moment he saw the letters from County Magistrate Zhang!
“Haha… My mother truly has an eye for talent, reward! A reward is indeed in order!”
Shengping Prefecture experienced a once-in-a-century flood, yet the entire populace was saved from danger without harm, all thanks to a certain grass and a dream.
Although some people’s houses were swept away, the number of casualties was only around a hundred.
Such few casualties were unprecedented!
Several hundred thousand acres of farmland, including more than two hundred thousand acres, were harvested ahead of time, ensuring the poor didn’t end up with nothing!
A hundred thousand acres of official farmland were also harvested in advance, ensuring the normal storage of government grain and provisioning the food supply for a hundred thousand soldiers of Shengping Prefecture!
Because of the foreknowledge of the flood, the Government purchased zizania at one coin per jin for disaster relief, eliminating the need for the Imperial Court to allocate additional grain for aid.
These circumstances alone merit reward!
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Why didn’t the Empress Dowager explain it more clearly? She only mentioned a girl found a wild geng grass that could be used in cooking, benefiting the people of Shengping Prefecture.
And she mentioned that the girl had a premonition of the flood in a dream, preventing many from disaster. He actually didn’t believe this, as Queque was skilled at observing astronomical phenomena, and he thought it was Queque who had discovered it and informed the girl, who was then exploited by those with ulterior motives.
But Zhang Zhengliang stated it very clearly, proving that the flood relief effort must indeed be the girl’s merit, because even given a hundred times the courage, Zhang Zhengliang would not dare to credit a girl for Queque’s merit.
“Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has sent an urgent message covering eight hundred li,” a little eunuch hurried in at this moment.
An eight hundred li urgent message? The Emperor’s heart skipped a beat, “Bring it here.”
Soon, the urgent message was in The Emperor’s hands.
Upon reading the content, The Emperor greatly praised, “Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!”
This clever printing technique turns out to be the brainchild of a three-year-old girl; The Emperor began to understand why Queque was willing to speak with her.
After all, among children of the same age, none were as intelligent as Queque.
When Queque looked at people, those beautiful yet indifferent eyes seemed to carry the words ‘fool’ on the left and ‘dunce’ on the right, as if saying such fools dare to speak with me?
“Little Dezi, give this paper to the Ministry of Works, tell them to make it happen as soon as possible.”
He wanted to see if this movable type printing was truly feasible before discussing the award of merit.
As for Queque wanting to study, who should he assign to enlighten him?
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Shaxi County
After the flood peak passed, the floodwaters receded overnight, leaving only thick sludge and a world in disarray.
The Ruo Family only had one thatched hut collapse, which was not a heavy loss.
The family spent half a day cleaning the mud in the house, and another half moving down the belongings stored in the cave, after which they bid farewell to Old Madam Xuanyuan and her grandson and moved back to their home.
The next day, the sky was clear and blue.
Ruo Hai had recovered and was eager to do something for the family. He took up the task of rebuilding the thatched hut early in the morning.
Ruo Shui and Madam Liu, along with their children, went into the city to sell books and decided to stop by the academy to enroll the children in school.
As they left the village trail, they saw many villagers in the fields trying to salvage their rice.
However, rice that had been soaked in water for several days had started to rot or sprout.
A severe decrease in yield was inevitable!
Ruo Shui felt no sympathy for them; he was about to head onto the main road pushing a handcart when they were stopped by several fierce-looking individuals.
The leader, robust and towering, said with a chuckling smile, “Brother, is this Xishui Village? Do you know where Zhao Youyin’s house is?”
Zhao Dayong thought he smiled warmly, but his smile made him look even more threatening.
Ruo Xian and the children were too frightened to speak.
Ruo Xuan, however, was not afraid and curiously studied him.
Zhao Dayong couldn’t help but glance at Xuanbao, and even smiled at Ruo Xuan, “This little girl is quite bold, and she really is too beautiful, her chubby cheeks are extremely adorable.”
Ruo Xuan responded with a brilliant smile!
Zhao Yong laughed.
Ruo Shui could tell at a glance that these people were the enforcers from a gambling den, probably here to collect debts. He didn’t intend to help the Zhaos hide and said directly, “The second house at the head of the village, with a sign hanging at the front that’s for buying live pigs, that’s the one.”
“Brother, thanks! I’ll buy you a drink someday!” Zhao Dayong gave Ruo Shui a fist and palm salute, then motioned to his followers with a wave of his hand, “Let’s go!”
The group hurriedly walked into the village.
Ruo Shui continued to push the cart into the city.
Ruo Hai didn’t dare to speak until those people had gone far, “Fourth Uncle, those people looked like they were from the gambling den. I’ve seen them collecting debts in the next village. They’re really fierce! Are they going to collect debts from the Zhao Family?”
Ruo Shui nodded, “Most likely, nine times out of ten.”
Then, Ruo Shui took the opportunity to educate the children about the dangers of gambling.
Half an hour later, they finally arrived at the county town.
Upon entering the city, Ruo Shui first went to Boxue Bookstore to sell the books.
This time, he had copied a total of twenty books, each at fifty wen, exactly one tael of silver.
Xuanbao took the opportunity to ask Hu, the shopkeeper of the bookstore, “Shopkeeper Grandfather, which books does your bookstore buy the most of?”
The molds for the characters were almost ready; once they were completed, they could start printing books en masse.
“Of course, it’s the Thousand Character Classic and the Four Books and Five Classics.”
The Thousand Character Classic is used by academies to introduce children to characters, and the Four Books and Five Classics are essential for the imperial examinations. Every academy teaches them, so the demand is the greatest.
“Shopkeeper Grandfather, roughly how many copies of these books does your bookstore need each year?”
The shopkeeper, who was patient and, more importantly, found Ruo Xuan too adorable, patiently replied, “Around a couple of hundred sets!”
“If we copy two hundred sets and bring them over, will you buy them?”
With amusement, the shopkeeper replied, “If your dad can copy two hundred sets and bring them over, I’ll buy them.”
Children are just children, unaware of the difficulty of copying books.
Some people can only copy one or two books even if they do nothing else all day.
Two hundred sets of the Four Books and Five Classics? Even if they copied around the clock, they wouldn’t finish in a year.
Take the twenty books he was buying now, for example; they had been copying for more than a dozen days!
But children are adorable precisely because of their innocent ignorance, and of course, he wouldn’t shatter the naive innocence of a child.
“Then, it’s a deal!” Xuanbao held up her little paw.
“It’s a deal!” Hu, the shopkeeper, laughed, lifting his hand and giving her a high-five.
So cute!
Why couldn’t his grandson be this adorable?
Xuanbao then said, “Shopkeeper, I want to buy paper for copying two hundred books, and I’ll take all of this paper. Can you give me a discount?”
Hu, the shopkeeper, didn’t take her seriously, chuckling and nodding, “Alright, a discount, I’ll give you twenty blank books for your dad to take home and copy first.”
“Not twenty books, I want all of this big pile!”
Ruo Shui understood why the shopkeeper didn’t believe them and spoke up, “Shopkeeper, we really do need to buy all this paper.”
Hu, the shopkeeper, winked at Ruo Shui, signaling that he knew how to handle the situation, and waved his hand to silence him.
Ruo Shui: “…”
Treating Xuanbao like a three-year-old child, Hu, the shopkeeper, coaxed, “Shopkeeper Grandfather understands you want to buy them all, but if you do, other customers won’t have any paper to buy when they come here! How about you just buy twenty this time?”
Xuanbao shook her head, “No, twenty is too few, I have to buy at least one hundred and fifty, and I’ll keep some here for you to sell.”
Hu, the shopkeeper: … Why is this girl so hard to fool?
