They drank for a long time. Lin Wanwan leaned her head aside to listen to them talking. Finally, she yawned three times and they stopped. Seeing that it was getting late, they got up and said goodbye.

Lin Wanwan called Fu Junyi, "Mr. Fu, don't go back today. It's dark and windy outside, and it's a bit unsafe. You can stay in that small courtyard tonight. We can go to the county together tomorrow morning."

Before Fu Junyi could speak, Shen Mo said, "As a girl, it's not appropriate for you to let a man stay overnight..."

"Oh, it's nothing serious. Besides, it's far from where I live. It's okay!"

Shen Mo looked at her twice and said nothing more.

"Okay then, you guys go get some rest, A-Mo and I will go back first!"

“Brother Shen, walk slowly!”

"Brother Li, I'll see you off!"

Lin Wanwan sent them to the door, then went back to have the yard cleaned and the bedding replaced with new ones before taking him over.

After breakfast the next day, Lin Wanwan went to the county with him.

After sending Fu Junyi back home, she went straight to the warehouse, took out five thousand kilograms of rice from the space, and asked Lin Zhaocai and Lin Jinbao to take five hundred taels of silver and deliver them to the county government together.

She stayed in the shop, keeping an eye on what was happening in the county government office.

When Yunyin Building across the street heard that she donated money and materials, they also donated the same things. When others heard that Yunyin Building had also donated, they did not want to be left behind and sent people to deliver their things.

In the end, Yao Wanfu, the owner of Wanfulou, won the first prize, donating three thousand taels of silver and one hundred thousand kilograms of rice, which won sincere praise from everyone, especially the county magistrate, who was so happy that he almost smiled like a flower. He rated Wanfulou as the best restaurant in Yun'an County.

After hearing this, Yao Wanfu was overjoyed and felt that his donation was indeed correct, otherwise the title of the number one restaurant would have been taken away by others.

Lin Wanwan was also very satisfied. She just wanted to slap Shen Mo in the face and make him smell bad!

On the second day, only a few merchants donated. Seeing that everyone else had donated, they felt it would be bad if they didn't donate, so they simply donated some to gain some good reputation.

On the third day, few people came to donate, so the county magistrate arranged a large group of people to deliver the donated silver and rice to the capital.

The officers and soldiers traveled day and night and finally arrived in the capital two days later.

County Magistrate Gao's mentor, Chen Xiang, was preparing to hand in the memorial during the morning court session.

However, Emperor Hui was furious during the morning court session. Reports came from the northern border that the invaders from Mobei were frequent and had looted more than 30 villages. The prefect of Jingzhou was surrounded by the gathered people and could not travel, and there were a series of problems.

"The relief grain has not been collected yet! The people are causing unrest and riots one after another! What use do I have for you! Come up with a solution for me! If you can't come up with one, I'll send you to quell the riots!"

"Aren't you the people in the Censorate who are usually the most capable of making remonstrances? Why are you silent? Lord Yu, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty! Why not reduce the taxes by another 30% and arrest the ringleaders of the riots? Then the mob will naturally disperse..."

"Bang!" Emperor Hui threw the memorial in his hand at him.

"Reduce another 30%! How many people are going to starve to death? Are you going to make up the remaining 30%?"

The officials below were trembling with fear and dared not make a sound, for fear of being caught in the crossfire.

At this time, Chen Xiang stood up.

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial to the emperor! Gao Zhuowen, the magistrate of Yun'an County in Yunzhou, submitted a memorial with grain and silver last night. He did not ask the people for grain, but instead asked all merchants to donate money and grain, totaling 200,000 taels of silver and 1.8 million kilograms of rice. Your Majesty, please take a look."

After reading it, Emperor Hui nodded, and his expression finally looked better.

"Gao Zhuowen is quite good at this. He ranked the people who donated money and grain to them. Well, the first place is Yao Wanfu from Wanfulou, who donated 3,000 taels of silver and 100,000 catties of grain. The second place is Chen Jijiang from Yonglelou, who donated 3,000 taels of silver and 50,000 catties of grain. The third place is Zhou Qiguang from Zhoujibuzhuang, who donated 2,500 taels of silver and 50,000 catties of grain. In addition, in order to express gratitude to the merchants for their donations of silver and grain, a monument of merit is specially built. I hope you can reward them..."

"Look at you! The donations from one county are almost equal to that of a state, and look at you! You don't know how to adapt at all! It's just a stele, I approve it! Song Yan, I'll leave this matter to your Ministry of Revenue!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The people below began to whisper.

"Your Majesty, why not let other states and counties follow this example? This way, the people won't have to pay more taxes, and naturally they won't cause trouble."

"Okay, I think so too. Let Prime Minister Shen handle this matter. Hurry up and send a batch of these disaster relief grains over there. They can't wait. Okay, let's leave the court now!"

As soon as Shen Yu'an walked out of the hall, he was stopped by Eunuch Cao who had chased him out.

"Prime Minister Chen! Prime Minister Chen! The Emperor wants you to go to the Imperial Study to discuss matters. Please go there as soon as possible!"

Shen Yuan nodded and walked towards the imperial study again.

Lin Wanwan hired someone to renovate the entire farm and built several rows of workshops and dormitories. After Fu Junyi's people arrived, the sugar factory began to officially operate.

In the early stage, Fu Junyi sent a shopkeeper to look after the place, and Lin Wanwan asked her third uncle to go there as well to learn how to manage. Fu Junyi is a very tactful person and should be able to take charge quickly.

After finishing her work, she could finally take a breath. In the morning, she went to the village to learn how to read and write with Master Lin. In the afternoon, she went to the shop to replace Sister Yuying. Since the shop opened, her sister-in-law had been guarding the store from morning to night, so she had to let her take a break.

On the Laba Festival, Lin Wanwan woke up and curled up in the quilt, not wanting to get up. The north wind had been howling all night last night, and she was woken up by the cold this morning. She didn't feel much better until Nan Xi brought her a pot of charcoal fire.

"Girl, get up quickly! It's snowing heavily outside. Uncle Liu and the others are sweeping the snow! Xiaobai and the others have all gone out to play."

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