1 Travel through time? Travel through time!
◎Do you know your sin?◎
——Why is it so bright?
The bright light blinded Ye Yunzhao, who couldn't open her eyes. She instinctively frowned, and felt the bed in her bedroom shaking, causing her back to ache...
Why is the bed shaking?
As soon as the doubt came to her mind, Ye Yunzhao's heart skipped a beat and all her sleepiness disappeared. She sat up suddenly and looked down at the broken wooden board beneath her with a bewildered look on her face.
Ye Yunzhao rubbed his eyes. The endless mountains in the distance cast shadows. Clouds and mists were floating between the mountains, like a dream. Mountain springs cascaded down from between the mountains. At the foot of the mountains were blocks of farmland. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a paradise on earth.
But in Ye Yunzhao's opinion, the divisions of farmland were too chaotic.
Which village does this land belong to?
At a poverty alleviation meeting in the village a few years ago, the village head repeatedly reminded that farmland should be regularized to facilitate the subsequent entry of large agricultural machinery for harvesting.
Why are there still people who don’t follow the requirements!
Ye Yunzhao wanted to talk to the village party secretary, but suddenly remembered that he had been transferred to the city yesterday and was no longer a township cadre.
When she first passed the civil service exam, her employer repeatedly emphasized that she would only be assigned to poverty alleviation for three years, but she had worked there for five years without receiving any documents for internal transfer.
It was not until the village where Ye Yunzhao was helping to alleviate poverty was freed from poverty because of the three-dimensional planting she took the lead in implementing that the official document was delivered to her.
Finally, all the hard work paid off. Ye Yunzhao couldn't help but laugh out loud. She came to her senses and rubbed her face with her hands.
"Ah! County Magistrate Ye, you're awake!" A rather kind voice sounded behind Ye Yunzhao.
Ye Yunzhao was startled when he heard this and turned to look at her. The woman was wearing coarse cloth and her back looked quite strong. She was holding a thin bamboo stick and hitting the yellow cow in front of her from time to time.
Who is this person?
As soon as the thought came to her mind, Ye Yunzhao felt a sharp pain in her head. She subconsciously raised her hand and pressed her temples. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and memories of this incident came flooding back...
She traveled to a dynasty called Da Qi. The owner of this body now has the same name as her, Ye Yunzhao, who is 20 years old and is the new magistrate of Lingnan County.
Her parents had died early, and the female teacher at the Yongzhou official school took pity on her and asked her to stay there to clean. She was gifted and intelligent, and while cleaning, she eavesdropped on the teacher's teaching and learned a great deal.
The people of Da Qi were open-minded and although women could go to school, it was the first time that female officials were recruited. Naturally, the original body lived up to the teacher's trust and passed the exam with one stroke and was on the list.
As happy as he was when he passed the exam, he was as disappointed when he received the transfer order.
All the men who were inferior to her stayed in the capital, while she was transferred to Lingnan County.
How could she not know about Lingnan County, a remote and poor county?
The road to the south is dangerous and far away from the capital. The bumpy journey for nearly a month has long extinguished the original body's ambition to achieve great things.
The county government office was shabby and crude, and the staff were all grotesquely incompetent. The original owner had locked himself in his room for twenty days, but yesterday, he finally pulled himself together and led his men to check on the farmland. However, he slipped and fell into a ditch, remaining unconscious for a whole day and night.
There is no clinic in Lingnan County, and it is now the autumn sowing season. The yamen runners only borrowed an ox cart today. If they delayed too long, the original one would have died long ago.
When he opened his eyes again, Ye Yunzhao had taken over his place.
She looked melancholy. Was her dream of working in the city shattered just like that?
The establishment is gone just like that?
Ye Yunzhao stretched out his hand in disbelief and twisted his arm with all his strength.
Hiss...it hurts so much!
Before she could react, a translucent girl who looked exactly like her appeared before her.
"Miss Ye, I should have been pursuing my ambitions in Lingnan County, but I was too foolish... The transfer order is unreasonable, but what does it have to do with the people of Lingnan County? They are starving and freezing, while I only care about my own career..."
[I used to think I was gifted and looked down on those who chased fame and fortune. Now it seems that I am no different.]
The girl's eyes were red. Ye Yunzhao wanted to speak to comfort her, but no sound came out when he opened his mouth.
"I was foolish in the past, Miss Ye. After my death, I witnessed your achievements and had no intention of involving you. But today, I can only beg you, Miss Ye, to save the people of Lingnan County!"
"After today, I will completely disappear. I feel so sorry for the people of Lingnan County. I only hope that they can have enough to eat and warm clothes in the future... Ye Yunzhao, I entrust everything to you..."
The translucent girl gradually dissipated after she finished speaking. A tear flowed down her cheek and fell into Ye Yunzhao's palm with a "plop".
Ye Yunzhao clenched her fists lightly. Only at this moment did she feel that this place was not an illusion.
Don't worry, I will protect the people for you and let them live a life with enough food and warm clothing. If possible, I will turn Lingnan County into a paradise!
The woman heard a "bang" sound coming from the car board and looked back hurriedly. The county magistrate who had woken up earlier had fainted again!
"Moo-moo-" The woman hurriedly imitated the sound of a cow, and the old cow slowly stopped. The woman jumped nimbly and ran to the side of the ox cart.
"County Magistrate Ye, County Magistrate Ye! Why are you fainting again..." The woman said as she reached out and pushed Ye Yunzhao.
Ye Yunzhao lay on the ox cart, opened his eyes faintly, and said, "Aunt Hu, I'm fine."
The woman before me was named Hu. She was broad-shouldered and round-waisted, looking somewhat wealthy. She was the only butcher in the county, and one of the few families in the county to own cattle.
"Are you really okay?" Aunt Hu looked her up and down and asked suspiciously.
"It's really okay."
Ye Yunzhao remembered the promise he had just made, sat up and added: "Aunt Hu, take me to Dongxiang to take a look."
She knew from her memories that Lingnan County had a sparse population and was divided only into East Township and West Township. Now, taking advantage of the ox cart, she could go and take a look.
The ox cart began to sway with a creaking sound again. The mountain was full of greenery. Perhaps because it was in the mountains, the mountain breeze was still quite cool.
"County Magistrate Ye, do you really not need to go to the state?" Aunt Hu asked from the front. "The bailiff said you were unconscious for a whole day and night."
"Aunt Hu, don't worry. If the yamen runners ask you anything when you get back, just blame it on me."
"That's fine, it'll be more convenient for me this way." Aunt Hu turned around and smiled. "If we go to the state, we'll be delayed for at least two days."
"God waits for no one..." Aunt Hu looked up at the sky with a hint of worry, but the worry faded in an instant, and her tone rose, "Fortunately, County Magistrate Ye is fine."
That's true. Since ancient times, farmers have relied on the weather for their livelihoods. Planting time doesn't wait for anyone; it all depends on the weather. Oxen are important tools for tilling the land. If Ye Yunzhao delayed planting because of himself, he would naturally feel bad.
Listening to Aunt Hu's words along the way, Ye Yunzhao got a general understanding of the population situation in Dongxiang.
Lingnan County is divided into two townships, East and West. East Township has more fertile land and a large population, with about 200 households; West Township has more wasteland, fewer people and is poorer. Someone starved to death last winter.
This was astonishing to hear. Although Ye Yunzhao had known that Lingnan County had a sparse population, he never expected that there were only about 400 households in total.
Ye Yunzhao knew that the situation was serious and that increasing crop yields must be given top priority. No more people must starve to death this year.
At this moment, she felt a bit like when she first went to the countryside, eager to try.
"County Magistrate Ye, we've arrived in Dongxiang." Aunt Hu stopped the ox cart.
The muddy path was as narrow as a goat's intestine, barely wide enough for two people to walk side by side. Ye Yunzhao tactfully jumped out of the car and walked towards the farmland, one foot deep and one foot shallow.
When Aunt Hu saw her get off the car calmly, she was puzzled. Didn't Liu Mazi say that the new county magistrate thought the county office was dirty?
She stared at the mud-spattered hem of County Magistrate Ye's clothes. How could he look disgusted by the dirt?
"Aunt Hu, is the road in Xixiang also like this?"
"Ah, the road in Xixiang is even narrower."
Ye Yunzhao suddenly squatted down, reached out and picked up the soil, rubbed it back and forth with her fingers, and with some effort, she rubbed the dry soil into granules, which turned dark gray in color. She leaned forward and moved her palm quickly left and right. After only seven or eight times, the soil turned light gray.
The soil fertility is too low.
Ye Yunzhao had a hint of sadness between his brows. He sighed, stood up, and asked, "Aunt Hu, what kind of field is this?"
"County Magistrate Ye, this is good farmland." Aunt Hu watched her series of actions, somewhat puzzled. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this farmland?"
Ye Yunzhao shook his head and asked, "Why are there so many clods of earth in the fields when it's almost time for planting?"
Aunt Hu sighed and pointed, and Ye Yunzhao looked in the direction she pointed.
Three or five ragged farmers were working hard to turn the soil with hoes. In a field farther away, two oxen were walking side by side, connected by a wooden stick in the middle. The plow was connected to the wooden stick, with one person pulling the oxen in front and one holding the plow behind.
It was such a hassle, but all we could do was dig a ditch in the field.
"Not everyone can borrow a cow..." Before Aunt Hu finished her words, two farmers passed by carrying hoes.
"Where did you come from, stranger? If you don't want to work in the fields, please make way!" A farmer with no ears spoke up, then turned around and chatted with the farmer behind him.
"I'd say this woman shouldn't be an official! Look at our new county magistrate! I'm afraid she doesn't even want to be an official here! Bah!"
"Sun Da, please be quiet. Maybe the new county magistrate is having trouble acclimatizing..."
The farmer, known as Sun Da, spat into the fields. "Wang Xiaoliu, didn't you hear that yesterday the county magistrate went to Xixiang and fell into a ditch? How can a woman have the strength of a man? How can a man farm? And they let a woman be the county magistrate? Pah! She might as well be in the county office right now, wondering how to get back to the capital!"
The voices of the two people were getting farther and farther away. Aunt Hu had a look of anger on her face. She was about to speak, but she saw Ye Yunzhao turn around and walk back. She quickly caught up with him.
"County Magistrate Ye, what they said...are you not angry?"
angry?
Ye Yunzhao recalled the scene when he first proposed three-dimensional planting in his previous life. The village party secretary sucked on his cigarette and shook his head, and the village representatives also expressed their distrust of her in their words.
It's not that I don't trust three-dimensional planting, but I don't trust a young girl taking the lead in three-dimensional planting.
She couldn't remember what she said at the time, but she must have been angry.
But later she gritted her teeth and completed the project, and those people came to her house to apologize.
It's quite satisfying.
Ye Yunzhao has always been in a good mood. She smiled and said to Aunt Hu, "I have more important things to do."
When Ye Yunzhao returned to the county government office, it was already dark.
She followed her memory and entered the backyard of the county government office. The small courtyard in the northeast corner of the backyard was the residence of all the previous county magistrates. However, most of the previous county magistrates rented the courtyard outside, so there were not many signs of life here.
Ye Yunzhao didn't have time to look carefully. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw a man standing in front of the bedroom door in her memory.
The man was dressed in casual clothes, but he had an official sword on his waist. He didn't give Ye Yunzhao a chance to speak. In the blink of an eye, the blade was unsheathed and the cold and sharp long knife was placed on her neck:
"The people of Lingnan County are displaced and starving. As the magistrate of Lingnan County, do you acknowledge your guilt?"
His tone was calm, but Ye Yunzhao had never seen such a scene before, not to mention the starvation that occurred in Lingnan County last year...
The original body had not yet become a county magistrate!
She is also researching three-dimensional planting in modern society!
But now is not the time to worry about these things. A good man will not suffer a loss in front of him. Ye Yunzhao immediately said: "I know my fault. I hope you will give me a chance to redeem myself."
"Oh?" The man was interested in her words. "Tell me, what opportunity?"
Fine beads of sweat oozed from Ye Yunzhao's forehead, and the broadsword at her neck gleamed. She feigned composure, "I promise that from now on, such tragedies will never happen again in Lingnan County."
"I will definitely help you solve your problems, sir. I hope you will spare my life..."
Before Ye Yunzhao finished speaking, the man chuckled and said faintly:
"Do you know me?"
【Author’s words】
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