The next day.

Kelai'an Inn.

Shen Yan has finished dressing up. She came back from Helin Village last night and is going to go to the county seat today to find Magistrate Zhang.

"Yunjin, let's go."

Shen Yan opened the door and saw a crowd of people gathered around the door, all wearing official uniforms.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Hongfang, respectfully welcomes Princess Anping." The person in charge was the magistrate of Changyang County.

Behind him, the county magistrate, master, and government servants all followed him and saluted, "Welcome Princess Anping."

Shen Yan frowned slightly. She was about to go find Zhang Hongfang, but she didn't expect Zhang Hongfang to come to her door.

However, she concealed her identity along the way. How did Zhang Hongfang know about her?

Moreover, it happened just after she saved all the seedlings, which was too coincidental.

"No courtesy." Shen Yan's voice was cold.

"Thank you, Princess Anping." Everyone stood up.

Zhang Hongfang took a step forward and said, "I am late, please forgive me, Princess."

"Master Zhang came just in time. I wonder where Master Zhang learned about my identity?" Shen Yan asked casually.

"Everyone knows that Princess Anping made a special trip from the capital to rescue the rice seedlings. I thought it was a rumor at first. It wasn't until all the rice seedlings in Changyang County came alive that I knew it was true." Zhang Hongfang looked respectful and could not tell. What.

But Shen Yan knew that she was lying. She secretly left the capital all the way and worked hard to get here. Even if there was news from the capital, it would not be so fast.

She remained calm and her voice was cold, "Master Zhang's reaction is quite slow."

"Your Majesty is stupid, I hope you can give me some advice." Zhang Hongfang apologized and said, "My official is here today to ask Princess to go to the Yamen to see if there is anything we haven't done well. Please give me some advice so that we can correct it. To better benefit the people.”

"Master Zhang is so determined. He is really a good father-in-law of the people. Then let's go." Shen Yan said.

"Princess, please."

Shen Yan followed Zhang Hongfang to the Yamen.

Food and wine have already been prepared in the Yamen.

"Princess, you have been tired all the way, so I will prepare some wine to wash you away from the wind and dust." Zhang Hongfang raised the wine glass, "Xiaoguan didn't get the news that the princess came to Changyang County before, so I will punish myself with three drinks."

He picked up the wine glass, one glass after another, and drank three large glasses of wine without hesitation.

Shen Yan looked at the dishes on the table. Some were flying in the sky, walking on the ground, crawling, and swimming in the water. They were all available.

There was a wine jar specially placed on another small table. The wine jar was sealed, and Shen Yan could still smell a strong aroma of wine.

Next to it is the steaming white rice.

Such a large amount of steamed rice, if mixed with some corn residue, would be enough for the entire village of Helin.

Last night in Helin Village, the old woman racked her brains to make three dishes and one soup.

A plate of fried wild vegetables, a plate of steamed wild vegetables with corn dregs, a plate of fried corn dregs, and a bowl of wild vegetable soup. There were a few pieces of meat larger than a fingernail floating in the soup.

This is the only inventory left by my wife-in-law’s family.

The staple food was steamed corn residue mixed with rice. She remembered clearly that there were no more than [-] grains of rice in her bowl of rice.

As for the food at the old lady's house, it's pretty good in Helin Village. Other families wouldn't dare to eat like this.

They beat the corn directly into corn flour and cook it into porridge in a pot. If there are many people in the family, they add a few more scoops of water.

Looking at the delicacies in front of her, and thinking about the poverty of the villagers in Helin Village, Shen Yan felt endless sadness in her heart. She was already hungry, but she had no desire to eat.

What kind of world is this?

People who work hard to grow rice have no rice to eat, but those who don't grow rice can enjoy the most delicious rice.

How unfair! !

Zhang Hongfang didn't notice anything wrong with Shen Yan's mood. He placed the drained wine glass in front of him and said, "Princess Princess, this is your first time in Changyang County. Come and have a taste of our food."

Shen Yan said, "I understand Mr. Zhang's thoughts. Didn't you ask me to see where you can't do it right? Why don't we start now."

Zhang Hongfang's expression changed slightly, and he tried hard to maintain a smile on his face, "Princess, don't worry, you haven't touched the food and wine on this table yet, why don't we finish eating first."

"I said, let's talk about business first." Shen Yan's tone became stern, "Master Zhang, first show me the grain output of Changyang County in the past five years."

"I have long heard that Princess Anping cares about the people, but she doesn't..."

"Master Zhang, do you need me to say it again?" Shen Yan interrupted Zhang Hongfa.

Zhang Hongfa gritted his teeth and put a smile on his face again, "Princess Princess, I think there are more important things at the moment than looking at Changyang County's account books."

Shen Yan saw that Zhang Hongfang had been making excuses to prevent her from reading the account books, which made her feel more and more that there was something wrong with the account books.

"Put the rest aside for now. I'll take care of it after I finish reading the account books."

Shen Yan's voice was a bit colder, "Mr. Zhang, why do you keep stopping me from reading the account books? Is there really something fishy about the account books?"

"The princess is really good at joking, her subordinates are diligent and love the people, and they have a breeze on their sleeves. How can there be any problems with the account books?"

Zhang Hongfang looked calm and said, "Come here, bring the account books of the past five years to Princess Anping!"

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