Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The group once again took a carriage back to the county, except this time there was an extra cartload of sweet potatoes.

Upon arriving at Lao Liu's Restaurant, Zhang Lao Liu was immediately stumped by the sweet potatoes.

He had never seen such a thing before and didn't know how to prepare them.

Later, Fang Zheng personally guided him, making a few simple dishes like roasted sweet potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes, and sweet potato porridge.

Finally, he even personally made a plate of candied sweet potatoes.

Fang Zheng even tasted one of the freshly made sweet potatoes, but the sweetness and stickiness were far inferior to advanced improved varieties like Yan Shu No. 25.

Therefore, to ensure the promotional effect, he sprinkled a handful of white sugar into the sweet potato porridge.

When the dishes were served, everyone smelled the strange aroma and seemed eager to try them.

Smelling this... could such a high-yield crop actually not be too bad?

To reassure everyone, Fang Zheng even picked a small roasted sweet potato, peeled it, and swallowed it in a few bites.

Seeing this, the others were relieved and began to eat as well.

Fang Zheng diligently brought the candied sweet potatoes to Emperor Jing's table and performed a candied sweet potato demonstration on the spot.

Emperor Jing was also extremely satisfied after eating, declaring that such a high-yield and delicious food could be considered perfect.

During the meal, many people also showed their goodwill towards Fang Zheng.

Joking aside, with such great achievements... even if Fang Zheng lazed around in court for the rest of his life, no one would dare to say anything about it.

Moreover, he was already in the Emperor's favor, and now he was even more influential!

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The next morning, Emperor Jing and his officials prepared to return to the capital.

Fang Zheng asked for two days off and also brought Li Yuanzhao and the princess along. Emperor Jing readily agreed and left a group of guards behind.

When seeing him off, Emperor Jing patted Fang Zheng on the shoulder and said, "Fang Qing... remember to bring the太子 and princess back soon. I will give you a great reward!"

Fang Zheng smiled and humbly said, "How dare I ask for any reward! I am simply doing what I should for Your Majesty."

"Good! Then I won't give you any!"

"............, Your Majesty is so funny."

"Hahahaha, good, I'm leaving. Remember to take the太子 with you to see and learn more."

After speaking, Emperor Jing directly boarded the carriage and left.

Watching the carriage get further and further away, Fang Zheng kept clicking his tongue.

His Majesty has too many schemes, I have to be careful in the future!

Li Yuanzhao immediately clamored when the emperor left, "Lao Fang! I want to watch The Legend of Ji Gong!"

Fang Zheng glanced at him and disdainfully said, "What's so good about that? There's some good stuff in the county office, I'll take you to see it later."

"I'll accompany the princess for a walk first!"

Li Yuanzhao immediately bared his teeth: "I'm going too!"

Fang Zheng had no choice but to take the burden and accompany the princess to the Women's Medical Center.

The original purpose was to bring Li Miaohan to the Women's Medical Center in the county to have a look. Ordinary medical clinics do not have the habit of keeping analysis files.

However, under Fang Zheng's orders, the county's medical clinics had already established a rough file system for patients.

Some gynecological diseases were simply too embarrassing for ancient people to talk about, and they wasted their lives in vain.

In great works like the "Compendium of Materia Medica," Li Shizhen also warned men to stay away from women during their menstrual periods to avoid weakening their own yang energy.

Some things were inconvenient for Fang Zheng to do in Taoyuan County. Not only would it attract criticism, but it would also be difficult to promote because he was fighting against the backward ideas of the entire society, making it extremely difficult to succeed.

However, the potential future profit margin of sanitary napkins was very large, and it would be a win-win situation if it succeeded. Having a strong backer like the princess was perfect.

He was just afraid that she was too young to withstand the pressure, so he sent her to the Women's Medical Center to strengthen her advanced concepts and learn some knowledge.

After sending her to the Women's Medical Center, it was inconvenient for Fang Zheng to stay any longer, so he only instructed a few guards to watch over the princess and took the burden to the county office.

Li Yuanzhao kept shouting about seeing good stuff along the way.

Fang Zheng sneered in his heart. Good stuff, huh? I'll shatter your worldview when you see it later!

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In the county office, Li Yuanzhao looked at the device that looked somewhat like a telescope with a confused expression.

Pointing at it, he said, "What is this?"

Fang Zheng said with emotion, "This is called a microscope."

He only learned from Ao Chen that the microscope had already reached its third generation.

The two hastily made microscopes that he had brought back earlier were very blurry when looking at things. Fang Zheng felt that they were useless and unconvincing, so he threw them at home to gather dust.

He had tried this third generation twice, and it was much clearer than before, allowing him to clearly see cells.

It can be said that it has great practical significance.

"Your Highness, this is a real treasure, the high-end technology of my Taoyuan County!"

"In short, it is the elite among magnifying glasses! You can use it to see things that you can't usually see!"

"Huh?"

Fang Zheng casually took some water from the flowerpot tray next to him and dripped it under the microscope: "Look down from above, and you can see what's in the water."

Li Yuanzhao leaned over, stuck his butt up, and looked for a while, then exclaimed and quickly dodged.

Looking at Fang Zheng suspiciously, he said, "This is... stuff in the water? Why is it so messy and there are things moving? I think the water droplets are quite clean!"

"That's right, you can't usually see it. Illness enters through the mouth because invisible things make people sick, so you have to pay attention to hygiene!"

"Your Highness, study it first, I have something else to do, I'll be back later, don't break it, there's only one in the county!"

Li Yuanzhao waved his hand impatiently, stuck his butt up, and began to study it with great interest again.

Seeing that he had stabilized him, Fang Zheng went straight to find Ao Chen.

As soon as he saw Ao Chen, he said, "I have another important matter to hand over to you. Select a hundred people from the county and train them before going to the capital to find me."

Ao Chen thought for a while: "Master, if we keep drawing people like this, the county office will not have enough manpower."

"Then expand the staff! Buy more slaves from Hengjiang Prefecture and let them settle down here!"

Speaking of slaves, many people in Taoyuan County were bought back by Fang Zheng from outside, and these slaves were extremely reliable after training.

Originally, their lives were destitute. Once they settled in Taoyuan County and had a stable life and a proper identity, plus the brainwashing in the county, they were wholeheartedly following Fang Zheng.

Ao Chen hesitated and said, "Master, buying slaves is not a problem, but how many people... the county doesn't have that much space to settle them."

Fang Zheng wondered, "The houses in the county are now at most three stories high, just build a few more stories! Is that a problem too?"

Ao Chen stammered, "But... His Majesty has already been to the county, if we build too high, we will be overstepping our bounds! Why don't you ask His Majesty for instructions in the capital? If it causes trouble for you, the problem will be big."

Fang Zheng glared and said loudly, "Fool! Who doesn't know that it's overstepping our bounds! If I go and ask someone now, they definitely won't let me build it!"

"After the rice is cooked, I'll go and say it again. At worst, I'll be beaten. Ao Chen, Ao Chen, you haven't made any progress after following me for so many years!"

"Which project in the county can be completed if we follow the procedures!?"

"Finish the project first, and then we'll take responsibility ourselves. The leaders won't be embarrassed either. You've really lived your life in vain! Get it done for me quickly!"

Ao Chen wiped a cold sweat: "Understood, Master!"

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