Synopsis
1.
Agronomy was considered a dead-end major in the 21st century.
But Yin Xiaoxuan had spent seven years studying this supposedly useless subject. Just as she was about to graduate with her master's degree, with no job lined up, she transmigrated.
Huh? In a world like this, the heavens have handed me a golden opportunity.
She'd planned to diligently put her modern expertise to work and earn a little money. So why did people keep getting in the way of her dreams of making a fortune?
The brokers wanted to monopolize the fruit and vegetable trade?
Never mind. She only wanted to use her skills to make some money and live a quiet life as an ordinary person.
The landlords wanted to raise the rent?
Forget it. We common folk can't take on the big landlords. She didn't want to make waves. She just wanted to be a lazy couch potato.
As the saying goes, put up with it for a moment and the storm will pass; take one step back and you'll get breast hyperplasia! If anyone blocks my path to making money, they have to go!
To take down the landlords and break up the monopoly, they needed a government that cared about the people. But officials and merchants colluded, bureaucrats protected one another, the government was corrupt, and the emperor was incompetent...
Yin Xiaoxuan thought it over for a long while. If she was going to do it, she might as well go big. She glanced at the powerful man beside her, Fang, and said, "I'm sure you've been holding back for a long time, too. I'll provide the money and grain, and you provide the troops and men?"
"You fight the battles, and I'll build the economy afterward. Together, we'll bring peace and prosperity."
2.
Fang Qingzhou, heir to the Nanyang Marquisate, had been stationed in the South China Sea with his father since the age of twelve to defend against pirates. His record over the past six years was unremarkable, but his rakish, free-spirited reputation had reached the capital.
Victory reports often arrived in the capital. Many had heard of the young general Fang Jing, who had earned glorious military honors. It was a pity that pirates had disfigured him, forcing him to wear a mask. Few knew that the man behind the mask was the heir himself.
Even under an assumed name, he couldn't escape the emperor's suspicion. Fang Qingzhou was summoned back to the capital to report on his duties, but in truth, he was being recalled as a hostage.
To prove his loyalty, Fang Qingzhou set off for the capital in person. He never expected that he wouldn't even be given the chance to serve as a hostage: one assassination attempt after another was made in secret. A farm girl witnessed everything. At first, he planned to silence her to keep his identity hidden and eliminate any future trouble, but in the end, he couldn't bring himself to harm an innocent person, so he let her go.
When they talked about it later, Yin Xiaoxuan said, "You were badly wounded and unconscious. I didn't take advantage of you when you were down, and I spared your life."
"You only let me go because you felt guilty about taking my jade pendant."
Yin Xiaoxuan recalled what had happened that day and sighed. "I suppose I still have a bit too much of a conscience."
"A conscience?" Fang Qingzhou was shocked. "You mean after that, when you made full use of me and kept me running in circles?"
Yin Xiaoxuan: "You didn't want me to?"
"I did."
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1. Note: The heroine is money-minded in one eye and petty in the other. She acts meek and submissive in public, but strikes hard behind the scenes.
2. This story is set in a fictional world.
3. This story involves farming, commerce, and political intrigue.
3.1v1, both leads are each other's first.
Theme: Farming to benefit the people.