At the entrance of the county government office in Hekou County, the county magistrate was earnestly reassuring the people present and publicly announcing a series of measures the government would take to deal with the matter, so as to put the people at ease.

However, in the eyes of the people, this matter was not just about providing them with seeds or strengthening defenses; it was clearly someone trying to cut off their livelihood.

Why do people plant seeds in the soil? Isn't it so that they will have something to eat in the future and won't have to worry about going hungry?

But now, the sweet potato and potato seeds that they had pinned their hopes on have been dug up as soon as they were planted. Isn't this despicable act meant to leave these people hungry?

Who wants to see such a terrible outcome as people not having enough to eat?

Therefore, the people deeply resent those who manipulate everything behind the scenes and want to prevent ordinary people from having enough to eat.

Therefore, the imperial court must thoroughly investigate this matter.

They demand an explanation and a satisfactory answer; otherwise, they will not let the matter rest.

The common people understand this principle, so how could the county magistrate and officials in the yamen not understand it?

So they naturally knew what to do, but this matter was too difficult to investigate. It was obvious that the person who was doing all this in secret had considerable influence, at least in Hekou County.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to have such great capabilities.

This left the county magistrate helpless, unable to investigate or find any clues whatsoever.

Just when the magistrate was feeling quite helpless, a commoner suddenly stepped forward from the crowd and loudly proclaimed:

"The sweet potatoes and potatoes in my house have been planted for the second time, and they have been dug up again. This terrible situation clearly shows that they don't want us ordinary people to have enough to eat, and they want us to starve to death."

"So much time has passed, and the imperial court hasn't taken any action, nor have the local government found any trace of anything. How are we ordinary people supposed to live?"

Upon hearing this, many people became even more agitated, clearly indicating that their suppressed anger over this matter had reached its peak.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, the magistrate was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, but he didn't know what to do.

Zhu Yunwen also knew that the magistrate was in a difficult position, and that it was hard for the magistrate to control the situation. The more difficult it was for him to control the situation, the more it proved that the magistrate was a good official.

Because he cannot use force to suppress these public grievances.

Beside Zhu Yunwen, Zhao Qingzhu spoke up:

"Young master, should we go up and say something for these people? It's not a good idea to put them in such a difficult position."

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said, "No amount of words can quell the anger in the hearts of the people. Only real solutions will do. What the people want to see is not what you say, but what you do."

Can their rights be guaranteed? Can their grain seeds be successfully planted in the soil and harvested?

The people of this world all think the same way: as long as you can feed them, clothe them, and let them live a peaceful life, they won't have many complaints.

At least that's how it should be in this society. But if you cross their bottom line, make them suffer from poor food and clothing, or even cut off their hope for the future, then they won't be so easily appeased.

So what we need to do next is help them solve their problems; everything else is nonsense.

Hearing Zhu Yuntong say this, Zhao Qingzhu nodded as if she understood.

She didn't know exactly what Zhu Yuntong meant, but she knew he was right. So, Zhu Yuntong then left the county government office with Zhao Qingzhu and ten Imperial Guards.

Zhu Yunwen already understood the general situation, as well as the attitudes of the people and the officials.

Judging from the current situation, the government's attitude is acceptable, but it may lack the ability to provide a satisfactory answer to the people in a short period of time.

The public's attitude is understandable; anyone would be upset in this situation.

Now that everything is normal, Zhu Yunwen doesn't need to get too involved. The key now is to investigate the whole matter thoroughly.

Who exactly is behind this in Hekou County? And who is so powerful that they can uproot all the sweet potato and potato seeds that so many people have planted in such a short time?

It has to be said that this is indeed a bit unbelievable. How much work would it take to dig up all the sweet potato and potato seeds that so many people have planted in the soil?

Putting aside the fact that there are too few people, it would take a considerable amount of time to get all the sweet potato and potato fields cleared, not to mention that the sweet potato and potato seeds in the fields also need to be extracted.

Moreover, it had to be done without anyone noticing, and so far, not a single person has said that they discovered someone was tampering with their sweet potato and potato seeds.

It should be noted that before this, the government had ordered the people to plant sweet potato and potato seeds, and it was best if someone in the family could patrol the fields at any time.

Most of the people's fields are connected in one piece. Even if no one from a family patrols their fields, others can see each other's fields at a glance when they patrol their own fields.

However, even under these circumstances, the potato and sweet potato seeds were still dug up silently, which was really too strange.

It's no wonder the county government couldn't find out the problem, given how things had gotten to this point. Even Zhu Yunwen, after thinking about it for a long time, still couldn't figure out where the problem lay.

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