Lin Ye also knew the villagers' concerns. He said solemnly, "Don't worry, fellow villagers. As the governor of Yunshui County, I will not abandon any of my people. I will not let you starve or leave you alone!"

Village Chief Liu also said earnestly: "Don't worry, everyone. Although our village has suffered heavy losses, we must trust Lord Lin. He will not leave us alone."

"He's still the son-in-law of our Tianshui Village. Has he ever failed us in all these years? Just believe it and it's over!"

"I heard there was a riot in the neighboring village. We must not cause trouble for Lord Lin. If you meet relatives and friends from other villages, try to persuade them."

After being appeased, everyone calmed down a lot and answered in unison: "Yes, Village Chief!"

"Don't worry, Master Lin, we support you."

Jiang Lili was deeply moved when she saw Lin Ye's appeal. Such a good official was sent here. Emperor Qingning must have gone crazy after sitting on the throne for too long.

The Zhang family led the people from Zhaoping Marquis' Mansion and Yin Zhen's mother and son to their two homes to rest.

It's getting late today. Tomorrow morning, he and the people from Zhaoping Marquis' Mansion have to go to find the source of the locust plague and kill the insect eggs. Lin Ye will stay at his deceased wife's mother's house, which is on the way to the Zhang family.

His wife's parents had also passed away, and now the house in Tianshui Village was uninhabited, so Lin Ye took his yamen runners with him and went there.

The moonlight is cold.

On the way, Lin Ye was talking with Zhao Pinghou and his group.

He was alone in Lingnan with no one to talk to. Now that he met his mentor, Xin Chong, Marquis of Zhaoping, he finally had someone to confide in and seek help from.

"I have already sent someone to quickly submit documents to the court requesting disaster relief funds. I hope the approval will be issued as soon as possible."

Lin Ye was worried: "But right now, the financial resources and grain reserves of the county and prefectural governments can only provide relief to the victims for a while. The landlords will also demand repayment, so the villagers will not have an easy life."

"The most important thing is that the people are running out of food now, and they still have to survive the winter. Food will be a big problem."

Marquis Zhaoping stroked his beard. "I saw the residents of Langyan Village growing sweet potatoes. They're a high-yield, filling crop. I wonder if they're growing any in Tianshui Village?"

"Sweet potato seeds were first introduced to Qinglin Mountain from Lingnan!"

Lin Ye was also puzzled when talking about this: "It's not that we haven't bought sweet potato seeds before, but for some reason, the sweet potatoes never grow well in our fields in Yunhai County, and the yield is very low."

Jiang Lili learned from the conversation between Lin Ye and Zhaoping Hou that the crop of sweet potatoes was only spread to the Dasheng Dynasty from the southern port at the beginning of this year.

This crop, which seemed very common to Jiang Lili, was still very novel in this dynasty.

Jiang Lili asked, "What about the potatoes?"

Lin Ye was puzzled: "What is a potato?"

"It's just potatoes."

Jiang Lili changed her explanation several times and confirmed with County Magistrate Lin that potatoes had not yet been introduced to the Great Sheng Dynasty. She exchanged glances with Master Liao.

But let’s first look at the problem of not being able to grow sweet potatoes.

Jiang Lili said to Lin Ye, "Can you take us to the field in Tianshui Village where sweet potatoes were planted tomorrow?"

Lin Ye nodded, and suddenly felt hopeful. Could it be that these two had a solution? "Okay!"

As they were talking, the group arrived at the door of Zhang's house.

The damage to Zhang Xin and Zhang Dun's families was kept within an acceptable range.

After Zhang Xin's wife delivered persimmons to them, she went home to prepare the mattresses and clean the house.

At this moment, Zhang Xin returned home and brought good news to his wife. Zhang Xin's wife quickly thanked Jiang Lili and Liao Dabao.

"Mother, aunt, I was the one who brought the benefactors into the village!"

Little Zhang Dun, who was being pulled by his parents, looked at Liao Dabao with admiration, his eyes full of stars: "Can I sleep with my little brother Dabao today?"

The naive Zhang Dun amused everyone.

Jiang Lili smiled. Well, Master Liao has another little fan.

Zhang Xin returned home still feeling like he'd survived a catastrophe. So much land! He'd originally planned to plant medicinal herbs next season, but now he's planting crops before he's even finished preparing for that.

He invited everyone into the house, took out all his treasured tea collection, and poured tea for everyone one by one.

At this moment, Zhang Xin was extremely grateful that he did not look down on the other party because of his appearance and age, otherwise he would be in desperate situation now.

"The moment I saw the locusts sweeping over, I felt like the sky was falling. You are my benefactors, you are my heaven!"

Jiang Lili felt embarrassed by Zhang Xin's exaggerated words of thanks, while Liao Dabao put his hands in his pockets and nodded slightly, looking as if he was enjoying the other party's praise very much.

"If you need carpenters, masons, or blacksmiths in the future... I'll definitely introduce you to a group of reliable and dependable ones!"

Zhang Xin said sincerely: "I don't have any special qualities. I just like to explore and make friends. I'm lucky. My friends are good people with integrity and righteousness."

Jiang Lili only knew Zhang Xin for the first day, but she felt that Zhang Xin was being modest.

Jiang Lili bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Zhang. I'm sorry to have disturbed you and sister-in-law tonight."

Zhang Xin's wife, Mrs. Wen, said hurriedly, "Don't bother me, don't bother me. Your coming to our home is a blessing."

Chen asked her curiously, "Your husband often travels far and wide, isn't he worried?"

"I'm worried, but people have different personalities." Mrs. Wen said with a smile.

She has an oval face. Although her eyes are not big, they look like crescent moons when she smiles, which makes people feel good when they see her.

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