Over the next seven days, Lu Yanzheng's new proclamation was posted in every county town in the four northwestern prefectures.

In addition to the original proclamation from the imperial court, the proclamation also detailed the court's plot to restrain or even strike at the Northwest Army by damaging Jiang Qinyu's reputation. Furthermore, it listed all the practical things Jiang Qinyu had done for the people of Yongshan County in the past two years.

The announcement caused a great stir, and the people who had read it were all discussing it.

"Oh, I know about the deeds of this Northwest Princess! The sweet potatoes that everyone can eat now were discovered and taught to be grown by her!"

"Besides this, there are also coal briquettes. My mother almost froze to death last winter, thanks to the coal briquettes that the Northwest Princess made!"

"Oh my, you all know so little! I heard that Yongshan County also has high-yield wheat and rice! I heard from my relatives there that our Prince will be promoting these crops throughout the four northwestern prefectures in the next two years, and then no one will go hungry!"

"Such a good person, how could the court call her a monster? Monsters are all harmful. If the princess is a monster, I would rather live with a monster than live with the court and suffer from hunger and cold!"

"Yes! Our princess has done so many good things for everyone. If it weren't for the court's interference, these good things would have been distributed to the entire Dayue. Now that they can't enjoy them themselves, they want us to not get them either. I'll be the first to object!"

"We can't agree to that! The princess isn't a monster!"

"The princess is not a monster!"

"..."

The above scenes took place in different counties and towns in the four northwestern prefectures. In addition, more than a dozen strangers have recently arrived in the border areas that border the imperial court.

When these people arrived at the place, they first contacted the owner of the land on the border, and then built a thatched hut next to the owner's land to live in.

Everyone was curious about what they were going to do, so someone went to ask the landowner.

"Old Zhai, what's with that thatched shed next to your plot of land?"

"Ask them? Sigh, they're from Yongshan County in Yukang Prefecture. They rented my land for a few days, saying they have some business to attend to. They promise not to damage anything on my land and will even help me dig up the sweet potatoes."

"What? There's such good news? Wait a minute, didn't the sweet potatoes come from Yongshan County?"

"Yeah, I don't know exactly what they're up to either. Let's wait and see!"

Because Gala Village is located at the border of Yunzhou and Yuzhou, soldiers and generals pass through it every day. In the past, the imperial army would plunder every passing soldier, making life difficult for the villagers.

However, since they were taken over by the Northwest Army, such things have never happened again. Just when it seemed that their good days were about to begin, rumors have recently spread that the Northwest Princess is a monster, and everyone is in a state of panic.

"Er Leng, I've inquired around. The people here are too remote to know about the notice, but they've heard the news coming from the other side and they really think A Zheng's wife is a monster. Now they don't know what to do!"

"Hmph, those despicable villains in the imperial court, I'm not afraid of them. This time, we'll make sure everyone here sees that Ah Zheng's wife isn't a monster, but rather more like a goddess, a goddess who's come to help us!"

That's right, this group was led by Liu Erleng and Li Dachui, and they were from Dingshui Village.

After the village chief Li held the meeting that day, these people were divided into eight teams and went to eight places on the border between the four northwestern prefectures and the imperial court.

It was the harvest time for sweet potatoes this season, and they were all carrying their tools.

"Let's start first thing tomorrow morning!" Li Dachui said, glancing at the sky.

The next morning, Liu Erleng and Li Dachui led their men to harvest the sweet potatoes from the field.

The owner of the land also came to help in the field, harvesting sweet potatoes while asking questions.

"Brother, you guys are paying to rent my land and even helping me harvest sweet potatoes, what... what are you after?"

Liu Erleng wiped his sweat, straightened up and looked at the territory of the imperial court across the way, where a group of people were also working in the fields.

Because at the border, the two sides' skies are very close together, so people on one side can hear each other perfectly clearly when they speak.

Liu Erleng chuckled and said, "Brother, we were actually sent here by the Princess. The Princess was worried that your sweet potato yield wasn't as good as ours, so she sent us to take a look. If your yield really isn't as good as ours, she'll have us tell you how to grow sweet potatoes."

"What? The Princess sent you? To help us increase our sweet potato yield?" The man was a little stunned, feeling like a pie had fallen from the sky.

Liu Erleng then raised his voice again: "Our Princess Consort is not the kind of person who doesn't distribute disaster relief grain during famine years and only tells the people to fend for themselves when something happens! We are responsible for anything that comes from her hands!"

These words immediately sparked a discussion among the onlookers.

"Oh my, I knew the princess couldn't be a monster! Look, she even sent someone here to teach us how to grow sweet potatoes!"

“My son said a few days ago that the notice was written by the imperial court, the Northwest King, and also mentioned the things the Northwest Queen had done for us. He felt that the Queen was definitely not the monster the court said she was, but rather someone sent by heaven to save our people.”

"Your son was right, and today's events prove it, don't they?"

The people of Gala Village glanced at the people from the imperial court's territory across the way, their intentions quite clear.

The people in the imperial territory were initially relieved that they weren't in a land ruled by monsters, but now that they saw that the other side had sent people to help harvest sweet potatoes and even help increase production, they felt uneasy.

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