Upon hearing the servant's words, the supervisor frowned and spoke.
"Throw him out. Everyone knows that I, this master, never accept bribes."
"No, no, that man said he was the village chief of Zhushan Village. Those sweet potatoes were not, and were not, a gift for you, sir. They were meant to be seeds for everyone to plant. One of the women even claimed to be Princess Changning! I told her to wait at the door."
Upon hearing the servant's words, the supervisor was so startled that he immediately stood up.
"Who, you, who are you talking about?"
“Princess Changning, but judging from her simple attire, she doesn’t look like a princess at all. I’m sure she’s just making things up. But those things…”
"You idiot, who in this world would dare to impersonate a princess? Hurry up and come with me to greet her!" He knew that Emperor Beichen had recently conferred the title of princess on a commoner, but he never expected that she would come here now.
In fact, Han Yi didn't want to come here by herself, and she didn't want to use her status as a princess to intimidate people. But she heard from the village chief that when she came to deliver sweet potato seedlings last time, she didn't even get to see the faces of the people in the town.
Furthermore, because of the high harvest, the villagers automatically increased their yield from 100 jin to 200 jin per family. In this way, the entire Zhushan Village had 5,000 to 6,000 jin. Now, when food is scarce everywhere, Han Yiyi was worried that the supervisor would embezzle the sweet potatoes, which is why she revealed her identity as a princess.
To her surprise, when she proudly declared her identity as a princess for the first time, she was ignored by a servant. Not only did she not frighten the servant, but he also told her to wait at the door, saying that he would go in to inform him. Seeing this, Han Yiyi raised her eyebrows.
However, she didn't want to argue with a servant too much, so she didn't say anything more and let him go and report.
However, in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the gates of the town government were opened, and Han Yiyi saw an old man running towards her. Halfway there, he lost his shoes but didn't go back to pick them up. He knelt down in front of Han Yiyi.
"This humble servant greets Your Highness!"
When the servants behind saw their master kneeling down, they quickly knelt down as well. At this moment, the people of Zhushan Village who came with Han Yiyi, including the village chief, were dumbfounded and did not understand what the supervisor was up to.
Actually, the reason why the servant didn't believe Han Yiyi was because Han Yiyi pulled him aside and spoke to him alone.
Han Yiyi hadn't expected that she would frighten the prison guards so much, and she quickly told them to get up.
"Alright, get up!"
Meanwhile, the people of Zhushan Village were even more puzzled when they saw that Jianzhen was actually obeying and his expression was full of fear. At this moment, Aunt Zhang couldn't help but move closer to Han Yiyi and ask her.
"Han girl, what's going on? When did you become a princess?"
Hearing Aunt Zhang's words, Han Yiyi was about to explain when she heard the magnanimous Jianzhen speak to Aunt Zhang.
"How dare you! Princess Changning was personally appointed by His Majesty. How can you, a lowly commoner, speak to Princess Changning like this?"
Upon hearing the governor's words, Han Yi glanced at him coldly before speaking.
"It was because I helped the Emperor resolve some matters when I went to the capital that I was granted this title..."
"This humble subject greets Your Highness the Princess..."
"This humble subject greets Your Highness the Princess..."
"This humble subject greets Your Highness the Princess..."
Before Han Yiyi could finish speaking, they all knelt down. Even those who had come to watch the spectacle out of curiosity about what Han Yiyi and the others were pulling knelt down as well.
Han Yiyi: ...I revealed my identity because I was worried that the town guard would embezzle the goods. After all, the village chief had said that when he came to deliver the sweet potato seedlings, he was not even allowed to enter the door. Therefore, Han Yiyi did not have a good impression of this town guard.
Hearing her angrily rebuke Aunt Zhang, calling her a lowly person, his impression of her worsened. However, considering the purpose of his visit today, his eyes flickered, and he spoke.
"Alright, alright, everyone get up quickly. I've come here today to deliver sweet potato seeds. The villagers of Zhushan Village have accidentally obtained a kind of food that we call sweet potatoes. This kind of sweet potato is not only delicious, but also highly productive, with a yield of up to 8,000 catties per mu. With this food, everyone will no longer have to worry about going hungry..."
“Princess, are you telling the truth? Is it this clod of earth…?”
"Can this clod of earth really be eaten? Can it really produce 8,000 catties per mu?"
"Yes, yes, is it really possible to yield 8,000 jin per mu? When can we start planting?"
"Yes, how do we plant this? Can we take it back and plant it now?"
Before Han Yiyi could finish speaking, everyone became excited and started asking questions one after another.
Upon seeing this, Han Yi quickly pressed his hand down, and only continued speaking after everyone had quieted down.
“This is a sweet potato. It’s delicious whether steamed or boiled. I brought it here to share with everyone, but not now. I’ll give it to the town manager first. In March of next year, you can come to the town manager to collect sweet potato seeds. After you go back, you can tell your relatives and friends about this…” He then turned to look at the town manager.
"I'll give you these sweet potatoes first. Have someone dig a cellar to store them. After the New Year, you can start seedlings and distribute them to everyone."
Seeing Han Yiyi's indifferent glance, Jianzhen quickly nodded in agreement.
The sweet potatoes were brought over by Old Man Wei's oxcart and Han Yi's family's mule cart. However, fearing that they would be robbed on the way, the village chief also selected some young and strong men from the village to come along.
However, Han Yiyi and the village chief were overthinking it. Nobody recognized sweet potatoes, and because the sweet potatoes were covered in mud, people along the way thought they were carrying two cartloads of dirt.
However, when the crowd saw that they had parked two carts of "clods of earth" in front of the town government, they curiously gathered around.
Everyone was overjoyed to hear Han Yiyi say this.
Watching basket after basket of sweet potatoes being carried into the town government office, I subconsciously swallowed.
Meanwhile, the servants behind the supervisor swallowed hard. When they looked up, they saw the village chief carrying sweet potatoes with everyone. They quickly whispered something in the supervisor's ear.
"Master, that man, that man seems to be the village chief who came over a few months ago with sweet potato seedlings, saying that these things can produce 5,000 catties per mu. But you said that he was just talking nonsense, so you didn't let him in..."
"You idiot, shut up right now!"
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