Jin Yuandong, like always, maintained his good habit of being taciturn and only replied with one sentence.
——Got it! Don’t worry, Boss Sang!
Seeing this, Sang Jue smiled and put away his phone.
She really had nothing to worry about Jin Yuandong.
——
Before Xu San took people to plow the land, he arranged for someone to stay behind to guard the potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Although the prince had just given a lecture, there was always a shortage of brave people at any time.
Just in case, we should send someone to guard it.
However, there are only more than 500 personal soldiers who followed the prince to Xizhou. It is impossible for all of them to stay behind to guard the place. After all, there are still many other things that require them to lead the people to do together.
Therefore, Xu San only left behind twenty people and asked them to find some civilians who could not work but could walk to come and guard together.
After Xu San and his men left, the "seed" with a diameter of 30 meters was surrounded by people.
The twenty guards did not stand still, but kept circling around the "seed mountain".
The people who were called over to help guard the place each performed their duties and stood in a position.
A silver-haired old woman stood in her assigned position, looking around, a slight glint in her eyes.
Seeing the patrolling guards walking past her, she pretended to be exhausted and slowly squatted down.
Her clothes were equally shabby. It would be more accurate to say that the patches were sewn together to make a piece of clothing rather than that the clothes were covered with patches.
Although the clothes were torn, the style was still normal and they had wide sleeves.
The old woman quickly grabbed a round potato and stuffed it into her sleeve.
After stuffing this one in, she saw that no one around was paying attention to her, so she simply sat down on the ground.
When the patrolling guards came back, they saw her sitting on the ground and didn't find it strange.
The people who were called over to help had limited physical strength and could not do anything else.
This silver-haired old woman looks very old. It is normal for her to want to sit down and rest as she can't stand anymore.
The patrolling guards saw that she looked relatively normal and passed by her directly.
The old woman watched the guards walk away, then hurriedly picked up another round potato and stuffed it into her sleeve again.
When she tried to pick up the potato and stuff it into her sleeve for the third time, someone grabbed her wrist holding the potato.
"What are you doing?"
The old woman was startled and quickly looked up.
Seeing that it was Xu San, the old woman was so frightened that she stammered, "I...I want to...pick it up and have a look..."
She said, quickly letting go of his hand.
The potato just fell to the ground and rolled forward.
Xu San didn't let go of her hand, still looking at the old woman sharply, "Did you only take this one?"
The old woman panicked and looked away evasively, but she said, "Yes... yes, this is the only one..."
Xu San's expression turned completely cold. "Then what's in your sleeve?"
The old woman quickly hid the sleeve containing the potato in her bosom, still denying, "No! No! There's nothing in my sleeve!"
He had been caught red-handed, but still refused to admit it, which made Xu San even more angry.
"The prince has said before that anyone who dares to steal seeds will be severely punished. You simply don't take his words seriously!"
As he spoke, he grabbed the old woman's other hand and took out the two potatoes.
"You said you didn't have any, then what is this!"
The old woman was caught red-handed, and there was no point in denying it.
When the others heard the noise, they also gathered around.
Many people looked at the old woman in surprise, shocked by her audacity.
Being stared at by so many people, the old woman felt a little flustered. She no longer dared to be stubborn and began to explain hurriedly.
"Please spare my life, sir! Please spare my life, sir!
"I don't want to cheat on you! I really don't want to cheat on you!"
Xu San originally thought that she was greedy and wanted to steal it to eat, but he didn't expect that it was not the case.
"Since you didn't intend to steal food, then why did you steal it?"
"I......"
Seeing her hesitating, Xu San's face turned even colder, and he said sternly, "Speak!"
"I just thought, since we have so many anyway, it doesn't matter if a few are missing! These are seeds given by the goddess. If we take them to other states and sell them, just a few people can get a lot of silver. Since there are so many anyway, it doesn't matter if I take three!"
Xu San's face was already dark, and it became even darker after hearing this.
"What are you talking about? You think it's okay for you to take a few, and other people think it's okay for them to take a few too.
Xizhou has a population of 40,000. If everyone has the same idea, how much will be left for you to share?
You only think about exchanging silver, but have you ever thought about what to sow with? Even if you can exchange a few dozen taels of silver, how much food can you buy? How long will it feed your family?
"If you plant these seeds, it will only take two or three months to yield a thousand kilograms per mu. How much will you get then? And how much money can you earn? Have you ever calculated this?"
The old woman had never thought about this before, she just wanted to steal a few and exchange them for some silver.
Now after hearing what Xu San said, he realized how wrong he was. He quickly knelt on his knees and kowtowed to admit his mistake.
"I was wrong! I was wrong!
It was because of my own ignorance that I had such thoughts.
I know I was wrong and I will never do it again. Please give me a chance!"
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