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Chapter 328 Zhang Zhan Investigates
That evening, Zhang Zhan, who was working in Yongding County, had just finished a cup of hot tea when he heard a servant outside relaying a message.

"Sir, someone from Hu Family Village is looking for you."

Zhang Zhan felt a chill run down his spine. Could that old lady be coming again?
Didn't he already agree to the grain seeds?
A few days ago, Hujia Village sent a cartload of grain, about three or four shi (a unit of dry measure), and Zhang Zhan immediately noticed that the grain was different from what he expected.

The person who delivered the grain was not Old Mrs. Wang, but her eldest grandson. He said that this type of grain was brought from Wanning City, and they felt it was quite good. They wanted Zhang Zhan to help them see if others could also plant it.

Zhang Zhan was a bit stunned at the time. He was a native of Wanning City and had never seen such good grain before. He was afraid that the grain offered as tribute was only of that quality.

But then I realized that the old lady never did things without a plan, and after a while I understood that it was probably something her village had come up with on its own, and that she had borrowed the name of Wanning City.

Far from the reach of the emperor, the people in this remote and impoverished area would never have imagined that the so-called grain seeds for the capital actually came from the village right next to them.

If this is promoted, it will be a real achievement, and Yongding County might even be able to shed its reputation as an impoverished county.

There are too many poor villages in this county, and wealthy households are concentrated in certain surnames. There are still too few families that can truly live without worrying about food and clothing.

Come to think of it, every time the old lady came to see him, she never caused him any trouble, so he didn't need to be nervous.

Thinking this, Zhang Zhan walked out, and unexpectedly, the village chief of Hujia Village was standing outside.

After taking office, Zhang Zhan convened a meeting with village chiefs and village officials from various villages, allowing them to get acquainted with each other so that subsequent work could be carried out more easily.

He naturally knew Hu Changzhu, the village head of Hujia Village.

Zhang Zhan was only in his early twenties and didn't look as imposing as other county magistrates, so Village Chief Hu wasn't too nervous when he saw him.

So, under Zhang Zhan's questioning, he told her everything about the boxes in the village.

To gain his trust, Village Chief Hu brought two other items: a fragment that appeared to be armor and a military treatise. Zhang Zhan didn't react much to the armor fragment, but his expression changed when he saw the "Records of the Great Ancestor."

It turns out to be a battlefield record of the founding emperor of the previous dynasty, a genuine military treatise that has been lost for a long time!
In fact, the reason Zhang Zhan chose to take up his post in Wangbei County was to investigate events from more than a hundred years ago.

When everyone discovered that the item might be in Wangbei County, the current emperor even sent a large number of people to investigate, but they all returned empty-handed.

His visit was merely a personal hobby, something he did incidentally while serving as county magistrate.

The authorities had long since given up on the investigation, given the passage of time and the prolonged period of war; it was highly likely that many of the books and documents had been destroyed.

Before he could even begin his investigation, the items were delivered to his door.

Is it a case of the darkest place being under the lamp?

Many people skipped Hujia Village when they were investigating, because the place was too remote and too poor.

Of course, we did investigate, but who could have predicted that the things in Hujia Village were either behind the waterfall or on the cliff? No normal person would have thought of that.

At most, I could think of secret passages or cellars.

Seeing Zhang Zhan's expression change repeatedly, Village Chief Hu felt extremely uneasy: "Lord Zhang, our village was unaware of these things at all—"

Zhang Zhan waved his hand: "Don't panic, I'll send someone to go back with you tomorrow and transport that thing to the county town first. No, let's leave it with you for now, and I'll send a few more people over to help guard it."

(End of this chapter)