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When Yang Ming saw this scene, he burst into tears of joy and immediately shouted to the villagers at the entrance of the village: "Fellow villagers, come out quickly, the county magistrate is here to distribute relief food to us."

As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers of Yangjiagou immediately swarmed over and rushed towards the direction of the convoy.

He Yuzhu looked at the crowd in front of him and immediately shouted, "Dear fellow villagers in Yangjiagou, don't worry. This time I have transferred 1400 kilograms of grain. You can divide it equally according to the number of people. You must eat sparingly. The situation in the county is not very good now. I got all this by myself through my connections."

When the village chief Yang Ming heard what He Yuzhu said, he immediately knelt down in front of him.

"County Magistrate He, you are the savior of the 300 households in Yangjiagou. You are our living parent. Please accept my greetings."

When Yang Ming knelt, the villagers behind him followed suit and knelt too.

He Yuzhu waved his hands repeatedly when he saw this.

"Village Chief Yang, fellow villagers, what are you doing? Don't kneel, stand up quickly. This is what I should do. Stand up quickly."

At He Yuzhu's repeated requests, Yang Ming and others finally stood up.

Later, under the leadership of the village chief Yang Ming, the villagers of Yangjiagou lined up and divided the food according to the number of people.

That night they had steaming hot sweet potato rice and baked potatoes, even though they hadn't had decent food for several days.

He Yuzhu did not leave immediately, but stayed at the home of the village chief Yang Ming.

In the dim candlelight, Yang Ming and He Yuzhu sat on the kang, with the fire beside them still crackling.

"Thank you, Magistrate He. Without your help, I don't know what I would have done. I have no way to repay your kindness."

He Yuzhu heard this and waved his hand.

"Village Chief Yang, you are too polite. By the way, I would like to ask you a question. I estimate that these relief grains can only last for half a month. What will you do next?"

Yang Ming sighed helplessly when he heard what He Yuzhu said.

"County Magistrate He, to be honest, we can only reduce our food intake at the moment. We should eat as little as possible and try to survive one more day."

When He Yuzhu heard what happened, he was deeply moved.

"Village Chief Yang, I see you have a lot of land in Yangjiagou, what kind of grains are you growing?"

"Head of County, we mainly grow corn, sorghum, wheat and potatoes. That's about it. However, the heavy rains caused a significant drop in grain production and the harvest was particularly poor."

Yang Ming replied.

He Yuzhu thought about it and came up with a bold plan.

"Village Chief Yang, let me tell you, I have a technology to improve upland rice. I want you to use Yangjiagou as a pilot to plant upland rice on a large scale. What do you think?"

When Yang Ming heard He Yuzhu promoting dry rice cultivation technology to him, he was a little confused and immediately asked him back.

"He, County Magistrate, this upland rice technology you mentioned is the first time I've heard of it in my life. I've only heard of rice, but I have no experience with upland rice. How do I make it?"

He Yuzhu smiled slightly when he heard this.

"Village Chief Yang, you are worrying too much. Regarding the cultivation technology of this dry rice and how to cultivate it, as well as the seeds, I will send someone to teach you. As long as you follow my method, I guarantee that you will never have to endure hunger in Yangjiagou in the future. You should know that my dry rice not only has a high yield and strong resistance to pests, but also has relatively low soil requirements, a short cycle, and is particularly easy to grow."

Yang Ming listened to He Yuzhu's introduction, and his frown slowly relaxed.

Although he felt that He Yuzhu's words were a bit unbelievable, he still nodded with a try-it attitude.

"Okay, County Magistrate He, since you said so, we in Yangjiagou are willing to give it a try."

Seeing that Yang Ming agreed, He Yuzhu added,

"Village Chief Yang, there is one more thing I must tell you in advance, and that is about the upland rice. I hope you can keep it confidential.

Because this is still in the experimental stage and is confidential, I don’t want other people to know about it, and I don’t want to make others jealous.

In addition, regarding the harvest of these dry rice, in addition to the part you provide for yourself, the remaining 9% needs to be paid as public grain. You can accept this request, right? "

Seeing He Yuzhu worried about this, Yang Ming immediately patted his chest and assured: "County Magistrate He, don't worry, we will keep our mouths shut about the upland rice planting technology. You also know that our Yangjiagou has inconvenient transportation, and it is also a well-known poor mountain valley in Andong County. Generally, outsiders will not come here.

In addition, we can accept the condition you mentioned."

He Yuzhu was quite satisfied after hearing Yang Ming's reply and nodded immediately.

"Village Chief Yang, I feel relieved with your words."

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The news that He Yuzhu had delivered the grain to the villagers of Yangjiagou was soon heard by Wang Tao, the county party secretary Jia Zhengjing.

Jia Zhengjing was also quite surprised when he got the news, and immediately asked Wang Tao,

"Mayor Wang, is what you reported true? How could He Yuzhu have so much food? Where did he get it from?"

Wang Tao heard this and shook his head.

"Well, Secretary Jia, I don't know either."

Jia Zhengjing thought about it and sent Wang Tao away directly, and called his secretary Gou Bu Tong in.

"Secretary Gou, please go to our county grain station and check with Director Lin to see if there is a shortage of inventory."

After hearing the order from the county party secretary Jia Zhengjing, Gou Bu Tong immediately expressed his opinion.

"Okay, Secretary Jia, I'll go check it out right away."

Half an hour later, Gou Bu Tong came back with the news.

"Secretary Jia, I have confirmed with Director Lin of the grain station that there is no shortage of grain in our county granary. The numbers are correct."

After hearing this message from Gou Bu Tong, Jia Zhengjing became very nervous. He immediately asked Gou Bu Tong,

"It's different. Where do you think He Yuzhu got the food from? How come there is no news at all? This allowed this kid to escape. It's too unscientific."

In response to Jia Zhengjing's doubts, Gou Bu Tong immediately expressed his own guess.

"Secretary Jia, I wonder if County Chief He is secretly transferring grain from the city?"

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhengjing asked him directly,

"Oh..how do you know that?"