The village official motioned Lin Ye to look at Zhang Xin's land: "If you don't believe me, take a look——"

After the village official finished speaking, he turned around and was dumbfounded.

The masked man was seen spraying the potion in his hand evenly under the command of the little guy Liao Dabao. The locusts that had been flying over one after another turned around and went back, as if there was a ghost chasing them from behind.

The locusts that were now covering the crops and were reluctant to leave seemed to be on their way out, and they took off and fled.

However, some locusts were unable to dodge in time, and after being touched by the potion, their nervous systems were damaged, causing them to fly unsteadily and finally fall down.

Wherever Liao Dabao pointed his finger, that was the place that the locusts were terrified of!

The swarms of insects in Zhang Xin's field quickly disappeared in large numbers. In contrast, in the field commanded by Village Chief Liu, the villagers took insect nets and caught the locusts one by one and put them into backpacks.

Some bugs react so quickly that it's really annoying, and the locusts in the field are very slow to clear.

Moreover, there were new locusts flying in from afar and joining the battlefield. The villagers were soon exhausted and sweating. They could not catch them all.

The comparison between the insect extermination efficiencies on both sides is simply too heartbreaking!

Even though Lin Ye was a veteran and well-informed man, he was stunned for a long time before he reacted when he saw Liao Dabao. He responded to the village official: "I saw it. Did you see it too?"

"It's not my eyes that are blurring out. This anthelmintic is extremely effective!"

Village chief Liu and his fellow villagers looked pale at this time!

My face hurts so much!

Lin Ye excitedly found Master Liao and said, "Child, please save our Yunhai County. Can you prepare more of this potion?"

Lin Ye was afraid of scaring Liao Dabao, so he squatted down and talked to him: "I am the governor of Yunhai County, the county to which Tianshui Village belongs. The cost of making the potion to cure the locust plague and the hard work will be paid by our government!"

"This, you talk about this with my eldest sister!"

Master Liao remained calm when he saw the high official: "My eldest sister is busy working in the fields."

He pointed at Jiang Lili, who was spraying medicine on the ground in a green dress.

"I'll get my people to help right away!"

Lin Ye quickly sent someone to replace Jiang Lili.

Jiang Lili was surprised when she learned that it was the county magistrate who had arrived, and then she was delighted.

She was still thinking about how to sell the medicine for controlling locust plague to the government. After all, the advertising effect had already been achieved in Zhang Xin's land.

I didn't expect that the most important official in the area would come to me.

Lin Ye was a little surprised to see Jiang Lili was so young, she looked no more than 17 or 18 years old. "This must be Miss Jiang, right? I'm Lin Ye, the governor of Yunhai County. I want to buy the formula of the potion to stop the locust plague from you. Just name your price."

It’s not that Jiang Lili is unwilling to sell it, but the prescription does not exist at all. It is impossible to prepare it under the conditions in ancient times.

"Master Lin, it's not that I don't want to sell this prescription, but only our family can make it. If someone else follows the steps of the prescription, they won't be able to succeed."

Lin Ye also knew that what he said just now was a bit unreasonable. After all, such a powerful prescription would probably be worth a lot of money: "Today, I would like to buy from you the amount of potion that can curb the locust plague in Tianshui Village. Just name your price!"

Jiang Lili roughly calculated that the cost of the locust-killing liquid was about 20 yuan per liter, and that 30 to milliliters were needed for each acre of land. Based on the land area of ​​Tianshui Village, she roughly estimated that it would cost more than yuan. Based on the silver price, it would be about taels of silver. Adding in the labor cost, she said, "About taels!"

Jiang Lili doubled her money without any guilt. After all, she was making money from the government, so she might as well make as much as she could!

This amount was within Lin Ye's acceptable range. He nodded and asked the clerk beside him to take out the writing brush and ink from his bag.

Lin Ye wrote a receipt for Jiang Lili, and he took out one or two taels of silver from his pocket: "This is the deposit, I'll have someone pick up the rest of the money."

Jiang Lili put the silver into her purse and looked at Lin Ye's attitude when he squatted down and talked to Master Liao. A person's character can be seen in details, so she was not afraid that the other party would default on the debt.

Although he was happy to receive the money, the most important thing now was to cure the disaster, so he took the money and did the work: "I will go to prepare the medicine right now, Lord Lin, please listen to the arrangements of this little brother of mine."

Seeing that the people and crops were saved, Lin Ye was very excited: "Of course! This little brother Liao is really a prodigy among prodigies!"

Not long after Jiang Lili collected the money, Zhao Pinghou took off his gas mask and walked towards Lin Ye: "Captain Lin, it's really you! Why are you in Lingnan?"

Marquis Zhaoping had been very kind to Lin Ye and had also taught him military tactics and martial arts.

Lin Ye was a little nervous when he saw the masked man walking towards him. He didn't expect that the face under the mask was familiar to him: "My Lord!"

Jiang Lili, who had returned with her men to fetch medicine, saw Marquis Zhaoping and Lin Ye recognizing each other. It turned out that her father knew the county magistrate.

Jiang Lili suddenly paused. The arrival of Lord Lin made quite a fuss. Could it be that her father had already recognized the county magistrate?

He only met the county magistrate after he had negotiated the price. Could it be that he was afraid that he would not be able to discuss the price with Lord Lin because they were acquaintances?

It turns out that Marquis Zhaoping also has such a sinister side! Jiang Lili silently gave him a thumbs up in her heart.

Lin Ye's face flushed, and he joyfully held Zhao Pinghou's hand: "I heard from Village Chief Liu that the people helping out in the village were exiles from the capital, and I was wondering if I would run into you, but I didn't expect to actually run into you!"

Marquis Zhaoping patted Lin Ye on the shoulder and said, "I have been at the border for the past five years, and I know little about what happened in the capital. You are in Lingnan now, have you been demoted to Lingnan as a county governor?"

Lin Ye smiled bitterly and nodded: "You also know that I have a straightforward personality and speak harshly. I angered the emperor, so I was sent to Yunhai County to be the governor. This is the first year since you went to the border."

Lin Ye was initially exiled to Lingnan to serve as an official. He was filled with anger and felt frustrated.

Until one day he fainted from heatstroke on the road and was rescued by an embroiderer from Tianshui Village. The two secretly fell in love and Lin Ye married the embroiderer.

Although the embroiderer had not received much education, she taught him many truths and made the resentful Lin Ye calm down and become a good county magistrate and do practical things for the people.

The embroiderer was in poor health and caught a cold last year.

Lin Ye did not remarry. He devoted himself to improving the economy of Yunhai County, governing Tianshui Village and Yunhai County where Xiu Niang grew up, and protecting the hometown of his beloved.

"There is unrest in a nearby village because of a locust plague. There is a plan to revolt."

Lin Ye lowered his voice and said to Marquis Zhaoping: "Someone is behind this. I think they want to use the locust plague and the victims to make a plan to make me, the county governor, lose my job or even die in the riot."

Zhao Pinghou was shocked: "The situation is very serious now. Have you found out who is behind this?"

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