I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

Zhu Youcai and the One-eyed King were both cheered up when they heard this.

"Have you confirmed it?" the one-eyed king asked worriedly.

The household staff looked at him, and when Zhu Youcai didn't speak, they said, "The Li Dachui that the adults mentioned earlier, in the thirty or so villages under Yongshan County, there are people with this name in eight villages."

"Then how do you know for sure?" Zhu Youcai asked.

He didn't want to make a mistake either.

The household representative unfolded the booklet and pointed at it, saying, "Although there are eight Li Dachuis, only Li Dachui from Dingshui Village has six children. The youngest son is sixteen years old this year and his name is Li Xiaoya."

The One-Eyed King immediately said excitedly: "It can't be wrong, it must be them!"

The only two names he remembered that night were Li Dachui and Liuyazi. As for the others, because it was too chaotic at the time, he could not hear clearly what they were shouting, and his impression of their faces was also very vague.

"You go down first." Zhu Youcai asked the people in the household office to leave, and then looked at the one-eyed Wang Dao coldly, "You won't make a mistake again this time, right?"

"Absolutely not!" The One-Eyed King gnashed his teeth in hatred. "Two days before Qinggang Mountain was robbed, I led my brothers to Dingshui Village to grab a batch of food. They must have come here intentionally to take revenge!"

Zhu Youcai thought for a moment, and this made sense.

A group of peasants were forced into a desperate situation. If they didn't go to rob Qinggang Mountain, they would have to flee from famine, and fleeing from famine was basically a dead end.

After all, Zhu Youcai was the head of a county and knew much more information than ordinary people. According to the news sent back, more than half of the people who had fled famine in Yongshan County were killed or injured.

Fleeing from famine not only means facing the problem of competing with other refugees for resources, but also having to guard against the evil hearts of people. In addition, you have to pay attention to keeping your eyes and ears open and avoid areas with plague.

If the people of Dingshui Village had not robbed those things, Zhu Youcai would have admired them a little. In such a situation, they did not follow the crowd to flee the famine, but chose to stay and rob Qinggang Mountain.

"But sir, even though we have found them now, how can we make them hand over the food?" The one-eyed king was worried after being angry.

He is now a lone leader with less than ten brothers under him. How can he possibly get back the things he stole from Dingshui Village?

Zhu Youcai said calmly, "It's the end of the autumn harvest, and the land tax for this autumn should be paid. Furthermore, the border towns are in crisis, and the Protector General has requested that the court allocate food and money. Our Yongshan County bears the brunt of this, so the people should naturally prioritize the border war."

Those who didn't know him might think that Zhu Youcai was very concerned about the country and the people when he said this, but in fact what he meant was that not only would he ignore the lives of the people in years of drought, but he would also increase land taxes because of the war!

"Your Excellency is so great!" The one-eyed king's eyes lit up and he gave Zhu Youcai a thumbs up.

These officials are really cruel. Not only do they want to take back the stolen things, but they also want those peasants to pay the price!

Zhu Youcai said righteously, "If the border town falls, Yongshan County will be the first to suffer. As the chief official of Yongshan County, I will do my utmost for the border war!"

"Your Excellency is righteous!" The one-eyed king praised with a smile.

The two men decided the future of Dingshui Village with just a few words, without caring at all about how the people of Dingshui Village would survive after their grain was taken away.

Corrupt officials and bandits are in cahoots with each other, and the people of Yongshan County are suffering!

……

That night, when Jiang Qinyu returned home from the mountain, it was almost midnight, but the lights in Dingshui Village were still on.

Grandpa Jiang and others were excitedly gathered under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, talking about the situation in the fields today.

"If we all work together, we can work much faster. At this rate, we will be able to plant the first batch of crops in a few days." Grandpa Jiang said happily.

Today they turned the soil for the seven families with the best soil in the village. Because they had enough manpower, they also plowed the land after turning the soil.

This efficiency was something that even Village Chief Li had not expected. Now that he had a clear idea in mind, he would know how to arrange everyone's work starting tomorrow.

"Grandpa Jiang is right. This time, Old Meng and the others went to the provincial capital to buy a lot of grain seeds. Everyone just needs to take good care of the fields, and grain seeds will not be a problem." Village Chief Li waved his hand and said proudly.

At this time, someone noticed that Jiang Qinyu and the others had returned and hurried to greet them.

Jiang Qinyu didn't know much about farming, but she knew that if she was going to farm, she had to plant high-yield seeds.

It’s a pity that there are no grains in the supermarket, otherwise...

[Ding! The host has been detected to have a trading demand, triggering a hidden task: Please submit 100 taels of silver to unlock the supermarket plane trading function!]

Jiang Qinyu's mouth twitched. Did he know that she had a total of one hundred taels left in her hand?

But what did the system just say? Supermarket dimension trading function? What is that?

Plane... is that what she meant?

Jiang Qinyu hesitated for only three seconds before handing over the one hundred taels of silver that had been placed in the space.

Whatever it is, it's better than nothing.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden mission and unlocking the supermarket transaction function! ]

[Ding! Plane trading function enabled, Plane Mall level: Lv1.]

A series of system prompts rang in Jiang Qinyu's mind, almost making her faint.

"Niece, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak?" Village Chief Li raised his hand and waved in front of her.

Jiang Qinyu came back to her senses and quickly said, "I'm fine. I'm probably too tired from climbing the mountain today."

"Oh, it's already this late. Everyone is tired after a day's work. Let's go back and pack up and go to bed!" Village Chief Li said to everyone.

The group of people quickly returned home, but Jiang Qinyu followed behind Village Chief Li and did not rush back.

"Uncle Village Chief, please stay." Jiang Qinyu called softly.

Village Chief Li turned around and saw her stunned for a moment, then asked, "What's wrong, niece? Do you have something to say?"

"Well, I got some news today and wanted to talk to the village chief." Jiang Qinyu nodded.

She told Liu Ruyi everything she said on the mountain, and also expressed her own opinions and guesses.

Finally, Jiang Qinyu said seriously: "I don't know what impact this matter will have, but since everyone has decided to stay, we must make all preparations."

They need the courage and ability to fight natural disasters, and also be prepared to fight man-made disasters.

Village Chief Li frowned tightly, and after a long silence, he looked up at Jiang Qinyu, "What you said is indeed possible..."

But they are just ordinary people. If the border is really lost, what else can they do except run away?

"Aren't Chen Shao and the others digging a trap for the village?" Jiang Qinyu suddenly said, "Then why don't we just improve on this foundation and try to make it harder for outsiders to get in..."