After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

As soon as the villagers in front of him came up, they shouted, "Village head, the county magistrate is here and is heading up the mountain."

When Zhao Guoliang and the villagers heard that the county magistrate was coming, they all stopped what they were doing.

Zhao Guoliang hurriedly asked, "Why did the county magistrate come here? Did you tell me what it was about?"

"No. The county magistrate saw that our village had water and found food on his own. He also praised our village for doing a good job."

When Zhao Guoliang heard the county magistrate praising them, he felt relieved, thinking that it must not be a bad thing.

"Where is the county magistrate now?"

"In the back. Yongquan is accompanying the county magistrate. He wants to see us digging kudzu root."

Zhao Guoliang came and said hurriedly: "Let's go and greet the county magistrate."

The villagers dropped their hoes and followed Zhao Guoliang down the mountain.

Wu Deyong climbed up with a grunt, and while panting, he asked the yamen runner beside him: "Tian Wu...you said that I...climb...like this...every day..., can I lose...the weight...on my body?"

Tian Wu replied, "Sir, are you sure you can climb this mountain every day?"

Wu De supported his knees with his hands and took a breath before saying, "If I can really lose weight, I should be able to stick with it, right?"

"Your wife is increasingly disgusted with my weight. She only lets me eat meat once every three days. If I continue to gain weight like this, I think your wife will probably not even let me touch greasy food."

"I greet the County Magistrate..."

Zhao Guoliang brought the villagers down and kowtowed to Wu Deyong when he saw him.

Wu Deyong waved his hand and said, "All of you get up. What are you doing down here? Will it delay your work?"

Zhao Guoliang said hurriedly, "No, no. Sir, if you have something to say, just let someone know. Why did you go up the mountain yourself? The path up there is difficult to walk on. What if you fall?"

"It's okay, it's okay. If I fall, it's my own fault, it has nothing to do with you."

Wu Deyong looked at Zhao Guoliang and asked, "Are you the head of the village here?"

Zhao Guoliang replied, "Yes, sir."

"Well, very good. You manage the village very well. If all villages could be like you, my job would be much easier."

Zhao Guoliang said, "Thank you for the compliment, sir. We are forced to do this. If we don't find a solution, we will be the ones who go hungry. Your Excellency is very busy, and we can't bother you with everything."

"I heard that it was a woman who helped you find water and food. Where is she? I'll take a look."

Zhao Guoliang quickly searched for Zhang Hulan in the crowd, "Hulan, come here quickly, the master wants to see you."

For ordinary villagers, being summoned by the county magistrate is a great honor.

Zhang Hulanzi was at the back of the crowd. When she heard her name being called, she had no choice but to step forward.

Zhao Guoliang pushed Zhang Hulan in front of Wu Deyong and said, "Sir, our village is really grateful to Hulan this time. Otherwise, we wouldn't even have drinking water, and I think everyone in the village would have fled the famine."

Wu Deyong nodded, "Well, that's very good. Telling everyone about the life-saving food so that everyone can have something to eat, you have a broader mind than the average man. I believe most people can't do this.

If most people found something edible at this time, they would definitely keep it a secret and secretly dig it up and bring it back to their family to save their lives.

Very good, you are really good. If my wife saw you, she would probably admire you very much. "

"Thank you for your praise, sir. This is what a commoner should do. We are all from the same village, so we should help each other."

Wu Deyong laughed heartily, "Haha, haha...Okay, neighbors should help each other."

"Come on, I'll go see you guys digging for kudzu root. I don't know if there's this stuff elsewhere, but if there is, I'll have them all go up the mountain and dig it up."

Wu Deyong said as he walked, "The court knows you are having a hard time, so they have allocated relief grain. They have also arranged for craftsmen from the Ministry of Works to dig a well, and they should be here soon. Let's all hold on tight."

When the villagers heard Wu Deyong say the imperial court was going to distribute relief grain, they felt more reassured. "There's so much kudzu root in the mountains, I'll have enough to eat for a while when I get back. If the imperial court distributes more grain, they'll definitely be able to survive the next month or so."

"Thank you very much, sir! Thank you very much, sir!" Zhao Guoliang and the villagers expressed their gratitude repeatedly.

Zhang Hulan thought that the fat county magistrate looked like a corrupt official, but unexpectedly he was actually a good official.

When they arrived at the place where kudzu root was being dug, Wu Deyong asked the villagers to continue with their work while he sat on the ground and gasped for breath.

Zhao Guoliang was accompanying him.

After a short break, Wu Deyong waved towards Zhang Hulan, "Who is that..."

Wu Deyong looked at Zhao Guoliang and asked, "What's her name?"

Zhao Guoliang replied: "Her maiden name is Zhang, and her given name is Hu Lan."

Wu Deyong shouted, "Zhang Hulan, come here."

Zhang Hulan walked up to Wu Deyong and asked, "What are your instructions, sir?"

Wu Deyong asked, "How do you know that Pueraria root is edible?"

Zhang Hulan replied, "I know some herbs. This kudzu root is a medicine, but it can also be eaten as food."

Wu Deyong asked again: "Do you know anything else in the mountains that can be eaten?"

"Although the imperial court has allocated relief grain, I am not sure when it will arrive."

"The situation is very grim right now. I've visited several villages over the past two days, and many of them are short of water and food. I have to find a way to ensure the people can wait until the relief food arrives."

"Otherwise, if the relief food arrives but the people are starving to death, what good will it do?"

Wu Deyong then looked at Zhao Guoliang and said, "I have something to discuss with you. Your village now has water. If the villagers in the nearby villages are out of drinking water, I would like them to come to your village to fetch water. I hope you can agree."

Zhao Guoliang didn't know how to respond. The village had water, and his own people could use it however they wanted. But Zhao Guoliang was reluctant to allow people from other villages to fetch water.

Currently, this water is not only used by villagers but also for irrigating rice fields. If people from nearby villages come to fetch water, the rice in the fields will probably be lost.

Only then did Zhao Guoliang fully understand how determined Zhang Hulan was to tell the villagers about Pueraria root. If it were him, he might not have been able to do it. At least he would have waited until his family had saved enough before telling others.

Seeing that Zhao Guoliang didn't say anything, Wu Deyong continued, "You don't have to worry about running out of water. It's just a matter of getting through the time it takes to dig the well. Once the well is dug and all the villages have water, there's no need to take water from your village anymore."

Zhao Guoliang glanced at Zhang Hulan, who nodded. "I'll follow your instructions, Your Excellency," Zhao Guoliang said, nodding. "But I have something to say in advance. I hope you won't mind."

"What are you talking about?"

Zhao Guoliang said, "We just brought this water down from the mountain, and we don't know if it will always be available. If the water runs low, we will definitely use it first for the people in our village, and then give the remaining water to people in other villages."