That's it.

Early the next morning, Prince Ding and his family left the capital in a grand procession and headed for Taohua Village.

After more than 20 days of sightseeing and sightseeing along the way, the carriage arrived at Chizhou County.

Qin Jingnian poked his head out of the carriage and saw the densely packed queue at the city gate, muttering quietly:

"Huh? Why do I feel like there are more people in Chizhou now than during the drought?"

A peddler passing by the carriage heard it and said with a smile:

"My young master, I don't know that. Since the drought, Chizhou has become a famous place far and wide.

Those who come to Chizhou are all heading for a place called Taohua Village in the county."

It would take a while to queue up to enter the city, so Qin Jingnian simply leaned over the car window and chatted with the peddlers:

"Go to Taohua Village? What are they going to Taohua Village for?

Now that the drought is over, do they still have to go to Taohua Village to fetch water?"

The traveling merchant looked at Qin Jingnian in surprise.

"Young Master, you know a lot about Taohua Village.

However, these people went to Taohua Village not to fetch water, but to worship the sacred well. "

When the traveling merchant mentioned the word "Shenjing", his face was full of respect.

Qin Jingnian blinked his eyes. No way, it couldn’t be what he thought.

"Jingnian!"

When County Magistrate Xu received the news that Prince Ding and his family would arrive in Chizhou today, he came to the outside of the city early to wait.

There were so many people outside the city that County Magistrate Xu had to search for a while before he saw the carriage from Prince Ding's mansion.

"Uncle Xu!"

Qin Jingnian waved enthusiastically towards County Magistrate Xu.

With County Magistrate Xu present, the family quickly entered the city through the small door at the city gate.

Once we entered the city, there were even more people inside.

Magistrate Xu introduced the situation in Chizhou County during this period to everyone.

“The streets are full of people from all over the place, most of them are heading to Taohua Village.

However, due to the small size of Taohua Village, the number of people that can be accommodated is limited.

Therefore, some people stayed in the county town. "

"Uncle Xu, I just heard a peddler outside the city say that these people went to Taohua Village to worship the sacred well. What is the sacred well?"

“Let’s go… … .”

County Magistrate Xu gave a helpless smile.

“It’s the well where Taohua Village draws water on a daily basis.

Because the well water in the village did not dry up during the drought, it saved many people in the surrounding area.

The people believed that these wells were bestowed by gods, so they were named Shenjing.

As soon as the drought ended and people's lives improved, they all returned to Taohua Village to worship the wells.

Thank them for providing people with life-saving water during droughts.

The county feels that the people are grateful, which is a good thing.

In addition, the coming and going of people brought a lot of income to the county, so the county government did not stop it.

Instead, they sent people to strengthen patrols throughout the county to prevent crowds from causing trouble.

Today, Taohua Village is the most popular village in the surrounding area and it has changed a lot.

You will know when you go back and take a look.”

The Qin family was aroused by what Magistrate Xu said.

The desire to return to the village became stronger and stronger.

However, after leaving the city and seeing the long queue leading to Taohua Village, the Qin family was helpless.

Qin Wan was happy: "With so many people, it will take until next year before we can return to the village."

Magistrate Xu smiled mysteriously, "Don't worry, Uncle Xu will take you another way."

As he said this, he asked the coachman to change direction and they took a winding road until they arrived at a main road.

There was a team of officers guarding the avenue.

Qin Wan recognized this place.

"Uncle Xu, isn't this the path leading back to Taohua Village? When did the road become so wide?"

“Haha, after the last drought, Uncle Xu had a feeling that Taohua Village would become popular.

So they specially dug this road in advance to accommodate people who didn't want to queue.

But you have to pay a sum of money.”

As they were talking, a luxurious carriage passed by the Qin family's carriage.

When the coachman passed by the guard, he naturally took out a silver ingot weighing ten taels.

The officer took the silver and recorded it in the account book.

Fearing that the Qin family might misunderstand him, Magistrate Xu explained:

"The county has set up an old folks' home to take in widows and orphans. All the money earned was used in the old folks' home."

Qin Wan gave a thumbs up.

Chen Yunzhi joked:

“The last time I chatted with Sister Xu, she said that you, Lord Xu, did not want to return to the capital and wanted to stay in Chizhou.

Isn't this the reason why you, Master Xu, don't want to return to Beijing?"

County Magistrate Xu waved his hands embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry to have made the Crown Prince's wife laugh at me. Chizhou is developing at a good pace now, and I am also very motivated to be the county magistrate.

Instead of returning to the capital and finding an official position to retire, it is better to do something big here.

The Crown Princess may not know this yet, but the sweet potatoes donated by your village during the last drought allowed me to promote them throughout the county.

The first crop was planted this year, but it will take a few months before it can be harvested.

I am now looking forward to seeing how much I can gain.

If high yields can really be achieved, the people of Chizhou County will be able to escape hunger in the near future.

At that time, I will write another letter to the emperor, asking him to promote sweet potatoes throughout Dayue, and then the people of Dayue will be free from hunger!

There are such important things waiting for me to do in Chizhou, how can I return to the capital to be an idle official? "

"Hahaha, well said!"

Prince Ding imitated his granddaughter and gave Magistrate Xu a thumbs up.

"You are now in your prime, and it is time for you to work hard to achieve some political achievements. This king is optimistic about you."

County Magistrate Xu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The carriage arrived at Taohua Village while they were chatting and laughing.

This path ends at another entrance to the village.

After the carriage entered the village, the village head received the news that Prince Ding and his family had returned to Taohua Village.

At that time, the head of the village was calculating the income of the village during this period. When he heard the news that Ding Wang's family was returning to the village, he stood up suddenly.

"Hurry, hurry, Old Su, Old Ye, come with me to welcome Prince Ding and Prince Ding's son."

The village head pulled Chief Ye and Chief Su and ran hurriedly to another entrance of the village.

The three of them are almost 200 years old in total, but they run very agilely.

From a distance, Qin Min'an saw three village heads running over.

He quickly jumped off his horse and went to meet him.

"Uncle Lizheng, two old clan leaders, please slow down. Why are you running so fast at your age?"

The village head held Qin Min'an's arm, his beard trembling with excitement:

"Oh my, Min'an, you finally decided to come back to the village to visit us old guys."

"Hehe, it's my fault. I will definitely come back to visit you more often in the future, Uncle Lizheng."

The head of the village smiled widely, and he felt that what Qin Min'an said was very soothing, but he still said:

"Hey, you are the prince now, you must be very busy on weekdays. Uncle is just talking casually, your business is more important."

"Yeli Zheng, long time no see."

Prince Ding got down from the carriage.

The village head and the two clan leaders bowed and said:

"See you, Your Majesty."

Prince Ding helped the three people up:

"Hey, there's no need to be so polite in Taohua Village. I'm Min'an's father now, so just treat me as Min'an's father."

The village head shouted cheerfully:

"Okay, Min'an's father."

Prince Ding helped his old wife over and introduced her:

"This is Min'an's mother."

The head of the village bowed his hands:

"I met my sister-in-law."

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