"What?" Several Tatars exclaimed in surprise.
Especially, the young man in the middle who seemed rather restless. As spies for the North Country, they knew all too well how significant the news brought by Ma Zhicai was. For years, they've been spying in Northern Land, focusing only on the movements of King Ling's army and some major strategies in Northern Land. They never once paid attention to the agricultural activities there.
Everyone knew how barren the land in Northern Land was. For years, even the North Country did not know how many people had hoped to succeed in farming there. But who had ever succeeded?
Now, a woman in Northern Land had not only succeeded in planting rice and wheat but also another kind of crop?
They had been too careless! The advancement of agriculture indicated that King Ling would no longer have to worry about lacking provisions.