The prefect of Xuzhou, arranged by Yu Tinglan for this position. He welcomed Chen Zhiwei at the city gate with great respect. He was thrilled about the prospect of promoting high-yield crops yielding one thousand jin per mu, believing it could save the entire Dayong Dynasty. He prepared prime government land outside the city for trial planting but Chen Zhiwei rejected the fertile irrigated fields in favor of dry fields to demonstrate the crops' drought resistance to villagers.
