At least in Xijiang County, few people dared to fight for the spot as the best farmer with him. County Magistrate Shen was familiar with him and was very confident in his character. Besides, they had worked together once and Ning Fengnian was a veteran in planting new grain seeds. Therefore, County Magistrate Shen wasn't going to take the risk with an unknown stranger.
After Ning Ansheng went home, he conveyed County Magistrate Shen's thoughts to his father. The two of them hit it off right away. Then, they started to integrate those fields and moved their 100 acres of the best quality land next to the government's. This time, the Ning Family realized that their fields had long been targeted.
It was a trap. If not for royal fields and County Magistrate Shen and Han Qing, they might not have been able to plant these fields safely.
Thinking about it, County Magistrate Shen might be helping them again.