At first, Rezen wants to act dumb and not divulge the information about the potato farm. However, on second thought, he decided to use the potato farm as a bargaining chip
The words he uttered to convince the Waterside Tribe not to inform anyone about teaching the farming method to other tribes was to ensure that 'Rezen's' own tribe would always be superior but the bigger reason is that he wish for the destruction of the Metal Sword Tribe in hopes of stealing their treasure
However, as long as Rezen's farm recover, at the very least, food shouldn't be an issue for the tribe. He just thought of a better way to exchange the potato farm information for something more useful
Since the Chief was looking at him as if she was asking what to say, Rezen stepped out and bowed his head towards the eight Junior Mages
Fortunately, there was no need for too much formality nor did the tribal people even have that kind of concept