The governor of Yongzhou drew a line on the map with his hand. Dujiang Prefecture in the west, Huzhou Prefecture and Zhengnan Prefecture in the middle, Jianning in the east, and Jining Prefecture and Qufu diagonally to the southeast. This terrain directly surrounded the capital area.

The Yongzhou Governor's heart sank. "If we include the previous attack on Dujiang Prefecture, the Fourth Prince intends to sever the Great Zhou from west to east, north to south. If it's indeed the Crown Prince who's patrolling the border, then raising an army in the south right now would solidify his reputation as a traitor."

"Luckily, I'm here. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still in the capital." Qin Wan felt relieved. "The Crown Prince is in the capital, so he will definitely be able to stabilize the government. Our current difficulty is where to get food and supplies."

"Besides, where are those 50,000 troops now?" Qin Wan was particularly worried about this. The fourth brother had troops that could separate the north and south of the Great Zhou. Adding 50,000 troops would be like adding wings to a tiger.

The Yongzhou Governor wondered, "Could it be these 50,000 troops that will capture these cities? But how were these 50,000 troops mobilized? And where did the military orders come from?"

Qin Wan didn't know that this was a mystery.

There is no solution to the puzzle, and there is no time to solve it. Qin Wan now has to gather food and supplies from all over.

The governor of Dujiang suggested: "There are many grain merchants in the city. We can ask them to buy grain and fodder."

Qin Wan disagreed. "They've just suffered from the war. If we ask for more food and fodder, I'm afraid the people will become even more anxious. What will we do if there's no food left in the city?"

The Governor of Yongzhou was also worried: "What should we do? Should we mobilize food and fodder from Beifucheng?"

"This is the only way for now. I just don't know what the situation is in Beifu City." Qin Wan could only send someone to try first. If Beifu City was fine, she would ask Beifu City to send a Tongzhi to temporarily take over the position of prefect of Huzhou Prefecture.

However, things did not go as planned. Although Beifu City was not captured by the enemy, there was not much food. Although the people sent out brought back a lot of food and grass, it was only enough for the army to eat for three days.

During this period, Huzhou Prefecture had largely returned to its former state. Although there were not many pedestrians on the streets, people had begun to work hard for their livelihoods.

Restaurants, grain stores and the like also opened one after another. After discovering that the prince's troops were different from the troops of the governor of Huzhou Prefecture, more and more people came out.

The city gradually began to prosper.

When Qin Wan was getting anxious about food and grass, a group of people arrived at Huzhou Prefecture. At the city gate that had experienced war, the group of people were exhausted. The long convoy seemed to have no end in sight. The carts were carrying something unknown, which was packed in sacks and stacked high. It took two horses to pull the cart.

The general guarding the city was very alert and stopped the person who came: "Who is coming?"

A jade ruyi was handed out from the carriage, and a soft voice rang out: "I want to see the Crown Princess."

When the general defending the city saw the large words "Made in China" on the jade ruyi, he immediately took it carefully and hurried to the prefectural government to report the news.

Qin Wan now lives in the prefectural government office. When she saw the jade ruyi, she couldn't remember who it was for a moment: "My father has given away so many jade ruyi, I don't know who they were given to. But since it's a lady, I'll meet her. Let her in."

The commander of the city said, "She has brought a caravan of cars, stretching endlessly. Will she be allowed in?"

Qin Wan was still very cautious. Bai Wanyi also had the Jade Ruyi, and she was in cahoots with the Fourth Prince. If there were explosives in this car...

She said, "I'll go to the city gate to meet him."

Qin Wan had been wearing the Crown Prince's regular clothes all the way. Now that she had suddenly regained her female identity, she still wore the Crown Princess's regular clothes when she went out.

When the carriage reached the city gate, Qin Wan said, "Call the people over to talk."

Tao Yao went to call for help. When she saw the wealthy woman getting off the carriage, she couldn't believe it. She looked her up and down, then at her big belly: "Miss Qian?"

Miss Qian looked at Tao Yao, smiled softly, and bowed: "Miss Tao Yao, how are you?"

Tao Yao quickly returned the greeting and led her towards the carriage: "The Crown Princess is waiting for you."

When they arrived in front of the carriage, Tao Yao smiled and said, "Crown Princess, it's Miss Qian."

Qin Wan unexpectedly lifted the curtain and saw Miss Qian. She immediately laughed, "Why are you here?"

"Your humble servant greets the Crown Princess." Miss Qian bowed deeply and said with a smile, "I learned that the Crown Princess was in Huzhou, so I rushed here without stopping. I wanted to give her a great gift."

Qin Wan was even more surprised: "What?"

Miss Qian pointed to the endless convoy behind her and said, "Food and fodder."

"forage?"

Qin Wan was startled and immediately jumped off the carriage to look at the convoy.

Miss Qian walked forward, took a bamboo tube, inserted it into the sack, and then pulled it out. Inside the bamboo tube was the grain that had been brought out. Each grain was full and there was no trace of impurities.

Qin Wan took the bamboo tube and looked at the convoy in front of her, tears flashing in her eyes: "Okay, okay, thank you very much, you really are an emergency. The court will spend money to buy these grain and grass."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Miss Qian and said, "So much food and fodder must have cost a lot of money. Now that you're married, although you can be the head of the household, you also have to be responsible for more people. You must take this money."

Miss Qian's husband walked closer, bowed from three steps away, and said, "Crown Princess, these are a small token of our Sun family and Dongwu's sincerity to the Great Zhou. I hope you will accept them."

"Dongwu, Sun family?" Qin Wan looked at Miss Qian in surprise. She only knew that Miss Qian's husband's family was rich and was a merchant from Dongwu. How come Dongwu was involved in the transportation of grain this time?

Miss Qian looked around and said with a smile, "Let's go into the city and talk."

"Yes, yes, let's talk about it after we get into the city."

Qin Wan pulled Miss Qian onto the carriage and looked at her enormous belly. "How many months has it been? You're still delivering food with such a big belly. What if something goes wrong?"

Miss Qian touched her belly and smiled, "Thank you, Crown Princess, for your concern. It's okay, the baby is very well behaved. I came here this time because I heard that the Great Zhou was in chaos and I was worried."

"Aren't you in Dongwu to take care of your pregnancy? How did you know?" Qin Wan asked.

Miss Qian said, "Didn't the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince send me two personal servants? They have always been in correspondence with the Great Zhou. Moreover, the Sun family has been operating in the Great Zhou for many years and has their own network of contacts."

"We discussed with the Sun family that the Great Zhou couldn't be in chaos, and since the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess had done us a favor, we urgently gathered food and supplies to send to the Crown Princess. We didn't know where she was, and we were afraid she'd fall into enemy hands if we went north, so we thought of sending her to Shenyang first. Fortunately, when we were in Nan'an, we heard that she was in Huzhou, so we rushed here."