Chapter 293 Go to the Riverside

Lu Xiao ordered the others to set up tents and cook porridge on the spot.

This place is closest to the grain store, and there is a well inside the grain store, making it most convenient to set up a porridge stall.

Bai'an County is the place most severely affected by drought in the entire Dayu Dynasty. There is not much water left in the wells, so they must find a suitable water source.

However, finding the water source requires someone knowledgeable about the matter. Several people came, but none of them understood much about Feng Shui and metaphysics.

It would be great if Yue Hongchen was here. That guy knows astronomy and geography, and should be able to find the location of the spring.

After thinking about it, I decided to forget it and find some local people who know the business!

Soon, Da Liu brought people to carry out the grain in the warehouse, all of which were good rice that had not gone moldy.

"Your Highness, there is a lot of rice here, but it is not enough for the people of Bai'an County."

Liu was worried.

There is a lot of food in this grain store, which is enough to support all the people for three to five days. Any more than that will not be enough.

If the imperial court doesn’t send down food soon, the people will still be hungry in three to five days.

Lu Xiao knew the concerns of the people. Most of the food was in his daughter's space, so there was no need to worry about having no food.

"Don't worry, the imperial court's food will be delivered soon, and you won't starve."

"All you have to do now is fill your stomach first."

Now the only thing he can do is to cook porridge and appease the people.

He is very confident in coming to provide disaster relief this time!

"We believe in the prince."

"Yes! We also believe in the prince."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. We will eat less and wait until the food from the court arrives."

These people were so hungry that it was already great to have some rice porridge to drink.

At this time, we live one day at a time.

"Okay, I won't let you down."

Lu Xiao carried Lu Yaoyao into the carriage.

In Bai'an County now, it is not safe to live anywhere, and the safest place is the carriage.

The shopkeeper was detained in the woodshed, awaiting the final verdict.

"Yaoyao, why don't you go and play by yourself first? Daddy will look at these incriminating evidence."

Zhuifeng indeed found several account books and a lot of correspondence in the shopkeeper's room.

These things are evidence of the county magistrate's corruption and bribery.

Lu Yaoyao nodded, "I'll go play."

It was still broad daylight and she didn't want to stay in the carriage; she wanted to go play with the children.

"Then you are not allowed to stay too far away from Daddy, understand? Zhuifeng, you go with the princess and you must protect her."

Lu Xiao didn't want to keep her by his side all the time, as the little girl would get angry.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhuifeng bowed.

[Actually, I don't need anyone to follow me. To reassure Daddy, let Uncle Zhuifeng follow!]

Lu Yaoyao spoke in a helpless tone.

Lu Xiao laughed secretly in his heart.

This little girl acts like a little adult all day long.

Zhuifeng followed Lu Yaoyao out of the carriage.

Lu Yaoyao's short legs made it difficult for her to walk fast, so she had to let Zhuifeng hold her.

"Let's go...outside."

Go to the river outside the county town and take a look. You might find a spring there!

Lu Yaoyao was annoyed with her own incoherent speech and anxiously pulled Zhuifeng's arm.

Zhuifeng was glad that he could hear the little princess's thoughts, otherwise he would not understand what the little princess said.

"Princess, are you going out of town to play?" Zhuifeng agreed with her.

Lu Yaoyao nodded and said, "Go."

"Okay, I'll take you there." Zhuifeng carried her out of the city.

I heard that the Bailang River outside Bai'an County is very famous and has never dried up for thousands of years. It suddenly dried up. There must be something wrong.

A hundred years ago, the Dayu Dynasty also experienced a severe drought, which was even more severe than this one, but the Bailang River did not completely dry up.

This drought has lasted for three years, and the river has dried up beyond recognition. There is definitely something wrong.

Lu Yaoyao opened her divine eyes and looked at the sky. The sky was clear and cloudless, with occasional rain clouds in the sky. This could not be a sign of a severe drought.

He retracted the divine pupil and rubbed his sore and swollen eyes. Without the blessing of the Five Elements Technique, the divine pupil could not be used smoothly.

The source of the dried-up river must be in that river, and she wanted to go look for it.

"Little princess, this river is dry and there is no water at all. What are we doing here?" Zhuifeng hugged her and looked at the bare riverbed.

The entire riverbed was cracked, and even the stones in the riverbed seemed to have cracks.

If there was water normally, we could catch fish and crabs, but now those things have dried up.

Are you here to see the loess?

Lu Yaoyao opened her divine eyes and looked through the riverbed, and sure enough...

[As I expected, the source of the drought in this world is here.]

Chasing the Wind:·······

What? The source of the world's drought is in this river?

Lu Yaoyao ignored Zhuifeng's strange expression and got off him and into the river.

He picked up a small stone and crushed it with a gentle squeeze.

"Hey, this? Little princess, what's going on? How can the stone be crushed?"

The little princess doesn't know kung fu, so how did she crush the stone?

Only those with profound kung fu skills can crush stones.

So far, he has not been able to crush the stone into powder.

Zhuifeng didn't believe it, so he picked up a stone from the riverbed and broke it with a light squeeze.

"this?"

Zhuifeng was a little shocked.

Unconvinced, he picked up a stone from the riverside path and squeezed it hard, but it still didn't break into pieces.

Every time Lu Yaoyao took a step, she would pick up a stone from the ground and crush it.

"If we don't deal with the things at the bottom of the river, the drought will continue throughout the Dayu Dynasty. How should I explain this to my father?"

Zhuifeng complained in his heart, actually, you just need to think about it in your heart, the prince will know.

He is also scratching his head now. He wants to know what the little princess has discovered.

"Go back." Lu Yaoyao stretched out her hand for him to hug.

Zhuifeng hugged the person in his arms, picked up two stones from the riverbed, turned around and left.

Zhuifeng is quite clever. He knew to show his father the two stones when he got back.

Chasing the Wind: ······

Little princess, I have always been smart, okay?

Back in the carriage, Lu Xiao had already read through the evidence. This county magistrate deserved to die a hundred times.

"Daddy's little girl is back?" When Lu Xiao saw his daughter, all his fatigue disappeared.

Lu Yaoyao nestled her little head against Lu Xiao's neck and rubbed her soft face against his.

"Dad, He..."

I've been to the Bailang River outside. The source of the world's severe drought is in that river.

There is something beneath the river. If we don't dig it out, the world will continue to be severely drought-stricken.

[Several major droughts in the history of the Dayu Dynasty were related to the substance at the bottom of this river.]

Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows and glanced at Zhuifeng.

Zhuifeng took out two stones he had picked up and said, "Your Highness, these are stones from the river. They break easily with a gentle squeeze. If the little princess hadn't noticed something, I wouldn't have noticed anything strange about these stones."

Two stones were wrapped in black cloth, and on the surface they looked no different from ordinary stones.

Lu Xiao picked up a piece, but before he could apply any force, the stone shattered into pieces.

"What's going on?" Lu Xiao was a little confused.

(End of this chapter)