Now the Feng family felt a little relieved, but they still didn't agree with her going alone.
Just then, Nangong Beichen and the prince also arrived.
Nangong Beichen: "Grandpa Feng, Brother Crown Prince and I will go with Sister Jiu'er."
The Feng family didn't want Nannan to go, but Nannan also said that she still wanted to earn merit, so the Feng family couldn't stop her.
Feng Laosi wanted to go with his daughter, but Feng Jiu disagreed.
"Daddy, there are so many things waiting for you to do in the capital. I'm going with my brother, the Crown Prince, and my brother Chen, so don't worry. Besides, Mom is at home. If I'm worried about Mom, you have to stay home and help me take care of Mom and the baby in my belly!"
Now Feng Lao Si had nothing to say. Old Man Feng and Old Lady Feng wanted to go with them, but were also rejected by Feng Jiu.
The prince took the two of them to the palace. When the emperor heard Fengjiu say that she had a way to solve the water problem, he was very happy. Several people planned to set out in the evening to store the food prepared by the emperor into the space.
Fengjiu and the other two returned to the Marquis' Mansion and told their families not to worry. Her aunt-in-law also prepared a lot of delicious food for her to take away.
Although they knew that she had everything she needed in her space, they still prepared a lot of food for her.
Zhao's eyes were red, and it seemed that she had been crying. Her daughter always had family members by her side when she went out before, but now she was going to such a dangerous place, which made her really worried.
After Nangong Beichen repeatedly assured them that he would take good care of Fengjiu, the family finally felt a little relieved.
Helplessly, Fengjiu hugged her mother and kissed her for a while before reluctantly getting on the helicopter. Seeing her family's reluctant eyes, Fengjiu decisively looked away.
This time, the prince and Achen's twenty secret guards went there, and a total of three helicopters were used.
It takes about ten days to get from Nanyang Prefecture to the capital by horseback, but about three hours by helicopter.
When they arrived at Nanyang City, it was just Yinshi (three o'clock in the morning).
The prefect had been leading people to look for water sources during this period. He had just slept for less than two hours when he suddenly heard such a loud noise outside. He thought it was thunder.
I immediately put on my clothes and went out. When I saw an unidentified object flying in the sky, I was a little scared!
When some people in the city heard the loud noise, they put on their clothes and went out to see what was going on.
Some people have heard that the Princess Protector of the Country has a magical weapon that allows her to fly in the sky, but most people don’t know about it.
Seeing that the helicopter had landed directly in the backyard of the government office, the prefect followed it. When he saw the person coming down from it, Prefect Qiu Mingzhi fell to his knees.
"Nanyang Prefecture, the prefect Qiu Mingzhi pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Chen."
The prince said: "Stand up, this is the Princess Protector of the Nation."
"Your Majesty, Qiu Mingzhi pays homage to the Princess Protector of the Nation."
Fengjiu: "Get up, no need to be so polite."
"Thank you, Princess Protector of the Nation. Please come this way."
Qiu Mingzhi brought a few people to the front hall, and the maid served them tea.
The prince then asked, "What's the situation now? Do the people still have surplus food at home?"
Qiu Mingzhi: "Seventy percent of the people have no surplus food at home. The remaining 30 percent still have some surplus food. These are basically the wealthy families. The government office is also opening the granaries to release grain. As of today, the remaining grain in the warehouses is less than 1,000 kilograms."
Prince: "What about the water source?"
Qiu Mingzhi: "The day before yesterday, the last well in the city dried up. I have been leading people to search for water sources everywhere these days, but I haven't found anything."
Several people discussed in the front hall until dawn, and Fengjiu asked the prefect to take them to the nearest well to take a look.
There was a well at Caishikou, not far from the government office. Fengjiu took a tape measure and put it into the well. When the tape reached the bottom, Fengjiu saw that it was only fifteen meters deep.
I touched the top of the tape measure and found that the soil was still moist. This made things easy. If I dug the well deeper, water would definitely come out.
She told the prince about the situation. There were two machines specifically for drilling wells in the Fengjiu space. They were bought for her by Uncle Liu.
Fengjiu did not avoid people and released a big machine from the space, and placed the well-drilling machine directly next to the well.
Fengjiu didn't know how to operate it either, so he looked at the instructions before starting the machine. Several secret guards came over to learn how to operate it.
The drilling rod was turning all the time, and the drilling machine showed that the depth was thirty-five meters. About a quarter of an hour later (30 minutes), the sound of water gushing out of the well was heard.
The people watching on the sidelines cheered, "Finally, there's water! We won't die of thirst! Thank God, thank you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Princess! We have water to drink."
Soon the water in the well was almost full to the mouth, and the people brought wooden buckets of water from their homes.
Fengjiu looked at the people who had been without water and food for a long time. They all had sallow faces and cracked mouths. Some of the older people had cracked and bleeding lips. They must have left all the water in their homes to their children and grandchildren. Their clothes were all dirty.
A sour odor could be smelled from a long distance away. After the well-drilling machine was put into the space, the people did not come to grab water to drink, but just stood aside and waited silently.
Fengjiu felt inexplicably sad. The ancient times were so backward. As long as the weather was bad, the people would not have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear.
Fengjiu talked to the prince about the need to boil the water before drinking, otherwise he would get sick. After they discussed the matter of food, Fengjiu and Nangong Beichen returned to the government office to prepare.
The prince said: "Everyone, the water you fetch must be boiled before it can be consumed. Everyone go back and drink enough water first. Later, bring your family's household registration to the government office to collect food."
When everyone heard that there was still food to be collected, they all knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Highness. May Your Highness live a thousand years, a thousand thousand years."
The Crown Prince said: "Everyone, please stand up. I am not the one you should thank. These are all brought to you by the Princess Protector of the Nation. The well-drilling machine and most of the grain were provided by the Princess Protector of the Nation herself. The court only has 100,000 kilograms of grain. The drought will pass. Let's solve the problem of food and drink first. Everything will be fine in the future. The court will not ignore you."
After the prince said this, many people shed tears. It had not rained since the spring planting last year, and there was no harvest. They had water to drink some time ago, but now there is no water at all.
Some wealthy families fled to other places, but those of them who had no family background did not dare to flee. They either had no water or no food. If they fled to other places, they would starve to death or die of thirst on the road. It was better for them to stay at home and not go anywhere.
Fortunately, they all waited for the arrival of the Crown Prince and the Princess Protector of the Nation. Now they not only have water, but can also get food, and their whole family can survive.
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