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Chapter 293 Let's go to the riverbank

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

This location is closest to the grain store, which also has a well, making it the most convenient place to set up a soup kitchen.

Bai'an County was the area most severely affected by drought in the entire Dayu Dynasty, and the water in the wells was running low. They had to find a suitable water source.

However, finding a water source requires knowledgeable people, and the few people who came did not understand these feng shui and metaphysics.

If Yue Hongchen were here, that guy would know about astronomy and geography, and he should be able to find the location of the spring.

After thinking about it, I decided against it and decided to find some knowledgeable people locally instead.

Soon, Da Liu and his men carried the grain out of the warehouse; it was all good rice that hadn't gone moldy.

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

Liu was deeply worried.

The grain store has a lot of grain, enough to feed all the people for three to five days, but not enough for more.

If the imperial court doesn't provide more grain soon, the people will go hungry again in three to five days.

Lu Xiao knew the people's concerns, and since most of the grain was in his daughter's space, he wasn't worried about not having enough to eat.

"Don't worry, the imperial court's grain will be delivered soon, you won't go hungry."

"What you need to do now is fill your stomachs first."

Now, all he can do is cook porridge and appease the people.

He's very confident about coming to provide disaster relief this time!
"We believe in the prince."

"Yes! We also believe in the Prince."

"Your Highness, please rest assured, we will eat less and wait until the imperial court sends the grain."

These people were terrified of hunger, and they were already very grateful to have some rice porridge to drink.

At this point, you just have to live one day at a time.

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

Lu Xiao carried Lu Yaoyao to the carriage.

In Bai'an County now, it's not safe to live anywhere; the safest place is still the horse-drawn carriage.

The shopkeeper was held captive in the woodshed, awaiting the final verdict.

"Yaoyao, why don't you go play by yourself first? Daddy is looking at these pieces of evidence."

Sure enough, Zhui Feng found several account books and a number of correspondence in the shopkeeper's room.

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

Lu Yaoyao nodded, "I'm going out to 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 mustn't stray too far from your father, understand? Zhuifeng, you go with the princess and you must protect her well."

Lu Xiao didn't expect that keeping her by his side all the time would cause the little girl to throw a tantrum.

"It is Your Highness." Zhuifeng bowed.

Actually, I don't need anyone to follow me. But to put Father's mind at ease, let Uncle Zhuifeng come along!

Lu Yaoyao spoke with a helpless tone.

Lu Xiao chuckled inwardly.

This little girl acts like a little adult all the time.

Zhui Feng followed Lu Yaoyao off the carriage.

Lu Yaoyao's short legs made it difficult for her to walk quickly, so Zhuifeng had to carry her.

"Let's go outside..."

Go check out the river outside the county town; you might find a spring there!

Lu Yaoyao, annoyed by her own incoherent speech, anxiously tugged at Zhuifeng's arm.

Zhui Feng was glad that he could hear the little princess's thoughts, otherwise he wouldn't have understood what she was saying.

"Does the princess want to go out of the city to play?" Zhui Feng asked, playing along with her.

Lu Yaoyao nodded, "Go." "Alright, 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. It has never dried up in thousands of years. Its sudden drying up must be caused by something.

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

This drought has lasted for three years, and the river has dried up completely. There's definitely something wrong here.

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

He withdrew his divine eye, rubbed his sore eyes, and realized that without the Five Elements Technique, the divine eye was not working smoothly.

The source of that dried-up river must be in that river; she needs to go and find it.

"Little princess, this river is completely dry. What are we doing here?" Zhuifeng held her and glanced at the barren riverbed.

The entire riverbed is riddled with cracks, and even the stones in the riverbed seem to have cracks.

If there were water normally, you could catch fish and crabs, but those things have long since dried up and died.

Did you come here just to see the yellow earth?
Lu Yaoyao activated her Divine Eyes and looked through the riverbed; sure enough…

Just as I suspected, the source of this world's drought is here.

Chasing the Wind: ·······

What? The source of this drought is in this river?
Ignoring Zhui Feng's strange expression, Lu Yaoyao got off him and went into the river.

Pick up a small pebble, and it crumbles with a gentle squeeze.

"What? Little princess, what's going on? How can you crush a stone like this?"

The little princess doesn't know kung fu, so how did she break the stone?
Only those with profound skills can crush stones.

To date, he has not been able to crush the stone into powder.

Chasing the wind, not believing in superstition, picked up a stone from the riverbed and crushed it with a gentle squeeze.

"this?"

Zhui Feng was somewhat shocked.

Unconvinced, he picked up another stone from the path by the river and squeezed it hard, but he couldn't even crush it into powder.

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

If this mess at the bottom of the river isn't dealt with, the entire Great Yu Dynasty will continue to suffer from drought. How can I tell my father?

Zhui Feng thought to himself, "You can just think it in your heart, the prince will know."

He was scratching his head in frustration, desperate to know what the little princess had discovered.
"Let's go back." Lu Yaoyao reached out her arms for him to hug.

Zhui Feng pulled the person into his arms, picked up two stones from the riverbed, and turned to leave.

[Zhuifeng is quite clever; he knows to take those two stones back to show his father.]

Chasing the Wind: ······

Little princess, I've always been very smart, haven't I?
Back in the carriage, Lu Xiao had already reviewed the evidence. This magistrate deserved to die a hundred times over.

"Daddy's little girl is back?" Lu Xiao's exhaustion vanished when he saw his daughter.

Lu Yaoyao nestled her little head against Lu Xiao's neck, rubbing her soft cheek against his.

"Father, the river..."

I've seen the Bailang River outside; the source of this severe drought lies in that river.

There's something underground in that river. If we don't dig it out, the drought will continue.

Several major droughts in the history of the Great Yu Dynasty were related to that thing at the bottom of this river.

Lu Xiao raised an eyebrow and glanced at Zhui Feng.

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

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

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

"What's going on?" Lu Xiao asked, puzzled.

(End of this chapter)