Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

However, it's not a good idea to stop them directly right now—wait until the granary opens tomorrow, and these people see with their own eyes her mountains of refined rice and flour and basin-sized meat floss rice balls, then she can ask them to send all the allocated grain back to where it came from!

Don't bother trying to help her with disaster relief; she's already collected all the merit points from those two million people!

I can't even imagine how many merit points I can earn this time!

"This is a very important matter. Now that the food supply has been secured, let's immediately revise the allocation plan and use the limited other resources where they are most needed."

"This way, both sides have basic protection. Although the losses this time were heavy and the post-disaster reconstruction will be very costly, it's not like we gained nothing at all—we unearthed some incredible treasures in the Yanshan Mountains. If we can mine that space-grade ultra-high purity titanium vein, we won't have to rely on others to make spaceflight equipment and fighter jet skins anymore."

Wait a minute—something good has been unearthed in Yanshan?

Or is it space-grade ultra-high purity titanium?

Su Wanqing's mind immediately started racing with calculations.

Originally, she planned to wrap things up in the capital and head home, but now it seems she'll have to stay a few more days. Once her space usage time refreshes, she absolutely has to go to Yanshan to see if she can get ten times the amount of minerals from the underground veins for free; those things are much more valuable than gold.

Putting aside the distant future, let's first increase the underground mine tenfold. When the country has an urgent need in the future, she can contribute it again, which will be a lot of merit points. Even if there is no urgent need at that time, she can still make a fortune by selling it later.

And most importantly, she has to go at this time. If she causes a big commotion, such as a secondary collapse after the entire mine vein is incorporated into the space, right? That could also be attributed to instability.

Even if there are any losses later, she can make up for them and gain merit, so it's a sure win.

"I've heard about the situation in Yanshan, and I'd like to request to go there with the supply transport fleet," Su Wanqing said casually, her reason seemingly plausible.

"After all, these supplies were donated by my friend, so it's better for me to make the trip in person to give an explanation. Besides, if I go, I can also help see if there's anything else needed, and I'll find a way to get anything else we need."

She's a big spender who brought her own investment to the project, so who would say no to a big spender's demands?

The marshal immediately approved: "No problem. Your husband, Zhou Yanshen, happens to be a pilot. You two can fly a transport plane to escort the supplies. Please be careful. Secretary Zhou, you will be responsible for coordinating Comrade Su Wanqing's entire itinerary in the disaster area. Always provide her with the best possible access!"

Secretary Zhou was shocked for a moment, then immediately straightened his back: "Yes! I will arrange the application report right away. We will set off immediately after the grain is loaded and the distribution plan is finalized."

Su Wanqing was already making plans in her mind—they would definitely be transporting not only grain, but also cotton clothes, quilts, medicine, and other miscellaneous supplies.

She took the opportunity to get a tenfold return, upgrade her gear, and stock up on a lot of good stuff.

If the disaster area is temporarily lacking anything, she can produce it the next day, providing emergency supplies in a seamless, closed-loop system.

Moreover, the timing was very clever: the number of draws refreshed at midnight tonight, so she could draw another card to upgrade a batch of cooked food, get a tenfold return, and then go to the warehouse to store the supplies overnight. She would load them up and transport them away tomorrow, and then go to Yanshan with them, taking advantage of the chaos to also plunder the underground mineral veins for free.

This trip yielded a double harvest of merit points and supplies, I'm very happy.

However, before setting off, I need to discuss it with Zhou Yanshen and my family.

Five bodyguards are definitely needed, but whether or not to bring the three kids is a question – if we bring them, we'll have to arrange extra people to take care of them, and if we don't, we'll have to make a round trip on the same day.

There's no need to stay outside, since Yanshan is only a little over 100 kilometers from the capital, and if all goes well, we can turn back on the same day. But if something happens that delays us, we might have to stay there.

Inside the restaurant's private room, a table laden with dishes was set out, and everyone was chattering about the floods in Hebei and the collapse of the Yanshan Mountains. Only Zhou's mother remained focused, picking up food with her chopsticks at lightning speed, without even looking up.

Qin Xue put down her chopsticks and sighed, "This is too tragic. Natural disasters and man-made calamities have all come at once."

Ding Xiaomei exaggeratedly gestured and said, "I heard that people in Hebei were soaked in the water for two or three days and were starving. Some people pulled dead fish out of the flood and stuffed them into their mouths without caring whether they were raw or cooked. As a result, they vomited and had diarrhea and suffered terribly."

Uncle Ding frowned and shook his head: "The situation in Yanshan isn't much better. The ground was hollowed out, and the entire surrounding area collapsed. I told you before that building Yanshan County on top of the mine was like planting a time bomb. What if it collapsed one day? How many people were living on top of it? You see, I was right."

Ding Xiaomei rolled her eyes at him: "Dad, don't keep saying 'I told you so' to show off how capable you are. At first, only a few thousand miners settled there. It took more than ten years for it to slowly develop into a county town. How much would it cost to relocate them again?"

Besides, this landslide didn't just affect the mining area; several surrounding counties were cut off from roads. We should be thankful that there haven't been many casualties.

Uncle Ding was so embarrassed by his daughter's words that his face turned red. This girl's words were really awful!

Su Wanqing happened to witness this scene when she entered the room, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curve into a smile.

Zhou Yanshen had already reserved a seat for her, and as soon as she sat down, he handed her a glass of warm water, speaking in a low voice:

"Drink some water first. I heard that the Marshal had a sudden heart attack and needed you to have surgery, so I didn't keep the kids waiting and fed them formula... Eat your food while it's hot."

He didn't ask how the marshal was doing, because he knew that with his wife's help, there was no patient he couldn't handle.

Su Wanqing took the water glass and gulped it down in one go. Then she leaned over and kissed each of Zhou Yanshen's two daughters on the cheek before finally sitting down.

"Yan Shen, now that everyone has heard about this, I also have something to discuss with you. My friend donated a batch of supplies, and I'd like to go with the fleet to Yanshan to take a look."

She then explained her concerns from earlier:

"The marshal's idea is for you to escort supplies over in transport planes, but it's still uncertain how many days you'll be gone, what the situation is like there, and whether you can make a round trip in one day. So whether the kids should take them, and who they should take, all of these things need to be decided in advance."

Qin Xiao was the first to chime in, "Since Yan Shen is going, I'll go with him and see if I can lend a hand. I've been learning to fly with Yan Shen these past few days, so at least the co-pilot can help out. Having an extra pilot means more safety."

Qin Xue hesitated for a moment, "I won't go and cause trouble." She had to keep an eye on Lin Tingting, wondering what mischief that wicked woman was up to this time.