What a sin! The most handsome lazy man in the village married a crazy woman.

Chapter 441: Natural disasters not only lack food but also lack conscience

The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War was a trustworthy person. Nangong Jingxuan told him about the sacred jar and took him to see the magic of the sacred jar.

Seeing the supplies coming out of the sacred jar with his own eyes, even though he had been mentally prepared, Minister Zuo was still greatly surprised.

"What a magical thing! If His Majesty knew about it, he would definitely be very happy!"

After being happy, Zuo Shilang asked worriedly, "Is this thing resistant to falling?"

Shangguan Tang said: "I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know if it can withstand being dropped. How about we give it a try?"

As she spoke, she picked up the water jar and pretended to throw it to the ground.

Minister Zuo was so frightened that his soul almost ran away: "Don't fall! Don't fall!"

Shangguan Tang put the water jar down: "I was just teasing you guys."

The spirit of the Left Assistant Minister returned to his place. He hugged the water jar tightly and said, "Princess Pingshan, this is not a joke. You can't joke about it. You can't joke about it."

"Okay, okay, no more jokes, let's talk about the situation in the capital."

After confirming that Shangguan Tang really wouldn't do anything to the water jar, the Left Assistant Minister breathed a sigh of relief, then sat down and told him everything he knew.

"Because of the snowstorm, it took me more than two months to deliver the things here. Before I left Beijing, everything was fine. I don't know what it is like now, but it is definitely much better than here."

"Wherever I went, there were ice and snow disasters. Although the court had been prepared, many people still died."

He encountered many dangers along the way, including avalanches, bandits, etc. If he hadn't encountered so many troubles, they wouldn't have arrived so late.

The left assistant minister thankfully said, "Fortunately, the prince and princess were lucky enough to find the sacred jar, which saved everyone. If there were no sacred jar, I'm afraid it would be too late when I send the supplies over!"

Listening to his words, Nangong Jingxuan glanced at Shangguan Tang quietly, and said in his heart that his wife was the great hero who saved everyone. It was a pity that such a thing was not easy to tell others, otherwise, he really wanted to publicize it to the whole world and let everyone praise his beloved concubine!

After the Left Assistant Minister finished telling his story, Nangong Jingxuan said, "I am no longer short of supplies. The things you brought can be placed in the sacred jar for the time being. The soldiers and civilians here have already adapted to this extremely cold life, so there won't be any problems for the time being."

He paused and changed the subject to Fuso and Beiyi.

"I sent people to the North Wing to check the situation. The North Wing also suffered a snowstorm, and it was even more serious than our Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty and the North Wing both suffered from the snowstorm, and most of the other countries will not be spared. What we have to do now is to survive and find ways to survive this disaster. As for whether we should continue the war and take down the North Wing in one fell swoop after the disaster is over, it depends on the situation."

Shangguan Tang said: "After the disaster, we still have a lot of reconstruction work to do. First of all, we need to understand the situation and needs of the disaster-stricken areas, provide emergency assistance, and restore the infrastructure in various places. This is the most important thing. The ice disaster not only harms people, but also animals. There are countless animals that have frozen to death or starved to death in the mountains and fish that have frozen to death in the water. After the ice and snow melt, those corpses will stink and rot, which is easy to cause plague. We must take defensive measures in advance."

"In addition, water conservancy buildings also need to be repaired. When the ice and snow melt, a large amount of water will gather, and the dams will be easily impacted, causing flood disasters."

"We have to take landslides, agricultural disasters and so on into account."

Minister Zuo was surprised to see Shangguan Tang’s comprehensive explanation.

"Princess Pingshan is truly an extraordinary woman. You have thought of things that I have not thought of."

Shangguan Tang smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I am too kind to praise you."

Nangong Jingxuan also admired Shangguan Tang's brain very much. He said, "You said too much. It's better to write it down so that it will be easier to arrange."

Shangguan Tang nodded: "I'll talk, and you write."

The left assistant minister said, "I am here to listen. If there is anything I have missed, I will fill it in."

Nangong Jingxuan did not refuse.

It took Nangong Jingxuan nearly half an hour to write down in detail all the things that needed to be considered for post-disaster reconstruction.

The Left Assistant Minister took it and copied a copy. After the ink dried, he folded it carefully, found a reliable person, and sent it to the capital as quickly as possible.

After the Left Assistant Minister finished doing all this, Shangguan Tang said some of his own ideas: "Since there is no shortage of supplies here, there is no need to keep the sacred jar here. Although there are granaries in various prefectures, the snowstorm has lasted too long, and I don't know how long the food can last. I want to take the sacred jar and deliver supplies to various prefectures."

The left assistant minister said: "How can you, Princess, go? I can..."

Shangguan Tang said: "Your Excellency has to return to the capital to report. There are many things waiting for you to do in the capital."

She turned to Nangong Jingxuan and said, "You are the Grand Marshal and you have to guard the border, so I am the only one who can do this. Just arrange the right people for me."

The Left Assistant Minister wanted to say something, but Nangong Jingxuan raised his hand and said, "What the princess said is absolutely right. Then we will follow the princess's arrangement and let the princess deliver the supplies."

The left assistant minister was a little anxious: "Your Highness, when natural disasters are rampant, what is lacking in various places is not only supplies, but also riots. Not everyone will be obedient and follow the arrangements of the court. Some are scoundrels who take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble."

Nangong Jingxuan said: "This king knows, so this king will not let the princess go alone. This king will assign 5,000 flame soldiers to the princess. With the army to suppress them, this king does not believe that he cannot control those lawless lunatics!"

Nangong Jingxuan and Shangguan Tang acted as soon as they said they would. After discussing the specific matters, the couple went to select personnel. Their decisive action stunned the Left Minister.

Upon learning that Shangguan Tang was going to take the magic jar to help the people of other cities, the members of the Flame Army actively signed up to follow him.

It took Nangong Jingxuan an hour to select five thousand people and ordered them to arrange the sleds.

Soon, Shangguan Tang set off for the Yuan Dynasty with five thousand Flame Army.

It took less than two hours from planning to deliver the supplies to arranging the personnel.

Passing by Yulong Pass, Shangguan Tang inquired about the situation in Longxin City. Knowing that everything was fine here and that supplies could last another two or three months, she did not replenish supplies to Yulong Pass, but led the large team directly across Yulong Pass and headed forward.

After walking along the official road for more than ten days, Shangguan Tang and his party arrived at the first provincial capital. Before they entered the city, they saw that the city gate was open. There was chaos at the gate, and a group of civilians were fighting with the government soldiers and the garrison troops.

"How could there be no food? It must be you officials who hid the food!"

"You officials are so selfish that you don't share the food with us and want to starve us to death. We will fight you to death!"

"My grandson starved to death last night. It's all your fault, officials."