Chapter 12

"Go save people!"

Ning Jinli's voice echoed in the hallway……

Her heart pounded wildly, as if it would burst out of her chest.

These past few days she hadn't rested well; in the first half of the night she had given Xiao Qidi a blood transfusion, and her body started sounding alarms.

But she couldn't worry about those things.

Seventy thousand living lives are in imminent danger!

Xiao Qidi's tragic fate needs to be rewritten!

In her mind, uncontrollably, the image surfaced of his eyes gouged out, limbs severed, ears and nose sliced off……

Just how strong a willpower must one have to live like that, and toil for Xuan Guo until death!

He is truly the founder of the Xuan dynasty!

He is the true ancestral emperor!

On what grounds do others take all his achievements and wear his identity, leaving their name for eternity?

Ning Jinli wished she could tear apart those bastards who bullied him!

Outside the hospital, she saw Wu Sanye smoking by the car.

Su Qiang curled up on the ground, groaning.

Besides, a few men stood nearby.

"Miss Ning!"

Wu Sanye waved his hand.

Ning Jinli walked over with a cold face, her pupils even tinged red, startling Wu Sanye.

He hurriedly stubbed out the cigarette.

He lifted his head, puffed his chest, tightened his big belly, and said to the other few men:

"This is Miss Ning, greet her quickly!"

"Hello, Miss Ning!" several people bowed in unison.

"Third Uncle, what's this…?" Ning Jinli asked.

Wu Sanye said: "I just gave him a little lesson; don't worry, if I hurt him I'll take responsibility—the hospital is right nearby, convenient for treatment."

Ning Jinli walked up to Su Qiang.

Su Qiang's face was bruised and swollen, snot and tears streaming, "I'll never ask you for money again, please spare me!"

Ning Jinli narrowed her eyes, "Third Uncle is right, the hospital is right nearby, convenient for treatment."

She lifted her foot and delivered a fierce kick.

Kick him to death!

Her venting made Wu Sanye and the others suck in a breath of cold air.

"Miss Ning! Don't, don't!"

He hurriedly pulled her away.

When beating someone, one must be steady, accurate, and fierce—enough to hurt.

But don't cause a death.

According to Ning Jinli's kicking style, if she accidentally hit a vital spot on the head or neck, who knows—she might send the person to see King Yama.

Ning Jinli, however, quickly calmed down.

Leaning against the car, she caught her breath, casually smoothed her messy long hair, crossed her arms, and said, "Third Uncle, there's an urgent matter I still need your help with."

Wu Sanye was somewhat dazed.

It seemed as if he saw the aura of a big sister on Ning Jinli.

Clearly this girl just graduated from university……

Indeed, when a woman gets fierce, no matter her age she's frightening.

"Miss Ning, please speak; if I can do it, I'll certainly give it my all."

Saying that, he gave the others a look, and several people dragged Su Qiang to the hospital.

Ning Jinli said: "Help me contact food factories, vegetable and fruit wholesale markets, and drinking water plants; I need to make a large purchase."

"No problem," Wu Sanye patted his chest, "What do you want to purchase? How much?"

Ning Jinli gestured:

"In total we need enough for seventy people to eat for a month—staples and meat must be ready-to-eat and storable. Um… also need feed for five thousand horses, also for a month."

"No need to send it all at once; continuous supply will do."

"As for medicines and such, first send a batch of common antibiotics and trauma drugs."

"Help me contact reliable manufacturers; I'll discuss details with them."

"Oh, also need a thousand hoes and a thousand shovels."

This time it was Wu Sanye who was stunned.

What the heck is this……

Is this disaster relief?

But I haven't heard of any recent domestic disasters.

And what's with the five thousand horses?

Hoes and shovels are even more baffling……

"Any problem?" Ning Jinli asked.

Wu Sanye came to his senses, "No no no, I'll help you contact right away!"

Ning Jinli nodded, "Alright, please find another construction crew and get them to my factory as soon as possible; I need to remodel the water pipes."

"Got it! It's on me!"

One a. m.

The construction crew arrived at the factory.

Following Ning Jinli's instructions, several large pipes were laid from the reservoir to the back door of the small warehouse.

Ning Jinli busied herself negotiating with the factory representatives introduced by Wu Sanye, and only finalized the deal near daybreak.

The construction crew worked extremely efficiently and completed the piping at that time.

At the same time, a thousand hoes and a thousand shovels were delivered.

Ning Jinli had the truck drive into the large warehouse and unload directly onto the floor.

After the truck left, she used her mind to send them through the Spacetime Portal to the other side.

Soldiers from Lin Xian Village were stationed in the cave, so she didn't worry about finding anyone.

"You quickly gather two thousand people."

"Use these tools to dig a small pond in the cave, then enlarge the earthen trench that the villagers previously dug toward the channel."

Hearing Ning Jinli's instructions, the soldiers naturally understood that more water would be needed.

Immediately invigorated, they sprang into action.

Before long, the small pond and the water trench leading outside were completed.

Ning Jinli opened the valve, and a massive torrent roared out, filling the pond and then flowing along the trench into the channel.

Xiao Qidi arrived upon hearing the news, ordered several thousand soldiers to guard the water source and the channel through the village, and instructed everyone to line up for measured water distribution, with any unauthorized drawing of water to be severely punished.

Seventy thousand hungry and thirsty people crowded in Lin Xian Village; any careless stampede would inevitably destroy the channel.

"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Ning Jinli asked, looking at Xiao Qidi's pale, exhausted face, feeling a pang in her heart.

Xiao Qidi replied, "Miss Ning, you have labored and helped; the soldiers and villagers are still in danger, how could I sleep?"

"But you are injured…"

"It doesn't matter, I can hold on."

"…"

Ning Jinli lowered her head and wiped her eyes.

After calming herself, she instructed:

"The water in the channel will supply several thousand warhorses and your daily needs; I will send additional potable water and more food, definitely enough for everyone. Assign more people and be ready to receive them in the afternoon."

Xiao Qidi's eyes brightened, "Excellent. On behalf of the soldiers, the villagers, and Xuan Guo, I thank Miss Ning!"

Ning Jinli's lips quivered slightly as she whispered, "I will certainly not let anything happen to you…"

Xiao Qidi didn't catch it and asked, "Miss Ning, what did you say?"

Ning Jinli smiled, "It's nothing, silly little brother."

She turned and walked away.

Xiao Qidi watched her tall silhouette vanish from his sight.

In his mind flashed the scene of her, startled, leaping up to embrace him.

Also… he recalled being wounded, unconscious on a bed, vaguely seeing her keeping watch beside him.

For no reason, his heartbeat quickened.

"His Majesty, take a look at the hoe and shovel the Fairy gave us," a soldier handed over the tools.

Xiao Qidi took them in his hand and immediately noticed the material was unusual.

It was a metal he had never seen, far superior to the commonly used bronze.

"Your Majesty, could this be iron?" the soldier asked.

Iron surpasses bronze but is extremely hard to obtain and not common.

Xiao Qidi's large hand gently brushed the hoe.

"No, this is thousands of times better than iron. Call two thousand soldiers here and distribute the Fairy's hoe and shovel to them as weapons, station them here. When food arrives, anyone who causes a stampede will be killed without mercy."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

—

That morning, starting at ten o'clock, a convoy of trucks entered Ning Jinli's factory.

Ning Jinli opened the door of the large food‑storage warehouse and let the trucks drive straight inside.

The five‑thousand‑square‑meter warehouse had already been cleared.

It could accommodate over a hundred medium‑sized trucks.

The first arrivals were twenty trucks loaded with watermelons and vegetables.

"Miss Ning, one hundred thousand jin of watermelons, one hundred thousand jin of vegetables; please sign for them."

The cargo clerk, holding the receipt with a beaming smile, handed it to Ning Jinli.

Ning Jinli signed while saying, "The trucks should stay here for now; before five p. m. this afternoon, I will tell you to drive them away."

The other side nodded repeatedly, "Alright, Miss Ning, our boss has already instructed us; we will follow your orders."

Immediately afterward, another twenty‑two trucks arrived!