To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Xiao Zhan was right.

After Zhu Sha rescued Zhou Wenjun, Zhou Wenjun's first action was to cut off Qingzhou City's supplies, and his next step was to destroy Qingzhou City's water source.

Without supplies and water, even if Xiao Zhan is incredibly powerful, it will be in vain.

The people will have no chance of survival unless he opens the city gates and lets them escape.

Although the epidemic is currently under control within the city of Qingzhou, once these people escape Qingzhou and spread in all directions, controlling it will not be an easy task.

If Xiao Zhan doesn't open the city gates to allow the people to save themselves, he will inevitably face their discontent and incite public anger. Qingzhou City will either be wiped out by the people or become a dead city.

Either way, it's something she'd like to see.

As she watched the supply depot burn down, her face was full of smugness.

"Xiao Zhan, you never imagined that after three years, I would come back to seek revenge. Without supplies, let's see how you handle the situation."

When they tried to target the water sources, they discovered that Xiao Zhan had already realized what was happening and had deployed people at various water sources, leaving them with no chance.

“He reacted quickly.” Zhou Wenjun wasn’t annoyed. “Let’s find a place to hide. Without supplies, they won’t have an easy time in the future.”

Zhu Sha looked at the woman in front of her and felt a sense of fear.

This woman is ruthless; if you offend her, you will suffer a terrible fate.

……

More than half of the supplies were destroyed.

Xiao Zhan clenched his fists in anger at this result.

Zhou Wenjun is a madwoman; she's really daring.

Su Mingyue was furious when she learned that most of the grain and rice delivered by the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce yesterday had been burned in a fire.

Zhou Wenjun is a ruthless woman. Her actions are undoubtedly intended to disrupt the normal order of Qingzhou City and plunge it into chaos.

"Your Highness, in just half a day, the news that our grain has been burned has spread throughout half of Qingzhou City. Hearing that the grain supply is no longer guaranteed, people are rushing out of their homes to grab grain from various rice and grain stores. In just half an hour, three fights have broken out, all caused by fighting over grain." Yang Chengjie hurried over.

The news of the warehouse burning down so soon has already spread, indicating that the enemy had already secretly spread the word.

The purpose was to incite panic among the people, thereby creating chaos so that they could take advantage of the situation.

"We posted notices saying that the supplies were not only available in one place, and that we had prepared sufficient food and rice to deal with the epidemic, so that people would not loot. Anyone who looted would be arrested and treated as a troublemaker."

"Your Highness, the grain delivered yesterday was brought in with great difficulty. Based on the current stock, it can only sustain the people's normal life for about ten days at most."

"What's the rush?" Xiao Zhan's face was gloomy. "I have already made arrangements regarding the food supplies to prevent any sabotage. You just need to pass on my orders, reassure the people, and prevent panic."

Lord Yang certainly believed in Prince Zhan's abilities.

With a population of one million in Qingzhou City and no sufficient food supply, how could a few words possibly calm the people down?

"Starting tomorrow, we will add two more places to distribute porridge, so that the people know that we have enough food and will not let anyone go hungry."

Yang Chengjie immediately took action upon hearing this.

The prince's words suggest that he had long been aware of the enemy's plot and had made preparations accordingly.

“Your Highness, we heard yesterday that the supplies in the villages where we were rushing to harvest rice were destroyed. Their village heads are requesting to see you, saying they are willing to give away their new grain to the people of Qingzhou.” Wang Lin came in from outside.

"Bring them in."

The rice harvest in these three villages is mostly complete. The yield is lower than in previous years, but it is still quite considerable.

"Your Highness, we have heard that the burning of supplies has caused panic among most of the people, so our three villages have decided to donate this year's new grain to help the people get through this crisis in Qingzhou City." said the village head of Lihua Village.

Qingzhou City was first hit by floods, then by an epidemic. Just when the epidemic was about to pass, the grain was destroyed by bad people.

As native Qingzhou residents, they couldn't bear to see Qingzhou City in trouble. As long as they could get through this crisis, they were willing to contribute their new grain to help them overcome this difficult time.

The prince was unusually serious: "Your new grain is not needed for the time being. But I hope this incident will teach you a lesson. The fact that I had someone collect the grain for you was quite a big deal. To prevent those people from eyeing the new grain, you must protect this year's new grain."

The prince's reminder made everyone feel a sense of dread.

If those people knew about their new grain, wouldn't they come and sabotage it, thus destroying it?

"I appreciate the kindness of the villagers. There is enough food for now, and I will certainly not let the people go hungry. You should go back quickly and send more people to protect this year's new grain, so that no one can take advantage of it. If we really encounter difficulties, I will personally come to ask you for help."

Upon hearing this, the three village heads dared not delay and quickly went back to arrange for people to protect the new grain so that bad people would not have any opportunity to take advantage of it.

……

The caravan escorted Ye Wushuang and Quan Feiying to the city gate and then left.

Seeing the convoy at the gate, Yang Deyou came down from the city gate and asked them who they were and what their business was.

"Sir, we've come to deliver supplies to Qingzhou City. Please open the city gates and let us in," Ye Wushuang called out from below the city gate.

"Do you have any special documents?" Yang Deyou asked hurriedly when he heard that they were delivering supplies.

"Yes, there is." Ye Wushuang took out a document from her bosom: "Come down and take a look."

Yang Deyou went down and walked up to them.

Quan Feiying approached with a smile: "My lord, we have come from the capital and would like to ask about the current situation in Qingzhou City. Is the disease under control?"

"The epidemic has been brought under control, and we should be able to lift the lockdown in a while." Zhao Deyou's face was also beaming with joy. "These supplies arrived just in time. But there's one thing I need to make clear to you: if you go in, you'll have to be in isolation for at least seven days before you can leave."

"Is there a solution now?"

"Of course there is. Princess Consort Su is a highly skilled physician, and the prescription she wrote can completely cure this illness. The people's condition is improving day by day, and the day when the lockdown is lifted is just around the corner."

"That's good, that's good." Quan Feiying's heart was relieved: "We are her friends. After we enter the city, could you please take us to find her?"

"Please settle in first. As for taking you there, I need to inform them."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, sir."

Zhao Deyou waved his hand, allowing Ye Wushuang and his convoy to enter.

Ten horse-drawn carts full of supplies, all of which were grains, rice, and flour.

Remembering what the Prince of War had just instructed him to do, Zhao Deyou ordered his soldiers to lead the convoy along the streets, shouting that more supplies were arriving in the city.