With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

"Our village is small, and these are the only men left in the village. If that's not enough, we'll have to go to other villages to find more people," the middle-aged man said.

"You can find more people; you help me find them." Nangong Wu tossed a tael of silver to the middle-aged man. "Consider this tael of silver as your travel expenses."

The more people there are, the faster they can block the river fork.

"Thank you, sir. I will certainly call more people." The middle-aged man took the silver and ran off as if afraid that Nangong Wu would regret it.

When the others saw that she was actually giving them money, their eyes lit up and they stared intently at the money bag.

Nangong Wu took out several silver ingots from her money bag and distributed them to the old men.

The five old men were taken aback when she gave them money.

"Sir, we cannot accept this money without having done anything in return. We were unable to help you, so we absolutely cannot accept this silver." An old man tried to return the silver to her.

"No need to be so polite, elders." Nangong Wu smiled at them.

"From now on, we will be in charge of Runan City. Anyone whose family or land has been flooded can go to Runan City with their household registration book to receive relief and subsidies after the floodwaters recede. We will not let anyone go hungry."

Furthermore, all elderly people over 55 years old and orphans under 15 years old can receive a subsidy of 200 coins per month.

One tael of silver is worth a thousand coins. Two hundred coins may not be much, but it's enough to keep an orphan and an elderly person from starving.

"real!"

The old men were all very excited when they heard this.

"We didn't believe it when we heard that Princess Runing came to Runan City and killed the corrupt official Liang Zheng, but now it seems to be true."

"This must be Princess Runing!"

Several old men knelt down before her again.

"Princess Runing, you are truly a great bodhisattva. There is a shrine dedicated to you nearby, and we go to offer our prayers there every few months, hoping that you can also protect us poor people. Heaven has indeed heard our prayers and sent you here..."

The other villagers were very surprised to hear that she was Princess Runing, and they also knelt down.

"Your Highness, we are willing to work with you, and we don't want any money."

Princess Runing's name was known to almost everyone in the Western Yan Kingdom. Shrines built in her honor were scattered throughout the country, and she was like a goddess in their hearts.

Although some people call her a ruthless female demon, it is true that she killed the Eastern Jin Emperor and the warlike King of Wu, bringing several years of peace to the Western Yan Kingdom. The court stopped conscripting soldiers every year, which is worthy of the people's respect.

"You don't need to do this." Nangong Wu winked at Li Zhan.

Li Zhan helped them up one by one.

"We'll get back to work now. Anyone who wants to work can go directly to the riverbank," Nangong Wu said to the young men, and then left with Nangong Xiao.

"We're willing to go."

A dozen or so men followed them.

In less than half an hour, the middle-aged man had gathered nearly a hundred people.

Among these people, many had tried to dam rivers. After some discussion, they devised a method for damming: mixed damming.

First, a vertical block is erected to shorten the gap between the two ends of the dragon's head, and then a horizontal block is used to complete the closure. This approach balances both effectiveness and safety.

The villagers immediately dispersed to cut down trees nearby to make stakes, as well as bamboo, which they said they would use to weave bamboo cages to hold pebbles.

Nangong Wu took out some snakeskin bags and filled them with smaller pebbles and sand. The holes in the cage could be woven more loosely so that larger stones could be filled in.

"Master, I think there's an even better way." Eileen thought their interception method was too slow.

"Then think of a good way," Nangong Wu said.

"We can use concrete, pouring out several tons or tens of tons of erosion-resistant blocks. Then we can use the method of building dikes to advance..." Eileen explained the method she had devised to her.

Nangong Wu nodded after listening: "Okay, your method is more expensive, but it's safer, and you'll need to use these villagers."

"By evening, I'll bring all the machines out of the space; these things should come in handy then."

Around noon, the women from the nearest village spontaneously brought them a pot, rice, cabbage, and radishes to help them cook.

But Nangong Wu didn't take their rice and vegetables, leaving only a dozen or so large pots.

She had already prepared rice, oil, meat, vegetables, and other necessities in the tent. When it was time to cook, she had the guards move them to the stove so that the village women could help with the cooking.

When the children saw the meat, they stayed right around the stove and wouldn't leave.

Smelling the aroma of meat wafting over, the villagers loaded the sand even faster.

Seeing that the villagers had brought their families to help, Nangong Wu asked them to cook more food.

The village has only about twenty households, so we invited all the villagers to come and eat.

In the afternoon, Nangong Wu ordered half of the villagers to continue cutting timber nearby, while the other half wove bamboo cages.

In the evening, after the villagers had eaten dinner, Nangong Wu asked Li Zhan and Su Siyan to pay them their wages.

Every villager who came to help, as well as the women who helped with the cooking, was given one tael of silver.

The villagers were overjoyed to receive the silver and went home.

In the evening, Nangong Wu found a large open space and brought out modern machinery such as dump trucks, bulldozers, excavators, and concrete pump trucks from her spatial storage.

She then went to the water's edge and placed a medium-sized deck barge into the water for later assembly.

The next morning, the guards saw these strange things and gathered around to look at them.

Although half of the Flying Feather Guards had entered her space, few of them had actually seen these things, and they were all curious.

Qiao Xiangqing, observing the motorcycles, exclaimed, "This is amazing!"

I feel that following Nangong Wutai was the right thing to do.

Nangong Wu brought Nangong Xiao, Eileen, and the Seventh Prince over.

"You will all need to learn how to use these things in the future. From now on, Eileen will be your teacher, and you should learn from her."

Only she and Eileen knew how to use these machines, so she had to teach them on the spot.

"yes!"

Dozens of guards responded loudly.

"Eat breakfast first, then we'll get to work," Nangong Xiao said.

"yes!"

Before they had even finished breakfast, people from several nearby villages arrived, numbering over five hundred, along with some women, some of whom even brought donkey carts.

Li Ke's eyes widened slightly. "Princess, so many people have come. Should we accept them all?"

"Since you're here, let's take it all!" Nangong Wu told him to take it all. "The villagers' fields were flooded this year, and they had no harvest. We're just giving them a few hundred taels of silver more."

"Understood!" Li Zhan went to arrange things for the villagers.

Today, villagers are throwing gabions, sandbags, and large stones into the water from both sides of the river.

The location they chose for the dragon's mouth was situated on two relatively high mountains with a rapid water flow.

It's a bit difficult to cut off the flow in this area, but it's a solution that will solve the problem once and for all.