Miss Louisa From the Valley of the Wind

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After a period of rain and heat that lasted for almost a year, the weather changes slowly felt throughout the central continent.

The gust of strong wind seemed to carry all away the moisture of the air and only left the air that felt drier. If the air is hotter during the day, making anyone reluctant to leave the house if there are no important needs.

Several kingdoms had already begun to feel the impact including the Wind Valley kingdom. Soil contours are sandy, making soil moisture easier to dry.

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The Hinom palace

"How is the state of the kingdom in general?" ask King Landen.

"Your Honor report. About ten percent of the kingdom has already started experiencing drought, especially the four districts most affected. While other areas are still quite normal" replied agriculture minister Sano Lue

"Ten percent in just two months? It's worse than I thought" Louisa said

"Didn't it start years ago, Princess?"asked Agriculture minister Sano Lue confused

"No minister Sano. Last year was not part of the disaster. The last two months have only started with the last rain stop" Louisa said

"If so, can only hope the drought does not spread too quickly to other regions" another minister said

"Uncle Mark, what about our water supply?"

"So far there have been no complaints from Mr. Princess. For our dam, there has been no significant decline. Perhaps influenced by the source of water coming from a very low place, thus giving a small advantage" said Minister Mark

"Thank God if so" said Louisa full of relief. "But keep a close eye on Uncle Mark"

"Must be the Princess"

"Uncle anyone want to tell?" louisa asked to look at the Landen King who looked a little thoughtful

"About district four. Maybe we should pay a little more attention to district four. We know that district four is the most arid district of all districts. Even from the past, when we were the nine districts of Gordon's kingdom. And is the poorest place with the least population distribution at that time because of the dryness of the place. Now although there are so many new cities there, it is due to the opening of scattered mining mines. Although the mine gives us a very large income for the government, but also the mine also helped accelerate the drying of the land faster" explained King Landen

"So what solution does Uncle want?" ask Louisa

"I can't decide yet because it has both profit and loss. I plan on temporarily closing the mine until the drought disaster is over. But before that, I want to invite the district chief of four to come here" King Landen said

"What do you think of the crown prince?" louisa asked Prince Lark

"As father said, closing the mine might reduce the rate of impact of the disaster slightly. But despite the lack of royal income, more than that tens of thousands of residents will lose their livelihoods. And it will be a new problem again" said prince Lark

"An opinion from another?" louisa asked as she looked at the ministers present.

"Sorry Your Majesty, but what the crown prince said is true. Many residents who have been dependent on mined jobs will lose their livelihoods" the minister replied

"The workers think most of them are manual laborers, some of whom we can divert to help accelerate the construction of the border wall with the Kingdom of Gordon" said Minister Mark

"I agree with Minister Mark, the rest to other sectors. Like trade" said Minister Willi

"But trade will also suffer sluggishness due to this disaster. And there won't be enough jobs to accommodate more workers" prince Lark said

"If so, we create new jobs" Louisa said

"Is there a proposal from the Princess ?"

"Over this time we have known distillation to get fragrances that become one of our superior products. I saw, around district four there were a lot of white wood trees. With the basic material of eucalyptus leaves, we can do distillation to get eucalyptus oil. And this is still in line with our royal base as a producer of herbal medicines" Louisa said

"How much labor will be absorbed if this is developed, Lorine?" ask King Landen

"It belongs to labor-intensive industries. This means that the required labor will be quite a lot. Even if the drought has stopped, the industry is still promising. The question is how to handle this new job? Are we handing over to the residents, the city chief who is coordinating with the village chief, or is this taken over by the government as the manager of medicinal plants and herbs?" ask Louisa

"In my opinion, Mr. Princess, since medicine and herbs are the exclusive rights of the Valley extended family, it's worth talking about in a big Valley family meeting first." Minister Sano Lue said he was being wise

"What do the others think?" ask Louisa

"Actually this is not mandatory under the management of the Valley family. Because what will be done has never been managed by the Valley family before. But we can discuss with Franklin's grandfather first, if according to him this is still within the reach of the Valley family privilege, can be held a family meeting because it is the final product of herbal medicine, so, in contrast to the distillation of flowers which although can be as a therapeutic aroma, but its main purpose as a fragrance "proposed prince Lark

"If so we agree. Lorine, Lark, it's your job to discuss this with Franklin's grandfather. "

"Okay father"

"Good uncle"

"Because we are waiting for answers, later tonight we continue the meeting after the decision of Franklin's grandfather as the elder of the Valley family" King Landen said

"Okay Your Majesty "reply to everyone present.

After that, King Landen walked out of the meeting room followed by Louisa and Prince Lark who went straight to the ancestral residence to discuss that.

Franklin's grandfather handed over the management to the Valley family in cooperation with the city chief. And used this opportunity to call home the members of the Valley family who were outside the Wind Valley kingdom.

Another year passed, the impact of the long drought was felt throughout the central continent. The royal court began to look at each other's neighbors. Seeking help to overcome the famine of the Kingdom around them.

Countless letters of request for help came to the palace of Hinom. So did a request for help at Gordon's palace.

With the communication between Peter and Louisa, they agreed that the Valley of the Wind and Gordon were trying to send "little" aid to each kingdom who asked for help. They only send about forty percent of the total demand of each kingdom. There is a reason why many governments are asking for help, and they must also see food for their people.