Sophia sent over ten water tank trucks, all bought with the maximum capacity.
Each truck could hold forty tons of water, so ten trucks meant four hundred tons in total.
But these trucks were large, much harder to handle than the drilling machines sent before.
Sophia thought of many ways and finally decided to use the driving license videos she had saved, letting General Yves' team practice the basics first.
She uploaded the videos onto the new computer, turned it on, and then sent the videos through the pig trough system.
Before sending, she told General Yves to get ready and be careful not to break anything.
General Yves and his men didn't sleep all night.
Some of them had operated drilling machines before, so they were eager to try these giant trucks.
But General Yves ordered them not to move.
After receiving Sophia's message and the computer, they opened it. The screen lit up with a bright white glow.
Heads gathered closely, surprised.
General Yves handed the computer and the letter to Assistant Hanra. On the screen appeared a picture. Hanra tapped on a long shape, and the image on the metal box suddenly moved.
Everyone jumped back a few steps, startled that the box made sounds too.
"Is this what the commander sent to teach us? The shape looks a bit different."
"Yes, the size is quite different too."
They talked quietly among themselves.
"Quiet!"
General Yves stood behind Hanra and spoke.
Everyone fell silent, listening to the sounds and watching the screen.
They noticed the layout inside the small vehicle on the screen was almost the same as the big trucks parked outside, just different in size and height.
Everyone was focused on the screen.
The video was not long, only about ten minutes. It taught driving skills like parking on the side, reversing, curved driving, right-angle turns, and hill stops.
They all watched carefully but still could not remember everything.
When the video paused, they started to worry and discuss.
"How do you reverse like that small vehicle? Where do you aim before turning the wheel?"
"I think the hill stop is harder. Won't the truck slide down? And how can the ground be so flat? It doesn't look like stone slabs."
Four or five people inside had different worries.
They quickly grabbed paper and pens to take notes but only managed to write down less than half.
"Commander!"
They were sweating and afraid to look at General Yves.
He picked up the letter from Sophia. It said they could press play again to watch from the start.
He pressed play once more.
General Ulric and the other officers immediately focused again, sitting in a row.
"You can watch repeatedly, but..." General Yves hesitated, then said awkwardly, "The computer's power only lasts three or four hours."
General Yves picked twenty soldiers from his troops and trained them how to drive trucks.
Half of them had experience operating drilling machines, so they learned faster.
It took almost ten days. During this time, Sophia kept sending videos for them to study. The twenty chosen people gradually learned how to drive water tank trucks.
After confirming all twenty could drive, General Yves quickly sent them to the Kingdom of Zhao to deliver water.
Sophia spent a lot of effort buying those ten water tank trucks.
After the trucks left, General Yves remembered that even Sophia might not easily buy these trucks in that other world. He quickly sent her ten boxes of jewels.
He also sent a letter back to Sophia.
Sophia's computer had just sent videos to General Yves's side to teach driving, so she immediately ordered a new computer.
Sending disaster relief supplies was easier than buying these trucks. The ten water tank trucks cost her tens of millions.
The earlier supplies didn't cost as much.
Before they got through the drought, these trucks were very useful.
Of course, after this drought, the better way to prevent drought is to convince General Yves and others to carry out the big South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
The fast purchase of the trucks was mainly because of money power. Luckily, more than six hundred million was not all kept in the bank.
For food supplies, a fixed list was made. Now, supplies are sent regularly once a week.
Ronin had already arranged with the suppliers.
Sophia went to pick up the goods and send them to General Yves, while Ronin supervised the construction site.
After more than ten days, the foundations for three small villas were done, but the factory building foundation was not finished.
Sophia greeted Ronin, who was supervising on a nearby open space, then left.
She drove her pickup truck with the four-eyed dog sitting proudly in the passenger seat, safely buckled in. The dog stayed calm and did not try to break free.
Sophia stored the pig trough on the second floor. At the warehouse, the delivery truck hadn't arrived yet, so she went upstairs to check.
She found many wooden boxes piled in a corner on the pig trough.
The wooden boxes were dark colored. Because the floor area was big and the lights were off, it was hard to see what was inside.
Sophia quickly went to check.
She counted and found about thirty boxes of gold, silver, and jewels still not handled. This did not include porcelain and jade pieces, which were boxed in large quantities too.
Sophia used a cart to move the boxes to the third floor, making two trips to finish.
After moving them, she found a letter on top of the boxes.
In the letter, General Yves told Sophia about his soldiers' driving training results and that they had already left to deliver water to the Kingdom of Zhao.
Sophia looked at the map. The distance from Chen Kingdom to Zhao Kingdom was about 700 kilometers.
With the roads now under construction, the trip might take seven or eight hours, but in ancient road conditions, speed would be cut by half at least.
Still, it would be faster than horse carts and could carry more goods.
It might take two or three days to arrive.
If each month they made two or three trips, it could temporarily ease the water shortage for the people of Zhao Kingdom.
Fortunately, the population in ancient times was smaller, and Zhao Kingdom was a small country with fewer people.
General Yves was slowly expanding the land.