Princess of the Jurchen Empire 11

 The giant woke up abruptly, as if from a jolt.  He felt like someone was calling him.  However, everyone was asleep.  Dawn was slowly creeping into the secret city.  The baby slept uneasily, she sobbed and called her father, but she rarely coughed.  Lightly touching Eileen's shoulder, the giant waited until the woman wakes up and only then put the princess in her arms.  As he left the house, he looked back.  The lights went out as the dawn brightly illuminated every detail in the sleeping city.  Taking out a map and a short explanation from the general, Wang Li turned around his axis several times.  The subject of his interest were tree trunks, which now did not even have branches.  The houses formed a figure of eight, that is, behind one fence, in one yard there were two houses.  Around the perimeter of the fence, the yards were planted with strange trees without branches.  And now let me introduce you to the trees that grew only in this area.  I'm talking about Butramousse trees.  The trees in question did not grow only here in the secret city, these trees also grew above, above the secret city.  However, up there, these trees grew in a natural setting.  That is, they bloomed in spring, fruited in summer, and slept in autumn and winter.  Here, in the secret city, the trees took root with great difficulty.  To obtain fruit from such trees, it was necessary to make an effort.  Fortunately, the trees were unpretentious, and the effort that a person had to make was minimal.  Once again checking the map, the giant Wang Li filled a flask of water from a life-giving spring, and simply watered the trunk of one of the trees.  After that, a miracle happened.  Shoots sprouted from the trunk.  The shoots immediately revived with foliage.  And that was not all.  The giant poured water on the barrel for the second time.  The shoots became flexible and soft, and then began to wrap around the trunk in a circle, striving for the top.  Having reached the top, the shoots formed something similar to a nest.  When the giant watered the trunk for the third time, the tree was adorned with fruits.  It was a tree that was famous for its apples even in China. So, the apples hung from the branches, and the giant breathed a sigh of relief - the threat of famine had passed.  One apple was enough to feed an entire family.  The conversation is about those apples that hung from the branches.  At the very top of the tree, in the recess of the nest, which appeared due to the fact that the branches aspired to the sun, lay another apple - a giant fruit.  Yes, it was also the fruit of the Butramousse tree, however, this fruit acted not only as a source of food, but also as an aphrodisiac.  The person who ate this fruit was saturated with so much energy that ...However, if I start to develop this topic, I will have to go back to the story when the village of Butramousse was on the territory of this place.  But, I don't want to do that.  If you are interested, you can read this story for yourself.  I will only add that, for the extract from the giant fruit of the Butramuss tree, shamans and healers from the harems of Chinese emperors hunted.
 Wang Li lifted his head, that's right, the giant fruit was at the very top of the tree, it smelled sweet and attracted insects.  However, the giant was not now concerned about this fruit, he was thinking about whether there would be enough apples that hang from the branches for all the travelers.  He came to the conclusion that it was not enough and got down to business again.  By the time the fugitives woke up, about thirty trees were already green near the houses and their branches were sagging under the weight of the fruits of the Butramousse apple tree.