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

"Are they all from outside the city?" Nangong Wu looked at the group of people and noticed many familiar faces.

"No, most of them are from the city. They said they also want to rebuild their houses," Nangong Xiao said softly.

"I understand!" Nangong Wu walked to the steps, looked at the growing crowd below, and said, "Everyone!"

As soon as she uttered those two words, everyone looked at her, and the scene fell silent.

"Before this flood came, I had already posted notices in the city, preparing to rebuild Runan City and planning to expand it tenfold."

Now that the floodwaters have receded, the expansion of Runan City is on the agenda. The houses in the city will soon be demolished, and the construction of new houses will be replanned. At that time, everyone registered in Runan City will be allocated a free house. Why do you still want to receive housing subsidies?

"Your Highness, expanding a city is not something that can be done overnight. We don't even have a place to live right now. Our children and elderly can't live without a place to stay!" said a man in his thirties.

"You could have stayed on the mountain. The government provided you with food, clothing, and even blankets for free, so you wouldn't have gone hungry or cold."

But since you don't want to live on the mountain and would like to live in the city, that's fine too. So we'll plan out a piece of land, and everyone can work together to build a temporary shelter, just like we would on the mountain, until the new houses are completed.

"Your Highness, the notice clearly states that any family whose house was flooded can receive ten taels of resettlement silver. You've said so much; you're not planning to go back on your word and refuse to give the silver, but just to gain a good reputation, are you?" The speaker was a man in the crowd.

"Insolence!" Li Zhan shouted coldly, his hand on the hilt of his sword. "Her Highness the Princess saved the lives of an entire city's people; everyone witnessed it. How dare you slander her? What are your intentions?"

"Drag him out of here." Nangong Wu pointed to the man who was speaking in the crowd.

Li Ke and Ji Hongfei immediately rushed into the crowd and pulled the person out.

"What do you want to do? In broad daylight, are you trying to kill someone?" the man struggled angrily.

"Everyone!" Nangong Xiao also spoke up: "The notice that has been posted clearly states that the housing subsidy is only for people outside the city, not for people inside Runan City. Please read it carefully before you cause trouble."

Upon hearing this, everyone stepped back.

One of them waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, we are illiterate. We just heard that we can collect housing subsidies from the government office, so we came along."

"We are too."

Several people echoed this sentiment.

"Your Highness, we remember how kind the Princess has been to the people of the city, and we will absolutely not cause any trouble."

"You want to claim housing subsidies?" Nangong Wu walked up to the man who was being forced to kneel on the ground and asked the people around, "Does anyone know this person?"

“Your Highness, we recognize him.” A man stepped forward and said, “He was an orphan since childhood, he is thirty years old, his surname is Lai, and he is a very shameless person. Everyone calls him Lai Pi.”

"So you're calling me a scoundrel, huh!" Nangong Wu sneered at him. "If you want housing subsidies, fine, I'll give you twenty taels of silver, but you won't be a resident of Runan City anymore, and you won't get a share of the new houses when they're built!"

"You really want to give me twenty taels of silver?" The scoundrel's eyes were filled with undisguised greed when he heard about the silver.

"Okay." Nangong Wu opened a box, took out twenty taels of silver, and threw it in front of Lai Pi.

"From now on, you are no longer a resident of Runan City. Su Siyan, issue him a certificate."

"Yes." Su Siyan immediately picked up his pen and wrote the certificate.

Nangong Wu continued, "Everyone has seen that Lai Pi is no longer a resident of Runan City. Today, we will bear witness to that."

"Your Highness, we all saw it. If he dares to cheat again, we'll break his legs."

"It would be good to drive this kind of scoundrel out of Runan City."

Those around him began to criticize him.

Nangong Wu picked up the certificate written by Su Siyan and threw it in front of Lai Pi, "Let him go."

As soon as Lai Pi was freed by Li Ke and Ji Hongfei, he immediately picked up the silver and proof on the ground, put them in his pocket, and squeezed into the crowd.

Nangong Wu gave Li Zhan a wink.

Li Zhan understood and secretly followed the scoundrel.

"Anyone else who wants to leave Runan City, come over now and collect twenty taels of silver. From now on, you will no longer be a resident of Runan City." Nangong Wu's gaze swept over the crowd.

"No, no, I won't take it!"

Some people turned and left.

Are you kidding me? In the city, there's plenty to eat and drink, free medical treatment if you get sick, and someone to take care of you if something happens. I'm not going to leave here for twenty taels of silver.

Seeing that everything was alright, Nangong Wu returned to the government office.

Most of the buildings in the government office collapsed, and those that didn't were on the verge of collapse.

"Your Highness, there must be some people who have infiltrated the city and want to create chaos," Li Shuang said with some worry.

"Yes! Everyone should be careful from now on." Nangong Wu nodded.

She returned to her tent, and Eileen appeared from her spatial dimension. "Master, we have plenty of materials for temporary construction houses in our space. We can use them!"

"Oh right!" Nangong Wu suddenly remembered that she had collected a lot of prefabricated house materials after the apocalypse. "Why didn't you say so sooner!"

Eileen shrugged. "We can use local materials to build temporary shelters on the mountain. I don't think it's necessary to waste them."

"But there are more than 30,000 people in the city, and the little material I collected is not enough. When I return to the capital to bring my father back, I will take it out and install it. I will install as many rooms as I can," Nangong Wu said.

The most important thing now is to go to Kyoto and bring my father here.

About half an hour later, Li Zhan returned, taking out the twenty taels of silver that Nangong Wu had given to Lai Pi, as well as a one-hundred-tael silver note.

Nangong Wu looked at the silver and asked, "What happened?"

"Your Highness, that scoundrel was indeed acting under orders to cause trouble. I was about to continue questioning him when suddenly several arrows were shot out from the shadows, and the scoundrel was killed on the spot..." Li Zhan recounted the events to her.

"It seems someone has gotten their hands on Runan City," Nangong Wu sneered. "You'd better be more careful in the future."

"Understood!" Li Zhan cupped his hands in a gesture of respect.

In the afternoon, Nangong Wu discussed with everyone how to resettle the disaster victims.

"Since Emperor Mingde doesn't care about the fate of the Zhenyuan Army, I've decided to transfer Huo Lifeng back here."

Their men no longer served Emperor Mingde.

Everyone's expression darkened when she mentioned the Zhenyuan Army.

Li Zhan was somewhat agitated. "Princess, the soldiers only recognize our Zhenyuan Prince's Mansion. Are we going to abandon them?"

"No rush." ​​Nangong Wu raised her hand to him. "I'll send a letter to Huo Lifeng and ask him to inquire among the soldiers. If anyone is willing to come here, we'll take them all."