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

After listening to their words, the other deputy general's expression turned serious. He stood up and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Huo Jing.

"Your Highness, our Zhenyuan Army is a great army dedicated to protecting our homeland. We are willing to die for our country, and our blood will flow. We have traveled thousands of miles to come here to help Your Highness accomplish your great cause, ascend the throne, and bring peace and prosperity to the Western Yan Kingdom!"

They had heard that the Prince of Zhenyuan's Mansion had broken with the imperial court, and they came to Runan City thinking that it was to establish another dynasty, which is why they came here with great enthusiasm. Now that Nangong Wu actually told them to make their soldiers do some kind of work, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Upon hearing this, the other dozen or so generals also stood up, cupped their hands, and offered their suggestions.

"Your Highness, Emperor Mingde is incompetent, and the Crown Prince is narrow-minded. He favors treacherous officials, is selfish and self-serving, and has cut off our army's food supply, intending to freeze and starve the 300,000 Zhenyuan soldiers to death at Lindong Pass."

If it weren't for the princess bringing us provisions, the soldiers wouldn't have survived this winter. From the day Emperor Mingde cut off our food supply, our 300,000 troops have been loyal only to the Prince of Zhenyuan's Mansion. We implore Your Highness to become the ruler of all people and ascend the throne as Emperor!

"Emperor Mingde is incompetent and foolish, and the Crown Prince is immoral. Such a court has long lost the hearts of the people and is doomed to destruction. We implore Your Highness to establish yourself as emperor and overthrow the court."

"Your Highness, please obey the will of Heaven and ascend the throne!"

Looking at these generals, whose faces were weathered and whose bodies exuded the killing aura of the frontier.

The commander of the Zhenyuan army is Li Feng, along with four deputy generals and assistant generals. If they are not appeased, these people may become dissatisfied.

"General Du, General Gu, you don't need to worry. Our princess was able to get two prefectures from Emperor Mingde, so she won't be afraid of that father and son," Li Zhan said.

Huo Jing looked at his daughter, "Wuwu, you tell her!"

He has no interest in the throne, but if he were to decline it now, it might demoralize the army.

"Generals, my father and I understand what you all mean. Why don't you hear me out first?" Nangong Wu's gaze swept over the faces of the generals one by one.

"First of all, we came here to cede territory and govern ourselves, so that we would not be oppressed by the imperial court and so that everyone could live a good life, not to start a bigger war."

Of course, now that we have separated from the Western Yan Kingdom, we must have our own national name in order to interact with other countries, open up trade, and become rich.

But before that, we must first have our own capital and our own houses! Cement and steel bars are important materials for building houses, to build stronger city walls and houses, and these things need to be done by someone.

Of course, this doesn't mean that soldiers who go to work in factories are no longer soldiers. When enemies invade us, we can still pick up our weapons and fight them.

We are all members of the Zhenyuan Army. No matter what we do in the future, we will always be Zhenyuan soldiers, and we will always be officially employed.

Her words softened the expressions of the generals.

"That's right! If we want to establish our own dynasty, we also need an imperial city to support the prince's ascension to the throne," Duan Chengye said.

"It was my ignorance, Your Highness, please forgive me," General Du said, bowing slightly. "We will follow the Princess's orders."

The other generals also spoke up:

"The Zhenyuan Army will obey the Princess's orders!"

The prince's ascension to the throne is a major event and requires a grand ceremony. There isn't a single decent house in Runan City right now. We can't let the prince take the throne in a large tent; that would be too shabby!

Huo Jing nodded slightly after seeing that the generals had been appeased.

"We have a large workforce, but we lack talent. If there are literate people in the army, we can train them into key personnel without exception," Nangong Wu said.

In the military, to rise through the ranks, one must kill enemies and earn merit on the battlefield; literate people may be overlooked.

"Understood, I'll ask when I get back," Li Feng said.

Next, Nangong Wu told them about the future plans for Runan City, as well as the arrangements for setting up defenses on the border between Runan and Jianggang prefectures.

Previously, they only had one city, Runan, and their soldiers were stationed on the border with the Southern Qi and Eastern Jin kingdoms. Now, with an army of 300,000, they had to draw a line with the Western Yan kingdom, send troops to guard it, and completely sever ties with that court.

She took out maps of Runan and Jianggang prefectures and discussed with the generals where to set up defenses, how many people to send, and other related issues.

After the conference, the generals were no longer confused and were full of hope for the future.

The army rested for two more days and then dispatched 100,000 troops to guard the city bordering the Western Yan Kingdom. After that, various passes were set up along the border.

Before they set off, Nangong Wu told the generals that if the Western Yan army attacked, they should not fight them, but retreat and let them in, and send someone to deliver an urgent report to Runan City.

If Emperor Mingde dares to send troops, it must be more than 200,000, while the 100,000 troops they sent are scattered in various places. If they take action, their people will suffer losses.

Once she received the urgent message, she flew there by plane, fired a few heavy artillery shots, and everything was resolved without having to sacrifice her own people.

On that day, each of the four military camps sent 10,000 men to repair the road.

The cement plant and steel bar plant are to be built outside the city. They have already selected locations, both more than ten miles away from Runan City, so a road needs to be built.

As for the old city walls, they still spent money to have the city's residents gradually demolish them, fill in the moat, and raise the low-lying areas.

Nangong Wu had been busy for many days and finally finished dealing with the urgent matters at hand. Now she had to deal with something even bigger.

On the second day of the second lunar month at noon, she took Adeline with her and flew to the Southern Qi Kingdom.

Eileen, her father, and her five children are in the space.

The next morning, Nangong Wu examined Emperor Nanqi and Empress Wan again.

She last came on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, almost a month ago, and it's time to give them a check-up.

"Master, His Majesty has recovered very well. May I go treasure hunting with you this time?" Aiqi said.

After reviewing Emperor Nanqi's various indicators, Nangong Wu nodded, "It's fine, but you'll have to stay here after you return. We'll see how His Majesty is doing again in six months."

"Alright!" Aiqi agreed.

After Bei Chenyan returned from court and ate something, the group left in a low-key carriage.

This time, Bei Chenyan only brought two guards with him: Wei Yang and Cao Li.

The group walked for more than ten miles before transferring to a helicopter and flying northwest.

At noon, Bei Chenyan landed the helicopter.

Nangong Wu retracted the helicopter into her spatial storage and then produced five horses.

"Your Highness, let me go and find out what kind of place this is," Cao Li said.

"Don't separate, let's walk together and ask for directions when we meet someone." Nangong Wu felt that this was already the border between the Southern Qi Kingdom and the Northern Di Kingdom, and the people from Changyang Temple and Beichen Zhan might also appear here, so they should be careful.