However, Zhu Mingyue now addresses Chen He as Director, which is enough to show that Zhu Mingyue has learned about some of the situation in Silla City through certain channels!

It seems this princess is no ordinary person!

Just then, Ye Feng, Luo Qing, Luo Lin, and Zi Jing finally arrived.

Seeing the night breeze appear, Chen He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, Her Highness the Princess has arrived here with a support team of 120 men to aid our Silla City." Chen He stood obediently before Ye Feng and reported the situation in a firm and resonant voice.

"Okay, I understand. This is none of your business. You can leave now," Ye Feng said, waving his hand.

"Yes, sir!"

Chen He immediately led the martial arts guards away from there.

Ye Feng smiled and walked forward, standing in front of Zhu Mingyue.

“I didn’t get to meet Her Highness the Princess during my last trip to the capital. Now that I’ve met you, I understand why people call you the apple of the eye of the Hongtian Empire,” Ye Feng said with a smile.

"Your Highness, you flatter me."

Zhu Mingyue said, then asked, "More than polite formalities, I'd like to know the current situation in Silla City."

“As you can see, our Silla City has developed significantly, but we do need support. The rapid development of the city is a good thing, but it also means a severe shortage of manpower. At this critical juncture, Your Highness, your presence with so many people to support us is definitely a good thing for us,” Ye Feng said.

Zhu Mingyue remained noncommittal regarding Ye Feng's words.

In her opinion, what Ye Feng said was probably true, but the truth could also deceive others.

Silla City may indeed be short of manpower right now, but she only brought a little over a hundred people. What's so special about that?

It's just a drop in the ocean!

"Qing'er, take the support team into the city and arrange accommodations for them."

“Lorraine, you come with me to receive Her Highness. She is a guest from afar and of noble status, so we cannot neglect her.”

Luo Qing and Luo Lin nodded in agreement.

After entering Xinluo City, Zhu Mingyue looked around everywhere, as if she could never get enough of looking at things.

"That is..."

Zhu Mingyue looked toward the rumbling steel plant.

Night Breeze chuckled and said, "That's just an ordinary blacksmith shop."

“How could a blacksmith’s workshop be so large? Prince Nanling is joking,” Zhu Mingyue said.

“It is indeed a blacksmith’s workshop, but I’m a big fan of grandiose things, and I like everything to be big, so the blacksmith’s workshop in my territory is bigger than those in other places,” Ye Feng said with a smile.

Zhu Mingyue knew that Ye Feng was just making excuses for her, but she didn't say anything more.

After entering the tent, Luo Lin took over the role of Ye Feng in entertaining Zhu Mingyue, while Ye Feng himself went to Luo Qing's place.

Luo Qing has already arranged for all 120 members of the support team and has also verified the list of support team members.

"Ancestor, the royal family has really gone too far!" Luo Qing said angrily.

"How so?" Ye Feng asked.

Luo Qing then showed Ye Feng the list of support team members.

Ye Feng glanced at it twice and immediately realized where the problem lay and why Luo Qing was so angry.

The support team consisted of 120 people, 100 of whom were civilians. Although these civilians all had some skills, such as blacksmithing and carpentry, they were not considered respectable.

Those twenty cultivators, whether martial artists or qi cultivators, were not particularly strong.

The one with the highest cultivation level was a woman named Jia Li, who was a martial artist at the Separation and Union Realm.

The Separation and Union Realm martial artist sounds pretty good, but in reality, Jia Li has a flaw. She was injured before, which damaged her dantian. So although she has the Separation and Union Realm, she can't unleash the combat power of the Separation and Union Realm at all!

It wasn't just Jia Li; the other cultivators in this support team were basically in the same situation!

If only one or two people like this appeared, it might just be a coincidence, but almost all twenty cultivators in this support team were like this, so is it still a coincidence?

It's obvious that the royal family knew these people were just empty shells and figureheads, which is why they sent them to the support team. On the surface, it was to support Silla City, but in reality, it was just dumping garbage into Silla City!

No wonder Luo Qing was so angry!

But Ye Feng thought for a moment and then said, "Perhaps it wasn't the royal family that did this on purpose."

"If it wasn't intentional, how could it be a coincidence?" Luo Qing said, puffing out her cheeks.

Ye Feng smiled and raised his hand to pat Luo Qing's head, then said earnestly, "Emperor Hongwu is, after all, the emperor of our Hongtian Empire. He wouldn't stoop to such a trivial matter."

“But there’s something wrong with those twenty cultivators in the support team right now; they probably won’t be of any use,” Luo Qing said angrily.

"So this must be because Zhu Chongguang's officials were secretly being arrogant. As the emperor, he naturally wouldn't do everything himself. He probably ordered his officials to form a support team to help our Silla City, but those officials were slacking off when carrying out Zhu Chongguang's orders, and sent some scoundrels to us."

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Luo Qing's face showed a thoughtful expression.

Ye Feng continued, "Whatever the reason, this situation means that Zhu Chongguang's control over his officials and even over the Hongtian Empire has greatly diminished. It seems that this country has truly declined and is utterly corrupt."

"Should we keep this group of people or not?" Luo Qing asked.

"Yes, of course we want them. If all else fails, we can just let them work like ordinary civilians. These people are being given away for free anyway, why not take them?" Ye Feng laughed.

Luo Qing's expression finally improved a little.

Ye Feng continued, "Let's go, let's go see Jia Li now. The information says that Jia Li is good at research, so maybe she is a scholar like you. If that's the case, then her actual strength is not important; her intelligence is the most important thing."

Luo Qing nodded immediately.

Jia Li is a woman with black curly hair.

She looked to be around twenty-five years old, with an ordinary face and figure, and nothing particularly outstanding about her appearance.

Moreover, Jia Li was extremely nervous at that moment.

Jia Li is very satisfied with her current residence; the three-story building was far beyond her expectations.

Because she had prepared to stay in a tent on her way here.

But now that she has received such a nice house, she can't help but feel worried.

It's estimated that it won't be long before the city lord of Silla City, who is also the first Nanling King from seven hundred years ago, discovers that he is just a decorative martial artist in the Separation and Union Realm.