To the east of Shengle City, wild people, rebels, and forces still loyal to Emperor Situ Lei were locked in a brutal struggle, creating a complicated tug-of-war.
To the west of Shengle City, half a year of construction and expanding influence had drawn a constant stream of trade caravans, and the impact of this commerce was beginning to take shape.
Shengle City was not a large city and was situated in a remote geographical location, surrounded by sparsely populated areas. Without the transmigrator's "golden finger" producing so many novel commodities, operating and scaling up to such an extent here would have been nearly impossible.
It was like playing a modern-day management game with cheat codes enabled.
Recently, since the arrival of the advance officers sent to press for grain and conscript labor, an air of "excitement" had permeated Shengle City, both inside and out.
