Although the Great Zhou Empire had been split apart, the Imperial Capital remained prosperous.
Many people had thought that without the top aristocratic families, and with so many wealthy households gone, the Imperial Capital would decline.
The result:
The Last Empress, forcibly enfeoffed by the Divine Court with the title of the last emperor, brought the people from the Underground Imperial Capital out to fill the void in the Imperial Capital.
Without the exploitation of aristocratic families and wealthy households, the lives of countless mud-legged commoners were truly full of flavor.
The sun had just risen:
The Last Empress led the few warriors she had and left the Imperial Palace and the Imperial Capital early, heading outside the city to work.
Yes, the dignified Empress actually led warriors out to labor:
They cleared canals, built roads, and leveled farmland.
Some warriors even took the place of old yellow oxen, harnessing themselves to plows and beginning to till the fields.
The eight hundred li surrounding the Imperial Capital still belonged within its territory.
In order to feed the people of the Imperial Capital, the Last Empress madly reclaimed farmland and planted grain.
At the same time, she planted all kinds of medicinal herbs, concocted secret medicines, and trained a new generation of warriors.
Although Great Zhou's situation was dreadful, the Last Empress had not given up.
She wanted, one day, to rally again, reclaim the lost land, and make Great Zhou great once more.
Deep in her heart, she also knew:
In another five years, Great Zhou's Millennial Tribulation would end.
When that time came, this Great Qian Imperial Capital would be annexed by the neighboring Chimon Empire.
"How despairing!"
The Last Empress gritted her teeth, unwilling to accept it.
Yet she had no idea how to deal with it.
Now,