Grandson's Mansion.
In the main hall, Zhu Ying's face showed a trace of worry. Although the Grand Ming Empire had entered a period of rapid development over the past ten years,
the strength of the various vassal states had also improved across the board. Yet because of the long-lasting peace, the Grand Ming Empire's national fortune had not increased significantly.
At that moment, he held the [Civilization Command] in his hand and paced back and forth through the hall.
The Grand Ming Empire had recuperated for a full ten years, and it was time for Zhu Ying to consider what its next step should be.
The reason he had taken out the [Civilization Command] this time was because he was considering whether to fuse it immediately.
The reason Zhu Ying had not fused the [Civilization Command] until now was simple: he believed that the Grand Ming Empire was not yet powerful enough.
Although the Grand Ming Empire had unified the current world, martial arts prodigies had begun cultivating, and the realm was stable,
in Zhu Ying's view, the Grand Ming Empire was still far from capable of contending with other cosmic civilizations.
After all,
once the [Civilization Command] was fused and the protection period ended, the civilization of the Grand Ming Empire would be directly exposed to powerful interstellar civilizations.
By then,
the Grand Ming Empire might suffer invasions from even stronger civilizations. There might even be more than one civilization attacking it...
Therefore, for Zhu Ying—and for the Grand Ming Empire as it currently stood—the most urgent matter was still to develop its national strength!
Only then
could the Grand Ming Empire become even stronger!
And only by becoming stronger could it remain invincible among the universe's interstellar civilizations!
After thinking it over, Zhu Ying ultimately put away the