After parting with Qingzhu Zhu, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun followed the map she had left behind, asking pedestrians for directions as they searched for the so-called Civil Affairs Department.
"The people under the Red Assembly's jurisdiction are surprisingly honest and simple."
After thanking a passerby, Zhu Zhuyun sighed. "In Star Luo City and the cities of other kingdoms, outsiders can forget about getting even the slightest bit of information from pedestrians without paying some coins.
"Here, even if someone is impatient, they'll still point you in the right direction."
Dai Weisi could also tell that everyone here was extremely busy, yet they did so willingly.
Why?
Recalling his conversations with Zhou Qing, Ning Rongrong, Qingzhu Zhu, and the others, he had to admit that compared to the Two Great Empires, the Red Assembly was the only force that treated commoners as people.
"Zhou Qing and the others have truly surpassed their era. What they want to create isn't an empire, nor a kingdom ruled by a single family. They want to build a family-state—both a family and a nation, and the glory of everyone!"
Having once been the First Prince, Dai Weisi had learned about the Red Assembly's ideals before... In the past, he had not understood them, thinking they were fanciful and even naïve. But after being persecuted by Dai Mubai, suffering through countless hardships on his journey to Red Assembly territory, and having the tendons in his hands severed, he was no different from a commoner. He had fallen from a life of luxury to a state worse than that of a beggar.
That was why he could understand just how rare and precious the Red Assembly's ideals were.
Before they knew it, the two arrived at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Department.
The Civil Affairs