With Lu PingAn's help, the first batch of immigrants successfully settled in Flower City.
They quickly adapted to the local environment. On one hand, Lu PingAn was the actual one in control. More importantly, East Country People had an exceptionally good reputation on this planet.
In a sense, most East Country People still on this planet were benefiting from Guan's legacy. There was a reason the will of this world had approached him and invited him to ascend to godhood.
"The latest news is that the branch offices are spreading quite well too."
Lu PingAn's people were establishing footholds across the world. After gaining the approval of the higher-ups, something that should have made others wary had instead gone unbelievably smoothly.
One branch office after another was established. They sold Lu PingAn's "Lamp Flowers" while also planting Super Lamp Trees.
Clearly, they might be "shops" and "companies" for now, but once the time was right, they could become churches at any moment.
Meanwhile, Lu PingAn's fleet had grown from one ship to thirteen. Although the other vessels were merely ordinary low-tier ships bought up cheaply, the fleet's carrying capacity was enough to build their own trade network.
What Lu PingAn found ironic was that his association had always called itself a "chamber of commerce," yet only now, when it could no longer truly be called one, did it finally begin honestly operating trade routes.
Lu PingAn could not have done it alone. But when most of the East Country People's aid passed through his territory, his manpower resources had long since overflowed.
This time, however, the focus of operations was the thing farthest from charity—weapons and military resources.
Resources, weapons, food, and medicine from every side were constantly being transported and transferred. Some passed through Flower City, through local businesses