For Xu Nan, the situation in Wildfire City had gradually stabilized.
With the enormous disaster and the leadership and strength Xu Nan had displayed throughout it, the Icefield People had gradually come to sincerely accept this new leader.
Whenever Xu Nan walked down the street, many people would take the initiative to salute him and respectfully call out, "Lord City Lord."
This was the Icefield People's gratitude to Xu Nan for saving the city.
What Xu Nan needed to do next was the task Barnes had assigned him.
How could he lead this impoverished city out of its current predicament? How could he even make it prosperous?
Xu Nan had a general idea, but putting it into practice was still rather awkward.
After all, armchair strategy and actual action had always been two entirely different things.
Fortunately, among the professionals following him were several people skilled in management. They gathered together, pooled their wisdom, and applied some of Earth's advanced business concepts. Before long, they had drafted a plan for rapidly rebuilding Wildfire City.
Under Xu Nan's selection, Wildfire City formed a temporary leadership team, roughly equivalent to the former City Hall Committee.
To balance the various factions, aside from Xu Nan's own confidants, the committee gave the Icefield People three seats and the elephant people one seat.
The committee's authority stood below that of the City Lord, but it could handle all sorts of matters on the City Lord's behalf.
This was also Xu Nan's roundabout way of giving himself an excuse to slack off.
After all, he had no interest in power. As long as he controlled the military and political authority, he could not be bothered with the smaller matters.
Besides, at a time like this, when Wildfire City was undergoing post-disaster reconstruction, it was not easy