Wang Yue and Princess Rou Jia's wedding was soon held, and the affairs in the south came to an end. Empress Rou Jia could now occasionally work with Wang Yue on making a baby. She was eagerly hoping to have a child to strengthen their relationship. After all, in her eyes, the only person worthy of an empress like her was Wang Yue, the immortal.
Wang Yue, however, didn't stay there all the time. He still had matters to attend to in Northern Liang, so he only came over now and then to meet her in secret using Instant Teleportation.
The problem Northern Liang faced now was that far too many people had migrated there. On top of that, after years of warfare, Northern Liang's territory had expanded all the way to the Arctic Ocean in the north and more than a thousand li to the west. It had absorbed many people from other nomadic tribes, turning the old Northern Liang aristocrats into a minority.
As Wang Yue's town-building plan progressed, cities gradually sprang up across the vast grasslands. Many people settled around them and made a good living, leaving less and less room for nomadic life.
The tensions between ethnic groups were extremely complicated, and several clashes even broke out. They only subsided after Wang Yue decisively eliminated the grassland aristocrats, who no longer dared to oppose him.
The trouble was that without the aristocrats to keep them in check, Wang Yue still had to periodically eliminate people who believed that anyone could claim the throne.
At court, Wang Yue promoted large numbers of Han officials, and Mu Zhuohua rose through the ranks faster than anyone.
Mu Zhuohua had agreed to go to Northern Liang and help Wang Yue handle government affairs after he began relocating large numbers of