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Zhou Ran, who was born in a peaceful era, is not warlike at heart. She wants to build her own "utopia" in this desert.

She hasn't figured out how to do it specifically, but she can first develop the surrounding area and build her team into a construction corps.

It is very necessary to trade with the barbarians. Not only that, Zhou Ran also sent a team to return home to pick up people.

Who? My wife, children and relatives!

Anyone willing to come will be given one acre of land and five hundred kilograms of grain!

She said it!

The eldest princess has her own fiefdom, and most of these soldiers also come from her fiefdom. There is nothing wrong with moving the people in her fiefdom to the kingdom she has conquered, right?

There was no movement from the court. Zhou Ran knew that there must be a spy around her, but so what? She did what she wanted!

She has no king or father and is not threatened by anything.

As for those corrupt officials who harmed her predecessor? Leave it to Wu Zetian to deal with!

Since she is the mother of my previous life, I still have to do something.

In fact, Wu Zhao had already received the news. On one side was her young son who was weak from birth, and on the other side was her daughter who had been raised by her mother-in-law since childhood. Her heart was definitely biased.

But this doesn't mean that she doesn't love her daughter, just a little less and ranking lower.

Deep down, she actually hoped that her daughter would marry a foreign prince, so that she would not compete with her son for the throne. And given her daughter's martial arts skills, even if she married a foreign prince... no one could force her.

But her daughter was so stubborn that she knew it was highly unlikely that she would agree to the marriage.

She knew that the food supply was delayed, and she didn't stop it. However, she secretly had people prepare food and grass, so that as long as her daughter came to ask her...

Wu Zhao didn't believe that Zhou Ran could grow crops in the desert. She didn't believe in God, she only believed in herself. The planting of crops needed to be in accordance with the farming season. Wu Zhao had been down and out when she was young, so she knew that farming was not easy.

This can only mean that Zhou Ran was well prepared and had long been prepared to let the cunning rabbit die and the good dog be cooked.

Is she going to establish her own little country?

She is clearly the eldest princess with the right of inheritance, why did it come to this?

"Please have someone deliver the dowry I prepared for her..." A person as cunning as Wu Zhao would not know the thoughts of the straight woman.

Zhou Ran just wanted to survive, and when he had the energy, help the people around him live and work in peace and contentment, that was all.

Gradually, the frontier was inhabited. The first barbarian tribe traded cattle and sheep for food, and then the second, the third...

As more and more people migrated from their fiefdoms, those who were clever began to set up small stalls and do business, selling snacks, ready-made clothes, and practical small items.

In just a few months, it has reached a certain scale.

With the population, the next step is infrastructure construction. It is most appropriate to use earth-type spiritual power to build infrastructure. It seems that the existence of immortals in the eldest princess's team has become a secret known to everyone.

It is said that the court is impeaching the eldest princess, saying that she has no loyalty to the emperor or her father, does not consider the people of the world, and ignores the order of the marriage.

Wu Zhao drew her sword and proceeded with the palace invasion as usual. Zhou Ran was not dead, but she still found an excuse to execute those "surrenderists". It was obvious that her daughter had fought for many years on the frontier to gain peace, but these people turned a deaf ear to it and now wanted to slander her!

"Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teachers! As the daughter of the royal family, the eldest princess is the Heaven! Those who have no emperor or father are these court officials. Your Majesty, please abdicate. Hong'er is old enough." Wu Zhao held the bloody sword and spoke gently to the emperor.

Um, are you sure it's not a threat?

On the day the old emperor announced his abdication, he retired to the Summer Palace outside the palace.

When Zhou Hong ascended the throne, this sickly man only sat in the court for a while, and then Wu Zhao took over the government from behind the curtain. All the government affairs were quickly taken control by Wu Zhao.

This woman had already started getting involved in government affairs more than ten years ago after her mother-in-law died.

The harem does not interfere in politics? Wu Zhao was called a demon concubine for a reason.

Zhou Ran, who was thousands of miles away, received the news relatively late. She was named the Grand Princess of Protectorate in just a blink of an eye?

After all, the current emperor has changed from her father to her brother.

She had received the dowry sent by Wu Zetian a long time ago, but before she had time to sort it out, it was put away by Xiaosheng. After all, she was very busy with infrastructure construction.

All place names related to princesses, such as Princess Mausoleum, Princess Ridge, Princess Tomb... all mean that princesses have died, which is unlucky!

Ningfu City!

This is the name recommended by Li Ergou.

When the eldest princess was young, she was given the title Princess Ningfu. The character "Ning" (Ning) is often associated with concepts such as tranquility, peace, and safety, while "Fu" (Fu) represents blessing, happiness, and auspiciousness. Combining these two characters in a title often expresses the elders' best wishes for the child's future, hoping that she will have a peaceful, tranquil, and blessed life.

Well, this was named by the Queen Mother.

Even as a place name, it seems to be appropriate, the country is peaceful and the people are prosperous.

From then on, Ningfu City became a city that stood in the way of the Great Zhou Dynasty and faced the barbarians. After several years of development, its handicrafts and commerce became extremely prosperous.

The taxes collected from Ningfu City were only used for Ningfu City. Li Ergou had originally planned to recommend himself, but the eldest princess, who did not like studying, seemed to be particularly talented in mathematics. The tax types and tax rates she designed were surprisingly suitable for Ningfu City.

Generally speaking, the tax rate in Ningfu City is very low, and the farmers basically do not need to pay taxes. Only when they convert their grain into cash will they have very little tax.

Most of the tax revenue comes from businesses and handicraftsmen, but it is only about 5% of the income. Only those industries with extremely high profits will be charged high taxes.

In addition, Zhou Ran also arranged people to ensure that the elderly have a place to rely on and the young are taken care of, and in terms of welfare, he also arranged for people to take care of them.

Therefore, the people of Ningfu City are very grateful to the eldest princess, and usually call themselves people from Princess City to outsiders.

After Ningfu City got back on track, Zhou Ran became a hands-off manager in her own princess mansion.

Cultivation, farming, horse riding...

The imperial court would send people to give her New Year gifts every year. When the old emperor died, she didn't go back, and when her younger brother died, she didn't go back either.

Even after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, she did not go back, but her status as the eldest princess was never shaken.

Wu Zhao's propaganda in the Zhou Dynasty said that the eldest princess guarded the national border on behalf of the emperor for the sake of the people of the Zhou Dynasty to live and work in peace and prosperity, and for the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty.

She will protect her daughter.

As long as they don't rebel, the mother and daughter maintain a tacit understanding and live in peace.

When the barbarians were about to make a move, Zhou Ran took his troops out for a patrol. After all, those who are not of our race must have different hearts.

How could it be peaceful all the time?

After a war, there will be peace for three to five years!

No one found it strange that Zhou Ran was nearly forty years old but looked like he was in his twenties. It was probably because Her Royal Highness the Princess was possessed by divine power.

No one is surprised that Her Royal Highness the Princess can accurately catch the corrupt officials in the city guards. It seems that the Princess is blessed by the immortals.

Anyway, everything unreasonable is reasonable to the eldest princess.