Wu Song nodded. He had almost forgotten about the old man.

I didn't expect that the young master still remembered it.

…

Just as Zhao Hao was writing the memorial, battle reports came in again from the front line.

On the north bank of the Chu River, the Gan army surrounded the enemy from two directions, cutting off the retreat route of the 60,000-strong army of Southern Chu.

After two phased battles, nearly 50,000 enemy troops were wiped out in one fell swoop.

Xie Daoxun led more than 10,000 people, broke through the encirclement, crossed the Chushui River, and fled back from Jianning.

However, the losses on Dagan's side were also huge.

Thirty thousand troops were lost.

The Chu River was dyed red.

As for Luoye City, a new batch of weapons were delivered, and after half a month of desperate defense, the 50,000-strong army of Wu State was unable to break through the city.

The Wu army lost nearly 20,000 troops.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Wu army had no choice but to retreat.

At this point, the war between the four countries finally came to an end.

Except for Yue, the most timid country, which did not suffer any losses, the other countries suffered huge losses.

However, the old emperor of Wu Kingdom never lived to see the news of the victory of the four kingdoms in the war against Gan.

After learning of the great defeat at Chushui, he died and passed away.

Xie Daoxun also returned to Wu from Southern Chu and presided over the enthronement of the new emperor of Wu.

Then, he sent envoys again to the capital of Dagan.

The two sides once again discussed peace talks.

Without any surprise, Da Gan chose to agree without any additional conditions.

By the end of October, the nations had once again signed a peace treaty.

However, everyone knows that this kind of covenant is nothing more than a piece of waste paper.

Next, it depends on who recovers faster.

Zhao Hao wrote a memorial to promote the plow and organic fertilizer and gave it to Jiang Wan'er.

And he left the capital again and went to Qinzhou.

At this time, the smelting workshop had reached a certain scale under the command of Wang Mengyu and Zheng Zhiqian.

It will be able to be rebuilt before the end of the year.

Zhao Hao's arrival made everyone very happy.

"Brother Hao, you're finally here. Look at what has become of me and Lao Zheng!"

These two people have been really playing their lives hard recently.

Because the order Zhao Hao gave them was to do everything possible and rebuild the smelting workshop as quickly as possible.

These two people also tried their best.

At this moment, seeing Zhao Hao coming, both of them were about to cry.

Everything had to start over again, but fortunately, many workers were saved.

So, it can be a little smoother.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to achieve what we have now.

Zhao Hao was also very emotional and patted the two on the shoulders: "Thank you for your hard work!"

"When the smelting workshop is rebuilt, we will go back together to have a good New Year."

"Now that the war is over, we can breathe a sigh of relief."

For the next two months, the three of them worked together and finally successfully built the smelting workshop before the Chinese New Year.

Then Zhao Hao asked the smelting workshop to start forging the curved plow.

Of course, the forging of swords and the like did not stop.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Zhao Hao took Wang Mengyu and returned to the capital first, leaving Zheng Zhiqian alone.

It is definitely impossible for all three of them to leave at once.

The atmosphere during this year's Chinese New Year is different from previous years.

The entire capital city already felt the festive atmosphere when there was still more than half a month left.

This is naturally because, facing the attack from the four countries, Dagan held out.

Zhao Hao was also in a good mood. After returning to the capital, he reported to Yongning and took out 200,000 strings of cash from his own pocket and transported them to Qinzhou as compensation for the miners and soldiers.

Now, the court cannot afford this money.

He is not being merciful, nor is he a saint. He must take the responsibility for this matter.

If the imperial court has money, this pension will definitely be given.

However, Zhao Hao did not want to let the miners' families wait for a long time.

Since you have the ability and the money, just spend it now.

Let every family use this money to have a good New Year.

After returning, he packed up briefly, changed his clothes, and went into the palace to report to the royal sister.

In the palace, there was a festive atmosphere early this year.

Red lanterns were hung everywhere and the word "Fu" was posted on the wall.

Everywhere there were busy eunuchs and palace maids.

Inside the Pepper Room, Jiang Wan'er was still busy handling official business. When she heard the news that Zhao Hao was seeking a meeting outside, she immediately looked up and asked someone to call Zhao Hao in.

Seeing Zhao Hao walk in, a smile immediately appeared on Jiang Wan'er's face.

"Are you finally back?"

Zhao Hao bowed and said, "Yes, the smelting workshop has been rebuilt. I will return to report to Your Majesty."

"I have already ordered the workshop to start forging new plowshares and swords."

Jiang Wan'er said softly, "Okay, I'm still very confident in your work, come and sit down and talk!"

Zhao Hao nodded: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Having said that, he immediately walked to the chair next to him and sat down.

Jiang Wan'er said, "I have already started to promote the new curved plow throughout the country as you wished."

"Next spring, your curved plow will be put to use on a large scale."

"This is a great deed that will be remembered for generations to come. Your name should go down in history!"

Zhao Hao smiled modestly, shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty, the war has just ended, and the government affairs must be very busy, right?"

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