Merits Rewarded

The two sides reached an agreement, and Song Kingdom withdrew its troops.

The Zhao Emperor left Zhao Lingyan and Zhao Lingxu behind to guard Crescent Moon Mountain and Nanli Mountain.

The others returned to Sanhe Market to prepare for the distribution of rewards according to merit.

Although Zhao Kingdom had not yet been fully reunified, of its original thirteen commanderies, only one and a half remained unrecovered.

Moreover, the nominal rulers of that remaining one and a half commanderies were still members of the Zhao Family.

On the surface, the Zhao Family had already accomplished its great cause of restoring the kingdom.

Since the great cause of restoration had been achieved, its meritorious subjects naturally had to be rewarded.

Zhao Kingdom's capital in those days had stood on Longyou Plain, more than two thousand li northwest of Sanhe Market and north of the Wan Chuan River.

It lay within Sanhe Commandery and bordered Guangyuan Commandery, which possessed Zhao Kingdom's most Spirit Fields and produced the most spirit herbs and spirit grain.

Longyou Plain stretched for more than a thousand li in every direction, guarded by mountain ranges on all sides. It also had three upper fourth-tier spirit veins and countless surrounding rivers, making it an ideal place for a capital.

Longyou City of old had a circumference of eight hundred li and had been Zhao Kingdom's greatest city.

However, when the Three Sects rebelled, they razed Longyou City to the ground.

Now, not even a single broken wall or ruined remnant remained on Longyou Plain.

Zhao Kingdom had yet to truly reunify, and that scum Sixth Prince still occupied the southwest.

If the Zhao Emperor wished to demonstrate the legitimacy of his rule, the capital was best rebuilt in its original location.

Zhao Kingdom had a hundred things waiting to