"Oh, Master, you're finally back." Luo Yiwu stood up.
"Is something really going on?" Tang Wen asked.
"It's good news," Zhuge Cangxiao said with a smile.
"Let's hear it." Tang Wen plopped onto the sofa. Hearing his voice, Gu Hanyan ran downstairs to make tea herself.
"The Sun Kingdom surrendered," Wen Jinyuan said with a smile.
"Surrendered?" Tang Wen was taken aback.
"It doesn't quite count as surrender. We should say they made peace," Zhuge Cangxiao added.
"Are we exchanging hostages?" Tang Wen asked.
"Yes! They returned several islands to our Great Chu.
"And they signed a ceasefire agreement.
"Master, the Tang family is safe now. There's no need to spend a fortune hiring them to protect us anymore," Luo Yiwu said.
"We've already given our word, and it's only a year. There's no need to change that. By the way, since they sued for peace, have the two first-class saber-bearing guards been transferred away?" Tang Wen asked.
"They've left!" Luo Yiwu nodded. "But Chu Xiangluo came looking for you several times. He seemed to have something to discuss."
"I'll unload everything first, then go see him." Tang Wen nodded and unloaded a large quantity of goods.
He then went to Divine Turtle Island to unload seafood, pig heads, and other things. All of these would have to wait until his next crossing to the Star Illusion Empire to be taken away.
"Master, you bought another twenty ships. Now that the war has stopped, isn't that a waste?" Seeing the dozens of ships, Luo Yiwu shook his head in distress.
"It's not a waste. We still need the necessary armaments.
"Our Tang family must always maintain a regular force of thirty thousand.
"The war has stopped, but training must not stop. We must be ready to fight at any time.