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The battle was over, and the battle was over.

Lu Cheng followed Lu Wenzhao and others and fled from Liaodong to the interior of the country and to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the news of the defeat on the front line had already been reported back, and the entire Ming Dynasty court was shaken. People in the court were panicked, fearing that the Later Jin Tartars would attack all the way and enter the interior of the country.

At this time, Emperor Wanli was nearly sixty years old. Years of eating, drinking, playing, lying down and playing badly had already hollowed out his body and wiped out all his ambitions.

Emperor Wanli no longer wanted to care about other things, he just wanted to enjoy himself for a few more years.

In the court, the civil officials quarreled fiercely, angrily denounced the incompetence of the front-line generals, and demanded the disposal of the commander-in-chief Yang Hao and the main generals of various armies, etc.

Commander Yang Hao immediately resigned and was imprisoned. Three of the four main generals of the army were lost, and the only one who returned was Li Rubai, who was defeated before contacting the enemy. Li Rubai was also immediately impeached by the censors.

Of course, the fight in the court did not affect Lu Cheng, a seventh-rank military officer.

This time, the Ming army was defeated and lost many soldiers and generals. It was a time when they were short of people. They needed some grassroots officers to reorganize the defeated army.

After returning to the capital, eunuch Guo Zhen gathered several people together: "You have just returned to the capital, and you must have no place to stay. It happens that my family has a small courtyard in the capital, so you can stay there for a few days, how about it?"

Shen Lian and Lu Cheng were not polite: "Thank you, eunuch Guo."

"Don't say thank you or not, my life was saved by you. These are nothing."

As a fifth-rank military officer, Lu Wenzhao also has his own network in the capital. After settling down, Lu Wenzhao is ready to make some operations and find a job.

At this time, Lu Cheng, carrying Guo Zhen and Shen Lian, came to a secluded place alone with Lu Wenzhao and said, "Brother Wenzhao, although I have not been to the capital for a long time, I know that the capital is very deep and the network of relationships is extremely complicated. Now that we have suffered a defeat on the front line, it may not be easy to find a good job."

Lu Wenzhao nodded: "It is indeed not easy, but don't worry, brother, even if I throw away my face and give up all my wealth, I will definitely fight for a way out for us. As long as I have mine, you will be indispensable."

Hearing this, Lu Cheng was also very moved "Brother, I have no doubt about your love and care. To be honest, I accidentally picked up a treasure from a pile of corpses on the battlefield of Sarhu before, and I have been hiding it on my body and dare not tell anyone.

Now, since brother wants to make a career, he must have made arrangements. If you can offer this treasure, our future will be stable."

Lu Wenzhao was also interested when he heard it: "What kind of treasure is it? Take it out and let brother see it."

In fact, at this time, Lu Wenzhao did not believe that Lu Cheng, a small general flag, could take out any treasure. If it was a treasure, it would not be left on the battlefield.

However, when he saw an item that Lu Cheng took out of his bag, Lu Wenzhao suddenly opened his eyes in shock, and quickly reached out to cover the treasure in Lu Cheng's hand, and looked around to confirm that there was no one around, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother, this is... this is really an incredible treasure. Have you not been discovered by anyone?"

"Absolutely not."

"That's good, that's good. If the news of this treasure is leaked by accident, it may bring disaster. Brother, are you really willing to hand this treasure to me?"

"Of course, this treasure in our hands can only be a crime and bring disaster. Only by offering it to the emperor can it play the greatest value. Brother, I am of low position, of course, I don't have this opportunity. Giving it to you, brother, is the most appropriate."

"Brother, aren't you afraid that I will embezzle it?"

"I believe that brother is not that kind of person."

Lu Wenzhao was also a little moved, gritted his teeth: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely make the treasure play the greatest value."

As he said, Lu Wenzhao took another look at the situation around him, and then took the treasure from Lu Cheng's hand. He just took a quick look at it, and then quickly put it in his arms, fearing that it would be discovered.

Afterwards, Lu Wenzhao carefully walked to a corner, took out the treasure, and examined it carefully.

The treasure was a transparent glass ball the size of a baby's fist, with a lifelike flying dragon inside. In front of the flying dragon was a round ball, showing the scene of the flying dragon spitting out a pearl.

In fact, glass has long been

It has appeared many years ago, and some people in the West have even made it directly. However, the glass made in this era is green or other colors because it contains a small amount of divalent iron.

The glass ball that Lu Cheng took out is pure and transparent, without any mixed colors, and has a regular shape and is round. What's more, there is a scene of a flying dragon spitting beads, which is definitely not the standard that the craftsmanship of this era can achieve.

If this thing is presented to the emperor, it can definitely be regarded as a good omen.

At a time when the front line has just been defeated and the court is in a low mood, the appearance of such an auspicious thing can be imagined.

Seeing Lu Wenzhao carefully putting away the fist-sized glass ball, he took out his purse, poured out all the silver in the purse, and handed it to Lu Cheng: "Brother, take these first, and relax in the capital. Just wait for good news from me."

After throwing out all the silver, Lu Wenzhao turned the purse over and cleaned it, then put the glass ball in the purse and put it in his arms.

Lu Cheng didn't expect that there would be extra gains. Looking at the dozens of taels of silver in his hand, Lu Cheng was not polite: "Brother, I won't be polite with this silver."

"Why are you being polite to me? Go back and rest."

Lu Cheng smiled, put away the silver of more than 40 taels, and walked out of the alley.

In fact, this glass ball is a treasure in this era, but in the future, it is just a few yuan on a certain platform or a certain treasure. The larger ones are only a dozen yuan.

When Lu Cheng stored jewelry in the previous world, he wanted to maximize its value as much as possible because of the limited funds on hand.

Considering that he might travel to the ancient world in the future, Lu Cheng directly bought some glass balls. There are colorless and transparent ones, and there are also golden ones. The figures inside include flying dragons spitting beads, double dragons playing with beads, dragons and phoenixes presenting auspiciousness, etc.

A glass ball the size of a baby's fist weighs only two or three taels. Lu Cheng bought a total of seven or eight, which added up to only a few dozen yuan.

Lu Cheng did not prepare too many glass products. After all, more is not worth much. And if he travels to the modern world, it will only be a few glass balls.

But Lu Cheng did not expect that this "top-quality gem" would get dozens of taels of silver before it was offered. The rate of return has increased by many times.

After returning to his residence, Lu Cheng saw Shen Lian resting in the yard, so he said, "Brother Shen, I just arrived in the capital and am not familiar with the surroundings. I am preparing to go out and look around. Brother Shen, do you want to go with me?"

"Okay, Shen hasn't been to the capital for a long time."

The two of them had changed into ordinary clothes and walked out together.

Although the front line had been defeated and the court was turbulent, the wealthy merchants and nobles in the capital were still living a life of luxury and drunkenness.

It was evening at this time, and the restaurants on both sides of the street were very lively. On the way, they passed a brothel, and some artists leaned against the window, looking at the scenery on the street.

It was the first time that Lu Cheng saw such a scene. He was a little curious, but he did not go in to watch. He just found a small restaurant with Shen Lian, chose a seat by the window, ordered a few side dishes and a pot of old wine, and sat down to eat and chat.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the prosperous capital of the Ming Dynasty. Smoke rose everywhere, but Lu Cheng's heart had not yet fully integrated into this world...