A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television

The battle was a long one, but the battle was a long one.

Half a month after the battle of Haizhouwei ended, the court sent eunuchs to convey the imperial edict again to reward the generals of Liaodong.

Among them, Lu Cheng, who slaughtered two Houjin tribes and led troops to defend Haizhouwei, killing thousands of enemies in total, naturally made the greatest contribution and received the most generous reward.

After receiving the battle report, Emperor Wanli was very happy and wanted to directly promote Lu Cheng to a deputy general, or a deputy general, to the level of the second rank, or even the second rank. But the ministers in the court said that Lu Cheng was only 22 years old now. If he was promoted too quickly, it would be difficult to promote him if he made meritorious deeds at that time.

In fact, Emperor Wanli did not think too much about it. He had been the emperor for decades, and he knew that he did not have many good days to enjoy. If Lu Cheng could really make great contributions in his lifetime, he would not be stingy with rewards.

As for future events, Emperor Wanli could not care so much. But he had to consider the opinions of the ministers.

In the end, Emperor Wanli chose a compromise and promoted Lu Cheng to the commander of Haizhou Guard and General Zhaoyong. He was given a bullfighting suit and an embroidered spring knife.

The commander of a guard is also the military chief of a guard. He is a third-rank military general and can command five thousand households. It is equivalent to the commander of a smaller military sub-district.

Lu Cheng's previous command assistant was actually equivalent to the chief of staff of a military sub-district, and was not a real military chief. Lu Cheng was able to command three thousand households because of the guerrilla general.

Now, Lu Cheng is the real military commander of the entire Haizhou Guard, and he can add two more thousand households, and the number of soldiers he can command is close to 6,000.

As for the Zhaoyong General, he is a military rank. The general Zhaoyong General usually serves as the commander of the guard.

As for the imperially bestowed bullfighting suit and embroidered spring sword, they are completely a symbol of honor and status, somewhat similar to the military medals of later generations.

In all dynasties, there are generally granted clothes. Of course, there are also in the Ming Dynasty. The four most famous ones are python suit, unicorn suit, flying fish suit, and bullfighting suit.

Needless to say, python suits are naturally awarded. Generally, except for the royal children, only those who are in the highest position and have made great contributions to the country can be awarded python suits. Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister during the Wanli period, was awarded a python suit by Emperor Wanli.

The unicorn suit is generally awarded to dukes, marquises, sons-in-law, earls, etc., and sometimes it is also awarded to officials.

As for the Feiyu suit, it is regarded as the standard outfit of Jinyiwei in many film and television dramas. In fact, not every Jinyiwei is qualified to wear Feiyu suit and embroidered spring sword.

Only the leader of Jinyiwei, or Jinyiwei who has made great contributions and is appreciated by the emperor, is qualified to wear Feiyu suit and embroidered spring sword.

The bullfighting suit is used to reward officials above the third rank. In addition to being worn by Jinyiwei, the embroidered spring sword is sometimes awarded by the emperor to meritorious generals of the border army.

Lu Cheng accepted the order to thank the grace, took the reward, and gave a generous gift to the eunuch who came to convey the order, and watched the eunuch leave.

Pulling out the embroidered spring sword, the quality of this sword is very good, it is carefully made by royal craftsmen. Compared with the knives used by Lu Cheng, the quality is much better.

After all, this is a reward from the emperor, not those standard equipment, which is related to the face of the royal family, so there will naturally be no quality problems.

If the emperor gave a meritorious official a knife with questionable quality, would the emperor still have face?

In the original drama, after Shen Lian's knife was cut off by Ding Baiying, he went home to take out the Xiuchun knife passed down by his father, which was a precious knife bestowed by the royal family.

From this, it can be seen that Shen Lian's father should have been appreciated by the emperor.

However, even if this knife can cut iron like mud, it is just a knife.

Lu Cheng put the Xiuchun knife into the storage space as a spare weapon.

As for the bullfighting suit, Lu Cheng did not wear it and put it away.

In fact, the costumes of civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty were very distinctive. The official uniforms of civil officials were embroidered with flying birds, and the official uniforms of military generals were embroidered with walking beasts.

Therefore, the term "beasts in human clothing" was originally used to refer to civil and military officials.

However, after the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the government was corrupt and officials were corrupt, and the people began to use "beasts in human clothing" to refer to those corrupt and despicable officials.

After sending off the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict, Lu Cheng immediately summoned all the officers under his command, and issued an order to recruit soldiers from the entire Liaodong area, and asked them to recruit all the five thousand households as soon as possible.

Fill up and start training.

For the expansion of the army, the officers and logistics personnel at all levels have already had considerable experience and formed a complete recruitment process, so Lu Cheng doesn't have to worry about it.

After the defense of Haizhou, Lu Cheng repelled the attack of tens of thousands of Jiannu soldiers and horses by himself, and became famous in Liaodong, and his appeal was greatly improved.

As soon as the recruitment point near Haizhouwei was established, the people from nearby villages, towns and cities came to sign up for the army.

Now, who doesn't know that General Lu of Haizhouwei can fight? Who doesn't know that the soldiers of Haizhouwei are well treated?

Looking at the lively scenes of various recruitment points, Lu Cheng was also very pleased that he finally stood firm in Liaodong.

Whether it was the Jianzhou Jurchens or the Liaodong generals, who dared to underestimate General Lu?

All the generals in Liaodong could not defeat the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the Jianzhou Jurchens had no way to deal with Lu Cheng, which meant that Lu Cheng was already the best fighter in Liaodong.

Of course, the number of soldiers under his command increased further, and the weapons, armor, and food and grass required also increased greatly. Lu Cheng began to speed up the stockpiling of various materials and food, and the silver on hand was also spent like water.

Fortunately, the glass and soap business has gradually expanded and made more and more money, which gave Lu Cheng the confidence to recruit more soldiers.

Otherwise, the original 200,000 taels of silver alone would not last long.

Just when Lu Cheng was busy dealing with various affairs, one of his personal guards suddenly came to report that General He Shixian came to visit.

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng hurriedly got up and went to greet him.

"General He, what brings you here?"

"What else could it be? I came here to congratulate Commander Lu. Congratulations to Commander Lu on his promotion to Commander at the age of 22. He is probably the youngest commander in Liaodong, right?"

"General He is too polite. I am still far behind you. General He, please take a seat."

When Lu Cheng saw that He Shixian brought a gift with him, he knew that the other party must have some purpose.

Sure enough, after the two exchanged a few pleasantries, He Shixian directly stated his purpose: "Brother Lu, to be honest, I came here this time to ask for something."

"General He, what are you talking about? Just tell me if you have something to say."

"I heard that Brother Lu used firearms when he was defending the city before. I wonder if Brother Lu can tell me the production method of this new firearm."

"General He, in fact, the general has mentioned this matter to me before. It's not that I am stingy, but this new firearm was also developed by my craftsmen after a long time, which is quite difficult. In order to keep the production method confidential, I strictly guarded the entire workshop, and I also arranged for the family members of each craftsman.

If I pass these methods to General He, can General He guarantee that this method will never fall into the hands of the Jiannu?"

"This..." He Shixian really didn't dare to guarantee it.

"However, since General He is here, I can't let you make a wasted trip. Moreover, you and I are guarding Liaodong together, so we should also watch out for each other. How about this, if General He needs it, you can deliver gunpowder and other materials to me, and I will process and manufacture new firearms for you, and teach your people how to use them. What do you think, General He?"

He Shixian thought that he would return empty-handed this time, but he didn't expect Lu Cheng to be willing to process it for him, so he naturally agreed immediately: "No problem, what materials do you need, brother Lu? I will have someone deliver them to you later."

Lu Cheng immediately told all the materials he needed, and He Shixian immediately wrote them down.

In fact, the things Lu Cheng made were not of high technical content, but just some processing of black gunpowder to make its explosion more powerful.

As for more powerful explosives, Lu Cheng also made some, but did not put them into use.

In fact, if he could have a certain industrial foundation, Lu Cheng could even make nitroglycerin, picric acid and so on.

But the current Haizhouwei is still a little small.

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng has already set his sights on some islands along the coast...