Sunan, Duan Renzhi, and Ma Dezhong all got up before dawn this day, but the night before, the three of them fell asleep very late, and each slept for less than two hours.

But there was not a trace of tiredness on their faces, and they even had a feeling of refreshment.

Because today is an extraordinary day, they will be honored by the headquarters together with the combat heroes selected by the various departments of the Navy.

It is said that in addition to various material rewards, His Royal Highness the Taisun will personally give these unmarried soldiers and mothers-in-law.

This also made the soldiers who were already married annoyed, where could they marry a good wife for these poor soldiers, but the wife of Taisun Fa was a beauty from all over the world, and there was a big difference.

However, the grandson did not favor one over the other, although he didn't give them a wife, but everyone would send a beautiful Dongying girl, whether it was a concubine or a servant, it was okay.

Even if you don't want it, sell it, and in today's market, the value of the outstanding Dongying woman is not low. The cheap one is about twenty taels of silver, and the expensive one is worth more than one hundred taels.

"Brother Nan, you said that if you really split up a mother-in-law, should you stay in the capital or send it back to your hometown?"

Ma Dezhong pouted and said: "Of course you stayed in the capital and sent back to your hometown, who will give you a warm bed?" ”

He was an orphan with no father or mother, so he had no worries.

But Sunan and Duan Renzhi are different, especially Sunan, as the eldest brother, he has a responsibility for the whole family.

What's more, he has left all the bounties at home now, and it is not easy to settle down in the capital.

The housing prices in the capital have been getting higher and higher over the years, and the price of a two-entry courtyard is seventy or eighty taels of silver, and if the location is better, the price is even more outrageous.

After settling down, you have to worry about the family's food and drink, relying on money alone, although you can live a life, but you are also tight.

Let a beautiful woman live a hard life with her, this seems too much to say.

But it's different to send him back to his hometown, anyway, he is now also the thousand president of Liupin, and he has a hundred acres of land at home, he doesn't need silver to eat and drink, and he can help him manage a few small ones.

But if he really sent it back, he was a little reluctant!

The three of them discussed, except for Ma Dezhong, who was going to buy a house and settle down in Beijing, the other two still didn't make up their minds.

It was getting dark, the camp whistle sounded, and it was time for morning exercises.

The three of them were all promoted from small soldiers, and the original Sunan was just a general banner, but now he has become a battalion commander.

After returning from Dongying, the navy was reorganized, and he was in charge of four generals, plus a battalion led by himself, a total of five ships, and nearly 1,000 combat troops plus logistics personnel.

Sunan knew that his foundation was thin and his management experience was poor, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and he took the lead in every training and tried his best to be the general manager of Qian.

But fortunately, there are a total of four generals, Duan Renzhi and Ma Dezhong are his brothers, so of course they obey him.

Although the other two put the general manager a little down on their three colleagues who had taken the shit luck, the reputation of capturing dozens of Dongying royal families was there, but they didn't pull back.

Although Sunan is inexperienced, he is good at learning and does not put on a show, so at present, the atmosphere in the whole battalion is not bad.

First of all, a ten-mile long-distance run, which is a morning exercise task that everyone in the navy must complete every day. Then there are a variety of different training programs depending on the responsibilities.

After the morning exercise, when it was time for breakfast, the sound of the whole water village suddenly became noisy.

Duan Renzhi didn't even want to eat, so he wanted to go back and change into his new military uniform, and then go to the Shuizhai headquarters to meet up with the naval combat heroes of the other departments who lived there and enter the city together.

Because of this, he was teased again by Ma Dezhong. In fact, Ma Dezhong himself has some impatient feelings.

During the meal, Sunan arranged military affairs to Bian Cheng, the deputy general manager. Bian Cheng is a veteran soldier, and he is in his early forties this year. He is not fortunate like Sunan, and he has been the general manager for several years.

So the boss also saw Sunan's lack of experience, so he arranged an experienced deputy for him.

And Bian Cheng's personality is relatively mild, and after contacting Sunan for a period of time, he can also see that although this person is young, he is mature and steady, brave in battle, and has great merit.

As long as the luck of such a person is not too bad, the future is limitless. So even if it was to save some incense, he decided to do his best to help southern Jiangsu stabilize the situation.

After the meal, the three of them went back to their barracks, and under the service of the soldiers, they washed up and changed into brand new military uniforms.

When they arrived at the headquarters of the Shuizhai battalion, the commander Qian Zhuang was already waiting in the lobby with a group of generals. What surprised them even more was that Meng Ying, the deputy admiral of the First Fleet, was also sitting in the lobby.

Seeing a large group of generals looking at the three of them with a smile, the excitement of the three of them turned into panic, and they hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted. "Xiaguan Sunan and Duan Renzhi, Ma Dezhong meet your lords."

The First Fleet is Taisun's own army, and there has never been a post of chief soldier and commander, and Baoding Hou Meng Ying is the highest commander of the First Fleet.

Baoding Hou Meng Ying is quiet and silent, likes to read, and is good at riding and shooting. The corporal of his lover lives like a Confucian student.

But the command of the army is clear and solemn, the troops are awe-inspiring, no one dares to commit crimes, and you can be honest and hold your body, and win selflessly.

In the First Fleet, almost everyone respects him, and even Sunan regards him as an idol.

Meng Ying waited for them to finish saluting, nodded with a smile and said: "If it is really three tiger generals, although it is not a battle today, but you are especially victorious, today you represent the First Fleet, representing the new Jiangkou Shuizhai battalion." Go to headquarters, and don't fall into the name of our First Fleet. Have you seen the other heroes? ”

Sunan clenched his fists and replied: "Two days ago, I met the heroes of the four fleets from all over the world one by one, compared to them, we are just luckier, and we dare not say anything. ”

Meng Ying nodded and said, "If you can recognize your own shortcomings, you have to catch up." …… It's not too early, so we're going to pick up the other heroes and go into the city together. ”

Meng Ying spoke, naturally no one refuted, and everyone followed him to the protocol together.

The concierge house is the guest room of the new Jiangkou Water Village, which is the main base of the First Fleet, and the First Fleet comes here every day to deliver messages, and there is an endless stream of office people, most of whom live directly here.

This time, the Navy held a commendation meeting for combat heroes, and most of the combat heroes from the First Fleet lived here, and they only entered the city together today.

Most of these people were representatives elected by the various departments of the Navy, and after the verification of the combat merits of the headquarters, some of the merits were removed, and forty-three people remained.

All of them are the credit of their lives, and some of them are not lightly injured, and they are all disabled. Compared to them, Sunan really feels that he has gone through shit luck.

The forty-three of them, along with the generals of the garrison and above of the various departments, boarded the two boats. Because they want to sail on the Qinhuai River, these two boats are not big, and there are more than 100 people in total, which is just full.

An hour later, the ship arrived at the dock outside the Guanghua Gate, and everyone disembarked together, lined up their battle teams, and entered the city gate majestically.

When they arrived at the Navy Headquarters on Xiejie in Chang'an, they found that they were the last to arrive.

The remaining battle heroes of the three fleets, because they all live in the city, they came earlier. However, there was no meeting scheduled this morning, just a meeting, a dinner, and a meeting in the afternoon, so it didn't matter if it was late.

However, the generals of the First Fleet, led by Meng Ying, were still teased with a little envy by the generals of the other fleets.

Sunan and they are just small characters, although they are the protagonists today, there are not many people who pay attention.

Those battle heroes like them were also sitting at the back of the venue with a little nervousness and anticipation at this time, whispering together in groups of three or five.

Sunan saw that there was no place in the back, and they didn't dare to sit in the front, so they could only squeeze in the back one by one.

A group of generals dressed as paperwork sent each of them a schedule, and they all took it in their hands and looked at it.

Originally, they thought it was just a commendation, and they were afraid that it would end soon, but after looking at the schedule, they realized that this commendation meeting would be held for three days.

Beginning this afternoon, all of them, a total of 120 combat heroes, will take the stage to give speeches and tell their meritorious deeds. Some teams that have made meritorious contributions in combat can also come to the stage together and send a representative to speak.

And each team has a quarter of an hour, and it's not enough to talk about it. Therefore, this arrangement immediately made those who were clumsy complain.

Especially if you want to find someone to help, you can't do it.

Of the forty-three members of the First Fleet, many of them have made meritorious contributions in the team, like Sunan, they are three people together.

And there was a well-spoken Duan Renzhi among them, so this task was assigned to him by the remaining two people without saying anything.

"Brother Nan, Brother Zhong, it's okay for me to talk nonsense, let me speak in front of the generals and the grandson, I can't say it!"

"Then we don't care, who makes your mouth the sharpest."

"Then what am I talking about?"

"It's not like it's said above, just tell the story of the meritorious service."

Duan Renzhi's face became even more embarrassed, could he say in front of everyone that he was just because of diarrhea, the blind cat touched the dead mouse, and caught a group of Dongying royal families?

What's more, although the other party has a large number, because the Ming army is nearby, only a few people were killed, and all surrendered.

Fortunately, their coming to power was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, let's see what others say first, and then ask the garrison Guo Jun, the commander Qian Zhuang and them, what should they say when they come to power.

And the material rewards they are most concerned about will be distributed on the last day, and I don't know if there is really a wife to send it.

At the same time, in the public house of Zhu Zhanji of the Navy Headquarters, he met with his uncle Zhu Youstew and several literati who had expertise in screenwriting.

These literati are not only drama masters, but also popular script writers.

Since the late Yuan Dynasty, scripts and dramas have replaced the poetry of the previous dynasties and become the most widely used literary and artistic forms, and have also attracted a large number of literati who have no career to compete.

Like "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", they have only come out in recent decades, and they have been liked by many people as soon as they came out.

In addition to these far-reaching masterpieces, some scripts describing the pleasures of the boudoir are even more popular.

Today's Jianyang, Fujian Province, is the largest printing base and publishing base in the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of scripts, dozens of new copies can be produced every day, and then transported to all parts of the country.

There is no censorship department in the Ming Dynasty today, so that most of these scripts are known for being obscene and immoral.

But at this time, those Confucian elements did not come out to shout, because the customer group who bought these scripts was originally them.

Ordinary people don't even know the words, and they are reluctant to spend money to buy this kind of script.

"In the past few days, every combat hero will come to the stage to tell the story of his meritorious service, and you have to choose some representative people and make up their stories into a script or a play. Like those who bravely kill the enemy and fight to the last man, it is even more necessary to vigorously publicize it. The script comes from reality, but it doesn't have to be limited to reality, you can add some storylines that can resonate with ordinary people, and write every story to make people like to watch.

"In addition, if you think which story is more liking, you can also check their information in the Navy's records, or you can directly find those heroes and ask more clearly. The purpose of all this is to vigorously publicize their stories and let the common people know that there are such people who shed blood and sweat for the country. ”

Zhu Youwei watched Zhu Zhanji assign tasks with those literati, but he sincerely felt a sense of admiration for this nephew. He is less than twenty years old, and he has actually understood how to influence people's mentality through big dramas and words.

And he seems to attach great importance to this kind of propaganda, and even wants to set up a new department for this purpose.

He was summoned by the emperor two days ago, only to know that he had already told the emperor about it, and the emperor seemed to have no intention of stopping it, and even hinted that he could put himself in charge of this department.

If that's the case, he's the first person in the clan!

This nephew is really too wicked, and he doesn't know how to describe him. Compared with him, his brother, although he is the crown prince, is not a little worse than the power in his hands.

It was almost noon, Zhu Zhanji finally appeared, and his appearance made everyone excited. Especially those combat heroes, their brigade is from a low background, and the highest position is only a garrison.

Now that they can be personally received by their grandson, these rough men who have broken hands, lame legs, and blind people who don't frown are excited and tearful.

For them, this is a blessing that they have cultivated in eight lifetimes!

After a relatively light lunch, everyone went into the synagogue together.

This time, however, in the lobby on the first floor, all the seats were labeled with their names on them. Except for the first row left for Zhu Zhanji and Liu Jiang, Zheng He and the chief officers of the four fleets were written on the names of battle heroes one by one.

The other generals, who had become supporting actors at this time, sat on the second and third floors, sitting around and listening to the speeches.

(Kavin, I didn't complete the task today, I owe you 4,000 words in two days, and Kavin will definitely make up for it in the past.) ）