To Zhao Xin's surprise, when it came to whether or not to go back during the New Year, Fang Hua was the first person to propose not to go back! But he reacted immediately, thinking of Fang Hua's family situation, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
He decided to discuss with Chen Qingsong about assigning Teacher Fang a life secretary or something. A middle-aged man in his forties rushes into the laboratory as soon as he opens his eyes every day. If he keeps doing this, he might one day become like "Old White".
"I asked, do you have a suitable candidate here?"
Chen Qingsong said in surprise: "Who do you think I am? Director of the Women's Federation? I can't help with this matter."
Zhao Xin was thinking while eating the white fungus soup that Qing He made for Chen Qingsong. "Hey? Where is Teacher Fang's hometown?"
Chen Qingsong wiped his mouth and said: "I remember whether he is from Shandong or Henan? Or he is from Jiangsu."
"I'll go! Your area is wide enough!"
Chen Qingsong's heart moved and he asked, "How about we find him one of the new refugees?"
Zhao Xin thought for a while and said: "I think this is it. You can type a list from the computer; the age should be between 20-30."
"You want to find a widow for Teacher Fang?"
"Widows know how to care for people. Teacher Fang needs to be taken care of. Find someone who is 17 or 18 years old. Who will take care of whom?" Zhao Xin finished the white fungus soup in two mouths, wiped his mouth and was about to leave, but Chen Qingsong stopped him again. Got him.
"You are also engaged now. Can you please stop coming to my place every now and then to eat and drink?"
"Brother, I'm engaged, not in a daze. Wouldn't it be a waste if Miss Qinghe's excellent craftsmanship were only available to you?"
Chen Qingsong laughed and cursed, then suddenly remembered something. "By the way, are you going to Fuldan City tomorrow or are you staying here?"
"I'll go over there, and you'll be fine here. By the way, we have to build roads in the spring. I'm almost exhausted from doing this all by myself."
"I know, I know, we'll start building roads as soon as the dock is built."
"There is one more thing that you need to help me with. I really don't have enough manpower."
"You want me to transfer that Jiang Xiucai back from Soulengji Island? Let me tell you, that person is too obsessed with things. I originally planned to transfer him to Ezo Land next year."
"Ah? So you still have this consideration." Chen Qingsong thought for a moment and said, "Then let's do what you want."
Speaking of those who will not go back during the New Year, in addition to Fang Hua, there are also Liu Sheng, Chen Qingsong, and Wang Yuanfang. Deng Fei and Ding Guofeng were still doing the same thing. In addition to going home for a visit, the two of them also rushed to West Africa to help Zhao Xin supervise the progress of the freighter's transformation; after all, Deng Fei still had to be at the helm of the new ship.
Wu Siyu was chattering, wanting to leave for a while, and wanting to stay with Chen Yin'er for a while.
Zhang Bo wanted to take the money home to see the old man, but he had to come back. If you leave the promising oil company CEO alone, do you want to go back and continue to be a welder? joke! In addition, Zhao Xin also asked him to help order a batch of construction equipment.
Doctor Hong and Director Liu Da will definitely go back this year, mainly because the hospital's medicines and equipment are seriously insufficient and a large number of them need to be purchased. In addition, Fuldan City also needs to purchase a series of equipment such as X-ray machines, operating tables, and B-ultrasounds. Of course, the young couple is only responsible for the shopping, and Zhao Xin is responsible for the transportation.
The last one was Liu Zheng. This kid hadn't been home for two years, so Zhao Xin decided to come and ask about the situation. When Zhao Xin came to the livestock farm office, Liu Zheng was chatting with Yalha. Now Liu Zheng's Mandarin is very good at learning from Yalha, and Yalha has also learned to speak fluent Mandarin.
"Ah! What a rare visitor! When did you, Mr. Zhao, remember my number?" Liu Zheng has been a little depressed recently. He has no part in the battle between the two castles. He deals with horses or pigs, cattle and sheep every day, by the way! There are also chickens, ducks and geese, plus a dozen dogs.
"Sir, you are here! Sit down quickly and I will make tea for you." Yalha stood up with a smile and greeted him helpfully. This old man is now alone. Seven of his ten toes are necrotic. He is already considered a disabled person. Now I work at the racecourse taking care of the horses every day, and my life is pretty good. Zhao Xin looked at Yalha's back and decided to ask Serdan to find a way to let Yalha have a family.
"Don't be busy. I'm going to talk to Liu Zheng about something."
Seeing that the two of them had something to talk about, Yalha said he would go to the stable to see the horses, then turned around and went out.
Liu Zheng was still unhappy and said calmly: "Mr. Zhao, what are you doing today?"
Zhao Xin smiled and said, "Will you go back for the holidays this year?"
When Liu Zheng heard this, he slapped the table and roared: "Of course I want to go back! I'm here every day either delivering horses or helping cows give birth. I'm tired of it!"
"One million! Plus the head of the Guangzhou Trade Office."
Liu Zheng suddenly stopped and asked curiously: "What?"
"Salary. It was promised to you. Also, I believe you have heard that we will land in Guangzhou next year. I have decided to send you to Guangzhou to serve as the plenipotentiary trade representative of the Great Ainu Kingdom."
"Don't fool me!"
"How is that possible? In addition, I will assign you a life secretary. Of course, you should treat her better like your wife. Plus, a platoon of guards will accompany you."
"A gentleman's word!"
"Hurry up and whip your horse." Zhao Xin stretched out his right hand.
"Deal!" Liu Zheng hurriedly held it tightly, thinking: "I want to eat Guangzhou morning tea every day! Kick the British people's ass! I will never serve cattle again!" Thinking of this, Liu Zheng smiled and began to show his loyalty. "Brother Zhao, Mr. Zhao, then I won't go back this year!"
"No! You have to go back this year. In addition to going home to visit the old man, I have a task for you to do."
"What mission?"
"Does anyone know anyone in the fertilizer factory?"
"Yes! My relatives run a small fertilizer factory."
"Then you are the right person for this matter! Get me a complete set of production equipment drawings for small nitrogen fertilizers. By the way, ask the equipment manufacturer for a quotation."
Liu Zheng blinked. He didn't wake up for a long time and asked curiously: "What do you want this for?"
Zhao Xinxin said that this boy was dumbfounded with animals, and explained: "Synthetic ammonia."
"Oh!" Liu Zheng suddenly realized.
Traveling across many miles, those who stay behind have their jobs, and those who return home have purchasing tasks with them.
In addition to ordering a large number of teaching materials, the eight middle-aged and elderly people in the education department also have to buy some experimental teaching equipment. In addition, some people also plan to bring their significant other. When they fell into Zhao Xin's "trap", in addition to their career difficulties, their families also had some financial difficulties, otherwise they would not have come here for the monthly salary of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in the recruitment advertisement.
For Zhao Xin now, anything that can be solved with money is no big deal! So each of Lao You and the others will receive a large bonus and embark on the road home with satisfaction.
As for Zhao Xin himself, in addition to going home, he also planned to go to Europe to find Andrew. Since the last time he talked to Andrew about small ships, he suddenly had another idea these days. He decided to talk to Andrew to see if it was possible to realize it.
In order to bring people back without any accidents, Zhao Xin started eating donkey-hide gelatin every day in the past few days. As a result, Shen Xuan thought he was sick and hurriedly went to Hong Tao privately to inquire.
How do you ask Hong Tao to explain this matter? Alas, I really can’t say! It's all blood and tears.
By the way, everyone in Beihai Town now knows that Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan are engaged, and people come to congratulate them every day. Since Zhao Xin often disappeared without seeing anyone, Shen Jingdan's house was crossed by the refugees who came to congratulate him.
In fact, the main reason why Zhao Xin didn't show up was that he was really afraid of drinking! But he also knew that there was no way to avoid such a big thing. For him, a day is a day.
The various medals produced by the workshop are almost completely based on the styles of later medals, except that the word "August 1st" in the five-pointed star is removed.
Zhao Liang dug out Wang Yuanfang's military medal, made a steel mold through a plaster cast, and then made second-class and third-class merit medals out of bronze and silver respectively. As for the "Commemorative Medals for Executing Combat Missions", they are all cast in bronze, and the names of each combat mission performed are engraved on the back of the medal body.
By the way, to be able to have so much bronze this time and to cast so many medals at once, I really have to thank Fukang'an for the cannons he sent!
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Beihai Town's meritorious service commendation meeting was finally held simultaneously in Beihai Town and Fuldan City. From the military system to the civil affairs system, many people have been commended.
Serdan and his son were awarded second-class personal merit for their outstanding performance in early reconnaissance operations and late combat operations in the campaign. The investigation team he belongs to won second-class collective merit.
The two battalions led by Wang Yuanfang were camped out in the Tongken Mountains and completed the task of completely annihilating the Qing army led by Du Erjia and blocking the Qing army's escape gate to the south. They each received second-class collective merit.
The two soldiers who captured Fukang'an received second-class individual merit.
Dozens of soldiers who died received second-class individual merit.
All participants in this war were awarded the "Commemorative Medal for Executing Combat Missions."
The two companies led by Pan Xiucheng and Li Ji were awarded third-class collective merit for successfully completing the task of capturing Songqian City.
Members of the Thor's navigation team led by Deng Fei won first-class collective merit for completing multiple combat and refugee transfer missions over the past two years; some sailors received second-class individual merit.
The civil affairs department won the third-class collective merit. Some outstanding personnel received third-class personal merit, including Liji's wife Shino, Wan Zao's wife, etc.
The medical department won the notification award, and the first responders participating in the battlefield won the third-class collective merit.
The Beihai Town Public Security Police Force received a notification award, and all security police officers received an additional month's salary as a bonus.
As for Zhao Xin themselves, they decided not to participate in this selection and will talk about it later. However, all the time travelers received a combat medal.
At this meeting, the workers from Soulengji Island also returned to Beihai Town. These guys who were captured last year and then dug gold mines for nearly a year, looked at the crowd on stage and off stage, but felt only bitterness in their hearts.
When they heard that Beihai Town had reached an agreement with the court and was preparing to release the captives next year, some people eagerly chose to leave, while others chose to stay.
The Meritorious Service Award Ceremony was over, and all that was left was the regular event - a dinner party, and then everyone went back to their homes, each busy with his or her own business.
Zhao Xin, who was in Fuldan City, was still drunk and fell to the ground. Originally, he planned to use water to get through, but was discovered by Ding Guofeng. It's over now! Since he planned to get engaged, celebrate the wedding and have a meal together, naturally everyone would not let him go. However, after Zhao Xin fell down and was dragged back to the dormitory by Liu Sheng, little A Miao, who had been paying attention to Zhao Xin, also came and took care of him all night long.
There was laughter and joy in Beihai Town and Fuldan City, but the atmosphere in the Qing prisoner camp was getting worse and worse. Many people even sighed when listening to the storytelling, and even sat on the bed wiping tears.
Liu Sheng also felt sympathy when he found out. Forget it, who doesn’t eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year? So he ordered the warehouse to allocate eight tons of white flour to the prison camp every day on New Year's Eve and the first day or two of the first lunar month. At the same time, he also ordered a lot of oil, salt, radishes, and pickled fish, and even gave each person four taels of frozen food. beef.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, when the listless Buddha Biao, a soldier wearing a white flag, and several other companions came to the gate of Camp No. 5 to receive the day's rations, they found that what they were given today was actually snow-white flour and a large amount of meat and vegetables. He was amazed.
"Master Bing, are you sending the wrong thing?" The honest Buddha asked stammeringly, fearing that the guard had sent the wrong thing.
"That's right. This is an order from our leader, so that you can have a good meal during the Chinese New Year! Today and tomorrow. In addition, from noon to night, we will perform a show for you."
"Ouch!" Buddha couldn't believe his ears. He quickly bowed and bowed to the guard. "Buddha and Bodhisattva bless! Buddha and Bodhisattva bless!" I don't know whether he was talking about blessing himself or thanking the soldier for the "palm" he said.
"After you eat, come back next year and beat us again!"
"Don't dare! Don't dare! If anyone wants to start a fight with the soldiers again, I will be the first to refuse."
"Haha, that's nice to say. What if it's your emperor?"
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In the cellar, Enhai, Guanbao and other generals were dejected. They heard a clang on the door, and Fo Biao and others walked in carrying things.
"Buddha, are you stuck eating cornmeal? What are you doing in the cold weather?!"
"Sir, look, some good things have been handed out today!"
"Good stuff? Is it sweet? Look, you are so happy that your butt is blooming." Enhai taunted the other person and walked over with his shoes on. As a result, he was stunned when he saw what was in the Buddha's hand.
"White noodles! Meat!"
"There are also oil, salt, radishes and fish. These are all distributed today."
The official security sneered. He didn't believe that the rebels in Beihai Town would be so kind, so he got out of bed, stepped forward, and tore open the dough pocket.
"Oh my God! This noodle." Enhai smelled the tangy aroma of wheat, pinched a handful and put it into his mouth, smacked it twice, and said in disbelief: "This fucking noodle is really white, the best one." kind!"
Upon hearing this, all the prisoners in the room also came over, and one of them pinched a little and put it in his mouth to taste.
The officer didn't eat, so he sat back on the bunk and murmured, "Why are they so nice to us?"
Enhai said: "Whatever, let's eat and drink first. Grandma, I haven't smelled the smell of meat in months!"
Fo Biao and others said: "My lords, shall we make dumplings today?"
Enhai looked at the expectant expressions on the faces of the people around him, waved his hand and said: "That's it! By the way, are you jealous? How can you eat this without jealousy!"
Another assistant leader shouted: "Hurry! Go get a kitchen knife to chop the stuffing! If you go late, you have to wait until others have used it!"
Enhai shouted at the Buddha's back: "Ask them for a bottle of vinegar! It's better to get some garlic!"
(End of chapter)
