To Zhao Xin's surprise, when it came to whether he would go back during the New Year, Fang Hua was the first person to suggest that he would not go back! But he reacted immediately, remembering that Fang Hua no longer had a home, 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 would rush into the laboratory as soon as he opened his eyes every day. If he continued like this, he might one day
He really turned into a character like "Old White".
"I asked, do you have a suitable candidate here?"
Chen Qingsong said in surprise: "You think of me as the director of the Women's Federation? I can't help with this matter."
Zhao Xin was thinking about it while eating the white fungus soup that Qinghe 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. If you find someone who is 17 or 18 years old, who will take care of whom?" Zhao Xin finished the white fungus soup in two mouthfuls, 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 am engaged and not in a daze. Wouldn't it be such a waste if Miss Qinghe's excellent craftsmanship is given to you all to yourself?"
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, the road construction will start after the dock is built." Chen Qingsong seemed to have remembered it accidentally, and said to Zhao Xin: "There is one more thing, you have to help, 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 busy thinking. 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 for the New Year, besides Fang Hua, there are also Liu Sheng, Chen Qingsong, and Wang Yuanfang. Deng Fei and Ding Guofeng are still on the same road. In addition to going home for a visit, they will also rush to West Africa to help Zhao Xin supervise the freighter.
The progress of the transformation; after all, Deng Fei still needs to be at the helm of the new ship, so he had better get familiar with it in advance.
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 the promising oil company CEO didn't do it, how could he go back and continue to be a welder? What a joke! In addition, Zhao Xin also asked him to help
Order a batch of construction equipment.
Dr. Hong and Director Liu Da will definitely go back this year. The main reason is that 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 X-ray machines, operating tables, B-ultrasounds, etc.
series of equipment. Of course, the young couple is only responsible for purchasing, 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 Yaerha. Now Liu Zheng’s Manchu and Yaerha
Ha learned very well, and Yalha also learned to speak Mandarin fluently.
"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! 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 helped to greet him. This old man is now alone, with three fingers missing and two toes missing.
He is a disabled person. Now he takes care of the horses at the racecourse every day, and his 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 am either delivering horses or helping cows give birth here every day. I am tired of it!"
"One million! Plus the person in charge of the Guangzhou Trade Office."
Liu Zheng suddenly stopped and asked curiously: "What?"
"The salary is what I promised you. In addition, I believe you have also 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 and thought to himself: "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 at home 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 so dumbfounded with the 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.
In addition to ordering a large number of teaching materials, the eight middle-aged and elderly people in the education department also had to buy some experimental teaching equipment. In addition, some people also planned to bring the other half of their families over. They were able to fall into Zhao Xin's "trap"
"In addition to career difficulties, my family also has some financial difficulties, otherwise I would not 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 handsome bonus and embark on their journey 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 other ideas these days. He decided to talk to Andrew and see See if it's possible.
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? Oh, I really can’t say it! It’s all blood and tears when I talk about it.
It is said that everyone in Beihai Town now knows that Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan are engaged, and people come to the door every day to congratulate them. Since Zhao Xin often disappears without seeing anyone, Shen Jingdan's house was trampled by refugees who came to congratulate him. threshold.
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, it was only a day that he could delay it.
Zhao Liang dug out Wang Yuanfang's military medals, made a steel mold through a plaster cast, and then made second-class and third-class merit medals out of bronze and silver respectively; there were not many first-class merit medals, and they were made of gold and silver. 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 Commendation Conference was finally held simultaneously in Beihai Town and Fuldan City. Many people from the military system to the civil affairs system received awards.
Due to their outstanding performance in the early reconnaissance operations and later combat operations of the campaign, Serdan and his son were awarded second-class individual merit respectively. The reconnaissance team they belonged to received second-class collective merit.
The two battalions led by Wang Yuanfang were camped out in the Tongken Mountains, completed the task of completely annihilating the Qing army led by Duerjia, 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 sacrificed their lives received second-class personal 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 the third-class individual 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 himself, they decided not to participate in this selection and will talk about it later. However, all the time travelers received a combat commemorative medal.
At this conference, the workers from Soulengji Island have also returned to Beihai Town. These guys who were captured last year and dug gold mines for nearly a year looked at the crowd on stage and off, but felt only bitterness in their hearts. .
When they heard that Beihai Town had reached an agreement with the imperial court and was preparing to release the prisoners next year, some of them eagerly chose to leave, while others chose to stay.
After the meritorious service awards ceremony was over, 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. Originally, he planned to use water to get through, but was discovered by Ding Guofeng. Now it was over! Since he planned to get engaged and celebrate the wedding, everyone
Naturally, he 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 wouldn'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 the eve of the New Year and the first day or two of the first lunar month, and at the same time, oil,
A lot of salt, radishes, and pickled fish were also prepared, and each person was even given four taels of frozen beef.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, when the listless Buddha Biao, a soldier with 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, did you issue the wrong thing?" The honest Buddha Biao asked stammeringly, fearing that the guard had given out the wrong thing.
"That's right. This is an order from our chief, so that you can have a good meal during the Chinese New Year! It will be available today and tomorrow. In addition, today from noon to night, we will give you a continuous opera."
"Ouch!" Buddha couldn't believe his ears. He quickly slapped the guard, bowed his hands and said, "Buddha and Bodhisattva bless you! Buddha and Bodhisattva bless you!" He didn't know that he was talking about blessing himself.
Still thanking the soldiers for the "palm".
"After you eat, come back and beat us next year!"
"Look at what you said, that's impossible! Absolutely not possible! 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 tired of eating cornmeal? What are you doing in the cold weather?!"
"Sir, look, some good things have been handed out today!"
"Good stuff? It's honey? Look, you're so happy that your butt is blooming." Enhai taunted the other person while walking over with his shoes. When he saw what was in Buddha's hand, he was also stunned.
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"White noodles! Meat!"
"There are also oil, salt, radishes and fish. These are all distributed today."
The official security officer 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 each 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!"
At this time, Enhai shouted at the back of the Buddha: "Ask them for a bottle of vinegar! It's better to get some garlic!"