Ten days later, the Netherlands finally collected all the indemnities and handed them over to the People's Army, and the People's Army released all the captured colonial officers and soldiers as agreed.

At this time, the People's Army and the Javanese Chinese held a very grand funeral for the soldiers of the People's Army and the soldiers of the farm guard who died in the battle to protect the overseas Chinese in Java.

In fact, this funeral began to be prepared after the end of the battle in Java, because the victory of the People's Army was unstoppable at that time, and due to the hot climate in Java, it was difficult to preserve the remains of the soldiers who had died for a long time, so Shang Jinfeng consulted Qingdao and suggested that the remains of the sacrificed soldiers be cremated and the ashes should be brought back to Qingdao for burial.

The Qingdao side replied to Shang Jinfeng's suggestion, but asked to build a memorial cemetery in Java, hold a grand burial ceremony for the sacrificed soldiers, leave a small part of the ashes of each soldier, and set up a monument in the cemetery together with the sacrificed farm guard soldiers, and also build a large monument and inscribe a record of their exploits and deeds as a memorial. Originally, the heads of the East China Government hoped that this memorial cemetery would be used as a memorial to the brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defend the Chinese people, and on the other hand, it would also be to strengthen the sense of identity and centripetal force of the Javanese Chinese to the East China Government, and to exist as a spiritually oriented holy place, so as to maintain the influence of the East China Government on the Javanese Chinese.

After learning of the opinion of the East China government, Zhang Zhijun immediately expressed his willingness to bear the full cost of building a memorial cemetery, and at the same time set aside a piece of land on the farm as a land for the construction of the cemetery. Although the cemetery has not been completed now, the burial work can be carried out, and it will take at least several months for Bi Jing to complete the entire cemetery. At the same time, the Zhang family also invited someone to make a memorial text.

Although most of the Chinese sheltered by the farm had been dismissed at this time, more than 5,000 Chinese still attended the funeral ceremony, and even more than 300 foreigners came.

At the funeral, Shang Jinfeng on behalf of the East China government, and then Zhang Zhijun on behalf of the Javanese Chinese, respectively, read out the memorial text, to express respect for the victims, and then the soldiers of the People's Army took off their military hats, but saluted in front of the tomb, the honor guard fired guns to the sky, and used mortars as salutes, to pay homage to the victims, and finally everyone worshiped incense in turn. In the following days, every day, Chinese who could not come to pay their respects on the day of the funeral came here to pay tribute to the sacrificed soldiers.

After the funeral, the last of the Chinese who were taken into custody also left the farm and returned to their homes. According to the number of people, the Zhang family gave each person 60 guilders as a temporary livelihood for them. Since Java is a Dutch colony, the currency in circulation is naturally guilders, while the British pound and silver also have a certain amount of circulation, but they are mainly used for foreign trade, and in Java, they are still used guilders. In those days, the guilder was worth about 12:1,60 guilders, which was about 5 pounds, which was a lot of money in those days.

At the same time, the Zhang family also promised that they could hire these Chinese to work. Due to the anti-Chinese incident and the People's Army's action to protect overseas Chinese, it had a serious impact on the economic development of Java, many of the industries of the Zhang family were suspended, and almost all the hired workers, especially the indigenous workers of Java, left, and now that the East China government and the Dutch colonial government have signed a treaty, and peace has been restored in Java, it is time for all industries to restart operations, and it is the time for a shortage of manpower.

Although the Zhang family got more than 2,000 captives captured by the People's Army as labor, but the captives were all Javanese and not easy to manage, because they were a small number of captives with identity after being redeemed by the tribe, most of the captives had no confidence in the tribe, and a few unwilling people wanted to find an opportunity to escape.

However, now there is a People's Army guarding the prisoners, but what should I do if the People's Army leaves, so the Zhang family and the People's Army decided to send these prisoners to Poyizhou (Kalimantan Island), the Zhang family also has a large amount of property in Poyizhou, and sending these people to Poyizhou can also cut off their idea of escaping.

At this time, Li Lihua also officially said goodbye to the People's Army, although after the end of the battle in Java, the residents of Dagon Town have returned to settle down, but Li Lihua and her adopted children still remain on the farm, after all, the East China government and the Dutch government have not yet negotiated, so it is safer for the children to stay on the farm;

And this time, it was the Smith family who sent someone to pick up Li Lihua back to Batavia, and at the same time, the Zhang family and the People's Army sent an invitation, in order to thank them for protecting Li Lihua when the situation was turbulent, so Zhang Zhijun and representatives of the People's Army were invited to the family as guests.

In the past, the Smith family had always regarded the Zhang family as their main business rival, and had used the power of the colonial government to suppress the Zhang family. But now that the power of the Chinese in Java is rising, and the Zhang family is backed by the East China government, its position in Java is unshakable, and the East China government will also infiltrate the power into Java with the help of the Javanese Chinese, and it is impossible to suppress the Chinese as in the past.

Although the Smith family has British nationality, but because of the long-term business in Southeast Asia, the concept is also different from the average British, they do not have the arrogance of the average British, to inherit the flexibility of the British, since they can't be suppressed, then try to contact and communicate, everyone cooperates, and there is a special case of Li Lihua, the Smith family is very interested in Li Lihua's experience during this time, but it is not clear what the purpose of the overseas Chinese to contain Li Lihua, whether it is purely humanitarian or intentionally to show favor to the Smith family, or both, but this is an opportunity, only to see whether the overseas Chinese and the Zhang family accept the recruitment。

After receiving the invitation of the Smith family, Zhang Zhijun was very happy, because the Zhang family had always hoped to establish a personal relationship with the Smith family, and even a marriage, in order to consolidate their position in Java, but because the Smith family's appetite was too great, the asking price was too high.

Although the Zhang family does not need to rely on the power of the Smith family now, if it can be friendly with the Smith family, it is still beneficial to the Zhang family, after all, the Smith family has been operating in Southeast Asia for much longer than the Zhang family, and the current Southeast Asia region is still dominated by Europe。 Moreover, businessmen pay attention to making friends, making money in harmony, multiple friends and multiple roads, and making friends with the Smith family, can also open up European trade channels, one more financial route, why not?

The attitude of the People's Army is similar, and in the case of its own inability to dominate Southeast Asia, of course, there is no need to make too many enemies, and establishing a good relationship with a business family like the Smith family is not only conducive to the steady development of the East China government in Southeast Asia, but also beneficial to the economic development of the East China government. When the People's Army took in Li Lihua, it did have this consideration.

So both sides decided to accept the invitation of the Smith family, Zhang Zhijun represented the Zhang family, and the People's Army sent Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu as representatives, Huang Qingping was Li Lihua's boss during the farm, and was very admired by Li Lihua for her superb medical skills, and she had both the dual identity of a soldier and a doctor, and the doctor could be respected on most occasions, and King Qian was the party who brought Li Lihua from Dagon Town to the farm, in a sense, he was Li Lihua's direct life-saving benefactor, and he had a certain personal relationship with Li Lihua, so these two people are not only suitable, but also can fully display the spirit of the People's Army。

On the one hand, she adopted many orphans, and kind-hearted people generally do not get annoyed with her; on the other hand, Li Lihua helped in the hospital and treated many wounded, which of course made many people grateful, and Li Lihua also had Chinese ancestry, which was also easy for people to accept emotionally. At the same time, Li Lihua received a modern education in the United Kingdom, and she had an appetite for the travelers, so Li Lihua was welcomed by the People's Army.

On behalf of the People's Army, Luo Yue expressed his gratitude to Li Lihua, and at the same time conveyed the East China Government's commendation to Li Lihua, and presented Li Lihua with a medal for saving lives and helping the wounded.

Of course, although they did not get along for a long time, Li Lihua had a very high impression of the People's Army, and this was mainly due to the traditional Chinese education that Li Lihua received since she was a child, so she had a considerable sense of identity with the Chinese; moreover, the People's Army's strict discipline and pro-people style also made Li Lihua very novel, and this style was invisible to the colonial army; in addition, as the main generals of the People's Army, the traversers were not very old, generally between 25 and 30 years old, not a few years older than Li Lihua, and it was naturally easier to communicate with each other when they were close in age, not to mention that although the traversers were young, they had a wide range of knowledge and were extremely rich in knowledge, which also made Li Lihua, who received formal education in the UK, very respectful, and at the same time greatly changed her image of China and the Chinese.

At the time of parting, Li Lihua was also very reluctant, and said goodbye to the traversers one by one with tears, and then left the farm with Huang Qingping, Qian Guoyu, and Zhang Zhijun.