The Haishan area is a border area of Shuiwei, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient, which has led to the economic underdevelopment of the past, which is also the reason why a large number of people in this place have crossed the sea to make a living in the past.

From the middle of the Qing Dynasty to the thirties, after more than 100 years of hardship and hard work, many overseas Chinese have gained a firm foothold overseas and have begun to have money to help their relatives in their hometowns.

There are a lot of people in Haishan who are overseas, and many families in Haishan are abroad, so there are many families in their hometowns who have received overseas assistance. With this overseas assistance, many families in Haishan have been able to live a stable life.

Because there is money, the rich and the poor are also divided, and the bandit industry came into being.

When there are many bandits, many people suffer from them. Even if the people in the county town and the bandits did not dare to come to the county seat, where there was a garrison, and did not suffer from it, there were also many people's relatives or friends who had suffered from this disaster, so the vast majority of Haishan people were dissatisfied with the bandits.

Alas, who doesn't want to have a stable environment to live and work in? Therefore, the crowd who came to see the excitement at the scene also spontaneously chanted earth-shattering slogans along with the organized students, venting their dissatisfaction with these bandits who had earned nothing and endangered the township.

After a long while, the slogan that resounded half of the sky in the county town stopped.

After the soldiers had taken down the bandits who had been sentenced to hard labor, the assembly proceeded to another procedure, which was to publicly commend those who had made meritorious service in the suppression of the bandits.

The person who presided over the commendation was still the county magistrate Xie Changhai in a tunic suit.

The first people to receive the commendation were Platoon Commander Yang and Squad Leader Liu of the garrison.

County Magistrate Xie gave Platoon Commander Yang a commendation: As the leader of the Haishan garrison, he led the troops in a good way, and in this crackdown on bandits, he made outstanding contributions to the local stability of Haishan.

The reward given by the county government to Platoon Commander Yang was: 10 silver dollars and asking for merit from the superiors of the garrison in the name of the county government.

Regarding the reward given by the county government to Platoon Commander Yang, He Xiaojun was a little unimpressed. It is reasonable to say that there is a good way to lead troops, but as for planning and directing this crackdown on bandits, it is a matter of nowhere. However, as the highest official of the local garrison, according to the practice of the countrymen, as long as his subordinates have merit, the leaders also have a merit, so it is only natural that he should be rewarded for the results of this battle.

The commendation speech given to squad leader Liu was: not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, he led the soldiers to encircle and suppress and annihilate the bandits five times his own, and captured the bandit leader, broke up the bandits, and gave the local people a stable living environment.

The county government gave squad leader Liu the same reward as platoon commander Yang, rewarding ten silver dollars, and asking the superiors of the garrison for merit in the name of the county government.

Squad Leader Liu's award, He Xiaojun thinks it is well deserved. After all, in this crackdown on bandits, the squad he led was the main force of the battle, and his recognition, recommendation and implementation of He Xiaojun's plan were also the key to this big victory.

The next award-winning person was squad leader Liu and the nine soldiers in his class, and each of them was awarded three silver dollars.

At that time, the salary for serving as a soldier was one silver dollar per month; The normal expenses of a family in a month are only two silver dollars, so the reward of three silver dollars is not small.

After presenting the awards to the soldiers, the county magistrate read the names of He Xiaojun, the old patriarch, Brother Han, Da Niu and A Guang on the stage.

After He Xiaojun and Da Niu came to power, County Magistrate Xie read out their merits and rewards for this crackdown on bandits.

The evaluation of the old patriarch, Brother Han, Da Niu, Ah Guang and others read out by the county magistrate was: They were not afraid of violence, actively organized the villagers to resist the invasion of bandits, and made every effort to protect the countryside and villagers, and made meritorious contributions to defending their hometowns.

The county government gave the old patriarch a reward of five oceans for each of them. On the county's civilian merit book, credit is credited once.

The county government's evaluation of He Xiaojun this time is high.

The county magistrate Xie read out his evaluation of He Xiaojun in public: A young man from a provincial town, who acted bravely and bravely, assisted Chen Village in killing and capturing many bandits in two anti-bandit battles, and defended the village from being harmed by bandits. In this crackdown on bandits, from giving advice to confronting the enemy, from heroic battles to kicking in bandits' dens, they all worked hard and worked hard to eliminate this gang of bandits, made outstanding feats, and made great contributions to maintaining the tranquility of the water and soil on one side.

When He Xiaojun came to power, he had already attracted the attention of the audience, because he was too young in the eyes of everyone and looked not much older than the students on the scene. Moreover, he didn't look like a martial artist at all.

After County Magistrate Xie finished reading out He Xiaojun's exploits, the audience below burst into warm applause, and also cast more curious and sighing eyes.

In the phalanx of the female students in the audience, there was also a look of appreciation and admiration.

Alas, in that troubled era, heroes will indeed be more admirable, and moreover, they will also be admired more by those pure girls.

He Xiaojun on the stage didn't notice that in the phalanx of the female students in the audience, there were two pairs of eyes looking at him, which was different.

Two pairs of distinctive eyes come from two sisters, they are the two daughters of County Magistrate Xie. The two county magistrates' daughters looked at He Xiaojun's gaze, one pair was very disdainful, and the other pair was extremely admired.

The two daughters of County Magistrate Xie are both studying in the county female teacher, and the two are only one grade apart. The two of them had heard his father's praise for the young man standing on the stage last night.

The person who can make his father, who usually rarely praises people, of course, attracted the attention of his two daughters, and made them curious about the young man in their father's mouth, and wanted to see that the person who made their father praise was the fairy.

After meeting He Xiaojun, the two daughters of County Magistrate Xie with different temperaments had two extremes.

Quiet and dignified, she likes to watch romance and fantasy, and her feeling about the young man on stage is: This young man looks very heroic and spiritual, very similar to the chivalry described in the book, and it is indeed worthy of the name.

And the tricky, lively and eccentric little daughter Xie Huanhuan, her thoughts are completely different from her sister's, she thinks disdainfully: What kind of person is this? Dressed indecently, isn't it a soldier who wears a military uniform? Wearing a military uniform, he doesn't look like a soldier. What is there to praise about such a person?

Of course, He Xiaojun on the stage didn't know the thoughts of the two county magistrates in the audience, and he was listening to their father read out the rewards that the county government had never tasted in his two lives.

The reward given by the county government to He Xiaojun was fifteen oceans more than that of Platoon Commander Yang, and he also recorded a great credit in the county's civilian merit book.

After the announcement of the county magistrate Xie, he came to He Xiaojun and the two of them with the bonus, patted Da Niu's shoulder first, and praised him: What a sturdy man.

The honest big cow smiled unnaturally, pressed the county magistrate's reward, and did not thank the county magistrate for his appreciation. Perhaps, he has never been very good at talking, and on an occasion like this, he doesn't know what to respond to?

After County Magistrate Xie came to He Xiaojun, he handed him the prize and said to him appreciatively: "Your name is He Xiaojun?" What a young and promising offspring. ”

He Xiaojun, who has been a man in two lives, of course, has seen a lot more scenes than Da Niu, and he responded decently: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

"Listen to squad leader Liu, you were a brave general when you went to the battlefield, and you were a good strategist when you gave advice. I didn't think you were so young that you could have this ability. ”

"The county magistrate has won the award, I just have a little research on this aspect, and it just comes in handy this time."

Seeing the demeanor of the young He Xiaojun as a general, he was not arrogant in his merits, and he answered appropriately, County Magistrate Xie couldn't help but love it even more.

After awarding the award, County Magistrate Xie patted He Xiaojun on the shoulder and said: "Xiao He, today, our county has set up a few celebration banquets in Taoranju. ”

"Then I will thank you, the county magistrate, on behalf of Chen Village."

County Magistrate Xie smiled and patted He Xiaojun on the shoulder again, and then came to the stage again, announced the reward for Chen Village that had been announced by the county clerk in Chen Village in the morning, and handed over the guns, ammunition and silver dollars to He Xiaojun and them to take back to the village.