Chapter 186: Surrender Ceremony
"Fellow, let's let's let's go, let's let go."
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, squeeze what you!"
In Longkou, Shandong, the surrender site was crowded with people, and the surroundings were almost crowded with people, and a group of soldiers had formed a circle and no one was allowed to cross it.
Then a voice rang out: "Hey, whose wallet has been dropped." ”
Everyone looked at each other, and a young man squatted down, drilled forward, and immediately got to the front.
"Shameless ......"
"Why do young people nowadays not know how to respect the old and love the young......
"Hey, hey! Hehe! The young man smirked, his eyes kept looking forward, there was only a group of officers from the East China Army on the scene, and it was obvious that the main man had not yet arrived.
After a while, an armored car drove in, and people finally saw the figure of Chairman Xia, Xia Jun got out of the car, took off his military hat and waved it at the people around him, saluting them.
The scene suddenly erupted in huge cheers!
"Why is it so chaotic, who maintains order?" Xia Jun turned his head to Zhou Shunze and asked, Zhou Shunze wiped his sweat and said, "There are too many people, and the on-site facilities are not complete." But safety can be guaranteed. ”
"Hmm!" Xia Jun nodded, looked at his watch, and said, "Then let's start!" The time has also come. ”
"Yes!" Zhou Shunze answered, turned around and went to arrange.
Xia Jun glanced left and right, and saw that in the group of reporters not far away, the camera was clicking non-stop, Xia Jun smiled slightly, and raised his hand to say hello to those reporters.
At this time, the high-ranking officers of the East China Army had already Cai Yi, Cao Kun, Feng Yuxiang and others also greeted them, and welcomed Xia Jun to the upper seat, and the personnel were all there.
Soon, the Army Honor Guard played the 'Army March' and the surrender ceremony began.
On the left side of Xia Jun sat Lin Chenggui, Zhang Jiyu, Yang Lie, and Wu Feng, these four people are known as the four King Kongs of the army, and all of them have real power. Two of them were his old subordinates when he started in Jian'an, and the other two were his students, both of whom were cronies.
On Xia Jun's right sat Chen Xuanyu, Liu Wenhong, Zhang Bolan, Xie Baozhang, Zheng Chengtao and others, belonging to the staff and navy and air force queues.
Others are seated in the second or third row.
The Sichuan Army and the Beiyang Army were arranged in the second row, and the third row was in the East China Army.
Between the three armies sitting down, they were talking in small voices, all of them were full of expressions, and naturally everyone was happy to win the battle.
However, at this time, it is not yet time to reward meritorious deeds, and there are still military operations below. But many people's military ranks will inevitably be mentioned after this war.
There were at least 50,000 or 60,000 people who came to the scene, and these many people came from all over the country and gathered in a small venue, which was indeed a bit chaotic.
But it can't be helped.
The first thing to do was the flag-raising ceremony.
The East China Five-Color Flag, the Navy, Army and Air Force Flags, and the Iron-Blooded Eighteen-Star Flag were all raised.
After the flag was raised, everyone returned to their seats.
Soon, Uchiyama Kojiro appeared under the gaze of everyone, and there were some important personnel of the Shandong Combat Army behind him.
The crowd excitedly shouted "Long live China" and "Long live victory", and the scene was thunderous, while Uchiyama Kojiro looked humble and serious.
Then, the two sides stood at the table, and Uchiyama Kojiro signed the surrender document under the gaze of everyone.
And Xia Jun signed his name on the column of the chief officer after Uchiyama Kojiro signed, and then shook hands with Uchiyama Kojiro with a smile.
Then, Uchiyama Kojiro took out his saber and handed it to Xia Jun.
This saber was given to Uchiyama Kojiro by Emperor Samoto himself, because he was the fourth chief graduate of the Samoto Army School.
Like this kind of saber, Jiang Baili seems to have one, because Jiang Baili won the first place when he was studying abroad.
Xia Jun took the saber and pulled out the saber and looked at it, this knife is indeed very good. The Japanese knife originated from the Tang knife, and later it was said that the book made some changes, and finally evolved into the Japanese knife.
This is a kind of handicraft, although it originated from the Tang knife, but at this time China can not be beaten, the war of the past dynasties has caused China to lose a lot of excellent craftsmanship, such as the Spring and Autumn bronze craftsmanship and so on. This is the so-called lost China, the four frontiers of existence.
For this kind of excellent craftsmanship, it cannot be said that what I have now will be killed with a stick, but we must actively study it and come back and make China's own. They plagiarized many traditional Chinese crafts and then applied for patents internationally...... After Xia Jun took the saber, the officers behind Kojiro Uchiyama stepped forward one after another, pulled out the saber and put it on the table, neatly arranged in a row.
"The surrender ceremony is complete, and everyone salutes."
Everyone saluted, and Uchiyama Kojiro bowed with the military officer.
Next, Zhou Shunze walked to the field with the personnel of the East China Museum and transferred the surrender document and saber to the museum for preservation, the only thing that was not transferred to the museum was the saber that Uchiyama Kojiro handed to Xia Jun, which was kept by Xia Jun as a personal collection.
If the museum wants it, it is okay for people to copy it and put it inside.
As a result, what Xia Jun didn't expect was that the museum was indeed ...... professional, even the tables, chairs and stationery used in the surrender ceremony were transferred to the East China History Museum, except for the saber that Xia Jun was dragging on, none of the others were pulled down.
The crowd cheered "Long live China", and the sound shook the roof tiles and resounded in the sky!
The next day, the major newspapers immediately published a photo of Uchiyama Kojiro signing the surrender document, which meant the complete end of the Shandong war. However, this does not mean the end of the Sino-Japanese war, and this surrender only represents the Shandong army.
All of a sudden, China was in a carnival boom, with some merchants taking the opportunity to frantically discount and reduce prices to attract customers, while others followed suit.
"In order to celebrate the complete victory of the national war, our store has a five-fold blood vomiting sale, just to celebrate the victory with new and old customers......"
"In order to celebrate the defeat of the children of East China, buy one get one free in this mall, and jump off the building to give away ......"
Discounts and buy-one-get-one-free promotions are all over the streets, which stimulates people's enthusiasm for spending, and many people choose to have a meal or buy something to celebrate the big win.
And most of the merchants are not too profitable in this process, after all, they are really here to reduce the price this time.
At this time, the Chinese market is booming, mainly because the people's pockets are getting bigger and bigger, taking the average cotton consumption as an example, the average level of the provinces in East China this year has increased from a pitiful two kilograms at the beginning to 13 kilograms now.
The consumption of farm goods is growing very fast, farm products are consumables, this part of the wealth will be consumed, but this is also an indispensable consumption in society, this consumption is related to the national living standards. At present, the agriculture of the provinces in East China is extremely prosperous, and the prices of agricultural products are mostly high, especially grain and cotton. Coupled with the policy of zero hunger and zero cold, food and clothing for the people are not any problem.
In this period, the most scarce thing is not agricultural products, but agricultural products, which can be described as how many or so on, and what is in short supply is some industrial products.
Many industrial products are immediately sold out as soon as they are produced, such as watches, bicycles, fans, motorcycles, cars, etc., which have a huge market in China at this time.
At present, in East China, when young people get married, they must have 'watches', 'bicycles', 'radios', and 'sewing machines' at home, which are called three turns and one ring, which is very similar to the 80s in later generations, but now in 1915, more than 60 years earlier than the 80s.
These four things are the most fashionable things in China at the moment, but they are not too expensive to afford. In terms of the current workers' wages, it only takes a year for ordinary workers to buy these four things, and their families are scraping together some money to solve the problem, and those technicians with higher incomes can buy them for a few months' wages.
Chinese people are happy to compare themselves when they get married, so now they are moving in the direction of motorcycles, air conditioners, refrigerators and other objects that have been made in China.
As for the house, there is no one to compare, now the house is very cheap, and you can buy it with a mortgage, which is the easiest link to solve.
Not only is the grade of the necessary items evolving in a higher direction, but the pomp and circumstance seems to be getting bigger and bigger, a matter of face!
When getting married, there should be a car to pick up, the banquet should be held in the hotel, etc., and in terms of bride price, the dowry and pomp of the woman in some places are getting higher and higher, and some are the bride price received by the woman is getting higher and higher. Different customs vary from place to place, and it is not the same whether the man gives money to the woman or the woman gives money to the man when getting married.
However, this generally involves the issue of local wealth, like very wealthy places, the woman generally has a dowry when she marries, and the comparison between the woman when she marries is very serious. In some places, they are naked like men asking for money, just like selling their daughters.
It's true that this thing has to do with financial resources, but as urbanization increases, the phenomenon of asking for money has begun to decrease.
After all, the population is transferred to the city, and the city can provide people with food, clothing and stable income, and in many ways there is no need to spend money, and people's more money will be light, especially after the pension system is determined, the state will uniformly issue pensions after workers retire.
With the improvement of the quality of the people and the growth of the new generation, many concepts and customs will change in the future, and the school has begun to evolve into a melting pot, and the students who have been educated have been exposed to new ideas.
Although the Chinese market has a strong demand for these essential items for marriage, foreign goods are not selling, because in the eastern provinces of China, ethnic barriers have been formed in marriage, and they are very strong. Young people who get married recognize domestic goods, because people think that domestic goods are of good quality. If you don't buy domestic products, your relatives and friends will look weird.
These things were quickly sold out at the price of the merchants, especially after the victory on the Shandong front, many young people planned to get married.
At the same time, many of the children born during this period were named "Weiguo", "Guosheng", "Qingjie" and the like, which was a very good era for the people of East China's provinces, an era full of hope, and a dreamlike era that suddenly entered the light from the darkness.
Many of the people of the East China provinces came from other provinces, and they hoped that after this great victory, the East China political axe would stand up and take the lead and bring other provinces under its jurisdiction.
(To be continued)