Chapter 145: The Soldier's Funeral
Qin Dui personally arranged the burial matters, Qin Dui is not short of silver now, and bought coffins for all the soldiers who died in battle, in Qin Dui's opinion, these soldiers who gave their lives for themselves, it is not an exaggeration to prepare a coffin for them at all, in Qin Dui's opinion, a coffin, compared to their lives, is really insignificant.
"Why do adults spend so much money to buy coffins for these soldiers, what a waste of money, just find a cloth to cover it, and bury it directly, isn't it like this in the army?" Li Daring couldn't figure out the behavior of the regiment commander and thought it was a waste of money.
"Yes, how expensive this coffin is, a pair of coffins can buy a war horse." Liu Xiaoshan also said a little puzzled.
"Are you too cold-blooded, you don't want to give them a coffin when they die." Xiaoyu pointed to the two cold-blooded officers with some unhappiness and said.
"Hehe, Miss Xiaoyu, you're right, you two are too cold-blooded."
A few officers on the side immediately responded, joking This little rain girl don't look at the girl, she is the pillow person of our corps commander, if you blow a few words of pillow wind in the ear of the corps commander, the corps commander will not look at his own people a few times.
Qin Duan personally covered the soldiers with white cloth for the dead soldiers, and fiddled with the long knives he used before his death beside them, and spent an hour covering the four hundred and ninety-two dead soldiers with white cloths
"Cover the coffin~~" Qin Duan shouted.
It took a stick of incense for the sergeants to nail all the coffins.
"From~~"
Under the command of Liang Qiming, the deputy commander of the regiment, the soldiers carried the coffin to the location of the cemetery selected in the morning. It was a beautiful little hill.
All the officers followed behind the coffin to give these valiant warriors their last ride, which was also a sign of respect for the dead. Comfort to the living.
"Falling coffin."
After arriving at the place, Liang Qiming commanded.
Soon the soldiers put the coffins into the pits dug in the morning.
"Erect a monument."
Immediately, a soldier put a large stone tablet that had been prepared long ago in front of these tombs, this stone tablet was arranged by Qin Duan to be driven out overnight, fortunately, many skilled craftsmen have been recruited from the refugees these days, and there are several who can carve stone tablets.
At the top of the stele are written several large characters, "Tomb of the Heroes of the First Regiment of Tokugawa Prefecture", and small characters below. It was the name of these dead soldiers, and the final inscription was "Tokugawa County Guard, Commander of the First Army." The thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, February 28. ”
This is the very famous first hero stele of the Chinese Empire, and countless people in later generations came to the northwest to worship these heroes who sacrificed their precious lives for the early days of the Chinese Empire.
History remembers their names. Later generations will remember their names. Although I don't know their origins and positions, their names are stored in the hearts of countless future generations.
"You are all heroes of the First Legion, you fought bravely and dutifully in the battle of the Rogues, and finally unfortunately died heroically, all the people of the First Legion will remember you, and countless people in future generations will remember you. When the Tokugawa Prefecture First Army Martyrs' Shrine was completed, the spirit was moved to the Martyrs' Shrine. Enjoy the incense offering forever. Qin Duan said after bowing three times in front of this stone tablet.
"Although you are dead, you died so heroically, you deserve our respect, you deserve our eternal remembrance, you are like the most obscure in the sky of stars, but you insist on decorating the stars in the beautiful night sky, like the smallest in the sea of flowers, but the most beautiful flowers ......, although you are dead, you died so young, but you will always exist in our hearts, I believe that one day, you will become the heroes of eternal admiration, for future generations to admire, worship ......."
After Qin Du finished speaking, Liang Qiming shouted: "Salute the army!" ”
All the officers saluted the deceased with the Imperial Salute.
"Finished."
After putting down their hands, Qin Du and the others took matters into their own hands and began to fill in the soil with a group of officers, and the soldiers also went up to help, and soon filled the soil.
"With such an adult, it is not unjust to die."
A soldier's eyes were blurred, watching Qin Duan's clothes stained by the mud, and secretly said in his heart that they were all small soldiers and rarely respected by others.
When I was a refugee, there were people starving to death and dying of disease in the shack every day, and the better ones were wrapped in a straw mat, dug a pit and buried them, and almost threw them directly in the wilderness, let the wild dogs eat them, and died here, with coffins, tablets, and a tombstone.
After a qiē is done, the officers offer some wine, meat and fruits prepared in advance, and put them in front of the stele, Qin Duan announced that the Qingming chief officer must pay tribute every year in the future, and then after the ceremony is completed, all the soldiers are still slightly excited in their hearts, they never thought that such a high official could bury ordinary soldiers by himself.
Although they didn't say anything, what they saw with their own eyes was more convincing, and they could also get such respect, Lord Qin's soldiers were dignified, and this was what they summed up from the funeral in their hearts.
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After spending a day and sending off the dead warriors on their last journey, Qin Duan returned to the camp with some sadness.
"Master, people can't be resurrected after death, don't be too sad." Delusion said comfortingly.
"Sometimes I think about it, life is really fragile, a war, so many people die, many of them are children who have not yet started a family."
Qin Dui said sadly, I don't know why after attending this funeral, Qin Dui was particularly sad, looking at the rows of soldiers lying there and never waking up again, Qin Dui felt a deep sense of guilt, if he hadn't brought them to the northwest, these young lives would not have been buried here so early.
"Master, don't be sad, even if they don't come to the northwest with you, they will starve to death sooner or later, I have fled, and I know that it is really ...... on the way to escape."
As she spoke, Little Cherry couldn't go on anymore, after all, recalling the days of fleeing, it really makes people dare not recall.
"Okay, let's not talk about these sad things, have you done the military discipline of our First Legion that I asked you to sort out last time?"
Qin Dui saw that his women could be sullen together, so he changed the topic and asked. Qin Duan understands that from the time he sets foot on the road to the northwest, he will step on the corpses of countless people in the future, and he will become famous and his bones will wither, which is something that cannot be changed.
"Xianggong has already done it, I'll show it to you now." Crazy Dream said, and went to get the draft of military discipline she had sorted out.
"Very good, you guys are well written, you basically understand what I mean."
After reading the draft of military discipline sorted out by the crazy dreams, Qin Duan said with satisfaction that the content of this military discipline is basically completely in line with the content of what he said, but the text has been trimmed, and it looks more smooth and organized.
"Master, this is all the credit of Sister Crazy Dream, and we can't help much." Little Cherry said.
"Crazy dream, thank you for your hard work." Qin Du said.
"Master, the dream is unfortunate and bitter at all, you are hard, besides, anyway, we women don't have anything to do, we can help the master, it's too late for us to be happy, how can we be tired."
Crazy Dream shook his head and said, for Crazy Dream, I can do something for my man, I am very happy, I don't want to be a woman who makes my man ~ vent, but to be a woman who is helpful to my man, after all, there are too many beautiful women in this world, and I also have old age and decay, so what do I rely on to make myself a powerful man remember me when the time comes.
At this point, the crazy dream who grew up in Qing~ Lou is very clear, all she has been thinking about helping her man do something, a few days ago she was in charge of finances with Yulan, and the crazy dream was very happy, but the smart crazy dream knew that this finance, at most, was temporarily in charge, and it would definitely not be able to talk about himself in the future.
"Crazy dreams, or you will be my clerk in the future."
Qin Du said that Qin Du felt that he needed someone he trusted to write important documents for himself, organize some materials, and keep these important documents.
After all, in his own position, some documents are top secret and cannot be leaked out, so he needs a person he trusts extremely to do this job, that is, the secretary of those officials in Qin Du's previous life.
And this crazy dream is her own woman, except for herself, she can be said to have nothing to worry about in this world, and she will never betray herself, so the position of this clerk, the crazy dream is really too suitable.
"What is a clerk?" Little Cherry asked.
"This clerk usually helps the master send and receive some texts, writes a text, and helps the lord sort out important texts." Qin Du said.
"Isn't that an easy job?" Little Cherry asked.
"It's not a simple job, because the texts that I come into contact with are all very high-level texts, which is very important, there can't be a trace of mistakes, the secrecy is very high, and if you are not a very trustworthy person, you can't be this clerk, otherwise there will be problems sooner or later." Qin Du said.
"Master, is this clerk very important?" Magnolia asked.
"yes, it's important."
Qin Duan said with a smile, for this clerk, Qin Duan has his own thoughts, in the future, his own clerk must be his own woman first, preferably except for his own master, they have no other relatives, only in this way can they be the most loyal.
"Sir, can I?"
Little Cherry asked, Little Cherry also wanted to be this clerk, and Little Cherry also wanted to do some things for her master. Be a woman who is useful to the master.
"If you become the lord's clerk, who will take care of the lord's daily life." Qin Du said with a smile.
"Then I won't be a clerk, I'd better take good care of the master, the master won't be able to dress himself yet." Little Cherry said with a roll of her eyes.
"Hehe~~"
Being told by Xiao Cherry that he couldn't wear clothes, Qin Dui really blushed, he had been in ancient times for so long, and Qin Dui was not proficient in how to wear this ancient clothes, and he had that strange head shape. (To be continued......)