Two days later, Bao Ling's letter was delivered to Xin'an County. In the letter, Bao Ling expressed regret over the conflict between the two sides, expressed appreciation for the peaceful goodwill of the Liberation Army, and also asked the Liberation Army to provide humanitarian treatment to the prisoners, and finally promised to send a negotiation team within three days.

When Huang Fanding finished reading Bao Ling's reply, the survivors who participated in the daily routine work meeting all laughed. The British relented, the battle was basically over, and all that remained was to see how the diplomats translated the victory on the battlefield into practical benefits. The bottom line of the negotiations has been set, first, compensation for military expenditures, the amount of which is being calculated by the Ministry of Finance, the consumption of materials, military salaries, pensions, and food expenses for prisoners of war must all be included, I believe this is a very large amount; The second is to recover Hong Kong, the possibility of the British army retaking Hong Kong by force is infinitely close to zero, I believe that the British should also understand this, but the management committee hopes that this article can be written, so as to make a name for the Liberation Army, and use the loss of land in the Manchu Qing Dynasty to contrast the great glory of the Liberation Army that has recovered the lost territory. Other provisions, such as the abolition of British privileges in China and the ban on the opium trade, were additional. The area controlled by the Liberation Army was so large, and the concessions and treaty ports of the great powers were still in the "enemy-occupied areas," and even if an agreement was reached, it would be a matter of lip service but not real benefit.

However, it is always good that negotiations have begun, and everyone can shift the focus of their work to industrial and agricultural construction. The foundation stone of the power plant began to be laid, and the accompanying coal terminal also began to enclose the land. In addition, the Third Company of the Sect, which had returned from the front line, had only rested for one day, and returned to the work of collecting supplies in the original time and space, trying to get back the time wasted.

After the battle, there is still a lot of work for the Liberation Army to sweep up. Despite the best efforts of the medical department, more than 30 seriously wounded people died in hospital beds, including one survivor. He was hit by a shrapnel during the attack on the Chai Wan Battery, causing massive chest bleeding and failing to get off the operating table. So far, the Liberation Army has lost a total of 133 casualties, including two survivors, in the entire Hong Kong campaign. The two survivors are already alone, and the management committee can only give them the grief after death, and the remaining 131 indigenous soldiers have families in the new time and space, and the bereavement of their families has become the focus of the next work. To this end, the Ministry of Political Affairs has taken the lead, and a working group has been formed in conjunction with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance to take charge of this work.

Longgang District provided a total of 280 soldiers to the Guangfu Army in the two conscription work, and a total of 37 people were killed in this battle, and the work of issuing death notices and pensions fell on the head of Li Weisi, the part-time minister of the People's Armed Forces. The families of the martyrs in the township have been directly notified to come to the district office to collect them, and every time a family receives the paper announcing the death of a loved one, they all cry. At this time, even the survivors who are accustomed to seeing death feel uncomfortable, as if they have taken away each other's sons, husbands, and fathers, so no one wants to find their own happiness and go to watch the parting of life and death.

There was no way, Levi had to call Lu Qinghou, borrowed a squad of soldiers from the 7th Infantry Company, and went out with Pikara and a few hundred taels of silver.

Lu Qinghou has been working in the district government for a period of time, because he is educated, careful and willing to learn, so he is valued by several leaders, and he likes to take him with him when he goes out, which also gives him more opportunities to understand the working procedures and methods of modern government. Although he didn't understand many things, it didn't prevent him from always showing conscientiousness, lest he live up to the chief's expectations. Now his cousins work as nurses in the health center, and the family of three not only has free food and lodging, but also a monthly salary of five taels of silver for the younger couple. I heard the head of Qisma say that in the future, public schools will be built in the district, and the younger brother can go to study for free, and after graduation, he can also find an errand in the government. The long-term displacement has made him cherish his current life immensely.

Levi drove to Dapeng Town first, Dapeng is a town second only to Longgang in the whole region, recruiting many soldiers and killing many people, a total of seven people. Levi first found Zhuang Jihua, the town's "people's representative," in the town, and the "people's representatives" in each town usually do some work of uploading and disseminating, and they have neither the power to supervise the government nor the power to participate in and discuss state affairs. Zhuang Jihua is in his thirties, three generations of natives, owns a grocery store, has a small fortune, and is familiar with people on the ground, so he was recommended to the survivors by Pan Xieqing.

Zhuang Jihua led the way in front, Levi took Lu Qinghou, and a few soldiers carried boxes containing silver, and came to the family of a family surnamed Cheng first. The family has a wife and three brothers who are in their forties, widowed for more than ten years, and the one who hangs up is the second one who is two prosperous, who is in his early twenties this year. After arriving at the army, Cheng Erwang was still looking casual and unruly, and his military training was also mixed, and he was confined twice, and his platoon commander was a thorn in his head. In the battle to attack Hong Kong, he was shot in the head by a British sharpshooter before he could fire a single shot, and he became a martyr in a daze.

Seeing so many officials and military masters suddenly coming, Cheng Erwang's wife and two brothers were frightened, thinking that Cheng Erwang had caused some trouble again, and when Levi showed his intention, the three of them were dumbfounded again. After waiting for a while, Cheng Erwang's old lady Cheng Zhou let out a sad howl, fell to the ground, and cried with a whimper. Although Cheng Erwang will only cause trouble all day long, after all, the meat that fell from his body is gone all of a sudden, how can he not be sad from it! The third Cheng Xiwang was only thirteen years old, and when he heard the bad news at first glance, he also hugged the old lady's leg and cried bitterly, only Cheng Dawang was silent, but his eyes were already red.

The family of three hugged and cried, Levi couldn't speak for a while, at this time any language seemed too pale, and as long as it was not a close relative, it was almost impossible to empathize, so he could only wait by the side. Or Boss Zhuang was afraid that the chief would be impatient, so he walked to Cheng Zhou's half to persuade and half to warn, "Sister-in-law of the Cheng family, Erwang is sacrificing his life for the country this time, and it can be regarded as the glory of the ancestors, don't cry first, the chief still has a charter." The two of them slowly stopped crying, but Cheng Zhou still whispered, "I'm a boy!" I'm a boy! ”

Levi took two steps forward, helped Cheng Zhou up from the ground, and then handed over the death notice. The notice of the Liberation Army's death is modeled after the U.S. military, and the content is nothing more than "Dear Mrs. Cheng, on behalf of the Liberation Army, I would like to express my deep condolences to you, thank your son for everything he has done for the independence, freedom and liberation of the country,...... The payment was made by Li Xiangqian, commander of the third battalion of the infantry of the Liberation Army. "Because the medal system has not yet been finalized, the military merit medal can only be reissued later. After listening to the content of the death notice, the Cheng family didn't know much, but Cheng Dawang stretched out his hand to take it, knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, master!" ”

Levi didn't have much to do about the common people's habit of kneeling when they saw officials, so he could only comfort him with a few words, and then took the prepared silver from Lu Qinghou's hand and held it in front of Cheng Zhou. "Old man, Comrade Cheng Erwang's salary for two months is four taels, the service salary for fighting is five taels, and there are fifty taels of pensions, a total of fifty-nine taels, you can click on it!" Cheng Zhou originally thought that the official would send a few taels of buried silver to send his own house, but he didn't expect to give himself such a large sum of money, and he was at a loss for a while, so he just looked at the cloth bag containing the silver in a daze, but he didn't take it. Boss Zhuang hurriedly came over, "Sister-in-law, thank you for the grace of the chief!" ”

Let an old man twenty years older than himself kneel to himself, Levi is afraid that he will lose his life! Hurriedly supported Cheng Zhou, "The old man doesn't have to be like this, Comrade Cheng Erwang sacrificed for the country, these are what you deserve." Thinking that these dozens of taels of silver were his son's money, Cheng Zhou couldn't help crying again.

Levi had to change the conversation to Dawang, "In the future, the government will give you two taels of silver every month until she dies." You can go to this boss every month to get it. Zhuang Jihua didn't know about this beforehand, and now when he heard that he thought he was going to bleed, his face became ugly. Levi saw it in his eyes and opened his mouth to dispel his doubts, "Don't worry! The money won't make you out of pocket, the government will give it to you on a monthly basis. But the money must be distributed to those who deserve it, and if anyone dares to embezzle, ten heads will not be enough to cut off. After knocking on the boss of the village, Levi looked at Cheng Dawang again, "This money was exchanged for your brother's life, and it was used for your mother's retirement, so you have to do it yourself." The smell of this warning was so strong, Cheng Dawang couldn't understand it, so he had to nod his head again and again.

Levi looked at the thin and small Cheng Xiwang again, and touched the little guy's head, "Your brother is a hero, you will follow him as an example in the future!" In the end, he comforted Cheng Zhou's family again, and then left the Cheng family to go to the next family.

The second family is the side of the Ma family, a big clan in the town, there are only two young people in the family, and the old people above are gone, so they will be sent out by the clan to be soldiers. When she heard the news of her husband's death, the little daughter-in-law, who was only eighteen or nineteen years old, immediately fainted, and Levi didn't care about the difference between men and women, so he immediately grabbed the head of the young martyr and pinched her among the people. After more than ten seconds, the young woman slowly woke up, and then she cried and grabbed the ground as usual. Levi was afraid of causing an unnecessary misunderstanding, so he could only step aside and watch the young woman vent her sadness.

The cry attracted onlookers from the neighbors, and it didn't take long for the people of the Ma family to hear the news and rush over. The leader of the people was an old man in his fifties and sixties, Zhuang Jihua introduced that he was the patriarch of the Ma family, and then explained the chief's intention to the Ma patriarch. Although the patriarch Ma is already full of gorgeous hair, there are not many wrinkles on his face, obviously he has a way of health, and his eyes are full of hope, and at first glance he is an old spirit and an old spirit. Hearing that the children of the clan died on the battlefield, the patriarch of Ma wiped the corners of his eyes, "Fifteen is a good offspring!" It's a pity that it's gone, and I hope that the chief will return the fifteenth corpse to my house, so that he can be buried in the ground, and the villain has thanked him here first. ”

"It doesn't have to be." Levi directly rejected his request, "The soldiers who died in the Liberation Army, regardless of the officers and soldiers, are buried in the martyrs' cemetery, and there are also martyrs' shrines to pay tribute to the tablet, which has been sacrificed for many years, so you don't have to worry about Ma Fifteen's death." ”

"I see." Patriarch Ma nodded, "The lords of the Guangfu Army love soldiers like sons, and they must be deeply supported by their subordinates. ”

"Ma 15 sacrificed his life for the country, and these honors are also deserved by him, and our Guangfu Army will not treat anyone who has shed blood for the country." Levi did not forget to sing the praises of the great glory of the Liberation Army. After speaking, he held Ma Fifteen's share of silver in front of the young woman who was still sobbing, "Brother and sister of the Ma family, Ma Fifteen is a member of our Liberation Army, and now that he is gone, the Liberation Army will be your relative in the future, just tell us if you have any difficulties." Here is Ma Fifteen's military salary and pension, a total of fifty-nine taels, you are good to put it away. So saying, he put the silver at the young woman's feet. Looking up, Levi noticed that there were several onlookers with greedy eyes in their eyes, so he had to take a vaccination. "Patriarch Ma, the widow of the martyr is our sister, your Ma family has to take good care of her, if anyone dares to bully her," he glanced at the people around him, "When the time comes, just come and try if the sword of the Restoration Army is fast enough!" ”