Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

He Jianbai held a huge celebration banquet, and the protagonists were naturally the military and civilian generals who had made contributions in the city defense battle.

Among the soldiers and civilians in Guangzhou, the one who has made the greatest contribution is undoubtedly Chen Kun, who is naturally the protagonist of this banquet.

Compared with his previous carefree appearance, Chen Kun has become much more taciturn now, and he can be said to be a completely different person.

Of course, the most eye-catching general among the reinforcements was Hou Yao. He Jianbai and Hou Yao were old acquaintances and had a teacher-student relationship, so He Jianbai just pulled him to sit at the same table.

As for the officials of the higher-ranking Chief Secretary of Guangdong, they have not returned yet.

As soon as the war started, these big guys were all sent out of the city, and now they are all staying in Shaozhou Fucheng.Even if I receive the news right away, it will take at least ten days before I can get back.

The others were senior generals in the Baoan army, people's representatives and local gentry who had contributed greatly during the defense of the city.As well as merchants who donated supplies to defend the city.

This time the siege suffered heavy casualties among the soldiers and civilians, especially an old man surnamed Wu who was one of the people's representatives. Three young and strong laborers in his family were all killed in the battle. Now the only three generations left in the family are orphans, widows, and two old people. I don’t know how I will spend my days from now on.

Although people are at the table, they feel like they have lost their souls.There are more than one or two people in this situation, so it is called a celebration. In fact, the festive atmosphere of the banquet is not strong.

He Jianbai reluctantly called on everyone to have three drinks together, and then began to invite the princess to enter.

The real protagonist of the banquet was Ji Wenjun. She actually arranged the banquet. He Jianbai was just the host.

This banquet was held, firstly, to celebrate success, and secondly, to remove Hou Yao from the position of commander of the army.

Having her come forward to celebrate the army's service is tantamount to announcing to the world that she is commanding this army.It was only because she was inconvenient to come forward as a woman that Hou Yao led the army on her behalf.

Everyone was grateful that the princess came out to thank everyone in person, but most of them still looked sad because of the tragic death of their family members and their future livelihood.

Of course, this situation was already considered when inviting people's representatives.In fact, she was prepared for this situation.

Ji Wenjun first gave a speech of thanks, but then changed the topic and talked about the issue of future livelihood that everyone is most concerned about.

"Dear fellow villagers, first of all, on behalf of the Daxia royal family, I would like to thank you all for your sacrifice for the country. At the same time, I would also like to apologize to everyone.

Because your family members are not members of the military, they cannot receive pensions from the court, nor can they enjoy the same treatment as soldiers who died in battle.

Here, the princess asks everyone to forgive the court for its incompetence. The court is also in a very difficult situation. I am sorry for everyone. "

With that said, Ji Wenjun bowed deeply to everyone three times.

Everyone present, whether they were officials, generals, squires, wealthy businessmen or ordinary people, everyone exclaimed.

It is definitely the first time that royal people salute non-royal people, or bow three times.

And this matter actually has nothing to do with the princess, but she just apologized to everyone.

Everyone hurriedly knelt down to return the gift. No one dared to accept such a gift from the princess.

Of course, except Hou Yao who fished among the crowd.

After saluting, Ji Wenjun asked everyone to stand up, and then said:

"The squires and wealthy merchants here, your merits have to be negotiated by the Guangzhou government. It is inconvenient for me, the princess, to do it for you. Therefore, here today, I only want to express my gratitude to all the people who sacrificed their lives for the country in this battle to defend the city. Some compensatory arrangements. I, Daxia, will never let the families of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country shed blood and tears. Now, the magistrate of Hou will announce the details of compensation for the meritorious people."

Hou Yao trotted all the way to the princess, cleared his throat and said:

"Yesterday the princess came to me and said that all the people who participated in the defense of the city are heroes. We cannot let the heroes bleed and shed tears. Therefore, I want to come up with a charter and how to properly arrange everyone. I have thought about it. If it is just a simple I am afraid that for many people, not only will it not be able to bring some changes to everyone's lives, but it will even cause disasters.

Especially if there are only orphans and widows left in the family, sudden wealth will not only be useless in changing their livelihood, but will also attract the covetousness of bad people and cause unwarranted disasters.

Therefore, I believe that the future livelihood problem that everyone is most worried about can be solved most safely and reliably by everyone using their own labor. Therefore, I have decided to open some new industries that require labor. The legacy of all martyrs can be Give priority to working in your own industry. The salary of these jobs is no less than one tael of silver per month, which should be able to solve all your future livelihood problems.

Now that the legacy issue has been resolved, I will announce the decision on raising children, especially orphans. All the children of common people who sacrificed their lives in this war will be able to attend the newly established civilian college in Baoan County for free, with room and board. All children are free of charge. Orphans will receive an additional three hundred copper coins per month as living allowance from the school until the child is 16 years old. Men and women are treated equally.

Finally, regarding the issue of support for the elderly, elderly people with martyrs in their families, widowers, widowers, orphans, or singles can enter the Baoan County Nursing Home or be cared for by relatives at home.The relative who is responsible for taking care of the elderly can receive a monthly care fee of [-] copper coins until the death of the elderly person. If the elderly person under his care dies peacefully, he or she can receive one more year of care fees.If an elderly person was abused before his death, not only will he not receive care fees, but the government will also demand reimbursement of previous care fees.In short, it is to ensure that the elderly can enjoy their old age.

The above are the compensation measures discussed by the princess and the official. If you have any questions, you can go to the Baoan County Nursing Home and ask. "

After Hou Yao finished speaking, the representatives of the people fell to their knees one after another. Some shouted "Hou Qingtian" and some shouted "The princess is a living Bodhisattva". The scene suddenly became an out-of-control chaos. Of course, everyone cried with joy.I'm not afraid of anything unexpected happening.

The common people who can participate in the defense of the city are undoubtedly the heroes of this country. For the hero's home, Hou Yao cannot let the heroes bleed and shed tears, so a large gift package is arranged for the heroes' whole families.

It's just that he can't do things to please the soldiers and the people, and give people excuses, so these arrangements can only be made under the banner of the princess.

The people were happy, the squires and businessmen also received compensation from the yamen, and the soldiers had their own rewards from the court. Everyone was happy, and the atmosphere reached a climax.

But the only unhappy person at the scene may be He Jianbai. Hou Yao did everything he should bear responsibility for.

But can he be as generous as Hou Yao?

How is that possible? Even if you sell him to the Yamen, you won't be able to get so much money.There is also food to feed so many people, which is simply an astronomical figure.

Of course, this little money is just a drop in the bucket for Hou Yao. Who knows that he has the ability to make money?

After Ji Wenjun finished his play, he left the table and entered the inner hall with people singing his praises like a tsunami.

He Jianbai pulled Hou Yao's sleeve and complained:

"Jieqiu, you are putting my teacher on the fire. Your Bao'an County is under the rule of Guangzhou Prefecture, but now you are acting on behalf of the Prefecture to provide peace to the people. How can you be so embarrassed as a teacher?"

Hou Yao said apologetically:

"Teacher, didn't the princess talk to the students about this? The students were also forced to do so. Besides, the people are really pitiful. A total of tens of thousands of people died in the battle to defend the city this time. Aren't the students also worried about their livelihoods? .”

He Jianbai smiled bitterly:

"You are doing this for their livelihood, but you are also poaching teachers. Jieqiu, this is not okay. After all, Guangzhou City is a prefectural city. Now it is far worse than your Bao'an County in every aspect. We already have The friendship between teachers and students is there, you have to help me no matter what, even if it is not as good as your Bao'an, you can't lose to other prefectures and counties."

Hou Yao thought for a while and said:

"Teacher, Bao'an and Guangzhou are neither far nor close. There is Dongguan County in the middle. Even if many industrial students want to develop in Guangzhou, they really can't take care of Guangzhou city. Otherwise, as the saying goes, If you want to be rich, build a road first. Let’s build a direct road between Guangzhou and Bao’an. Call it an expressway. This will shorten the distance between the two sides. I guess after it is completed, you can go back and forth in one day. The two places. This shortens the distance between the two places, and many industries of students can be taken care of by Guangzhou."

He Jianbai was overjoyed and asked anxiously:

"Is the expressway you are talking about made of the cement road made by the cement plant in your county? I heard that there is no water accumulation on rainy days, and the horse-drawn carriage can run three times faster on it than on the official road, and it is not bumpy?"

Hou Yao nodded: "Yes, but there will still be some bumps, but it's not as serious as on the official road."

He Jianbai was simply ecstatic. If the highway was [-]%, a large number of Baoan's unique products and even industries would have the opportunity to be transferred to Guangzhou.

"Okay, okay, when will we start construction? I will arrange manpower immediately."

"This... let's wait until the student returns to the county to make arrangements. Master Jiang is currently supervising the project, and the student doesn't know if he is free."

"Oh, it's Jiang Qizheng, right? OK, then when will you go back? I will bring someone back with you, and we will also learn how to manage Bao'an..."

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In the inner hall, Ji Wenjun summoned the meritorious soldiers one by one, and the most important one among them was naturally Chen Kun.

"Chen Yingxiong, you deserve the most credit for being able to defend Guangzhou City this time. Although you are not a soldier, I think you are brave enough to be treated as a sergeant. I wonder what Chen Yingxiong thinks?"

Chen Kun raised his head and looked at Ji Wenjun, feeling a little confused in his mind.

If it were before, he wouldn't have paid any attention to this little girl, whether she was a princess or not.

In his eyes, except for Boss He, he is the first in the world, Mr. He is the second, and the masters in the gang who cannot be defeated are the third.The rest is his biggest.

Others didn't pay attention to him at all. Even if the King of Pokai was a loser, he still dared to fight against him.

But now, he was just about to open his mouth to taunt the little girl for not knowing how high the sky is, but he always felt a voice in his head shouting:

"You can't be rude to Her Highness the Princess. You absolutely can't..."