Zhu Hongyu's move to supervise the country is the general trend among the Liberation Army, and no one will oppose it at all.
In particular, the military government's strategic arrangements to regain Qiongzhou after the enthronement ceremony made the people of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon feel the military government's resolute attitude of regaining the Central Plains and never giving in to peace.
Almost everyone is celebrating!
Expelling the Tartars and restoring China under the military government is absolute political correctness!
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The old man of the Li family was supported by his grandson and walked to the center of the city.
In front of him, there appeared a blue-gray monument that was ten feet high, with a base length and width of twenty feet, a white marble fence, and cement bamboo strips as the main body, exuding a heavy atmosphere.
In front of the monument, there are many sacrifices, flowers and fruits, three animal sacrifices, an altar of wine, and many incense, candles, paper ingots, etc. for sacrifices.
It is divided into four sides, with the words "Monument to the Victims of the Manila Massacre" engraved on the front using blood-red cinnabar paint.
The remaining three sides.
On one side are the names of all those who died bravely in the war with the Spaniards since the Revolutionary Army, which is called the List of Heroes.
The remaining side of the seal is engraved with the names of all the victims that the Liberation Army could verify in the two Spanish massacres of Chinese in 1603 and 1639, as well as the relevant scenes of the Spanish massacres recalled and described by the elders.
The last part is Zhu Hongyu's oath to "kill my people and repay them tenfold" and the trial of the Spanish senior officials executed by the Liberation Army after the decisive battle in Luzon.
What is even more worth mentioning is that when Zhu Hongyu was building the monument and laying the foundation, he built the corpses of Spanish high-ranking officials who were executed by the trial into it.
Many people know this is a cruel thing!
But no one expressed objections to this.
Because the Spaniards really deserve to die and do not deserve sympathy!
The old man of the Li family strode to the monument, picked up three incense sticks, and bowed to the monument.
His grandson also followed suit and paid homage to the monument.
The people passing by didn't show anything strange, because they were already used to this scene.
People often come to pay homage to the monument!
There were even elderly people who survived the previous two massacres crying loudly in front of the monument.
It’s like I’m missing my family and friends who were killed!
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Wu Laoliu took his mother-in-law and children together to worship in front of the monument.
Looking at the familiar names on the list of heroes, the joy of the New Year also dissipated a bit.
He is a veteran of the Liberation Army. He has participated in every major battle since the Liberation Army launched its troops for more than a year!
This time I was able to go shopping and relax with my family because the Governor gave the soldiers in the army a holiday before the Chinese New Year.
Wu Laoliu accompanied his wife and children into the city, and the first thing he did was to pay homage to the monument.
Because there are many of his comrades and brothers on the list of heroes!
After worshiping the monument, his mother-in-law asked.
"Master, where are we going next?"
Wu Laoliu adjusted his clothes and said.
"Go to the bank first and exchange your silver dollars for some vouchers."
"Then go to the supply and marketing cooperative and use the vouchers to buy some New Year's goods and some farm tools for next spring farming!"
Wu Laoliu and others usually issued vouchers for their military pay, but due to a well-known reason, the reputation of paper money in the Ming Dynasty has always been bad.
Therefore, after the military pay was distributed, almost everyone chose to go directly to the bank to exchange silver dollars.
Even if it is supported by the golden signboard of Zhu Hongyu who is true to his word, no matter how good banknotes are, they will never retain their value better than silver coins!
However, when they now need to go shopping at a supply and marketing cooperative that only accepts vouchers, the process becomes a bit cumbersome.
You need to go to the bank to exchange silver dollars for vouchers before you can make purchases.
Wu Laoliu's mother-in-law suggested.
"Master, when you get paid next month, let's not exchange them all into silver dollars, let's keep some of the vouchers!"
"I usually go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some daily necessities, or pay taxes, etc., and the vouchers are also useful!"
Wu Laoliu nodded and said.
"OK!"
"But you can just keep some of the vouchers. Don't save too much."
"Although it has the credibility of the military government, to put it bluntly, these vouchers are just paper, a pile of white paper. There is no silver insurance."
Wu Laoliu's thoughts represent almost 99% of the military and civilians under the entire military government.
Most people don’t trust vouchers very much!
On the road of banknotes, Zhu Hongyu still has a long way to go.
The family came to the bank branch, but now the bank is extremely busy.
The Chinese New Year is approaching, and many people want to buy new year's goods!
Supply and marketing cooperatives with high quality, low price and rich variety of goods are the best choice.
However, the supply and marketing cooperative only accepts vouchers, not silver coins.
These people were forced to come to the bank and queue up to exchange their silver dollars for vouchers!
Usually, there are long queues at the window where vouchers can be exchanged for silver dollars, but now there are long queues at the window where silver dollars can be exchanged for vouchers.
The people in the team looked at the bustling crowd in front of them and couldn't help but have the idea of saving a batch of vouchers on hand.
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Under the military government, public places such as banks have regulations that prioritize military personnel.
The military government has spared no effort in ensuring the treatment of military personnel and improving their status!
Wu Laoliu showed his military officer ID card, went straight to the front of the team, and asked the salesman to handle the business for him first.
After exchanging silver dollars for a thick stack of vouchers, Wu Laoliu put the money in his arms and strode out.
He took his mother-in-law and children to the supply and marketing cooperative set up in the center of the city.
The family purchased a large barrel of wine, dozens of kilograms of rice, more than ten kilograms of flour, as well as some cooking oil, dried salted fish, bacon, sugar, soap, cloth, farm tools, kitchen utensils... from the supply and marketing cooperative.
There is no shortage of food in Luzon, but what is not lacking is rice.
In areas where rice is harvested three times a year, the price of rice is very low.
However, since wheat cannot be grown in Luzon, all flour is shipped in by sea, so the price of flour is not low.
Even a relatively wealthy military officer family like Wu Laoliu can only afford to buy some and eat a few dumplings around the New Year.
I saw the happy expression on my mother-in-law's face when she touched the piece of floral cloth.
The smile that comes from the bottom of my heart when I see my son chewing sweet candies.
Wu Laoliu felt that the scars on his body and the hard training he received in the army were all worth it.
Pushing the wheelbarrow carrying goods, letting his son sit on his neck, and letting his mother-in-law sit on the car, Wu Laoliu shouted, pushed the wheelbarrow, and walked away like the wind.
Although the training in the military is very hard and tiring, the food is really good!
Wu Laoliu pushed the car hard, and the muscles on his body bulged. He pushed the car home in one breath. Although there was sweat on his forehead, he did not gasp for breath.
Wu Laoliu's home is not far from Luzon, less than ten kilometers in total.
The road is pretty smooth!
For Wu Laoliu, compared with the ten kilometers and twenty kilometers of cross-country running with heavy loads that he often ran in the army, this was not strenuous.