The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 191 Monuments

Zhu Hongyu's advancement to the supervisory state is the general trend in the Guangfu Army, and no one will object at all.

In particular, the military government's strategic arrangement for recovering Qiongzhou after the enthronement ceremony made the people of Ming Dynasty in Luzon feel the military government's firm attitude of regaining the Central Plains and never favoring peace.

Almost everyone is celebrating!

To drive out the Tartars and restore China, under the rule of the military government, that 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 [-] feet high, [-] feet long and [-] feet wide base, white marble as the fence, and a blue-gray monument made of cement bamboo strips as the main body, exuding a heavy atmosphere.

There are many offerings in front of the monument, such as flowers and fruits, offering sacrifices to three animals, an altar of wine, and many incense sticks, paper ingots and so on.

It is divided into four sides, and the front is engraved with the words "Memorial to the Victims of the Manila Massacre" with blood-red cinnabar paint.

The remaining three sides.

On one side is the names of the heroic dead in all the wars with the Spaniards since the Restoration Army's Rebellion, which is called the list of heroes.

The remaining side of the seal is the names of all the victims who were able to be verified by the Restoration Army in the two incidents of Tu Hua in Spain in 1603 and 1639, as well as the relevant pictures of Tu Hua in Spain described by the memories of the elders.

The last side is Zhu Hongyu's oath to "kill my people, pay them back ten times", and the trial of the Spanish high-level executives executed by the Restoration Army after the decisive battle against Luzon.

What's more worth mentioning is that when Zhu Hongyu was building the monument and laying the foundation, he built the corpses of the high-ranking Spanish officials who had been executed by the trial.

Many people know that this can be called a brutal thing!

But no one objected to it.

Because the Spaniards are really damned and deserve no sympathy!

The old man of the Li family strode up to the monument, picked up three sticks of incense sticks, and bowed to the monument.

His grandson followed suit and paid homage to the monument.

The people passing by all around did not show any abnormality, because they were already used to this scene.

People often come to worship the monument!
There were even octogenarians who survived the previous two massacres, crying loudly in front of the monument.

It's like missing your family and friends who were killed!
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Wu Laoliu took his wife, wife and children together to worship in front of the monument.

Looking at those familiar names on the list of heroes, the joy of the New Year also dissipated a bit.

He is a veteran of the Restoration Army, and he participated in every major battle of the Restoration Army for more than a year!
This time I was able to go shopping with my family and relax because the governor gave the soldiers in the army a holiday before the New Year's Eve.

Wu Laoliu accompanied his wife and children into the city, and the first thing he did was to pay homage to the monument.

Because on the list of heroes, there are many of his comrades in arms, his brothers!
After worshiping the monument, his wife asked.

"Master, where are we going next?"

Wu Laoliu straightened his clothes and said.

"Go to the bank first and exchange some vouchers with silver dollars."

"Then go to the supply and marketing cooperative, use the vouchers to buy some new year's goods, and buy some farm tools for next year's spring plowing!"

Wu Laoliu and his army are usually paid in vouchers, but due to a well-known reason, the Ming Dynasty's banknotes have always had a bad reputation.

Therefore, after the military salary was paid, almost everyone chose to go directly to the bank to exchange silver dollars.

Even if there is a gold-lettered signboard backed by the Lord Hongyu's words and trustworthiness, but no matter how good the banknotes are, they will never be more valuable than silver coins!
However, when they need to go shopping at a supply and marketing cooperative that only accepts vouchers, the process is a bit cumbersome.

You need to go to the bank to exchange silver dollars for vouchers before you can make purchases.

Wu Laoliu's wife suggested.

"Master, when you pay the salary next month, let's not exchange all of them into silver dollars, let's keep some vouchers!"

"I usually go to the supply and marketing agency to buy some daily necessities, or to pay taxes, and the vouchers are also useful!"

Wu Laoliu nodded and said.

"Row!"

"But just keep a part of the voucher, don't keep too much on hand."

"Although there is the credibility of the military government, this voucher is just a piece of paper, a pile of white paper, and there is no money for insurance."

Wu Laoliu's thoughts almost represent ninety-nine percent 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 branch of the bank, but now the bank is extremely busy.

The New Year's Eve is approaching, and many people want to buy new year's goods!

A supply and marketing cooperative with high quality and low price and a wide variety of goods is the best choice.

However, the supply and marketing cooperatives only accept vouchers, not silver dollars.

These people are forced to come to the bank and line up to exchange silver dollars for vouchers!
Usually, there is a long queue at the window for exchanging cash coupons for silver dollars, but now there is a long queue at the window for exchanging silver dollars for gold coupons.

The people in the team looked at the bustling crowd in front of them, and they couldn't help but have the idea of ​​saving a batch of vouchers on hand.

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Under the military government, public organizations such as banks have a rule that military personnel give priority.

The military government spares no effort in guaranteeing the treatment of soldiers and improving the status of soldiers!

Wu Laoliu showed his military officer card, went straight to the front of the line, and asked the salesman to handle the business for him first.

After exchanging silver dollars for a stack of thick 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 bought a large barrel of wine, tens of catties of rice, dozens of catties of flour, some cooking oil, dried salted fish, bacon, sugar, soap, cloth, farm tools, kitchen utensils...

There is no shortage of food in Luzon, but what is not lacking is rice.

In places where there are three crops a year, the price of rice is very low.

However, since Luzon cannot grow wheat, all flour is shipped in by sea, so the price of flour is not low.

Even Wu Laoliu, a relatively wealthy military officer's family, can only be willing to buy some around the New Year's Eve and eat a few dumplings.

Looking at the happy expression on the face of my mother-in-law when she touched the piece of calico.

The smile from the heart when he watched his son munching on the sweet candy.

Wu Laoliu felt that the scars on his body and the hard training he had received in the army were all worth it.

Pushing the wheelbarrow for delivery, let his son sit on his neck, let his mother-in-law sit in the car, Wu Laoliu yelled, pushed the wheelbarrow, and walked like the wind.

Although the training in the army is very hard and tiring, but the food is really good!

Wu Laoliu pushed the cart hard, his muscles swelled, and he pushed the cart back home in one breath. Although his forehead was already sweating, he didn't breathe heavily.

Wu Laoliu's house is not far from Luzon, less than ten kilometers in total.

The road is still smooth!

For Wu Laoliu, compared with the [-]-kilometer and [-]-kilometer cross-country with heavy loads that the army often runs, this is not strenuous.

(End of this chapter)