Ten days later, the Netherlands finally collected all the compensation and handed it to the People's Army in full swing. The People's Army also released all the captured colonial army officers and soldiers as agreed.

At this moment, the People's Army and the Chinese in Java held a very grand funeral for the People's Army soldiers who died in this battle to protect overseas Chinese in Java and the soldiers of the Farm Guard.

In fact, the funeral began to be cultivated after the end of the Java War, because the victory of the People's Army was unstoppable at that time. Due to the hot climate in Java, the bodies of the soldiers who had died before were difficult to preserve for a long time. Therefore, after Shang Jinfeng asked Qingdao for instructions, he suggested that the bodies of the soldiers who died were cremated and the ashes were brought back to Qingdao for burial.

Qingdao responded to Shang Jinfeng's suggestion, but asked to build a memorial cemetery in Java, hold a grand burial ceremony for the sacrificed soldiers, leave a small part of the ashes of each soldier, and erect a monument in the cemetery together with the soldiers of the sacrificed farm guards. At the same time, a large monument was built and a text was engraved to record their achievements and deeds as a memorial. It turned out that the leaders of the East China government hoped that this memorial cemetery would be used as a souvenir for the heroic warriors who died in order to defend the Chinese, and on the other hand, it was also to strengthen the sense of identity and centripetal force of the Javanese Chinese with the East China government, and to exist as a spiritually oriented holy place, so as to maintain the influence of the East China government on the Javanese Chinese.

After learning the opinions of the East China government, Zhang Zhijun immediately expressed his willingness to bear the full cost of building the memorial cemetery, and at the same time set aside a piece of land in the farm as the land for the construction of the cemetery. Although the cemetery has not been completed, the burial work can be carried out. It will take at least several months for the entire cemetery to be completed. At the same time, the Zhang family also asked someone to write a cemetery.

Although most of the Chinese who were sheltered on the farm had been dismissed, more than 5,000 Chinese were still present at the funeral ceremony, and even more than 300 foreigners came. Naturally, they were all foreigners who were sheltered on the farm. They were very grateful to the People's Army and did come to attend the funeral with great respect.

At the funeral, Shang Jinfeng represented the East China government, and then Zhang Zhijun represented the Chinese in Java, read the tribute respectively to express his respect for the victims. Then, the soldiers of the People's Army took off their military caps in the whole collection, but saluted in front of the tomb, and the guard of honor fired guns into the sky, and used mortars as salutes to respect the victims. Finally, everyone burned incense and worshipped in turn. In the following days, there were Chinese who were unable to come to worship on the day of the funeral every day, and came here to commemorate these soldiers who died.

After the funeral, the last group of Chinese who were taken into custody left the farm and returned to their homes. The Zhang family gave each person 60 Dutch guilds according to the number of people as their temporary cost of making a living. Since Java is a Dutch colony, the currency circulating is naturally Dutch guilds, and the British pound and silver also have a certain amount of circulation, but it is mainly used for foreign trade. In Java, Dutch guilds are still used. In this era, the ratio of Dutch guilds to British guilds is about 12:1,60 Dutch guilds, which is equivalent to about 5 British pounds. In this era, this is a considerable income.

At the same time, the Zhang family also promised to hire these Chinese people to work. Due to the anti-Chinese incident and the People's Army's overseas Chinese protection campaign, it had a serious response to Java's economic development. Many industries in the Zhang family have stopped working, and almost all the hired workers, especially the indigenous workers of Java, have left. Now the East China government and the Dutch colonial government have signed a treaty, and Java has also restored peace. Therefore, all industries are about to start operating again, which is when there is a shortage of manpower.

Although the Zhang family received more than 2,000 prisoners captured by the People's Army as labor force, the prisoners were all Javanese and were not easy to manage. Because a few captives with status were redeemed by the tribe, most of the captives were not confident in the tribe, while a few unwilling people wanted to find an opportunity to escape. At this time, several prisoners had escaped. However, the People's Army's strict guards were all captured and executed on the spot. This suppressed the trend of escape.

However, now the People's Army is guarding the prisoners, but what should I do if the People's Army leaves? Therefore, after discussing with the People's Army, the Zhang family decided to send all the prisoners to Poyizhou (Kalimantan Island). The Zhang family also has a large number of industries in Poyizhou, and sending these people to Poyizhou can also cut off their idea of ​​escaping.

At this time, Li Lihua also officially bid farewell to the People's Army. Although the residents of Dagon Town had returned to their residence after the end of the Java War, Li Lihua and the adopted children remained on the farm. After all, the East China government and the Dutch government had not yet negotiated, so it was safer for the children to stay on the farm; and the hospital also needed Li Lihua to help him.

This time, the Smith family sent someone to pick up Li Lihua back to Batavia. At the same time, the Zhang family and the People's Army issued an invitation. In order to thank them for protecting Li Lihua during the turmoil, Zhang Zhijun and the representatives of the People's Army were invited to visit the family.

In the past, the Smith family always regarded the Zhang family as its main business rival and used the power of the colonial government to suppress the Zhang family. But now the power of the Chinese in Java is rising, and the Zhang family is backed by the East China government and its status in Java is unshakable. Moreover, the East China government will also infiltrate its power into Java with the help of the Chinese in Java. It is impossible to suppress the Chinese as in the past.

Although the Smith family has British nationality, because they have been doing business in Southeast Asia for a long time, their concepts are different from those of ordinary British people. They do not have the arrogance of ordinary British people, but they inherited the flexibility of British people. Since they cannot be suppressed, they will try to contact and communicate and work together. There is a special case of Li Lihua. The Smith family is very interested in Li Lihua's experience during this period, but they can't figure out what the purpose of overseas Chinese hostage Li Lihua is, whether it is purely humanitarian or intentionally like the Smith family, or both. However, this is an opportunity to only see whether overseas Chinese and Zhang family accept it.

After receiving the invitation from the Smith family, Zhang Zhijun was very happy because the Zhang family always wanted to establish a private relationship with the Smith family, even a marriage to consolidate their position in Java. However, because the Smith family had too much appetite and too high a price, they gave up.

Although the Zhang family does not need to rely on the power of the Smith family, it is still beneficial to the Zhang family if they can get along well with the Smith family. After all, the Smith family has been operating in Southeast Asia much longer than the Zhang family, and the current Southeast Asia region is still dominant in Europe. After all, the East China government has just begun to focus on Southeast Asia. Incompetence is strength or foundation, and it cannot be compared with Europe. Therefore, the Zhang family cannot be too proud. With the support of the East China government, they can run rampant in Southeast Asia and make enemies everywhere. Moreover, businessmen pay attention to making friends, making peace and making fortunes. Multiple friends and multiple ways. Make friends with the Smith family can also open up trade channels in Europe. Why not do it if you have more wealth?

The People's Army's attitude is similar. When it is unable to dominate Southeast Asia, of course there is no need to make too many enemies. Establishing good relations with commercial families like the Smith family is not only conducive to the steady development of the East China government in Southeast Asia, but also beneficial to the economic development of the East China government. At the beginning, the People's Army did have such considerations.

So both sides decided to accept the invitation from the Smith family, Zhang Zhijun represented the Zhang family, and the People's Army sent Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu as representatives. Huang Qingping was Li Lihua's boss during her farm. She was admired by Li Lihua for her superb medical skills. Moreover, she has the dual identities of a soldier and a doctor. Doctors can respect it in most occasions. King Qian was the party involved who brought Li Lihua from Dagon Town to the farm. In a sense, he was Li Lihua's direct savior and had a certain personal relationship with Li Lihua. Therefore, these two people representing them are not only suitable, but also fully demonstrate the spirit of the People's Army.

Before leaving, the People's Army also held a farewell party for Li Lihua because the officers and soldiers of the People's Army had a good impression of Li Lihua. On the one hand, she adopted many orphans, and kind-hearted people generally would not be annoying. On the other hand, Li Lihua helped in the hospital and treated many wounded people, which of course made many people even more grateful. Moreover, Li Lihua also has Chinese bloodlines, which is easy to accept from the emotional point of view. At the same time, Li Lihua received modern education in the UK and was even more of a time traveler's appetite, so Li Lihua was welcomed by the People's Army.

On behalf of the People's Army, Luo Yue expressed his gratitude to Li Lihua, and also conveyed the East China government's commendation of Li Lihua and awarded a medal to save lives and heal the wounded. Of course, this medal must be sent from Qingdao before it can be officially given to Li Lihua.

Of course, although they have not been together for a long time, Li Lihua has a high likes for the People's Army, which is mainly due to the traditional Chinese education that Li Lihua received since childhood, so she has a great sense of identity with the Chinese; and the People's Army's strict and friendly style of military discipline also makes Li Lihua very novel, which is invisible to the colonial army; in addition, as the main general of the People's Army, the time travelers are not old, and are generally between 25 and 30 years old, and are not a few years older than Li Lihua. It is naturally easier to communicate with each other when they are close to each other. Moreover, although the time travelers are young, they have a wide range of knowledge and rich knowledge, which also makes Li Lihua, who has received a formal education in the UK, is very respectful, and at the same time, it has greatly changed her impression of China and Chinese.
Chapter completed!