Officials such as Shi Kefa also followed Li Xin. This seemed incredible, but if they didn't follow Li Xin, they felt uneasy. Moreover, Li Xin clearly would not do anything to them. As long as they were only angered Li Xin, they would not have to worry too much about their own safety.

But to their surprise, Li Xin actually came to the residence of the military soldiers.

Because of the poverty and the living environment of the garrison soldiers, the dilapidated wood-paneled houses were difficult to shelter from the wind and rain, and sewage flowed in the streets and alleys, emitting a pungent odor. Even if Shi Kefa was so upright, he never thought that there would be such a place in Huai'an City, which is a canal transport hub.

Shi Kefa couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder the soldiers refused to use their lives. Only now has the understanding of the department's hospital!"

The people behind him were in a complicated mood. Thinking about the dramatic defeat not long ago, although everyone understood the root cause, it was a day when the ice was three feet long. The frustrated mood turned into a sigh.

Li Xin stopped in front of a broken firewood door, and Erju stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Tu tu tu tu tu ~~"

"Who!"

An old voice came from the room.

"Revolutionary Army!"

Erfu called out loudly.

Within a moment, with a creaking sound, the door opened and a white-haired woman appeared. She was hunched, staggering, thin, black and yellow, and her face was crisscrossed with wrinkles. Her turbid yellow eyes looked at everyone.

"you……"

Li Xin said: "Auntie, I am Li Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. Is this Hu Erbao's home?"

“That’s right!”

The woman nodded uneasyly.

Li Xin asked: "Who else is there in the family?"

"this……"

The woman hesitated a little.

Erju pointed backwards: "This is Shi Kefa, the governor of the Cao Transportation, what do you dare not say?"

Shi Kefatton felt extremely ashamed and turned his face to the side.

The woman didn't know who Li Xin was, but she had heard of Shi Kefa. Even Caopu came. She couldn't help but feel her knees weak and she was about to kneel down. Li Xin hurriedly supported her and said, "Let's talk about it when you enter the house."

“Ohhh!”

The woman lost her temper and didn't know what to say. She forgot that the man and woman would not be able to get along with each other. She let Li Xin support her arm and return to the yard.

But if you take a step back, no one would think there is anything wrong. After all, this woman is old and ugly, and she has a stinking smell of not taking a bath for a long time. Maybe who took advantage of whom.

In the yard, there was a woman who looked in her thirties, with a yellow face and a thin face, which was no better than an old woman. There was also a little boy of six or seven years old, half huddled behind the woman.

The old woman said tremblingly: "Commander, this is my wife Jiang, and this is my grandson Hu Sanbao."

The family of three looked at Li Xin in a daze.

“Oh ~~”

Li Xin sighed and bowed: "To be honest, Hu Erbao unfortunately died in the battle with our revolutionary army. This commander came to apologize."

"My son!"

"My husband!"

"Dad!"

It was like a thunderbolt from the sky that struck the head. After a brief moment of stagnation, the family of three hugged their heads and cried!

This is not only the pain of losing a close relative, but also the man is the backbone of the family. If the backbone dies, how can this orphan and widowed mother live with the old woman?

"Madam Hu, please listen to me!"

Li Xin pulled the old woman up and said softly: "Although Hu Erbao died at the hands of our army, the two armies could not have been killed or injured when they fought. I hope Mrs. Hu, Mrs. Jiang and Sanbao understand."

"Woooooooooooooo~~"

The old woman cried, "I dare not blame the commander. This is my son's fate. It's just that Sanbao's child has lost his father since he was a child. I am old and I'm afraid I won't live for a few years. But my wife is weak, so how can I live this life if I raise another child?"

Li Xin nodded and said, "I understand, so I just issued an order that all Ming army soldiers who were injured and killed in Huai'an can be given pensions according to our revolutionary army standards, and each person will be given two stones of food and twenty taels of silver. However, your family's situation is a bit special. It is impossible to do without a man. Why do you follow us to go back to Gaoyou. You and your wife can arrange some small jobs within your ability, get some money and grain to support your family. Sanbao is also at the age of school and can study and learn to read for free, and then the Revolutionary Army will allocate funds to enjoy the treatment of military martyrs until they are eighteen years old. What does Mrs. Hu want to do? "

"Commander, Commander, you can't repay your great kindness to my family. It's hard for the old woman to do cows and horses. Jiang, Sanbao, why don't you kneel down and thank Commander, wuwu~~"

When the old woman heard this, she cried heartily. Her face was buried in Li Xin's bend, and the mother and son behind her also knelt down in tears.

Gao Guiying's eyes were slightly red and wiped. Although Shi Kefa and others knew that Li Xin was buying people's hearts, they could not say a word, but instead were attracted by the hidden heart. In fact, Li Xin's pension standard was not high. The key was that the Ming Dynasty did not even have any pensions!

...

In the evening of that day, the revolutionary army withdrew from Huai'an and gathered in Huaiyin Post. They loaded ships overnight and would return to Gaoyou early tomorrow morning.

In this trip, in addition to distributing to ordinary soldiers and nearly 10,000 shi of grain as a pension, he received a total of 130,000 shi of grain, along with 350,000 silver from the eunuch Zhang's family, and 30,000 taels of silver were obtained.

Those who left the city were Dajuncang and Dongxincang, who were more than 600 grain-managers and their families at all levels. They were unable to stay in Huai'an regardless of whether they wanted to or not. They had to bear the risk of being vented and being scapegoated. It would be better to follow Li Xin and leave.

Relatively speaking, the military soldiers still have advantages. As a group holding armed forces, no matter Shi Kefa or anyone else, they dare not question the soldiers, even though the Ming army was the culprit for losing the city.

In fact, in the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the trend of young and strong people had already emerged. Lower-level officers and low-level soldiers were united to fight against the superiors and higher-level officials and even civilian governments. Li Xin treated the Ming army with preferential treatment in essence to adapt to this trend. After all, as a modern person, no one knows better the power contained in the young and strong people. The Ming army has low combat effectiveness and the superiors are the trend. This is a manifestation that the rights and interests of the young and strong people cannot be expressed.

Of course, he would not tolerate the young and strong sects, but would hold the young and strong sects in his hands as his basic base and use them for him. Therefore, from the beginning, Li Xin was mainly concerned about the senior leaders of the Ming army, and was very gentle to the low-level generals and soldiers.

In addition, there were more than 300 families of the Ming army who died in the army. All of them died of only sons, leaving their wives, children, and mothers unable to survive. They followed Li Xin back to Gaoyou for a living.

On the dock, the lights were brightly lit, bags of grain and boxes of silver were shipped onto the ship. The Huai'an city gate was closed, and the Ming army stationed back to the city. Looking at the busy scene of Huaiyin Post in the distance, they couldn't help but talk.

"Our official army will give their family pensions when they die, and bring all the orphans and widows back to Gaoyou to settle down. The commander is kind and righteous!"

"I heard that the commander killed him in Gaoyou and was bleeding like a river!"

"What nonsense? Who else in the world can be more kind and righteous than the commander? That must be the slander of the commander by a villain with ulterior motives!"

"Why didn't the Commander take over Huai'an? We are looking forward to it day and night, and we all look forward to being Commander's soldiers!"
Chapter completed!