Author: Zero Romance

After seeing off a visitor, Shao Tianhu felt relieved and asked his colleagues: "Lao Wang, have these officials come to our office before?"

Hearing this question raised by Shao Tianhu, Lao Wang couldn't help but reveal a wry smile: "Not many people know about our place with a small gate and a small courtyard, and even fewer are willing to take the initiative to come. It's as lively as these two days.

This scene is actually the first time I have seen it after so many years in the office."

Lao Liao added next to him: "Throughout the year, there are probably only three or five of them. You can count them on your fingers. The Immigration Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Shipping Department of the Ministry of Transportation, the South China Sea Department of the Ministry of Commerce... basically all work with

In a yamen where there is official business going on, people come here only for official business, and they will not come here to try to establish friendship with us when they have nothing to do."

Lao Wang continued: "The Mr. Zheng from the Ministry of Culture and Education who came just now, and the Mr. Qi from the Ministry of Finance who came to the door first in the morning, are not very related to us, and they will definitely not show up in our daily life.

It’s from this courtyard.”

Shao Tianhu said in confusion: "But Mr. Qi said that he and the man who just resigned from the office are old acquaintances, but we have less contact in recent years."

Old Liao snorted and said: "Mr. Shao, you don't know that when I go to the Ministry of Finance to run an errand, it's just a small matter like getting a stamp, and they can delay you for ten days and a half. If you know someone in the ministry,

, do I need to go through all this trouble?"

Judging from his tone, it was obvious that the office did not have any connections in the Ministry of Finance that could be used. Mr. Qi probably did not have the friendship he claimed with the former person in charge. At most, they just knew each other.

Shao Tianhu smiled bitterly and said: "People are afraid of being famous, but pigs are afraid of being strong. I didn't expect that I would be like this one day. The influence of this newspaper is too great!"

Lao Wang said: "That is the front page article of Haihan Times. I wrote a long paragraph for you by name. Most people can't even think about it. What a blessing it is!"

Shao Tianhu said: "But before I came to Sanya, Mr. Luo specifically asked me to keep a low profile here and not attract too much attention. As soon as this article was published, people from all over the world came here to seek friendship with me. How could I still

Very low-key."

Lao Wang said: "Master Shao, please don't be annoyed. This is a rare good thing! In the past, when we held banquets here, the people we invited were not as high-ranking as the ones here today. When I sent the post, there were nine out of ten people who invited us.

I just turned him down, let alone even came to visit."

Lao Liao also sighed: "Nowadays, people from these yamen are taking the initiative to come to make friends. This has really changed! Master Shao, you have these connections, it will be much more convenient for us to do things outside in the future."

Shao Tianhu coughed dryly and said, "I'm not good at socializing. Maintaining these connections is not what I'm good at."

Lao Wang waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, we understand the situation in Sanya to some extent and can serve as your military advisor!"

Old Liao laughed and said: "Master Shao was a military attache who led troops when he was on Xingdao. How can you be a military advisor? At most, you can be a master!"

Lao Wang didn't take it seriously and said: "Three cobblers are just like Zhuge Liang. If we work together, we should still be able to help Master Shao."

While several people were chatting and laughing, Li Gui came in to report that another visitor had arrived at the door and Shao Tianhu needed to go out to greet him.

Shao Tianhu sighed and said to himself: "Which government official is here again this time?"

The identity of the visitor this time really has something to do with Shao Tianhu. He is not some yamen that has nothing to do with the Xingdao Office, but the Haihan Ministry of National Defense.

This visitor was wearing a military uniform, indicating that the visit should be of an official nature. Shao Tianhu looked at his shoulder insignia and saw that he was a colonel. No wonder Li Gui asked him to come out to greet him.

When the visitor saw Shao Tianhu, he raised his hand and saluted him with a military salute. Although Shao Tianhu had nominally retired from the army and changed his career, he still had the habit. When he saw this, he immediately stood at attention and returned the military salute.

The visitor introduced himself straight to the point: "I am Gai Liangcai. Today I was appointed by Minister Yan Chujie to present the commendation order and military medal to Major Shao Tianhu."

Several people watching nearby couldn't help but exclaimed in exclamation. The office received many visitors today, but this one had the most special purpose of coming, and he was also the only one who came with official business.

Gai Liangcai is one of Yan Chujie's generals, but his strength is not in leading troops in battles, but in dealing with people. As early as twenty years ago, when Li Zhen, the crown prince of North Korea, visited Hainan Island, Gai Liangcai served as an escort.

Responsible for the security work during Li Zhi’s inspection around the island.

Due to his outstanding performance in this important reception mission, Gai Liangcai was transferred to the Ministry of National Defense and was responsible for political affairs.

Shao Tianhu did not dare to neglect and quickly invited Gai Liangcai and his entourage to sit down in the inner hall.

After Gai Liangcai sat down, he briefly exchanged greetings, then stretched his hand to the side, and the attendant immediately handed over a box.

Gai Liangcai opened the box and took out a white envelope with a conspicuous red and blue flag logo printed on it.

Gai Liangcai showed the envelope in his hand to Shao Tianhu and said, "This is the commendation order from the Ministry of National Defense to you."

After saying that, he stood up. When Shao Tianhu saw this, he immediately stood up and stood at attention. Everyone present saw that these two people had stood up, so of course he could not sit down anymore.

Gai Liangcai opened the envelope, took out the commendation order inside and read out: "Commendation order, national number 1657-7, combat staff officer of the 1st Regiment of the 9th Division of the Haihan Army, and commander of the 1st Battalion of the Star Island Foreign Mercenary Regiment

, Major Shao Tianhu."

"In view of the fact that Major Shao Tianhu performed outstandingly during the special military mission in 1656, successfully completed the mission assigned by his superiors, and successfully ensured that our army achieved important strategic goals, he is hereby given a special commendation, a first-class military merit, and the award of loyalty to Haihan

The title of guard and a loyalty medal."

"Minister of Defense, Yan Chujie, February 1657."

After Gai Liangcai finished reading, he put the commendation order back into the envelope and handed it to Shao Tianhu. Then he took out a shiny medal from the box and carefully pinned it on Shao Tianhu's chest.

Shao Tianhu once again saluted Gai Liangcai with a military salute. He lowered his head and stared at the loyalty medal on his chest, unaware that everyone in the office was cheering and applauding.

When he left Star Island, Roger told him that this mission would definitely receive a commendation order from the Ministry of Defense. However, the reward was actually a first-class military merit plus a loyalty medal, which was a bit beyond his expectation.

According to Shao Tianhu's own predictions, although the task of leading a mercenary group to pretend to be pirates in the northern Strait of Malacca was relatively difficult, in terms of combat intensity, it seemed that a collective second-class merit would be good.

According to the rules of the military, if you want to get first-class merit, you have to at least go through hell to be eligible. And it is extremely difficult to get the loyalty medal. As far as he knows, among the troops in Xingdao, they have received it before.

There are only two or three soldiers with this medal, such as his old boss, the mercenary regiment base commander Dulu.
Chapter completed!