Early the next morning, Li Songchen left the countryside with a backpack, a change of clothes, and a tablet, and returned to the Tianjin Concession. Although it is a walk, the countryside is not too far from the concession area, and it takes less than an hour to walk to the concession area.

Li Songchen has been living in the rural construction site during this time, but he is an alternate member of the Provisional Executive Committee, and now he is the Minister of Agriculture, which is equivalent to a provincial and ministerial cadre in the old time and space, so he has a single dormitory in Gordon Hall, although Li Songchen does not live in the concession, the room is still reserved for him.

Although the room area is not large, there is no independent bathroom, and the furniture is very simple, only a bed, a bedside table, a desk, a wardrobe and two chairs, but after all, it is a person who lives, and before the crossing, Li Songchen brought several sets of daily necessities, just brought several sets of clothes, basically all of which were placed in the room, and at this time, the circuit transformation of Gordon Hall has been completed, which is naturally much more comfortable than on the construction site.

Back in his room, Li Songchen first put down his backpack, found a new set of clothes, and went to the bathhouse to take a bath. Even though there is hot water every few days on the construction site, the only way to use a bath is to use a bathtub, and there is no special bathhouse. Therefore, no matter who you are, after returning to Tianjin, you will first go to the bathhouse to take a bath.

Gordon Hall originally had no bathhouse before, and only a few rooms had bathrooms, because Gordon Hall itself was used as the administrative center of the British Concession, mainly for offices, not hotels, and there were not many rooms for people to live in, so the living facilities were relatively simple.

The renovation of Gordon Hall by the Crossing Group, in addition to the electricity, also added some living facilities, because after the Crossing Group entered Gordon Hall, a considerable part of the office rooms were also transformed into dormitory rooms, but these rooms can only be used for people to live in, and there is no separate bathroom, so a few new toilets and a large bathhouse were opened in Gordon Hall to meet the living needs of the travelers. Just a few days ago, the traversers removed a water heating system from the Ro-Ro passenger boat, which can provide hot water at all times, so the bathhouse is also very convenient to use.

The layout of the bathhouse is similar to that in the old time and space, divided into two parts, the inside is the bathing area, there are large baths for bathing, and there are some shower rooms around the area for people to wash, but the conditions are limited, and there is no sauna installed. Outside, there are changing rooms and lounge areas. The bathhouse is naturally divided into two rooms for men and women, the women's bathhouse is much smaller, only more than 40 square meters, including two baths of about eight square meters, and fifteen shower rooms, and the men's bathhouse is much larger, including two baths, one large and one small, with a total area of about 30 square meters, and 30 shower rooms.

Because it was morning, it was not the time to take a bath, and although there was also hot water at this time, in the men's bathhouse, there was only a small bath of about six square meters filled with hot water, and the large bath did not release water. However, Li Songchen was not dissatisfied, because at this time the bathhouse was empty, only he was taking a bath alone, and the small bath was enough.

The whole body was soaked in hot water, Li Songchen also let out a long breath, closed his eyes, and the fatigue of more than a month was suddenly reduced by more than half.

To be honest, in the past month or so, Li Songchen can indeed be called a waste of hard work, although he does not have to worry too much about the engineering matters, but to deal with the coordination of all aspects of the situation, but also to examine the situation in the countryside, resolve the contradictions between the peasants and the captives, enlighten and persuade the peasants, in addition to appease the irritable situation of the traversers, none of the things is easy, at the same time Li Songchen also has to consider the next step of the development of the countryside, the construction of the grassroots administrative system, the land distribution system, the tax management system, Organize agricultural production and so on, so Li Songchen actually has no leisure every day. It was only now that I returned to the Tianjin Concession that I could finally relax.

I don't know how much time passed, but I only heard the voice of someone outside the bathhouse: "Hey, who came to take a bath so early, and is there anyone who is earlier than us?"

As he spoke, footsteps sounded, and Li Songchen opened his eyes to see that three more people had entered. And because at this time there was only hot water in this small pool in the bathhouse, so all three people also entered this small pool to soak in the water. And Li Songchen also gave way to the side and gave up his position.

At this moment, a person suddenly said, "Isn't this Minister Li? When did you come back?"

The man who spoke was about forty-five or sixteen years of age, with a round face, a somewhat fat body, and although he was soaked in water, he still wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses. It seemed that he was familiar with this, but Li Songchen couldn't remember who it was for a while, so he didn't dare to open it for a while, and it was difficult to ask.

Fortunately, the other party saw Li Songchen's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "My name is Jiang Zhiyuan, and I work in the Ministry of Construction, Minister Li, do you remember?"

After hearing the other party's name and position, Li Songchen naturally remembered that Jiang Zhiyuan was originally one of the project managers of the oil plant project, with the title of senior engineer, and was appointed vice minister of the Ministry of Construction at the Tianjin meeting. After the construction of the new countryside began, Li Songchen went to the Ministry of Construction several times and met Jiang Zhiyuan a few times, but he did not talk, so he did not have a deep impression of him. At this time, knowing the identity of the other party, Li Songchen also smiled: "It turned out to be Minister Jiang." ”

Jiang Zhiyuan pointed to the two people who came with him and said, "This is Tang Ruqun, Tang Gong, Liu Hao, and Liu Gong." ”

Li Songchen nodded, he had heard of these two people, they were the people in charge of the Jingu Highway Engineering Project, and he had heard Tang Songlin mention these two people more than once, so he said: "It turned out to be two people, I just came back from the rural construction site this morning, so come to take a bath, why did you come so early." ”

Jiang Zhiyuan heard this, and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, we also just came back from the construction site, and we were covered in ashes, of course, we had to take a bath first, and I didn't expect to meet Minister Li." I heard Chief Engineer Tang say that Minister Li has been living at the site during this time, and it is really not easy to do it himself, I have only lived at the site for three days, and I can't stand it. Well, it's hard work on the construction site. ”

Li Songchen said: "Actually, it's okay, it's nothing if you get used to it, and besides, it's all for work, and it's nothing to work hard?"

At this time, Tang Ruqun said: "Minister Li is not a person who does engineering, it is really not easy to be able to squat on the site all the time, but unfortunately there are not many people like Minister Li who can endure hardships." ”

Li Songchen's heart moved, and he said, "What's the matter?

Tang Ruqun nodded and said, "Twenty-seven people have already left, how can you say that? Today's young people really can't endure hardships, I heard Chief Engineer Tang say that there are also a lot of people left over there." ”

Li Songchen said: "Yes, more than 40 people have left, but the conditions on the construction site are really hard, so it is reasonable that some people can't stand these hardships and can't do it." ”

And Liu Hao, who had not spoken, was a little dissatisfied at this time, and said: "What kind of hard work is this, in fact, the current conditions are already good, and when I first came out to work, I complained about it? I lived in a work shed, covered with a blanket, and I couldn't take a shower for a month, and my body was covered with ashes, so I complained about it? People of our age have come over like this, and when it comes to the way, life is better now, so we can't endure hardship." But now it's not in the old time and space, I can't even endure such a little hardship, and I still want to catch up with the United States in this era, dominate the earth, and dream. ”

Li Songchen also felt the same way about Liu Hao's statement, to be honest, he was also quite dissatisfied with those who quit the project, and he couldn't even endure this hardship, and he wanted to sit back and enjoy his success, so how could he do a great career in this era. However, he has always been calm and cautious, and he does not easily say radical words, so he just nodded and said: "Everyone has their own aspirations, we can't force it, and those who insist on staying are still in the majority, in the old time and space, isn't it a two-way choice for Shixing? But everyone should be responsible for their own actions, just don't regret it in the future." ”

At this time, Jiang Zhiyuan said: "You are not wrong, but the conditions on the construction site are indeed a little too difficult, which is also true." Liu Gong, I didn't say you, can't you always compare your conditions back then with those of now, and if you want to talk about hardships, can you still survive the Long March in the old time and space? But how many of us can withstand the hardships of the Long March, and we can't say that the ancestors of the past can do it, and we should be able to do it. Minister Li is telling the truth, and now it is a two-way choice, but everyone should be held responsible for their own actions. ”

After a pause, Jiang Zhiyuan said again: "However, the project is managed by our Ministry of Construction, and we can't let those who insist on staying suffer losses, otherwise it will be unfair to them, so our Ministry of Construction intends to propose to the Executive Committee at this plenary meeting that the treatment of engineering personnel must be improved, not only to mention the work points, but also to give priority to the selection in the future." Don't look at us that we don't fight, but what we do is no worse than fighting. What do you say?"

And Tang Ruqun also nodded again and again, and said, "It should be, it should be completely." ”

Li Songchen's heart moved, the proposal of the Ministry of Construction is very consistent with his own ideas, because this time back in Tianjin, Li Songchen also plans to propose to the Executive Committee to improve the treatment of engineering personnel, since the Ministry of Construction also has such a proposal, it is possible to work together, and when it is discussed at the meeting, there will be a few allies who will help to help the team.

However, although Li Songchen is young, he is a person in the system after all, of course he knows that Jiang Zhiyuan and the Ministry of Construction will never fight for the interests of engineering personnel for no reason. But if the Ministry of Construction wants to make himself an ally, it will definitely reveal a little to himself, as long as he calms down, don't ask first. Therefore, Li Songchen also nodded and said, "That's great, I will definitely support the proposal of the Ministry of Construction." ”