When Zhou Zhengxiong asked Zhao Sishui "What do you think I have built Wuhan over the years", Zhao Sishui's first thought was not Wuhan, where he lived, but the capital Nanjing.

At the time of the Taiping Rebellion, China had a population of less than 500 million. The fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the surrender of the young king Hongtian Fugui, the winged king Shi Dakai led people to the northwest to stand on his own, and the war years were basically over. At that time, the Chinese population had dropped to about 400 million, and some provinces had a population of less than 7 million.

At present, there are as many as 5 million people registered in Nanjing, and there are 2 million floating people living in Nanjing. Nanjing's population is comparable to that of a province with a small population, and its prosperity and strength are the highest in China and even the world. Wide roads and a spider web-like bus system organically combine residential, industrial, administrative, and commercial areas.

Buildings nestled in greenery make up residential complexes, each with a kindergarten, and each neighborhood has an elementary, junior high and high school. There is no shortage of parks, hospitals, post offices, shopping malls, vegetable markets, cinemas, and theaters. These industrialized buildings correspond to the ancient architectural landscape of the old town. Whether it's an old building converted into a museum, or a newly built museum, the city's cultural atmosphere is even stronger.

A population of 7 million makes the city vibrant. On a micro level, the city has a myriad of problems, and everyone can have something to complain about. From a macro point of view, Nanjing does provide enough social services to the city's residents, so that the city's residents can enjoy a convenient life that is second to none in China and the world.

Ordinary people who have been to this city are in awe of it, people of insight who have been to this city praise it, and people who want to copy this city admire it. Industrial fairs, trade fairs, art exhibitions, fashion festivals, etc., are held every season. Not only Chinese flock to this, but you can also see many foreign devils from thousands of miles away.

Almost all of the brothers want to live in Nanjing after retirement, and although it is impossible to describe it exactly, everyone can feel that the city is different. Zhao Sishui had already bought a house in Nanjing, although he didn't live for a few days, although his place of work was not in Nanjing, but he always thought that Nanjing was the place where he should really live. If I have to describe it, to live in Nanjing is to live at the forefront of the times, and this capital city, like the governor of Wei Zedu, represents the most progressive, powerful, prosperous, and even the most beautiful things.

News about overseas has been getting more and more in the newspapers over the years. On Thursday, I read a report that European countries praised Nanjing very much. If it weren't for the national policy of atheism implemented by the Republic of China, in addition to banning missionary work, all churches in Nanjing would have been demolished. Nanjing will probably not only be called the "City of Light" in Europe, but will also be called the "City of God".

"Lao Zhou, you have built Wuhan well." Zhao Sishui first affirmed Zhou Zhengxiong's contributions over the years. As the earliest temporary capital, and facing the South China Sea, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, together with the adjacent city of Hong Kong, became the economic center of Lingnan and the South China Sea. After moving the capital to Nanjing, starting with Wuhan and ending in Shanghai, several cities rose almost simultaneously along the entire Yangtze River basin. As a very important city in the Yangtze River city chain, Wuhan's performance in urban planning and planning implementation in recent years is indeed extraordinary. As the secretary of the provincial party committee, Zhou Zhengxiong has made great contributions.

"Lao Zhou, I don't say anything if you compare yourself with others. You and Du Dubi, I think ......, your heart is too big. Zhao Sishui sincerely put forward his views to the old man. Governor Wei Ze formulated the basic norms for urban planning, and the construction of Nanjing City was carried out under the nose of Wei Zedu. Needless to say, take the road as an example, and everyone thought that the original road was unreasonably wide, but 7 million people can make the wide road extremely congested.

With such a wide road still blocked like this, everyone thought that the traffic congestion was almost impossible to solve, and the Governor's plan to build an overpass made the traffic congestion miraculously resolved. The originally wide streets provide ample space for the overpass system. As a high-ranking soldier, Zhao Sishui can conclude that the governor took these into account when he first designed it. Without the most basic training, if you disregard reality on the battlefield and pat your head, it will be a dead end. Twenty years ago, the Governor was "unreasonable" and forced to plan streets that were unspeakably wide, and even legislated specifically for them, which has left enough room for future development. This kind of foresight and perseverance to the end is beyond the reach of others, so the achievements and achievements of the Governor are unparalleled.

"I don't expect Wuhan to be more prosperous than Nanjing, and I don't think I can compare with Dudu. But now that this shelf has been erected, and it has come to this one, I will not leave Wuhan aside and ignore it. Zhou Zhengxiong's tone was serious, this was his sincere words, "Nanjing is so strong, because Nanjing's industry is strong." We have so many factories in Hubei, and with half of the capacity of the Nanjing factory, Wuhan will not be much worse than Nanjing. Nanjing is only a municipality directly under the central government in the final analysis, and we can't compare a province to a city? ”

"You don't know the situation of each factory now." Zhao Sishui can only say this. The trouble of workers running to the door of the provincial government to ask for wages has already explained everything. Zhou Zhengxiong's ambition is not wrong, but now we have to face reality. The factory in Nanjing did not get to this point. Needless to say, Nanjing, even if the situation in Anqing and Wuhu along the Yangtze River is not good, it has not reached such a point.

Zhou Zhengxiong handed Zhao Sishui a cigarette, "Old Zhao, I invited you today to talk about this matter." I know very well that the situation in the factory is not good, and I have recently found a lot of people and asked the reason. In the past few years, we have taken too much money from the factory, and this money has been used to build Wuhan, and Wuhan is good, but the factory is no longer working. Whether these people are bluffing me or not, but that's what they say, and that's all I can hear. Now it is imperative to hurry up with the purchase of new equipment, hurry up the training, and get back to production. ”

"What's wrong with the device?" Zhao Sishui knew less about industrial matters than Zhou Zhengxiong, and when he heard that he was going to invest a large sum of money in it, he instinctively felt that it was not the right way. Those steel guys should be able to function as long as they don't break. Unless someone deliberately sabotages or steals the property of the factory, what do you do with a good machine and buy a new one?

Hearing that Zhao Sishui had the same opinion as himself, Zhou Zhengxiong snorted, "I asked a lot of people, and they all said that the equipment was outdated and the accuracy was insufficient. And what else is not efficient. Look at ......," Zhou Zhengxiong said, getting up and taking out a bag of things from a drawer.

Zhou Zhengxiong handed the two keychains to Zhao Sishui first. Zhao Sishui saw that the shape of the keychain was the same, but one keychain was very smooth, and the other had a more obvious concave on the surface. In terms of quality alone, there is indeed a big difference.

Next is the frosted glass decoration hairpin, which has been popular in recent years, and this more refined product can be seen even more. Not to mention the gloss and color of the frosted glass particles, there is also a big difference in the metal clip part.

The comparison of other industrial products is placed in front of Zhao Sishui, if you look at only one, it will not be too much of a problem, but the two are compared together, and the gap between the two sides is obvious. Zhao Sishui is not in business, and he still has the idea of "people have to die compared to people, and goods have to be thrown away" in his heart.

"These things that don't look good are all made in our Hubei region, and these things that look good are all from other places." Zhou Zhengxiong said quite frankly.

Zhao Sishui didn't speak immediately, he raised the ground glass hairpin and compared. After looking at it carefully for a while, I picked up a few other pieces and compared them one by one. After the comparison, Zhao Sishui frowned and said, "Could this be that the workers are not serious about their work?" has been able to do this, the style, the suit is not a lot worse. I just didn't keep up with this breath at the end. ”

Hearing Zhao Sishui say this, Zhou Zhengxiong's face looked very ugly, and with a very dissatisfied tone, Zhou Zhengxiong said hatefully: "Yes! Things can't be done well, but the salary is very fast. ”

Hearing Zhou Zhengxiong mention this stubble again, Zhao Sishui was a little unhappy. Even if he feels that the decisive difference between the two products is not the style and material, but the lack of precision in processing caused by lack of seriousness. But Zhao Sishui still does not see any justification for the detention of salaried workers. Zhou Zhengxiong may think that workers are responsible for the quality of factory products, and it is necessary to give them some punishment, which is one thing. But in Zhao Sishui's view, these are two different things. Not to be confused.

"Lao Zhao, if the workers produce well, the things will sell well. Whoever dares to default on wages, I will be the first to refuse. Workers do a good job and don't pay wages, which is clearly bullying. When was I, Zhou Zhengxiong, a bully? We've known each other for so long, do you think I'm that kind of person? "Of course, Zhou Zhengxiong wants to unite with Zhao Sishui, but he is also from a bitter background, and this is also Zhou Zhengxiong's heart.

"It doesn't have to be difficult for those people to detain them, if they don't deduct people, I'm afraid that they will come to ask for wages after them. When the province is in this situation, where is the money? Now forcing the province to take the money, even if we are killed, we will not be able to come up with the money. Now it is good to maintain a situation, if all the trouble is up, the situation cannot be maintained, and the factory that could have started is in chaos again, it will be even worse. I said this, I don't know if you can understand me, Lao Zhao. Zhou Zhengxiong continued. Since Zhao Sishui said earlier that Zhou Zhengxiong also had to get closer to his comrades and take the initiative to unite his comrades, Zhou Zhengxiong was not ready to fight all the problems by him. Let's talk about the difficulties.

"Alas......" Zhao Sishui could only sigh, he still doesn't regret his decision, but Zhou Zhengxiong's difficulties do exist.

"It's useless to say anything else now, and I can't ask the governor for money now. If I had gone and talked about Hubei, someone would have asked me to step down. At this age, I'll be working for another four years at most. I had to retire as soon as the four years came, and I worked all my life, and in the end I was kicked down like a dog, I don't recognize it! Zhou Zhengxiong's tone was firm.

"And what are you going to do?" Zhao Sishui was not ready to remove Zhou Zhengxiong from power, he asked.

"If you want to get money, you have to go after those rich people." Zhou Zhengxiong's tone seemed to return to the young era of cracking down on local tyrants and inferior gentry, "There is no shortage of rich people in Wuhan, and those who open shops, whether they are hotels or restaurants, whether they sell things, or they are engaged in transportation." They are all very rich. At this time, Lao Zhao, you have to cooperate with the work and raise your noble hand. ”

Zhao Sishui heard some ominous meaning from these words, although he was born with no good impression of rich people, but Zhao Sishui was still worried that Zhou Zhengxiong would use some radical means. He hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhou Zhengxiong first pursed his lips, and then said two words with an expression on his face that could not be described with kindness, "Fine!" ”