Chapter 32 Pilot Land Reform Development of X-ray machines

Li Mao did not stay in Yaogang for too long, so he hurried back to Hankou, where there were too many things. However, when they left, Zhang Zhimu and Li Mao talked again, and both of them believed that party building should be carried out appropriately. They divided the work, and the senior cadres on the Jiangnan side talked and did the work after Li Mao inspected them. Zhang Zhimu is personally in charge of the kiln gang.

In addition, Li Mao asked Zhang Zhimu again: "Mr. Zhang, our new channel of the Yellow River is about to be opened to water, so you don't have any new ideas?" ”

Hearing Li Mao's question, Zhang Zhimu was stunned, "Hehe! Brother Li, do you have any good ideas? ”

"Mr. Zhang, the new river channel has greatly shifted the estuary of the Yellow River to the north. Out of the Yellow River to the north is Tianjin Wei, to the east is Liaodong. The estuary also greatly strengthened the connection between the surrounding people and the inland areas through the Yellow River, and gradually this effect will be revealed. Do we have a lot to do? Li Mao finished in one breath.

Zhang Zhimu couldn't help nodding and said, "Alas! There have been so many things going on during this time, and I really haven't thought about them. That's great. In the future, we will also have a lot of work to dredge up the siltation of the Yellow River estuary. But I would like to build a few wharves on the Shandong Peninsula and a few large salt works. The guards at the mouth of the Yellow River are also a problem, we can get out, others can come in. There's a lot to be done. However, in the future, it will be much more convenient for us to use the advantages of the naval army to march into Jinjing and Liaodong. ”

At this time, Zhang Zhimu thought of Qingdao, a natural port, as well as Yantai, Longkou and other ports and wharves that can dock large-tonnage ships. Zhang Zhimu also knows that rice has to be eaten in one bite, and things have to be done one by one. However, Li Mao's reaction was so fast, which still made Zhang Zhimu admire it very much. This is a person who is open-minded, thoughtful, and very capable of action.

After Li Mao left, Zhang Zhimu found Lu Chengxiang and said to him: "Mr. Lu has a thing that can make a fortune, you can do it yourself!" ”

Hearing Zhang Zhimu say this, knowing that he was teasing him, Lu Chengxiang said: "It seems that Mr. Zhang knows that my old Lu likes silver the most!" ”

"Huh! It's not just because you like silver the most, but also because I'm not at ease with others doing it. Zhang Zhimu said.

Lu Chengxiang immediately became serious, "Mr. Zhang, if you have something, just give orders!" ”

"Brother Li Mao and Li reminded me that when our new river channel is opened, the entire estuary will move north. This opens up a lot of opportunities for us. I would like to buy some beach land near the mouth of the sea, and we can build a large salt farm. Salt is taken by drying salt. You see, can I rest assured that I will hand it over to others? ”

"That's right! You can't let anyone else do it. Lu Chengxiang said, "However, that side is still under the control of the imperial court." Salt is strictly controlled by the imperial court, how can we do it? ”

"I don't think I need to worry about them," Zhang Zhimu said, "only by drying sea salt on a large scale can the cost of salt really come down, the people can eat salt without worrying, and the cost of raw materials for our chemical plants can come down." Let's do it first, and if anyone objects, we'll send an army over. In the future, our country will also implement a ** system for salt. ”

"That's good! I sent someone over and bought land on the beach first. Lu Chengxiang said.

"Buy land in places with wide ground and good ventilation." Zhang Zhimu said, "If the ventilation conditions are good, the water in the seawater will evaporate." In the future, we will build a salt chemical plant in cooperation with the salt plant. ”

Liu Zongmin and his entourage returned to Yaogang after the Yellow River opened. It can be seen that Liu Zongmin and his entourage are very happy this trip.

Originally, Liu Zongmin wanted to take a look at Datong, and then go to Baotou to take a look, where there are border passes. Military men have a special affection for such a place. But Liu Zongmin and the others left Datong and arrived in Baotou, so they were reluctant to go.

After drinking bitterly with the original sworn enemy Zhou Yuji and his wife for two days, Zhou Yuji personally accompanied them to visit the reclamation area.

In particular, they were stunned to see the large tractor walking over the wilderness, turning all the weeds and shrubs on the original land into the underground soil at once, and immediately the land that could be cultivated, and two tractors pulling large pears to dig out the canal directly.

Zhou Yuji also led Liu Zongmin and them to visit the group of immigrants who were captured by the Dashun Army and are now the owners of this land.

This group of people was really emotional to see each other. Liu Zongmin saw those who had become families, piling up endless food from house to house, with carts and horses, and fat pigs, and tears almost came out. He knew that those who followed the Dashun army to rebel were all because they couldn't eat, and now these people are living a life that they couldn't have imagined at the beginning. In particular, Liu Zongmin saw that the original female soldiers had found good families and were living well, and said to Zhou Yuji: "I didn't expect them to live so well!" When I go back, I'll tell Lord Chuang about it! ”

Zhou Yuji joked: "You should keep it a secret when you go back!" Otherwise, your soldiers will come here!" ”

"Don't be afraid! They want to come and enjoy the blessings, and we shouldn't stop them! Liu Zongmin said.

There were many veterans of the original Dashun Army, and when they heard that Liu Zongmin was coming, they came to visit him. Seeing everyone in such a place, the veterans and Liu Zongmin were a little excited, and Liu Zongmin, who was not very good at speaking, stood on a high place and said to everyone: "See everyone living so well!" I'm so happy! You work hard here, and when I finish fighting Annan with King Chuang, I will come back and work with you and enjoy happiness together. I'm going to take care of my old business of striking iron, and I'll do the farming for you! ”

The veterans now also feel that Liu Zongmin is not so terrible, and they all say: "General Quan! We're waiting for you here! "General Quan! We'll keep the good wine for you! ”

Afterwards, Liu Zongmin said to Zhou Yuji: "Fuck! That scene almost made me embarrassed and brought tears out! ”

"Haha! If you, General Quan, get the cat urine out and put it in the newspaper, I'll see how you go out to meet people! "Zhou Yuji is also from the army, and he is ashamed of the tears.

A group of people who came with Liu Zongmin were also military generals, and someone said: "Today's matter, even tears are nothing." We didn't expect that these brothers we thought we were sorry would have such a good life, and our hearts were inevitably sour. ”

Liu Zongmin and the others came out, and the more they were distracted, they went cross-country, and waited until the Yellow River opened, they first took a boat to Ningxiawei, and then to Lanzhou, and then took a boat back to Hequ, and then took a train back to Yaogang.

At Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He's reception banquet for Liu Zongmin, Liu Zongmin said: "Alas! The more I walked, the more I wanted to go, if I wasn't worried about the prince, I really wanted to go to Hexi to see it again. In the same place, in your hands, after only a few years of hard work, it has completely changed. No wonder King Chuang admires you when he talks about it. I was a little unconvinced before, but now I'm convinced. When I was in Baotou, I said to our old soldiers, when I follow the prince to fight Annan, I will come back to do the old business of a blacksmith and give you a farmer's business! ”

Ouyang He joked: "General Quan, we are going to build a canning factory in Baotou, I think you don't want to strike iron, just kill cattle and slaughter sheep." Over the years, you have lost your iron-striking skills, and you have practiced killing well. ”

"Haha!" Ouyang He's words made everyone laugh.

Liu Zongmin smiled and said, "Mr. Ouyang, the canned beef you said is really delicious. Don't forget, get us more. ”

Everyone laughed again, because the people from the kiln found that the people who came from outside really liked the canned food in the kiln. On the contrary, the people of Yaogang themselves only open a canned food to eat when they are in a hurry, because the supply of fresh things in Yaogang is sufficient, and no one really eats canned food if there is nothing to do.

Ouyang said: "Don't worry! General Quan, after you have rested, you can take stock of the materials prepared for you. ”

"Oops! What are you resting for? Liu Zongmin said, "We are simply resting." Tomorrow we can take a look at the baby that was given to us. ”

This time, the Yaogang side prepared 300,000 sets of military uniforms for Li Zicheng's army, including a set of long coats and trousers camouflage uniforms, as well as a set of short clothes and shorts for southern use, underwear and underwear and socks are knitted, a set of carrying equipment for each person, an aluminum water bottle, and a raincoat, mosquito net, and yellow rubber shoes for each person. There are also a lot of medicines, canned food, compressed biscuits, etc. The armament was 5,000 muskets, 200,000 hands **.

All the material was stacked in several large warehouses at Lingshui Pier. Liu Zongmin and others entered the unsightly side yard and looked at the rows of warehouses, and knew better that the economic strength of the kiln gang was really incomparable. Seeing the piles of materials prepared for them here, Liu Zongmin and his party jumped up excitedly and stroked these costumes and equipment with their hands. They knew that the Dashun army could finally unify their clothing. Since the rebellion, the clothing of his army has not been completely uniform. Not to mention such a sturdy and good-looking garment made with the best cloth and sewing machine.

However, it is not easy to transport these equipment to Jiangnan, and the quantity is too large. When Liu Zongmin and the others left, several tugboats dragged the barge and brought muskets and hands and some materials for them. For safety, soldiers were arranged on the weapons ships to guard them.

As soon as Liu Zongmin and the others left, the "Yaogang Weekly", "Yaogang Daily" and the Yaogang Radio Station published and broadcast the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen that he was preparing to carry out a pilot project of land reform. This is a stone that stirs up a thousand waves, and the entire Ming Dynasty is talking about it. The opposition exceeded the initial expectations, and even many of the kiln gang themselves did not agree with such a land reform. Because they have saved a lot of money, they want to go back to their hometowns to buy fields and go back to the local owners, and if there are no landlords in the whole country, their dreams will be shattered. Those landlords were even more resolutely opposed, and moving their land was the same as moving their old lives.

As a pilot area, the Qinshui area is even more noisy. But the landlords on the other side of Qinshui only noticed at this time. Yaogang has already stationed a large number of police and troops here, apparently well prepared. These landlords who have competed with the kiln gang people know in their hearts that if the kiln gang people are not ready, they will not act, and since they have acted, they are ready.

They guessed correctly, this time Yan Boju, Yan Xing, Li Yan, and Qiu Laodong all went to the Qinshui area to assist in the land reform work. While they were propagandizing with officials at all levels, they came up with detailed policies. And the policy that came out this time is very detailed and very operable. But those landlords also swore not to accept it. Whoever dares to touch their land will fight with whomever they want.

These things, the people of Yaogang have thought of it a long time ago, they are not soft, and they also kill those who do not use force to fight. Because they are fighting against the Holy Decree, they are also Fa-righteous by killing. Killed several groups of people and published them in the newspapers. Later on, the work was much easier. Those peasants who had originally followed the owners to confront the land reform saw that such a land reform was beneficial to them, and although they did not dare to openly support it on the surface, they secretly welcomed it. One of the advantages of this land reform is that the landlords' land is not confiscated but bought by the government, and then distributed to the peasants for rent. The landlords got the silver, and the government encouraged them to do business activities from the office. This time, when the cadres of the kiln gang went down, they also came up with some feasible projects to provide them, such as grain processing plants, breeding projects, small lime kilns, and so on.

The impact of this incident is not only in the Qinshui area, but also on all the landlords. Some people even began to collude against each other.

However, with the help of a large number of teams from the kiln gang, after two months of hard work, the land was distributed to the farmers.

The kiln officials who work in the Qinshui area immediately felt that there was much less resistance to their work. Because the peasants are the land that is distributed from the government, they are no longer hired peasants of the landlord's family, and they no longer have to listen to the landlord in everything. The kiln workers were not polite to those who threatened the peasants and forbade them to rent land, and once they were confirmed, they were immediately killed. This kind of land reform will never work without the slightest iron-clad means.

In order to support the spring plowing of farmers who rented government land in the first year, a lot of fertilizer was sent free of charge from Yaogang.

In order to support the efforts of the Yaogang people to open up the Silk Road, Emperor Chongzhen sent a team of more than a dozen people led by Wang Xin, the main guest of the Ministry of Rites, to Yaogang, who were ordered to accompany the Yaogang people as special envoys of the imperial court. The host and guest Qing official Shilang is a five-grade official, and he is a very big official. It seems that the emperor wants to show that he attaches great importance to what the kiln gang does.

Of course, Zhang Zhimu also treated each other politely, arranged them to the Yaogang Hotel, and gave a grand banquet to this Langzhong Wang Xin.

During the banquet, Wang Xin said to Zhang Zhimu: "Zhang Dongjia, I won't tell you that no one wants to come to this errand in the court. But I won it. Although I don't have the same ambition as Zhang Qian, I really don't want to wait for death in the capital. The whole world of the Ming Dynasty is like this, but the court and the middle of the country are still fighting non-stop, and no one is doing the right thing. The reason why I am fighting for this is because this is what you kiln people want to do, and I just want to do something useful with you. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang, for your trust in us. Rest assured, we will take full responsibility for your safety on the road. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Zhang Dongjia, I know that it is very dangerous to go like this, and since I have made up my mind to go, I have already put life and death out of the way." Wang Xin arched his hands and said, "It's just that if I really have an accident, I ask Zhang Dongjia to help take care of my family!" ”

Zhang Zhimu was moved by Wang Xin's words, "Lord Wang, you leave me the address of your group's home." From now on, we will pay your family's living expenses on time. ”

"No, no, Zhang Dongjia," Wang Xin said, "we are still court officials, and we have court officials." What worries me is that the court will not be able to help us when we have an emergency. Please help me then! ”

"That's it! Needless to say," Zhang Zhimu said, "you leave your home address, and we will arrange the rest." ”

Wang Xin came this time and brought a lot of information about the Western Regions. Zhao Jinli and Wang Xin studied these materials every day, and the things that Lu Chengxiang brought to the Western Regions began to be transported to Hexi.

The merchants from the Western Regions who came from the Mongolian steppe heard that the Yaogang people were going to open up the Silk Road, and they all agreed to go together. After the general who was invited from Quanzhou with a high salary arrived, Zhao Jinli and Wang Xin also went to Hexi.

On this day, when Zhang Zhimu came home at night, he saw Xiaohu sitting there with gauze on his feet. Without waiting for Zhang Zhimu to ask, Xiaohu said: "Uncle, look, today is really unlucky!" When we were playing at school, we accidentally broke our foot. ”

"Humph! Who made you naughty and jump down from the wall! Huang Yukun counted.

"Oops! We were fine jumping every day, but today we were unlucky and jumped on a rock! Xiaohu argued.

"How's it going, does it still hurt?" Zhang Zhimu went over and touched Xiaohu's head and asked.

"It doesn't hurt now, but I was sweating when it hurt!" Xiaohu said, "Later, Grandpa 'Shenshou Zhang' gave me a massage, and I almost got off the medicine again." ”

"Grandpa Zhang said that the injury was not serious?" Zhang Zhimu asked with concern.

"Grandpa Zhang said, as long as you don't stretch it, you will be fine in a few days!" Xiaohu said, "Hey! I can't play again these days. ”

Listening to 'Shenshou Zhang' say that it was okay, Zhang Zhimu knew that it was no big deal. However, he remembered the X-ray again. In the previous life, such an injury can be seen clearly at a glance after taking a few films.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhimu immediately called Yangchang, he knew that Yangchang and they were still in the laboratory at this time, and informed Yangchang to come to his office tomorrow morning, and also made a call to Lu Bingyi, asking him to take a few of his students who studied physics to his office early tomorrow morning.

Xiaohu saw that Zhang Zhimu was so excited, and said, "It's okay, uncle, my injury will heal soon!" ”

"I know, I'm asking Yangchang and them to come over tomorrow and let them study the X-ray machine." Zhang Zhimu said.

"What is an X-ray machine for?" Xiaohu asked.

"Let's put it this way, an X-ray is a very short wavelength of light. This kind of light is very penetrating, if you use this kind of light, irradiate your injured foot, on the other side, with a photographic negative, you can see your bones clearly through the flesh, what your foot hurts, it is easy to see clearly. Zhang Zhimu explained.

"Huh? That's horrible! Xiaohu pretended to be surprised and said, "Can you pass through the flesh and skin, can you also wear through clothes?" ”

"Of course you can wear clothes! It can only be blocked with a lead plate. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Huh? Do I have to wear clothes made of lead plates when I have an X-ray machine? Xiaohu exaggerated.

"There's no need at all, no one will take out an X-ray machine and go out on the street. Even if you take it out, it's useless. Hehe! Zhang Zhimu knew that this little tiger was thinking too much.

My cousin didn't understand it, but she also said, "Zhimu! You must not get any clothes piercing machines! That's a lack of great virtue! ”

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".