He Zudao and You Wei didn't say much when they walked side by side on the country road. At this time, it was already dark, and the vast majority of party members at this party meeting lived in Yuezhangji, and Shang Yuan and the comrades from the county town stayed at the venue to discuss issues with Chen Ke. You Yu wanted to return to the station, and He Zudao volunteered to escort her. You Yu felt that this move didn't matter, and He Zudao definitely didn't want to give up. Therefore, the surprised or meaningful gaze of the comrades did not make the man and woman have the idea of giving up.

Both of them were silent the way. Although he likes You Wei very much, the work is already so heavy that He Zudao has no heart to spend on emotions at all. You Wei is also preoccupied, and how to gather probationary party members is also a very troublesome thing for her. The two walked in silence for a long time, and You Yu asked, "Zudao, you are engaged in political work, do you have any suggestions to talk about?" ”

"I don't have much good advice. Mr. Wen Qing has always told me that the revolution itself has been conceived among the masses, and that a revolutionary is not to create a revolution, but to discover the revolution that the people need and turn the people's revolutionary aspirations into reality. I always feel that this is very true, but I am always short of breath when I can grasp the main point. He Zudao said slowly.

"Haha, if you feel bad, I'm 108,000 miles away." You Yu smiled.

"Sister You, you're too polite." He Zudao couldn't help but say politely.

"Humph!" You Yu laughed. Not far away, there was the sound of rushing water, which was the irrigation station of the waterworks, and the two of them had arrived near the county seat unconsciously.

"Footway, let's go there and sit down. No matter how to advertise, I still don't have a score. You Yu said.

Young men and women sat down on the masonry foundations of the pillars under the tall aqueducts, but fell silent. After a long while, He Zudao said: "Sister You Xuan, do you think there are a few current party members who can make Mr. Wen Qing feel eye-catching." Who can make Mr. Wen Qing feel that he is a real revolutionary? ”

"Well, you're definitely one." You replied.

"I'm a revolutionary eagle dog at best, not a revolutionary. Mr. Wen Qing and Mr. Shang Yuan are revolutionaries. I'm sure of that. The two of them have something that we don't have. But I couldn't tell. ”

He Zudao's words actually spoke in You Wei's heart, she was not originally joining Chen Ke's team for the revolution. Even now, You Gou considers himself a chemist, not a revolutionary. But she also felt that her definition was not necessarily reasonable. In short, all kinds of complicated things are clear in Chen Ke's narration, but when it was You Wei's turn to think about it, it returned to a state of fog.

After a while, He Zudao continued: "We can be regarded as qualified party members, I can be sure of this." Now Mr. Wen Qing wants to develop party members, not revolutionaries. By the way, Sister You Wu, do you remember when we conducted a social survey together? ”

You Yu knew that He Zudao was referring to the social survey that the People's Party and the Huangpu Publishing House had conducted together at the end of 1905. She nodded softly in the darkness. You Yu still remembers the social survey clearly, but it feels like it was a long, long time ago. She suddenly thought that in this dark night, she might not be able to see He Zudao when she nodded, so she said "um".

He Zudao said slowly: "At that meeting, Mr. Wen Qing asked us to find revolutionaries. Sister You, you tell us that we are looking for revolutionary comrades, not revolutionaries. Now that Mr. Wen Qing wants us to gather party members, I think we still have to do what you said, Sister You. ”

"What did I say? Let you do this? Footway, you still tell me what to do. You Wei smiled, He Zudao's words were plausible, You Wei didn't quite understand.

He Zudao said: "We don't need to gather comrades who can understand the program of the People's Party, we need to gather people who are willing to follow the program of the People's Party." Let these new comrades take on the work, and they will be able to understand and raise their awareness in the course of their work. That's how I got here, and I think it's okay to do that. As long as we listen to the party and are willing to work, sooner or later everyone will be able to understand what the People's Party is going to do. I still don't know how far Mr. Wen Qing wants to advance the revolution. But I can't say it, but I can feel what it means to be a soldier of the people. What is called good for the people. ”

Generally speaking, she will always say something to the anxious child of Youyu. And this time, You Gou quietly listened to He Zudao's words, but did not comment. He Zudao finished expressing his opinion, waited for a while, but did not get a response, he asked with a little weakness: "Sister You, what do you think?" ”

"Foot Dao ......" You Yu paused when she said this, perhaps because she didn't know what to say, she was silent for a moment before she continued, "Foot Dao, you have grown up." You are already a true revolutionary. ”

He Zudao never expected You Wei to evaluate himself like this, and his heart immediately beat wildly. This sentence gave He Zudao infinite associations, and this chaotic and hazy association turned into a clear courage, and he was about to speak. But I heard You Wei continue: "I already know how to recruit new party members." Thank you. You've done a good job in this political work. ”

The words that had rushed to his mouth were blocked by You Xuan's words, and He Zudao swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva in a row, but he didn't know how to continue.

"Zudao, it's getting late, you should go back quickly. It's not far from where I live, so you don't have to send it. After speaking, he jumped off the foundation of the masonry pillars.

"......, okay." He Zudao could only say this.

Chen Ke really didn't expect one thing, on the third day after the last meeting, You Wei came over with an eight-page list, "Secretary Chen, this is the party member I plan to develop." I talked to them, and they all volunteered to join the BJP and were willing to take the test of the party organization. ”

The paper was densely filled with names and general introductions. Chen Ke flipped through it, and actually wrote on both sides. There must be at least a dozen people on a single page. There are estimated more than 100 people on these eight pages. This means that you have to develop at least 40 people a day. This is excessively efficient.

Without waiting for Chen Ke to ask his own question, You Wei had already explained: "The comrades above don't understand revolution. I don't know what liberation is. They knew four things: First, the People's Party was the real leader of Fengtai County. Second, the People's Party works for the welfare of the people. Thirdly, they refused to go back to their old days and joined the BJP of their own free will. No matter how hard or tired it is. Fourth, if they don't do a good job, they will be expelled from the party. These comrades are all tested comrades, and most of them have public office. I think they can be probationary party members. ”

After listening to You Wu say this in one breath, Chen Ke stared at You Wu for a while, and then asked, "You won't wipe out all the people in the escort team, right?" ”

"There are more than 40 people in the garment factory." You Yu gave a more detailed explanation.

At this stage, Chen Ke can't find fault anymore. "Hardship comes first, pleasure comes last. Let's make the rules for joining the BJP clear. ”

"It's all clear! They are not afraid of hardship. Do you think you can work harder than before? If you want to endure hardships, you also work hard with your comrades, and if everyone can do it, they can do it. You replied.

This is actually true, in such a catastrophic year, no one will have a hard time. Chen Ke nodded, "Since there are so many people, the party school will open classes, and these new comrades participate in the party school training every night. ”

Watching You Wei leave the office briskly, Chen Ke couldn't help but sigh. Without meeting these female comrades, Chen Ke could figure out that these women were not so much revolutionaries as rural women who had made up their minds to become professional women.

Following You Wei, He Zudao took a list of 300 people. Chen Ke probably flipped through it, asked He Zudao again, and also defined this group of comrades, preparing to become a rural soldier who was a professional soldier.

However, after He Zudao left, Chen Ke suddenly figured out that these comrades may not be able to become qualified party members, but they have the potential to become cadres. You must know that being able to make up your mind to give up your identity as a peasant is already a very advanced figure in this era.

"Don't say it, these two people have quite an idea." Chen Ke couldn't help but praise secretly.

Now that he had a new idea, Chen Ke immediately convened a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh Secretary, at which he put forward the selection criteria centered on the selection of "comrades who decided to get rid of their peasant status by joining the People's Party" in view of the work ideas of He Zudao and You Wei.

With the main directions, various standards came out. One of the most important is that any comrade who voluntarily joins the BJP will automatically lose his eligibility to divide land in the near future. Since he decided to give up his peasant status, join the party organization, and eat public grain, there is no need to obtain his own land at all. The BJP is not a group that pursues its own interests, and this point cannot be shaken.

Over the next three days, nearly 1,000 probationary party members were selected. In fact, there were as many as 3,000 people who signed up. Through the meeting held by several secretaries, the people of Fengtai County learned of the exact existence of the People's Party, and there were many people who wanted to find a "background". But as soon as the rule that they were not allowed to own their own land was introduced, the peasants immediately chose to give it up. The People's Party advertised that it would start dividing the land after the completion of this harvest. Although everyone does not believe in it, this is always a big hope. Joining the People's Party seems to have benefits, but these benefits are all false, and the distribution of land is the real life. For farmers, this kind of account does not need to be deliberately calculated at all.

Only those who are genuinely willing to give up being peasants, who have really passed the test of the People's Party, and who have worked very hard in their work, have passed the selection.

Suddenly, the problem of understaffing, which had been plaguing the BJP, was solved. Although he knew that a large number of these probationary party members would definitely be eliminated, but these people really wanted to follow the People's Party, Chen Ke felt that there was no need for him to find fault at this stage.

The abundance of human resources made it possible for Chen Ke's original plan on paper to be realized. The first thing to establish is the public security system. At least a modern public security system should be established. The modern public security system is not a simple police, but a complete social management and service system. The Hukou Police are also part of the public security system. These comrades from local backgrounds are very familiar with the local situation, and the formation of the public security system by them has not only greatly improved the work efficiency, but also made the local people feel much more at ease.

In the past few days of expanding the number of grassroots cadres, the insurance regiment has not been idle. The guys who were captured formed a "labor camp". Work with the insurance regiment under the guard of fighters. These people were not diligent in the first place, and the insurance regiment did not abuse them, but only asked them to bear the same workload as the insurance regiment soldiers. After a few days, I will call these people crying fathers and mothers.

Although the relatives and friends of these people are still worried about the life and death of these people, they are relieved to see that the insurance group only let these people work, so it is obvious that they did not kill them. Looking at the second-rate people on weekdays with sad faces, tired like dead dogs, it really has a very happy effect.

The party school opened as scheduled, and these probationary party members worked during the day and studied at night. Naturally, it was a lot of hard work, but they also found one thing that made them happy, and the ration supply was also improved. Half full has become seven points full, which is more tangible than any reward for the people under natural disasters. The original anxiety about the future has subsided. After all, joining the BJP means selling one's life, and even for these courageous comrades, it is impossible not to feel anxious about the future.

With sufficient manpower, the resettlement of the victims from other places has also proceeded more smoothly. Chen Ke was finally free to do what he wanted to do.

Pu Guanshui naturally did not know the situation in Fengtai County, and after he led the officers and men of the Anhui New Army to leave Fengtai County, he began to disperse his actions in full accordance with the plan. In the plan, the flotilla of the insurance regiment dropped the officers and men at several assembly points along the waterway, and then assembled again to pick up a large number of supplies that had been agreed upon long ago and returned to Fengtai County.

The dragon flag and the co-unification flag of Puguanshui fluttered on the fleet, plus the military uniform of the new army in Anhui, although the officials along the way did not have to be afraid of the coordination of the new army, but this face still had to be given. Although, as indicated by the insurance team, there were many checkpoints along the way, but the fleet was able to continue its journey.

Every day, you can meet people who commit suicide by throwing themselves into the water, and you can see the bodies of dead people on the river and on the shore every day. Although he was used to these scenes, Pu Guanshui still couldn't accept them. But the cold reality can't be changed at all, if Pu Guanshui doesn't have the magic power to provide unlimited food, he can't save these people.

The inner pressure is so great that Pu Guanshui is not even willing to appear in the bow of the boat again. He closed the windows in his cabin and read Chen Ke's book intently to get a spiritual escape.

On the third day, a gunshot broke the calm on the river.