The middle-level and grass-roots personnel in the base suddenly found that the leaders in high positions had changed. In the past, these people were trying their best to urge everyone to work, but now these leaders have begun to talk about future plans with middle and low-level comrades for some reason. "Comrade XX, what do you think about the revolution." Suddenly, it became one of the most common popular questions in the base.

The party members and cadres in the base area all know that there is a conversation called the "heart-to-heart meeting," which probably refers to the words that everyone says from the bottom of their hearts. Of course, this is just saying that, for comrades who were born in Fengtai County, the words from the heart are actually a sentence, "I want to be full." I don't want to starve to death. If I have to say something more idealistic, it is also "I want to divide the land", "can we realize the picture of the new countryside painted on the poster by our People's Party?" ”

However, it is clear that the big leaders in high positions do not want to listen to this, and they hope that the young cadres from Fengtai County will be "more ambitious", for example, they want to become higher-level cadres.

It's finally time to show your strength! It's finally time to start your own business! This is the common aspiration of almost all senior cadres. Under Chen Ke's leadership, these comrades at least saw with their own eyes and personally participated in the creation of a revolutionary cause within a county. This is not a "rogue rebellion" that Chen Ke has criticized and ridiculed many times, but a cause that truly unites tens of thousands of people under one banner. And how great the strength of this tens of thousands of people is, these comrades can also see clearly. In a year of disaster, this power can overcome natural disasters. They firmly believe that this power is enough to create a new world in a time of relief from the plague of the disaster year. Therefore, in addition to facing their own work, they tried their best to win over the cadres around them, hoping that they could follow them. to create your own business.

Of course, things begin to be summarized through various reporting channels, and Chen Ke has already left the office before these reports reach Chen Ke's desk. Finally able to get rid of the tedious office work, Chen Ke felt a sense of relief. Perhaps what you need most as a leader of an organization is an extreme thirst for power. Of course, there is a difference between this desire, the first-rate power is eager to use power to do things, and the second-rate power is eager to get the power to do things. As for the third-rate power, they just crave the privileges that power brings.

For Chen, the power he holds comes with obligations. This is not an obligation implied by power itself, but a psychological obligation. One of Chen Ke's reflections these days is his sense of obligation to the revolution and to his comrades. In this regard, the biggest inspiration for Chen Ke was He Zudao.

He Zudao, who is the "general political commissar" of the army, bluntly refused after receiving Chen Ke's formal inquiry "whether he wants to be the secretary of the Fengtai County Party Committee."

Once Shouzhou was captured, Chen Ke was not ready to stop. His goal is to take the entire Fengyang Mansion, and even the Anqing Mansion. In this case, the various counties of Fengyang Mansion will inevitably be taken. It is impossible for Chen Ke to personally command everything, and each county must establish a people's party organization, so that each county party committee in the liberated areas will have its own county party secretary.

After listening to Chen Ke's blunt informing He Zudao of these things, He Zudao did not show excitement or surprise, he asked, "Then Secretary Chen, what work are you responsible for?" ”

This question made Chen Ke feel a little surprised, if it were someone else, he would probably consider the authority of his county party secretary in a new way, and would not consider what work Chen Ke was responsible for at all. He Zudao saw Chen Ke looking at him suspiciously, and he hurriedly explained: "Secretary Chen, I don't want to be the secretary of the county party committee, I just want to work with you." There are so many things I haven't learned. ”

This answer touched Chen Ke very much, but it could not satisfy Chen Ke. "Footway, revolution does not mean that we are only with like-minded people. The revolution was to carry out the new system throughout China. This is when you have to understand your own way of working. ”

Hearing Chen Ke's criticism, He Zudao explained with some embarrassment: "But I always feel that compared with Secretary Chen, I always have an indescribable gap." ”

Chen Ke felt that he could understand the "gap" that He Zudao said, what people in the 21st century had seen, the Chinese 100 years ago could never have imagined, he said: "Is there a gap? That's because you don't see much, and when you think about the problem, you have to think about it from the perspective of the whole environment. ”

"Secretary Chen, I don't think the biggest gap between us is this gap." He Zudao hurriedly said, "I mean, in Secretary Chen's opinion, everyone in the world is the same. In your opinion, no one is different from others. I mean, in your eyes, Secretary Chen, there are no good people or bad people. No matter what everyone does, Secretary Chen, you take it for granted that these people do this. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't do that. ”

Isn't that how it should be? Chen Ke was a little puzzled. Whether a person is objective or not, the first thing to do is to abandon his own interests. If you don't like things and don't feel sorry for yourself, just thinking about your own gains and losses, how can this person be objective?

was about to teach He Zudao, but saw He Zudao frowning, as if he had something in his throat but couldn't say anything. Because of the excitement, He Zudao's face was a little red. Chen Ke was not in a hurry, he quietly waited for He Zudao to organize the language by himself. After a long while, He Zudao finally spoke, "Secretary Chen, you really want to be good to everyone." What you do is always for the sake of others. Whether it's a revolution or the establishment of a new order in the base areas, you are all for the sake of others. I can't say it clearly, but I know it in my heart. And our comrades in the People's Party can also see it. I want to be like you, but I can't. If you let me be to you, I will be deep, and I will be ...... Secretary, so sincere to the comrades in the party. I can do it. But with those people, I always want to be nice to them, but they always don't understand. So I have to keep an eye on it. Keep a hand on them. ”

After saying these things together, He Zudao did not have the kind of pleasure after pouring out his heart, on the contrary, pouring out made He Zudao have more doubts, he gritted his teeth gently, his lips were tightly pursed together, and he looked helpless. After a while, he continued, "Secretary Chen, you can always come up with a way to solve it." I've always learned from you. But to be honest, the more I worked, the more uncomfortable I became. It's all a natural thing to do with you, but every time I do what you say, I get angry. But I didn't dare say anything. So more and more aggrieved. ”

Hearing such a sincere confession, Chen Ke couldn't help but laugh. Yes, He Zudao must be aggrieved. Not to mention He Zudao's grievances, if Chen Ke was five years younger, he would not be able to understand what kind of power was bred among the people. What kind of miracles can this power create.

Chen Ke has always believed that the distance between China and the first-class powers was after the completion of the second industrial revolution, when the scope of mechanization was expanded to a larger scale by electric power and internal combustion engines, and the places that could not be reached by means of vehicles were turned into industrial centers, and the places that could not be reached by means of vehicles were flattened by wheels and tracks, and China was completely left behind in the industrial age. If the defeat of the Opium War was due to the will to fight, then the War of Resistance against Japan was a bloody battle fought by the Chinese people with extremely backward equipment under the leadership of the party. It has relied on countless people to complete the building of grassroots organizations and the construction of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) with infantry squad and platoon tactics that stand at the top of the world. It depends on the lives of millions of people. Or millions of people who volunteered to give their lives.

The Chinese revolution in Chen Ke's time and space relied on the awakening of the broad masses of the people to accomplish the great cause of liberating itself.

Chen Ke knows how difficult this road is and how much it will cost. That's why Chen Ke knew what kind of powerful power was born among the people. This power can even change the pattern of the world. And He Zudao didn't know this, this kid may know that Chen Ke represents something, but he doesn't know what Chen Ke represents.

Chen Ke smiled: "Zudao, if you think I want to promote you, you are thinking wrong." I'm asking you to face the sea of swords and fire. If I was protecting you before, then you will have to rely on yourself to protect yourself. And you don't just have to protect yourself, you have to protect others before you can protect yourself. ”

After saying this, Chen Ke saw He Zudao's face slowly turn red. That's not because of dissatisfaction, but because of shame. He Zudao stood in front of Chen Ke with a flushed face like a child. Soon, He Zudao tried his best to suppress this shame, and said in a tone as firm as possible: "I know, Secretary Chen, I will definitely obey your orders." If you ask me to work in the county, I will go to work in the county. ”

However, Chen Ke's face changed, and Fang Cai's words were the words that could only be said when facing a staunch follower like He Zudao. Chen Ke is now asking comrades to go to various places to establish new base areas, in fact, he wants comrades to face greater risks. It can even be said that comrades should face the threat of death.

It may seem that other regions are not far away, but in this era, dozens of miles away is a completely different world. Not to mention anything else, the straight-line distance between Shouzhou and Fengtai County is only more than 30 miles, but the people of Shouzhou and Fengtai County are in two completely different worlds. The people of Fengtai County have seen the dawn of a new world, while the people of Shouzhou are now struggling in the darkness of the old era. This is not Chen Ke's boasting to himself, needless to say, how many people in Shouzhou can live until next year's spring sowing? Even if it was spring sowing time, where did they get the seeds they sowed?

The people of Fengtai County will be able to cultivate the land seized by the People's Party, and the People's Party will not only provide free seeds and seedlings, but also provide more agricultural tools for production. These do not need the people to make a revolution on their own, and these things that would have required bloodshed and sacrifice to get have fallen on the heads of the people of Fengtai County like snowflakes. It is absolutely impossible for the people of Shouzhou to have such luck. The distance in a straight line is more than 30 miles, and these 30 miles of land means heaven and hell.

When Chen Ke scattered his comrades like seeds to other regions, he let these comrades leave the "clear sky of the liberated areas" and rejoin the dark world. In those worlds, these comrades had to face terrible circumstances. For these comrades, this is by no means a promotion. Not only do they have to fight against this dark age, but they also have to create a truly clear sky in the liberated areas.

Until now, Chen Ke can pat his chest and say, "When it is most dangerous, I will be the first to go and the first to die." But at this moment, Chen Ke finally could no longer say such a thing, and he understood the reason why he was unwilling to make this decision in the first place, he himself wanted to sacrifice less comrades and shed less blood of revolutionaries. However, no matter how much Chen Ke hopes to protect these comrades, and no matter how much Chen Keduo hopes that these comrades will live to see the day of the liberation of the Republic, without the dedication and sacrifice of these comrades, the revolution will never be victorious. Ordering comrades to create new bases is undoubtedly ordering comrades to face death.

Chen Ke said, "Zudao, do you want to go to the county to be the secretary of the county party committee, put it down for the time being." Let's settle the military work first. ”

Therefore, Chen Ke and He Zudao wore the uniforms of the Anhui New Army together and stood behind Pu Guanshui. On more than a dozen boats, all were People's Party fighters disguised as the Anhui New Army. The fleet rushed towards the city of Shouzhou.