Returning home from Xu Guangmao, Ma Qingsheng called his wife Zhao Chunhua into the house, and he asked patiently and seriously: "Chunhua, I really want to ask you, what kind of work do you think you want to do?" ”

Zhao Chunhua saw that Ma Qingsheng was so serious, and this kind of conversation had been carried out many times, Zhao Chunhua was already a little impatient, and she also replied with a straight face: "You are a man, why are you in such a hurry to force me to work?" Do you think I'm embarrassed that I don't work? ”

Ma Qingsheng was already desperate for Zhao Chunhua to come out to work, and he made the last persuasion this time: "Chunhua, look at the surrounding cadres and family members have come out to work, and Chairman Chen's lover has also come out to work." They work very well in the Cartography Department. Can't you find a job and do it seriously? ”

"Can I compare to Chairman Chen's wife? Can you compare to Chairman Chen? Zhao Chunhua immediately retorted.

"Good, good. We don't compare. But Chunhua, I earn 12 yuan a month. It's only 48 catties to buy rice. Is 48 catties of rice enough for the two of us? Ma Qingsheng asked.

Hearing this, Zhao Chunhua was unhappy, "You can't support your wife by yourself, but you blame me for not working." Wouldn't it be nice for you to make more money? If you don't earn 12 dollars a month, you make 24 dollars, 36 dollars. Can there be such a thing? You have to stay in the city, not me. If you go home and farm, I won't say anything. You go out to farm, I cook for you, send it to the land, wash your clothes, and I will serve you when you come home. ”

This is not nonsense, after Ma Qingsheng learned about Xu Guangmao's income, he did not have the slightest dissatisfaction with coming back to farm. Zhao Chunhua may not be suitable for going out to work, but once he joins the production team, Ma Qingsheng feels that he can definitely do a good job. And the countryside is not as good as the city. There are a large number of retired soldiers in the city, but there are relatively few in the township, and with Ma Qingsheng's qualifications, even if he doesn't farm, he can still take on some work in the township.

There is such a great temptation in terms of interests, but Ma Qingsheng does not want to go back to the countryside. There is a low-income side to city life, but there are many new things to see in the city. And the neat streets, the running water and electric lights in the house, as well as all kinds of facilities, as well as the changes that occur every day, make Ma Qingsheng unable to refuse city life. What's more, there have been internal rumors that there will be a relatively large increase in wages in the future. Although the exact timing is uncertain, it is more reliable to say that there will be a large-scale wage adjustment after the land reform in the base area is completed. There is a saying that the basic salary has increased by two yuan, or even that the salary has increased by half. If he can really reach this level, Ma Qingsheng feels that his economic problems will be solved. can earn 18 yuan a month, plus eat in the canteen, Ma Qingsheng's life is definitely good.

If Zhao Chunhua can work well, even if it is only 8 yuan a month, the husband and wife will be able to live their lives.

Thinking of this, Ma Qingsheng said, "Otherwise, I will go to work in Jiangxi first, and when the income comes up, I will take you to Jiangxi." If the income does not come up. I'll come back and farm. Okay, that's it. ”

To Ma Qingsheng's surprise, Zhao Chunhua didn't make a noise, and was silent for a while before she said, "I knew you wanted to be in the city." Kyungseung, you say, how long are you going to stay in the city? ”

Ma Qingsheng was speechless for a while, and he paused for a while before saying, "Then I'll tell you, I can take you to Jiangxi." But you went to Jiangxi, stay at home honestly, don't go out and talk nonsense to me, don't make trouble for me that everyone knows you. Do you think this will work? ”

"Look, you still want to go to the city!" Zhao Chunhua ruthlessly exposed Ma Qingsheng's thoughts.

"Chunhua, don't you like to go out to work?" Ma Qingsheng asked again. In the education of the BJP, it is almost a sin not to love labor.

"I want to stay at home and farm, I want to serve you at home." Zhao Chunhua didn't feel guilty at all about not going to the city to work, Ma Qingsheng didn't make noise this time, and Zhao Chunhua was still very happy.

"......, two years. I'll stay for another two years, and if I can support you, I'll take you to the city." If I can't afford it, I'll come back. Ma Qingsheng shook his head helplessly and gave an answer.

"Then you swear to me! Up to two years. Zhao Chunhua obviously didn't trust Ma Qingsheng.

"Okay, I swear."

"To whom do you swear?"

"I ......, I swear to Chairman Chen! If I can't support you in two years, I will definitely come back to farm! Ma Qingsheng said loudly.

Chen Ke didn't know that he already had the status of "spirit in the sky" when he was alive. Even if he knew, Chen Ke couldn't have cared. Before he came back this time, he had an idea of rectifying the order in Anhui. Historically, bureaucracy, left-leaning and right-leaning, especially left-leaning tendencies, have exploded in this period. However, the party has made many mistakes in these matters.

As a result, as soon as Chen Ke returned, he found out whether the party had made a mistake or not, and Chen Ke himself had already made the mistake of left-leaning adventurism and the serious mistake of bureaucracy detached from the masses. The situation in the Anhui base area was completely beyond Chen Ke's imagination.

Xiao Wall is a good comrade, especially the report on "Theory of Success and Practice", and his level of understanding of rural areas is already above Chen Ke. After all, Chen Ke is a college student who is mass-produced by the education system, and he has a natural superstition about this education system. To deny this education system is to deny Chen Ke himself. In his previous plan, he wanted to establish a full-time school system. Then replace the old workers with completely new workers.

Comrade Xiao Wall's agricultural plan is a different route. Improve and develop the existing agricultural production methods, and implement "industrial feeding" at key points. When the people have a need for science and technology, the government appropriately supports science and technology. It's a gradual model and one that's perfectly in line with supply and demand. It is better to promote what the people must learn from scratch than to promote the comprehensive evolution of the various modes of production to which the peasants are already acquainted.

Xiao Wall didn't know Chen Ke's views on this policy, and he introduced his overall arrangements to Chen Ke with a little trepidation. After the land reform completely changed the land ownership system in the current base areas, the government took the needs of farmers as the leading model instead of the government, which can ensure stable development to the greatest extent.

Chen Ke understood quickly, and he was very supportive. While the entire plan was being studied, the results of the first census in the base areas were reported.

Huaihai Province has a population of 12 million, Anhui Province has a population of 18.5 million, Hubei Province has a population of 19.5 million, and Jiangxi Province has a population of 11 million. The total population of the base area is 61 million. The error of this statistic is estimated to be between 2% and 4%. It's not bad in this day and age.

In the 21st century, the Chinese population is close to 1.4 billion, and Henan has a population of 100 million. Counting the population of only 61 million in the four provinces of the entire base area, Chen Ke was really shocked.

In 1911, most people did not live to the age of 60, and according to local statistics, only about 70% of adults over the age of 18 were counted. There are 40 million in total. In other words, the biggest problem facing the base areas now is the "extreme shortage of labor."

There is an extreme shortage of labor in China, which is a great stimulus for the traversers. Chen Ke had to carefully study the current situation before he really accepted this fact.

If the basic living standard of 400 catties of grain per capita is calculated with a yield of 300 catties per mu, 82 million mu of cultivated land is needed. In fact, the usable cultivated land area of the four base provinces is close to 200 million mu. There are also 160 million mu of cultivated land that have been identified.

The numbers are good, but the reality is very different. It can ensure that the yield per mu is more than 300 catties, and all of them are high-quality paddy fields or irrigated land. This figure represents only 30% of the total cultivated area. That is to say, only 50 million acres. This figure is also due to the fact that the People's Party has vigorously built farmland and water conservancy facilities in Anhui, and Hubei has more good land.

In the First Five-Year Plan in history, nearly 200 million acres of irrigated land were added across the country. This is a great achievement that cannot be overstated. From another point of view, it also proves how poor the quality of the land was back then.

Xiao Wall, director of the Anhui Provincial Department of Agriculture, is not a bureaucrat sitting in an office, he is a veteran political commissar. Since taking office, Xiao Wall has traveled all over Anhui. There are many floods and droughts in Anhui. In order to ensure the stable production of irrigated land, large-scale water conservancy construction is needed. Large-scale water conservancy construction requires manpower.

As a soldier, Xiao Wall's calculation was that about 1 million standing engineering troops were needed, and after five years of construction, Anhui's basic water conservancy projects could be realized. And that's not even counting the manpower needed for railways, roads.

1 million people doesn't seem like much compared to 40 million adults. However, among these 40 million people, at least 25 million women and people with poor physical strength are not suitable for this kind of engineering work. That is to say, out of the 15 strong laborers in the four provinces of the entire base area, one must be transferred to carry out infrastructure construction. It's a terrible proportion. In Anhui Province, that is, at least one of the five strong laborers, it will be necessary to transfer one to carry out several years of arduous infrastructure construction.

The four provinces in the base area now have no more than 200,000 troops of various types. Even with this army as the core, it would have to expand more than four times. It is not possible to build only one province in Anhui, and the other three provinces also need large-scale infrastructure construction.

Judging from the results, if the ultimate goal can be achieved, it is natural to look at the joy. The problem is to organize such a terrible construction, and the huge investment is outrageous.

Chen Ke also once stood and spoke without back pain, criticizing the large-scale water conservancy construction under the instructions of Grandpa Mao that "the scientific and technological content is not high" and "the comprehensive consideration is not enough". However, after he himself stood in the position of leader of the base area, Chen Ke knew very well that the large number of basic water conservancy projects he was building now would only be "less scientific and technological content" and "less comprehensive consideration." However, without these basic water conservancy projects, ensuring a stable supply of grain is no longer an illusion, but an actual "illusion."

With a population of 61 million in hand, how to effectively mobilize the masses is an arduous task facing the People's Party.

"Comrades, this census is well done. We finally know what the base is really like. Chen Ke does not emphasize difficulties, but takes praise as the guide.

No one was too happy, and after learning for the first time about the relatively real situation in the base areas, many comrades felt incredible. Back then, when everyone didn't know anything, they dared to follow Chen Ke to raise the banner of revolution. An attack was launched against the old China. A small party of 100 people has mastered such a large territory and population in a few years. That's the biggest unreality.

Chen Ke once told everyone about the situation in other countries in Europe and the United States, and the People's Party has also begun to send cadres to Europe and the United States in turn. It is said to be an investigation, but in fact, it is mainly to experience. Look at what the industrialized countries of Europe really look like. Statistics from Europe and the United States have also been sent back to the base areas, and large-scale translations have begun. Russia has a population of 175 million, the United States has a population of 97.3 million, Germany has a population of 66.9 million, Austria-Hungary has a population of 52.1 million, Japan has a population of 51.3 million, the United Kingdom has a population of 45.6 million, France has a population of 39.7 million, and Italy has a population of 35.1 million.

The population of these countries is not inferior compared to the base areas, and with the exception of Japan, the industrial level of these countries is much higher than that of the base areas. In the past, young comrades had the passion to completely destroy the European and American powers. Passion meets real data, and reason tells everyone that many things are meaningless with enthusiasm.

When Chen Ke and his comrades discussed below, many comrades mentioned this matter, and Chen Ke had to deviate from the topic first, "The statistical capacity of the government in our base area is close to the level of the European and American powers. We should have confidence in this. Comrades, it took us only six years to reach the statistical level of the European and American powers, and everyone applauded together to express their recognition of our own work. ”

The applause was weak, but it finally gave the comrades in Anhui some confidence.

Chen Ke said with a smile: "How can we integrate theory with practice, follow the mass line, and do a good job in revolutionary work in a down-to-earth manner?" Knowing where we are is is the most important first step. If we used to only know the general situation of society, now we know more specific situations. Now the work is more targeted. Before the soldiers and horses moved the grain and grass, let's first discuss this year's agricultural work. ”

Xiao Wall immediately became the focus of everyone's attention, Chen Ke personally sat in Anhui to work, and Xiao Wall also felt a little weak. His policy was vigorously praised by Chen Ke, but there were not many comrades in the Anhui Provincial Party Committee who did not approve of it.

"Anhui's agricultural work plan for this year still has two key points: First, do a good job in the construction of state-owned farms and army farms. Second, it is necessary to improve the ability of the masses to rationally arrange agricultural production after the land reform. Everyone has learned that if farmland wants to be productive, it needs nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Chairman Chen has already made synthetic ammonia, and the supply of nitrogen fertilizer has been guaranteed to a certain extent......"

As soon as I said this, someone had already asked: "The synthetic ammonia production line is now in Wuhan, how much can we get in Anhui?" ”

In fact, the agricultural production plan was set last year, and regardless of support or opposition, the party committee agreed to Xiao Wall's plan. After all, after working for so long, every comrade has understood one thing in the study of the party school. "The importance of investment."

After the People's Party's Party School strengthened the concept of "means of production", the concept of production and investment was naturally accepted. In addition to land, which is an essential means of production for agricultural production, labor, technology, and material inputs are also indispensable.

When Chen Ke was grasping the base area, he once talked about the characteristics of fertilizers. The concept of "nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium" can be emphasized and emphasized. Potash fertilizer is now making slow progress due to a lack of minerals and corresponding research. Phosphate fertilizer is excreted in the feces after the fish and shrimp are eaten by the ducks. This manure is then mixed with humus to raise earthworms, and after digesting this pile of humus, the earthworms become very good granular soil. This thing works really well when you put it in the ground.

Chen Ke said that large-scale input of nitrogen fertilizer must be through chemical means. After the start of mass production of synthetic ammonia last year, the comrades finally looked forward to hope. At this time, some comrades asked about this distribution issue in person.

If Anhui needs a lot of nitrogen fertilizer, then Hubei will definitely need it too. The materials are on the Hubei side, how much can Anhui get? If Chen Ke doesn't speak, everyone has no bottom in their hearts.

"You don't have to think about it, I want you to assure you that it will never be possible for every household to use nitrogen fertilizer in two years." Chen Ke said with a smile.

"And when will we be able to use it?" Xiao Wall asked for everyone.

"Nitrogen fertilizer is first of all supplied to the base of improved seeds. When the seeds are good, the harvest is good. Therefore, this year, the big farm will also undertake more high-quality seeds. Chen Ke replied.

The seed base of the People's Party has become very popular in Anhui, and the results have been good in the past few years. Needless to say, the farm is certainly fully adopted. Most farmers have also begun to choose improved varieties produced on state farms. The problem with good seeds is that it is impossible to produce high-quality offspring in ordinary fields.

Moreover, the improved seed base also encountered many problems that had never been thought of before, and everyone thought that as long as the seeds of several generations could be cultivated in very good land, it was naturally good. As a result, some of the seeds in the trial field did not grow even as well as ordinary seeds. When everyone asked Chairman Chen Ke, who is familiar with astronomy and geography, Chairman Chen Ke's answer disappointed the comrades. "I don't know, I've only heard some basic theories, and you have to study them yourself."

The results of the research can be said to be varied, and there are all kinds of bizarre theories. This time, the cultivation of good varieties in Anhui was like a gathering of gods and Hans. It wasn't until Xiao Wall came to power that he didn't say anything else, and directly increased his investment in science and technology tenfold. Of course, this is not a random investment. Xiao Wall asked these researchers to expand the scale of the experiment tenfold.

This means that Anhui is now not short of this bit of land and manpower, and the experiment will continue tenfold. There are always good results.

Four or five new seeds performed well, and through experiments, some of the gods speculated that their unscientific direction was also proven. With this attitude, Xiao Wall also temporarily won the support of the comrades below.