All the experts agreed that the road should be built first, and that the project should be carried out at the same time to thoroughly investigate the mineral distribution of the entire Ningzhi (formerly known as Xichang area) area, find out its geological conditions, and recommend that four or five exploration teams be recruited to concentrate here, focusing on the Anning River basin; The rectification of the Jinsha River channel began at the same time, and Lu Zuofu was responsible for ordering suitable ships; Started to prepare for the construction of Huili Cement Plant to produce high-grade cement.

Zhuang Jihua thought of another question, who will control the overall situation? He turned his head to look at Ren Naiqiang: "Mr. Ren, I would like to ask you to be in charge of the overall development of this place and coordinate the overall situation, what do you think?" ”

Ren Naiqiang was a little caught off guard, he looked at the experts and professors in the conference room, and asked with some doubts: "Me, is it appropriate?" There are such first-class experts here, let me come... ”

"Yes, if you want to talk about prospecting, you are definitely not as good as Professor Chang, steelmaking, you are definitely not as good as Professor Hu, how to build a hydropower station, you are not as good as Professor Cao; They are currently the top tasks in their fields, but there is one area that is needed to ensure the success of the project, that is, to eliminate the interference of various local political forces and mobilize their forces to ensure the smooth implementation of the project. They can't do this, only you are the most suitable among the people here, you have been in Xikang for many years, you are very familiar with various local forces, and General Liu Ziqian also trusts you very much. ”

Ren Naiqiang hesitated, according to the wishes in his heart, he was willing to do it, but thinking of Liu Wenhui's kindness, he felt that he couldn't open his mouth to Liu Wenhui, Zhuang Jihua saw his difficulty: "Is this good, if you agree, I will ask General Liu Ziqian for someone." ”

Chang Longqing also persuaded on the side: "The Cultural Revolution is right, we can't do this, only you are the most suitable, you always say that the development of Xikang is your wish, as long as you can see its development, you are willing to die; You can't stand by and watch when it's over. ”

Ren Naiqiang still didn't think about how to tell Liu Wenhui about this, so he had to promise: "I ,..., I will be responsible as soon as I come, which is not good." ”

Zhuang Jihua sighed and said: "This is not a promotion, this is a chore, as soon as this meeting is over, the people in the traffic team will start to draw up a list of technicians, and Yucheng will send people, before they arrive, you will have to find good migrant workers." Once the project is launched, Professor Li will be in charge of the technical aspects, and you will be responsible for his logistics, such as food, tools, materials, and the salaries of migrant workers, etc., but you should not complain to me. ”

"Well, if General Liu agrees, I'm willing to bear this burden." Ren Naiqiang finally relented, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but be overjoyed, he smiled and said: "That's great, I'll send a telegram to General Liu Ziqian, Wu Ziniu!" ”

Song Yunfei and Wu Ziniu came in, and Song Yunfei held a telegram in his hand: "Report to the chief, Yucheng is in an emergency." ”

"What's the matter, Nian?" Zhuang Jihua frowned and said, Hu Shuhua and the others looked at Song Yunfei worriedly, wondering if something had happened in Yucheng again.

"Tang style Zun Wanyuan was defeated, the communist bandits were approaching, and they turned to a counteroffensive, and the chairman ordered you to return to Yucheng as soon as possible, coordinate with all departments, ensure Xuanhan, Daxian, and Kaixian, and prevent the communist bandits from escaping into the eastern Sichuan region."

After listening, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but smile bitterly, sighed and said, "I don't know if it's because Tang Shizun is useless, or if my old classmate is too powerful and failed so quickly." Yunfei, you go and prepare, I'll leave when I'm done here. ”

"Yes." Song Yunfei said yes and turned around and went out, Zhuang Jihua then said to Wu Ziniu: "Send a telegram to General Liu Ziqian immediately, I intend to ask Mr. Ren Naiqiang to be the captain of the Ningnan Development Team," Speaking of this, he deliberately frowned and said to Hu Shuhua: "Let's give the project a name, what do you think of Panzhihua?" ”

Hu Shuhua didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to have the leisure to take care of this, Lu Zuofu asked with some worry: "Cultural Revolution, will the Red Army enter the sixteen counties of Yucheng, our work has only been effective, and this war will be completely destroyed." ”

"It's not very clear what Tang Shizun will become, but I think it will be difficult for them to break into the sixteen counties of Yucheng," Zhuang Jihua comforted them, saying: "Kill 10,000 enemies, and lose 3,000 yourself; Although they won the battle to defend Wanyuan, the consumption must be very large, at most they will hit Xuanhan and enter the sixteen counties of Yucheng...," he shook his head: "This danger is too great, it is impossible for my old classmate not to see this." ”

"Cultural Revolution, what will the chairman of the committee think if you praise it so publicly? Let's pay attention. Li Shutian persuaded that now Zhuang Jihua's prestige in the minds of these experts in the development team is very high, they feel that it is very pleasant to work under him, they only need to work just now, and they don't care about anything at all, Zhuang Jihua has fulfilled his promise in the past two years, not to interfere in their work, to ensure their logistical support, so they don't want him to have an accident.

"I don't think they are bandits," Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "Even in front of the principal, I will say this, and regard the Communist Party as bandits, that is covering up their ears and stealing bells, is there such a programmatic and organized bandit?" Besides, [***] has been defeated by others several times, and the bandits can't win, which [***] is too incompetent. ”

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, let's talk about our own business," Zhuang Jihua didn't want to talk about this topic, he had his style of doing things: "How about everyone talk about the name Panzhihua?" ”

"I think it's okay, there are many urban climbing branches and flowers and trees here, which is very local." Chang Longqing was the first to speak.

"Well, I think it's okay, Panzhihua is a characteristic flower tree here, all over the mountains and fields, simple," Ren Naiqiang also agreed, but he was still a little strange in his heart, Panzhihua is also called kapok, but the local is called Panzhihua, how did Zhuang Jihua know, maybe he only knew it this month, he explained himself.

"Wu Ziniu, record," after the unanimous vote passed, Zhuang Jihua said to Wu Ziniu: "General Liu, since the brother of the gods, the Panzhihua project in Ningnan has officially begun, I intend to ask Mr. Ren Naiqiang to be the general in charge of the project, Mr. Ren can't bear to let the general know, I have to be cheeky to ask the general to cut love, I don't know if it is possible, please answer quickly." ”

"This telegram is sent to Ya'an, the military headquarters of the 24th Army." Zhuang Jihua said.

Soon Liu Wenhui's reply arrived, and he humorously praised Zhuang Jihua in the reply: "Dig me again, see your sincerity, the old man cuts half of his love, and agrees to concurrently serve as the general responsibility, and the vice president temporarily holds the position of president." ”

Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but smile after reading it, and casually handed the telegram to Ren Naiqiang: "General Liu agreed, now you are the general manager of the Panzhihua project, I will leave you a radio station, and give me a telegram if you need anything." After speaking, he was about to leave, and suddenly stopped and said to Chang Longqing: "By the way, I can't give you five for the exploration team, I can only give you three, the cycle of this project is too long, I want to find it in other places." Then he said to Ren Naiqiang: "The first phase of the fund is 10 million, how to use it is your responsibility, I will only check the accounts." ”

After finishing speaking, he left, Ren Naiqiang was still stunned and didn't understand what this meant, Hu Shuhua shook his head, patted him on the shoulder and said: "This is his way of doing things, employing people to let go, but there is a system to prevent it, this audit means that he retains the right to audit the accounts, this is the system of the development team." ”

"There are many systems in the development team, and the financial system is just one of them, and soon you will receive some documents that list various rules and regulations in detail, remember, you must abide by these systems, if you violate them, the king of heaven will not be able to save you, even if he violates it himself, it will not work." Lu Zuofu said calmly.

Ren Naiqiang was still a little dizzy: "That's how it started?" What is this? Who are the members of the command, and he won't talk about it? ”

Cao Ruizhi rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Brother, do you want an inauguration, we are all like this, you will get used to it after a long time, and the members of the project command can only be found by yourself, secretaries, staff, etc., you can find it yourself." ”

Ren Naiqiang is a little stupid, dare Zhuang Jihua to leave him here.

It was already early September when Zhuang Jihua returned to Yucheng via Xichang, and after Tang Shizun lost four brigades, he confronted the Red Army at Jingxiba in the south of Wanyuan, Dongshengchang, Majiachang and Shuanglongchang.

"It's still good to move forward." When Zhuang Jihua returned to Yucheng, he stepped into the barracks war room and discussed the gains and losses of this operation with Du Yuming: "The whole battle, luring the enemy to go deeper, retreating to a decisive battle, and then breaking the enemy in one fell swoop, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. ”

When they were doing war games, Du Yuming thought that Xu Xiangqian would lead his troops to retreat to Daba Mountain to deal with the Sichuan army, but Zhuang Jihua didn't think that Xu Xiangqian would use a small force to contain and suppress the main force on the Eastern Front Fifth Road, concentrate on attacking Luo Zezhou and Li Jiayu, and first disrupt the battlefield on the Western Front.

"But it's strange, Tang Shizun has suffered heavy losses, why didn't he take the opportunity to attack forward, but turned around to hit Fan Shaozeng to give him a chance to breathe, if he took the opportunity to attack, it would be impossible for Tang Shizun to gain a foothold in the south of Wanyuan." Du Yuming raised questions.

"This is indeed a mistake," Situ Fei said: "If we fight all the way, Tang Shizun will lose more troops, not just four brigades." ”

"Maybe he wants to take care of the western front," he seriously guessed: "It is more prudent to defeat Fan Shaozeng, and he can support the western front at any time, after all, the western front has concentrated the troops of Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Li Jiayu, and Yang Sen, the number is as high as 60,000 people, if Tongjiang is lost, no matter how great the results he achieves on the eastern front, it will not be worth the loss from a strategic point of view." ”

"Tongjiang will not be lost, Deng Xihou and they will definitely stop attacking and turn to the defensive, if they hear that Liu Xiang's main force has been defeated." Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said, Du Yuming also agreed, the main force failed, the impact is huge, and under the wavering of the army's morale, Deng Xihou and others will definitely choose to protect themselves instead of relieving Liu Xiang.

"I guess there should be a disagreement within them, and they had to fight Fan Shaozeng as a last resort, but Fan Shaozeng ran fast smartly, and he didn't succeed, and when he turned around, Tang Shizun also ran, and now he is afraid that he can only go to the Western Front, Deng Xihou If they go fast, it's fine, if they are slow,..." Zhuang Jihua stopped and looked at the officers around him and shook his head, the meaning of his words was self-evident.

Sure enough, Deng Xihou did not retreat in time, but slightly adjusted the deployment, trying to use the mountains on both sides of the Xiaotong River to form a confrontation with the Red Army, but was attacked by the victorious division of the Eastern Front led by Xu Xiangqian, Xu Xiangqian personally led the Red 30th Army and the 31st Army to detour to the back of the second road Tian Songyao, and annihilated its ten regiments at Huangmaoya, after this battle, the entire Sichuan Army on the Western Front turned back and began to flee with their lives, Deng Xihou gave up the Nanjiang River, withdrew across the Jialing River, and retreated to Guangyuan; Li Jiayu fled into Yilong and was surrounded by the Ninth Army Corps, which followed; Yang Sen retreated the fastest, and it was precisely because of the speed that he ran back to Yingshan unscathed, Luo Zezhou moved slowly, and after losing two regiments, he escaped Cangxi before stopping. Within half a month, the Red Army regained Bazhong, Nanjiang, Tongjiang, and Pyeongchang, and conquered Wangcang, Cangxi, Langzhong, and the south.

So far, Liu Xiang's six-way siege has completely failed, and the loss of 200,000 troops has reached 60,000 people, and in the Red Army's counteroffensive, Liu Xiang panicked, and sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, requesting reinforcements from the Central Army, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered Hu Zongnan and Liu Maoen, two divisions at the northern foot of Daba Mountain, to cross Daba Mountain and drive directly to Chengdu.

When the Red Army's counteroffensive ended, Liu Xiang regretted it a little, but he couldn't say anything about letting the Central Army withdraw, and under the mixture of shame and remorse, he proposed to Chiang Kai-shek to resign from the post of commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Bandit Army, and Chiang Kai-shek accepted his resignation, but he still sent a telegram to comfort him, informing him that he would still rely on him in the future.

Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to explicitly order He Guoguang to set up a staff group, with Sun Yuanliang of the staff group as the chief of staff of the staff group, and appointed Yang Yongtai to form a Sichuan bandit suppression camp, which was located in Yucheng.

Liu Yinshu's belly finally got bigger, the second aunt was too resolute to let her quit her school job, Zhuang Jihua's adoptive mother also rushed to Yucheng at the end of July, bringing a lot of things, when she arrived at the gate of the base, the sentry thought she was a vendor who came to sell goods, and almost drove her away, and then heard that she was looking for her son, whose son was called Zhuang Jihua, and the sentry was startled, and hurriedly notified Liu Yinshu to recognize people, Liu Yinshu went to the door with a big belly to see that it was really Zhuang Li's, and hurriedly invited her to come in, and found two team members to help take things back, The Zhuang Li clan did not come alone, and was accompanied by Zhuang Mingxian, the grandson of the patriarch. After arriving home, she knew that Zhuang Jihua was not at home, Zhuang Li counted him down in front of the second aunt for a while, she was afraid that the second aunt would be too upset, and she didn't know that the second aunt had been here for more than half a year, and she was no stranger to Zhuang Jihua's situation.

Finally Zhuang Jihua came back, but Zhuang Li didn't care about it, this month she also somewhat understood Zhuang Jihua's authority here, since she arrived, Li Zhilong, Pan Huiqin, Xiaoxiu, Mei Youlan, Gong Xiuhua, Du Yuming's wife Cao Xiuqing, Hong Junqi's wife Wen Yan and other senior cadres' wives came over, looking at their appearance towards her and Liu Yinshu, she knew Zhuang Jihua's position here even if she had never seen the world again.

Zhuang Jihua was also a little surprised to see her, and then he was a little moved, his adoptive mother probably had never been out of that small mountain village in her life, but she had traveled thousands of miles to Yucheng for him. Thinking of this, he was a little uncomfortable, he hadn't been home for the past two years, and he hadn't even written very few letters, but before he could express anything, Liu Xiang's telegram invited him to Chengdu again, watching Liu Yinshu command the only maid in the family to prepare for Zhuang Jihua's dressing, Zhuang Li still couldn't help complaining.

"Jihua, can't you stay at home for a few more days? You see that you have been back for less than a month, and you are leaving, and your daughter-in-law is pregnant with your child. ”

"Mom, this is business, and I can't help it." Zhuang Jihua explained.

"Do you have to go for any business, and let someone else go?" There is nothing more important in Zhuang Li's eyes than opening up branches for the Zhuang family, so this time she is really a little angry.

Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly, he didn't know how to explain, Liu Yinshu smiled at him and said to Zhuang Li: "Mom, if you don't go to the Cultural Revolution, don't worry, I'm nothing, don't I still have you." ”

"Mother-in-law, the Cultural Revolution is busy with state affairs, you are okay, he has been at home with you for so many days, he left the day after I first came, and he left for half a year, and I didn't know where he went, I didn't even have a letter, and I told us when I came back, it turned out that I went to play the book." After Zhuang Li came, the second aunt became much more reasonable. However, when they first met, she was taken aback by Zhuang Li's dress, Zhuang Li's dress was completely like an ordinary country woman, and she couldn't tell that her son was actually a lieutenant general, and actually controlled tens of millions of people in Yucheng and the surrounding sixteen counties; Seeing Zhuang Li's dress made her feel a little more comfortable. But she didn't know, her appearance also scared Zhuang Li's family, Zhuang Li's family felt that this woman was too arrogant, how much money did it cost to buy that body, this is not the way to pass the day, Ah Shu don't be taught bad by her.

"Well, when will you stop being busy?" Zhuang Li sighed and said to Zhuang Jihua that since he recognized this godson, except for the time when he started to recuperate at home, he has been busy outside and rarely goes home, and they can't help it.

"Mom, why don't you and Dad come to Yucheng, how good it is for the family to be together." Zhuang Jihua didn't know how to answer, so he simply let them move west in advance.

"It's not that you don't know your father, he can't bear those fields." Zhuang Li said that in fact, she was reluctant to do so, and it might not be bad to be with her son and daughter-in-law.

"Those fields can be given to the patriarch and asked him to help take care of them, or they can be rented to others, and they can not be rented." Zhuang Jihua said.

"That's not good, your dad has to fight with you." Zhuang Li shook his head and said, don't rent it, isn't that stupid.

Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly, and suddenly he thought: "Mom, how much rent does our family collect from others?" ”

"The old rules, seventy percent." Zhuang Li looked at Zhuang Jihua a little strangely, Zhuang Jihua had never asked about the land rent, and she had never asked for money from the family, so she asked tentatively: "Is it that the money is not in hand, there are still hundreds of oceans at home, I asked the old man to send it to you." Raising a child is expensive. ”

The second aunt burst out laughing, Liu Yinshu also pursed her lips, and Zhuang Jihua said with a sad face: "Mom, my money is enough, and Yin Shu's salary of a few hundred yuan a month is enough." I wanted to ask if the rent of Nanarita was too much. ”

"It's not much, didn't we rent his third uncle in the past, but also Qichengtian." Zhuang Li said: "You kid, how can you think that the rent is too much, the owner is afraid that the rent is less, this year's annual income is good, and your father plans to increase the rent by one percent." ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded thoughtfully, in the past two years, the grassroots organization has been established, the first batch of soldiers for military service have been discharged from the army last month, and the village militia team has been established, and the next step is to start reducing rent and interest.

"Mom, what if the political axe forces the order to only allow forty percent of the rent?" Zhuang Jihua asked.

"Then how can I do it, how much rent I collect is my business with the tenants, what is the matter of the government?" Zhuang Li was a little puzzled.

The second aunt heard something, when the palace embroidered and painted them, they went to his house to reduce rent and interest, and she still remembers it vividly, that time, Liu Yinshu whom Zhuang Jihua knew.

"Cultural Revolution, do you plan to reduce rent and interest?" The second aunt asked.

Zhuang Jihua nodded: "There is a decree on the national political axe, and the land rent cannot exceed thirty percent seventy-five, and I plan to implement it in the Yucheng area." ”

"Three into seventy," the second aunt frowned slightly, then shook her head and said, "I'm afraid few landlords are willing to do it." ”

"If you don't do it, you have to do it," Zhuang Jihua said resolutely: "I have soldiers in my hands, and whoever dares to oppose will arrest them." ”

But their words also made him vigilant, even honest people like his adoptive mother are unwilling to implement rent and interest reductions, let alone others, I don't know how much resistance this decree will have at that time, the officers in the Sichuan army are not landlords at home, I am afraid that even they will make trouble, it seems that new recruits must be recruited as soon as possible.

Liu Xiang invited him to Chengdu, Zhuang Jihua was roughly in the maze, and the briefing on Zeng Guangqing had arrived. Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed the Sichuan army to reorganize the army, believing that the fundamental cause of the defeat of the Sichuan army was low morale and the morale of the officers was depressed.

Zhuang Jihua knew that he would definitely bleed when he went to Chengdu this time, but he also knew that he was now stronger than ever.

(To be continued)