At the Wuhan wharf on the Yangtze River, Lu Huitian, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, stood beside Chen Ke and asked a little stammering: "...... Just shipped away? ”

"And so it was shipped away." Chen Ke replied very simply.

It was a whole ship of Hongxing brand steel heavy ploughs, and the cargo ship was not full, and some of the empty tonnage would go to the vicinity of Anqing to pull some chemicals before leaving.

"And then the bank's money is just a few pieces of paper?" Lu Huitian and Chen Ke went to sign the agreement together, and the transaction was completed after only signing a few documents. Seeing no real money, Lu Huitian was very uneasy in his heart. Moreover, every trade, interbank transfer, there is a handling fee. The British devils casually relied on this deducted money. Even if Chen Ke told his comrades about the role of finance, Lu Huitian still couldn't accept this reality.

"Modern banks are like this, the British endorse Japan, what are we afraid of. This has already been directly charged. Chen Ke thinks this is quite normal, "The British are so powerful because they control the financial industry. We now have to rely on the banks of the British for bulk trade. ”

"Why don't we do business directly with Japan?" Lu Huitian, as the secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, was slaughtered by the British, and he was worried about it.

"Because our bank didn't go to Japan. The Japanese asked us for money with a bill of exchange and a deposit slip that God knows was true or false, are you relieved? Chen Ke can accept it, but there is no way to accept it.

"Can't we use these plows ourselves? Base areas are also needed. Although Lu Huitian knew why he was exporting, he also agreed to the deal. But I still can't help this dissatisfaction in my heart.

"I don't want to stop exporting, but if we don't export, what money will we take to import? When we can build the equipment for the steel mill ourselves, it will take several years. And we've also calculated that it's not enough for you to experiment with this amount of output now. Secretary Lu, turn grief into strength and do a good job in his own industrial construction. If you don't feel like you're in the mood to work, imagine how you feel at this moment, and you'll be motivated right away. Chen Ke comforted Lu Huitian.

The comrades began to come into contact with modern business and gradually began to learn to see the situation from a global perspective. It's bound to be a process. As a person in the 21st century, Chen Ke feels that being able to accept globalization, whether it is China's "shirt for plane" or the earlier Soviet Union's "grain for machinery", proves one thing, for a large socialist country with a vast territory and a large population, even temporarily accepted to become the bottom of the world trade system. As long as this large country can continue to accumulate capital through this trading system, strengthen its own education and heavy industry system. Rising is not a particularly difficult thing to do.

The premise of this rise is that the money earned is used for nation-building, not on the basis of being divided among the profits by the capitalists. If all the money earned continues to be invested in "light industry," an industry that seems to be able to make short-term profits, the domestic economy will become a slave to big foreign capital, and the "Latin Americanization" of Latin American countries is a lesson from the past.

Chen Ke's firm support for the socialist system comes from the precipitation of history. In the 100 years from 1910 to 2010, any rising country or region was supported by heavy industry. The Soviet Union and China, the two major powers that changed the global landscape in the 20th century, invested heavily in universal education and the development of heavy industry.

Lu Huitian could not accept this fact, Chen Ke could fully understand it, and Chen Ke himself was quite dissatisfied with the fact that China was at the bottom of the world's factory. It was not until China's accumulation broke through the bottleneck and produced a blowout development that the once arduous accumulation looked valuable. So Chen Ke smiled: "From another perspective, our sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid have recently started to sell well." Raw silk production has also risen. ”

When Lu Huitian heard the word "raw silk", his heart was shocked. When Chen Ke convened the meeting of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, he listened to the introduction of the comrades very calmly, but specially dragged Lu Huitian to the dock to see, making it clear that he did not want to praise Lu Huitian for his good work. "Chairman Chen, don't mention the raw silk. I feel even more uncomfortable when I mention it. Lu Huitian said with regret.

The export volume of raw silk in the base area can be described as coming in by leaps and bounds for more than a year. The industrial layout of the base area began at the end of 1906, and in early 1907, in addition to the large-scale planting of mulberry trees, the overall trial production also began. With the strong support and guidance of the government, there is no shortage of land for planting mulberry trees in the base areas, and there is no shortage of labor force engaged in mulberry sericulture. What is lacking is only the entire industrial chain, including investment, training, and product acquisition. After the land reform in Anhui, the People's Party has been able to complete this industrial chain, and the output of raw silk has grown explosively.

In 1908, the base tried to sell 10,000 quintals of raw silk. In 1909, it exploded to 100,000 quintals. In 1910, it was expected to reach 18-220,000 quintals. When Lu Huitian was the secretary of the Fuyang Prefectural Party Committee, he was not very attentive to this silkworm work. So every time he thinks about it, Lu Huitian regrets it to death.

And the current secretary of southern Anhui, Zhang Yu, although he quarrels with Chen Ke every time. But he was also the most resolute in carrying out the orders of the central authorities. Yingshan County was once under the control of southern Anhui, because of the lack of land, poor pants could not be worn. Chen Ke once asked Zhang Yu to spend a lot of effort to make silkworms and tea in Yingshan County. Zhang Yu didn't say a word, and almost beheaded the local landlord Haoqiang who had blood debts in Yingshan County, and at the same time forcibly promoted land reform. Later, a comrade named Li Shouxian became the secretary of the Yingshan County Party Committee, and after more than a year, even Yingshan County, a poor place to death, sold 4,000 quintals of silk and 1,000 quintals of tea in 1909. It is said that the lives of the local people have improved dramatically. After seizing Hubei, Zhang Yu resolutely refused to hand over Yingshan County, and Chen Ke personally ordered Yingshan to be reassigned to Hubei. Lu Huitian heard that Chen Ke had praised Li Shouxian for being among the top five county magistrates, and he went to Yingshan County to take a look, and he was also convinced.

Because Yingshan is poor, a county with less than 140,000 people actually provided 10,000 troops who were willing to serve as soldiers and eat food. The remaining 130,000 people, under the arrangement of the county party committee led by Li Shouxian, everyone has a job to do, and every village is engaged in production. Compared with the original, it turned out to be a new look. The most amazing thing is that Li Shouxian actually did the whole county's cutting. Even in the old base of the People's Party, such political achievements have not been achieved.

After returning from the inspection of Yingshan County, Lu Huitian was ruthless, the area in the north of Hubei near the Yangtze River is not rich, and when arranging work, especially in the mulberry sericulture, Lu Huitian has made great efforts. "We in Hubei attach great importance to the development of mulberry sericulture this time."

"Don't do it all, adapt to local conditions. Whether an industry is suitable for local characteristics or not, we still need to investigate more. Secretary Lu, don't be too anxious about many things. Hubei's recent work should still focus on land reform, and without land reform, nothing can be discussed. "Chen Ke's thinking is not the same as Lu Huitian's." The amount of money that the base has to invest in Hubei in the near future is scary, and there is no stable foundation, so I am really worried. ”

"When the economy goes up, a lot of things will change." Lu Huitian has always thought so.

"Comrade Lu Huitian, all our foundation is on land reform. If there was no land reform, then the local changes would have provided opportunities for the reactionary landlords and gentry. Let them have the money to maintain their rule. In cases where the people did not understand why life would be better, they were likely to give credit to the landlords and gentry. It's detrimental to our work. Speaking of which, Chen Ke finally said the real reason why Lu Huitian accompanied him to the dock, "Comrade Lu Huitian, I don't think I understand the working methods of the current Hubei Provincial Party Committee, I want to talk to you now to see how you think about this issue." ”

Even though he was mentally prepared to be criticized, Lu Huitian did not expect that what Chen Ke was accusing was the work ideas of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee. Lu Huitian discussed this issue with his comrades many times at the provincial party committee meeting, but he let go of his burden in his heart, and he replied very smoothly, "Chairman Chen, we feel that violent land reform in Hubei is likely to cause great negative effects. The existing forces are not enough to fully roll out the construction. And a lot of production is starting to push now, and we must be in the dominant situation. If you want to take root at the grassroots level, you must cut into the grassroots level. Based on the experience of Fengtai County, we are now effective in promoting land reform in the disaster-stricken areas of Hubei. Basically, he took the lead in land reform. Elsewhere, however, our enemies are the clan forces. The clan power in the rural areas of Hubei is very strong. For areas that have not been able to carry out land reform, we are ready to use economic means to intervene and gradually control those areas that have not been reformed through economic influence, and then there will be less resistance to land reform. ”

Chen Ke listened very carefully and understood. Lu Huitian and they hoped to adopt a moderate approach to governance to enforce the People's Party's control in Hubei. This is also the difference between Lu Huitian and Zhang Yu in terms of revolution and ruling ideas. Zhang Yu is a party secretary who was born in a full-fledged soldier, and his style is simple and bright, rough and violent. The landlords with blood debts were killed, and then the cadres were sent to start propaganda for land reform with the support of bayonets. But Zhang Yu also has its own advantages in doing so.

Anhui was defeated by the People's Party, and the People's Party's army was already very strong in the people and its influence. Because of poverty, the masses did not have a strong backlash against land reform. Since there is not much profit from farming, after the land ownership system is changed, as long as life can change for the better, the masses will oppose land reform only when they are full of food. Moreover, the cadres of the People's Party were very concentrated at that time, Chen Ke was in charge of the central part of Anhui, and the experienced cadres were concentrated in Anhui.

Hubei is a new region, and the People's Party only entered Hubei through strong external intervention, and a large number of Hubei comrades from within it did not join. The central authorities are very worried that if they follow the Anhui model, Hubei will be engaged in military repression. Only then did he send a civilian line cadre like Lu Huitian to preside over the situation in Hubei. However, Chen Ke felt that the Hubei Provincial Party Committee headed by Lu Huitian had too weak a view of the revolutionary struggle.

"Comrade Lu Huitian, all the revolutionary successes we have now are based first and foremost on the collapse of the old system. Whether it is Anhui or Hubei, where land reform has now been completed, it is the floods that have destroyed the old system, and in such a fierce situation, the old system can no longer maintain the normal life of the people. I have always believed that in areas where land reform has not been completed, our priority is to let the old system collapse, not to cooperate with them. It is a very real question who is our friend and who is our enemy. Our priority is revolution, not compromise. ”

In fact, taking natural disasters as an opportunity to cut into local work has always been an important means of the People's Party. But Lu Huitian always thought that this method was a little too harsh.

"Chairman Chen, isn't this the death of those who follow me? I believe that the revolution should first prove its justice. And then it was rolled out. Yes, it is very quick to take advantage of the inability of the old system to cope with the situation, to collapse them, and then to build a completely new system, but the masses in those areas will not suffer great suffering and loss. Chairman Chen, do you think that human heads are not leeks and cannot grow after being cut. Sitting back and watching the collapse of other regions, how many more people will die in this. "Lu Hui is innocent and has a compassionate attitude.

"Comrade Lu Huitian, I can't stress it again. It is not that we are making a revolution, but that the people need it. Laying out the entire industrial chain in Hubei, except for the areas where we have completed land reform, do you think that the areas where the old system still exists, the people who benefit the most are the masses or those people in the old system. You let the gentry clan get a lot of money in this industrial chain, what do you think it will do to the masses? Or are you still going to incorporate the old system into the new one? That's what Chen Ke is most worried about.

"We started trying to renovate the old system in several counties. Chairman Chen, our provincial party committee has also discussed it many times. The landlords and gentry absolutely refused to take the initiative to withdraw from the stage of history. If you don't fight a reactionary, he won't fall. Revolution ultimately relied on violence, not persuasion. I absolutely support that. Lu Huitian also understood Chen Ke's thoughts, and Chen Ke hoped to gain control of the entire grassroots as soon as possible, and then quickly promote revolution and economic construction. However, Lu Huitian believes in his work that this is a bit wishful thinking, "We in the Hubei Provincial Party Committee hope to try a completely new method, that is, to try to win the foundation of our People's Party through some means while the old system still exists." It's the same as our people's congress election in Anhui. The enemy still exists, but we will unite the masses by fighting for it, and finally change the local situation step by step. ”

"So how long do you think such an approach will take?" Chen Ke did not want to overthrow the Hubei Provincial Party Committee in one fell swoop, and then implement the work exactly according to his own will. If the base area is still a province in Anhui, Chen Ke may be able to do this, but in the current four provinces, if Chen Ke still does this, it will be a big incident. No matter how Lu Huitian's personal views conflict with Chen Ke, these resolutions are the decisions of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, and Chen Ke himself cannot violate the organizational principles and forcibly change the local plan that has been determined. Faced with such a situation, Chen Ke must wait to see the results of these attempts.

"I personally estimate that it will take two to three years." Lu Huitian replied firmly.

"Okay. The central government is about to make a huge investment in Hubei. In Wuhan, a heavy industry base should be established. The existing industrial chain is first laid out in the areas where land reform has been completed. In order to complete this work, I am going to stay in Hubei for a while. Chen Ke said it lightly.

Lu Huitian pursed his lips slightly. If Chen Ke wants to stay in Hubei for a while, as chairman of the People's Party, he will definitely have a comprehensive grasp of the work in Hubei. According to Chen Ke's current attitude, he must make up his mind to reverse the current situation in Hubei. Although he knew that his power was about to be weakened, Lu Huitian unexpectedly found that he had a sense of peace of mind in the midst of his grievances and uneasiness. In any case, where Chen Ke is is a symbol of success.

Moreover, the center of heavy industry has always been one of the apex and pillars of the great future that Chen Ke once described to his comrades in the People's Party. Establishing a heavy industry center in Wuhan, Lu Hui naively wanted to see with his own eyes the great industry that only appeared on paper.

The early members of the People's Party generally had a deep impression of Chen Ke, that is, Chen Ke was particularly wealthy. Including Lu Huitian, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, although he knew rationally that this was wrong, he could not reverse it in any case. Back in the Shanghai era, Chen Ke was the one who always made money. And the money is especially expressive. For example, Shanghai Renxin Medical College, which is still operating normally. The high school building and the vast playground gave the young comrades who followed Chen Ke at the beginning a sense of belonging.

After arriving in Fengtai County, Lu Huitian, who was in charge of the "labor camp," found that no matter how bad the situation was on the surface, the People's Party's funds from Shanghai would always enable the People's Party to have no shortage of transportation ships and labor tools. Even if there were only a few days left in the rations, the BJP was always able to cross the threshold, and this breath was never interrupted.

Lu Huitian clearly admitted that everything in the base areas is now produced by the hands of the working people. But working people have lived with their hands for thousands of years, always accompanied by precarious hunger and the threat of death. Every upheaval, big or small, kills thousands of people, not as they do now, when the masses in the base areas were always able to save their lives from threats and move forward towards a better life.

At every critical moment, Chen Ke was always able to get money and turn it into something that could be seen with the naked eye. As if he could turn a stone into gold, sometimes Chen Ke's wrist is almost magician-like. In a sense, it was Chen Ke who gave the comrades the impression that revolutionary theory was out of touch with reality.

Production and self-help in the disaster areas have become the material basis for the campaign to seize the dominance of the base areas. The land reform became the cornerstone of the recruitment of soldiers. The emancipation of labor first became the basis for seizing the base areas in the provinces. And the unification efforts of the entire base area have once again become the basis for dealing with foreigners.

Although the top management had heard Chen Ke's expectations for the next 30 years, the comrades did not understand them at all. They felt that Chen Ke was dragging the BJP from victory to victory, and that the final destination was beyond the sight and imagination of the comrades.

If Zhang Yu's kind of controversy is an argument, in practice, it is a step-by-step comrade, no matter what they think in their hearts, there is no problem in their work. And Lu Huitian knew that many comrades like himself felt more and more uncomfortable, and when it was time to talk about theory, Chen Ke promoted practice. When it was time to carry out the practice of "saving the country and saving the people," Chen Ke instead promoted the theory. What is the true face of this "people's revolution" in which the vast number of BJP members have personally participated? Will it ruthlessly defeat all oppressors at home and abroad, or will it cooperate with all domestic and foreign oppressors, as Chen Ke did? Everyone's perception is different.

So in Hubei, Lu Huitian decided to practice it according to his own ideas. As usual, Chen Ke immediately jumped out to stop it.

"Chairman Chen, I have a request." Lu Huitian couldn't help but say.

"Secretary Lu, what's the problem?"

Looking at Chen Ke's preoccupied appearance, Lu Huitian's words were firm and powerful, "Please be sure to solve all our confusion this time before leaving Hubei." ”

To Lu Huitian's surprise, Chen Ke was neither angry nor educated Lu Huitian to hate iron but not steel. Chen Ke frowned slightly, and said in a worried tone: "I really plan to do this this time. ”