After entering January 1912, the people in the base areas were happily preparing for the New Year. After a whole year of hard work, everyone can finally relax in the traditional festival of the Spring Festival. The year 1911 was quite good, and with the exception of Hubei, the weather in the other provinces was not too much of a problem. The miserable masses who are tormented by the climate problem can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

A lot of spices appeared on the market in the base areas, such as star anise, spicy bark, Sichuan pepper, etc., and these seasonings, which were supplied in large quantities in New China in history, began to appear in large quantities in the market of the People's Party. At the beginning of the 20th century, many lockdowns were not tight. The BJP's attempt to transplant spice crops was a huge success. Beginning in 1908, with the cooperation of Chinese businessmen in Nanyang, the People's Party obtained a lot of spice tree species and plants originally in Southeast Asia. In the past few years, in addition to the spices imported from overseas, the base's own spices have also begun to appear in the market.

Chen Ke can cook, and when frying vegetables, throw three or four peppercorns into the pot casually, which can greatly enhance the flavor. When cooking meat, these spices are even more indispensable. Thirteen spices, which are made based on many spices, can completely suppress the fishy smell in the meat when stir-frying, making the food more delicious.

"Comrades, I have only one thing to say with this example, don't think that we have spices, and we have also promoted spices to the masses, and everything will be fine. Something that is promoted must contribute to raising the standard of living of the working masses, and this is only the first step. I thought it was useless to simply tell the masses how good this thing was. We're going to have to come up with a whole set of patterns ourselves. ”

In the training of cadres of the People's Party, spices were taken as an example, and the issue of policy promotion was discussed.

"There are two sides to everything, and when it comes to propaganda for the masses, we must not hold the idea that our People's Party is doing good things for the masses, so the masses must appreciate it. It's a rather wrong way of doing things. Publicity and promotion are never good or bad, for example, this spice, when stir-frying, a little bit can effectively improve the taste of the meal, put it at the wrong time, or put it in the wrong amount, it is likely to spoil the taste of the meal. It is absolutely impossible for us to force the masses to use spices in full accordance with our methods, and if we only say that the things we promote are good when promoting, it is purely self-inflicted. The instructors of the cadre school talked eloquently in front of the students.

On the surface, this is about spices, but in fact it is about all the techniques of the BJP policy promotion, but the instructors do not thoroughly understand it. Qualified cadres are not trained by rote memorization, and they do not have the most basic ability to draw inferences from one case, which means that these trained cadres are not qualified.

No matter how advanced and complete the theories and policies are, if the implementation and promotion capabilities cannot keep up at all, then there is no meaning. In this regard, the cadre schools that are not on holiday near the Spring Festival are preparing for the spring ploughing that will start immediately after the Spring Festival. Comrades who can pass the test will return to work. As for the comrades who have not been able to pass the test, they will also leave the cadre school, and they will be retired from their cadre posts and replaced with ordinary labor posts to become "reserve troops."

Even in the face of so many foreign affairs, Chen Ke still turned his attention from the outside back to the inside. Iron striking still needs its own hardness, and it is not as strong as itself, and it is still vainly trying to win the foreign struggle, which is a fool's dream.

The example of spices is given because it is closely related to the BJP's agricultural policy. The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the production schedule in the spring completely determines the production schedule of the whole year. After the land reform, everyone was allocated land, which was the superficial result of the land reform. Equalization of land does not yield any benefits. If we want to increase production, we must let the masses use land and tools more effectively and arrange their own production plans more effectively. Just like when there are no spices, it is difficult to improve the taste of the food made by the masses. However, having spices does not mean that the masses can greatly enhance the taste of the meal.

Huaihai Province has a lot of land in the plains, and Chen Ke's purpose in staying in Huaihai Province is to see what kind of agricultural work the local cadres can do. So he didn't say much, just observed. Some time ago, Chen Ke mainly focused on foreign affairs, foreign trade agreements, and foreign wars occupied almost all of his energy. Now that he has turned his attention back to the internal construction of the base area, the best way for Chen Ke is to keep his mouth shut and concentrate on observation and research.

"This kind of investigation is especially necessary for people who only understand theory and do not understand the actual situation. Otherwise, they will not be able to link theory with practice. There are many people who "get off the bus" and make comments and opinions, which also criticizes and blames, but in fact, ten out of ten such people will fail. This is one of Grandpa Mao's classic expositions.

Chen Ke was convinced by this statement, and he believed that his current job was to conduct honest investigation and research in Huaihai Province, and if possible, to go down to the grassroots level and make up his mind to walk a few pairs of bad shoes. Do a good job of investigating the basic agricultural work.

On January 18, the base security department submitted a document to Chen Ke. A comrade named Li Nana came to Huaihai Province from Anhui Province and insisted on seeing Chen Ke to report the situation.

The Huaihai Provincial Security Department still has an impression of Li Nana, whose original name was Nalan Naruo, who once posed as Chen Ke's cousin and later chose to join the revolution. At that time, the security department did not have an opinion on the execution of Nalanaror. It was only the policy of the base area, which did not advocate unjustified killing, and Nalanneru's insistence on joining the revolution, that she was finally released. Such a person with a criminal record must now meet Chairman Chen Ke, and no one dares to ignore him.

Someone came to "sue the royal complaint", and Chen Ke's first feeling was very surprised. After listening to the security department's introduction to the experience of Li Nana, who is also a bit legendary, Chen Ke was even more surprised. At that time, the opinion of not killing Li Nana prevailed within the security department because Li Nana was robbed by bandits. The People's Party is also responsible for the bandits' robbery.

"What is Comrade Li Nana going to report?" Chen Ke asked this crucial question. If it weren't for the big deal, the security department wouldn't have been forced to hand it over to Chen Ke. Reporting to higher levels is strictly forbidden in the discipline of the BJP.

Listening to Chen Ke's question, the comrades of the security department changed their faces slightly, and they looked at each other a few times before replying: "One of our female teachers was forcibly occupied as a concubine by Wang Youhong, the governor of Jiangsu, and Comrade Li Nana asked us to rescue this female teacher. ”

Although Chen Ke was sure that this matter must be extremely tricky, he couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing the news.

Li Nana sat in the single room of the security department with trepidation. She could tell that this was the place where the prisoners were kept, but Li Nana was not scared at all, let alone angry. In the entire base area, if you talk about the knowledge of officialdom, Li Nana is confident that there will not be 50 people who can surpass her. For the bureaucracy, the corresponding status means the corresponding security. For example, she came to "sue the royal court" this time, and before the final decision was made to deal with Li Nana herself, her identity as a teacher was the greatest protection. No one in the base would dare to deal with a teacher, especially a female teacher.

As for future handling decisions, Li Nana doesn't care. Any punishment pales in comparison to the fact that Chen Ke was able to see him. It has been two or three years since joining the base area, and Li Nana's thoughts about Chen Ke have not only not faded, but because she has seen the changes in the base area with her own eyes and learned in detail about Chen Ke's series of victories against domestic and foreign enemies, she has become even more intense.

Li Nana knows very well how rare this opportunity is. With the People's Party's style of not being afraid of heaven and earth, if it were not for the failure of Anhui's educational institutions, police agencies, and court institutions to deal with them, she would never have found a reason to ask to see Chen Ke. Even if he saw it, it was impossible to impress Chen Ke.

Since she was detained by the security department, Li Nana waited patiently, and after waiting for less than a day, someone told her to go out and ordered Li Nana to wash up a little. According to her excitement, Li Nana washed her face and rinsed her mouth as if she didn't know what was going on, and simply and appropriately sorted out her appearance. Sure enough, as she expected, even if it took a little longer, the comrades in the security department did not have any urging.

was taken out and walked for a while, Li Nana found that she had arrived at the gate of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, handed over the procedures, and everyone entered the Provincial Party Committee. After waiting in the reception room for a while, Li Nana saw Chen Ke push the door and walk in.

That is indeed Chen Ke that Li Nana will never forget, tall and tall, handsome appearance, strong figure, especially those bright eyes. Unconsciously, Li Nana had already stood up and greeted Chen Ke. In her imagination, how many times she walked towards Chen Ke like this, Chen Ke also walked towards her with a smile. When all this really happened, Li Nana found that she couldn't hear what Chen Ke said in the first sentence. She noticed a buzzing in her ears, and then her heart was pounding.

"Chairman Chen!" Li Nana couldn't help but shout, and then tears blurred her eyes.

The first group of men in the room couldn't understand Li Nana's mood at all, and burst into tears after seeing Li Nana shout "Chairman Chen". Chen Ke thought that Li Nana was worried about his colleagues, and the security department felt that Li Nana was "wronged" and wanted to complain after seeing Chen Ke. However, Li Nana neither cried loudly nor talked nonsense, but took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and then generously came up to shake hands with Chen Ke. This kind of calm style made Chen Ke have a much higher evaluation of Li Nana, and also reassured the comrades in the security department.

Sure enough, Li Nana didn't mention what happened to her at all, and after shaking hands with Chen Ke, she patiently waited for Chen Ke's inquiry.

Chen Ke was quite surprised that Wang Youhong dared to occupy the female teacher in the base area, and the security department gave a general introduction to the situation, but he wanted to hear Li Nana, who reported the matter, explain it personally.

The matter itself is not complicated, Wang Youhong, as a soldier, walks around. When he became the governor of Jiangsu, he only married a wife, and did not take a concubine. Since he has sat on the "top spot" in Jiangsu, it is inevitable to take concubines. But God knows what Wang Youhong thinks, he actually wants to find a woman who was born as a teacher in the People's Party as a concubine. For the powerful, there is no shortage of greetings. Among the girls forcibly taken away by the People's Party from Anqing was a girl named Gu Wei. His father, Gu Renyu, was a businessman, but because he opposed the People's Party, he moved his business to Nanjing. has the opportunity to catch up with Wang Youhong, Gu Renyu doesn't care what his daughter thinks.

first sent his daughter to Nanjing during the winter vacation, and Gu Renyu forced Gu Wei to marry Wang Youhong. Half a month ago, Li Nana got a letter from Gu Weituo. The Chinese character part of the letter was nothing special, but the content of asking Li Nana for help was written in Hanyu Pinyin. Li Nana immediately approached Anhui's education, public security, and courts to ask for rescue. However, with only one letter, he had to deal with Wang Youhong, the governor of Jiangsu, and the local cadres in Anhui did not have the courage to do so.

Li Nana saw that things couldn't be done, so she simply ran to Chen Ke for help.

"Chairman Chen, you are the only one who can save Comrade Gu Wei now." After Li Nana finished speaking, her eyes turned red again.