The setting sun fades, the sunset is soft, and the afterglow is quietly sprinkled on the ancient and majestic city walls.

Xiao Yimin and Yang Shukan stopped walking to the northwest corner of the city wall, Yang Shukan pointed to the north bank of the Jinjiang River behind the military academy outside the city, and asked who belonged to the wide factory building and reservoir area that was under construction and was about to be completed. What are you going to use it for?

Xiao Yimin did not hide him: "It is the new factory of our Huaxi Industrial Corporation, the territory in the city is too small, it can no longer meet the production needs of military products, the three German production lines we ordered will be shipped next month, millions of yuan of imported raw materials and auxiliary equipment will arrive one after another, the factories and warehouses in the city can not be put down, we can only build this new factory outside the city, it is estimated that it will take three months of hard work before this new factory can be officially put into operation." ”

"What about the old factory in the city? There are so many advanced equipment, it seems that they have been purchased one after another in the past few years, right? Isn't it too extravagant to replace it with a new one in a few years? Yang Shukan asked with interest.

We plan to move most of the old equipment and the entire foundry workshop to Ya'an, buy two German electric smelting furnaces and some other machinery and equipment, and build a small steelmaking plant, a ferroalloy plant and several processing workshops in Ya'an, and operate Ya'an as an important processing base." ”

Yang Shukan was surprised: "Processing base? How much steel can Ya'an have? ”

Xiao Yimin smiled and shook his head:

"Layman, isn't it? After several years of painstaking operation, Ya'an has become a distribution center for metal products smelted by soil smelting in northern Yunnan, southern Sichuan, western Sichuan and other places, in the first half of this year alone, the trading volume of various smelting products reached 4,500 tons, and the monthly trading volume is growing steadily, and the output of silver has also increased rapidly

"The rich gentry have tasted the sweetness, have purchased advanced mining machinery and smelting equipment, at present, there are more than 10 large and small iron ore, copper ore and lead and zinc mining areas have been mined, copper ingots, zinc ingots and iron ingots more and more, the quality is getting better and better, it is estimated that there are five years of development, we can reduce the import of raw materials such as various special steel and copper plates, basically self-sufficient."

"I really didn't expect it to develop so quickly...... By the way, I heard in Yucheng that the provincial government axe used cash compensation to recover the ownership of the Qijiang Iron and Steel Plant and two high-quality coal mines, and is currently working with the American Yuzhong Company and that...... What steel companies conduct joint venture negotiations, is there such a thing? Yang Shukan asked.

Xiao Yimin nodded: "From last winter to the beginning of this year, steel companies in Europe and the United States and other countries have conducted detailed inspections and demonstrations on the Qijiang Iron Works and surrounding mines, and have also discussed many times on the issue of cooperation.

"The original plan was that the political axe would take 40% of the shares in the mine, the American Simskale Steel Company would hold 30% of the shares with smelting equipment and technical management, and the Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce would account for 30% of the shares with capital investment. In the formal negotiations between the end of last month and the middle of this month, the US side once again put forward a request for an increase of 10 percent of the shares, but the provincial government did not agree, and in the end, the Federation of Industry and Commerce gave up 10 percent of the shares, and the three cooperating parties signed the peace treaty, which was a foregone conclusion.

"It is estimated that in the next two years, Sichuan's light and heavy industries will develop greatly, and I don't have to worry about being choked by the great powers all day long."

Yang Shukan was silent again, Xiao Yimin took Yang Shukan's arm and walked down the city wall, Bao Jiqing and Liu Bingxian knew that Xiao Yimin had something to say, so they kept their distance and followed behind the two from a distance.

After crossing the iron bridge between the barracks and the North School Field Camp, two open-top four-wheeled carriages stopped in front, Xiao Yimin pulled the suspicious Yang Shukan into the car, Bao Jiqing boarded another one and followed, the two carriages drove out of the gate through the barracks, turned around and drove towards the western suburbs.

The carriage traveled five or six kilometers along the newly built wide road, and still had no intention of stopping, Yang Shukan looked around, and then looked at the sky that began to darken, and couldn't help but ask loudly: "Where are you taking me?" ”

Xiao Yimin went to the two rows of houses in front of him that were nestled among the golden ears of rice: "It's here, let's go to the village in front of us and sit down and have a cup of tea." ”

Yang Shukan frowned: "What kind of fame are you doing?" ”

Xiao Yimin pointed to the fields with golden ears of rice on the side of the road: "This place is called Shangqingwan, the original 12 households, more than 250 acres of fields, the rest are all rocky beaches and thorny mountain bags, almost every year the water is flooded, our engineer battalion built a road last winter to pass here, and saw that several surrounding villages are doing well, only this village with the largest area and the least field is the most miserable, so I reported to the Political Department of the headquarters and regarded this village as our border army' In just 15 days, more than 2,000 border army brothers from the engineer battalion and the headquarters took thousands of prisoners to open up 780 acres of fields, repair four fish ponds of about 10 acres, build three rows of simple houses, and with the unanimous consent of 12 households, resettle 30 households with a total of 106 homeless victims from northern Sichuan. I haven't been here for three months, so I'm here to take this opportunity to take a look at Brother Pale with me. ”

Yang Shukan smiled disdainfully: "Preach to me your merits and ideal society? ”

"Isn't it good? Brother Pale, do you remember what to plant in the field in each season of the year? Do you remember the yield per mu of rice, corn, soybeans, and sweet potatoes? Do you know the difference between early rice and late rice? If you don't remember, I'm afraid the other Kuomintang members don't remember either, and they can't always think about how to reach out to the people and ask for money, right? ”

Xiao Yimin asked half-jokingly, half-seriously.

Seeing Yang Shukan's embarrassed appearance, Xiao Yimin ordered the carriage to stop, pulled Yang Shukan and jumped out of the car to the side of the road, and stepped across the ditch and stepped on the ridge before stopping.

Xiao Yimin casually pulled out an ear of rice and handed it to Yang Shukan: "Brother Pale, look at it, what is the difference between it and the rice in your hometown in Ba County?" ”

Yang Shukan took it and looked at it for a while: "This ear of rice seems to be quite long, and the stem seems to be much thicker, is it an excellent variety introduced from the South Seas?" ”

Xiao Yimin beckoned to a group of farmers who ran out of the house after hearing the sound: "Uncle Gui, come!" I'll introduce you to a powerful man! ”

The old noble uncle, who was black and thin, answered loudly, and ran over with a frightened face:

"Commander Xiao is here, oops, oops...... If you sit down for a while, you have to drink saliva first! ”

"I'm not busy, Uncle Gui, our Secretary General Yang's hometown is in Ba County, and he is also from a poor family, but he has been studying since he was a child, and he hasn't been home for many years, I don't know how this rice is different from his hometown Ba County, you can tell me, I don't know very well." Xiao Yimin said kindly.

A group of men, women, and children didn't seem to be afraid of Commander Xiao, who was dressed casually, and quickly came around to ask Xiao Yimin, Bao Jiqing and the others if they had eaten? Why don't you come without saying a word? The old man whispered to his children and grandchildren to hurry up and make tea.

Subsequently, the old noble uncle said a few polite words, and proudly pulled up an ear of rice: "Thanks to Commander Xiao's entrustment to bring back good rice seeds from Guangdong, other villages dare not plant them, and all the more than 500 acres of raw and ripe paddy fields in our village have been planted, and all the mountain bags have been burned and planted with peaches, and the officers and soldiers of the military academy have brought us hundreds of truckloads of farm fertilizer every month, which is a good omen for this bumper harvest."

"More than a dozen villages around saw our rice, and then looked at the rice they had planted for decades, and they regretted it one by one, and all the villages begged us to leave some rice for them, and they said that they would rather give five times as much white rice in exchange, haha...... Also, Commander Xiao said that when the chemical plant in Dayi County produces pesticides and fertilizers next year, our yield per mu of land can be increased by two or three percent! ”

Yang Shukan was taken aback, he knew the meaning very well, and immediately asked with a pleasant face:

"Uncle Gui, do you estimate how much harvest per mu of paddy field can be this year? Count the millet and count the beaten white rice. ”

The old noble uncle nodded frequently:

"Even if it's millet, dozens of our men have estimated, looking at the growth and the fruitfulness of the rice ears, at least five hundred and fifty catties of dry millet can be beaten per mu, which is one or two hundred catties higher than the surrounding villages, and it is not a problem to plant late rice after harvesting the millet, and the seeds are still the Guangdong late rice varieties that Commander Xiao helped to get back, I heard that Guangdong also selected the two best rice varieties after five or six years of trial planting, haha...... According to the current estimate of hundreds of early rice, as long as there is no disaster, five or six hundred catties of dry millet can be laid, and one acre of land can be planted with two crops of rice a year, at least one and a half acres of ordinary land! ”

Yang Shukan was very shocked in his heart, looked around, and turned to the old noble uncle again:

"Uncle, Commander Xiao has already told me about the situation in the village just now, I want to ask, there has been no harvest in the past half a year, what do you eat?"

"Fishing!"

The old uncle hurriedly turned around, pointed to the fishing nets spread out under the eaves of the house, and pointed to the Qingshui River to the west:

"On the side is the Qingshui River, there are four bays around the village, there are a lot of fish, a group of commanders of the military academy gave us two fishing nets for each family, as well as thousands of chickens, ducks and geese fry, the fish and soft-shelled turtles we catch every day are sold to the military academy and the cavalry regiment, the price is the same as in the city, and the money in exchange is enough for each family to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt.

"Also, thousands of officers and soldiers have helped us dig dozens of acres of fish ponds, each of our families raises fish, ducks and gray geese, and more than a dozen wealthy families have already bought piglets, all according to the agricultural book sent by Commander Xiao, what is it called......"

"Dad, it's called three-dimensional breeding!" An eight-year-old girl in the crowd reminded loudly.

"Yes, yes...... It is to raise pigs, ducks and fish together, raise chickens and plant fruit trees or something together, use chickens, ducks, goose manure and pig manure to grow vegetables and raise fish, a few months down, not only sold two rounds of vegetables, the fish in the fish pond also grew crazy, the villagers all said that Commander Xiao's method is good, the previous half of his life was in vain, think about the waste before, I feel distressed! ”

The old noble uncle looked at Xiao Yimin, his eyes were full of gratitude, until now he and the villagers couldn't figure out how Commander Xiao, who had been growing up in the city, could know so much about farming.

Yang Shukan looked at Xiao Yimin in disbelief: "You also know about farming?" ”

Xiao Yimin smiled: "Not only understand, but also understand more than many people, the younger brother also referred to the agricultural books published in Europe and the United States, wrote a 70,000-word agricultural development report, the United States, Germany and France and other advanced countries of agricultural technology overview and comparative analysis, combined with the actual situation of the province put forward a series of suggestions, the provincial council organized a group of agricultural experts after half a year of evaluation, has adopted most of them, and made a five-year agricultural development outline, and strive to within five years, the scientific planting and breeding to every village and town in the province, Sichuan University, which will be merged on New Year's Day next year, will also add a department of agriculture, haha! ”

Yang Shukan pinched the ear of rice in his hand and pondered, Xiao Yimin saw that the sky was about to be dark, and hurriedly said goodbye to the enthusiastic old uncle and the villagers, promising to come to drink a glass of wine during the autumn harvest, and then left in the eyes of hundreds of enthusiastic and simple villagers.

On the way back, everyone looked at the scenery on both sides and didn't speak, and when they were about to arrive at the gate of the military academy, Yang Shukan, who had been silent all the way, asked:

"Yiming, I have to say that your political education is fruitful and very unique, your border guards are indeed as you requested, and they have not forgotten that they come from the people, this way of military and civilian co-construction is an effective means that I have never heard of, and it is very worthy of reference by the revolutionary army, but I still don't know how many of your border guards have helped in building villages like the one just now? Will you keep doing it? ”

Xiao Yimin replied: "About seventy or so, the 'military-civilian joint construction' I proposed is a political order that cannot be changed and must be resolutely implemented, as long as I am in power for one day, the army I lead must continue to do it, and it must be done in the creation of surnames, of course, except in case of war." ”

"Do you have any specific requirements for the various departments under your command?" Yang Shukan seemed to be very interested.

Xiao Yimin nodded: "Not only is there principles and goals, but also very meticulous. The basic requirement is that each regiment stationed in various localities must establish more than three military-civilian joint construction villages, and according to the latest statistics of the Political Department of the Headquarters, most of the villages jointly built have developed very well, and the same is true in the Kangding area

Since the second half of last year, one-third of the cattle and sheep trade in Chengdu and more than 20 surrounding counties have come from all parts of western Sichuan that our team is responsible for, and a large number of cloth, kerosene, farm tools, medicines, books and even weapons and ammunition have entered the ethnic minority areas in Xichuan through the ten teams we have sent. It took less than a year, which has never been done before, so I'm so proud!

"In the next step, we will also intervene in this action plan, collect donations from the party's wealthy gentry and philanthropists, use it to build schools and roads in remote areas and ethnic minority areas, vigorously promote commodity circulation, develop the local economy, and undertake the important task of leading all ethnic groups to civilization and prosperity, and strive to set up Mingzhuo Party branches in every county in western Sichuan within five years, so that western Sichuan will become our base area."

Yang Shukan let out a long sigh and asked rather discouragedly: "Have you really decided not to cooperate with our Kuomintang?" ”

Xiao Yimin asked a little strangely: "How come?" Cooperation is still needed, one more friend and one more way, the reason why we are going on such a trip today is to take back the Sichuan Frontier Army and the Sichuan Mingzhuo Party with the mouth of the pale brother, what they have done, and what they think, so as to enhance mutual understanding, we in Sichuan Mingzhuo Party must not only defend our own interests, but also defend the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, and we strive to establish such a belief among all party members: truly put the interests of the country and the people first, It is not necessary to put the interests of a certain person or group above the state and the nation, so as to win the support of the broad masses of the people. ”

Yang Shukan smiled bitterly and nodded: "I think, I understand what you mean." ”

"It's good to understand, go back and continue to drink, let's talk while drinking, talk about some specific cooperation intentions and cooperation methods, how about it?" Xiao Yimin suggested.

Yang Shukan thought for a while: "Okay, none of the tasks I brought have been completed, and if I don't take this opportunity to say it, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to say it in the future......"

(To be continued)