Tan Kah Kee walked out of the store and praised the Red Party's great control over the economy of the border areas, and no businessman wanted his currency to be constantly depreciated, and he would have to wipe his butt in a few years. In particular, Chen Jiageng has long known that the current fiat currency is already in danger, and once the battle of Wuhan is lost, the big depreciation of the fiat currency is already expected.

At this time, Tan Kah Kee saw two young girls walking to a cloth shop, which said "People's Cooperative Cloth Shop in the Border District", and at first glance he knew that it was a public-run cloth shop.

I saw a girl holding a pamphlet and asked, "Comrade, look, can I change this cotton cloth for this job?" ”

The shopkeeper raised his glasses, looked at them, nodded with a smile and said, "Enough, enough, go and change it, Xiao Luo, change the cloth, come and Zhang Luo." ”

The two girls exclaimed happily, "Great, it's finally enough, so we can go back and make new clothes." ”

Chen Jiageng asked curiously, "What is this job?" ”

Jin Shan explained: "There are a lot of public works in this border area, such as water conservancy, road construction, etc., and the people can get work points after they participate, and then use these work points to exchange things, from grain and cloth to farm tools, ash, and also change machinery such as camel pot machines." ”

When Chen Jiageng heard this, he asked even more curiously, "Could it be that the border area can still make its own machinery?" ”

Yu Qiaqing also interjected: "Is that a steel mill also available?" ”

Jin Shan scratched his head and said, "I don't know much about this, I have to ask them about the Red Party, or we should hurry up and go to Yan'an and let them take us to visit." ”

Chen Jiageng nodded and said, "Okay, let's set off immediately, I'm looking forward to this Red Party's border area more and more." ”

On the way, Chen Jiageng and others really saw machinery cultivating in the farmland, Chen Jiageng hurriedly shouted to stop, and walked to the field with Yu Qiaqing and Jinshan.

Only three peasants were seen ploughing the land. A smoke-puffing machine pulls a plow and moves forward quickly, a farmer controls the direction, a farmer guides, and a farmer keeps adding firewood to the machine.

Chen Jiageng and Yu Qiaqing were dumbfounded, when they ploughed the land, they didn't use cattle and horses manpower, but used machinery.

Tan Kah Kee stammered, "Am I in Nanyang or in the United States?" Our Chinese farmers can now mechanize their arable land??? ”

Chen Jiageng saw the three of them stop to drink water and rest, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "A few fellow villagers, what is this farmer?" ”

A young farmer wiped his sweat, looked at Chen Jiageng, and said with a smile, "You are a foreigner." ”

Tan Kah Kee took out a few cigarettes. He handed it to the three and said, "See? I am a businessman from Nanyang, and I came to the border area to investigate. ”

The farmer shook his hand, took out a dry cigarette and said, "Your cigarette has no taste, I still like me, see that you are younger than me, little brother, our border area is really good, the little devil can't beat it, and the government doesn't collect money indiscriminately." Everyone's life is much better than before. ”

Tan Kah Kee asked, "How did I hear that the taxes in your border area are very high?" Are you guys okay?? ”

The peasant immediately shook his head and said, "It's not high, it's not high, in the old days, we didn't just have to pay taxes. They also have to rent money to the landlords, and what kind of military expenditure and fire consumption are endless, and they don't dare to get sick at all after paying taxes. Otherwise, you will have to borrow money, and the loan will never be repaid. Saying that, the peasant sighed and exhaled, and continued: "Not anymore, other places are rent and interest reductions. And we are better here, it is land reform, there are no landlords, they are all their own land, although the tax is higher than it was said before, but when it is calculated, it pays less.

The most important thing is to go to the cooperative to borrow money when I am sick, and the interest rate is much lower than before, not a cent. Besides, now there is a gentleman in the village who teaches us to read and write, how much did it cost before? There is also a gentleman to teach us the method of farming, which used to be the secret of the old farmer's family, how much does it cost, we now have work points for public work, and these jobs can be exchanged for things, how much does it cost? It's going to be a big account. Xiao Lao'er dared to say that as long as there are people who are willing to work in the border area now, they will not starve to death. I've heard that we will have to do medical insurance in the future, and we only need to pay half of the money for medical treatment, which I didn't dare to think about before, but now I believe that as long as there is a red party, it will definitely be done. ”

Yu Qiaqing said deliberately, "But this world is the world of the White Party after all, what if the White Party calls one day?" ”

The middle-aged man who was originally in Tianchai in the back smiled, pulled his clothes, patted his chest that was not strong and said, "I still have some strength, who dares to fight the Red Party, Lao Tzu will fight with them, Lao Tzu is not even afraid of the Japanese, will he be afraid of that Jiang intermediary?" Who the hell are you? Is it a spy agent? ”

Chen Jiageng looked at the eyes of the three of them and quickly changed the topic and asked, "We are really businessmen, you see, we have documents, that fellow, what is this machine?" ”

The farmer really smiled as if he had scratched an itch, "This is a pot camel machine, and the one that cultivates the land belongs to our village commune, and we exchange it for the cotton land of our family." ”

Chen Jiageng immediately reacted and asked, "Isn't this bought?" ”

The farmer shook his head and said, "This is very expensive, it costs nearly 100 big work, we can't afford it, but the rent is cheap, if it is broken, we will go to the county to ask the master to repair it, this is better than the ox, it can be dried quickly, everything can be burned, it is very convenient." ”

Chen Jiageng nodded and said, "Thank you, fellow countryman." ”

The peasant smiled and said, "Thank you, come to our border area, it's absolutely right, we can trust the Red Party." ”

Yu Qiaqing pulled Chen Jiageng and said, "See? With this alone, the White Party is more than a step behind. ”

Chen Jiageng shook his head and said with a smile, "We only have agriculture in China, the most important thing is industry, let's go to Yan'an first." I'm looking forward to it now. ”

-- Yan'an

Chairman Mao and Zhou Guansheng were waiting outside the city gate together, and the soldiers who came and went were all talking, I don't know why these two leaders are still standing outside and waiting, and I don't know who has such a big face.

"Chairman, this Yu Qiaqing did a big thing quietly and invited Chen Jiageng, none of us thought of it before." Zhou Guansheng looked at the distance and said with a smile.

Chairman Mao smoked a cigarette and nodded, "Yes, we are still thinking about how to get involved with overseas Chinese in Nanyang, this overseas Chinese in Nanyang has always been the territory of the White Party, where is it." The publicity for us has always been very negative, I think this is an opportunity, it would be great if the overseas Chinese in Nanyang could also support us, there are a lot of talents there. ”

Zhou Guansheng smiled: "What? The chairman feels short of manpower again? ”

Chairman Mao looked at no one around him, and said with a bitter face, "Lacking, too short, we are now developing basic education, industry, agriculture, and war." These immortals from all walks of life are yearning for my manpower, and I can't be enough to send them. Although we have a good habit of self-learning and self-cultivation, after all, this cultivation takes time, and our development is too fast. According to our plan, we will have a bigger talent gap next year. ”

Zhou Guansheng nodded, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw that Jinshan's convoy had arrived, so he smiled and said, "Chairman, they are here." Come, let's go and meet our Nanyang Guild Leader. ”

Chen Jiageng got out of the carriage, looked at the two people in front of him, and said in surprise: "Mr. Zhou, why are you here?" Who is this? ”

Zhou Guansheng negotiated with the White Party in Nanjing and Wuhan many times, so he also knew Chen Jiageng.

Zhou Guansheng smiled: "This is our Chairman Mao." Chairman, this is Mr. Tan Kah Kee. ”

Chairman Mao took the initiative to shake hands with Chen Jiageng and said, "Mr. Chen, I have admired the name for a long time, and you are welcome to visit our Yan'an border area." ”

After speaking, Chairman Mao said to Yu Qiaqing: "Old Yu." You are also welcome to come to Yan'an for the second time, do you feel any different this time? ”

Yu Qiaqing nodded and said, "Well, it's different. If nothing else, I think it's a lot easier to walk. ”

Zhou Guansheng said with a smile, "Not only the road, but also many new changes, let's talk as we walk." ”

On the way, Chen Jiageng asked first, "Mr. Mao, I really want to ask, I am in Wuhan, in Chongqing, I have heard that your Red Party is swimming but not attacking, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Chairman Mao shook his head with a smile and said, "We have to speak with facts, not to mention that when we fought in Shanxi before, we first achieved a great victory in Pingxingguan, and then attacked Yangming Fort at night, and then burned Qinglong Town, flooded Taiyuan City, which killed thousands of Japanese invaders, let's just say that in the just-concluded Shanxi counteroffensive and anti-encirclement campaign, our army broke three divisions of the Japanese army, killed one major general, several Dazuo, and eliminated more than 10,000 Japanese puppet troops. ”

Chen Jiageng said in surprise: "There are so many? Is this true? ”

Chairman Mao nodded and said, "Our strength is weaker now, so we can only fight guerrilla warfare and movement warfare, the scale of the battle is not large, but the battles are frequent and most of them are active, and small victories are big victories." Those who say that we swim but do not attack are themselves constantly losing cities and land, and fleeing without a fight, which is simply ridiculous and generous. Saying that, Chairman Mao led Chen Jiageng into the office and said, "Come and see, this is a gift from the soldiers below, the Japanese army commander commands the knife." ”

When Chen Jiageng heard this, his eyes lit up, he stepped forward and picked up the katana, looked at it carefully, nodded and said, "It is indeed the Japanese army's general's sword." ”

Yu Qiaqing said disapprovingly beside him, "I told you, these people from the Red Party are all real and don't talk nonsense, Chongqing and Wuhan are all smearing the Red Party." ”

Chen Jiageng turned his head and asked again, "Mr. Mao, I have another question, I saw along the way that your civil servants have no corruption, and the military and civilians are also extremely harmonious, which is very different from other places, how did this happen?" ”

Zhou Guansheng replied with a smile, "It's very simple, but there are three points, one is to strengthen learning and build ideas." Let our civil servants know what they are doing, and their job is not to be powerful, but to make life better for the people, so that they can have their own ideals and their own souls. The second is the integration of the military and the people, removing specialization, but also not allowing the people to discriminate against the soldiers, this is a hero to protect the family and defend the country, many of our current big girls want to find the army. The third is to strengthen supervision, our people have the real right to vote and the right to make speeches, you can write to our supervision department, you can also complain yourself, in order to prevent corruption in the supervision department, we rotate from time to time, our public servants naturally have no corrupt behavior, but it is not absolutely nothing, our government has just arrested a corrupt criminal, he embezzled 20 pounds of white noodles. ”

Chen Jiageng asked in disbelief, "This, these twenty catties of white noodles are also a thing?" ”

Chairman Mao frowned and said, "Now it's twenty catties of white noodles, and tomorrow it can be two hundred catties, two thousand catties. ”

Chen Jiageng nodded with a sigh and said, "Your Red Party does have something special." The unanimity of the army and the people, and the unanimity of the officers and soldiers, is the foundation of victory. I also heard that you have your own factory? ”

Chairman Mao nodded and said, "If we want to win this war of resistance, we must first strive for self-improvement, although the conditions are difficult now, but we have not relaxed at all in building industry, but Mr. Chen, this is our top secret." After speaking, he looked at Chen Jiageng and waited for him to make a statement.

Chen Jiageng also understood that the development of the Red Party's industry must be very difficult, so he naturally did not want to be known by hostile forces because of himself, so he raised his hand and said, "I, Quanzhou Chen Jiageng, swear that what I see and hear today will never let others know, and if I violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed." ”

Zhou Guansheng hurriedly beckoned and said, "It's serious, it's serious, our industry has indeed made small achievements, and now we have our own steel mills, machinery factories, military factories, chemical plants, and oil refineries." I guess I haven't wasted the year. ”

Chen Jiageng asked in surprise: "You actually have so many factories?" Can I go and see it? ”

Chairman Mao nodded and said, "Of course, let's go, let's go to the steel factory now, where a batch of steel should be shipped out today." ”

Several people sat in a truck, walked for more than half a day, and passed three checkpoints in a row before they came to a factory.

Chairman Mao introduced, "This is the Ansai Iron and Steel Plant, which is the first phase of our steel plant to be established, although it is not large, but it does solve the problem of whether there is a problem, and it is our first modern steel plant." ”

Tan Kah Kee looked at the high blast furnace and the mountains of ore, and asked strangely, "Why is there so much ore?" ”

Zhou Guansheng said, "Before the establishment of this steel plant, the mine was established, so in order not to waste time, we first let the mine operate, and the ore was piled up here. (To be continued.) )