Chapter 331: Beautiful Australia: A Million Workers Have a Mighty Force
After returning to Hanjing from Jiuquan, Zhang Shusheng summoned Zhou Duanzheng, director of the General Logistics Department of the base camp and secretary general of the Science and Technology Committee, and Tesla.
"Chairman, this plan is huge."
On the table in front of Zhou Duan was a document more than a foot high, and the head of the document was a red top secret Class A letter.
Although this level of secrecy is not the highest in the republican system, it is no less appalling, and the top-secret A level means that unless the republic is destroyed, then this top-secret plan will always be limited to the program manager and Zhang Shusheng himself.
As far as Zhou Duanzheng knows, there are several other top-secret A-level classified programs in the republic, such as the strategic missile program, the rocket-satellite program, the nuclear weapons program, and the jet aircraft program, all of which are fortunate to be included in the A-level secrecy plan, and the corresponding scientific bases range from S-level to S-class.
One of the most striking features of the top-secret A-level plan is that the level of secrecy is very high, such as the documents on the table in front of him, Zhou Duanzheng naturally could not come to Zhang Shusheng's office to read them slowly, as early as the morning, there were confidential personnel from the Ninth Bureau of the Ministry of Special Intelligence 'accompanied' him, and he roughly finished reading the plan.
However, even after reading the outline of this plan, he still felt a little at a loss, it was too huge, and in the entire plan, the current document more than a foot high was actually a sub-plan with the surname of the outline. That is, a huge plan, artificially broken down into countless parts. There are medical parts, materials science parts, electronics parts, informatics parts, life science parts, engineering parts...... Even if Zhou Duanzheng read the information of this outline, he still didn't know what kind of plan it was and what he wanted to study, as if these sub-projects, when viewed together, were still sub-projects.
He understands that this shows that the plan is very large, and what he has touched is only bits and pieces, and the real core should only be known to Mr. Tesla in front of him. After all, the outline surnamed plan document, which is more than a foot high, was made by Tesla's secret scientific research team.
"Of course, the plan is very huge, and every top-secret A-level plan in the history of the republic is not a small plan. This plan is that Mr. Tesla is responsible for the overall situation, and the project part of the document on this table will be to transfer corresponding scientific and technological talents, form a research institute, and give priority to allocating funds and equipment to help Mr. Tesla complete this great plan.
Mr. Tesla will talk to you in detail at any time, and you can arrange the corresponding work according to the specifications of the top-secret A-level secrecy plan. ”
Zhang Shusheng's attitude is very simple, since he promised Tesla to help him complete the advanced computer revolution - the 'human brain' plan, he will fully support it.
Compared with the current strength of the republic, it is not a big problem to set up several more research institutes to carry out this research. The core research is composed of Tesla and a few of his closest students, scientific assistants invited from the West, and strategic scientific and technological talents provided by Zhang Shusheng, which is the real research institution of the 'Human Brain Project'. Not only that, after careful consideration, Zhang Shusheng also authorized the 'Human Brain Project' project to secretly use some war criminals who committed the most heinous crimes and lost their conscience as research objects after approval, and those war criminals who were about to be sentenced to death were secretly detained in prison for more than ten years, just to provide experimental subjects for these top-secret projects at the necessary moment.
Thinking about Unit 713 in his previous life, Zhang Shusheng thought that he was quite kind, at least he didn't kill innocents indiscriminately, these experimental subjects deserved to die, and they were war criminals, unlike Unit 731, who poisoned thousands of ordinary people.
Even in this era, although Zhang Shusheng destroyed Unit 713, according to reliable intelligence, he himself was also conducting similar experiments in the Far East, and while they obtained technology from the Germans, they used Soviet civilians to conduct experiments, and the whole nation has become quite sick.
In addition to the necessary high-tech equipment and materials, Zhang Shusheng will also provide some correct research directions. In this way, in fact, the entire huge scientific project will bring an alternative scientific and technological leap to the republic, and will also leave valuable scientific and technological wealth for the republic, while breaking through one scientific difficulty after another.
Science and technology, Zhang Shusheng is not lacking, the key is how to transform science and technology, decompose technology, use current technology to analyze it, and derive it into current practical technology.
"Yes, Chairman, I promise to complete the task."
Zhou Duanzheng thought about it and replied happily that although he didn't know what the use of this plan was, the chairman said that if he wanted to implement it, then it would be good to give money and materials to people, and the republic now does not lack anything, especially scientific research funds and scientific and technological talents, and material aspects, which can always be solved by coordination in place.
In today's China, it is not the southwest period of decades ago, and it is time to worry about the accuracy of building an ordinary machine tool. The policy of comprehensive industrialization and the founding of the country through science, technology, and education has put China in a leading position in the world. One by one, scientific problems have been solved, and one by one the scientists of the new era trained in China have come to the fore and shined in the world.
Chinese are not stupid, on the contrary, they are very smart, not to mention that there are 600 million people in a country, unless the roots are rotten, the entire education system, scientific research system, and promotion system are all rotten, and if the policy is appropriate, there will always be many dazzling scientific miracles.
"Chairman, twenty years later, I'll give you a complete surprise."
Tesla also seemed to be as upright as Zhou, and gave Zhang Shusheng a standard military salute before leaving. What he respects is not this country, nor this system, but more Zhang Shusheng personally. This is the transcendence of the giants of science.
Soon after Tesla and Zhou Duanzheng left, the head of the base camp operations department came to Zhang Shusheng's office again, mainly to report on the current situation in Australia.
"Yuren, I heard that you have recently resumed working overtime all night every day, and you only sleep less than two hours a day, is there such a thing?"
When Zhang Shusheng saw Su Yuren coming in, he first straightened his face and asked this serious question.
Su Yuren smiled embarrassedly, and then said apologetically, "Chairman, it won't be the one in my family who complained in front of the chairman's wife again." This person just can't control his mouth. ”
Zhang Shusheng shook his head with a smile, pointed at him and said, "You, others are afraid that their superiors will not know about overtime, you are good, my wife inadvertently complained a few words, let my chief housekeeper hear it, and you are not allowed?" Work is work, but if you work so hard, you can't see the problem with your body, and you should be careful of family relationship problems. ”
"Okay, I'll go to bed early when I go back tonight. As you know, Chairman of the Committee, the war against the Soviet Union has now been fully launched again, and although preparations have been made for nearly half a year, there are still many things that need to be coordinated by our War Department. No, Australia's deployment is about to bear fruit, so I'd better hurry up and report back to you. ”
Seeing Zhang Shusheng nodding, Su Yuren handed over the internal briefing in his hand, and then walked to the map wall on the side, pulled down the map of Australia, and began to explain.
"Chairman, because of our tripartite agreement with the Germans and myself, we mainly occupy the area of Western Australia. A few months have passed and a hurricane has been blowing across Western Australia......"
In Su Yuren's explanation, Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but think of the situation during the negotiations between the three countries.
For Australia, I am very ambitious.
Before this operation, many resources had been discovered in the savannahs near the densely populated areas of Australia, and the abundance of minerals made Yue himself salivate.
After all, in Zhang Shusheng's view, as a bitter island country, even if the mineral resources that Australia has discovered are just the tip of the real iceberg, it can stimulate them to scream.
During this period, because Australia was too sparsely populated, mostly concentrated in some cities in the east, Western Australia was even more desolate, and several small cities were not taken seriously. Because of the large number of people, the discovery of resources in the east is much faster.
In the negotiations, China insisted on one yardstick, that is, China's occupation of Australia must be divided into two, not intersected.
Perhaps because China was lying in the place where he had to pass through on his southward journey, and pinching the throat of the big sea of the devils, and under the pressure exerted by the Germans, he himself readily accepted the division of forces between China and China in Australia, and with a stroke of the pen, the whole of Western Australia belonged to China, while Eastern Australia, which was much more densely populated, had more minerals, had a better economy, and had a larger area, belonged to the little devils. Even Western Australia also has good mineral resources, and the devil comforted himself, and readily agreed under the psychological effect of thinking that Eastern Australia was much better.
Leave the desolation to the Chinese, so that they do not even have the most basic population, not to mention minerals and the economy and rule.
Originally, the little devil was still full of energy, and he had to divide the issue of Australia's ownership with China well, otherwise, he would make some moves and influence the Chinese to take over. After all, the army occupied Australia much earlier, and its control over Australia was much stronger. If you want to hand over the meat in your mouth, even if it is a political exchange, no one will be particularly willing.
But the Chinese cheerfulness made the little devil a little flattered, and he didn't know how much he snickered in private, scolding Chinese for being a fool, scolding China's political axe for not having a vision, maybe he took a fancy to the barrenness of Western Australia and wanted to open up arable land or pastures...... In Su Yuren's description, a huge situation in Western Australia was unfolded in front of Zhang Shusheng.
…… The land of the Central Plains, Xinyang City.
In the corner of the talent exchange market set up by the county government, a large number of people are surrounded.
A man with a rough expression, but well-dressed, and a high-grade suit, added a lot of points to this middle-aged man with a simple black face, and begged the workers to take a look at him, and classified him into the category of 'nouveau riche'.
He was holding a large number of leaflets in his hand, and next to him were two young men dressed as small workers, who were holding an electric horn and shouting loudly at the top of their voices.
"Recruiting!! Guangfu Engineering Company recruits...... The monthly salary is 250, including food and housing, monthly settlement, and not being a person. ”
The two of them shouted the same content, shouting hard at the top of their voices, and there was a line of big words written on the blackboard behind the three of them: Expand Australia, newly occupied territories are waiting for you to join us in joint development.
The leaflet was illustrated, with a detailed description of the job list and Australia, as well as a colour-printed photograph of a Wehrmacht soldier armed with a steel gun standing on a hill against the backdrop of a small town and a vast expanse of prairie.
"Master, where is this Australia?"
The onlookers were stunned by the preferential conditions of 250 monthly salary, monthly settlement, and food and accommodation almost for a while.
At present, in the local employment market, it is generally good to be able to open up to a monthly salary of 150. After all, as the war progresses, prices fluctuate to a certain extent, and the current cost of a one-person working meal is less than one yuan. This 250 yuan also includes food and accommodation, which sounds very tempting, and it also means that as long as you work for a year, you can leave 3,000 yuan of wages and save it cleanly.
At present, the price of a simple working meal is less than one yuan, a steel watch is 20 yuan, a sewing machine is only 50 yuan, a bicycle is 150 yuan, a black and white television is 210 yuan, and a color television is more than 500 yuan.
In other words, even if you don't have anything now, as long as you can get this job, you can work for a year, and you can get a new set of household goods inside and outside the home. The wife and children can change into a few sets of new clothes, and they are ruthless, and even the house can be renovated and rebuilt.
Therefore, the most attractive part of this recruitment, in addition to the high salary, is to manage food and housing. For the worker brothers, whose families are not very well-off, they are able to save money with full firepower.
"Here!"
When the black-faced middle-aged man in the lead heard the question, he grinned, pulled out a map from behind his back, and compared it on the map of Western Australia and China, "From here to here, the road is quite far, but the big boat is comfortable to sit on now, and it will arrive in more than a week, and you haven't been dizzy enough yet." I had just come back from Australia and came and went on a big boat. ”
Although this middle-aged man looks rough, he has the momentum of breaking through the rivers and lakes. The job-seeking worker asked questions, and he, as the boss, patiently explained.
The middle-aged man's name is Liu Guangfu, and he is the owner of a small engineering company. Liu Guangfu has no culture, but he has a brute force, he worked in the southwest in his early years, earned some money and more vision, and later pulled a few old brothers to follow the trend and opened a small engineering company.
It is said that businessmen seek profits, but Liu Guangfu actually doesn't know any big truths, and he doesn't have much culture, and even the way to make money is learned from others. When he was in the southwest, he learned two truths from his boss who couldn't read a single word.
The first truth is to make money, follow the call of the political axe.
The second reason is to make a lot of money, and to follow the policy of the political axe before others.
Recognizing these two truths, Liu Guangfu was smooth sailing.
During the southwest period, every time he occupied a place, Liu Guangfu had to take the engineering team to look for work, and it was a coincidence that although his engineering company was not large, he could get opportunities every time. Either employed by the grassroots political axe, or employed by the army, he has never lacked work.
They have overhauled old houses for the town government, cleaned up garbage on the streets, went down to the river to control the river, participated in the demolition of dilapidated houses, followed the army to do logistics and transportation, transported guns and bullets, carried sacks, and pushed artillery...... Anything that can make money, as long as Liu Guangfu has met it, he has done it, the company is getting bigger and bigger, and he is making more and more money, but it is still not counted on the table.
Later, when the People's Army attacked Southeast Asia, he also followed with the team, ran behind, and picked up a lot of work.
Over the years, the small engineering company of the past is now a regular large company, with hundreds of full-time workers. After the war in Southeast Asia, Liu Guangfu, who had made a lot of money, waved his army north, followed the troops to the Soviet Union, and together with the overwhelming engineering team, he made a lot of money on the newly occupied Soviet land.
But gradually, Liu Guangfu found that it was becoming more and more difficult for a simple engineering company to make money. Not to mention that the competition is too great, and the companies in China that are swarming to follow the Wehrmacht are simply like carp crossing the river.
It was at this time that the news of China's occupation of Western Australia came back to China, once again encouraging the people of the country.
And Liu Guangfu smelled great business opportunities.
According to the usual practice, Liu Guangfu and several of his subordinates successfully applied for a ticket to Australia. It is said that it is an application, but in fact it is just a fleet of ships organized by private businessmen and merchants, and only needs the permission of the political axe to be approved, and the Wehrmacht will provide protection.
There is an unwritten rule in the country that the State encourages the people to make a fortune and, in particular, to tap the wealth of the newly occupied lands spontaneously.
When he arrived in Australia, Liu Guangfu, like everyone else, was shocked by the sparsely populated person in front of him, but the area was so vast that it made people's jaws drop.
When Liu Guangfu and other businessmen landed, the whole of Western Australia had basically fallen into the hands of China, and it was said that the devil obediently handed over power and handed over the whole of Western Australia in front of the light armored forces of the Wehrmacht.
The staff then briefed the businessmen from China on the situation in Western Australia, specifically mentioning two points: first, the government encouraged the private sector to explore on its own, set up qualified mining companies, and adopt public-private partnerships, private management, public money, and co-ordination of minerals. Second, the government will soon carry out large-scale exploration and development in Western Australia, and at the same time allow domestic private capital to participate in and be responsible for some aspects of the large-scale development work.
For example, a large state-owned mining company, through public bidding, is completely allowed to contract to powerful private companies. It is an alternative public-private partnership.
Liu Guangfu sees such an opportunity.
He clearly found that the country wants to develop Australia, but at present, there are not even the most basic conditions for such development by people. No one talks about development?
If he can have enough workers to quickly break into Western Australia and successfully bid for an ancillary project of a large mining company, then he will no longer have to run around like an autumn breeze.
After returning to China, he also spent money to consult with economics teachers at several universities, and those people told him that this was a rare opportunity, and the key was to go early and be strong enough, so that he could get the big project smoothly. After all, in the many large-scale operations of the Chinese [***] team before, there was no such comprehensive opportunity as Australia. The huge and frightening mineral reserves, extremely excellent development conditions, and the state's overall large-scale development are the best opportunities.
So, Liu Guangfu quickly returned to China, gritted his teeth and took out all his savings, returned to his hometown to recruit workers, and together with the original hundreds of 'part-time workers', went to Western Australia to form a larger-scale and more formal engineering company. He thought about it, even if he couldn't get a big project, in Australia, a place where there was even a shortage of people, he wouldn't worry about making money. And as long as he sincerely wants to make money and sits upright, he believes that the political axe will definitely help solve the problem.
"Big boss, is this salary reliable?"
Another worker asked.
"Unreliable? If it's unreliable, I can stand here and recruit people, I'm going to fix you, maybe I'll eat guns the next day. Real money, we are not short of money, we are short of people. If this is a liar, can I go back to my hometown and deceive people? If you don't change your name, you don't change your surname, I'm Liu Guangfu, and my hometown is from Xiniuzhuang. ”
After Liu Guangfu finished speaking, he took out his identity certificate and showed it to everyone, and sure enough, it was so.
"How long will this project take?" In fact, everyone is not afraid of not getting paid, the current system is perfect, the laws and regulations of the political axe are very strict, and almost no boss dares to disobey it.
"How long I have been working, I haven't collapsed, you can all follow along, that's the salary. Whoever goes, the settling-in fee will be given 50 first. Liu Guangfu patted his chest and reassured. The salary of 250 yuan seems to be relatively high in China, but even when working on projects in the Soviet Union, workers far away from home can get 180-220.
"I'll go!"
"I'll go!"
…… After a short time, Liu Guangfu selected more than 100 strong workers, and when he saw that there was no more suitable one, he arranged follow-up matters. He is personally responsible for recruiting people all the way, and there are also a few capable subordinates who have gone to nearby counties to recruit people, and the goal this time is to bring a team of 1,000 people, charter a boat, and go straight to Australia.
Half a month later, Liu Guangfu finally arrived in Western Australia with a boatload of workers, and at this time, China's local political axe, which stabilized the situation in Western Australia, was already carrying out various preliminary work.
Liu Guangfu didn't say a word, and took thousands of people under his command to devote themselves to the preliminary basic work of the provincial political axe, and completed the excess work in a down-to-earth manner at the project price of basically guaranteeing the capital.
Soon, the public-private joint venture giant mining enterprise, Western Australia Mining Group, a large mining enterprise managed by Shusheng Company and jointly owned by the public and private sectors, was established in the original Perth, now Western Australia.
Liu Guangfu's engineering company, after repeated examination of qualifications, after competition with other engineering companies, successfully won a large project, it is worth mentioning that he not only opened a new situation of the engineering company, but also set up a transportation company to join the railway construction and iron ore transportation.
At the same time, more and more people are frantically flocking to Australia under the guidance of the political axe, almost mainly farmers who have gone out to work. 10,000, 100,000...... Eventually, the number of people developing Australia, more than 1 million, is growing rapidly.
The white people of the whole of Western Australia, in a posture of shocking glasses, watched the sea of people Chinese flock to Western Australia...... As a result, in the whole of Western Australia, in the stunned eyes of the Chinese, only occupied for a few months, the official and the private work together, the original lack of people to the extreme of Western Australia, in an instant and vigorous comprehensive development.
The expected predicament would have taken a year or two just to mobilize enough people, but in less than two months, it was overcome by thousands of Chinese who crossed the ocean to make money.
I can't help but marvel: these Chinese are not making money, they are developing Australia with a money-grabbing attitude.
If the devil hears Zhang Shusheng's emotion, he doesn't know how to feel.
At the Australian development conference in the base camp, Zhang Shusheng said: "If the country wants to develop, of course, the people also have to make money, and those who want to go can go. This is not only to allow private capital to profit and complete primitive accumulation, but also to allow these millions of peasant workers to share in the wealth brought about by the country's external expansion. ”
Of course, no one knows that in Zhang Shusheng's mind, what is shown is the future generations, hundreds of millions of farmers like his father, who went to the city to work, especially in the coastal areas, and as far as the eye can see, they are all new workers who support their families.
Only this time, the part-time job in the south became a part-time job in the South Pacific.
(To be continued)