【216】Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains open a new face (20)

After meeting Yao Fan, Xu Shou quickly took over the work of the Ministry of Railways, and two days later, he took the personal guards and personal doctors assigned to him by Yao Fan and rushed to the construction site of the Beijing suburban railway in a horse-drawn carriage. According to Yao Fan's requirements, the entourage must take care of Xu Shou at the highest level.

The rationed personal doctor is called Wang Baohe, a native of Shandong, who originally worked as a partner in a pharmacy, was absorbed into the ranks by the revolutionary army, and completed the training of a barefoot doctor, and he used a stethoscope and a blood pressure monitor twice a day in the morning and evening to check Xu Shou's body, which made Xu Shou feel very proud and very warm. Halfway to the construction site, Xu Shou decided to cut off his braids.

Wang Baohe said: "Minister Xu, do you really want to cut your braids?" ”

Xu Shou said: "Now that the dynasty is over, what's the use of braids?" The Chinese have not kept braids for thousands of years, can they not bear it after two hundred years? Cut! ”

Wang Baohe: "Hey! With a sharp twist of scissors in his hand, accompanied by a crisp "click", Xu Shou's braids that had been left for 58 years fell in response.

The construction of the railway in the suburbs of Beijing continued day and night, and because Yao Fan insisted on adopting a double-track plan from a high starting point, the amount of earthwork on the entire line was almost astronomical for 1876, which mainly relied on manpower. 、

There are countless tents on both sides of the planned line, and these construction tents were ordered by Yao Peng for Yao Fan, a total of 100,000 tents, which are used for both military and civilian purposes. Yao Fan had also purchased military tents before, but he soon found that the price of large military camouflage tents was too expensive, far less cheap than the construction tents used on this construction site, although professional military tents have various advantages such as warmth and wind resistance, but the cost performance is far inferior to this kind of engineering construction tent, so the grassroots troops and construction units generally replaced the current engineering construction tents, which are cheap, and they are ordered directly from the manufacturer, and only 450 yuan each. As for the headquarters of the various armies, they have been replaced with 11-meter-by-10-meter Type 96 general-purpose temporary command tents, with a capacity of more than 100 square meters, which is enough for the use of the headquarters of all armies.

After Xu Shou arrived at the construction site, he continued to sigh with emotion about the huge amount of work.

The railway embankment in front of you is built with a width of 25 meters at the bottom and a height of three meters, with the lower layer made of rammed earth and the upper layer made of ballast.

Due to the lack of capacity to produce rails and sleepers in 1876, Yao Peng directly purchased scrap rails and concrete sleepers for Yao Fan in 2012.

"This amount of earthwork is too big, why do you have to make a double line as soon as you come up, and build the roadbed so high." Xu Shou frowned and sighed.

The foreman in charge of the preliminary construction at the construction site was a soldier named Zhao Dexi, who had been wounded in the battle and had been discharged from the army and transferred to a new job.

"Minister Xu, this section of the line is close to the river, according to the instructions of the superiors, all the sections close to the river are not allowed to use buried roadbed, but to build a trapezoidal roadbed, the lowest embankment is rammed earth, the middle is rammed earth mixed with pebbles and gravel, and the upper layer is 0.4 meters of ballast.

It is said that this work is not difficult at all, that is, Fei Lao nose strength, now the labor transferred by the superior is sufficient, the shovel and T-shaped pickaxe are all good steel mouths, such a one-meter roadbed, a person still has to work for three days and three nights.

If it is an ordinary line, you only need to dig 0.6 meters of foundation and fill it with ballast. ”

Xu Shou nodded and said: "Before I came, I saw the previous Wen Jiàn, the central government allocated you three months of money and grain, all of which were distributed in full, without a little deduction, you don't want to treat the workers below." ”

Zhao Dexi stood up and saluted: "Minister Xu, we revolutionary soldiers, listen to Chairman Yao's words, follow the Communist Party, and never dare to deduct a pound of rice grain, a big son." Those who work on the construction site eat three meals a day, and those who are re-educated through labor also eat three meals a day, but they have to work overtime until 12 o'clock at night. ”

Xu Shou was surprised: "You still know 12 o'clock." ”

Zhao Dexi rolled up his sleeves, showed the watch on his wrist, and said proudly: "After I was injured and discharged from the army, the army issued me a glorious watch.

Half of the people working on the construction site are migrant workers, and half are re-education through labor prisoners, and most of the people who blow up mountains and break stones in the quarry are re-education through labor prisoners, and the migrant workers can receive 20 yuan a day, and the re-education through labor convicts are only given enough food and have no wages to receive. ”

Xu Shou said: "Where did those labor prisoners come from? ”

Zhao Dexi replied: "They are all local tyrants and inferior gentry in villages all over the country, as well as corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the city, and some monks and Taoists have come in the past two days. By the way, there are quite a few high-ranking officials who have come to Beijing recently, and a few of them say that they are Belle, all of them are lazy and unwilling to work, please ask Minister Xu for instructions, what should be done to these people? ”

Xu Shou couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he heard this, thought about it, and asked rhetorically: "How did you deal with such a lazy person before?" ”

Zhao Dexi reported: "Pull it out and beat it, what else can you do?" But there are some lazy bones, he doesn't work to beat him, he squats on the ground and cries like a girl all day long, there is discipline on it, he is not allowed to shoot, and he can't beat the crippled. ”

When Xu Shou encountered such a practical problem, he was also dumbfounded, and asked, "Do you still work?" I'm afraid it's not enough. ”

Zhao Dexi said with a sad face: "Those Belle Ye has fine skin and tender meat, I am afraid that I will beat them to death, in that case, I am afraid that I will have to eat punishment!"

Minister, you know, there are 22 foremen in charge of the construction site of the Beijing-Tianjin line, 12 of whom are from the peasant association, and the other 10 are veterans like me. I was shot in the left knee and was lame, but I had so much strength that I could kill them all if ten of them came.

I'm afraid of beating people to death, but I have a sense of proportion in my hands, I don't dare to use a stick, only a fan with big ears, but these cowards, I can manage it for a few days after today's fight, and I have to be lazy when I turn around, which really grinds people into anger!

The leaders of our higher-level troops have repeatedly instructed that the construction period is a military order! If I can't finish the project on time, how can I explain it to the chairman and the superiors! The chairman also said that I am a demobilized soldier who has been honorably discharged. Minister Xu, you say, how can I afford to lose this face. ”

Xu Shou encountered this kind of thing, and he didn't know what to say. Along the way, he talked with his entourage and learned that the system now in place in North China was very strange and unprecedented.

The village manager is the village committee elected by the mud legs, and there is a village chief in the village committee, who is also elected by a group of mud legs. The county is headed by the revolutionary committees, which are composed of representatives of the peasant associations and the army, and on the part of the peasant associations, the representatives recommended by the village committees.

Listening to the doctor Wang Baohe, don't look at these deputies are all peasants, but they are all well-known "capable people" in various villages, and they are all very shrewd, and the revolutionary committee is cadres and veterans sent down from the army, and there are also some literate political work cadres trained by the cadre training class in the army, and these people all carry a "red treasure book" in their pockets, what is the name of Yao Zaofan's quotations, these political work cadres are quite kind, but they are disciplined and have the right to report the situation to their superiors alone. Therefore, the power of the revolutionary committees in each county is greater than that of the peasant associations in villages and towns, and the two are combined to form a county-level government. All county towns and towns are under the control of this revolutionary committee, which has the power of life and death.

In short, Xu Shou knew that a big-headed soldier like Zhao Dexi, who was inferior to bullshit in the Qing Dynasty in the past, especially the retired big-headed soldier, was in the Yao Fan regime as an official and a reserve echelon of officials, and these positions used to be held only by scholars, but now they are all in the hands of people who come out of the army, and these people will be promoted immediately after completing literacy and literacy.

Xu Shou remembered what Yao Fan said to him before leaving: "Military cadres are stronger than bureaucrats in the imperial examination, they are hard-working, disciplined, obey orders and commands, and can fight tough battles......"

Xu Shou himself was not from the imperial examination, and he agreed with Yao Fan's opinion, he asked: "Zhao Dexi, what level of cadre are you?" ”

"Report to Minister Xu, I was the deputy platoon commander before I changed jobs, and when I changed jobs, I was promoted to a local cadre according to the platoon commander's treatment for transfer, with a monthly salary of 20 silver yuan."

"Then your official is not small, how can you do such a rough job, those who don't work hard, don't do it yourself, just pull it out and beat the military stick, don't delay the construction period."

"Report to Minister Xu, the revolutionary army prohibits corporal punishment of soldiers, there are no military sticks, only confinement, if those who are lazy are locked up and don't work, then won't they fight to be lazy in the future."

"So that's the case, Chairman Yao is generous in governing the army." Xu Shou thought secretly.

"Do the superiors have any instructions on how to deal with these lazy and non-working prisoners?" Xu Shou asked.

"The higher authorities instructed to persuade and educate those who are lazy, and to increase the sentences of those who refuse to change their ways. But Minister Xu, those people don't believe that the government will release them in the future, they think that the government will let them do a lifetime of hard labor. Two days ago, there was a suicide by throwing himself into the river, and this morning he caught two more who wanted to escape, and the one who committed suicide was rescued, but he didn't work to live or die, and the one who escaped was shot on the spot according to discipline. ”

Xu Shou sighed: "Don't waste time in the future, don't beat them if you don't work, all warnings, three warnings don't work, drag them out and execute them according to escape." Road construction is a major matter for a strong country, how can these rats be delayed and waste the government's money and food in vain. ”

"Yes, Minister Xu." Zhao Dexi swallowed his saliva and looked at the old man in front of him who had just cut his braids and wore a gray thin silk melon skin hat in surprise.

Xu Shou began to cut to the chase: "Where is the construction survey team now?" I heard that this survey team was formed by Chairman Yao from the artillery, and it is the treasure of our Ministry of Railways. ”

Zhao Dexi said: "The survey team took the detailed map and map of the route and went to Tianjin along the line. ”

Xu Shou didn't say anything, immediately returned to the carriage, and ordered to rush to Tianjin along the railway line under construction, and he wanted to catch up with the construction survey team.

Xu Shou thought to himself: "Chairman Yao is really careless, there are a total of three sets of 1:5000 line construction drawings in the Ministry of Railways, how can you casually let the survey team bring a set on him!" Be sure to do your best to catch up! Such a precious map must have taken the chairman's painstaking efforts to draw it secretly, and if it was lost or damaged, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

He didn't know that the 1:5000 map provided by Yao Fan, that is, one centimeter on the map is equivalent to the actual 50 meters, was a product of 1956, and the terrain in many places was very different from that of 1876, and the survey team needed to re-survey and draw sections along the way. Moreover, the newly established State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping is hanging under the Ministry of Intelligence, and is in full swing using the optical surveying and mapping equipment brought by Yao Fan to survey and map North China, which is a long work, and Yao Fan hopes that after the unification of the country, after the first five-year plan, it will be able to complete the 1:5000 re-mapping of most areas of the country.