Fifth, the industrial construction of western Henan is changing with each passing day, and there is an urgent need for a talented person who understands the economy to take the helm, and the Red Party currently has a total of two economic experts, one is Chen Yun, who is known to everyone in later generations, but he is in the Soviet Union at this time, and he can't come back in a hurry, so Hu Weidong can only choose the second brother of the great man, Mao Zemin, who is self-taught in practice

As for the problem that Mao Zemin became ill during the Long March and wanted to go to the Soviet Union for treatment, Hu Weidong also took into account that if penicillin can be cured, it is the best, and if it can't be treated, then go abroad with him, how can it be more hopeful than the original plan to go to the Soviet Union for treatment, after all, the Soviet Union has just completed industrialization, and there is still a big gap between the medical level and the United States and other Western powers, and going to the Soviet Union needs to pass through a large area of national control, and there are many places on the way are uninhabited desert Gobi, and the risk during this is not much less than going to Europe and the United States. In history, Mao Zemin was blocked and had to stay in Xinjiang to work, and Zuihou was killed by Sheng Shicai, so Hu Weidong asked Mao Zemin to come to the Soviet District of Western Henan, in fact, he also wanted to save his life, there are two economic experts in the party, and he can't afford to die!

Although the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo base area is also inseparable from Mao Zemin, the big housekeeper, Taizu considered that the western Henan Soviet region, which had begun industrialization, really needed an economic expert at the helm, and Zuihou still agreed to Hu Weidong's request and let Mao Zemin serve as the chairman of the government of the western Henan Soviet District to help the Red Eighth Army make logistics. It's just that this has also caused a lot of criticism, one of Taizu's younger brothers is in charge of the political and ideological work of the Red Eighth Army, and the other brother is in charge of the money bags, is this Red Eighth Army the party's army, or his family's private army?

So, in order to avoid suspicion and in order to allow the Red Eighth Army to develop better, Taizu decided to have Zhang Hao (Lin Yuying), who was older and more capable, to serve as the political commissar of the Red Eighth Army, while Mao Zetan was transferred to Xu Haidong's Red 15th Army Corps, which had less than 10,000 troops, as the political commissar, and made sacrifices again.

Hu Weidong, who has been in a relationship with Mao Zetan for more than a year, is somewhat reluctant, but Zhang Hao, who can be called a first-rate talent in China, is far from being comparable to Mao Zetan in terms of ability and qualifications, and his arrival is definitely a great thing for the development of the Red Eighth Army. Moreover, although Zhang Hao is a representative of the Third International, he is also the most valued and trusted friend of the great man (in history, after Zhang Hao's death, Taizu wept incessantly, and personally carried his coffin for the funeral, which was the only one in his life. After he served as the political commissar of the Red Eighth Army, the Red Eighth Army naturally paid more attention and trust to Taizu, and the cooperation with the Red First Army of Lin Zong, who had just decided to stay in the border area of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei provinces, would also cooperate more tacitly.

In addition to weapons and equipment, Hu Weidong also showed the chiefs penicillin and other civilian products developed in the western Henan Soviet region, Taizu was naturally overjoyed when he learned of the efficacy of penicillin, but at the same time he couldn't help but think of the comrades who died because of injuries and illnesses in the past, and sighed, "If only there had this kind of medicine a few years earlier, at least tens of thousands of Red Army commanders and fighters who sacrificed their lives could survive."

"You make a list of R&D personnel, and the central government will notify and commend them." , the great man said seriously.

"I'm afraid this won't work, they are all people outside the party", Hu Weidong said a few words and felt difficult to explain, so he simply confessed frankly, "Okay, I'll be honest, I, I've broken discipline, these scientists were all tied up by me, I actually don't want them to continue to waste their talents, so I have to make this decision, if I hadn't come to the bottom of the kettle like this, how could they have made so many achievements?" ”

"Are they so obedient?" While Taizu agreed with Hu Weidong's "urgency to follow power", he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Where? At first, every time I went to see them, I would be scolded, and it wasn't until some results came out that their attitude began to improve. Hu Weidong said with a wry smile. …,

"Can you get results if you don't obey?" , Taizu, who has always been wise, also doesn't understand at this time.

"Scientists, or scientific and technological workers, are a very special group of people, and even if a large part of them are captured by the enemy, as long as they are provided with the conditions and topics for research, they will not refuse to work for the enemy, because for them, research is more important than anything else. This is not all bad, for a considerable number of the more famous scientists in the country still hold prejudices against us Red Party members, at least for now, but because of the peculiarities of scientists, even if they cannot transform their thinking, they can still be allowed to give full play to their strengths and contribute to the people. The Soviet Union did a good job in this regard, and they tried not to kill those scientists who were reactionary and unrepentant, or even committed serious crimes, and let them continue to conduct scientific research, but only limited their freedom, and many of them made great contributions to the industrialization of the Soviet Union, which is worth learning from. In addition, scientists are most taboo to be interrupted in the middle of their research, which will waste a lot of time at least and lead to the loss of research projects, so scientific research requires a relatively stable environment, so political study must adapt to this special situation, adopt a more flexible approach, and not stick to old conventions. At the same time, no matter how talented a scientist is, if he is separated from the front-line work of scientific research for a long time, his work ability will plummet, so unless there is no other choice, try not to let scientists go into politics or join the military." Hu Weidong said a big phone call in the hope that the research of many scientists after the liberation of history, especially during the 10-year convulsions, would be disrupted, interrupted, or even deprived of their research qualifications, resulting in the country suffering huge losses.

Taizu is well aware of the importance of science and technology to China's rejuvenation, but no one thought of it in the early stage of history, and no one dared to mention to him in the later period that scientific research is different from the particularity of general work. Going to the countryside to experience the low-level mistakes of the poor and middle peasants who lived a hard life led to the abandonment of their professions.

Compared with the Central Red Army, which has been living a tight life since arriving in northern Shaanxi, the Red Eighth Army can be said to be very rich, according to the convention, the Red Eighth Army should hand over some money to support the central government, but Hu Weidong did not want to use these precious hard currencies in the country, so he found an opportunity to report to Taizu alone, he believes that in history, under such difficult circumstances, he can insist on letting the whole country tighten their belts and make two bombs and one star, and the great man will not be the kind of person who has no foresight.