After the meeting, the deputy section chiefs had their own ideas. When the director got up, Zhao Qian stood up and walked to the director's side, "Director, I want to ask you something." ”

Such an action immediately attracted the attention of those cadres who were in a more excited mental state. The director asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The rumors about Zhujiazhuang where I am still are not very good rumors. I'd like to make sure. Zhao Qian replied.

"You don't know where you are?"

"When I first got there, I just heard rumors. The director has been in Sizhou for so long, and he must know more than me. So come and ask. ”

Seeing that he couldn't finish saying this, the director said, "Follow me." ”

Seeing that Zhao Qian didn't want to make trouble, everyone's thoughts of watching the excitement dissipated a lot, but their curiosity was aroused.

Zhao Qian followed the director to the office and told the rumor he had heard about the missing government cadres near Zhujiazhuang. Hearing that Zhao Qian was asking this, the director looked impatient, "Deputy Section Chief Zhao, you put your mind on business." Don't be reassured by these false claims. You think, if the cadres in that place had really disappeared, and no one was alive or dead, and there was no corpse, Zhujia Village would have been turned to the bottom long ago. How could it still be a legend. Do your errands well. ”

"Yes." Zhao Qian responded. After coming out, Zhao Qian already had a judgment in his heart. The director is right, if the people in that place dare to murder officials and cadres, the government will not let it go. But the director must have said something else, and there are other problems in that place.

After coming out, he saw the other deputy section chiefs in the corridor, "Director Zhao, let's drink." ”

"Okay." Zhao Qian responded.

Including Lin Wanli, several young deputy section chiefs went to the restaurant in Sizhou City, and after ordering food, they first had a meal to solve the pressure of young appetite, and someone asked Zhao Qian, "I don't know what Section Chief Zhao asked." ”

"Some people say that there have been cadres dead in Zhujiazhuang, and I feel furious after hearing it. Can't help but ask. Zhao Qian didn't hide it.

Everyone's eyes fell on Lin Wanli, and compared with everyone, Lin Wanli was more familiar with Sizhou. Lin Wanli didn't want to speak, but looking at everyone's eyes, he finally had to speak, "I can only say what I know." There were people who defected to the Mongols before, and when we tried Song traitors, we arrested people over there, because they were accidentally killed by two people. It also made people run away. I haven't caught it until now. When the land reform was carried out, the land in Zhujiazhuang was state-owned, which annoyed the local Zhu family. Someone stuck a knife in the door of the door where the cadres who went to count the land lived, and wrote threatening words against the cadres, saying that they would not see the cadres alive or dead. The payment was made by the Song traitor who escaped. I don't know how it spread in the past two years, and there is a saying that Section Chief Zhao heard. ”

In this way, everyone understands. Immediately, someone asked, "What about then?" ”

"Later, it wasn't a big deal. That place said that the land reform was also the land reform, and every year the grain should be paid, and the tax should be collected. I don't know how to say that Zhujiazhuang is like the Longtan Tiger's Den. ”

"I see." The section chiefs agreed.

Zhao Qian pondered in his heart, and then asked, "How many threatening letters have this Song traitor sent in the name of?" ”

"What letters?" The other section chiefs were surprised.

Lin Wanli's face finally changed, and this change was seen by everyone, so everyone's eyes focused on Lin Wanli's face again. Lin Wanli had to reply: "In the months since the first letter appeared, several Zhuangzi have issued letters with the same payment. At that time, the troops were dispatched. ”

The deputy section chiefs were really surprised this time, and someone hurriedly asked, "Is that guy still staying local?" ”

"I haven't seen this guy in years, who knows." Lin Wanli replied.

Zhao Qian was not surprised after hearing this. He has been a soldier for so long, and he has exterminated many traitors in that unfamiliar place in Shaanxi, and he knows that the conditions for a person to lurk for a long time are actually quite harsh. If there is no one to help, it is absolutely impossible. If someone helps, the possibility of leaking the news is also very high. For so long, it has been dry and thundering and not raining, indicating that the person is probably not in the village at all. A few years after this person disappeared, he appeared in a threatening letter during the land reform, probably a small move by many local opponents of the land reform. Can I sign my name to confirm that it is me? A three-year-old would probably believe such a reason. The Great Song Dynasty government couldn't go to Zhujiazhuang to kill just because the name of the Song traitor appeared on a few letters.

Such an unsolved case was roughly explained, and everyone drank two more glasses, and Lin Wanli asked Zhao Qian, "Section Chief Zhao, if you come to manage the seedling center, what will you do?" ”

Zhao Qian felt that Lin Wanli's news in Zhujiazhuang was probably not hidden, so he replied bluntly: "Everyone, do you think that if we stand by the forest and give orders to the saplings, will these saplings listen?" ”

Hearing this fairytale-like question, the deputy section chiefs were dumbfounded, and Lin Wanli smiled after sobering up from his confusion: "This ...... This is superstition. ”

"Since everyone knows that this is superstition, does anyone really believe that someone can do it?" Zhao Qian continued to ask.

"What if we don't believe?" Deputy Section Chief Xu asked.

"If we don't believe it, it means that even agricultural experts have to follow agricultural techniques. When we were in class, the teacher specifically said that if doctors are omnipotent, no one should die in this world. If agricultural experts were omnipotent, there would be no famine, no crop failure. So the teacher said that what we want determines what we want to believe. If we want agricultural experts to do everything for us, we naturally want to believe that agricultural experts can do everything. ”

Zhao Qian didn't say anything about his own opinion, because he felt that the level of the teachers of the school who gave lectures to officials and cadres was very high, and this logic was very correct.

The teachers of the society did not only give lectures to Zhao Qian alone, but also heard the lessons that Zhao Qian heard. Everyone didn't expect Zhao Qian to take out such a public thing, and they all looked at Zhao Qian with expressions of disbelief. Lin Wanli was stunned for a while, and then asked tentatively, "Section Chief Zhao, don't you want me to believe in agricultural experts?" ”

"I've been a soldier, I've fought a lot. Several times he almost lost his life, and the troops had to hold meetings after the war, and no one in the entire army was doing things with the idea of harming everyone. But we are not omniscient and omnipotent, and we are all blinded when we all move forward. So admit that we ourselves are blinded, and know that although our comrades-in-arms work hard, they don't know everything. That's the point of surviving. Anything, any intelligence is time-sensitive. ”

Zhao Qian's words are all things that he has to admit after experiencing the test of life and death, no matter whether others can understand it or not, Zhao Qian doesn't care. Because from the reactions of some people at the table, Zhao Qian saw the childish level. Those people are lazy or incompetent, so they want a 100% success rate for every penny they spend, and even want to take the credit of others for themselves.

There are many such people in the army, and in such a fierce battlefield, humanity is nakedly exposed. Zhao Qian started as a soldier, so his values are basically the same as those of ordinary soldiers. Among the deputy section chiefs in front of him, Zhao Qian thought that Lin Wanli should be the most eager one, but Lin Wanli in front of Zhao Qian was very calm.

When others expressed their distrust of Zhao Qian with words or expressions, Lin Wanli was silent. After speaking, Lin Wanli said: "I know less than the teacher in the Agricultural College, it seems that I probably have to accept my fate." ”

Zhao Qian felt that Lin Wanli was probably at such a level. In the troops, in addition to training on weekdays, pre-war preparatory meetings should be held before the war, timely communication and reporting during the battle, and summary meetings should be held after the war. This summary meeting should try its best to get rid of the entanglement of victory and defeat, and subdivide the content into specific work and law research as much as possible. This is the rule set by his father Zhao Jiaren.

Obviously, the imperial court also wants officials and cadres to do this, and the level of implementation of the government that does not matter life and death is not as thorough as that of the army. Since the parties are like this, although Zhao Qian is very disapproving, he also wisely chooses to shut up. At least Zhao Qian felt that he had done everything he could to help. If Zhao Qian were to be in charge of the work of the Seedling Center, the way he would work would be exactly the same as what he said.

Speaking of which, the banquet was dispersed. Zhao Qian returned to the guest house for one night, and then went back to Zhujiazhuang the next day. When I arrived at the village, I saw that the branches of the mulberry saplings were already green. Originally, Zhao Qian was also worried that the treatment of cutting off the branches would cause heavy losses to the mulberry tree. People say that one less arm is one less finger, which will cause great inconvenience in life.

In the vigorous spring, the mulberry tree grows extremely fast. Removing about 1% of the mulberry trees that did not survive, each mulberry tree grew dense and large mulberry leaves. It won't be long before these mulberry trees can be harvested. In these days, Zhao Qian has led the villagers to complete the lime kiln for burning lime, and limestone and lime coal have also been delivered.

Zhao Qian found the village chief first, "Village Chief Zhu, I have an idea." We are in the army to be compulsorily educated and literate. This time I would like to make a request to the villagers. They have to learn a word every day when they come to pick mulberry leaves. ”

Village Chief Zhu looked like a very silent person, and he had a sense of fortitude and simplicity in the army. After listening to Zhao Qian's words, Village Chief Zhu asked, "Is this too troublesome?" ”

These words made Zhao Qian feel disgusted in his heart. There is so much emphasis on education in the army, and this village chief Zhu actually said such a thing. In order to ease the atmosphere and expel his dissatisfaction, Zhao Qian smiled: "I know that everyone will feel unaccustomed to it at first, isn't it the same for us in the army." I think it will get better if you stick with it for a while. ”

When Village Chief Zhu heard this, he said with regret: "Section Chief Zhao, you don't know how lazy these people are. ”