The road construction team of Shengli Coal Mine is composed of more than 500 ground workers waiting for work on the basis of the mine infrastructure construction section and the housing overhaul team. All the components of these more than 500 workers are quite complicated. Li Honghao, leader of the construction team and secretary of the provisional party branch, remembers very well that 46 of them are workers of the whole people, 241 are large collective workers, and the rest are small collective workers who have been resettled in recent years.

Walking on the construction site of the ring road, almost all the contradictions and problems that arose in this construction team stemmed from the complexity of this ownership system. Therefore, Yan Changqi, the commander-in-chief of the scene, said that this is a very special team, and this team is a microcosm of the labor and labor conditions under China's current ownership system.

This "microcosm" really killed Li Honghao.

When the team was formed, Shengli Coal Mine was in the most difficult time, the tile money cheated by Cao Wucheng's leather bag company had not been recovered, and the joint mining between the mine and Zhuang Qunyi of Wanshan Group in Hexi Village had not started. Some people also ran to the back door of Xiao Yuejin, the mine manager, and Cao Xinli, the party secretary who had just retired.

When the construction team went to the construction site, it was very similar, in such a difficult situation, the mine prepared four dishes, one soup and liquor, and saw off the five hundred heroes in the big canteen. The four dishes were real meat dishes, and the rotten pig lungs and pig pancreas sold by Cao Wucheng were not served on the table. Cao Xinli, the retired party secretary, came and toasted to the glorious tradition of China's industrial workers and fought a beautiful battle on the ring road. Xiao Yuejin, the mine manager and secretary of the party committee, also came and told everyone that this is an important step to support the construction of the city and enter the market. The project is through some of Mayor Cao's back doors, so it is not easy to get it, everyone must cherish it, do it well, and strive to rely on real skills to bid in the future, and then take some work.

Xiao Yuejin was worried about the problem at that time, so he took Li Honghao's hand behind his back and said: "Secretary Li, you are an old model worker in the mine, and you are the captain and secretary carefully selected by our party committee among dozens of middle-level cadres. I'm not afraid of anything else, the city's ** project, will not lie to us again, what I'm afraid of is that our 500 people are sorry for the city's **, and we will lose the face of Mayor Cao. ”

Li Honghao didn't know what was going on at that time, and when he saw that the mood of the five hundred heroes was very high, he expressed his attitude through wine: "Mine Chief Xiao, don't worry, I am an old model worker, so I will bring you a group of small model workers, not only to earn money, but also to win glory and glory for the mine!" ”

But I didn't expect that this team would neither win glory nor be angry, and as soon as they arrived at the construction site, all kinds of problems came out. I'm used to the eight-hour work system, and I don't know that there is still a contract period. As soon as they heard that they would have to work overtime at night, all the workers went to Li Honghao's tent to make a noise, saying that the working hours stipulated by the state were eight hours. Li Honghao said: The engineering teams of the eight counties and cities of the people are all working overtime. The workers said that they were migrant workers, not regular workers. If all workers do not work overtime consistently, it is not easy to force workers in large and small collectives to work overtime. This time, the progress in the first ten days was not as good as others.

And that's not all. Eight hours is better, right? It won't work well in eight hours. There is a slip in the team that describes it quite accurately: "Small collective workers, large collective workers, all workers gather in a pile of idle eggs." Li Honghao was so angry that he talked about it and scolded him, but he just didn't solve the problem. Li Honghao set an example and wanted to inspire 500 heroes with his actions and personality, but not many of them were inspired.

After a month, when it was time to start the salary, everyone came, saying that it was agreed when they left, and all those who participated in the construction team to repair the road were paid full wages, forcing Li Honghao to pay it. Coincidentally, Li Honghao had just come back from being scolded by the head of the suburban district to which the section belonged, and he was angry and scolded: "I'll send you a mother's head!" Look at it, people are also people, we are also people, what kind of work are we doing! ”

Many people quarreled with Li Honghao, saying that Li Honghao, as the captain and secretary of the party branch, scolded people as soon as he opened his mouth, and had degenerated to the extreme, and was only one step away from the capitalists and feudal leaders of the old society.

The honest Li Honghao was so angry that he burst into tears, ran dozens of miles, and went to the mine to find Xiao Yuejin to resign, and while saying, he gave Xiao Yuejin a face: "Mine Chief Xiao, I have convinced our masters, who is this still an industrial worker?" It's all masters! How could we industrial workers be like this in the past! I've been idle for a few years, why have you become like this bear?! ”

Xiao Yuejin was furious, convened an emergency meeting overnight, called all the members of the mine's party committee and the deputy mine manager, asked Li Honghao to talk about the situation again at the meeting, and then said: "Our Shengli Coal Mine has reached the most dangerous time!" This danger is not first of all the economy, but the quality of our cadres and workers! I suggest that the big pot of rice start today, start with this road construction team, and completely smash it! The ownership of the construction team members has been temporarily abolished, and there are no longer any all-people, large, and small-scale workers! There is only one identity, that is, a worker! No matter how much work you do and how much money you get, there is no book salary! If you don't want to do it, please ask him to come back to Secretary Zhuang's joint mining team to go down the mine, and if you still don't want to do it, please ask him to resign! ”

Yao Xinchun, deputy secretary of the party committee, disagreed, saying: "This situation is not a matter of our family, the ownership system, and it is not something that one of our party committees at the county and regiment level can change. If you want me to say, don't rush, or take your time. If he doesn't do it, let's change some people who are willing to do it, and don't intensify the conflict. ”

Xiao Yuejin was furious: "I propose that all the comrades of the party committee vote on my proposal, and we will do it now!" ”

The result of the vote was that everyone was in favor of it, except for Yao Xinchun, deputy secretary of the party committee, and one member of the party committee, who abstained from voting.

Xiao Yuejin said: "The party committee passed, the party office and the mine office drafted the document overnight, and let Li Honghao take it away, and announce it at the road construction team early tomorrow morning!" I'm responsible for what went wrong! I don't believe that such a reform can collapse the sky! ”

With the support of Xiao Yuejin and the mine party committee, Li Honghao's work has been done well. From the second month onwards, overtime and night battles were no longer a problem, and the amount of work was broken down and contracted, and the enthusiasm of the 500 heroes was mobilized. The progress of the project that month went up, although it was not as good as the peasant team in the neighborhood, it was always much stronger than last month. Xiao Yuejin also said that before the payment from the engineering headquarters arrived, he took out 200,000 yuan from the profits of the first month's joint mining, and let Li Honghao cash it out first.

This month, the most earned more than 600 yuan, and the few didn't even earn 50 yuan.

Even in this case, the superiority of the all-people workers has not disappeared, and they all say that this is a temporary measure in the mine, and after going back, the whole people will still be the whole people, and the collective will still be the collective. The collective workers also admit this, and they all take it for granted that the whole worker can do less work and less effort, and in a contracting group, he does not have much to do with the whole worker. When Xiao Yuejin went to the construction site to inspect and condole, he witnessed this situation and felt very sad, but he had nothing to say, so he lamented that it was too difficult to change people's concepts.

Three months later, most of the workers still couldn't endure the hardships on the construction site, and 35 of the 46 ran away, and most of the remaining 11 were comrades who had become team leaders.

However, a team that can fight and fight hard has been brought out by Li Honghao in the busyness of rushing to work day and night. In the monthly evaluation in June, the construction team of Shengli Coal Mine won the red flag in the district for the first time. Li Honghao, who had won the national red flag at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in those years, was so excited today that he was so excited about the winning red flag in this district that he immediately reported the good news to Xiao Yuejin and the mine party committee in a choked voice on the phone, and said incomprehensibly: "Xiao, Xiao Mine Chief, we have got it, we have got the flag." Do you believe it? ”

When Xiao Yuejin understood that the Shengli Mine construction team had won the red flag of the district, the tears in his eyes also fell, and he was silent for a long time before he said to Li Honghao: "If we continue to do this, each of us must know that we are saving the dead!" ”

Cao Wuping, executive vice mayor and deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, visited the construction site three times and solicited the opinions of many people on the future of the Shengli mine. Yan Changqi, deputy mayor and commander-in-chief of the site, also often came to the construction site to learn about the construction situation and help Li Honghao solve some practical problems. Later, Yan Changqi also became Li Honghao's chess friend and played two games of chess together.

When the construction period was announced ahead of schedule, and the 60-kilometer ring road was to be opened to traffic on October 1st, Yan Changqi specially looked for Li Honghao again and asked him: "Captain Li, is your 'miniature' team okay?" Are you sure that my new schedule will be guaranteed? ”

Li Honghao said: "Okay, okay, I promise." ”

Yan Changqi asked, "What guarantee do you use?" ”

Li Honghao said: "I use the qualifications of the captain of the youth commando team back then! ”

Yan Changqi immediately said: "Okay, I don't care about other teams, as long as your Lao Li team can be completed according to the new construction period, I will make a special proposal to award you a city-level winning red flag, so that you can take this red flag and return to the mine with all the project contracting money!" ”

Li Honghao said: "Okay, that's it." ”

That night, Li Honghao summoned all 500 heroes to a meeting, and at the meeting, he conveyed what Yan Changqi had said to everyone, and said unabashedly: "Comrades, have you heard the meaning of the city leader's words? The meaning of these words is that I am still worried about us! The construction period has been advanced, and the 48 engineering teams on the whole road will have to be completed by then, the same team, the same task, why do the city leaders only give us flags? Don't we have it in mind? We have to fight for breath, we have to let this flag go back and not blush! So, I just want to discuss with the big guys to see if we can move the construction period forward by five to ten days while ensuring quality? ”

The road under the moonlit night was quiet, and the five hundred strong men all stared at their captain, and no one spoke.

Li Honghao lacked a little confidence, and then said: "It's too tight, it's too tight." No, even if I didn't say it, as long as we can finish it on time as required by the city, I thank you. ”

Unexpectedly, a young man stood up in the moonlight and said loudly: "Captain, there are so many people, and they are in the open field, how can we discuss?" Let's vote by a show of hands! Raise your hand if you agree. ”

Li Honghao didn't expect that as soon as the young man's words fell, his arms suddenly raised.

This time, not only Li Honghao, but also 500 heroes also played with their lives.

In the last two months, the Shengli Coal Mine construction team worked day and night, and 500 people soaked in the construction site almost day and night. The same song was played repeatedly from morning to night on the loudspeaker at the construction site—

We workers have power,

Busy every day.

built tall buildings,

A railway coal mine was built.

…………

Later, Li Honghao was so tired that his legs were so swollen that he couldn't put on pants, and his feet were so swollen that he couldn't wear shoes, so he was dragged by a cart and continued to direct the construction. So much so that he couldn't even speak, so he sat crookedly on the flatbed truck and gestured. No one dared to offer to take him to the hospital, and he burst into tears at the mention of him.

In August, the construction team of Shengli Coal Mine ranked first in the progress of the whole project in a single month on the whole line of Huancheng Road, and deservedly won the red flag of municipal victory. On September 19, the construction task was fully completed 12 days ahead of schedule and passed the acceptance. It ranked third among the 48 engineering teams in the whole line, and once again won the red flag of the municipal victory.

The entire Ring Road construction site was shocked.

Fifty-four kilometers away, the Shengli Coal Mine was also shocked.

When Xiao Yuejin, secretary of the party committee and director of the mine, rushed to the completed construction site with wine and cigarettes to congratulate the construction team, he found that few people came to drink the wine, and few people came to smoke the cigarettes. When I looked again, I noticed that the smooth road was as smooth as a mirror, and there were gray-headed and gray-faced workers sleeping everywhere. The loudspeaker is still playing "We workers have the power ......" over and over again

Li Honghao on the board car was dragged over.

Li Honghao took Xiao Yuejin's hand and said, "Mine Chief Xiao, I promised, and I did it." ”

After that, Li Honghao's haggard and old face was already full of tears.