Chapter 1045: A bit interesting!

When the wind blows above, it's a storm below.

It's just that I didn't expect there to be a tornado.

On March 26, 1967, a powerful tornado appeared in Shanghai, spinning and advancing in the near suburbs, pulling up and shattering more than 10,000 houses on the road.

The most shocking thing is that 22 solid high-voltage transmission towers were also twisted and pulled up.

Each of these towers has four 2.2-meter-long ground anchors fixed to the ground; if the wind force is not 65 meters per second (level 18 or above), it is impossible to move them.

But it was still pulled up by the roots, which shows the magnitude of the wind force.

"Rustle—buzz—"

The radio reception effect in Li Xuewu's house is very good; Wen San'er once came to the door to replace new parts.

It's just that it's thundering and raining outside, and the electromagnetic interference is serious, and the news broadcast is also intermittent with noise.

Qin Jingru walked out of the restaurant and stopped its noise, greeting Li Xuewu on the sofa: "Time to eat, leader."

"Hmm, where is Jiankun?"

Li Xuewu didn't care much about Qin Jingru's teasing, put down the newspaper in his hand, stood up, and asked.

Qin Jingru picked up the steamed buns baked on the shelf beside the fireplace, and replied in her mouth: "Said he's checking if the garage is leaking."

"The rain is very heavy."

Li Xuewu turned his head to look out the window; the sky was gray, the rain was pouring, and he couldn't see the scene outside at all.

He got off work early today, fearing that the rain would be serious, and there was a need at home.

Fortunately, the building materials for the villa and the small courtyard were very generous. After arriving home, he and Han Jiankun checked the airtightness of the house, and there was no rain leakage, and even less seepage.

Thinking of the architectural background of this villa, I think no one dared to cut corners at that time.

Daring to be a little sloppy, it wouldn't reach the point of killing nine clans, but immediate death was certain.

If building construction was like this, but there was a mistake, all would be shot; I'm afraid there wouldn't be so many fat-headed and big-eared builders.

"Daddy, I want that."

Li Shu ran out of the room, pointing her finger at the biscuit box on the cabinet, wanting to eat.

Li Xuewu lowered his head and looked at his daughter who was only wearing socks, and asked helplessly: "Where are the shoes?"

"I don't eat shoes, I want cake."

Li Shu was innocent and picked at her little mouth, her big eyes flickering, just waiting for her father to feed her.

"Cake is off work at this time; didn't you see that Daddy is back?"

Li Xuewu bent down to pick up his daughter and walked to the room to find shoes. This little girl only cared about playing and nothing else, unless she was hungry.

"Only your father can cure you!"

Qin Jingru chided her helplessly, holding the steamed buns in her hand and walking upstairs.

The first floor was tidied up, and a large sandbox circled with wooden boards was placed along the wall.

There were many toys scattered in the sandbox, but they were all missing arms and legs; naturally, it was Li Shu's masterpiece.

She was almost two years old, her speech was coherent, but she was also more naughty. Plus, she was big, and ordinary toys really couldn't contain her.

The weather in Beijing was warming up, and she always wanted to run outside. Sometimes Qin Jingru was busy and afraid she couldn't watch her, so she could only send her upstairs.

Gu Ning went up and down the stairs normally during her confinement, just not going out.

After coming out of confinement, she even held the baby to the hospital for a physical examination; both adult and child were fine.

Little Li Ning finally grew up, and also grew fat; he was no longer black and wrinkled like when he was just born.

Gu Ning's nutrition was sufficient, the child ate well, could eat and sleep, and there were fat marks on his wrists.

The little one was still easy to take care of and not so troublesome, so Gu Ning could take care of Li Shu together when she went upstairs.

It's just that Li Xuewu could see that Gu Ning was somewhat annoyed; it wasn't that she didn't love her child, but that she was raising a child for the first time, and there were always times when she was in a rush.

All Li Xuewu could do was be tolerant and understanding. Even if he saw Gu Ning's face go cold from time to time, he wouldn't go and provoke her.

Li Shu didn't dare to provoke her mother even more; upstairs, except for sleeping, she was drawing, or looking at picture books, and sometimes she would stick to Gu Ning to listen to stories.

What comforted Li Xuewu the most was that Gu Ning had given him a cold face twice, but didn't lose her temper, especially not toward the two children.

The endocrine system was repairing itself, and postpartum emotions were prone to fluctuations; Li Xuewu knew these very well, so he took more care of Gu Ning's feelings.

"Daddy, go to work."

Li Shu sat on the bed, letting her father put on her shoes, and suddenly came out with this sentence.

Li Xuewu raised his head and looked at his daughter, asking: "Do you hate Daddy, and don't want Daddy to stay at home and play with you?"

"Not really, it's just..."

Li Shu tilted her head and thought for a while, then asked: "If you go to work, can cake go to work?"

"Overtime is illegal; only bad guys make people work overtime."

Li Xuewu put on the little tiger shoes for his daughter, held her, and put her on the ground, saying: "Cake only plays with children who eat well."

"We are waiting for Mommy to come down to eat, so, let cake get off work and go home to accompany Mommy and Daddy, okay?"

"Okay—then... tomorrow?"

Li Shu followed behind her father and walked out, her little mouth still somewhat greedy as she asked: "Can I eat cake tomorrow?"

"Cake will come to find you tomorrow by itself."

Li Xuewu led his daughter to the restaurant, held her, sat her in the dining chair, and placed her little spoon and little plate well.

When Gu Ning and Qin Jingru, who was holding the baby, came downstairs, Li Xuewu had already set the meal for Li Shu.

Li Shu had been eating complementary food for a long time, but her daily milk and eggs were still not broken. Children grow fast, and their metabolism is also fast.

At this moment, the food given to Li Shu was basically light food made separately: green peppers and carrots cut into diced meat, and porridge made of mung beans, red beans, and rice.

There were many large shrimp in the seafood brought back from Jinmen, all of which were cleaned up by Qin Jingru, ready to be steamed for Li Shu to eat.

Li Shu was very smart; she swung her little wooden spoon and rarely wasted food.

Qin Jingru had only taught her a few times before she knew how to use it, and she was even less patient with adults feeding her, just wanting to do it herself.

She had long wanted to sit at the table to eat, but she had never been allowed to. Now that she had her own dining chair and bowls and dishes, she naturally ate well.

There was nothing missing at home; snacks like biscuit tins, canned food, dried fruits, and dried seafood could fill a large box, but Qin Jingru set the rules very strictly about when to eat and when not to eat.

If she could get snacks from her early, Li Shu wouldn't have looked for Li Xuewu to seek alms.

Li Ning was still sleeping, wearing open-crotch pants. The temperature in the restaurant was not low, and Qin Jingru didn't wrap him in a small quilt.

Li Xuewu also asked if he would be cold, but Qin Jingru didn't care and replied to him that children have high body temperatures and shouldn't be covered up.

Not to mention that a child as small as Li Ning shouldn't be covered up, even Li Shu, who ran around on the floor with bare feet every day at home, she didn't care much either.

Li Xuewu would manage it if he saw it, but when he didn't see it, Li Shu wouldn't wear shoes; it wasn't free.

The family knew about this, and Li Shun liked to indulge Li Shu in running around the floor with bare little feet.

Not afraid of being pricked by thorns, and even less afraid of catching a cold in her feet; even if the child has a runny nose, it's not a matter. Covering her with a thick layer is what makes it easy to have an accident.

The children in the hutong all grew up like this; even in spring and autumn when the ground is cold, there are those who run around the street wearing fake shoe pieces.

Li Xuewu lowered his head and looked at his son, kissed his big face with a smile, and then got up to eat.

Han Jiankun had already entered the room, added some dry firewood to the fireplace, and sat at the table amidst Li Xuewu's greeting.

"No rain leakage, right? We didn't skimp on the materials at the beginning, especially the slope at the door."

Li Xuewu picked up his rice bowl and picked up some green vegetables to ask; he still trusted Dou Yaozu.

Han Jiankun nodded and explained: "We took one end, and there is a slope above. I was afraid the water above would overflow."

"Fortunately, the water ditch at the door is connected, and the water has all been drained. I'm afraid the big lake in the west is going to rise."

"Eh—that big lake is not shallow. I even saw people swimming in it."

Qin Jingru took over the conversation: "The children here also go to the lakeside to play, and the parents don't know the danger."

"Winter swimming?"

Li Xuewu ate a mouthful of steamed bun and said: "I don't see many neighbors here going out, and I don't see many children."

"You go out early and return late; how long can you stay at home? You can only see a few people in the time it takes to get on and off the car."

Qin Jingru said with a smile: "I saw quite a few when I went out to buy vegetables and clean up the trash, but they were all very busy."

"Is the food at home enough?"

Li Xuewu heard her talking about buying vegetables, raised his eyes, and asked: "If you are short of rice, flour, or oil, tell me in advance. If you are too busy, I will call someone to send it over."

"Not to that extent. The weather is getting warmer and warmer, and we can grow our own vegetables."

Qin Jingru turned her head to look at the courtyard outside the window and said with emotion: "It's raining so heavily, and it hasn't stopped yet."

"Don't go back tonight, all stay here."

Li Xuewu also glanced out the window, turned his head to look at Gu Ning, and asked: "Did you ask your leader about going to work?"

"Hmm, the 29th, Saturday, the first day."

Gu Ning nodded, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "Something up?"

"No, afraid you'll be tired."

Li Xuewu smiled slightly and said: "If it doesn't work, just ask for leave for another period of time."

"Forget it, there is no end to it; if you rest again, people will be useless." Gu Ning shook her head and said: "The hospital supported a batch of medical staff to go south, and now there is a shortage of manpower."

"After going to work, adapt for a period of time first, especially the Great Learning and some current activities."

Li Xuewu specifically exhorted: "If there is trouble, ask for short leave to go home and rest for a day; don't tire yourself out for the sake of face."

"I know, it's fine."

Gu Ning said it was fine, but she was still worried. A few days ago, the department director came to the house to talk to her; some activities at least had to be passed on the surface.

Even if they took care of Gu Ning, people still had to be present. Moreover, in this period, situations of biting and accusing were everywhere.

In front was Gu Ning asking for leave at home; no one would make things difficult for maternity leave, but after maternity leave ended, she would inevitably have to go back to work to accept study education.

It is hard to say whether someone will jump out to find trouble at this time, especially since she knows her own personality.

After eight months, going back to work in the unit, not only does she have to restore her skills, but she also has to adapt to the work environment.

On this basis, she also has to breastfeed the child and take care of both sides; just thinking about it makes her tired.

Li Xuewu can be considered to be giving her a preventive injection in advance; whether it is work or study, nothing is more important than family and safety.

The premise of serving the people is having the ability to do this thing well.

The heavy rain really fell all night. When Li Xuewu went out in the morning, he took a look; the water ditch at the door was completely full.

The water flow was very urgent, and the silt and fallen leaves accumulated in the winter were all washed away. This saved the health service's dredging.

Very specially, all the drainage ditches in this villa street were paved with cement, which could be considered top-notch compared to the whole of Beijing.

Especially the road surface, paved with bricks and stones, it didn't store water, and there was no place with accumulated water on this street even with such heavy rain.

"Li Shu even said the day before yesterday when she came out to play that she wanted to fish here."

Qin Jingru came out to see them off, and while closing the gate, she also said with a smile: "Now don't talk about fish, even little loaches are gone."

"She really dares to think; she can't even play with the fish at home, and she is still thinking about the ones in the ditch."

Li Xuewu smiled, looked at the big trees sprouting on both sides of the road, and exhorted Qin Jingru: "The weather has cleared up, let her out to turn around, just don't get close to the water."

"Can't contain her anymore; she just said she wanted to come out to see you off."

Qin Jingru looked back at the direction of the entrance hall; Li Shu's little head was looking at this side, clearly wanting to come out to play.

"Hmm, close the door, we are leaving."

Li Xuewu waved at his daughter and got on the command vehicle.

"Leader, are we going to the regiment station first, or to the factory first?"

Peng Xiaoli looked at Li Xuewu and reported: "There is a group-oriented project leadership group meeting at ten o'clock in the morning, and we have to go to the Vehicle Research Institute at one-thirty in the afternoon. The time is not easy to arrange."

"Then go to the regiment station first, so as not to run back and forth, which is a waste of time."

Li Xuewu responded, then looked at Peng Xiaoli and asked: "You told Deputy Group Leader Yu about going to the training ground, right?"

"Yes, it has been arranged properly."

Peng Xiaoli reported: "The fourth phase of the double-plan training class recruited 167 people, and the students have already gathered at the guest house. They will go up the mountain early tomorrow morning."

"Are there any new situations in the personnel recruitment work?"

Li Xuewu was still relatively concerned about personnel issues. The last batch of 3,000 unified recruitment indicators were all given to Beijing.

This was the last large-scale personnel recruitment before the realization of the Rolling Mill's group-oriented goal, which was naturally important.

After this, if there were new employees entering the factory, they could only be assigned to the factory through the factory's educational channels; even junior high school students wouldn't work.

Junior high school graduates have to take the exam to enter the vocational education college, carry out vocational skills education, and then they can enter the factory to work after graduation.

High school students can relax the conditions, but it is not as easy to arrange work as those who take the exam from high school to the vocational technical college.

If they can take the exam directly from high school to the Steel College, then basically it can be determined that they will inevitably be cadre posts or professional technical posts after coming out.

The training mechanism for professional technical talents and professional management talents has been built, and in the future, there will be an increasing need for high-level and high-quality workers to execute standardized operations.

Especially this personnel reform basically formed a situation where excellent professional technical workers and new employees who have completed basic skills training re-master the production order according to a certain proportion.

From the performance of labor results in the first month, production efficiency has declined, but it is within the estimation. This is a stage that must be encountered after post handover and personnel on duty.

It is necessary to give workers time to adapt to the post, and also give the management layer in the workshop time to re-sort out the work. Hard-carding standards will only be counterproductive.

This batch of recruitment indicators directly affected the nerves of the factory's employees; children with junior high school education or above at home basically have to fight for this last batch.

Although the competition is cruel, it cannot be said to be very intense. It is already a factory with more than 10,000 people; even if the workers can give birth, they cannot create an employment difficulty problem for 100,000 children.

After all, not all children have junior high school education, not all children rely on this one way out, and not all children are in the appropriate age stage.

Some employees are already anxious and want to bring their children who are in technical secondary school or high school home to participate in this indicator recruitment.

Li Xuewu has heard of this situation, but he cannot interfere, just gave an opinion to the Personnel Section to increase the publicity of excellent professional talent recruitment work.

This large-scale unified recruitment work of several thousand people should not happen again, but it does not mean that the Rolling Mill will not recruit people.

Normal channels are naturally selected layer by layer through the factory's educational structure.

But the steps of demobilized and transferred placement, special child placement, and excellent talent introduction will not stop.

On one hand, it is to cooperate with welfare guarantee, and properly place demobilized and transferred personnel; this is what all enterprises and units must do.

On the other hand, the channel for excellent talents to enter the factory is smooth; middle and high-end talents are always lacking, which is different from ordinary workers in the workshop.

However, he is looking at this problem from the perspective of a manager and policy maker. Employees arranging for their children to give up their studies to enter the factory is also a special choice.

Entering the factory early to work can not only earn wages early, reduce the burden on the family, but also contact labor posts early and become familiar with labor skills.

It is not that there are no middle school educated people who have reached management cadre posts; many cadres in this factory are like this.

Especially the current education situation, in the future period of time, if the Rolling Mill's educational channels have not played a role, the cadre cultural quality will still be like this.

However, Li Xuewu has confidence in changing this status quo, especially with more than 100 college students entering the factory. After accepting a week of intensive training, they were assigned to corresponding posts to start internships.

College students are precious in this day and age, and the factory is also very careful and cautious when arranging internships for these treasures.

Last year, that batch lost three college students, which still left deep scars on the Rolling Mill to this day.

So when Ding Zigui presided over the college student internship work this year, he put forward high requirements for safety and ideological education.

Not only were security posts added to the dormitories where college students lived, but even all the unit heads receiving college student internships were called over to hold a meeting.

Emphasized the summarized experience and lessons, and even more strictly prevented any internship accidents.

The good old man Ding Zigui said ruthless words; whoever's work has a mistake this year, he will kill whoever he takes as the chicken to warn the monkey.

"The recruitment exam and interview were presided over by Deputy Secretary Gu, and the person specifically responsible for this work is Deputy Group Leader Xie."

Peng Xiaoli introduced simply: "There are more than 60,000 people who signed up for 3,000 recruitment indicators. It is estimated that many will be screened out in the written test stage, and there is also a political review."

"It is estimated that the formal recruitment work will have to wait until the middle of next month. The interview difficulty is not small, and the political review is also the same."

The 60,000 people he said were the number of people qualified to sign up. If they really opened up to accept sign-ups, I'm afraid all the young people in the city would come.

Beijing household registration, junior high school education or above, good health, no bad habits, excellent character, no restrictions on family background...

After these basic conditions screened out a large group of people, the Rolling Mill also gave other competitive conditions.

For example, having special skills, including electronics, machinery, foreign languages, etc., and even not needing housing for the family counts.

The most competitive condition belongs to the children of Rolling Mill workers; as long as they meet this condition, their ranking will be advanced.

After all conditions were comprehensively screened, 60,000 people took the written test and interview.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is even more lively than the college entrance exam; after all, the college entrance exam requires a high school education, and now the Rolling Mill only cards a junior high school education.

Another point, how many people take the college entrance exam every year, and how many people does the Rolling Mill recruit in one batch? No wonder personnel is shouting that the pressure is great.

This year, college students entered the factory for internships in advance, and another situation is also being prepared.

That is the internal cadre post recruitment assessment that happens every year in June or July.

Now the number of factory employees has doubled, but the growth rate of the number of cadres has not been that fast.

This is what Li Xuewu requires the Personnel Section to control. Putting people to their best use is the core content of agency management.

The office management system that has been implemented all along is carried out in the situation where manpower is gradually becoming scarce.

Being able to achieve management results so quickly also has to do with more work and not enough manpower.

Before, the total number of cadres in the whole factory was only about 1,000, managing more than 10,000 people.

Now, it is still about 1,000, managing more than 30,000 people, and the pressure has increased sharply.

Still have the leisure to read newspapers and drink tea?

As long as there is more work, the situation of people floating above things will naturally be alleviated to a certain extent, plus the deepening of labor discipline inspection, it will inevitably promote the office management system to become perfect.

Cadre indicators have already been calculated, but after college students entered the factory this year, they took away quite a few indicators. Now the Organization Section is also recalculating and examining.

Li Xuewu didn't intend to stop the work of college students being assigned to the factory. He communicated with Deputy Secretary Gu and arranged for people to go to major universities to start recruiting workers.

Taking advantage of the special situation of the current situation and the unstable educational management model, he will take as many as he can.

Once this village is passed, there will be no such shop.

If a large batch of excellent talents can be recruited in 1967, as long as they are cultivated for a few years, they will be able to top up when the Rolling Mill's technology takes off and needs strength in the 1970s.

Enterprise development, talents first.

Reconstructing the factory's educational system is only to maintain and develop the needs of grassroots production and management; higher-level development inevitably requires higher-level talents.

What Li Xuewu said to Gu Weijie was that no matter what major the college student is, as long as they are willing to come, and as long as the school is willing to let go, then take them all in.

Go with excellent treatment, go with an attitude of using talents reasonably, and explain clearly the talent cultivation mechanism and channels.

The Rolling Mill's future development will inevitably progress toward a comprehensive type; any talent who comes here can be put to their best use.

Even if it is music or dance.

Director Li supports this opinion the most.

The command vehicle passed the security post and drove into the Third Garrison Regiment station compound.

The magnolia flowers in the courtyard bloomed, one by one, which was very beautiful.

After Li Xuewu got off the car, he took a look and carried his handbag toward the office area.

Last night's heavy rain completely washed away the dust accumulated throughout the winter; the sky was clear and transparent, and the roofs could see the dark blue original color.

There was also no accumulated water in the compound, only the large water tank in the courtyard was full, and there were still a few drops of rainwater on the eaves that had not flowed out.

"Yo! Comrade Xuewu, long time no see." Deputy Regiment Commander Chu Nanfang was flipping through documents and walking out of the command room.

Seeing Li Xuewu, he greeted him, his tone somewhat teasing and mocking.

Li Xuewu smiled and shook hands with him, asking: "Is this busy with a meeting?"

"Busy with opening people!"

Chu Nanfang teased him with amusement, shook the document in his hand helplessly, and said: "For the Three Branches work, our regiment has to produce half of the cadres."

"So many?"

Li Xuewu took the document and looked at it; it was the document issued on the 19th, but unlike other units, this one had specific instructions from the Garrison District.

"We don't count as anything. The Seventh Regiment has to produce two-thirds of the cadres. I estimate that Regiment Commander Liu's head is about to explode."

Chu Nanfang shook his head slightly: "You came just right. Regiment Commander Qi and Political Commissar Zhao, as well as Political Commissar Xiao Qin, are all in the room holding a meeting. Let's go together."

"I just said I would come in the morning, and I happened to catch it."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "On the way from home, the secretary asked me if I wanted to come here first. Hey."

"Is it better to come early than to come coincidentally?"

Chu Nanfang had already become accustomed to the work and life of the Third Garrison Regiment; the sense of gap from being transferred over at the beginning was no longer there.

Actually, thinking about it, it is also normal. Being able to retain the job is already very good; it is too painful to care about the rank.

Now there is no such thing as military rank; everyone is equal. The treatment of the Third Garrison Regiment is not bad.

It is just that the food in the regiment is better than other units. Although the standard will definitely not exceed many, in this era, it is truly a rare existence.

It is mainly because the base area is developing well. In the big mountains above the training ground, it is almost about to be completely reclaimed by Qi Yaowu leading the team. 【10

That's a bit of an exaggeration, but as long as a plot of land is flat, it is basically included in the reclamation plan.

Even in places with pits and mounds, they have all been leveled by shoulder-carrying and hand-digging. Even hillsides can be utilized, let alone the slopes.

People of this era take grain so seriously that it's genuinely excessive; this is the painful price paid and the bloody lesson learned from experience.

The feeling of an empty stomach is the most unbearable; even if the troops don't go hungry, it's still miserable when there's a lack of oil and fat.

Previously, they raised wild boars and domestic pigs in the mountain hollows, introducing some excellent breeds for breeding.

Now that there are litter after litter of piglets, that large mountain hollow has expanded quite a bit.

Throughout the entire winter, that brick factory never stopped; it even expanded production.

The villagers were conscripted to participate in the labor, burning bricks and tiles, felling timber, mining coal, planting vegetables, and maintaining the greenhouses while the heavy snow sealed the mountains.

The reclamation area on the mountain is set for major planning and development this year.

When Li Xuewu and Chu Nan-fang entered the room, Qi Yao-wu and the others were just discussing this matter.

"You came just in time; otherwise, I was about to call you on the phone to have you come over."

Qi Yao-wu tossed a cigarette over, but Li Xuewu set it aside.

He didn't pay much mind to it and continued, "Comrade Cheng-gong and Comrade Shen Fang are on duty on the mountain. I also took the time to call you all over to finalize this year's plan."

"Especially the reclamation area; this is an important task to ensure the degree of freedom in logistics supplies for this year and even next year."

Qi Yao-wu took a sip of hot tea and signaled to Li Xuewu, saying, "You are the expert in this area; why don't you share your opinions?"

"I went up there a few days ago."

Li Xuewu crossed his right leg and looked at the people in the room, saying, "I see the new reclamation area is already being cleared?"

"Political Commissar Zhen-hua made the arrangements. I haven't had time to go up there recently."

Qi Yao-wu nodded and signaled to Zhao Zhen-hua, saying, "Since the New Year, the work on the mountain has been handled by the Political Commissar and the others."

"The vegetable greenhouses should be in their final phase. Before this phase ends, new vegetable planting can also be carried out outdoors, which won't cause a situation where the old crops are exhausted before the new ones are ready."

Zhao Zhen-hua took the initiative to introduce, "Because the land is thawing and digging is inconvenient, the clearing work in the new reclamation area only started recently."

"The steel rolling mill supported us with a batch of farm implements and tools, which helped solve the urgent need for labor production."

He looked at the group and said, "However, judging from the current scale of production and labor needs, purchasing tractors to participate in planting and reclamation is imperative."

"Also, chemical fertilizer. We have been using farm manure all along, and the effect isn't very good."

Wang Xiao-qin reminded, "The land in the mountains hasn't been cleared or planted before, and pesticides are also very much needed. Last year, because we lacked experience, the losses were not small."

"Hmm, these two points are very urgent. It would be best if they could be resolved before spring plowing."

Zhao Zhen-hua looked at Li Xuewu; he knew that the only person who could solve this problem was Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu nodded, indicating he understood what he meant, and said, "I'll think of a way regarding the fertilizer problem and resolve it within a month."

"Do you have an idea of roughly how much is needed?"

He tapped the armrest of the sofa and said, "I might have to source it from outside, which requires time to arrange in advance."

"At least fifty tons to meet this year's needs."

Zhao Zhen-hua said, "We expect to plow five thousand mu of land for spring plowing. I am truly worried about the fertilizer issue."

"So much land? We're clearing over a thousand mu this year?"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and looked at Qi Yao-wu, asking, "Last year it was a little over three thousand mu, right?"

"Hmm, this year we'll level the logging area and plant there too; the land there is very fertile."

Qi Yao-wu tapped the ash off his cigarette and said with a smile, "If we have chemical fertilizer, by the end of this year, we can harvest over three thousand tons of corn alone, which is enough to achieve supply freedom."

"It won't encroach on the village's farmland, will it?"

Li Xuewu looked at him with amusement and reminded him, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

The reclamation area can be developed slowly, but it must absolutely not destroy the base area, and it must not affect the agricultural development of the villages.

Qi Yao-wu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it's not as complicated as you think. It's just that there are many people and great strength; we'll build roads through mountains and bridges over water."

"The mountain is very large, and there will always be places for us to farm."

He explained, "Basically, after the reclamation task in the area is finished this year, we won't expand production like this again. We'll be too busy, and it will delay training."

"Planting corn is also for high yield, and even more so for achieving diversified animal husbandry."

Zhao Zhen-hua emphasized, "Purchasing agricultural machinery is to liberate our hands and restore training intensity."

"Agricultural machinery, is it?"

Li Xuewu scratched his head and said, "I really can't think of any resources in that area for the moment. I'll have to go back and ask before I can say."

"If we have machinery, plowing can save the vast majority of labor, especially animal husbandry, which will see great development."

Zhao Zhen-hua introduced the breeding and animal husbandry in the reclamation area to the group, as well as the fish pond farming in the mountain lakes. Last year, the steel rolling mill got to eat the fish from the mountain.

Although there is no shortage of fish and shrimp to eat in these years, the fish and shrimp in the big rivers are ultimately hard to catch, and they aren't as plump as those raised in ponds.

It looks like Qi Yao-wu and Zhao Zhen-hua have made up their minds to go all out this year. Since they need Li Xuewu, he is naturally duty-bound.

Chemical fertilizer is easy to get. Just contact Hong Kong, and when the ship returns, it can transport the fertilizer in. The return voyages are already transporting these things anyway.

But where to get tractors and other agricultural machinery?

The steel rolling mill can produce farm tools, but they can't compare to machinery. They do produce tractor treads, but they don't have a direct connection with tractor manufacturing plants.

This matter really needs to be pondered. Now the Third Guard Regiment has the money to buy machinery and fertilizer, so there's no need for him to go begging for favors.

It's just that in these years, chemical fertilizer and tractors are in high demand, and ordinary people really can't get them.

They talked about the work in the reclamation area for a while, then discussed training matters and this year's policies.

Finally, they talked about the issue of the "Three Supports and Two Militaries" work brought up by Chu Nan-fang.

At the mention of the "Three Supports and Two Militaries," Qi Yao-wu frowned, and Zhao Zhen-hua covered his forehead with his hand and sighed.

It is truly a burden and a weakening of combat effectiveness and organizational construction to have half of the cadres transferred to support local work.

Especially since, according to policy requirements, a certain number of team-leading cadres must be transferred.

That is to say, there must be battalion commanders and company commanders, which really put Qi Yao-wu in a difficult spot.

If an ordinary person encountered this, or even other units now, they would basically just follow the regulations and be done with it.

But the Third Guard Regiment is somewhat special; it has only just completed its reorganization and training for half a year, and much of the work needs to be deepened and implemented.

If half the people are pulled away now, who will lead the troops, will training still be conducted, and will production work still be carried out?

A pile of problems urgently needs to be solved and handled this year, and unexpectedly, a new difficulty has arrived.

They had long known this was coming, and Li Xuewu had already reminded Qi Yao-wu and the others. It's just that no matter how much preparation they had, facing this situation was still difficult.

Everyone expressed their opinions. This is an order that must be executed, so everyone's opinions were centered on how to execute it.

Li Xuewu remained silent until Qi Yao-wu called his name again.

"Don't hold back; if you have any opinions, speak up quickly. Let's pool our wisdom."

"Hmm, I do have some thoughts, which I've been thinking about recently."

Li Xuewu rubbed his fingers and said, "A few days ago, I encountered a matter and had some dealings with the Support Management Committee of a relevant unit. The impression was somewhat poor."

Everyone looked at him in unison, knowing he had something to say and was prepared.

Li Xuewu thought for a moment and continued, "Regarding the Support Management Committee, my suggestion is to strictly execute orders, resolutely implement policies, and put an end to exceeding standards or limits."

"That is to say, supporting ideological construction, supporting agricultural production, supporting engineering construction, supporting military training, and supporting management construction must be executed with firm principles and ideological standards to fulfill our obligations."

"First is positioning. Management and support have two different meanings. How much to manage and how much to support—you must have a count in your heart."

Li Xuewu emphasized, "My opinion is to increase agricultural cooperation and promote the production experience of the reclamation area, passing on this excellent style and spreading it."

"Including fishery farming technology, animal husbandry technology, poultry farming technology, agricultural planting technology, etc., all of which can be organized as sharing materials."

"What is support? My idea is that it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

"Second point: supporting engineering and factory construction. The steel rolling mill can form mutual aid pairs with the Third Guard Regiment, including the joint enterprises of the steel rolling mill. I will coordinate and communicate this."

"Entering the factory to participate in labor and study, participating in management and execution—all can be carried out in the form of exchange and learning, without being confined to formalization and routine."

"Third point: regarding military management and training, we can fully combine the existing conditions of the training grounds to conduct military training classes and ideological education classes."

"Cooperating with universities is the most secure. I can introduce and connect with the Iron and Steel Institute as a support management pair."

Li Xuewu looked at the group and said, "Especially military training, which can fully form a standardized process, combining training with labor."

He pointed to the map on the wall and said, "Since the reclamation area is short of manpower and machinery, why not bring a few teams up to combine them?"

"The road into the mountains should also be repaired. Combining training with labor, summarizing experience in labor, and thinking and sublimating in training—I think this is the best way to practice the call."

"This... this is actually quite interesting."

Qi Yao-wu, whose brows had been furrowed, raised them and looked at Zhao Zhen-hua, asking, "If we combine production labor while conducting training and management, this would greatly reduce our losses."

"Hmm, it can be studied, but the problem is also prominent."

Zhao Zhen-hua frowned and said, "Some units and departments don't have that many people, and they all have work to do. How can they come up the mountain for full-time training?"

"That's why it's a long-term task that requires persistence."

Li Xuewu emphasized the word "long-term," and the meaning was very clear: policies must be executed, but they can be executed by time, by deadline, and by goal.

If a relevant unit has a hundred people to train, they can't all be off-duty.

Then have them come up the mountain in groups of twenty. Since we have to support so many units, each unit can send a few. A single spark can start a prairie fire.

This mountain road is long enough, and the mountains here are vast enough. Let's work on it slowly and repair it slowly.

Li Xuewu estimated that this trend is comparable to the "Great Study," and it won't be finished within three to five years.

If you really throw all your strength into it at once, you'll run out of steam later, and it will be hard to achieve results.

Of course, you have to achieve results. As long as it is work, regardless of its nature, whether it is right or wrong in the long river of history, for an individual, you are in history and must obey the inertia of history.

If you say it's wrong and you don't do it now, you won't even have the chance to verify that it's wrong.

Therefore, the opinion Li Xuewu gave was very sensible: exert effort continuously and combine them with each other.

Especially regarding the mobility of management, Li Xuewu firmly opposes cadres being sent out for two or three years; that is equivalent to letting a bird fly out of its cage.

Mobility: rotate them back every three months. Participating in policy activities is fine, but they must complete a certain amount of training and production.

All cadres of the Third Guard Regiment can be in the rotation sequence; just treat it as a special vacation.

It is estimated that after all the cadres have rotated once or twice, this trend will have blown over.

"Then let's do it this way."

Qi Yao-wu nodded, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Agriculture will be based on Red Star Village as the foundation and origin; industry will take the steel rolling mill as the core and origin; management will be based on the Iron and Steel Institute; and training will be based on the training grounds."

After Li Xuewu's analysis, it seems the Third Guard Regiment is still doing its original work, just with a wider scope.

Zhao Zhen-hua and the others pondered it, and it seemed they caught the drift. They nodded with narrowed eyes and smiles.

That's interesting!