1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 213 This new female instructor is probably a cruel person!
Lan City Prefectural Party Committee Auditorium.

On the surrounding blue-gray brick walls, the newly painted slogans "Grasp the Revolution, Promote Production" still have the smell of lime dampness.

Red silk hung on both sides of the leader's portrait in the center of the rostrum. The new secretary Zhou Weimin sat upright, his eyes behind the lenses sweeping across the more than 300 long wooden chairs below the stage - where the county secretaries and main leaders of state-owned units were crowded.

The nameplate of Su Wenchen's Blue Water Livestock Farm was placed in the third-to-last row. Obviously, given the size of their unit, they were not the protagonists in this meeting.

But this is also a good thing for Su Wenchen, because it is not a good thing to be in the spotlight at this time.

"I have applied to the provincial government for a group of political specialists with strong ideologies. Later, I will organize a new department to review the ideological construction of each county bureau and all state-owned units one by one."

"For all units that fail the review, the main person in charge must concentrate on ideological study. The city will assign a special person to be responsible for the rectification work of the unit until the ideological progress catches up, and then they can return to their original position to preside over work."

"From now on, we must make ideological construction our top priority and curb those messy and lax work styles."

At the end of his speech, the newly appointed Secretary Zhou suddenly knocked on the microphone, and the entire auditorium was filled with a shrill buzzing sound.

Hear these words.

Almost all the main leaders of the units below felt a little nervous.

It’s not that they are afraid of the rectification of work style, but the ideological review before.

This really depends on the person. What the hell does it mean to keep up with the progress of ideas?

Isn't it the people who review this who have the final say? Some people looked expectantly at Mayor Zhai who was sitting on the side.

Big brother, please say something!
The way the new boss is doing this, it’s obvious that he wants to replace all the people with his own!
This doesn't even give me a chance to seek refuge.

How could anyone push someone to a desperate situation like this?

After all, this is concentrated learning. When you come back, you will be in charge of a shitty job. I guess others have already taken control of the entire unit. You can just go back and retire!

When Mayor Zhai heard this, he knew he couldn't remain silent.

Otherwise, if all his people were gathered together and replaced with new ones, wouldn't he be left alone?
"Hey! Secretary Zhou, I think what you said makes sense. We did pay too much attention to production construction and neglected ideological construction in the past. We must pay close attention to ideological construction in the future."

"But I think we need to consider the centralized study carefully. After all, our city still has a heavy production task in our province. If the main leaders are not in the factory, it is easy to delay the production task."

"So I think that for those who are a little slack in their thinking, we can just send someone to supervise them."

"This will not delay production tasks, but will also strengthen ideological construction. What do you think?"

When Zhou Weimin heard what Mayor Zhai said, he also understood what he meant. You can send yourself, but you can't transfer all the people away.

Otherwise, everyone will have a hard time.

Zhou Weimin also knew that he couldn't push people too hard. After all, he had just taken office. In addition, Mayor Zhai Shuwen was a representative sent by the military, so some tactics were not easy to use against him.

He also understood that it was impossible to replace the leaders of all the major units in the city. Even if he really had the ability, there would not be enough people who could be trusted to take over.

So he could only select some more important units and place the people he brought from the province there first.

Later, you can look at which people can be used step by step, and start with ideological construction, and gradually control the main leaders of those units. If they don’t listen, then you can learn from them slowly!

So he pondered for a moment.

"What Mayor Zhai said makes sense. Organizing centralized learning is indeed a bit of a waste of manpower. However, even if you study in your own unit, each production unit must study politics for no less than 20 hours per week."

"Leading cadres should double their efforts and hand over their learning insights to the instructors assigned to their units every week."

"Now I will announce the names of the first batch of units to which political instructors will be assigned: the Municipal Planning Commission, the Municipal Organization Department, the Municipal Propaganda Department, the Municipal Finance and Trade Department, the Municipal Agricultural Bureau, the Municipal Transport Station, the Lan City Textile Factory, the Lan City Steam Factory, the Lan City Canning Factory, and the Lan City Lanshui Livestock Farm."

Just after Zhou Weimin read out the first batch of names.

Some people below breathed a sigh of relief, while others became worried.

Su Wenchen felt a slight toothache when he heard the last name of his unit.

Good god, the last one still couldn’t escape!
What virtue did they have in their livestock farm? The farms in front of them were all relatively large factories in the city. How could they, a small farm that had only been established for half a year, be subject to inspection? They even had to send a special political instructor.

Just after Zhou Weimin finished reading, although Su Wenchen didn't want any instructor to come, he was not afraid either.

One reason is that their site was newly built not long ago, so there is no handle or trouble at all, and most people don’t look down on the project he is currently in charge of.

Now his focus is on the pig farm and rabbit farm.

After all, there are only a few hundred pairs of rabbits and five pigs in one farm, which is not even as good as the brigade’s pig farm.

Compared with the current two branch farms with a total of more than 40,000 laying hens, even a fool would know which one to choose.

For Su Wenchen, as long as others do not interfere with these two, you can do whatever you want with the rest. As for the ideological instructor who is going to be investigated, if the other party really wants power, it is basically unlikely that they will take action on the rabbit farm and pig farm.

Not to mention that Su Wenchen is still the nominal leader, so he actually has an advantage in this regard.

Just like although Secretary Zhou has just arrived, Mayor Zhai, who has been in business for many years, still has to stay out of the spotlight for the time being.

Instead, Zhang Zhenhua, who was sitting next to him, lowered his voice and moved closer to Su Wenchen.

"Director, what do you think of what the new secretary said? How come there is another leader in the farm?"

When Su Wenchen heard this, the pen that was originally spinning in his hand suddenly stopped and he glanced at Zhang Zhenhua.

Are you setting a trap for me? How can I interpret what the leader says?
After thinking about it, Su Wenchen nodded seriously.

"Secretary Zhou is right. We need to learn more in the future. We welcome instructors to come and give us guidance."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhenhua was speechless.

After such a long time, he has finally understood what kind of person Su Wenchen is.

The other party is an extremely pragmatic person, how could he like such empty talk? Moreover, is the instructor sent by the new secretary for ideological construction?
Look at the units in front. Each one of them is an extremely important unit in the city. Each unit is a nail.

Even a fool knows what it means!

So he said directly.

"Director, I think we should unite. Otherwise, if the newcomer makes a big fuss in our farm, the employees won't be able to concentrate on production!"

When Su Wenchen heard this, he looked at Zhang Zhenhua in surprise.

He didn't expect that this deputy director with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who looked honest and capable, had a lot of little thoughts in his mind.

Obviously, the reason why the other party came to him to say this was because he was afraid that the new crappy ideological instructor would take away his power.

Because after several months of adjustments at Lanshui, the person in charge of the chicken farm has been changed from Han Yang to Zhang Zhenhua.

Zhang Zhenhua was able to replace Han Yang and become the head of the chicken farming sector within two months. Of course, he has his own unique charm.

Compared with a typical office leader like Han Yang, a leader like Zhang Zhenhua who can feed chickens with employees on the front line is obviously more supported.

Su Wenchen even felt that at Shiquan Field, Zhang Zhenhua was probably higher than himself in the eyes of the grassroots employees.

Moreover, the other party is using an open strategy. They are really making an effort and will really help the grassroots employees solve problems, so they will naturally be supported. This is a very simple truth.

Of course, Su Wenchen didn't care about these, because he had always positioned himself as the person in charge of the general direction of the farm, whether it was the chicken farm managed by Han Yang, or by Zhang Zhenhua, or by someone new.

He actually didn't care much. After all, you are in charge of this work and you will be the first person responsible if something goes wrong. Although Su Wenchen, as the top leader, also has supervisory responsibilities, in fact, this kind of involvement is generally not too great.

Moreover, for him, apart from the accidental rescue he had done in the past, it could better demonstrate his ability.

Because Su Wenchen knew that this was a state-owned industry, he never regarded it as his own private property from the beginning to the end and did not allow anyone to get involved.

In fact, he sees this thing more as a springboard, a stepping stone for himself to go higher, just like when he was at the brigade's chicken farm. He hopes that this industry will do well, but he won't be too concerned about it, because that can easily lead to distorted actions and irrational behavior.

This is also why he had no reaction to Han Yang or Zhang Zhenhua getting involved in the chicken farm.

Therefore, when faced with Zhang Zhenhua's proposal to form an alliance, he decided to wait and see.

After all, you haven't even seen the person in person, so how can you immediately label him as an enemy?

For Su Wenchen, if the other party comes and wants to get his hands on his pig farm, it means he wants to steal his credit. That is the core contradiction, and he must find a way to kill the other party and fight to the death!
If he wants to get involved in the chicken farm, then in Su Wenchen's opinion, this is not the core conflict, and he can let the other party fight with Zhang Zhenhua.

He balances the situation according to the circumstances, which actually helps him to control the overall situation.

It is also possible that the other party came down just to take care of ideological construction, in which case there would naturally be no conflict, and the worst that could happen is studying.

So Su Wenchen patted Zhang Zhenhua on the shoulder.

"Director Zhenhua, you haven't even seen the person, how can you say this about our comrades?"

"Don't worry, if the other party comes down and makes the place a mess, I will definitely not agree to it."

At this time, after Zhou Weimin's last long speech, warm applause broke out in the back row of the auditorium, like sporadic explosions of damp firecrackers.

Su Wenchen also clapped his hands.

Zhang Zhenhua listened to Su Wenchen's ambiguous answer and clapped his hands absentmindedly.

He was wondering whether Su Wenchen agreed or not.

In the past few months, he has devoted his efforts to expanding the scale of the chicken farm, especially since Su Wenchen did not do much behind the scenes at the chicken farm.

He felt even more refreshed with the feeling of freedom and it was obvious that he didn't want to go back to Longshan Farm at this time.

Because although he was the deputy director there, the director of the Animal Husbandry Department would often deny his decisions.

It's far less fun than here, where you can experiment according to your own ideas.

He also admired Su Wenchen a little. He really meant delegating power. He didn't do that in a hesitant way, like letting you be in charge and restricting you at every turn.

Therefore, he was the one who was most worried about the person who came to review later.

After the meeting, Su Wenchen did not take the car in their field, but walked towards He Zhenbang's jeep.

One reason was that he wanted to talk to He Zhenbang and hear his opinion, and the other reason was that the passenger seat of this kind of freight truck was not as comfortable as that of a jeep.

"Hey, Uncle He, if you don't mind, come and take a seat!"

Looking at the heartless Su Wenchen, He Zhenbang said directly.

"The new secretary has put your field on the first batch of investigation list, and you still want to take a seat!"

"I guess they'll be gone in a few days. Aren't you worried?"

As the jeep started moving, Su Wenchen looked at the faded sign that read "Learn from Daqing in Industry" swaying in the rearview mirror and spoke directly.

"Our unit is fine. After all, our site was built only half a year ago. Even if there are some loopholes in the ideological construction, we can get away with it."

"It's the county, Uncle He. Do you think Secretary Zhou will try to get close to the county?"

He Zhenbang brushed off the cigarette ash on the front of his navy blue Zhongshan suit, shook his face and said.

"I originally thought that he would start with our counties, and your field would be at least in the second or third batch. I didn't expect that you would be in the first batch. Instead, the counties didn't say a word, but just let us go back and strengthen our ideological construction."

"So what will happen in the future depends on the situation of the first batch of people sent down."

"If all these industries are taken over, there will most likely be a second batch. If the obstacles are great, then it will probably be difficult."

At the intersection, two Liberation trucks loaded with leaflets were cutting in across the road, with the loudspeakers in the truck beds playing the latest editorials on a loop.

Su Wenchen pointed at the two cars that had just passed by.

"Do you think the new secretary really wants to grasp the ideology, or is he just taking advantage of the favorable conditions to burn the wasteland?"

He Zhenbang lit a cigarette.

"Who knows? Look at what industries he picked in the first batch."

"Let's not talk about the importance of the Planning Commission and the Organization Department. Let's talk about the state-owned units. The City Textile is the city's largest foreign exchange earner, the City Agricultural Machinery is the main agricultural machinery manufacturer, and the City Transport Station undertakes more than half of the city's transportation work.

"There are also the soda factory and canning factory in the back, including your livestock farm. They are all basic industries and units that support people's livelihood."

"As long as he controls all of this, Lan City will never be in chaos no matter what."

"But, I'm afraid Old Zhai will have some trouble now!"

"But it's not a big problem, and the impact on your field is limited. As long as you are not caught by the braids, they can't give you a title casually." Obviously, although the new secretary's combo is fast and urgent, they are not the kind of soft persimmons that can be crushed by a pinch.

Su Wenchen felt relieved when he heard this and spoke directly.

"There will definitely be no problem on my side. I'll throw the chicken farm out there, which will be enough to attract their attention."

He Zhenbang was a little surprised to hear Su Wenchen say this.

"Are you really willing to do that? I heard that you probably have tens of thousands of chickens in your farm now!"

"Or do you really think you can breed fat pigs that can be slaughtered in half a year?"

Su Wenchen looked out the window. As the car drove out of the city little by little, the fields gradually became empty and the road became bumpy.

"I said I have this confidence, do you believe it, Uncle He?"

He Zhenbang looked at the serious expression on Su Wenchen's face.

"Believe it! Although you like to make promises to me, you really made them happen."

"But if it really works, it will be a big deal. At the very least, the entire agricultural system will be shaken."

He Zhenbang knows that pork is not only an important meat for the domestic people, but also one of the main sources of foreign exchange exports.

Both pork and pig bristles are important export products that earn foreign exchange.

The significance of doubling pork prices now is incomparable to the future.

This time, He Zhenbang drove the car directly into Pingcun Brigade, not just to send Su Wenchen.

I also helped Jiang Li move her things back to the commune dormitory.

After all, no one knows what the new secretary will look like, so He Zhenbang will naturally not let Su Wenchen have such a loophole that can be used to find someone to hold him responsible.

"laugh--!"

Secretary Sun, who was driving, braked.

As soon as Su Wenchen got out of the car, he saw Jiang Li's things had already been packed in the yard.

The other party came over with concern.

"Is everything alright in Achen City?"

Obviously, this time it was such a big move to convene a meeting of all the major leading cadres in the city, so there would be some movement below.

Su Wenchen shook his head.

"It's okay. It's just that the new secretary has arrived and is preparing to start the first fire."

"The chances of it burning me are slim, and the impact on your commune is also limited. The main reason is that there may be more bargaining in the city later on."

Su Wenchen knew clearly that the new secretary didn't even take care of the county now, let alone the commune.

After all, the gap was too big before, and Su Wenchen even felt that the reason why their unit was ranked last was because of this.

But there is no decent breeding industry in their city.

They are the tallest ones picked out from the short ones, otherwise, with their level, they would not have been among the first batch to catch the new secretary's attention.

However, upon hearing Jiang Li's concern, He Zhenbang on the side said with some jealousy.

"You only care about whether this kid is okay, but you don't care whether your uncle He is okay!"

"Thank goodness I took care of you so much."

Jiang Li felt a little embarrassed when she heard this and quickly comforted her.

"Uncle He, you've been through so much gunfire, can this little scene still scare you?"

"Don't I believe you?"

Jiang Li obviously touched He Zhenbang's sore spot. After all, an old soldier like him is most proud of his military career.

"That's right. Compared to the rain of bullets and the scene where people could die at any time, this is nothing. Where is your captain? I'll go talk to him. You can talk to this kid! I'll take you to the commune later."

Jiang Li replied immediately.

"Either in the fields or at the brigade headquarters, go ask! I won't take you there."

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore! Just chat!"

After He Zhenbang left, the two returned to the house.

As soon as Jiang Li packed up her things, Su Wenchen suddenly found that the room was much emptier, and the curtains across the kang were pulled down, although Jiang Li had tidied the room.

But Su Wenchen didn't look as warm as before.

Looking at the turbulent house, it suddenly didn’t feel like home anymore.

Su Wenchen turned around and hugged Jiang Li tightly, smelling the faint scent of clam oil on her neck.

Su Wenchen murmured.

"Ali! I can't bear to leave you."

Jiang Li looked at Su Wenchen, who was like a big bear, and patted him on the back.

"Okay, it's not that far. Your farm is not far from the commune. You can get here in just ten minutes by bike."

"We just can't indulge ourselves anymore, that's all. But I'm telling you, don't let yourself be seduced by other girls during this time!"

"Whether it's the brigade or my home, I have an intelligence officer watching me."

Su Wenchen pouted.

"Then you have to keep your distance from the young ones, that's fair."

Jiang Li nodded.

"I'll keep my distance too. Let's make a pinky promise. Whoever changes his heart will be a puppy."

"Ali, you are so childish!"

"Hmph, are you coming or not?"

"Come on, come on!"

"Hang yourself with a hook and don't change for a hundred years!"

Along with the rather childish words, the two hands were tightly intertwined.

“Ka-ka-ka!”

At the break of dawn.

After the first rooster started crowing, roosters raised by every household in Pingcun Brigade began to crow one after another.

Then the whole village seemed to come alive, with lights lit up in every household.

Su Wenchen yawned and opened his eyes.

"Ali, what do you want to eat in the morning?"

moment.

Su Wenchen finally reacted after hearing the quiet sounds in the house and looking at the empty other side.

Since Jiang Li was not around, Su Wenchen had no intention of continuing his vacation.

Because he didn't know what would happen to the people who would be assigned later, Su Wenchen still went to the venue to keep an eye on the printing of some slogans.

There are also various kinds of learning that need to be arranged. Apart from anything else, at least I cannot be used as a chicken to scare the monkeys by the new secretary at this time.

three days later.

Three green jeeps quickly rolled over the cinder road built in the farm and drove towards the Blue Water Livestock Farm.

At this time, Su Wenchen had already received the news and knew that people from the city’s cadre department would send someone down today, so he naturally had people guarding at the commune.

Apart from anything else, this time the person was sent personally by the Cadre Section under the Municipal Organization Department, so he would definitely have to greet him in person.

"laugh--!"

As the car stopped, clouds of coal dust were raised by the brakes.

The front passenger door of the leading car was opened, and a young man quickly opened the back door, and a middle-aged man in a blue Zhongshan suit got out.

Su Wenchen also walked over quickly and shook hands.

"Director Jiang, welcome to our site for inspection!"

"I've been looking forward to this for a long time!"

Director Jiang smiled and waved at Su Wenchen.

"Haha, you are such a big mouth! I am not here for inspection. I will leave after I send the person to you. I still have a lot of places to go."

Obviously, he didn't come here just to send one person down.

While the two were talking.

A woman in her thirties walked out of a car behind, wearing shiny leather shoes.

When he got off the car, Su Wenchen saw the corners of the book sticking out of his pocket. From the exposed part, he knew that this was the red book that everyone in their field had a copy of.

She was wearing an almost new Lenin suit, and her eyes were slightly upturned. Even though her hair was deliberately short and cut to the ears, Su Wenchen could still feel a cold and stern feeling.

I thought to myself, this new female instructor must be a cruel person!
Director Jiang waved his hand and his secretary took out a document from his briefcase.

After taking it, he handed it directly to Su Wenchen and said.

"Comrade Wenchen, this is the document from the city to send a political instructor to your livestock farm,"

Then he introduced it to Su Wenchen.

"Comrade Zheng Xianghong is the political instructor assigned to your farm."

“I hope you can cooperate well and further strengthen the ideological construction in your field.”

After hearing Director Jiang’s introduction.

Su Wenchen also stretched out his hand.

"Welcome, welcome. Instructor Zheng is here to help our Blue Water Livestock Farm strengthen its ideological construction. I couldn't ask for more!"

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Zheng Xianghong also stretched out his right hand.

"Director Su, I've heard a lot about you. I heard that you are good at production, but it's not enough to just focus on production without strengthening your mind!"

"I hope you will pay more attention to ideological construction."

Su Wenchen frowned when he heard the other party's address.

After all, although they had established a Revolutionary Committee in their farm, and he himself was also the director, he was more often referred to as someone in an administrative position.

Now that she said this, there is a high probability that a breakthrough will be made in this department.

If I didn't help, Zhang Zhenhua might not be able to defeat the other party later.

However, behind Su Wenchen, Zhang Zhenhua was looking at this alumnus who also graduated from the Provincial Agricultural Technical School, and his fists were almost clenched to pieces.

(End of this chapter)