Tan Kah Kee walked out of the store and praised the Red Party's great control over the economy of the border area. No businessman wants the currency in his hands to continue to depreciate and have to wipe his ass in a few years. Especially Tan Kah Kee has long known that the current
The legal currency is already in danger. Once the Wuhan battle fails, a major devaluation of the legal currency is already foreseeable.
At this time, Tan Kah Kee saw two young girls walking to a cloth shop. The cloth shop had the words "Border District People's Cooperative Cloth Shop" written on it. He knew at a glance that it was a public cloth shop.
I only saw a girl holding a pamphlet and asking, "Comrade, look, can I exchange my work points for this piece of cotton?"
The shopkeeper raised his glasses, took a look, nodded with a smile and said, "That's enough, that's enough, go and change it. Xiao Luo, who is changing the cloth, come and organize it."
The two girls shouted happily, "Great, that's enough at last. Now we can go back and make new clothes."
Tan Kah Kee asked curiously, "What is this work score?"
Jinshan explained, “There are many public projects in this border area, such as water conservancy construction, road construction, etc. After participating, ordinary people can get work points, and then use these work points to exchange for things, ranging from grain and cloth to farm tools, cement, etc.
You can replace it with a machine like a camel pot machine.”
Upon hearing this, Tan Kah Kee asked more curiously, "Can the border area still make its own machinery?"
Yu Qiaqing also interjected, "Is there also a steel factory?"
Jinshan scratched his head and said, "I'm not sure about this. I need to ask the Red Party people. How about we hurry up and go to Yan'an and let them show us around."
Tan Kah Kee nodded and said, "Okay, we will set off immediately. I am looking forward to this Red Party border area more and more."
On the way, Tan Kah Kee and others saw machinery cultivating in the farmland. Tan Kah Kee quickly called a stop and walked to the field with Yu Qiaqing and Jin Shan.
I only saw three farmers plowing the land. A machine blowing smoke pulled a plow forward quickly. One farmer controlled the direction, another guided the field, and the third farmer kept adding firewood to the machine.
Tan Kah Kee and Yu Xiaqing were dumbfounded. When did they plow the land, they did not need cattle and horses, but machines.
Tan Kah Kee stammered, "Am I in Nanyang or the United States? Our Chinese farmers can now mechanize their farmland???"
When Tan Kah Kee saw the three of them stopping to drink water and rest, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Fellow fellows, what are farmers?"
A young farmer wiped his sweat, looked at Tan Kah Kee, and said with a smile, "You are a foreigner, right?"
Tan Kah Kee took out a few cigarettes, handed them to the three of them and said, "You see? I am a businessman from Nanyang, here to inspect the border area."
The farmer shook his hand, took out a dry cigarette and said, "Your cigarette has no taste, but I still like mine. Seeing that you are younger than me, little brother, our border area is really good, and the little devils can't beat it."
, the government doesn’t collect money randomly, and everyone’s life is much better than before.”
Tan Kah Kee asked, "Why did I hear that the taxes in your border area are very high? Are you living a good life??"
The farmer immediately shook his head and said, "It's not high, it's not high. In the past, we not only had to pay taxes, but we also had to rent houses to landlords, and there were endless military expenditures. We didn't dare to get sick after paying taxes, otherwise
We have to borrow money, and this borrowing will never be repaid." As he spoke, the farmer sighed and continued, "Not anymore. Other places have reduced rent and interest, but here we are better, it is land reform.
There are no landowners, it's all your own land. Although the tax is higher now than before, when you calculate it, you pay less.
The most important thing is to go to the cooperative to borrow money when you are sick. The interest rate is much lower than before, not even a penny. Besides, now there are teachers in the village to teach us how to read and write. How much did this cost in the past? And Mr.
Come and teach us how to farm. This used to be a secret among old farmers. How much does it cost? We now have work points for government work, and these work points can be exchanged for things. How much does it cost? It needs to be calculated.
Account. I dare to say that as long as people in the border areas are willing to work, they will not starve to death. I heard that in the future, we will have some kind of medical insurance. We only need to pay half of the money for medical treatment. I used to do this.
I dare not even think about it, but now I believe that as long as the Red Party is here, we can definitely do it."
Yu Qiaqing said deliberately, "But this world belongs to the White Party after all. What if the White Party comes one day?"
The middle-aged man who was adding firewood behind laughed, pulled up his clothes, patted his less muscular chest and said, "I still have some strength. Whoever dares to attack the Red Party, I will fight them to the death. I can't even fight the Japanese."
If you are not afraid of anyone, why would you be afraid of the Chiang Kai-shek agent? Who are you? Are you spies?"
Tan Kah Kee looked at the three people with something wrong in his eyes, and quickly changed the subject and asked, "We are really businessmen. Look, we have certificates. Fellow fellow, what is this machine?"
Sure enough, the farmer smiled as if he had scratched an itch and said, "This is a camel machine that plows the land. It belongs to our village commune. We use the work points in exchange for plowing our own cotton fields."
Tan Kah Kee immediately reacted and asked, "Didn't you buy this?"
The farmer shook his head and said, "This one is very expensive. It costs nearly a hundred work points. We can't afford it, but renting it is cheaper. If it breaks, go to the county and ask a master to repair it. This one is better than oxen. It works better."
It’s quick, you can burn everything, it’s very convenient.”
Tan Kah Kee nodded and said, "Thank you very much, fellow man."
The farmer smiled and said, "Thank you. Come to our border area. You are absolutely right. We can trust the Red Party."
Yu Qiaqing pulled Tan Kah Kee and said, "Did you see it? With this alone, the White Party is more than a step behind."
Tan Kah Kee shook his head and said with a smile, "We in China only have agriculture. The most important thing is industry. Let's go to Yan'an first. I am looking forward to it more and more now."
——Yan'an
Chairman Mao and Zhou Guansheng were waiting outside the city gate together. The soldiers coming and going were all talking about it. They didn't know why the two leaders were still waiting outside, and they didn't know who was so proud.
"Chairman, this Yu Qiaqing did a big thing quietly and invited Tan Kah Kee. None of us thought of it before." Zhou Guansheng looked in the distance and said with a smile.
Chairman Mao smoked a cigarette and nodded and said, "Yes, we are still considering how to get in touch with the overseas Chinese in Nanyang. The overseas Chinese in Nanyang have always been the territory of the White Party. The propaganda against us has always been very negative. I think this is
An opportunity, it would be great if the overseas Chinese in Nanyang can also support us, there are many talents there."
Zhou Guansheng smiled and said, "What? The chairman feels that he is short of manpower again?"
Chairman Mao looked around and saw that there was no one around, and said with a grimace, "There is a shortage, there is a shortage. Now we are developing basic education, developing industry, studying agriculture, and fighting wars. The gods from all walks of life are yearning for my manpower. I
There are not enough people to send. Although we have a good habit of self-learning and self-cultivation, this cultivation takes time after all. Our development is too fast. According to our plan, our talent gap will be even bigger next year.
"
Zhou Guansheng nodded and was about to speak when he suddenly saw that Jinshan's motorcade had arrived, so he smiled and said, "Chairman, they are here. Come, let's go meet our Nanyang president."
Tan Kah Kee got off the carriage and looked at the two people in front of him and said in surprise, "Mr. Zhou, why are you here? Who is this?"
Zhou Guansheng negotiated with the White Party in Nanjing and Wuhan many times, so he also knew Tan Kah Kee.
Zhou Guansheng smiled and said, "This is our Chairman Mao. Chairman, this is Mr. Tan Kah Kee."
Chairman Mao took the initiative to shake hands with Tan Kah Kee and said, "Mr. Chen, I have long admired your name. You are welcome to visit our Yan'an Border Region."
After speaking, Chairman Mao said to Yu Qiaqing, "Mr. Yu, you are also welcome to come to Yan'an for the second time. Do you feel any different this time?"
Yu Qiaqing nodded and said, "Well, it's different. If nothing else, I think this road is much easier."
Zhou Guansheng smiled and said, "It's not just the road, there are many new changes. Let's talk about it as we walk."
On the way, Tan Kah Kee first asked, "Mr. Mao, I would like to ask you something. I was in Wuhan and Chongqing, and I heard that your Red Party is just wandering around but not attacking. Is this true?"
Chairman Mao smiled and shook his head and said, "We must speak with facts. Not to mention that during the previous battle in Shanxi, we first achieved a great victory at Pingxingguan, then attacked Yangmingbao at night, and then burned Qinglong Town and flooded Taiyuan City, which killed the Japanese."
Thousands of people were invaded. Let’s just say that in the Shanxi counterattack and counter-encirclement and suppression campaign that just ended, our army defeated three Japanese divisions, killed one major general and several colonels, and wiped out more than 10,000 Japanese and puppet troops. Isn’t this just a fool’s errand?
Hit?"
Tan Kah Kee was surprised and said, "There are actually so many? Is this true?"
Chairman Mao nodded and said, "Our current strength is weak, so we can only fight guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare. The scale of the battles is not large, but the battles are frequent and most of them take the initiative. We accumulate small victories into big victories. Those who say that we guerrilla and do not fight
The people themselves are constantly losing cities and territory, and fleeing without fighting is simply ridiculous." Chairman Mao then led Tan Kah Kee into the office and said, "Come and see, this is a gift given to me by the soldiers below. The Japanese general commanded the sword.
"
Upon hearing this, Tan Kah Kee's eyes lit up, he stepped forward and picked up the samurai sword, looked at it carefully, nodded and said, "It is indeed a Japanese general's sword."
Yu Qiaqing said disapprovingly from the side, "I've told you, these people from the Red Party are real people and don't talk nonsense. They are all here in Chongqing and Wuhan to smear the Red Party."
Tan Kah Kee turned around and asked, "Mr. Mao, I have another question. Along the way, I saw that your civil servants did not commit any corruption, and the military and civilians were extremely harmonious. It was very different from other places. How did you do this?"
What about?"
Zhou Guansheng answered with a smile, "It's very simple, but there are three points. The first is to strengthen learning and build up ideas. Let our civil servants know what they are doing. Their job is not to dominate, but to make the people live a better life."
, let them have their own ideals and their own souls. The second is to integrate the military and civilians, remove specialization, but do not allow the common people to discriminate against soldiers. Soldiers are heroes when they protect their families and the country. Many of our big girls now are
I want to find someone in the army. The third is to strengthen supervision. Our people have real rights to vote and express opinions. They can write to our supervision department or make complaints themselves. In order to prevent corruption in the supervision department, we have
With rotation from time to time, our civil servants naturally do not engage in corruption, but it is not absolutely true. Our government just arrested a corrupt criminal who embezzled twenty kilograms of white flour."
Tan Kah Kee asked in disbelief, "This, these twenty kilograms of white noodles are also a thing?"
Chairman Mao frowned and said, "Now it is twenty kilograms of white flour. Tomorrow it can be two hundred kilograms or two thousand kilograms. We must be careful not to tolerate it."
Tan Kah Kee sighed and nodded and said, "Your Red Party is indeed outstanding. The unity of the army and the people, the unity of the officers and soldiers is the foundation of victory. I also heard that you have your own factory?"
Chairman Mao nodded and said, "If we want to win this war of resistance, we must first continue to strive for self-improvement. Although the conditions are difficult now, we have not relaxed at all in building industry. But Mr. Chen, this is our top secret." After speaking, he looked at Tan Kah Kee.
, waiting for him to express his position.
Tan Kah Kee also understood that the industrial development of the Red Party must be very difficult, so he naturally did not want to be known by the hostile forces because of himself, so he raised his hand and said, "I, Quanzhou Tan Kah Kee, swear that what I saw and heard today will never be known to others. If it violates the law,
This oath will be punished by heaven and earth."
Zhou Guansheng hurriedly waved and said, "I'm serious, I'm serious, our industry has indeed made some achievements. Now we have our own steel factory, machinery factory, military factory, chemical factory, and oil refinery. This year has not been wasted."
Tan Kah Kee asked in surprise, "You actually have so many factories? Can I go and have a look?"
Chairman Mao nodded and said, "Of course, let's go. Let's go to the steel plant now. A batch of steel should be shipped out there today."
Several people rode in trucks and walked for more than half a day, passing three checkpoints in a row before arriving at a factory. Seeing such tight guards, Tan Kah Kee became even more excited about the steel factory.
Chairman Mao introduced, "This is the Ansai Steel Plant. It was the first to be built in the first phase of our steel plant. Although it is not big, it has indeed solved the problem. It is our first modern steel plant."
Tan Kah Kee looked at the tall blast furnaces and mountains of ore and asked strangely, "Why are there so many ores?"
Zhou Guansheng said, "Before the establishment of this steel plant, the mine was established. In order not to waste time, we first put the mine into operation, and the ore was piled here first."
