Chengdu during the war was still so leisurely, and it seemed that the heavy bombing could not speed up the pace of the city.
As soon as Zhou Hexuan and the others drove to the city gate, many gentlemen from the Chengdu branch of the All-China Literary and Art Circles Anti-Enemy Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Literary Association") were waiting here. Lao She got out of the car and introduced Zhou Hexuan one by one.
Zhou Wen, a native of Sichuan, joined the Communist Party in 1932. He served as the organization director of the Left Federation and is currently the director of the general affairs department of the Chengdu branch of the Association for Literary and Art Circles. He will soon go to Yan'an to run a newspaper and later served as the director of the Education Department of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.
Li Jieren, a native of Sichuan, is a writer and industrialist. His representative work is "Still Water Waves". He is currently the general director of the Chengdu Branch of the Association for Literary and Art Circles and the deputy mayor of Chengdu after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Tao Xiong, a native of Jiangsu, is a playwright, graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Beijing Normal University, and is currently the executive director of the Chengdu Branch of the Literary and Art Association.
Chen Xianghe, a native of Sichuan, joined the Communist Party in 1939. He is a good friend of Shen Congwen and is currently a director of the Chengdu Branch of the Association for Literary and Art Circles.
Ye Shengtao, Zhu Guangqian... I won't go into details about these famous ones, but Li Getian is worth mentioning.
Li Getian, a native of Henan, whose pen name is Makino, is the son-in-law of Ye Shengtao, a director of the Chengdu branch of the Literary and Art Association, and editor of the journal "Bi Zhen". He is now a writer and changed his career to a film screenwriter after the founding of New China. But his job is as a bomber pilot. , and served as a flight instructor and carried out many bombing missions. Last year, he took a break from illness and wrote articles.
It was not until 1943 that Li Getian finally recovered from his illness and returned to the army to accept the command of Chennault. While fighting in the Air Force, he wrote articles as a reporter with the army. Once, American reporter Mike Moore set out with the army, and the driver Dong Shiliang introduced that , Li Getian was also a reporter accompanying the army. After the plane took off, the two reporters were chatting happily. Dong Shiliang suddenly wanted to go to the toilet, and Li Getian immediately took over as the driver. Mike Moore looked confused and asked hurriedly Do journalists accompanying the Chinese Air Force have to know how to fly airplanes?
"Mr. Zhou!"
"General Feng!"
"Mr. Shu!"
"..."
Everyone came up to greet me one after another, and the one that was mentioned the most was "Black Soil", which was published not long ago by Zhou Hexuan.
That night, everyone held a literary evening in Chengdu to celebrate the second anniversary of the establishment of the Literary and Art Association, and the next morning there was a symposium. Zhou Hexuan, Feng Yuxiang and Lao She delivered speeches respectively, and then discussed this year's literary and artistic national salvation work, focusing on "Black Soil" "Anti-Japanese Thoughts in ".
In the afternoon, Zhou Hexuan and the main members of the Chengdu branch of the Cultural Association came to the chicken farm on the outskirts of Chengdu.
This chicken farm was jointly established by the College of Agriculture of Chung-Ang University and the College of Agriculture of Jinling University. It is located not far from the pasture of Chung-Ang University. It started hatching eggs and raising chickens as early as the end of October last year.
Although Feng Yuxiang was ignored in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, he never forgot his identity as the leader of the scientific chicken raising promotion team. In fact, his main purpose of dragging Zhou Hexuan to Chengdu was to promote chicken raising. As soon as he entered the chicken farm, he was very interested in it. The writers said: "The chickens raised here are scientifically raised. They are low-cost, lay many eggs, grow fast, and are of great benefit to the people. I hope everyone will take a serious look at it, write articles and do more publicity, and strive to attract those with money." People are attracted to learn how to raise chickens.”
Zhu Guangqian said confusedly: "Is raising chickens still scientific?"
Feng Yuxiang laughed loudly: "Mr. Zhu, you don't understand this. Regardless of industry and agriculture, you must understand science in order to engage in production."
The person in charge of the chicken farm first took them to see the earthworm cultivation pond, explaining: "We dug a total of ten ponds, which are composted by human and animal manure, enough to provide the daily consumption of thousands of chickens."
I saw that the pond was densely packed with earthworms, and crawling around would make the scalp of those who are intensively afraid go numb.
Tao Xiong smiled and said: "This is really a good idea. Earthworms cost nothing, and raising chickens doesn't waste food."
The person in charge of the chicken farm said: "Not only do we save grain, but we also feed chickens with earthworms and a small amount of grain. They grow faster and lay eggs earlier and bigger than chickens that only eat grain."
"Come and see the chickens, come and see the chickens!" Li Jieren couldn't wait any longer.
Li Jieren is not only a translator, editor, writer, educator and social activist, he is also an industrialist. He once served as the director of Minsheng Machinery Repair Factory and the chairman of Jiale Paper Factory, practicing the ideal of serving the country through industry. Even if he has not encountered
Zhou Hexuan will also devote himself to the papermaking industry next year. Now that he encountered scientific chicken raising technology, Li Jieren immediately became interested.
The chickens were kept in neatly arranged bamboo cages. The person in charge of the chicken farm said: "The hens are raised over there, and the roosters are raised here. As soon as the chickens are hatched, we have to breed them separately, and the hens are specially raised."
They are used to lay eggs, and the roosters are used for meat and sold.”
Li Jieren also had a poor background when he was a child. He studied in France through a work-study program. His family used to raise chickens, and he suddenly wondered: "How do you identify the male and female of newly hatched chickens?"
The person in charge of the chicken farm said with a smile: "This is all thanks to Mr. Zhou. The 'anal separation method' he invented is very easy to use. You can identify the male and female by just opening the chicken's buttocks."
"It turns out that Mr. Zhou still has such abilities." Everyone was greatly impressed.
Chen Xianghe said: "Why are the chickens kept in cages? This is too unfree. Chickens cannot be happy if they are not free, and they will not grow well if they are not happy. I think chickens in rural areas must be raised on time.
Only in this way can the chickens grow strong and not get sick."
The person in charge of the chicken farm explained: "Free-range farming in rural areas has two main functions. One is to save food and let the chickens find food on their own; the other is for health. It is easy to get sick if kept for a long time. But we don't have to do this when raising chickens scientifically.
Because earthworms are enough to feed the chickens, and we clean the chicken coop regularly to maintain ventilation and prevent diseases. The advantage of raising chickens in confinement is that it can reduce the amount of exercise the chickens do and make the chickens grow faster."
Chen Xianghe suddenly realized it and praised: "Everywhere in the world is full of knowledge and education."
Others were just looking at it, thinking about how to go back and write promotional articles. Li Jieren was much more detailed. He asked for various data in detail, including how much food to feed every day, how many eggs to produce, and how many months it would take to make money.
In return, it seems that he has already considered opening a chicken farm.
Zhou Wen had received an order from the organization to go to Yan'an to work. He listened to all kinds of data and made up his mind to bring scientific chicken raising methods to Yan'an, so he said: "Can you give me a set of detailed chicken raising information? I want the system to
to introduce its benefits to the public.”
"Of course." The person in charge of the chicken farm smiled.
Feng Yuxiang said: "If you want to open a chicken farm, you can come to me. Technicians are being trained in Chongqing. It is mainly for those who open scientific chicken farms. They only need to pay a small technical consulting fee and can get regular guidance from technicians from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry!"
Zhou Wen used to be the propaganda director of the Shanghai Federation of Left-wingers and was very famous. Not to mention Zhou Hexuan, even Feng Yuxiang knew that he was a member of the Communist Party, or at least someone who leaned towards the Communist Party.
Zhou Hexuan said in a low voice: "Someone has already brought chicken raising technology over there in Yan'an."
Zhou Wen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Thanks for the reminder."
As a reward for publicity, each writer brought back a few eggs. As the person in charge of promoting scientific chicken farming, Feng Yuxiang could still mobilize a batch of funds, so sending these eggs was more than enough.
In the following days, articles about scientific chicken raising appeared in newspapers one after another, quickly arousing heated discussions in Chengdu and surrounding districts and counties, and capitalists came to inquire about the news from time to time.
Just as Zhou Hexuan was about to leave Chengdu, someone suddenly came to visit him at the hotel: "Mr. Zhou, is there any real-life prototype of the swordsman Li Tonglin in "Captain of China"?"
Zhou Hexuan said confusedly: "Why do you ask this?"
The man said: "I have been looking for masters to learn Taoism. After I complete my studies, I will go to the front line to fight the Japanese devils!"
Zhou Hexuan admired this man's imagination and asked casually: "I don't know your surname?"