Back in Lingao, preparations for the "First Lingao Political Consultative Conference" to be held after the Spring Festival are also in full swing. [Full text reading] After the vigorous publicity of the traverser by local partners, Lingao negotiator Zhang Youfu and traverser's non-staple food supplier Lin Quan'an encouraged local people to participate in this meeting in order to gain favor from the executive committee. There was a competition. Zhang Youfu beat out all the long-term workers, domestic servants, and tenants under his command, and told them to go home and promote propaganda.
Ma Qianzhu asked Wu De to select some eloquent people from the workforce to form a working group and go to the countryside to mobilize the masses. For this matter, he transferred Du Wen back from Yanchang Village.
On a high winter morning, the sun rises from behind the mountains and dispels the night fog. The wind was slightly chilly, but refreshing and pleasant. The water of Wenlan River has become very shallow. In many places, stones on the bottom of the river have been uncovered, and people can wade across.
On the newly renovated Wenlan River-Bobu highway, local farmers in small and large groups, carrying poles, ropes and dustpans, greeted each other and walked to various construction sites along the Wenlan River. It's the slack season now, and people are building construction everywhere. Labor is needed everywhere. As long as they are willing to work, even women and children can earn some wages every day.
The small groups of bandits that used to harass the locals have disappeared on both sides of the river. The advantages of mobility, communication and firepower possessed by the traversers make any such behavior unprofitable and dangerous - anyone who challenges the authority of the traversers will either be killed or beaten to death. He was arrested and sent to the labor camp. Safe and convenient transportation has slowly changed people's living habits. Instead of leaving the village, many people have become willing to leave their homes and go to distant places in search of opportunities and experiences.
Among these pedestrians, Du Wen walking on the road is particularly eye-catching. She wore overalls made of locally dyed blue cotton, a blue worker's hat, a nylon scarf around her neck, and carried a yellow satchel full of documents and pamphlets, with a towel tied to it. It stands out among the crowd on the road. The locals are already used to these "Kun people", but when they see such a "short-haired" female, they can't help but take a second look.
Du Wen was in a very happy mood. First, she saw that construction was progressing with each passing day. When she went to Yanchang Village last year, the roads were still dirt roads. Although some were stone roads, they were already in dilapidated condition. Now not only are there simple roads, but they have also been changed from simple rammed earth roads to roads paved with gravel and cinders - not only are they smooth, but there is also much less smoke and dust from the carriages and horses passing by; secondly, during her days in Yanchang Village, With the opportunity to show off my talents, I applied many past theories to reality. Some of them hit a wall, but some were successful. Now to sum it up, her results are not bad:
Ma Niao's formal class has been held for three periods and has trained more than 20 rural cadres. These people not only completed literacy and learned basic cultural knowledge, but also initially learned political theory knowledge and basic administrative methods. Including the main cadres of the current Bairen People's Commune, all have participated in training in this workshop. In addition, basic literacy work was carried out for the entire village through "part-time classes" and "night classes". The illiteracy rate among school-age children under the age of thirteen has now dropped to zero. This gave Du Wen a sense of accomplishment.
Yanchang Village not only established a village committee and organized a militia team, but she also spent a lot of effort to organize women's groups. Although at the moment she only organized women to do some logistical work, she believed that in the future this Women's groups will play a greater role. It is a little regrettable that as her key training target, Tan Xiaoqin's awareness has always been limited. On many major matters, I would rather let men make the decision, without any sense of half the sky.
When she was approaching the outside of Bairen City, she saw Ma Qianzhu standing by the river with a few people, and she quickened her pace.
Ma Qianzhu is still wearing his unchanging 87-style training uniform, although the clothes have been worn out of shape recently. The breast pocket of the training uniform is inlaid with three red diagonal stripes - this is a new trick developed by the New Army. Wei Aiwen proposed using colors as symbols of positions and military positions without the implementation of military rank systems and military markings. These three red slashes represent Ma Qianzhu's military status: Chief of Staff of the New Army. The original plan was to imitate the style of the German General Staff and be mounted on the trousers. Later, I thought it didn't look good and there was no place to find so many red strips of cloth, so I changed it to the breast pocket.
He held a telescope and a notebook in his hand, standing on a big rock by the river and looking at the construction site on the other side. Next to her were Mei Wan, the head of the engineering department, and the female planner she didn't recognize. Both of them had folders containing drawings and information. What are they discussing.
"...Committee Ma, the stadium itself is not an urgent matter. Besides, don't there already be basketball courts, badminton courts and other facilities in the city for everyone to exercise? Suddenly we need to build such a large stadium with a 4oo meter track. Not only are the materials difficult, but the labor force is also insufficient.”
Ma Qianzhu said with a blank face: "This is not just for sports, but for celebrations and mass meetings in the future." He sighed, "These things must have a venue. If nothing else, the rostrum Parts such as the viewing platform and the viewing platform must be completed on time.”
While he was talking, he saw Du Wen coming, said hello quickly and came over to talk to her.
"You're back?" Ma Qianzhu glanced at her, "Why didn't you call Xiao Zishan and ask him to send a car to pick you up? Where is your luggage?"
"There is a car." Du Wen took off his hat and took off a towel from his bag to wipe his sweat. "I just took the salt car to Bopu, but I heard they said there would be no car to Bairen until noon. I'll come here first, and my luggage will be delivered to me in a moment."
"Well, you might as well come back early. Let's talk about work first."
In addition to the working group matters, Arima Qianzhi also had other considerations in transferring Du Wen back from Yanchang Village: Although Yanchang Village is the first local village to surrender to the traversers, it is also the most loyal to the traversers. , but the Tan family's clan power is still a little too strong. Most of the people who attended the farmer training center were children of this family. If we continue to place the training centers there, sooner or later, the Tan family will have an advantage in the rural cadre system. Cadre training institutions such as workshops are not suitable to be isolated from the main base for a long time.
Ma Qianzhu got straight to the point: "We are about to organize some working groups to go to the countryside to promote and agitate for the upcoming county conference. Wu De has already selected some people. You are more experienced in mass work, Bai Ren The grassroots cadres of the commune have been trained by you and are familiar with them, so you will take the lead in this matter."
Du Wen nodded: "I will discuss it with President Wu."
"There is another matter. The executive committee of Ma Niao's farmer training center is considering canceling it after the conference. Ma Niao's training center is well run and has achieved remarkable results. But the local color is too strong. So this time you will be After I come back, I will start over and build a new school. The one in Yanchang Village will be turned into a general school."
"I have no objection." Although Du Wen didn't quite understand why such an adjustment was needed, returning to Bairen was a good thing anyway. At least he could comfortably take a hot bath every day, and have good food and accommodation. It is also much better than Yanchang Village.
"After the school is established, you will still be in charge of daily work." Ma Qianxu said.
"Okay, now that we have arrived in Bairen Village, the conditions are better. We have a theoretical position and can train more cadres!" Du Wen was very happy. She has become more and more enthusiastic about theoretical work recently. Xi Yazhou has written the most theoretical articles in the "Lingao Times" in the past, and Du Wen has come from behind.
"The task of training rural cadres will become more and more arduous in the future. You need to spend more time on this aspect, especially on the quality development of cadres."
Once each village accepts the team training and joint defense plan, Chuangchuangzhong will use the opportunity of team training to gradually train young people from each village as grassroots cadres after they officially take power in the future.
"One thing I have to remind you," Ma Qianzhu remembered something, "when teaching students, don't grasp the wrong direction. In the current historical period, landlords and businessmen are our allies - you have to remember That's it. There will be many children of such people among the students."
Du Wen nodded solemnly: "I understand this truth. The slogan at this stage is 'Eradicate the strong and support the weak, protect the environment and the people'. It does not involve political issues-"
"As long as you understand, now we have to unite all the people who can be united." Ma Qianzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then do you want to continue writing my theoretical article?"
"Write it, why don't you write it?" Ma Qianzhu smiled. In his heart, he didn't attach much importance to Du Wen's theoretical articles - except for the large amount of data piled up, the theoretical value is not high, but it is better than nothing, even if it is Use it to occupy the position of public opinion.
"A theory is a theory. Aren't the rightists advocating freedom of speech all day long? Just practice freedom of speech. It doesn't matter if your views are more intense. As long as you don't advocate violent revolution."
"Okay! I understand!"
Du Wen looked at Ma Qianzhu's dark circles and said, "Duke, you should also take care of your health."
Ma Qianzhu paused and said with a concealed smile: "It's nothing. I have to make organizational adjustments recently. There are many meetings, and it's late before I know it." He deliberately stretched his waist, "When I got here, I feel that my life is regular and fulfilling. It's better than It used to be better.”
"Governor, why don't you take up the position of chief of staff? You are not a soldier. You are tired and hard. You still have the work of the planning committee to do-"
"It doesn't matter. It's better to be busy. It's good for the body and mind." Ma Qianzhu said a little embarrassed.
Du Wen said goodbye to Ma Qianzhu and walked to the headquarters of Bairen Commune. On the way, she met several cadres whom she had taken classes with, and they all greeted her. When she came to the social department, she saw Wu De looking at the large-scale Lingao map on a table - this map was from the 21st century, but it had been modified by the surveying and mapping department based on the current situation. The remote survey team has basically traveled through the mountains and rivers of Lingao in the past few months and clearly marked all the villages and residential areas.
Du Wen came to take charge of mobilizing the masses, and Wu De had already received the notice from Ma Qianju.
"Basically all the residential areas in Lingao are here." Wu De pointed to the various pin flags stuck on the map, "The red ones are for those who are sure to participate, the green ones are for those with ambiguous attitudes, and the yellow ones are for recommendation. Mopped. These are the results based on preliminary publicity by our local collaborators.”
At a glance, most of them are red, especially the villages north of the county and on both sides of the Wenlan River, which are completely red.
"The difficulty now is that in the south of the county and in the areas near Danzhou and Chengmai, there are fewer villages willing to come. But there are none who openly refuse to come."
Du Wen and Wu De discussed: Since there are not many villages with ambiguous attitudes, the size of the propaganda group going to the countryside cannot be too small. They were not familiar with these areas. With fewer people, they would not be able to show their power, and secondly, it would be difficult to ensure personnel safety. If you encounter a fool who is fearless, the publicity team will easily suffer losses if there are few people.
It was decided that each group would send a platoon to escort them. The power of thirty Mini rifles was enough to frighten all kinds of local stubborn people. Except for the new army, the people who led the group were not required to be eloquent, but to have strong survival ability in the wild and good physical strength. People - after all, this is also a physical job. The group should have a guide who is familiar with the local environment, preferably a local who has connections with the destination. We also need to find people who are familiar with the dialect and can speak eloquently to promote it. The focus of the propaganda is naturally what the Executive Committee has repeatedly emphasized: it is to maintain local security - "protect the environment and the people." To this end, Wu De has asked Zhang Xingjiao to write several drafts of leaflets explaining the policy for time travellers. After asking a few Chinese students to read the meaning, Zhou Dongtian was asked to print a batch of notices and leaflets.
"Are the notices and flyers useful? When I was in Yanchang Village, I found that the local illiteracy rate was very high." Du Wen was a little skeptical.
"It doesn't matter whether you understand it or not. The key is to convey our message. Once the notice is posted, the villagers who were originally ostriches have to face reality. It doesn't matter if they can't read. They will naturally find someone to inquire about the content."
"Gou Buli must also be brought along." Du Wen suddenly remembered the chef who had acting talent in Goujiazhuang at that time. "But he only has one person and can only arrange one group."
"Indeed." Wu De felt a little regretful. Although this Goubuli had no good intentions, he was a very useful propaganda tool. Unfortunately, most of the people who joined them were so simple that they couldn't even speak clearly. "By the way, We can also ask Lin Quan'an and Zhang Youfu to come forward. These two are also very good at deceiving people. They also have some capable subordinates who can be used."
"Can these people live here?"
"Haha, very positive!"
In addition to these people, the intelligence and health departments requested that some of their own people be placed in the team in order to collect information on the local situation. In the past, they could only analyze these villages outside their sphere of influence through reports and photos from reconnaissance and exploration teams. Now that they had the opportunity to conduct on-site inspections in person, they naturally couldn't miss it.
