Chapter 340: Heavy Industry

Just as the neighbors were talking excitedly, He Yuzhu took He Jianguo into the bathhouse.

Seeing the two brothers go into the bath,
The neighbors immediately quieted down, and the only sounds in the bathhouse were those of people pouring water and scrubbing their bodies.

He Yuzhu, who had just entered the bathhouse, saw that the neighbors who were very lively before he came in had now become strangely quiet.

I immediately became interested.
"Hey, uncles and aunts, what are you talking about?

Why did you stop talking when I came in? Are you talking about something bad? "

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Ma Zhiguang and Li Guichuan who were arguing with each other until their faces turned red and asked,

"Third Master, Second Master, what were you talking about just now?"

Seeing He Yuzhu entering the bathing pool, Ma Zhiguang felt very complicated. He thought back to the time when he looked down on him, but he never expected that he would become so developed now.
Comparing myself with him, the most glorious time was when I made friends with a few officials in the Beijing government office.

He had never even been to the Baldy's headquarters in Houyuan'ensi Hutong.

Let's look at He Yuzhu. Not only is he the manager of Fengze Garden and the deputy captain of the militia, he also often cooks for the two big leaders. This shows how much trust they have.

Thinking of this, Ma Zhiguang immediately sold out the neighbors who had just been scolding him.

“No pillars were mentioned.
The subdistrict office has been trying to persuade us to agree to the public-private partnership in the past six months.

The neighbors just said that they follow my lead and want me to make decisions for them.

But I am just an ordinary person.
How can I interfere in matters of public-private partnership?

If Director Zhang and Director Li misunderstand that I am gathering everyone to oppose the policies of the State Council, I will be in big trouble. "

Seeing that Ma Zhiguang wanted to distance himself from the matter, he immediately told He Yuzhu their plan clearly.

The neighbors nearby immediately felt unwell.

I secretly thought that you, Ma Zhiguang, were a top figure in all of Beiping before liberation, so why are you so cowardly now?

But now is different from before liberation.
In addition to these businessmen who could originally afford the high-end bathhouse, there are now also factory workers and shop assistants who could not afford it before.

Even if they want to deny it now, they can't.

At this time, someone gave up and asked He Yuzhu,
"Zhu Zi, we are your neighbors who have watched you grow up, so we won't hide anything from you. You've been cooking for the senior leaders a lot recently, so Uncle Zhang wants to ask you something."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu nodded and said,

"You ask, Uncle Zhang."

"Okay, I asked!
I remember that the senior leaders said a few years ago that both labor and capital should benefit and develop together.
But it’s only been five or six years, why are they trying to implement this public-private partnership now? This is happening too fast.”

Uncle Zhang's words can be regarded as the voice of the majority of businessmen present.

The voice just fell,

They looked at He Yuzhui intently, wanting to hear his opinion.

Not only the merchants, but also the workers and clerks in the bathhouse wanted to know why the situation changed so quickly.
So they all looked over with interest. Seeing this, He Yuzhu thought for a moment, then smiled and said,

"I have heard the question you asked a lot when I was cooking for the leaders over the past two months since I came back.

You just said,

The original purpose of the top leaders in pursuing mutual benefit between labor and capital and common development was to ultimately achieve industrialization.

This is actually following the Western path, first developing handicrafts and light industry, then gradually achieving industrial upgrading and building our own heavy industry.”

Just as He Yuzhu said this, Li Guichuan asked,

"Isn't this a good path? The West has already gone through it once, and it's not easy to suffer losses. Why is it changing now?"

Hearing Li Guichuan's question, He Yuzhu said as a matter of course,
"Isn't this a war?

You may not have felt it deeply in Beijing, but I remember when I first arrived at the front in March and April 1951,
All officers and soldiers of our anti-aircraft artillery division swore: "We must shoot correctly, hit every target, and fight to eliminate the bandits invading from the air."
You can also understand it as trying to destroy one plane with one shell."

Just as I was saying this, I heard the workers clapping and cheering.

"Okay, Zhuzi, you guys are great. I remember there was a line in the lyrics that goes like this,
【We are all sharpshooters, and each bullet kills an enemy;
We are all flying soldiers, no matter how high the mountains are or how deep the waters are;
In the dense woods, there are camps for comrades everywhere; on the high hills, there are countless good brothers;

...]

You have carried forward the old traditions of our People's Liberation Army on the front line."

Hearing these guys singing the "Guerrilla Song" praising the Northern Expedition, He Yuzhu couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"You really think we like this,

It's simply because the industrial capacity of our Great Xia cannot keep up with the consumption of artillery shells on the battlefield, and we have no choice but to save.

But by the end of 52, our anti-aircraft artillery division participated in the air defense mission at Shangganling.

At that time, our volunteer army became wealthy.

At the most intense time, the artillery fired more than 30 shells in just a few days.
I remember those nights when the entire sky was lit up like daytime, and the positions of the joint forces were ablaze with flames.
The troops were blown up into the sky just as they were gathering.
In the words of our teacher,

That is because I have fought wars all my life and have never been so rich. "

There were quite a lot of workers in the bathhouse. When they heard He Yuzhu say that they had fired more than 30 artillery shells in just a few days at Shangganling,
After a silent calculation, he suddenly cried out,
"No way, Zhuzi, with our production capacity, I don't know how many years it will take to produce 30 shells.
When did we become so wealthy? "

"Hey, of course I know we can't produce it ourselves.

The reason why we became so wealthy later on,
Isn't it because Big Brother dismantled several of their own arsenals and transported all the complete production lines to Shengjing, so that they could produce weapons and ammunition for our volunteer army nearby?

Therefore, the greatest achievement of this peninsula war was not to stop the United Nations forces south of the 38th parallel.
That is Goryeo's land and has little to do with us.

The greatest achievement of our Great Xia was actually to build an industrial base for ourselves, and to have our own heavy industry several decades ahead of schedule."

Having said that, He Yuzhu looked at Uncle Zhang and the other businessmen and talked about the benefits of both labor and capital and common development.

(End of this chapter)