Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1859 The Right Attitude
After the rain, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse, and the air was hot and humid.

The moonlight shines through the carved window lattices, sprinkling mottled light onto the vermilion lacquered desk, where an inkstone filled with thick ink is quietly awaiting its owner's brushstrokes.

There is a landscape painting hanging on the wall, and the splashed ink and color reveal a sense of indifference and calmness outside the officialdom.

However, the owner at this moment was looking out the window, frowning from time to time, as if there were countless threads tangled in his heart that he couldn't untie or sort out.

It made it even harder for him to find the right path.

laugh!
The match emitted a bright flame, lighting the cigarette in his hand.

The firelight instantly illuminated his cheek.

The years have carved ravine-like wrinkles on his face, but these marks do not seem to diminish the brilliance in his eyes.

His eyes were deep and bright, as if they could see into people's hearts, and they sparkled with wisdom.

At this moment, the old man gently shook his wrist, pursed his lips, and a gentle smile appeared in his eyes, kind and calm.

Baji
The fireworks were shining, and the whole room was filled with only sparks.

Smoke rose in the black sky, and the gray smoke seemed to form a map of mountains and rivers in front of the old man's eyes, with rivers, mountains, lakes, and oceans.
My thoughts also changed with the smoke, scene after scene.

The fireworks finally burned to an end, the smoke finally dissipated, and the old man's eyes became clear.

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The desk lamp lit up and the old man looked down at the two reports on the table.

These are two reports with different attitudes.

Different attitudes towards the Annan War.

One is the current mainstream attitude, which believes that we should stick to the original strategy, fully support each other, strive for revolutionary friendship, and ensure geopolitical security.

In this situation, the country needs to provide free support to the other side in order to ensure the final victory.

At the same time, they had sufficient evidence, that is, the United States on the opposite side was quite powerful, and its combat effectiveness was only stronger than it was more than ten years ago, while Bei'an's military strength was not as good as theirs.

In contrast, more assistance is needed to achieve victory.

Even at a critical moment, it would not be a bad idea to provide additional support.

The other one appeared recently. They believe that simple help is not advisable, fear of power but not morality, and national security cannot be guarded by conscience.

They are equally confident of victory.

However, they place more emphasis on achieving long-term victory through flexible and changeable tactics.

However, they were more concerned about the post-war situation.

Some of them also said things they had never thought of before.

The two opinions sparked a debate among the upper echelons, each with its own supporters, and finally reached his desk.

His eyes scanned back and forth between the two reports, finally settling on the latter one.

He reached out and picked it up, gently opening it with a serious look.

Don’t worry about winning, think about defeat first.

This is the attitude a general should have.

The views put forward in this report may seem unorthodox, but they may not be impossible.

This reminded him of an interesting incident many years ago.

At that time, the big brother of the alliance, as the patriarch of a family with four generations living under one roof, was in charge of a group of brothers and children.

At that time, everyone was happy, united and friendly.

But in this environment, one student listed Country C as an imaginary enemy in his graduation report.

At that time, he said something in his report.

There is a powerful country around us. Even if this military power has no intention of taking action, in fact, the potential threat has already been created.

The initiative of whether to take action is not in your hands. It is passive in itself and you will be beaten.

This student's report aroused hostility from many people at the time, who considered it to be heretical and ignored it.

But now, the fact is just as he said, the old man has passed away, and everyone is fighting on their own, splitting up the family and living separately has become inevitable, and the conflicts between the brothers are also intensifying.

National defense is imperative.

His eyes fell on the report again and he read it carefully. The content of the report was surprisingly 80% similar to that of this student.

They all regard their current 'brothers' as imaginary enemies.

Perhaps, this is Country D.

According to the current situation, under the premise that countries A, B and C are unable to bear large-scale conflicts, it seems reasonable for country D to become a pawn and provoke a local war.

This is a restless master.

Gently closing the report, the old man picked up the cigarette in his hand again, took out the match and lit it gently.

While thinking, he exhaled a breath of foul air.

At this moment, he already had the answer in his heart.

After finishing a cigarette, the old man finally picked up the brush on the inkstone, lightly dipped it in thick ink, dabbed the tip of the brush on the inkstone, and finally stopped in mid-air.

Finally, I picked up the first report and started writing lightly on the first page.

'National interests and ethnic interests should be higher than ideological beliefs.'

As the pen falls, the word is completed.

"Xiao Zhang!"

The guard at the gate came in with a gentle shout, "Chief!"

"Give them this report and tell them to calm down and stop making a fool of themselves."

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhang immediately took the report with both hands and was about to turn and leave.

"By the way, please instruct me not to leak the contents of the report."

"Don't let anyone be involved."

"Yes!"

laugh!
The match lit the cigarette again, and the old man picked up the rest of the report, flipping through it as if he was tasting a delicious meal, with a gleam of satisfaction in his wise eyes.

Early morning, Ministry of Machine Building.

Mr. Huang sat at the top, holding a cold enamel pot in his hand, with Mr. Xia and Mr. Sun sitting beside him.

"I say, you two, why are you here to spread poison so early in the morning?"

"A leek and a green onion, are you going to let me live?"

Mr. Huang asked as if nothing had happened. Mr. Xia and Mr. Huang looked at each other and smiled bitterly at the same time.

"What's going on?"

Seeing that the two of them rarely showed such an expression, Mr. Huang put away his joking intention and asked.

Elder Xia coughed lightly, then said, "I received a call from Liu Huaimin last night."

"Huai Min? What happened to their machinery factory again?"

Mr. Huang was shocked.

Everyone is clear about the relationship between the machinery factory and Lao Xia, and any internal information will be communicated in a timely manner.

The two sides are still connected by bones and have a good relationship.

Old Xia continued, "Huai Min said that they are going to build a branch factory in Yanzhou, and the scale of the factory may be expanded again, so they need to recruit people." "Recruit people? Then let's do it."

"The thing that's most in short supply in Sijiu City right now is people."

"Besides, this machinery factory hired quite a few people last time, so we can just come as usual this time."

Mr. Huang didn't take it seriously, and added that for this kind of thing, he could just talk to Mr. Chen, there was no need to find them.

Elder Xia and Elder Sun exchanged a glance, and then Elder Sun spoke up, "The people they are recruiting this time are not green hands. What they want are workers."

"What do you mean?"

"That's what it means. They want mature workers, not workers who know nothing."

Huang Lao frowned, then asked uncertainly, "They want to poach people?"

They both nodded at the same time.

Old Xia said sadly, "It's still just one or two corners."

"Comrade Huaimin said last night that there needs to be a vacancy of at least 1,000 people."

Mr. Huang couldn't sit still any longer.

"It's best to have a senior technician!"

Mr. Huang stood up suddenly.

"What is this for?"

"One thousand senior technicians, what a bold idea."

Mr. Xia and Mr. Sun didn't say anything. Mr. Huang thought of something and sat down again suddenly.

In his impression, Liu Huaimin was a steady person who would not joke about such things.

But the other party actually made such a request, so something must have happened that I was not aware of.

"What happened?"

Mr. Huang looked at Mr. Xia. He had close contacts with the machinery factory and must know the whole story.

Mr. Xia nodded, and then told him what he had learned.

Old Sun was listening on the side. Even though he heard it again, he was still somewhat shocked and found it unbelievable.

Yesterday he was playing chess with Lao Xia as usual, and then he received a call.

But this time, it is a good thing, but it is not a good thing either.

The good thing is that this is another significant source of income for the country.

Ten million in foreign exchange, just think about it and you can do a lot of things.

That’s not good, naturally the other party wants someone!

Needless to say, Lao Xia must have received a lot of support.

But as for the rest, even if the Ministry of Machine Building cannot take it all, they will bear a large part of it.

As for the other machine departments, it’s good enough that they didn’t come to join in the fun and ask for people.

"The machinery factory has a lot of tasks on hand right now, and all of them need to be completed urgently. We are very busy!"

"The Yanzhou branch will be in operation soon, and the corn thresher needs to be produced as soon as possible, so a lot of people are needed!"

"Finally, this armored vehicle!"

"The military's orders for Kuiniu armored vehicles are now scheduled until after the New Year. The workshop also has to undertake the production of Mole armored vehicles. In addition, the supporting equipment, such as engines, are in short supply!"

Mr. Xia talked about the situation of the machinery factory. Of course, all of this was told to him by Liu Huaimin.

"He called me to tell me in advance."

"I guess the chief has already received the news..."

After Mr. Xia finished speaking, Mr. Huang fell into deep thought.

Ten million foreign exchange!
If this money were invested in infrastructure, how much could be done!

More importantly, this thing is a consumable on the battlefield. If used well, there will be more later.

A steady and lasting stream!

This makes much more money than selling dozens or hundreds of Kuiniu in the northwest.

"Give it! You must give it!"

The next second, Mr. Huang slammed the table and said firmly, "Give us as many people as you want. We, the mother's family, cannot let the child suffer any injustice!"

After hearing this, Mr. Xia's eyes fixed and he nodded silently.

Mr. Sun felt a little sad after hearing this, but he didn't refute it.

"By the way, Comrade Yang Xiaotao also proposed a compensation plan..."

"In this way, the machine tools and machines will serve as compensation, and the factory's production capacity will not be affected..."

Elder Xia said it again, and Elder Huang and Elder Sun laughed after hearing it, "Look, this is still on the side of the mother's family!"

Old Xia nodded, and then said, "But the factories down there may not be happy with this!"

"During this period, the machinery factory has distributed a lot of technology to various factories, but everyone knows the situation!"

"Many factories don't make good use of these machines and just treat them as decoration."

"So, it will be difficult to achieve scale in the short term!"

The three of them had some understanding of the situation in the factory.

These days, it’s not easy to become a worker, and it’s even harder to get a stable job.

So there is a phenomenon in factories nowadays that when the father dies, the son takes over to ensure that the work position is occupied.

The application of machine tools will break this balance.

We don’t need so many people at the workstation.

Therefore, the number of workstations may be reduced, and the extra workers will either be idle or do other work.

And the saying "the son inherits the father's property" will become an empty talk because of the surplus manpower.

For the workers, maintaining their current lives is the best. They refuse to change and of course they will resist!

Just like arranging the production of threshers this time.

Mr. Xia got angry because of this.

The task could have been completed in one day, but it took two days.

When asked what was going on, they said that the workers' enthusiasm should not be dampened and everyone should participate.

Damn it, instead of making good use of the machine tools, they are trying to share the profits.

Because of this incident, the initial production of the thresher could not be increased. Thanks to the help of the Red Star Machinery Factory, otherwise it would have been a real disaster for them.

Huang Lao snorted coldly, "Not happy? Why not?"

"Let them become workers so that they can build the revolution, not just sit there and wait for death with a stable job!"

"Whoever has such an idea, go home and hug your child!"

"I'll explain this to all the factories later. If anyone can't keep up with the revolutionary trend, they'll be replaced."

"What we in the First Machinery Industry Ministry lack the least is people!"