the world is at stake

The daughter-in-law of the Zhang family put on the thick and hard winter clothes, but she still felt her hands and feet were cold.She rubbed her hands together and went to the next room to wake up the two children.

The children are all in their teens, and it is time to grow their bodies.But they had no food in their stomachs, so they stayed on the bed and refused to get up, screaming that they were hungry.

But what can I do if I'm hungry?In fact, there is not enough food at home.The rice in the field has to be replaced with sweet potatoes and other miscellaneous grains, at least to fool the stomach and last until the autumn harvest.

"Get up, get up. I'll take you to the construction site today, and see if I can ask that master to show kindness and get you a bowl of sliced ​​meat rice." Zhang's daughter-in-law pushed the child, using the sliced ​​meat rice as a temptation.

Hearing that they were going to the construction site, the two children were excited, and they got up in a hurry, yelling about the taste of eating big fat meat last time, with endless aftertaste.

The daughter-in-law of the Zhang family went to the kitchen to heat up some hot water and steamed some steamed buns.She thought that she might have to do heavy work this time, so she found a small earthen pot from the corner of the cabinet, and dug out a spoonful of dark lard to make hot soup.

She just dug a spoonful and was reluctant, feeling that it was too much, she scraped the spoon on the mouth of the pot, wiped off most of it, poured the rest into the pot, and added a small half spoonful of salt.

There was a lot of smoke in the kitchen and it was choking.But after the water boiled, the aroma of lard still came out.The two children ran into the kitchen in surprise, clamoring to eat lard bibimbap.

The firelight from the stove illuminated the dark faces of the mother and child.The mother just felt uncomfortable, rubbed the child's head with her rough palm, nodded and said that there must be lard bibimbap for this day.

Breakfast is steamed buns in brine lard soup, which is comfortable for the whole family.

When the sun came out, the Zhang family man leaned on a crutch at the door of the house, watched his wife and children borrow a cart from the neighbor's house, and pushed two bags of rice to the construction site near the village.

The family must heal the man's leg, otherwise the family of four will not be able to survive.

Zhang's daughter-in-law took the two children and pushed the cart with all her strength and walked four or five miles to the construction site.

At this moment, the construction site is already in full swing. More than 1000 strong men are hired and directed by the Ministry of Water Resources of the Imperial Capital. They are building barracks and opening roads to facilitate subsequent large-scale construction.

Cai Xuebin was wearing civilian clothes, and was discussing with several colleagues from the Ministry of Water Resources how to hire manpower, how to allocate food, how to raise tools, and to determine the time points one by one.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Cai Xuebin joined the team as the secretary-general of a certain city and acted as the chief steward of the 'Holy Light'.This time and space restarted, he became the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and assisted the Ministry of Water Resources to carry out the team's first major project.

Miyun Reservoir.

The reservoir was originally planned in 51, started construction in 58, and completed in 60.With the national strength of "New China" at that time, this hydraulic project did not use too much mechanical equipment, and it was completed in two years purely by manpower.

The three-year construction plan of "Holy Light" refers to the construction process of "Original History" and puts Miyun Reservoir first.Because the imperial capital is really short of water, the groundwater is bitter and astringent, and it cannot be used as domestic water at all.

"Our current construction conditions are better than those in the 'original history'." Cai Xuebin stood on the side of the land where the dam was selected. "The current Republic can at least produce cars and trucks, and can also import excavators and the like."

Several people from the Ministry of Water Resources also nodded, "The design plan for the reservoir construction is ready-made. After several days of research, the current geological and hydrological conditions are basically the same as those 50 years later.

The first phase of the project is from the adjustment pool to Xicui Village, Changping County. Without shortening the construction period, we don't need to mobilize 20 people, at most [-] people are enough.This can greatly reduce the cost of the reservoir. "

Before the Miyun Reservoir was built, the Chaohe River and Baihe River connected to the reservoir suffered nine disasters in ten years.About 600 million mu of farmland downstream and the safety of people's life and property are seriously threatened.

After the construction of the reservoir, the once-in-ten-year flood can basically be ignored.In the future, the second phase of the project will continue to be built, which can withstand the once-in-a-century flood.The 100 million mu of flood detention land and river beach in the downstream will be turned into fertile land, which will greatly improve the urban water supply of the imperial capital.

In addition, the power station built on the reservoir will also form a power grid with the thermal power station, providing a stable power supply for the industry and life of the imperial capital.With water and electricity, society can progress rapidly.

The first phase of the reservoir project took two years from construction to completion. It can be said that it is a project with low difficulty, short cycle and quick results.The nascent Ministry of Water Resources is the focus.

The manpower and material resources it mobilized are no less than a long-term military battle.As long as it can be done, it means that more than 2000 members of the 'Holy Light' team have completed a large-scale social coordination.

The repair of the reservoir is bound to train a group of cadres and strengthen the morale of the people. The next step is to continue to replicate the successful experience like a snowball.

Zhang's daughter-in-law pushed the cart, a little timid about the busy construction site.She didn't know that grain would be collected on the construction site, but she didn't know who to contact.On the other hand, the two children who followed Lian Lai to push the cart had sharp eyes and saw Cai Xuebin and others standing by the side of the dirt road.

"Mother, mother, it's them. The one who gave us big fat last time was the official. He must be a high-ranking official." The two children grabbed their mother's clothes and wanted to run forward.

It sounds like a high official, but Zhang's daughter-in-law is a little scared.She is just a peasant woman who has never seen the world, and she is naturally afraid of officials and lords.

On the contrary, the two children are courageous and clever.They ran to Cai Xuebin and called 'Master' when they got close, expressing that they wanted to sell grain to the construction site. They also said that their father's leg was broken by a stone when he went to work the day before yesterday, and begged the master for a few cents more.

Seeing the child kneeling on the ground and kowtowing twice, Cai Xuebin and the others couldn't wait, and quickly called their mother to ask for clarification.The daughter-in-law of the Zhang family also wanted to kneel, but she didn't know how to speak when she stood up straight.

Cai Xuebin first agreed to accept Zhang's rice, then pointed to a few stones, and asked the mother and son to sit down and talk.

"How did your man's leg hurt?"

"A few days ago, the construction site fired a cannon. He got close and was interrupted by a collapsing stone."

"Go home with a broken leg?"

"The supervisor on the construction site drove him away, saying that he didn't obey orders on the construction site and took care of himself when he was disabled."

Cai Xuebin's face darkened, and he asked the supervisor of the construction site to ask, and confirmed that the man from Zhang's family really asked for it--the construction site fired cannons, let him stay away, no.It turned out to be bad luck.

"The management of the construction site needs to be strengthened." Cai Xuebin said in a deep voice, "However, if the workers are injured, we still have to take care of it. The rice from this family will be accepted first, and the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family can work on the construction site, cook, do laundry, All of these will do.

The men from the Zhang family will take my car to the city later. Although the No. 1 civilian hospital in the Imperial Capital has not been built yet, it is already ready to treat patients.Let's send people there first.And these two children, have they read yet? "

The construction site manager glanced at the Zhang family's wife. If there was a beautiful big girl with yellow flowers sitting in front of him, he would have thought that the master of the government had taken a fancy to the Zhang family's wife after hearing such arrangements.

But this peasant woman has a dark complexion and rough skin, which is not what a woman from a wealthy family would choose if she was picky.But Mr. Minister was stunned to take care of her family in every possible way——Cai Xuebin is the Minister of Civil Affairs, but instead he is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

This home is a real piece of shit luck.

The construction site manager immediately smiled and said: "Minister, these are wild children from the two countryside. They are just smart. Where have they been educated? If you feel sorry for them, just give them some compensation."

Cai Xuebin ignored it, and turned to his colleagues in the Ministry of Water Resources, "Our primary and secondary schools directly under the Ministry of Civil Affairs have exceeded their quota. Your Ministry of Water Resources..."

Several members of the Ministry of Water Resources smiled wryly: "Now all establishments are oversubscribed. The army wanted to recruit a new division among the workers, but only [-] people signed up.

Ministries and commissions set up their own engineering teams and directly affiliated colleges, without dormitories, campuses, teachers, and even insufficient funds.But within half a month after the news was released, there was no shortage of workers and students working.

Now the whole country is facing a famine, and the number of unemployed and landless people is counted in tens of millions. All regions are asking the central government for money and relief.We thought we were poor, but the local people felt that living in the imperial capital was a fairy life.

Why are Duan Qirui and other military leaders eager to be released?Don't you just want fame and wealth?But since this happened today, we can't ignore it.

The father of these two children was injured at work in a water conservancy project, so they should go to Water Conservancy Children Primary School.No tuition and miscellaneous fees, just let these two boys come to school. "

Listening to the jokes of several senior officials, Zhang's daughter-in-law and two children were still dizzy, not knowing that they were lucky.But the manager of the construction site was very jealous.

The schools for the children of various ministries and commissions are very important, and stepping into them is like a carp leaping over a dragon's gate.As soon as the school recruited students, it was overwhelmed by poor people with no future, and the number of admissions had to be revised many times.

At this moment, the construction site supervisor really wished he had broken his leg.

Chapter 11 X-Ray Machines

A poor society needs legends, role models, hope and inspiration, and needs to unite people's hearts.This is the request made by the media-studied guys in the 'Holy Light' propaganda department to the entire team.

Cai Xuebin inspected the construction site of the Miyun Reservoir and, by the way, solved some problems for a family in need.He sent the driver to take Zhang Daniu, who was injured at the construction site, to the imperial capital with his own car, and arranged for the work and study of the Zhang family's mother and son.

Such an advanced deed cannot go to waste.

Several officials met for a while, called the publicity officer of the Reservoir Engineering Department, and asked the workers who were looking for the construction site to understand the situation and find out whether there was anything worthy of praise for the four members of the Zhang family.

Is life difficult?yes.

Are you actively working?good.

Injured from some act of heroism?No, that guy was just watching the fun and was too close to the firing point.

Then let's promote Zhang's lover.The husband was injured on duty, and Zhang's daughter-in-law also actively sold grain to the construction site and took the initiative to participate in project labor.

Keep your words simple and not overly exaggerated.After all, ordinary people are not stupid.

The propaganda officer was a boy from the Qing Dynasty, he could read and write, but he spoke politely.Cai Xuebin read the copywriting he wrote, and found that the notice posted at the gate of the yamen was not for ordinary people at the bottom.

"You can't do this. This is not for me to read, but for the workers on the construction site. Besides, I can't understand the parallel four Li six you wrote."

It took Cai Xuebin more than an hour to get the former Qing Tongsheng to change the publicity draft into the form of Tianjin Allegro, which is simple and catchy-the bamboo board is a dozen, and we don’t boast about it; if we praise it, the government will build a reservoir for the people. For all of us...

Emphasis is placed on the lofty ambition of the Republic to change the world. The laborer Zhang Daniu was unfortunately injured, and the Zhang family's daughter-in-law sold food for medicine, but was discovered by the leaders in time and sent to the hospital for assistance.

Old Tongsheng was very unhappy as he twirled his goatee, feeling that his literary talent was wasted.This kind of allegro, which is only liked by mud legs, should not have come from him at all.

Cai Xuebin and his colleagues from the Ministry of Water Resources also grumbled and complained, "We shouldn't be looking for literati from the former Qing Dynasty to do propaganda, but we should be looking for storytellers from Tianqiao to talk about cross talk."

Several people from the Ministry of Water Resources laughed, and someone said: "Propaganda is still a trivial matter. I have visited several nearby villages in the past few days. The land issue for resettlement is even more difficult."

Cai Xuebin was even more troubled. As the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he came to the construction site in person to solve the problems of mobilizing labor and immigration.

At present, Chinese society is too backward, without the baptism of the land revolution, and local forces are deeply rooted.The common people don't regard themselves as the masters of the country, and the army can still work voluntarily under discipline, so don't think about other things.

What a sense of ownership, nothing.

In the "Original History", when the Miyun Reservoir was built, a total of 20 migrant workers were transferred from nearly [-] surrounding counties to participate in labor, and [-] immigrants were relocated within nine months.

Now the republic controlled by 'Holy Light' is a lame government, which can only make up for the lack of mobilization ability by spending money on employment and mechanical equipment.

Cai Xuebin hoped that "copying homework" would reduce the difficulty of the project, and completed the construction of the reservoir in 1913.Through the construction of infrastructure, the development of the imperial capital will be on the fast track.

"Land reform or something, don't think about it for the time being. The army has not completed its training, and the government has no strength. It can only be made up for by scientific planning and efficient management." Cai Xuebin said.

The people from the Ministry of Water Resources are very confident, and they almost slapped their chests to make a promise, "Don't worry, we are all infrastructure madmen, from major construction groups, and have done domestic and foreign projects.

The projects I managed at the beginning were also slowly completed by civil engineers and migrant workers. Is there any bullshit on the construction site?Only you can't think of it, nothing doesn't happen.It was a small scene. "

Cai Xuebin was amused by what he said.

If the ability of the 'Holy Light' team is the strongest among the selected ones, it must belong to the construction department.What China Construction Communications Construction Railway Construction Electric Power Construction, are elite soldiers who have done super large projects.

There is a characteristic of those engaged in engineering, all of them are "one-size-fits-all". They can be used in any industry if they teach politics, business, join the army, and manage.

There are more than 300 engineering elites in the 'Holy Light' team, who are currently the best 'firefighters' in the government.

In the eyes of these infrastructure madmen, as long as the Ministry of Civil Affairs can ensure the logistics supply, the Miyun Reservoir project is really not worth mentioning.They all expect to rebuild the mountains and rivers of the motherland again, so that it will burst out with great power that shocks the world.

The two bags of rice sent by Zhang's wife were bought by the construction site.At noon, she worked as a handyman on the construction site, responsible for serving as a cook for more than 1000 hired workers, including two meals a day, with a monthly salary of two yuan and six cents.

For an uneducated peasant woman, this salary is not a lot.After all, when Taizu was a librarian, his monthly salary was eight yuan, which was considered a high salary.

Zhang's daughter-in-law was trembling and couldn't believe that she could make so much money.Farmers have always been short of cash and can only barter on weekdays. It is difficult to make some money.

The two children also successfully ate the lunch of fatty meat slices, and happily ran back and forth on the construction site.They are most interested in the freight trucks on the construction site, and they keep going around.

This truck is from Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck. After the restart of time and space, it has become a workshop-style enterprise with an annual output of less than [-].The trucks it produces are also antique grade.

The product name is a mechanically driven truck with a 10-horsepower twin-cylinder gasoline engine. The vehicle weighs [-] tons and has a load capacity of [-] tons. It is a four-wheeled carriage with an engine installed under the carriage.

Its power is transmitted to the rear axle of the car body through the pulley, and the shock is damped by steel plates and torsion springs. The design is quite rough and the speed is slow, but it has a qualitative change compared to the manual trolley.

This bastard is already the most advanced high-tech at present. There are only fifteen vehicles on the reservoir construction site, and they are currently used to transport tools, fuel and food.

There are several coal mines near the imperial capital, such as Mentougou, Fangshan, and Yangtuo.The quality of coal is good, low sulfur, low nitrogen, low phosphorus, and mining is relatively convenient.

It is cold now, and the briquettes brought by trucks have become necessary heating and living supplies for cities and factories, and all transportation capacity is very tight.

The two children feel warm when they are close to the stove in the simple cafeteria, which is much more comfortable than their own air-ventilated room.They wanted to help move the briquettes, but after being reprimanded by the foreman, they shrank obediently behind their mother.

Cai Xuebin said that he would send his two children to school.The daughter-in-law of the Zhang family didn't understand either, she only thought that the master wanted to take the two children as servants.She thought it was a great thing, so she knelt down to kowtow again.

When parting, the mother cried with tears in her eyes, touched the head of the eldest child, hugged the body of the second child, and kept telling her to obey the master's words, to work hard in the city, and it was best never to come back.

The two children yelled happily while eating the fatty meat slices, but they panicked when their mother cried and yelled that they didn't want to leave.But they were beaten immediately and scolded as worthless.

Cai Xuebin approved a note to ask the driver to send Zhang Daniu and the two children to the preparatory office of the No.1 civilian hospital in the city. The location is in the embassy area of ​​Dongjiaomin Lane. It is called "Didu Hospital" in later generations, and its predecessor was the "German Hospital" built in 1905. hospital.

This hospital was originally a field hospital built by the Germans when the "Eight-Power Allied Forces" entered Beijing, and there is also the Tongren Hospital founded by the Americans nearby, all of which were built by the invaders to provide medical services for their own soldiers and expatriates.

Bazel I planned to establish a good relationship with China, so he handed over the hospital to the Chinese side, including more than a dozen German doctors and nurses in the hospital, who also became Chinese employees.

Academician Li, who is in charge of the Ministry of Health, is very satisfied with this two-story hospital with [-] to [-] beds.Old man Fuhrman volunteered to serve as the hospital's dean and chief of surgery.

Cai Xuebin's car delivered Zhang Daniu with a broken leg directly to Fuhrman.The old man glanced at the wound, shook his head and said, "It's a comminuted fracture, and an operation is necessary. But luckily, we happened to build an X-ray machine."

In 1895, German physicist Roentgen discovered X-rays, and Russell Reynolds made the world's first X-ray machine a few months later.It allows humans to look inside the human body without incisions.

Such an important device, 'Holy Light' can't possibly be unnecessary.But relying on imports is exempt, too expensive.China's demand is too large, so it must rely on self-made. With the current technical level, the core component is 'tungsten X-ray tube'.

Similar to the time at the end of Ming Dynasty, the selected ones can bring materials that do not exceed the technical level of 1910 to restart time and space.Materials are calculated by weight, as long as you can carry them on your back.

The "Holy Light" team consisted of more than 2000 people, strengthened by Zhou Qingfeng and Martha's serum, with an average carrying weight of more than 120 kilograms, and the total weight of materials brought to 1910 exceeded 250 tons.

Half of them are books and materials in industry, natural science and social science.In order to reduce the weight as much as possible, the team made all the text content into microfilm.

The content of the tome books is reduced to the extreme, and it must be seen clearly with a projector, and it can be reproduced by reprinting with a photocopying plate.This move reduced the written materials weighing thousands of tons to less than a hundred tons, which greatly saved the transportation weight.

In addition to written materials, the team also brought a wide variety of real objects.For example, [-] seeds of Hevea brasiliensis will be planted in Hainan by members of the team 'Reke Institute' when the conditions are right.

Rubber is a necessity in modern industry, and it takes at least six to eight years to tap rubber after planting.But Bazel I expressed great concern about China's rubber plantation-Germany must obtain enough rubber if it wants to win World War I.

In addition to a large number of agricultural seeds, the cargo carried by the team included various high-tech goods from 1910, including ten 'tungsten X-ray tubes'.

The technicians of the team made the grids and cadmium tungstate fluorescent screens required by the second-generation X-ray machine, built a protective lead room in the hospital, made lead-layer protective clothing, and took medical X-rays. full set of equipment.

"As the first patient to take X-rays in this hospital, I will be honored to operate on you personally."

The old man Fuhrman smiled and patted Zhang Daniu on the stretcher bed, "Don't be afraid, you will enjoy the most advanced technology of this era. Let me see how your bones are broken into?"

Hearing a foreigner with a high nose and deep eyes speaking Chinese, with a local accent that was directly translated by the "proficient in the language", Zhang Daniu was terrified as if he had seen a ghost in the daytime-a monster was spitting out human words to him.

What else do you want to see the bones?

Too scary!

Chapter 12 Ward