Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

Chu Jianghe silently recited the name Zhao Jinpeng twice, narrowed his eyes, smiled contemptuously, and then returned to the village.

When he returned to the village, he didn't pay attention to the things going on in the village's pig farm. He first found a young man who was familiar with the nearby mines to do a thorough survey of the surrounding situation.

You don’t know this, but you are shocked when you see it. There are more than a dozen large and small mines scattered around Xiaohe Village. Some people have circled a site and started digging. In this way, the entire county Don't know how many there are yet.

It is said to be a mine, but the conditions are very crude. There is basically no mechanical operation. Some people dig up the hilltop with picks and hoes by hand. If they are lucky, they can sell the things they dig out for money.

When Chu Jianghe saw a small coal mine, he dug a mine on a hillside that was as tall as a person. He didn't know how deep he dug it. There was no support in the mine, so he relied on people to pull the coal out on trucks. .

If nothing happens, it will be God’s blessing!

Chu Jianghe even saw two earthen coke ovens not far from the small coal kiln, which surprised him.

There are actually earthen coke ovens around Xiaohe Village. It seems that people's subjective initiative is indeed unparalleled. In order to make money, they even set up earthen coke ovens.

It is said to be an earthen coke oven, but it just digs a big pit on the ditch bank, then puts the coal in it, piles some stones around it, and uses the most primitive method to ignite the coke.

The young man who brought Chu Jianghe over to see it didn't understand anything at all, so he asked Chu Jianghe: "Uncle, how come the good coal was poured into that stove and burned?"

Chu Jianghe has a higher seniority in the village, and he does not hold a position in the village now, so these people call him uncle.

Chu Jianghe looked at the billowing black smoke coming from the earth coke oven and said, "That's the earth coke refining."

"Refining Earth Burning?" The young man was confused.

Chu Jianghe explained patiently: "It is to use local methods to make coke. The coke can be used to make iron in blast furnaces. When steel was made on a large scale, this was what those small blast furnaces used."

When coal is heated to above 850°C in a boiler furnace, as the temperature rises, the organic matter in the coal decomposes. After the volatile products escape, the remaining non-volatile product is coke, which is mainly used for ironmaking.

However, the technology of these earthen coke ovens in front of them is obviously not up to standard, the quality of the coal is not good, and the finished products are not much better, and the black smoke is billowing and scary.

If people continue to burn like this for several years, we don’t know how polluted the surrounding environment will be.

In addition, private digging and indiscriminate mining are extremely harmful. These people do not care about their own interests and dig wherever they see mines. If these people were allowed to dig without restraint for ten years, the surrounding villages would not be able to say anything about it. Half of the ground was empty.

By then, let alone geological hazards, even the shallow groundwater will have to be dug dry by these people.

There is nothing wrong with making money, but it is completely undesirable to fish for it like this.

If you do this for the benefit of the majority of people, Chu Jianghe won't say anything. But when these things are dug out and sold, most of them go into the wallets of a few people. This is the key to the problem.

Chu Jianghe looked around, and then went to the mine where Tiezhu's accident happened.

Tiezhu's mine is also very simple, no different from those small coal mines, except that the things dug out are different.

Chu Jianghe didn't do much research on ores, and he had no idea what these things were.

Ever since something happened to Tiezhu, the mine has stopped working, leaving only an elderly man guarding the door in a nearby simple shed.

The old man had messy hair and was wearing a shabby cotton-padded jacket. Seeing that Chu Jianghe was well-dressed, he became a little wary: "Who are you looking for?"

Chu Jianghe smiled and said hello to him: "Uncle, I'm not looking for anyone, I'm just looking around. What kind of ore do we have here?"

The old man shook his head and said: "I don't know either. I just know that these things are used to make bowls. You can look at them as you like and don't go into the pit over there."

The old man pointed to the seven or eight-meter-deep mine dug not far away and returned to his simple shed.

Chu Jianghe looked like he was dressed like an ordinary person. Apart from some tools, there was nothing valuable here, and he was not afraid of stealing anything.

Just stealing ore, how much can he steal by himself?

For making bowls?

Chu Jianghe picked up a piece of ore on the ground and looked at it. He felt the texture of the ore with his hands and guessed that it should be kaolin clay.

Kaolin has a wide range of uses. It is mainly used as a raw material for firing porcelain. It is true that it is used for making bowls. It can also be used for making paper.

Chu Jianghe asked the young man who was following him to find something to load some ore, and then left.

He didn't stay long when he returned to the village. He explained some things to his father and left a sum of money for Tiezhu before preparing to return to the capital.

He only asked for a few days' leave. Matters in the village could not be solved in a day or two. There was no need to rush, so he had better return to the capital first.

Chu Dayou knew that his son had just come back after taking leave, so he asked him to go back quickly to avoid the leaders in the unit having objections and to contact him again if anything happened.

Although Zhao Yufen was a little bit reluctant to leave her son for only a few days, she would not hold her son back. She just silently packed his luggage for him and brought him some food that she had cooked.

When Chu Jianghe arrived in the capital, he first asked Zhang Zihua to find a professional institution to test the ore he brought, and then contacted Hong Kong Island to prepare for Zhang Li's return.

Chu Jianghe didn't know anything about the situation in the county, and none of the people in the village could be used. After thinking about it, only Zhang Li could establish a relationship with the people in the county.

At present, the best way he can think of is to call Zhang Li back. He has been in the county for a few years. He is familiar with various people and can speak well. If he comes forward, he will save himself a lot of worry. .

Zhang Li was a little confused about Chu Jianghe's decision: "Jiang He, what do you think I can do for you when I go back? Our county only has so much money. Even if we work hard for a year, I think it's not as much as what we earn in one month on Hong Kong Island." Too much, why bother with that?"

A few years later, Zhang Li and Zheng Yueyue had a daughter. They lived and flew together in Hong Kong Island, but they never had a showdown with their hometown. Apart from sending some money there during the holidays, they never went back.

Chu Jianghe knew his concerns. He was afraid to go home and face his troubled wife. It was okay to hide in Hong Kong Island all these years. It would be better to put an end to this matter as soon as possible.

"I know what you are afraid of, but things are already like this. It's better to make it clear to your sister-in-law as soon as possible. You can't keep delaying like this. It's not fair to my sister-in-law. Do you still have children at home, so you just ignore them? You Think about it."

Zhang Li hesitated on the other end of the phone: "Jiang He, what do you think I should say?"

"It's been several years and you still haven't figured out what to say?"

Chu Jianghe did not force him to give him an answer on the spot. He briefly chatted with him and hung up the phone.