Counterattack in the chronology

Gu Lichun stood up, looked around the crowd, smiled, spoke clearly, and talked eloquently.

He first talked about plans to expand the farm and increase piglets.This part of the plan is mostly in favor of everyone.After all, the results of the pig farms last year were obvious to all, and all the employees of the five farms benefited accordingly.

It is the responsibility of the pig farm to fail, and they will benefit if they succeed. They are naturally willing to agree to such a thing.

The second plan that caused controversy was that the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry wanted to plant 200 mu of alfalfa on the wasteland in front of the pig farm.The people at the meeting seemed to explode, discussing a lot.

Director Deng looked on calmly as he sat on the Diaoyutai.It seems to be saying, although you are arguing, I will not help anyone.Director Zhu originally wanted to give a speech and guide everyone.But seeing Director Deng like this, he was not in a hurry to express his opinion at all, and let the people below discuss it first.

When Gu Lichun saw Director Deng like this, he knew that he was letting himself be the knife today, so he didn't care.

Gu Lichun said loudly: "The wasteland in front of the pig farm is a sandy land. The crops don't grow long, so it's suitable for growing alfalfa. We plan to use alfalfa. This kind of alfalfa is called the king of pasture. In addition to being used as fodder, it can also prevent wind and fix sand. , maintain water and soil, and have the effect of fertilizing the land.”

Someone immediately said sharply: "The purpose of our state-owned farm is to produce food for the country and the people, and to prepare for war and famine. It's good for you, instead of growing food and grass. I firmly oppose it."

Gu Lichun said calmly: "In recent years, our country has had enough food, and the superiors also pointed out that the development of farms should focus on one industry and diversify operations, and develop forestry, sideline, animal husbandry, and fishing according to local conditions. Take our animal husbandry industry as an example. In September 1955, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the "Notice on the Work of Raising Pigs on Mechanical Farms" to vigorously develop the pig industry and provide more commercial pigs for surrounding cities. Everything we have done so far is based on the Instructions from superiors."

The man was speechless for a while, how could he remember the 1955 notice?But seeing that Gu Lichun spoke clearly, he should have received this notice.

Clerk Liang also spoke out in support of Gu Lichun: "Officer Gu is right, there is indeed this notice in the file cabinet. If you want to see it, I will find it for you after the meeting."

The person who spoke at the beginning died down, and at this moment, Juniper's rough voice sounded: "I don't remember how many years the notice was, I just want to ask Director Gu: Why do we store grain from socialist countries?" Instead of planting, go to plant grass in capitalist countries? This is a big problem, and it is a problem of two lines."

Juniper's words successfully lead everyone to the debate between socialism and capitalism.

Some people say that this is not the revisionist line?Someone also asked which imperialist country Alfalfa came from.

Wang Youcheng was relieved to see everyone's crusade against Gu Lichun so enthusiastically.He rarely participates in discussions, after all, there are some things that don't need to be done by himself.Wang Youcheng even took a couple of sips of tea in a godlike way.

Compared with Wang Youcheng's old god, Sister Bai and Officer Liang felt a little anxious. These people are not discussing, they are besieging Xiao Gu.The two are ready to support Gu Lichun if necessary.

Gu Lichun and the others argued for a while, looking for an opportunity to interrupt them, and explained in a clear voice: "First of all, let me explain that alfalfa is also called broccoli, and sometimes it is also called four-leaf clover. It can be used as pasture and medicine. It has been planted in some areas of our country since the Western Han Dynasty, and has a long history. It is the grass of our socialist country, not a capitalist country.”

Juniper blushed slightly, and coughed awkwardly: "I just farm, how would I know that?"

Gu Lichun smiled and said, "You don't need knowledge for farming? I still raise pigs. But it doesn't matter if you don't know, just don't yell." You deserve to be ashamed for yelling so loudly without knowing.

The people who shouted the loudest just now were also a little uncomfortable.

Officer Liang added solemnly: "Comrade Xiao Gu is right, if you don't believe me, you can go to the reading room to check the information."

The arrogance of Juniper and the others has weakened, and the dispute about socialism and capitalism is over.

Gu Lichun then introduced the benefits of alfalfa.

"The planting and harvesting of alfalfa is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the growth cycle is short. Generally, it can be harvested in 35 to 1200 days. From spring to autumn, it can be harvested four or five times a year, and the hay yield per mu is 1500-18 catties a year. About. Refer to the prices in other provinces, let’s count it as one penny and two cents per catty, about 200 yuan per mu of land, 3600 yuan for 200 mu of land, and the wasteland of our five farms is more than 200 mu. Of course, the first In [-], we were just trying to plant, and [-] mu was enough. Planting alfalfa, one is to maximize the use of wasteland, and the other is to relieve the financial pressure of five farms to a large extent. After all, we can’t count down every year. Not pretty."

As soon as Gu Lichun finished speaking, another group of people attacked him.

Even Director Wang couldn't sit still anymore, and ended up in person.He could tell that this Gu Lichun's combat power was not ordinary, and he would die if he didn't end.

"Comrade Gu Lichun, you talk about prices, but shut up about finances. You are following the path of economism and revisionism. Young people, you must pay attention to correct thinking."

As soon as he said this, Director Zhu frowned slightly. The problem of ideological line is a big problem.

Director Deng still looked like he was sitting on the Diaoyutai, his piercing eyes scanned the audience.

Gu Lichun smiled and said to Wang Youcheng: "Officer Wang, I am improving the people's welfare and providing logistics services for the revolutionary cause. My thinking is not correct enough? What do you say is correct? Is it true that you In this way, regardless of people's lives, is it correct to go online and online infinitely?"

Without waiting for Wang Youcheng to refute, Gu Lichun went on to say: "Officer Wang, do you know where the pasture is most needed? It is a dairy farm. Milk is related to the living standards of the people and the physical fitness of our next generation, and the next generation They are the successors of our revolutionary cause. Think about the [-] years of the Long March, think about the veterans of the revolution, they threw their heads and shed their blood, didn’t they just let the tomorrow and the future of the motherland? The old predecessors are willing to shed blood, why, we Wouldn’t it be enough to plant some grass?”

Everyone: "..." You can really talk about it, it's all here.But it sounds reasonable again.

Everyone looks at each other, you look at me, I look at you.Director Zhu's frown slowly opened up a little, because he is also a veteran of the revolution.

Wang Youcheng was silent for a moment, then quickly realized, he cleared his throat and said: "The physical fitness of the next generation needs to be improved, but it doesn't necessarily have to drink milk. We haven't drunk milk before, so we can still grow strong. Shouldn’t we still be doing revolution? Our millet plus guns can outperform the airplanes and guns of the US imperialists.”

Gu Lichun smiled slightly, and said: "Drinking more milk can improve the physical fitness and height of teenagers. This conclusion has long been proven. It is said that the Japanese government has done this before and is still doing it. The average height of their nationals is increasing year by year. We It is a great socialist country, so we can’t lose to Little Japan in this regard, right?”

Everyone buzzed and began to discuss, and some people talked about Wang Youcheng's height: "Tell me, if Wang Youcheng could drink milk when he was a child, would he grow taller?"

When it came to height, Wang Youcheng couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart, and he glared fiercely at those guys who were whispering. Of course, he still hated Gu Lichun more, this guy definitely did it on purpose.

This really wronged Gu Lichun, he was just talking casually, he really didn't want to use his height to mock Wang Youcheng, after all, this guy has flaws all over his body, not just his height.

At this time, Ye Ainong, who had not spoken all this time, asked loudly: "But we have never planted alfalfa here? What if it fails? Even if it succeeds, what if there is nowhere to harvest it?"

Gu Lichun said: "It's not difficult to grow alfalfa, and we also have the experience that Director Deng learned from Xinjiang Province. After planting, we can't sell it. We can sell it domestically, and the farm's pig farms and cattle farms can be used."

Ye Ainong then asked: "It's not difficult to grow, but it doesn't mean that it will be able to grow alive. Are we going to take risks with everyone's hard-working wasteland?"

Gu Lichun patiently explained: "We need to give space and time for new things to grow, and nothing can be done overnight. You can't say that you can't raise a child after giving birth, so don't have it?"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this sentence, the atmosphere was much more relaxed than before.

Officer Liang also came to support Gu Lichun: "Comrade Gu is right, we need to give new things space and time to grow, and I don't tell you about the wasteland in front of the pig farm. Nothing grows, only grass, in this case, we might as well just plant grass.”

Sister Bai said: "I agree with Officer Liang's opinion."

Then, a small number of people followed suit.

Juniper looked at the big guys, and said: "Your Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department really wants to grow grass, and we can't take care of it. But the problem is that the beginning of the year is spring plowing, and the degree of mechanization in our five farms is low. Up to now, there is no maintenance department. It is our turn to use the machines when the other subfields have finished plowing the land. Every year, spring plowing is a race against time. I asked, under such circumstances, who will plow the [-] acres of that grass? Speaking of the front, our four or five teams can't spare any manpower."

When Jun Song said this, several other production teams also expressed that they could not find manpower, only Hu Dahua did not speak.

Sister Bai and Officer Liang looked at each other helplessly, and they all looked at Section Chief Qi, who seemed not to have seen their call for help.The two looked at Director Deng again, and Director Deng and Whisper were discussing something with Director Zhu.

Gu Lichun's mind was spinning quickly, and he said with a smile: "I understand what everyone means, if you don't do the work, then if the alfalfa planting is successful, don't you need to share the profits?"

Everyone was in an uproar, and someone looked angry, saying that Gu Lichun wanted to build an independent small kingdom.

Gu Lichun was really dumbfounded, even the word "independent kingdom" appeared.

Gu Lichun looked at Director Zhu helplessly: "Director Zhu, look, I don't know if my consciousness is too low. Is this practice of not wanting to work hard and only wanting to get profits a bit inconsistent with the principle of social justice distribution? We are now after all It is the primary stage of socialism, and the production team in our village is also distributed according to six places and four places. Of course, when our country enters a communist society in the future, it will be distributed according to needs, and you don’t have to worry about it.”

Director Deng finally spoke, and he said with a serious face: "Comrade Xiao Gu, this is too polite. This is not in line with it, it is very inconsistent with the principle of socialist distribution."

As soon as Director Deng spoke, the scene immediately fell silent.

When Director Zhu saw that Director Deng had spoken, he naturally couldn't let go, so he cleared his throat and said slowly, "Deng Chang was right in his criticism, and your ideological awareness is indeed not very high. Of course, I can't blame you for this, either. In the past, the party committee ignored this point, and we will strengthen ideological and political education in the future. "Grasp the revolution and promote production" must grasp both, and neither can be left behind."

There was a trace of helplessness on everyone's face.

Director Zhu still hasn't forgotten that Gu Lichun asked him for help, and then said: "In my opinion, don't besiege Comrade Xiao Gu. It's his first day at work, and you take turns bombing him. What's the matter? Our These old comrades should give the new comrades time to grow up. They should support the younger generations of revolution.”

Gu Lichun looked excited, and took the lead in applauding. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and had no choice but to follow. The applause rang out like a storm.

Director Zhu had a smile on his face, he didn't expect his speech to be so popular.

Director Deng: "..."

Sister Bai and Officer Liang looked at each other, and they saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Gu Lichun struck while the iron was hot, and then said: "Thank you, Lord Zhu, for your encouragement, and I also thank you comrades for your opinions and suggestions. I know that you are helping me to find out what is missing and to help me grow. Our debate has nothing to do with personal interests and Personal grievances are all for the future of Wuchang. I have an immature suggestion: We have a small labor force in Wuchang, the workload of spring plowing is heavy, and it is the first year of trial planting alfalfa. Why don't we just let our agriculture and animal husbandry department Do a pilot. Except for alfalfa seeds, which we need leadership to coordinate, we will find ways to solve the rest by ourselves, and try not to increase the burden on everyone, what do you think?"

Sister Bai, Officer Liang, and Qi Ke were taken aback at this time, and obviously did not agree with Gu Lichun's proposal.

Clerk Liang wanted to speak, but Qi Ke shook his head slightly at him, and Clerk Liang had to stop.

A smile appeared on Wang Youcheng's face, he was indeed young and vigorous, digging a trap for himself.

Juniper also looked relieved.

Director Deng pondered for a while, and then said: "Since it is a pilot project, it is better to be thorough. I can help you coordinate the seeds, but the money for buying alfalfa seeds is borrowed by your Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department. After the alfalfa is harvested, it will be deducted from it. [-]% of the income from alfalfa will be handed over to the total farm, [-]% will be kept by the sub-farm, and the remaining [-]% will belong to your Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department, which will be used for future expansion of the infrastructure of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department. Of course, the expansion of the pig farm will also be suspended. Get the money and build it yourself.”

As soon as he said this, everyone in the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department, except for Gu Lichun, turned black.

Director Zhu had no objection to this decision, and he even had a little sympathy for the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Gu Lichun: "Deng Zhang, although it is a pilot project, are you being too strict with them?"

Director Deng has a selfless expression on his face, "The pilot project is to try out something different. Let the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department cross the river by feeling the stones."

Gu Lichun made a positive statement: "Director Deng is right. We have few people in the agriculture and animal husbandry department, and there are not many people involved, and the pilot site is wasteland, which has no impact on the overall planning of the farm. If we can cross the river by feeling the stones, you will Just touch our Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department to cross the river, which is no more reliable than stones."

Everyone:"……"

Director Zhu felt that this was a bit interesting, so he took the lead in applauding.

Everyone hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to applaud.

Stormy applause rang out in the conference room.

Gu Lichun said with a moved face: "Thank you for your encouragement and encouragement. Our animal husbandry is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and it is related to the physical fitness of the successors of the revolution. For the sake of the country not changing color, the party not being revised, and for the sake of our proletarian revolution from generation to generation and successors." There are people, we must not be afraid of difficulties, and work hard to move forward." This passage is something that Gu Lichun has learned recently, and he always feels that it is useless to learn it.

Director Zhu said hello and applauded again.

Director Deng was speechless for a moment.He looked at Director Zhu, who once swore that he hated young people who loved flattery and flattery.It can be seen from this that he is not a person who hates flattering, what he hates is people who don't flatter.

Wang Youcheng always felt that there was something wrong, and he couldn't tell what the problem was.

The first meeting in 1973 ended in a warm atmosphere.

Everyone dispersed one after another, Sister Bai, Section Chief Qi and Section Liang did not move, they were waiting for Gu Lichun in the office of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Division.

As soon as Gu Lichun came in, Sister Bai closed the door and asked anxiously, "Little Gu, why didn't you tell us about this pilot issue before?"

Officer Liang also said, "We don't know what to do when you do this. With 200 mu of land, even including the logistics department, we only have a dozen people. How can we grow alfalfa?"

Section Chief Qi looked at Gu Lichun and said, "Little Gu, seeing how confident you are, there is something you can do, right?"

After they all finished speaking, Gu Lichun said: "There is already a vague outline, and I still need the support of Director Deng."

Thinking of Director Deng, everyone couldn't help but think of Director Zhu again. Staff member Liang couldn't hold back, and asked directly: "Xiao Gu, did you have a good chat with Director Zhu that day?"

Sister Bai looked at Gu Lichun noncommittally. He thought that Gu Lichun was from Director Deng's side, but now she looked a little uncertain.

Chief Qi didn't speak, but just looked at Gu Lichun thoughtfully.

Gu Lichun understood what they all meant, and said in a flat tone: "The conversation went smoothly that day. Director Zhu is a good leader who is approachable and caring for young people. I thought that there are too few people in our five sessions, and we must be united. Work hard to produce. I worked hard to win the support of Director Zhu, but I didn't expect it to succeed. At today's meeting, Director Zhu really supported our Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department."

Everyone, look at me, and I look at you.They didn't know whether to say Director Zhu was Lao Jiang, or Gu Lichun was a melon egg.Director Zhu is a stubborn old man with strong principles, otherwise, no one would encourage the head of the field to put him in five games.

Chief Qi was afraid that everyone would say something inappropriate, which would be detrimental to the unity among comrades, so he cleared his throat and said: "We must look at the problem from the perspective of development. Anyway, Director Zhu is supporting our peasants today. Animal husbandry."

Everyone could only nod their heads in agreement, they did support them.

As for how to solve the problem of lack of labor force, Gu Lichun only revealed a little bit to them, and asked them to keep it secret, because the matter has not yet been completed.

The next thing is to visit Director Deng.He wanted to do his best to be polite to his subordinates, and at the same time, he had to explain a little bit about his behavior today so that no one would think that he was stepping on two boats.The boat of friendship between him and Director Deng must not capsize.

Gu Lichun knew that Director Deng would not accept gifts during the festival, but it was not his style to let him come to the door empty-handed.This is very embarrassing.In the end, he could only turn to the two farm natives, Zhao Gao and Wu Fat, for help.

Wu Fatty's opinion is simple and rude: "If you don't accept it, you won't give it away, save it."

Zhao Gao said: "But it's not good for you to come to the door empty-handed for the first time. I think you should just take some cheap gifts that no one can tell."

No one can tell what kind of gift it is, so bring a bottle of chili sauce and fermented soybeans, anyway, he also gave it to Sister Bai and Clerk Liang, and they were very happy to receive it.

So, Gu Lichun went to Deng's house with a bottle of tempeh in his left hand and a can of chili sauce in his right.

It happened that Director Deng was alone at home.No, there is also a big black dog.The dog looks very majestic, but has a serious face, and when he sees him carrying a gift, he also has a cold expression, unlike Ye Chao's dog who wags its tail when it sees something being carried.Sure enough, dogs follow their masters.

When Director Deng saw Gu Lichun coming to the door carrying things, his face darkened: "Everyone in the venue knows that I never accept gifts."

Gu Lichun raised the things in his hands: "It seems that Director Deng really didn't accept the gift. Do you think the fermented soy sauce and chili sauce made at home are also considered gifts? Everyone I know gets a share. It would be against me if it wasn't for empty-handed visits." I don't want to give it away because of the principle of being a guest, after all, the food in the cafeteria needs to be added to taste."

Director Deng struggled for a moment, and finally took the things casually, and asked suddenly: "Then do you think you are a person with principles?"

Gu Lichun: "..." This question is level.

Gu Lichun pretended to think about it seriously before answering: "Sometimes yes, sometimes no."

Director Deng corrected: "Principles are the bottom line. How can a person sometimes have a bottom line and sometimes not?"

Gu Lichun blinked his eyes: "I don't know how others are. Anyway, my principle is that for the great cause of communism and for my faith, I can sacrifice everything, including principles."

Director Deng said seriously: "Comrade Gu Xiaodao, you should say something with real feelings."

Gu Lichun said sincerely: "Director Deng, I need to explain to you that my nickname is Woodpecker."

Director Deng raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it called Gu Xiaodao? Has it changed its name again?"

Gu Lichun smiled, "One person has more than one number. It is also called four-leaf clover like alfalfa. The characteristic of woodpeckers is that although they love to peck, they are not aimless. They only peck at places where there are insects. I am also like this. , Try to unite all the forces that can be united, make enemies fewer and friends more. Of course, some people are destined not to be friends, then beat them away."

Director Deng could naturally hear what Gu Lichun meant, and asked, "Do you think some people can be won over?"

Gu Lichun spread his hands together: "Look at the meeting, there are people who support us."

Director Deng was contemplating deeply, he was undecided for a while, but he quickly bypassed this question and asked directly: "What is your solution to the problem of labor?"

Gu Lichun smiled and said: "This is exactly what I want to ask Deng Zhang for instructions today. I think this method is good, but it requires the cooperation of many people, and even Deng Zhang's approval."

"Then tell me."