The booming era begins with the director of the Propaganda Department!

Chapter 331: If you become rich and powerful, don’t forget each other!!

Yes!! Who farms the land???

At the moment, many people put forward their own ideas. Some said that the workers could take turns, and some said that the workers could be asked to work after get off work...

In short, there were all kinds of opinions, but there were also many who raised objections. Some even considered that their superiors might not agree with their factory planting.

"What if the leaders think that we are the working class and are fighting for the country's industrialization? Farming? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse???" he said at this time.

Although he also thinks eating is more important, there might be people who would rather eat meat...

"If they don't agree, let them solve the food problem for our 10,000 workers!!!"

"That's right!!!"

"I agree. Anyway, I support us planting this land!!!"

I don’t know if it’s because Chinese people have a sense of farming in their bones, but in any case, almost everyone supports the steel mill’s farming. The difference lies in who does the farming and how they do it.

Zhang Shenfei waited until everyone had finished their discussion before expressing his idea.

"We can apply for approval from the higher authorities in the name of the factory's plan to set up its own farm. After approval, we can not only farm, but also engage in breeding."

The steel plant previously ran a pig farm. Although it was not large, it was able to improve the workers' meals several times a year.

After planting the land, rotten vegetable leaves, potatoes, corn leaves, etc. can be used to raise sheep, chickens and ducks.

The feces from chickens, ducks, sheep and pigs begin to fertilize the soil, which can be said to be a complete ecosystem.

"From this point on, we can extend beyond just animal husbandry. We can even open our own tofu shops, oil presses, etc..."

“As for the labor force needed, don’t just limit yourself to the workers in our factory. After all, they work hard for socialist construction and 1070 million people. They are very tired every day. We should try not to increase their burden.

I think we can start with the unemployed family members. For example, we can issue a notice that any family member of a steel mill worker can sign up to work on the farm.

In recent years, job opportunities have been tight, and many female comrades and children of workers have been unable to find jobs. They can only sit at home every day, waiting for the street office to assign them jobs.

Just give them a job to do, even if the salary is not high, I believe they will be willing to do it. "

Actually,
In the next seven or eight years, not only Sijiu City, but also factories in some big cities such as Haishen, Zhouguang City, Yangshen City, etc. will open farms one after another.

The emergence of these farms has greatly helped the hungry workers and their families, and also provided more jobs.

Zhang Shenfei is merely telling you in advance about the factory-affiliated farm that will appear in the future.

Zhang Shenfei's suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone.

Director Yang quickly reported the matter to the Ministry of Metallurgy. After obtaining approval, the steel mill's self-sufficient farm began its grand opening.

After extensive solicitation, the name of the farm was decided to be Red Star Farm.

Nowadays, there is a saying that women hold up half the sky. In addition, the people are clear in their minds and understand that the difficult days ahead may not end in a day or two.

If the famine is not resolved, owning a farm can save lives, so there is a large number of people who sign up to work on the farm.

The days passed one by one. In March, a war broke out in the southwestern border. Zhang Pingan went to the battlefield, which made Zhang Shenliang and Tang Danniu very anxious.

Fortunately, the young man later wrote home, saying that the problem was not serious and asked his parents, second uncle and great-grandmother not to worry.

In April, something big happened.

When the May Day holiday comes,
Zhang Shenfei took advantage of his vacation time to visit the steel mill again, and saw that the land that had been abandoned for many years had been reclaimed and divided into various areas.

In the grain area, wheat, early corn, millet, etc. are planted. In the vegetable area, cucumbers are already bearing fruit, tomatoes are already forming small bumps, and there are also pumpkins, squash, and long beans that can't be eaten once they bear fruit...

Next to the field, chickens, ducks, geese, and even cows and sheep were raised. Not far from the existing pigsty, the calls of various animals were heard one after another, making it very lively.

Although the period of grain maturity is relatively long, the growth of various small vegetables is very fast. Rapeseed, spring onions, eggplants and the like have basically achieved self-sufficiency. The factory can save a lot of money every month just by buying vegetables.

After a visit, it was soon time for lunch.

Zhang Shenfei declined Director Fang's invitation to dinner and walked into the first cafeteria.

I still remember when I first entered the steel rolling mill at the end of 1952, there were only about people in the factory and there was only one canteen.

Today, it has developed into a large factory with tens of thousands of employees, and the canteen has expanded to four.

Zhang Shenfei originally wanted to get his own lunch, but Jia Zhang was a smart person. When she met him at the factory in the morning, she took the initiative to get him lunch at noon.

"Director Zhang, there are no meat dishes in the factory today. I only prepared two vegetarian dishes and one tofu for you. Please try them." Jia Zhang found a table, put down the lunch box first, and wiped Zhang Shenfei's seat with her sleeve before motioning for him to sit down.

Zhang Shenfei looked at the rapeseed that Jia Zhang had picked for him in the lunch box and picked up one to taste.

"How about it, Director Zhang? This dish tastes good, right?" Jia Zhang looked at him eagerly, expecting his comments.

"It's good." Zhang Shenfei swallowed the side dish and asked curiously, "Did you cook this dish, Aunt Zhang?"

"What a joke, how can I, a fitter, cook? These vegetables are grown by our Red Star Farm." Jia Zhang shook her head. "You may not know, our Dongxu has also joined the farm to farm, and he gets a salary of eight yuan a month."

According to Jia Dongxu, he is responsible for planting rapeseed.

Although eight yuan a month was not a lot of money, at least Jia Dangxu could support himself, and Jia Zhang was very satisfied.

And this is all thanks to Zhang Shenfei.

Thinking of this, Jia Zhang couldn't help but sigh in her heart. It would be better to follow Dafei so that she could get meat to eat. As long as she curry favor with Dafei, she could get all the benefits.

happy! ! !
It had been a long time since she had been able to be alone with Zhang Shenfei. While eating, Jia Zhang kept asking about his situation at school.

At the same time, he also shares every detail of his life and reports every detail.

Zhang Shenfei was just so puzzled, why did Jia Zhang have so much to talk to him? Or was it that those who showed kindness to him for no reason were either treacherous or thieves? ? ?

He kept his troops in place.

Sure enough, perhaps feeling that she had laid enough groundwork, Jia Zhang changed the subject and said:
"Director Zhang, when you have any good job next time, you must think of me. I am your most loyal follower. Xu Damao, Shazhu and others are no match for me!!! As for Xu Damao, does he know how to write loyalty???"

Jia Zhang was furious!!! They all lived in the same courtyard, and Xu Damao had worked with Zhang Shenfei for several years and had become an effective person, so why couldn't she do the same? How was she worse than Xu Damao?

If you think about it carefully, she entered the steel mill earlier than Xu Damao!!!

Thinking back, I was stupid for not working hard while Dafei was in the factory. Now that I finally caught him back, shouldn’t I hurry up and make demands? ? ?

"As long as you give me a chance, I will definitely do better than Xu Damao!!! I just lack a chance." Jia Zhang raised her hand to express her opinion.

Zhang Shenfei touched his nose awkwardly: "Ah, this...

Aunt Zhang, you have been working as a fitter for seven years since you entered the factory in 1952. You can retire in another eight years. Why are you still so motivated?"

Jia Zhang said confidently: "What's wrong with being fifty? Isn't it the right time to start a career? How can I stop striving just because I'm about to retire??!! I want to live and learn until I'm old, learn until I'm old, and contribute until I'm old!!!"

After all, before I retire, I'll be a cadre!!!
Zhang Shenfei was choked and could not speak. After a while, he could only give a thumbs up and said: "I didn't realize that Aunt Zhang is such a strong woman!!!

It seems that the years you spent as a housewife while married to my uncle Jia really delayed your career."

"That's right??? It's just that Old Jia died late. If he had died a few years earlier, I might have become the director of a steel mill now." Jia Zhang didn't hear the hidden meaning of Zhang Shenfei's words at all, and her tone was full of resentment towards Old Jia.

Lao Jia, you died too late!!!
"Puchi... You're the factory director, slacking off at the vise every day? If you were the factory director, our steel mill would definitely go bankrupt." Guo Dapiezi, who had been eavesdropping for a while, finally couldn't help but speak.

"Guo Da Piezi, you are talking nonsense!!! How could I be slacking off??? If you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth to pieces." Jia Zhang turned her head and cursed at him, spit flying everywhere, "I am talking to Director Zhang, what does it have to do with you??? Bah!!! If you keep talking nonsense, I will let Sister Hua take you to see the melons."

Well, Guo Dapiaozi didn't expect that his words would cause Jia Zhang to scold him. He took his lunch box and went to the table far behind the two of them to eat, curled up and didn't dare to say a word.

Zhang Shenfei and Jia Zhang were halfway through their meal when Director Yang's secretary came over and called people, saying that they wanted Zhang Shenfei to accompany Director Yang to a meeting in the city.

"Okay, Aunt Zhang, you eat first. I'll leave first." After saying this, Zhang Shenfei quickly finished the food in the bowl, threw the dirty lunch box to Jia Zhang, and turned away.

There's no need to remind her to wash the lunch boxes; Jia Zhang does have some foresight.

"Well, don't worry, you can go. I have washed the lunch box for you and will bring it back to the courtyard in the evening." Jia Zhang was very happy to be entrusted with such an important task by Zhang Shenfei.

When Zhang Shenfei worked in the factory, she was the one who washed the lunch boxes every day and she was already very familiar with it.

After quickly finishing his own meal, he quickly washed Zhang Shenfei's lunch box, wiped it with a clean soft cloth, put it in a net bag, and waited to take it back to the courtyard after get off work in the evening.

Guo Dapiezi, who was washing dishes nearby, couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw this.

Jia Zhang was an old, pious woman. She always disliked everyone in the factory and would curse at anyone she caught.

But I don’t know why, but when he saw Director Zhang, he became as obedient as a little quail.

It’s really weird!!!

Zhang Shenfei and his entourage took a car and after arriving at the Municipal Party Committee, they were received by the deputy mayor in charge of people's livelihood.

Also at this time,
Zhang Shenfei only then realized that the city wanted to see him because they saw the achievements of the Red Star Farm of the steel rolling mill.

Although the various crops on the farm have not yet matured, they are growing well due to proper irrigation, even better than those in the communes that have no access to water.

Moreover, the steel mill had basically achieved self-sufficiency in various side dishes two months ago. This gave hope to the leaders who had been worried about food and workers' meals since the Chinese New Year.

This is not the first time the municipal party committee has paid attention to the steel mill.

The steel rolling mill’s previous collective housing projects had a long cycle, and even if the leaders paid attention to it, they were unable to verify their success in a short period of time and get other factories to follow suit.

But growing vegetables at Red Star Farm is different from growing grains and raising animals!!
In just a few months, the Red Star Farm of the steel mill has achieved initial results. The short cycle can help alleviate the food shortage problem, it uses wasteland, and it also provides a place for unemployed people. With so many advantages, the municipal party committee is very happy.

“So Comrade Zhang Shenfei, I want to set up a working group to connect with various factories and help them establish farms as soon as possible.

Because you are the initiator of Red Star Farm and have rich experience, the municipal party committee has decided to let you be the head of this working group and be responsible for the overall operation of the entire group's work. "The deputy mayor looked at Zhang Shenfei with a sharp gaze.

What else can I say? Zhang Shenfei is naturally happy to be able to help more people have enough food.

But he still pretended to say, "I am still very busy with my studies at Yenching University. Not only do I have to go to school every day, but I also have to deal with some affairs of the Student Union...

but……

However, the livelihood issue is the biggest, and the most important thing is that the people can have enough food!!!
So I am willing to explain the problem to the school and take a leave of absence to suspend my studies so as to help more workers to have enough food. Only when they have enough food can we build socialism faster!!!"

"As expected of a college student of the new era, you have a very high level of awareness." The deputy mayor held Zhang Shenfei's hand tightly.

A working group to assist farmers was soon established.

The team members are mainly composed of some secretaries of the Municipal Party Committee, secretaries of the Red Star Farm of the Steel Rolling Mill, and outstanding breeding and planting women.

Under their guidance and their hard work day and night, all the factories in the city that had the conditions and land to carry out farm work started working in an orderly manner.

Those with more land grow vegetables and crops, while those with less land will try to raise chickens and ducks.

Zhang Shenfei did not forget the promise he had made to Jia Zhang that he would guide her in her career.

Jia Zhang was also transferred into the working group and was responsible for teaching other factories how to raise pigs on their farms.

Although Jia Zhang was a fitter in a steel rolling mill, he had no experience working on a farm.

But she is a rural person. She started cutting grass for pigs at the age of three and raised pigs at the age of five. She has rich experience in breeding.

Although she later married into the old city, she did not lose her pig-raising skills.

After joining the working group, I traveled between various factories in the city every day, teaching the women on the farms how to raise pigs, care for piglets, and even provide postpartum care for sows.

When workers from other factories mentioned Jia Zhang’s steel rolling mill, they all gave them a thumbs up.

Because Jia Zhang worked diligently and meticulously, especially doing a good job in postpartum care for sows, she was even awarded the title of pig farming expert by the working group and received a bonus of two yuan.

Although the money is not much, it represents an honor.

After getting the money, Jia Zhang acted even more arrogantly in the courtyard, looking down on housewives like Auntie No. 1, Auntie No. 2, and Auntie Yan.

As the days go by, the work of the working group is on track, and Zhang Shenfei plans to return to Yenching University.

(End of this chapter)