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Chapter 659: Outbreak! (Seeking monthly votes)
In 1971, the Chunrui Highway in Yunnan Province was exceptionally busy.

During the Great Liberation, horse-drawn carts, oxcarts, and many people walking almost filled the narrow road.

Since the Northwest branch stabilized the situation and began applying for assistance from within the country, this rugged road has become busy.

In the beginning, most of those traveling on this highway were supplies and personnel provided by China.

However, as time went by, some of the specialty products produced by the Northwest Branch gradually entered southwestern Yunnan via the Chunrui Highway.

A business needs give and take to thrive in the long run!
Indeed, Wu Aiguo viewed the various domestic support measures and the entry of products from the Northwest branch into southwestern Yunnan as a business transaction.

However, such business involves too many other factors besides monetary interests.

The mosquito coils, floral water, mentholatum, bruise and sprain treatment kits, safflower oil, and other similar products produced by the Northwest Branch are popular with Hong Kong businessmen, not to mention those in neighboring southwestern Yunnan.

There are also various traditional Chinese medicines with different therapeutic effects, as well as a wide variety of medicinal wines.

Once you enter southwestern Yunnan, you'll find many popular and high-quality items.

In addition, there are agricultural and sideline products that have undergone simple processing.

For example, rice noodles, sweet potato noodles, and other local specialties and snacks from the Northwest branch are also sold in southwestern Yunnan.

Of course, local specialties from southwestern Yunnan also flooded into the Northwest Branch.

Wild delicacies such as mushrooms, various herbs, grains like soybeans, and famous teas from Yunnan Province, and so on.

There is a long border connecting the two sides, making it quite easy to do business.

The Northwest Branch has established well-regulated trading venues in some border farms and villages, which have transformed from quiet to bustling.

Even during this special period, the people at the grassroots level cannot resist their yearning for a better life.

Often, after carrying a bamboo basket to the well-regulated market of the Northwest Branch to make a transaction, they would return home with a considerable profit.

In fact, the control over rural areas in Yunnan Province is not very strict.

They saw the benefits, and even tasted the sweetness, so naturally they continued, and even encouraged their relatives and the whole village to get involved.

Putting aside everything else, even basic necessities like needles and thread are cheaper to buy from the Northwest Branch than from the supply and marketing cooperative.

For example, the canned fruits produced by the Northwest branch not only taste quite good, but are also very reasonably priced.

With a large number of educated young people joining the Northwest Branch through various channels, the Chunrui Highway connecting the two places has become increasingly busy.

With people and vehicles coming and going, the towns along the way naturally benefit!

The money in my pocket, the furniture and tools in my home, and so on are all starting to increase, and life is showing signs of getting better and better.

The Yunnan provincial leadership was naturally aware of this situation.

Some elderly people even recalled the prosperous and economically strong Yunnan Province during the Republican era.

At that time, Yunnan Province relied on foreign trade with France and its economy developed remarkably well, making it the most developed commercial center in Southwest China.

With money, men, and guns, you can stand tall!
During the Republican era, Yunnan Province was undoubtedly the core region of Southwest China.

Neighboring Guizhou and Sichuan provinces are nothing!
The local armed forces all live in the shadow of Yunnan Province.

The military governor of Yunnan Province was a true overlord of the southwest!

Regardless of who it was, they were all influential figures who could stir up the political winds of the Republic of China.

The Yunnan Military Academy's influence in the military during the Republic of China era was not just hype.

Why was Yunnan Province so powerful at that time?
Wasn't it because they made a fortune doing foreign trade and were rich? Unfortunately, after the establishment of the new China, all of Yunnan Province's channels to the outside world were closed.

It went from being the most prosperous province in the southwest to a standard poor province.

However, the emergence of the Northwest Branch allowed Yunnan Province to start a small-scale foreign trade business.

The Northwest branch is indeed not large in scale, but Wu Aiguo's ability to develop the farm economy and manage the local area can provide a stable channel for making money in the neighboring southwestern Yunnan region, so there is no problem.

In other words, Mandalay was not helpful; otherwise, China could have directly accessed the Indian Ocean via Myanmar's two major rivers.

Once this happens, the economy of the entire southwestern region of China will be completely revitalized immediately.

Even so, with the development of the Northwest Branch, the people and the local government in southwestern Yunnan have all benefited.

With massive amounts of goods and personnel passing through, towns along the way can easily earn substantial profits by providing good services.

Not to mention, local specialties from southwestern Yunnan can also be sold to the Northwest branch along with the convoy and the flow of people.

Seeing the bustling scene on the highway, dozens of educated youths riding in several large Liberation trucks watched with great interest and excitement.

"It's so lively here, it's like a market!"

"They're probably heading to the Northwest Branch of the Alliance, just like us. It seems the Northwest Branch is quite powerful!"

"Who cares? As long as life is better than farming in the countryside, that's fine!"

"I heard that there are still a university and vocational school operating normally in the Northwest branch, but I don't know how to enroll?"

"I know that. I heard that you have to take a unified entrance exam, which is similar to the college entrance exam in China!"

"I definitely want to try it, what about you?"

"We've long since forgotten what we learned in school. We should just go back to working in factories or farms!"

"I just don't know if, as the rumors say, we'll have that opportunity once we get there!"

"We've got government approval to come here, so what's there to worry about? There won't be any problems!"

"I just hope that the place I work can be better, preferably in a town, or not too far away!"

"We must have arrived rather late; it's probably not very realistic for us to be assigned such a good location!"

"Can't I even think about it? You're the most annoying guy ever!"

"..."

There are quite a few groups of educated youth like this on the highway.

If you're lucky, you can ride in a large Liberation truck; if you're unlucky, you'll have to walk with the local mountain people and villagers.

But they were all in high spirits and full of expectations for the future.

The Northwest Branch has a very well-known reputation in the country.

The impact of those documentaries only began to truly and completely erupt at this point.

For any young intellectual who has watched the documentary and has a strong desire to improve their living conditions, joining the Northwest Branch is definitely a good choice.

Not only did a large number of educated young people flock to the Northwest Branch, but many young and middle-aged villagers also joined in.

(End of this chapter)