Jin Fugui, who lived in the rural fringe of Changsha City, was a young master of a landlord family. He was ignorant when he was young, gambling and whoring. Later, Long Er set up a gambling house and cheated him of his family fortune. After squandering his family fortune, fortunately, his wife did not leave him, and he decided to work hard. At this time, the world was in chaos, and the Taiping army was rising. Jin Fugui was forced to join the Xiang Army when he was looking for a doctor for his sick mother.
The Xiang Army and the Taiping army were defeated. After Jin Fugui was captured, he joined the Taiping army in order to survive. The Taiping army and the Liberation Army fought, and the young Heavenly King, Hong Tianfugui, surrendered. Most of the Taiping army, including Jin Fugui, surrendered to the Liberation Army. The Liberation Army gave him money to return home and reunite with his family.
He thought that he could live in peace, but he had to go through the suppression of the "Wretched Law". What made him even more miserable was that his son, Youqing, had gone to give blood to the county magistrate's wife and was beaten to death in the hospital. He wanted to fight with the county magistrate, but he did not expect that he could not even take revenge. This was because the county magistrate was his comrade in the Taiping army, Chunsheng. Later, his daughter died in the hospital due to massive bleeding during childbirth. His wife, Jia Zhen, also passed away due to a painful fate. His son-in-law died in an accident at the construction site. Only he and his grandson were left. But what he didn't expect was that in the end, even his grandson would be stuffed to death because of eating beans …
Su Xiaokang read the novel, "To Live", with tears in his eyes. At the end, he covered his mouth with his hand and sobbed. It was not easy for him to stop crying under the surprised gaze of his colleagues. Su Xiaokang immediately wrote the preface, "This is the scar in China's history. This is a classic that records the suffering of China's farmers!"
In a few days, the novel "To Live" began to be serialized. Su Xiaokang worked hard to promote the national distribution of the novel.
A few days later, Zhou Xiaokang wanted to visit the Nanjing Writers' Association's chairman, but he was rejected. The Writers' Association's President said over the phone, "I've read that book. I feel that throwing all the bad luck onto a person's head might seem very tragic, but it's only tragic. He was optimistic, but that was all. So, if you're looking for recommendations, go find someone else. "
"Ah? Chairman, that person is clearly in a miserable state. "Zhou Xiaokang immediately argued.
The Writers' Association's President did not want to immediately reject Zhou Xiaokang, so he sighed and said, "Aiyah, Little Zhou. You've never farmed before, so you don't know the situation in the countryside. Tell me, how miserable is he? "
"Anyone in the Northeast can apply for 50 mu of land. In North America, I heard that there are people who can apply for 100 mu of land. In Hunan, each person was given only five mu of land. Wasn't that miserable? It's obvious that they're being attacked by the Wretched Law! "Zhou Xiaokang asked agitatedly.
"Uh … Little Zhou, I don't agree with the 'Wretched Law' that you mentioned. Jin Fugui will never be able to make a comeback. My wife's family is from Hunan. Many of her relatives are also in the Xiang Army, and they are also affected by the "Untouchables Law". Do you know, according to the book, his family of four has a total of 20 mu of land. And it's a continuous stretch of irrigated land. Little Zhou, do you know what it means for a family to have 20 mu of irrigated land before liberation? "
"They don't have enough to eat and wear?" Zhou Xiaokang asked with some hesitation.
Upon hearing this, the Writers' Association's President was enraged. He said loudly, "The Lord of the Land has 2000 mu of land, but he might not have a continuous stretch of 20 mu of irrigated land. A family of four, or a family that was attacked, has 20 mu of irrigated land? Before liberation, 20 mu of irrigated land could be snatched away in minutes. Back then, what it meant for a family of four to have 20 mu of irrigated land? That was if your family had a house within Nanjing's Third Ring Road, and everyone had a house … "
Zhou Xiaokang did not understand other things, but the phrase "Nanjing's Third Ring Road, and everyone had a house" immediately made Zhou Xiaokang understand what the Writers' Association's President meant. The following phrase "everyone had a house" made Zhou Xiaokang realize.
After the Writers' Association's President finished criticizing Zhou Xiaokang's lack of knowledge, Zhou Xiaokang continued asking, "But from what I see, these rural families seem to be families that don't have much land."
A disdainful voice came from the phone, "Nonsense, how can the past be compared to the present? After the Min dynasty was established, they placed a lot of emphasis on irrigation. By the third five year plan, the rural irrigation system was basically completed. Hunan wasn't lacking in water, and in his book, it was still flooding. Now the rural areas are all sprinkler irrigation. Use a rubber hose to connect a galvanized pipe with many nozzles, and draw water from a water source or drill a well. Just a layer of sprinkler irrigation, to the extent of wetting the top layer of the land. Watering has to be done carefully. After flooding, the worst thing is for it to rain after watering. If the water accumulates, it will drown the crops … "
A few minutes later, Zhou Xiaokang put down the phone in despair and leaned heavily on the sofa. After listening to the Writers' Association's President talk about modern agricultural knowledge, Zhou Xiaokang realized that he really did not know that the Manchu Qing court, literati, and the landlord class were so incompetent. The poor peasant families in the Min dynasty would be considered wealthy families in the Manchu Qing era. No wonder the author could use such a calm attitude to narrate such a tragic story. This old man with the virtues of the old era knew that this was a common occurrence in the old era.
Thinking back to the difference between the old era and the new era, Zhou Xiaokang began to think about how to adjust his direction.
At this time, the old man from the old era, Wang Mingshan, was riding on a train with an internal combustion engine. Looking out from the window, a large combined harvester was harvesting wheat on the vast plains. These steel monsters were either equipped with huge wheels or steel tracks. Beside them were a few farmers. They carried away the sacks filled with food and bundled the wheat stalks into the cars.
The Hungarian people were really hardworking! Wang Mingshan sighed, and then he sighed, "As expected of someone who migrated all the way from Asia." At this time, Wang Mingshan's target of comparison was the lazy Turks, but this was a historical mistake. Although it was not as arduous as the migration route of the Xiongnu and Rouran people, the Turks also migrated from Asia to the vicinity of Europe.
Wang Mingshan never looked at things from the perspective of a historian. What he saw was that Hungary was becoming more and more like the Min dynasty. The villages of the Min dynasty had been in a state of severe population loss for the past few years. That was why agricultural production continued to increase. It was all because agricultural machinery not only made up for the labor shortage, but also provided more high-quality agricultural labor. At first, Wang Mingshan thought that this was a situation that only existed in the Min dynasty. Now, he understood that any normal farmer would make the same choice.
"Comrade Wang Mingshan, what do you think of Hungary?" The accompanying Hungarian comrade asked enthusiastically.
"The Hungarian people are hardworking and brave. I feel very happy after seeing it." Wang Mingshan also answered straightforwardly.
To be praised by a former senior official of the Min dynasty, especially by the Hungarian comrade himself, the Hungarian comrade was so happy that he could not close his mouth. The Hungarian comrade continued to ask, "What do you think should be improved on?"
"You can't ask me what needs to be improved. You should ask the workers. His Majesty Vézé once said that students who love to go to school are as rare as farmers who love to farm. It's not that there's a problem with school or farming, but that school and farming are easy to bring about negative feelings and emotions. It takes a very strong willpower to overcome these negative feelings and emotions. Therefore, mechanization quickly replaced manpower and even animal power. I think there are many students who love to study and farmers who love to farm. "
Even though the words were a little complicated, the quick-witted attendant quickly understood what it meant. He laughed and said, "Comrade Zhou Shuren also said the same in the Party."
Wang Mingshan had heard people talk about Zhou Shuren several times. The rumors said that he was a very outstanding comrade. Whether it was his own work or his attitude towards work, they were all first-class. To be able to lead the Hungarian Communist Party to this level, Zhou Shuren was indeed amazing. At this time, the staff came to inform them that they were about to reach the Austrian border.
The last stop of the trip was a small town on the Austrian border. It was a train transfer station and also the location of a well-known meat processing plant in Hungary. Big fat pigs or cows entered the processing room and were stunned with electric shocks. Then they were hung upside down on the conveyor belt to be processed. Starting from the bloodletting, a series of more than a dozen or even dozens of steps were taken. Cows, sheep, and pigs were processed into types that were easy to sell. The same went for various kinds of internal organs. If some Austrians liked to eat them, they were sold. If the Austrians did not like or accept them, the Hungarian people did not resist going into the water.
There were Austrian quarantine personnel here to quarantine together, so it was convenient to sell. Just one workshop alone could process thousands of pigs a day, and the slaughter quantity was determined according to the Austrian order. Wang Mingshan found that Hungary not only sold cows, sheep, and pigs to Austria, but there were also cages of chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits on the vehicles that set off. Goose eggs and salted duck eggs were carefully placed in boxes. The eggs were actually broken shells, and the egg yolk and egg white were put into stainless steel barrels for transportation. They were divided into whole eggs, egg white, and egg yolk.
Now Wang Mingshan finally understood why Hungary was able to pay off the interest-free loan from China. They did not repay in RMB, but in the currency of Germany and Austria. With such a desperate stance, it would be difficult not to pay off.
After completing the tour in Hungary, Wang Mingshan did not return to Budapest. Instead, he directly crossed the border into Austria for inspection. He was entrusted by the Bank of Europe to count the feasibility of lending money to Hungary to expand its military system and armaments. Therefore, not only did he have to inspect Hungary, but he also had to inspect Hungary's important export areas.
However, the reason why Wang Mingshan was willing to accept this task was not because he was really interested in it. At this time, Wang Mingshan's eldest son's fleet had already reached a certain scale, and the benefits were good. After Wang Mingshan married Marchioness Grace, the Marchioness took the two children to live in Nanjing, so that the children could receive the genuine advanced education of the Min dynasty.
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