Siheyuan: Back to 50 years ago, Shazhu joined the army

Because he had traveled to the local area in his previous life, he knew some inside information. The so-called free medical care and free education here are all a cover-up. The free medical care only treats minor illnesses. For common coughs and colds, they are just given some pills, and if the patient is seriously ill, he will be left to fend for himself.

As for free education, that is also nonsense. Every day the content is to pay homage to the statue, and the class content is how to praise the culture of Mount Paektu and publicize the general's kindness.

Moreover, when he traveled, the tourist routes were fixed, and the pedestrians on the street were all "actors", so he had no chance to come into contact with the grassroots people.

In particular, he remembered that when he went to Andong City for a tour, he saw the captain of the production team leading a group of people to work in factories within China. They adopted a completely closed management system and were not allowed to contact the outside world. All the wages they earned were handed over to............

In comparison, we Chinese people are happy, while the people on the other side can only be said to be finding joy in misery.

However, these have little to do with He Yuzhu. After helping the North Korean people with their construction, he should be able to return home.

The first idea that came to his mind was naturally the ginseng that grew everywhere in the mountains of North Korea, commonly known as North Korean ginseng. Its efficacy is actually similar to that of the wild ginseng in the northeast of China. This thing is a good thing for replenishing vitality and saving lives.

In this day and age, artificial breeding is not yet popular, and all ginseng is wild, with strong medicinal effects and good effects. It is not like those crappy experts in later generations who belittled the nutritional value of ginseng as being equal to that of radish, or even passed off garden ginseng as inferior.

No matter what kind of medicinal material, the wild ones are definitely more effective! This is beyond doubt.

To this end, he began to think about how to take away the ginseng from the mountains in North Korea. You know, it would be fine to secretly dig one or two roots, but if the number is large and someone finds out, it would be the end of you. In this day and age, having capital ideas and thoughts is very dangerous.

The next day, early in the morning, He Yuzhu received a notice from the division headquarters and the regiment headquarters, and all members went to the Iron Triangle area to start large-scale construction, mainly to help the North Korean people who were devastated after the war rebuild their homes.

The mission of their first battalion was pretty good. It was mainly to use local materials to help the North Korean people build houses. The materials were definitely all locally sourced, such as birch trees in the mountains. You have to know that concrete was still a relatively scarce commodity in that era.

As for other troops, some were responsible for building roads, some were responsible for building bridges, and some were even responsible for farming and reclaiming wasteland.

In fact, North Korea is at a disadvantage compared to South Korea, as the proportion of mountains here is much higher than there.

North Korea's arable area is very small and unconcentrated, and the soil fertility is poor, which is completely incomparable to the fertile black soil in northern China.

The seasons here are also very extreme. It is extremely cold in the winter, and the rainfall is very concentrated in the summer. It really proves the old saying that those who are affected by drought will die of drought, and those who are affected by floods will die of floods.

However, it is a bit difficult to engage in animal husbandry here, as there is relatively little space for breeding, and there are no vast grasslands like in China's Inner Mongolia.

In particular, the largest areas, the Gaima Plateau and the Taibai Mountains, are all hills and mountains, most of which have acidic soils that are not suitable for planting at all, and the main component is still brown soil.

In order to solve the local food problem, the volunteer army and the North Korean people could only reclaim land in the mountainous areas. However, the soil in North Korea was soft and easily washed away by rain, causing problems such as soil erosion and mudslides.

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In short, in He Yuzhu's opinion, North Korea is a barren land, and it is really not easy for the people here to survive in this land.

After three months of construction, He Yuzhu did not take any small actions.

After completing the reconstruction mission in the Cheorwon area, they were ordered to come to the Paekma Mountain area to assist the nearby villages and help them rebuild their damaged homes.

As this place is remote and surrounded by mountains, He Yuzhu realized that the opportunity had come. He found a gap and found the deputy battalion commander Liu Fusheng.

"Old squad leader!"

Liu Fusheng was also quite surprised to see He Yuzhu coming to see him, and immediately asked him,

"Zhu Zi, what can I do for you?"

He Yuzhu mysteriously pulled Liu Fusheng aside and whispered something in his ear.

Then Liu Fusheng's pupils dilated, and he said in a deep voice: "No, this is not okay. Doing this is against discipline. If the higher-ups find out, we will be punished."

When He Yuzhu heard what Liu Fusheng said, he did not panic, but looked confident, because he had been with the old squad leader Liu Fusheng for more than two years and knew his personality very well.

Liu Fusheng appears to be righteous and awe-inspiring on the surface, but he is actually an egoist.

He immediately began lobbying.

"Old squad leader, if you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever. The soldiers in our first battalion have been doing high-intensity physical work these days. How can the potatoes and fried flour they eat every day be enough to replenish their physical strength and nutrition? Don't you want to improve the food?

As for the disciplinary action you are worried about, I am the chief officer here. If I don't tell you and you don't tell me, who will know? How about it? Do you want to do it or not?"

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Liu Fusheng hesitated. After thinking for a moment, he decided to do it. After all, he had been eating potatoes all the time and his mouth was almost dry.

"Zhu Zi, what do you want to do?"

He Yuzhu: "It's very simple. During this period, I will assign a platoon of soldiers to you. You can take them to the mountains to search for wild goods. We can improve the food at that time. I will cook for you myself. What do you think?"

When Liu Fusheng thought of He Yuzhu's cooking skills, he drooled and agreed immediately.

In fact, He Yuzhu's asking Liu Fusheng to go into the mountains to look for wild goods was just a cover. His real purpose was to get the North Korean ginseng in Baimashan.

Originally, he planned to let Liu Fusheng take the volunteer soldiers in the camp to get these things, but considering that these rough guys did not know how to pick them, they would destroy the quality of the ginseng, and the value of these North Korean ginseng would be greatly reduced.

Of course, the most important thing is that the more people who know about it, the bigger the target will be. If his behavior of using chickens and eggs to lay eggs is disclosed, the impact will be very bad. He may even be brought to a military court, so he gave up the idea.

As for using wild goods to improve the battalion's food, the crime was much less serious. At most, the entire division would be criticized.

Although he could not rely on the soldiers in his own battalion to obtain North Korean ginseng, He Yuzhu soon set his sights on the local North Korean people near Baimashan. He wanted to make a deal with them.