Siheyuan, my new life

In the following period of time, the leaders of the Red Star Steel Mill continued to discuss various rectifications to the steel mill. After all, with the clear instructions from Vice Minister Gao and Consultant Lin, how could the factory leaders, who had just taken office or had just taken office, not know how to use the tiger's skin as a banner?

You know, even Liu Changhe and Xue Yongheng, who have been in office for quite some time, currently feel powerless over the departments under their charge. On the surface, those people are respectful to the deputy director in charge, but in fact they are hypocritical. Currently, only Li Huaide has complete control over the logistics department under his charge, after all, he was the director of the logistics department of the factory before.

In the secretary's office of the Security Department's training base at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Lin Yu and Deputy Minister Gao sat opposite each other. Sun Yong had already taken people to the Production Planning Department and brought back Director Jin Mancang and Warehousing Section Chief Yin Xiangdong for investigation.

Su Yu poured tea for the two leaders and left the office.

Deputy Minister Gao took a puff of his cigarette, smiled and whispered, "Old Yan was really lucky this time. He got such a great achievement for nothing. It's really a bargain for him."

Lin Yu was of course very clear that after reaching a certain position, it was only a matter of time before many things and so-called secrets were known. After all, who among these leading cadres did not have a few close old comrades and colleagues? It was obvious that Deputy Minister Gao had some inside information about the cracking of this major enemy case.

But even so, Lin Yu just smiled and said: "Lao Gao, the comrades from the relevant departments played a crucial role in successfully solving the enemy's major case this time. Our security department action team just did a little bit of work within our capacity under the command of the comrades from the relevant departments."

Deputy Minister Gao laughed and said, "Okay, since Consultant Lin has recognized the contributions of the relevant departments, no one has the right to make irresponsible remarks. By the way, I am not here today to sing praises for Old Yan, but to ask for your help."

Lin Yu asked in surprise: "You are the first deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry, what could be difficult for you?"

Deputy Minister Gao smiled bitterly and said, "Don't make fun of me. The New Year is coming soon, and some of my old comrades and old subordinates who are in financial difficulties are having a hard time. In previous years, I could still rely on this old face to beg for food and buy some pork, flour and rice from the meat processing plant and the grain bureau, but this year the supply is really tight. The meat processing plant can only squeeze out more than 100 kilograms of pork, and the grain bureau gave 100 kilograms of rice and 100 kilograms of flour. How can this little stuff be enough for 30 or 40 families? Today I can only shamelessly come here to ask for help."

Lin Yu also knew that although the personal salaries of leaders like Deputy Minister Gao were quite high, most of them used a considerable portion to support their former comrades and subordinates. In fact, Lin Yu still admired these old revolutionaries very much, so he smiled and said, "Old Gao, seeing how serious you were just now, I thought it was a big deal. In the future, you can just let Huaide come directly for such matters. By the way, how much stuff do you need? I have pork, beef, rice, flour, milk powder, and canned food here. How much do you need?"

Deputy Minister Gao smiled bitterly and said, "You have a lot of good things here, but unfortunately I really can't afford them. In previous years, I gave each family five kilograms of pork, ten kilograms of rice and ten kilograms of flour, plus an extra twenty yuan per family. You should prepare three to four hundred kilograms of beef and two to three hundred kilograms of pork, and three hundred kilograms of rice and flour each. When they are ready, let Huaide come with the money to take them away."

Lin Yu waved his hand: "Don't mention money between us. To be honest, I didn't spend any money on these things. Okay, leave this matter to Huaide. Just ask him to come directly over in the next few days."

Deputy Minister Gao quickly waved his hand and refused: "How can this be possible? The money that should be paid still needs to be paid. We, Old Gao, cannot eat for free."

Lin Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, knowing that most of these old revolutionaries were of this character, so he smiled and said, "I'm not short of money either, you can exchange cigarettes and alcohol with us. I have a lot of European and American cigarettes and alcohol here, but those things are just for the sake of novelty, and our own things are more to our taste."

Vice Minister Gao did not refuse this time. The two talked for a few more words and then he said goodbye and left. After all, as the Vice Minister in charge of personnel in the Ministry of Industry, he had a lot of work to deal with on a daily basis.

After seeing off Vice Minister Gao, Sun Yong hurried into the office and said, "Secretary, Jin Mancang and Yin Xiangdong both insisted that they were just negligent in their work. Since the Production Planning Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill has been constantly updating its equipment in the past two years, their main focus has been on the installation of new equipment and the training of technical workers in each workshop. Therefore, they have not paid much attention to the warehouse for scrapped special steel parts."

Lin Yu sneered and said, "You don't have to waste your breath on these two guys. They won't cry until they see the coffin. Just the fact that Li Youfu confessed that he had given money and gifts to these two guys many times is enough to send them to jail. You should first detain these two guys separately and notify them not to allow anyone to visit them. Wait for Director Qin and his men to come back before dealing with them."

Sun Yong agreed and went out to make arrangements.

When Qin Ming and several deputy directors escorted four trucks back to the training base, it was almost eleven o'clock in the morning. These directors would definitely not be bothered with trivial matters such as unloading the trucks and counting the goods into the warehouse. Now they were all sitting in the secretary's office, smoking, drinking tea, and making work reports.

Qin Ming took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Secretary, yesterday afternoon, after we escorted the enemy spies out of the secret base of the Beijing branch of the Security Bureau, Lao Xiong and Lao Zhang arranged for our action team members to follow the comrades of the relevant departments to help, and found a lot of property hidden by the enemy spies in those stone houses. Let them tell us the details."

Before Zhang Shangwu could speak, Xiong Qingshan said cheerfully: "Let Lao Zhang report to the secretary. I am not good at speaking and can't explain it clearly in a short time."

Zhang Shangwu had no choice but to smile bitterly and take out the notebook in his pocket, then said, "Secretary, we have to admit that everyone has their own expertise, and some professional matters should be done by professionals. Yesterday afternoon, when we searched more than 30 stone houses in the small valley, if there were no comrades from relevant departments on the scene to command, I am afraid we would have suffered casualties. Among these damn dog spies, seven guys set up mechanisms and traps where they buried their property. Some of them hid grenades in the boxes where the property was stored. As long as the box was opened without authorization, the grenades inside would explode immediately; some of them connected grenades under the boxes, and as long as the box was moved, it would also explode."

Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, Lao Zhang is right. Every profession has its own specialty. The physical fitness of the members of our action team has indeed been greatly improved. At present, their speed, physical strength and marksmanship have all been significantly improved. However, we have to admit that the shortcomings of our action team members are also very obvious, that is, they lack some necessary knowledge, such as the on-site investigation mentioned by Lao Zhang just now, and there are also obvious deficiencies in preventing and combating enemy spies. This is why I propose that comrades from relevant departments give some professional knowledge lectures to our action team members when they come to our training base for medicinal baths in the spring of next year. In the future, our Security Department Action Team will not only be a sharp knife capable of attacking cities and seizing strongholds, but also an all-round team with all-round development. Okay, the topic has gone too far, let's listen to Lao Zhang's report below."

Zhang Shangwu quickly continued to report: "Through the cooperation of comrades from relevant departments and our action team members, we have searched the more than 30 stone houses and found a total of 175 large yellow croakers, 403 small yellow croakers, more than 2,500 silver dollars, some porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, 13 pistols of various models, a batch of bullets and grenades, and the deeds to the houses and land of five courtyards in the capital."

After Zhang Shangwu finished his report, Qin Ming smiled and said, "Secretary, our Security Department and related departments have found a total of five radio stations and code books from the secret base of the Beijing branch of the Bureau of Security. It is estimated that there are more than 500 short-range guns and rifles, including three boxes of carbines with 60 rifles that have not been unpacked, eight light machine guns, two heavy machine guns, nine simple mortars, more than 400 large yellow croakers, more than 2,000 small yellow croakers, tens of thousands of silver dollars, a batch of various antiques, calligraphy and paintings, more than 2,000 kilograms of rice and flour, more than 1,000 kilograms of bacon, and a lot of other supplies. A total of 32 enemy agents and 7 teenagers aged between 9 and 13 were captured, all of whom were children of key enemy agents. In addition, there were more than two or three tons of coke, a simple steelmaking furnace, and a large amount of charcoal. Unfortunately, the two experts sent by Taiwan to provide technical guidance only stayed in this secret base for two months and left at the end of August this year. Even the three station chiefs of the Beijing branch of the Bureau of Secrets did not know where they went. Xue Yongli, the deputy station chief of the Beijing branch of the Bureau of Secrets, who used the alias Li Youfu, and his wife and grandson have all been captured. "

Lin Yu lit up a Zhonghua cigarette and said with a smile: "Overall, this operation was quite successful. Deputy Minister Yan of the relevant department said that he would recommend merits to our security department and apply for individual third-class merits for all members of the action team."

Hearing Lin Yu's words, excitement appeared on the faces of all the directors present. You know, it is not easy to get meritorious service and awards after leaving the combat troops. They didn't expect that just a theft case of scrapped special steel parts warehouse would involve such a major enemy spy case. Now almost most of the enemy spies have been arrested. Other units, such as several enemy spies in the coke plant of Beishan Mining Bureau, have been directly arrested by comrades from relevant departments. The comrades from relevant departments did not raise the need, and they could not act on their behalf. However, more than 40 enemy spies have been killed and captured so far, which is also a great achievement for these directors present.

Lin Yu smiled and said, "For all the personnel who participated in the operation, our Security Department will also give certain rewards. In addition to cash and bills, we will also give some daily necessities such as rice, flour, grain and oil. You can go back and study the specific quantity and distribute it tomorrow at the latest. It can also improve their family meals. At the same time, comrades from other departments of the Security Department should also be given certain daily necessities rewards. After all, without these comrades who are silently responsible for the daily work of our Security Department, the action team alone cannot support the work of the entire Security Department. As for the Spring Festival benefits, let's distribute them uniformly before the holiday."

Several directors were also very happy after hearing this. Although they had lunch in the canteen of the training base at noon every day and could eat meat every day, their family members who wanted to eat meat could only go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to queue up to buy it. However, they often had to queue up early in the morning, and the little pork supplied was quickly sold out. With their conditions, it was already good enough for their family to eat meat once or twice a week. As for ordinary people, they only had three or four taels of meat coupons per month, and almost most families were reluctant to eat it at ordinary times, and saved it until the end of the year to make dumplings for the whole family.

Of course, Lin Yu was aware of the actual situation outside. Although he had a lot of supplies in his hands, he couldn't take them out casually. At present, he was just thinking about helping the disabled soldiers and families of martyrs in the old army. Of course, his subordinates in the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill also had to be given appropriate care.

Lin Yu smiled and said, "In addition to the rewards you discussed, I will give some extra meat to all the comrades in our security department. Ordinary staff will get two kilograms of pork and two kilograms of beef each, department leaders will get five kilograms of pork and beef each, and action team members will get ten kilograms of pork and beef each. Each of you will get twenty kilograms of pork and beef. Go to the warehouse to collect it when you get off work tomorrow afternoon."

Qin Ming said cheerfully: "Secretary, on behalf of everyone, I thank you."

Lin Yu waved his hand: "Okay, it's time to eat. People say that if you don't eat actively, there's something wrong with your brain."

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this.

Everyone surrounded Lin Yu and walked into the canteen. After a while, He Yuzhu and two kitchen helpers walked into the canteen with food. After greeting Lin Yu and others cheerfully, they said with a smile, "Secretary Lin, my dad is cutting the braised beef in the back. Although the beef was only marinated yesterday, my dad wants everyone to taste it and give some suggestions."

Lin Yu smiled and said, "Zhu Zi, you and your father have worked hard these past few days. I believe that with your father's cooking skills, the braised beef he made will be good."

At this time, He Daqing walked into the canteen carrying two plates of braised beef in soy sauce that was as thin as a cicada's wing.

Lin Yu greeted He Daqing with a smile: "Old He, come on, come on, sit down and eat together."

He Daqing smiled and said, "Secretary Lin, you guys eat first. I'm not done in the kitchen yet."