I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

It’s not that Cao Dongfang didn’t want to be in charge of the Great Leap Forward and the Mass Steel Production Campaign, but that he couldn’t. Before these things happened, few people would pay attention to your suggestions.

This is also the kind of setback a new regime needs to go through before it can truly move forward.

Cao Dongfang had already sounded out Mr. Wei's opinion in May. At that time, there were too many people supporting the Great Leap Forward.

Now that the country has the foreign exchange and gold provided by Cao Dongfang, even if there are natural disasters starting from next year, there is no need to make matters worse by using food to repay debts!

The situation will be better then, and Cao Dongfang won't need to do anything?

Cao Dongfang has another way to get help from the country!

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Under the circumstances of the great victory of socialist transformation and the first five-year plan.

In May 1958, the Second Session of the Eighth National Congress of the Party formally adopted the general line for socialist construction and the goal of catching up with Britain within 5 years.

The goal of completing the national agricultural development program five years ahead of schedule was adopted, and slogans such as "three years of hard work will basically change the landscape" were adopted. After the meeting, the "Great Leap Forward" movement was launched in all aspects across the country.

In August 1958, an enlarged meeting was held in Beidaihe, at which a number of high targets for industrial and agricultural production were determined. It was proposed that steel production in 8 should double from 1958 million tons in 1957 to 535 million tons. The meeting also decided to establish people's communes in rural areas.

After the meeting, the whole country started the national steelmaking and rural people's commune movement. At the same time, transportation, post and telecommunications, education, culture, health and other industries were also "run by the whole people", pushing the "Great Leap Forward" movement to a climax. This led to the prevalence of high targets, blind command and exaggeration in economic construction.

These are the evaluations of later generations, who only look for reasons from an economic perspective, but not from a political perspective. Why do the country's top leaders want the country to become stronger quickly?

Because the country is about to be surrounded by enemies, how can the country not be strong!

Cao Dongfang, who was in this period, understood through Wei Lao that this was not a good time for the country, but a very bad time.

The Soviet Union needed money to aid my country, but in 57 and 58, the two countries were only in name only. In July 58, the Soviet Union's plan to form a joint fleet was vetoed by my country.

Steel is really important. At that time, the majority of the upper class in our country were "bear factions", so it is better not to look at a period of history separately.

Cao Dongfang doesn't care about the struggles among the upper echelons.

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In early August, Cao Dongfang notified Guan Huang and four others to prepare steel.

"Uncle Guan, the country may have to make a large-scale steel production, which requires a lot of iron. It may be possible for every household on the street to have iron delivered!" Cao Dongfang said in a truck transporting goods to the Northeast.

"Is the news that every household has to pay for rail transportation accurate?" Guan Huang asked while driving.

"It's hard to say below, but the large-scale steel production campaign has been basically decided at the top. Let's find some in the middle and late part of this month, in case we need them. I have them, and what should we do if we need to send out vehicles?" said Cao Dongfang.

"How much is the change?" Guan Huang asked.

"Of course the more the better! I have prepared 200 kilograms, 50 kilograms each for four people. We'll talk about it if it's not enough!" said Cao Dongfang.

"There are so many, and only scrap collection stations have them. Alas! After we pull the goods back, we will go buy some and sell them if they are useless. If they are really useful, the little ghosts down there..." Guan Huang said with a sigh.

"This is my plan. It's better to have something than nothing. For the sake of their future, the people below are not to be trifled with. One family is watching another. If one family asks the common people for iron, there will definitely be a second family." Cao Dongfang said.

"Yes, let's prepare more!" Guan Huang said.

......

September for pulling steel turned into August!

Drivers like Cao Dongfang also sped up the transportation of goods. Fortunately, there were only 12 tons of steel left. The steel rolling mill fleet plus the department's ten vehicles completed the transportation work in six trips and days.

On the 17th, Guan Huang called together all the people in the convoy and gave them a task to mobilize idle personnel across the country to produce steel. Half of the people in the rural areas would produce steel, and the other half would farm the land.

We went to the ten communes below and brought some technicians and skilled workers to help and guide them in steelmaking.

Our mission was to send technicians to ten communes and transport iron ore and the steel they had refined.

Next, I will divide the group into two groups. Ten vehicles will stay in the factory to deal with some emergencies. The personnel will be replaced every ten days. Each group of people will stay in the commune for twenty days.

Cao Dongfang was assigned to the 'Red Star Commune' and was in the same team as Uncle Jiang. His co-pilot was a young man named Xiao Xu, who was the same age as Cao Dongfang.

Cao Dongfang passed the first-level driver assessment at the end of last year and is now a real first-level driver with a monthly salary of 81 yuan.

His assessment was approved by everyone from the ministry to the steel mill, and he was considered a special talent. His promotion was also a special case, not the regular promotion from apprentice to worker.

Cao Dongfang's name has long been on the list among the senior executives in the ministry and the factory.

Everyone gave the green light to the great god's promotion, and no one tried to stop him. That was the person the director of the great elder's office had personally called to take care of.

Making a phone call to notify and meeting in person are two different concepts!

The higher the official position, the more he understands things!

We'll set off at eight tomorrow morning.

When Cao Dongfang saw the technician’s name, he smiled!

Damn, the director did it on purpose, no, it was the author who did it on purpose, "Tong Zhi! Yi Zhonghai! Liang Ladi! Jia Dongxu! Liu Haizhong!"

Damn, is there a meeting in the compound, or are they preparing for a big fight in the Red Star Commune? What is Yi Zhonghai doing here? What can his trembling left hand do?

Are they going to fight with Jia Dongxu? Or are they here to stop the fight? The most likely scenario is:

Watch the fun!

Tong Zhi: technician, Liu Haizhong: forger, Liang Ladi: welder, Jia Dongxu: fitter. But what the hell is Yi Zhonghai, a warehouse keeper and a disabled fitter.

There is no problem in terms of job types, there are all kinds of jobs, but...what is Yi Zhonghai doing here!

This lineup really gave Cao Dongfang a headache. There were 14 people in total, and 95 of them were in Courtyard No. 6. Liang Ladi was still a woman, a woman who had just given birth to a child half a year ago. Was she going on a trip?

.......

"Come on, Xiao Xu, help the comrades put the tool kits in the car. Let's go. This is urgent."

Cao Dongfang said, "Everyone, have you guys gone to the Red Star Commune and made arrangements with your families? Do you need to explain this to them?"

"Dongfang, I told you that we were notified yesterday afternoon that we don't need to go back to the compound." Yi Zhonghai said.

"Okay then, let's go. You guys sit in the back. The road to the Red Star Commune is quite bumpy, so it's best to hold on to some places." After saying this, Cao Dongfang and Xiao Xu went to the driver's seat to drive.

Oh! It is really a boring thing. It is better to send only half of the rural population to make steel. At least half of the population can farm the land, so the land will not be too barren next year.

Natural disasters cannot be prevented, but it is good to reduce man-made disasters. Cao Dongfang was ready to drive the car himself, and when he saw the people in Uncle Jiang's car got in, he prepared to go together.

There were also five people on Uncle Jiang's side, and Cao Dongfang didn't know them. Cao Dongfang worked in the fleet and rarely went out to hang out, so most people in the factory didn't know them.

We drove off, and Uncle Jiang's two cars headed straight for the Red Star Commune. The distance was not too far, no more than thirty miles, and ten miles of it were dirt roads.

There were potholes on the road and it was quite bumpy. Uncle Jiang and Cao Dongfang were not driving fast as they did not want to make the people behind them suffer. There was no need to do that since they were all from the same factory.

As we approached the Red Star Commune, we began to see large numbers of people from several villages gathering in Qinjia Village, where the Red Star Commune was located.

Oh my god, 'Qinjia Village' can't be! Can't be! Can't be the village where Qin Huairu used to live!

Haha, this is going to be fun. If it is true that Jia Dongxu has connections with some people in Qinjia Village, it would be nice to deal with some of them here.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong can both be tidied up and taught a lesson on how to behave, especially Liu Haizhong, who is annoying to see.

After getting off the car, Uncle Jiang and Cao Dongfang went to find the commune leader. Xiao Xu and Uncle Jiang's apprentice Xiao Qi were helping the workers unload the car. They took a lot of things, but they were of no use.

"You are the commune secretary. We are from the Red Star Steel Mill. We were sent by our superiors to work with your commune to produce steel and build the country." Uncle Jiang said politely.

"Welcome, welcome. There is a notice from above that comrades from the steel rolling mill are here to guide us in steelmaking. We are so sorry to trouble you." said the commune secretary.

“What do we need to do now?”

"Build a blast furnace!"