Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

I remember that Lu Changyuan was very shabby, dark and thin at that time. His only hobby was drinking. Even when he was drunk, he didn't act crazy, but just liked to hold the bottle and talk.

They cried because when he was the director of the flour mill, he was only concerned with completing production tasks and did not care about the lives of the workers. Two safety accidents occurred, causing the lives of more than a dozen innocent workers to lose in vain.

When the workers' families saw him, they spat in his face or even beat him, so he didn't even dare to go back to Huaibian County.

In fact, at that time no one believed that he had been the director of a flour mill.

But Lin Zhengjun and he were from the same hometown, and he liked to think about things, so he asked him how the safety accident happened...

At this moment, Lin Zhengjun was also helpless about Lu Changyuan's careless attitude.

Of course he didn't want the tragedy to happen again, but he was an outsider after all, and it was not easy for him to climb up the crane and tell Lu Changyuan that something would go wrong here. That would be too outrageous and could not be explained at all.

"You are so mysterious. Why don't you explain it clearly so that I can remind Director Lu!"

Mr. Bai said worriedly: "The road ahead is long and we will pursue progress. We will definitely do everything we can to complete production and will definitely not stop production for a safety inspection!"

"Let's go! Let's go find He Jian!"

Thinking about the workers who died tragically and the orphans and widows left behind, Lin Zhengjun was unwilling to give up and went straight to the staff quarters of the county public security bureau.

In the courtyard of He Jian's house, Hao Jianguo had already slipped away, and Tang Xiaofu was chatting about literature with He Jian and his wife. Well, these days everyone loves to chat about literature.

"How's the store search going?"

Seeing Lin Zhengjun and Bai Weiguo walking into the yard, He Jian hurriedly stood up to pour tea for them and gave Bai Weiguo a cigarette.

"The store is quite suitable, so we've rented it." Lin Zhengjun took the tea and took a sip.

"Congratulations then. I'll bring my brothers to look after your business. We'll never go to a state-owned restaurant again. The food is terrible, expensive, and the waiters have stinky faces. I haven't even started eating yet, but I feel full just by looking at their stinky faces!"

Lin Zhengjun said in a deep voice: "He Jian, I have a feeling that a major safety accident may occur in the flour mill, and production must be stopped for inspection!"

"You, what is your basis?" He Jian asked after being stunned.

"I have no basis for this."

Lin Zhengjun smiled calmly and said, "But if you trust me once, we must stop production and conduct a comprehensive and thorough safety inspection!"

"Of course I believe in your judgment!"

He Jian nodded, and then said with embarrassment: "But the county flour mill is an important production unit. I am a police officer, not a production safety management department. I am not qualified to stop production for inspection!"

"That's easy. Just say that some hostile elements were sabotaging and placed a bomb in the workshop, isn't that enough?" Lin Zhengjun said with a faint smile.

"Your way of thinking is too..." He Jian shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Don't worry about the excuse you give, just complete a safety inspection!"

He Jian thought about it and said seriously: "Zhengjun, I can use this as an excuse to take people to check, but if nothing is wrong, Director Lu will definitely fight with me!"

Bai Weiguo said jokingly: "If he wants to hold someone responsible, you can just say that I called the police. I'll take the blame! How dare he bark at me?"

"Haha, he wouldn't dare to do that!"

"Don't worry, as long as you push them to conduct a major safety inspection, you will definitely gain something."

Lin Zhengjun said confidently: "Lu Changyuan will treat you as his own father. He would like to kowtow to you and fight with you to the death. What a fight!"

"Okay, then I will push this matter forward as soon as possible!" He Jian said.

"Okay, we must start the shutdown inspection before November, otherwise, it will be too late!"

"Okay! Don't worry, I'll remember it!"

"By the way, do you have any self-defense equipment?" After talking about this, Lin Zhengjun felt relieved and asked.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to Yanjing and I need to bring a betrothal gift. I'm worried that the road may be unsafe. You also know that there are a lot of bandits and robbers nowadays. It's better to be prepared!" Lin Zhengjun said.

Nowadays, thefts and robberies often occur on trains. Lin Zhengjun wants to bring a gift, so he must be prepared.

More importantly, if a conflict breaks out between him and Zhu Yongcheng, he can also be dealt with properly.

"I definitely can't give you police equipment. It's against the rules..."

He Jian frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly an idea came to him. He opened the drawer, took out a steel brass knuckle, and said with a smile: "Here's what I'll give you!"

"Okay, this thing is pretty good!" Lin Zhengjun picked up the brass knuckles and couldn't let it go.

This brass knuckles is made of full steel and has six spikes on it. When you hold it in your hand, it can leave several bloody holes with a punch. It is also easy to carry, making it a must-have self-defense weapon for home and travel.

After putting away the brass knuckles, Lin Zhengjun asked, "He Jian, what is the county's attitude towards speculation recently? Is the control strict?"

"How can it not be strict? Recently, our county's Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau and the Public Security Bureau jointly took action and arrested two truck drivers who were engaged in speculation and profiteering. One was sentenced to three years and the other was sentenced to five years. It's really miserable!" He Jian shook his head angrily.

"What do you think of these speculators?" Lin Zhengjun asked with a smile.

"What else can I do? I see with my eyes, and I feel sorry for them, but it's useless..." He Jian smiled helplessly, "I am a law enforcer, I have to follow instructions, I have to arrest them even if I don't want to!"

"These speculations are all caused by the scissors gap between industry and agriculture that is widely implemented in the country, and the unified purchase and marketing policy that distorts market prices!"

Bai Weiguo's face showed a deep look as he said, "The state-owned commercial departments enforce the unified purchase and supply policy through coercion, purchasing agricultural products at low prices and selling industrial products at high prices, using agriculture to subsidize industry!"

"Under the policy of unified purchase and marketing, the grain produced by the members could not be traded freely. It had to be purchased at a low price by government-run and state-owned commercial departments such as supply and marketing cooperatives. The members had no choice!"

"The price is really too low. The unified purchase price of the best wheat is 100 yuan per pound, but if the members don't have enough food, they have to buy back the grain at 16 cents per pound!"

"While implementing the unified purchase and sale of grain, edible oil and cotton, the state-owned commercial departments also implemented a policy of purchasing other agricultural and sideline products such as live pigs, eggs, sugar, silk, flue-cured tobacco, etc., with abnormally low prices and as many as 132 varieties."

"But the industrial products sold to the common people are ridiculously expensive. The money earned by the members after working hard for several years is not enough to buy a bicycle or a sewing machine. This is too unreasonable. It is simply sucking the blood of the farmers!"

"The birth of the coupons, in the final analysis, not only solves the problem of material shortages, but also aims to combat private transactions and sales in order to ensure excess profits for the industrial sector!"

"But there are smart members among them. Once they have excess grain or other agricultural and sideline products, they are unwilling to sell them to the supply and marketing cooperatives. For many products, the black market price is three times the unified purchase price. They would rather risk imprisonment and death than sell them on the black market!"

"I feel the same as Mr. Bai, and I also have a lot of sympathy for these speculative farmers."

He Jian smiled and said, "But from the overall perspective, although the unified purchase and marketing policy sacrificed the interests of farmers, it completed the original capital accumulation of the industrial sector. We quickly built a modernized industry. Overall, it should be positive, right?"

Mr. Bai shook his head in dismay and said, "The merits and demerits of right and wrong can only be left to history to judge. How can ordinary people like us have the ability to influence it? I can only say that I was not very happy as the director of the Planning Bureau in those years. I am also a farmer's son!"

"It's really hard to judge right from wrong and merit from demerit!"

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "But one negative impact is obvious! For decades, the agricultural sector has been providing blood transfusions to the industrial sector, urban and rural development has been unbalanced, and rural farmers have fallen into poverty. I am afraid that one day there will be a great abundance or even a surplus of goods in the market, but there will be insufficient effective demand, and the goods will not be sold. That will be troublesome!"

"Oversupply of goods? Can't sell them? Isn't that a direct path to communism? In my opinion, Zhengjun, you are worrying too much. I'm afraid we won't see it in our lifetime!" He Jian seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world and laughed out loud.

Lin Zhengjun felt that He Jian's attitude was enough, so he didn't say anything more. He smiled and said, "He Jian, could you please drive Xiaofu and me to see my second sister and brother-in-law?"