Plane Merchant's Dream of a Powerful Country

ps: Thanks to the reader "qyzw309" who voted for a monthly pass to Paradise o(n_n)o haha~, and special thanks to the reader "Dancing Wind" who voted for a monthly pass to Paradise and rewarded 1 Zongheng coins for 14 consecutive times, Thank you for your generosity, it’s so awesome^_^, maybe it’s a coincidence and God’s will, in the storyline of the two chapters of the novel today and tomorrow, it’s also just the new year, which is almost in sync with our reality, so it’s a joy on top of happiness, I hope you read it happy, like ^_^

The first target plane, Yanhuang Continent.

It was already the beginning of January 1944, and there was not much time left before the Spring Festival, which is the most important event for the people of Yanhuang.Whether it is the residents of the Guangfu District north of the Yangtze River who are already well-off, the residents of the south of the Yangtze River that have just been liberated, or the residents of the Southwest under the control of the Bald Party, they are all calculating how much money they have left, and thinking about what to buy recently. Items, what kind of food to buy to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival.

The entire Yanhuang Continent to the north of the Yangtze River benefited from the Great Socialist Transformation Movement that began in the second half of 1943. Whether it was rural residents or urban residents, basically every household moved into bright, clean and comfortable new living rooms and big houses. .Every household is planning to be lively and beautiful at this moment, celebrating the first significant new year after moving into the new house.Their keynote is that they must have a good, beautiful, full and enjoyable life!

Beijing, Jinhai and other places.

Let’s talk about Jinhai first. The taste of the New Year here started as early as the cooking of Laba porridge a few days ago. Earlier, the common people couldn’t afford expensive accessories such as lotus seeds, longan, barley, and kidney beans. They are placed on the counters of canteens and food stores in various places, allowing people to choose carefully.

In front of the Niangniang Palace in Jinhai City, on the newly built antique commercial street, tourists are staggering like a tide. Everyone plans to use the income and savings earned from their hard work within half a year to concentrate on buying traditional New Year's Eve here. Taste goods.

"Give me a hanging coin, and two red lanterns, the biggest one." A middle-aged man pointed to the big lantern in the store, which meant prosperity.

"Boss, bring me 10 New Year pictures." Another female customer interjected.

"And me, there are 18 lucky characters to attract wealth and wealth!"

"There are, there are. Don't worry, everyone. Our store has prepared enough goods this year." Zhu Huizhao's family, which has been passed down for three generations in the early years, relied on making New Year pictures and lanterns for their livelihood.But even though he is busy, Boss Zhu is in a good mood. He is not afraid of customers rushing to quarrel when they buy things, and he is smiling and cheerfully looking up and explaining.You know, for this unexpectedly prosperous year this year, Boss Zhu looks at the rising sales every day, but he will wake up with a smile unconsciously when he goes to bed at night.

In a clothing and hat shop on Guyi Street.

"Shopkeeper, bring me two new felt hats."

"Salesman, please pull me 4 feet of fabric of this material. I want to make two coats for the 'head of the family'."

"Mom, do you think I look good in this dress?"

"It's pretty, it's so pretty, and my girl is the prettiest!"

"Dude, let's go cheaper. The material of 'Xi Donglong' only sells for 6 cents, but here you mark it as 5 cents. It's too expensive!"

In more than a dozen cloakroom shops along the street, there were occasional voices of comments, prices and praise from customers.

Beijing, South Tonggu Lane.

This is one of the oldest neighborhoods in old Beijing.It starts from Gulou East Street in the north and ends at Di'anmen East Street in the south, with a total length of 786 meters and a width of 8 meters.The craftsmen at that time cut the "tofu" in Beijing into squares, and every hutong was right south and north, east and west, which influenced the creation of Beijingers with a strong sense of orientation.If you are in Jinhai, the directions usually only say where to turn left or right, because there are very few big roads in Jinhai City with straight roads and the same direction.

At this time, Dashilan in Beijing has already taken on a completely new look after undergoing a major transformation of the Yanhuang Red Party with work-for-relief.Stone floor tiles that need to be replaced, road asphalt that needs to be pressed, and wooden buildings that need to be repainted and colored. Considered.

So at this time, Dashilan is full of flowers and bustling.Stores facing the street, the century-old restaurants "Barbecue Season" and "Boudu Zhang" will open in the future, Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, Huixianju Fried Liver Restaurant, Duyi Shaomai Restaurant, Zhengyanglou Restaurant, Ruishengxiang, Jiulongzhai Dried Fruit Shop, Ruifuxiang Silk Cloth Shop, Black Monkey Hat Shop, Liubiju Pickle Garden, and Yilong Mutton Restaurant are lined up in sequence, together with the stewed aroma of hawkers along the street, the sour taste of soybean milk, and the sitting The traditional craftsmen who set up small stalls on the benches made dough figurines, clay figurines, silk figurines, facial makeup, kites, paper-cuts, sugar paintings, etc., setting off the whole Dashilar area with a bustling crowd of people, in full swing, really like a market in the sky , a scene of prosperity and prosperity.

"Hey, Mr. Zhang Wu, I wish you an early New Year greeting!" A middle-aged man in his 40s wearing a traditional coat bowed to the old man opposite him with his fists in his arms.

"Don't, don't, Liu Zi, don't like this now!"

"Hey~~ You always relax, I want you to be happy, and you don't hurt anyone or insult anyone. Besides, the Beijing Provisional Government hasn't banned the rituals of bowing in the past, right? It's Chinese New Year, let's have fun, I'm so happy!" The man whose nickname was Liuzi answered cheerfully.

"You boy, why can't you, why don't you have enough to eat. There's only this mouth 'sweet' left (slang, meaning to show off)!"

"Haha, don't tell me, in this world, I can really live like this. I heard the government officials say that in the future, if Beijing is going to develop a tourism industry, it needs people like me who can speak well. We don’t dare to boast about anything else, but when it comes to telling old Beijing’s ins and outs, decades of unofficial anecdotes, celebrity anecdotes, meat and vegetarian jokes, hey, I can talk about it for three days without repeating it. Sanye, you don't mind listening to me all the time!"

"Hehe, you kid~~"

At the same time, south of the Yangtze River, Anfu Village, Ningdu County, Jiangxi Province.

"Erba, the head of the house!" A woman in the village ran to the back of the mountain in three steps at a time, looking for her husband who was chopping firewood.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his wife running around like a "crazy woman", Zhuang Tian, ​​the head of the family, was a little displeased.

"Boss, hurry up, the Red Party is dividing the rice and the New Year's goods in the village. It is counted by the head, and you and Erwa will go back with me."

"Really?"

"Why did I lie to you, hurry up!"

"Erwazi, go with your mother, I'll come later." Seeing the firewood scattered on the ground, Zhuangtian thought about it for a while, but still didn't want to give up the fruits of his half-day labor, so he decided to let Erwazi go first, and carry it by himself. Get on the firewood and follow.

"Yes, Dad!"

In Anfu Village.

Several Red Party fighters and staff, with the assistance of the village chief, are registering and taking photos of the villagers one by one. While distributing new year goods, they are collecting personal information to establish basic files for the future National People's Identity Federation and credit management.Because of the tangible benefits, no one missed it, and the registration work went smoothly.It's just that due to the vast area south of the Yangtze River and the large number of people, the large trucks and motorcycle tricycles that transport materials for the New Year need to drive back and forth non-stop.

On the same day, in Huizhou County, Guangdong Province, a new-style train fully loaded with goods slowly stopped at the brand new railway station that had just been built.

This is a train from Shandong, carrying all kinds of daily necessities, medicines and other commodities urgently needed by residents in the south, especially in Guangdong.With the help of many cooks and porters recruited through work-for-relief, and under the unloading of special machinery operated by army soldiers, everyone is working together to transport the goods to areas that need them in the shortest possible time.

On the whole, although Wang Fan has placed a large amount of food, medicine, and basic daily necessities in many secret warehouse locations in the south through the plane ring.However, the conditions of each region vary greatly, and it is impossible for Wang Fan to transport them one by one alone to meet the needs of tens of thousands of rural areas.Furthermore, he has to spare most of his time to improve the various roads and railways on the south bank of the Yangtze River.So in the end, the important task of meeting 100% of the actual needs of materials in various places fell on the two departments newly established by the Yanhuang Red Party, the Material Management Bureau and the Transportation Management Bureau.The former is responsible for statistics and distribution of inventory materials in various regions, while the latter is responsible for arranging and dispatching truck fleets and train wagons to all parts of the country.

As for the reconstruction of the southern railways and roads, in view of the fact that the southern region has just been liberated and various things are very different, in order to reduce dead brain cells, Wang Fan directly copied the layout of several major railways in the later generations of the main plane, forming the southern provinces, with the provincial capital as the center. The railway skeleton of the line:

1. The largest traffic hub in the north and south: Beijing-Guangzhou Line

Go south from Beijing via Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, and Changsha to Guangzhou, the southern gate of Yanhuang.Along the way, it runs through six provinces and cities, spans five major river basins, passes through the North China Plain, the Lianghu Plain, the hills in the south of the Yangtze River, crosses the Nanling Mountains, and connects to the Pearl River Delta.

2. Traffic arteries in east and west coastal areas: Beijing-Shanghai Line

It starts in Beijing and goes straight to Shanghai via Jinhai, Jinan, Xuzhou and Nanjing.It runs through the three municipalities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai and the four provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui, spans four major water systems, and connects the North China Plain, the Jianghuai Plain, and the Yangtze River Delta.In addition, the Beijing-Shanghai Line also connects to the Beijing-Shenzhen Line in the north and Shanghai-Hangzhou in the south.

3. The second largest transportation center in the north and south: Beitongpu——Taijiao——Jiaoliu

It starts from Datong in Shanxi in the north, passes through Taiyuan, Jiaozuo, and Zhicheng to Liuzhou.Basically parallel to the Beijing-Guangzhou line.Along the route, it passes through five provinces (regions), spans three major river basins, and runs through the Loess Plateau, the mountains in western Henan, the Jianghan Plain, the mountains in western Hunan, and the hills of Guangdong and Guangxi.

4. The third largest traffic hub in the north and south: Beijing-Kowloon Line

It also started in Beijing and went straight to Kowloon, Hong Kong via Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Guangdong.It spans five major water systems along the route, running through the North China Plain, Poyang Lake Plain, Dabie Mountains, Jinggang Mountains, and the hills of Guangdong and Guangxi.

5. East-west trunk line in Jiangnan area: Shanghai-Hangzhou-Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Xianggui-Guikun line

The whole line starts from Shanghai in the east, passes through six provinces and cities including Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan, and connects the Yangtze River Delta, the hills in the south of the Yangtze River and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with a total length of 2677km.It is the east-west artery that traverses the south of the Yangtze River.

It is precisely because of the mainline railway that basically covers the entire Yanhuang mainland that the Lunar New Year in early 1944 gradually began in an atmosphere of anticipation, excitement and festivities throughout the entire Yanhuang region.Except for a small number of areas such as Sichuan and Yunnan, the vast majority of people in the Yanhuang mainland can at least happily eat a meal of oily and hot white flour meatball dumplings with their families during the Spring Festival.Of course, what they didn't expect was that in addition to material guarantees, Wang Fan also prepared a "happy" gift package for everyone.