The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 301 Return to Beijing on National Day
"Director, I have something I want to discuss with you."

The party was over, when Liu Tao was about to leave, Zhao Guoping's voice reached Liu Tao's ears.

Liu Tao was a little confused, "Comrade Zhao Guoping, what's the matter?"

"The province is organizing fundraising to help with disaster relief in the north and calling on all units across the province to donate. I want to organize trade unions, party committees, etc. to raise funds in various factories." Zhao Guoping said.

Liu Tao nodded slightly, "No problem, you will organize this matter, and when the time comes, all the donations will be used for disaster relief in the north."

In the past, Yunnan Province would definitely have no solution, because Yunnan Province was originally a poor and remote place, and it had to take money from the country every year to maintain itself. But now it is different. Yunnan Province is now one of the few provinces in the country with good conditions, and its development speed is very fast.

Yunnan Province will naturally contribute to the disaster relief in the north.

Starting in 1978, the north began to suffer from severe drought.

In 1978, a large-scale drought occurred across the country, affecting 6.03 million mu of land and causing disasters in 2.69 million mu of land. The drought was even more extensive in the autumn and winter of 1979.

In the summer of 1980, severe summer drought occurred in North China, most of Northeast China and parts of Northwest China, with 3.92 million mu of land affected and 1.87 million mu of land severely damaged nationwide.

1981年春季北方冬小麦区雨水少5-7成，缺水人数达2297万人，秋季雨水少4-9成，全国受旱3.85亿亩，成灾1.82亿亩。

Just this year, 3.11 million mu of land in the country was affected by drought and 1.5 million mu of land was disaster-stricken!

It can be said that the continuous severe droughts in recent years have caused serious damage to the country.

Since 1980, Panshan Machinery Factory has imported grain from Southeast Asia. In addition to using some of it itself, the rest was transferred to the north by the state for disaster relief. In recent years, the amount of grain imported from Southeast Asia by the state has increased year by year due to the continuous drought.

This year, a considerable portion of the trade with Brazil and Peru is offset by corn and rice.

In terms of drought, the four southwestern provinces seem to be relatively immune, especially Yunnan Province. The construction of reservoirs and hydropower stations has greatly enhanced its ability to resist drought.

Liu Tao had no objection to Zhao Guoping's proposal to raise funds across the entire factory.

China has always emphasized that 'when one side is in trouble, all sides will come to its aid'!
It is precisely because of this unity that China has been able to survive disaster after disaster and its civilization has continued to thrive.

On National Day, Liu Tao postponed his return to Beijing.

Early in the morning, Liu Tao came to the broadcasting room and made a speech to all employees through the radio, calling on everyone to donate money and materials.

Liu Tao took out 100,000 yuan and took the lead in donating.

Afterwards, the matter was handed over to Zhao Guoping, and Liu Tao took Liu Honglei and her family and set out on the journey back to Beijing.

The National Day atmosphere in Beijing is even stronger. I could feel it as soon as I got off the plane.

The closer you get to the city, the stronger the National Day atmosphere becomes.

Liu Tao and his family’s return home filled the whole house with joy.

After a short rest, Liu Tao held his daughter and walked with Zhu Lin.

After five months of pregnancy, Zhu Lin's belly is already very obvious, but it is obvious that this is her third child, and Zhu Lin seems very relaxed.

"It's a good thing that I decided to have this child before, otherwise I wouldn't have the chance to have another one in the future." Zhu Lin said with some relief.

She also heard about family planning.

Because publicity in this area is being intensified and this is in the capital, any policies tend to spread the fastest.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "I'm satisfied with three children. I don't want any more in the future." "I don't want any more either. With three children in four years, I'll become a sow." Zhu Lin also said.

Liu Tao laughed, "If you become a sow, you will be the most beautiful sow in the world."

"Go away, you are the pig." Zhu Lin gave Liu Tao a blank look.

I walked around the garden and then went out.

Shichahai, today happens to be the National Day holiday, and there are three days of National Day holiday, which brings a lot of people to Shichahai.

It is naturally impossible for college students to go home during the three-day holiday, because they may just take a train and three days will pass before they reach home.

Therefore, college students of this era only go home during summer and winter vacations, and stay in school at other times.

There are many college students in Shichahai, so it is very lively.

These college students spontaneously organized activities and formed circles. For example, some people sang songs, some sang revolutionary songs, and of course some recited poems.

Even if they are lovers, college students of this era are very reserved and they date secretly for fear of being discovered. If the school finds out, the situation will be so serious that they will be expelled. Even if it is just a warning, it will affect their job assignment.

After all, although college students are guaranteed jobs, whether the assigned jobs are good or bad makes a world of difference.

Therefore, you won’t see boys and girls holding hands. The two closest to each other can probably have someone standing between them.

"After the reform and opening up, society has changed faster and faster, there are more and more people, and it seems more lively." Zhu Lin looked at someone selling clothes and couldn't help but sigh. This kind of thing would have been impossible to appear in Shichahai two or three years ago.

But now there are more and more vendors, and these vendors are doing all kinds of business.

This subtle change in society may not be felt in a day or two, but in a year, it will be very obvious.

Liu Tao took a look and even saw jeans. He knew without a doubt that they must be from Guangdong Province.

Social changes are always reflected in all aspects, including food, clothing, and transportation!
Even Liu Tao saw the motorcycles produced by China Motorcycle Group.

So far, 2000 motorcycles they have produced have been sold nationwide, and the ex-factory price of each motorcycle is 8000 to yuan. The domestic market revenue of China Motorcycle Group exceeds million yuan, and in terms of exports, a total of more than motorcycles have been exported.

Liu Tao said: "Changes will be faster and faster in the future, and everyone's life will definitely get better and better. Maybe within 40 years, every household in China will have a car."

"What nonsense are you talking about? How is that possible? Cars are so expensive, how can we afford them? It would be good if every 10,000 households had one car. Then we would be considered a developed country." Zhu Lin rolled his eyes at Liu Tao.

In this day and age, cars are ridiculously expensive. For example, a Type 212 jeep produced by the Beijing Automobile Factory costs at least yuan, and often requires an industrial ticket.

In this era, China's automobile industry is very backward. Brazil's annual automobile production has reached 121 million vehicles, but China's automobile production is only 19.6 vehicles. You can imagine how backward China's automobile industry is now.

The China Automobile Group, founded by Liu Tao, is now in the stage of building an industrial chain, training workers and cultivating other supporting factories.

Even if he has a full set of technology, he cannot build as many cars as he wants.

Because the supporting factories can't keep up.

Civilian products like automobiles are not like tanks and armored vehicles. A factory that produces thousands of them a year is considered a super factory. Automobiles, which easily produce tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 units a year, have higher requirements for the output and quality of supporting factories.

Even the number of workers required would exceed that of a tank manufacturing plant.

(End of this chapter)