"The security department says there is a shortage of manpower, and you slap your head and say expand the staff. The security department says there is a lot of work, and you slap your head and say expand the staff. If you let them all say it, what are you going to do?"

He knocked on the application he had just approved and said: "My advice to you is to use your fists to do big things."

"The Public Security Unit should hand over patrols and daily security management to the Security Unit, freeing them up to handle more security issues."

Li Xuewu found a newspaper in the pile of documents and handed it over, asking: "Have you read the newspaper today?"

"Ah? Look, what do you mean?"

Zhou Yao was a little dazed. She took the newspaper hesitantly and read the supplementary article of the People's Daily at Li Xuewu's signal.

At the beginning of the month, a group of progressive young people from Beijing spontaneously organized to join the Xilingol League in Mongolia and settle down...

"Leader, what do you mean..."

“When looking at problems, you must also be able to think about them.”

Li Xuewu tapped his temple with his index finger and said: "The future public security management situation will change. Comrade Zhou Yao, you must keep pace with the times."

"It's October now," he raised his head and glanced at Zhou Yao, reminding: "There are a lot of people who have retired this year. Our factory must be a big employer."

"What should be done specifically? You write a work plan and submit it, along with the necessary applications."

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"Have you read today's newspaper?"

Li Huaide rubbed his hands vigorously, grabbed the shovel and dug the soil, and asked Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu and others around him are also working with shovels in their hands. Today is voluntary labor day.

Starting after the National Day, the Red Star Factory Management Committee issued a labor advocacy notice.

All cadres and workers of the factory must participate in voluntary labor in Liangmahe Industrial Zone under the command and arrangement of the Engineering Command Center of the Agency.

In order to show his support for this movement, Li Huaide took the lead and personally led the members of the management committee to work voluntarily at the construction site on October 4, which was Sunday.

The purpose of voluntary labor is very clear, that is, to complete the construction of the main project of the ecological industrial zone before the first half of 1969 with high quality and quantity.

Ensure that the Red Star Factory successfully completes the transition to the Red Star Steel Group, and that all units and departments can move to the new office area in an orderly manner and start working.

This is an important project to coordinate with the upgrading, collectivization, personnel changes and industrialization changes of the Red Star Factory.

To this end, the engineering headquarters specially coordinated with the factory management committee and further proposed a call for voluntary labor.

The tens of thousands of people in the factory will strongly support the construction of Liangmahe Industrial Zone in the next three years.

Not only are we calling on workshop workers to come to the construction site during their breaks, but we are also asking employees in all departments of the agency to actively join the labor force.

During this period, there were not many objections or complaints about voluntary labor, whether in workshops or in government agencies.

The Red Star Factory belongs to everyone. Building the Red Star Factory is building your own home. There is nothing to refute.

However, when there are more people, there will be more trouble. When tens of thousands of people are working on a project, there will always be those who are naughty and lazy.

The Human Resources Department, the Engineering Department and the Security Department have set up labor pickets. If they find this situation, they will not deal with you. They will only record it and calculate it together when the houses are divided equally.

Only in this way, ground has been broken along the Liangma River, which is classified as a residential area, and six factories that have been merged and relocated are being demolished and renovated one after another.

The roadside planning map has been set up, with tall buildings and garden landscapes, which can greatly enhance workers' enthusiasm for participating in voluntary labor.

The underground structure with the function of three-proof engineering has completed earthwork work, and cement filling and pouring are in progress. These professional projects are completed by the engineering team.

The main directions of voluntary labor are the widening of river embankments, the cleanup of construction waste, the demolition of annexed factories, the repair and paving of roads, etc.

Li Huaide and Li Xuewu led a group of government officials to the site of the river embankment widening project.

There are also large bulldozers and hook machines at work here, as well as heavy trucks transporting soil.

Labor workers are mainly responsible for the repair of river embankments, the laying of stones, and the construction of cement berms.

What Li Xuewu didn't expect was that Lao Li, who had been sitting in an office for a long time, could also work in style.

"Are you talking about the news about progressive young people going to Mongolia to join the team?"

Li Xuewu dug a shovel of dirt with his shovel, threw it on the truck, and said casually: "I didn't even pay much attention."

Listen, can you still believe what Li Xuewu said?

How he and Zhou Yao analyzed and taught them, Lao Li didn't care too much when they became adults.

"The weather is going to change——"

Li Huaide raised his head and looked at the blue sky, and said with emotion: "They say you dress randomly in February and August, but you have to be careful not to catch a cold."

"What you are talking about is that spring covers autumn and autumn freezes," Li Xuewu agreed with a smile: "But don't freeze yourself, right?"

"Hahaha--"

Li Huaide's body is well maintained and he has made friends with so many dancers, but he is still very tough.

"You know more about health than I do. Tell me, is it better to wear more clothes or less clothes?"

"I said?" Li Xuewu replied with a smile: "I said wear less when it's hot during the day, and wear more when it's cold at night, hahaha——"

"Look! You still know better about health than me!"

Li Huaide straightened up, pointed at him with his finger, and said with a meaningful smile: "You have listened to the weather forecast, haven't you?"

"Hey, how can I have so much time?" Li Xuewu stood up straight, wiped the sweat from his face with the towel on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Idiots just look at the street wall during the New Year——"

"Hahaha--"

Li Huaide put his hands on his waist and stood there smiling cooperatively for a while, so that the organizer could take photos.

After the first-class young man who had been assigned the task left, the smile on his face also faded a lot.

"I feel that the wind and clouds have suddenly changed, and I am unable to do what I want." He looked at the wide road built in the distance and the buildings rising on both sides of the road, and sighed: "I hope this wind will blow well and blow correctly.

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"What? You still care about the future of the progressive youth group?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, put his arm on the handle of the shovel, and asked with a smile: "I'm too worried-"

"Me? I feel bad——"

Li Huaide glanced around and saw that there was no one around, so he asked Li Xuewu in a low voice: "Have you not gotten back the funds our factory used to receive progressive teachers and students last year?"

"Tsk, are you still thinking about this money?"

Li Xuewu looked at him funny and reminded softly: "I don't want to mention this now. Just treat it as a good deed and donate it on behalf of our factory."

"If we really settle these bad debts, I'm afraid we have to offend a lot of people. After all, no one has any surplus food."

"I'm not trying to settle accounts, just don't fill in new accounts."

Lao Li was very stingy and calculated: "How many people are jealous of us now and want to bite us at this time. Can I not cry about being poor and ask for the debt?"

He touched Li Xuewu with his arm and whispered: "It doesn't matter who the other person is, as long as he eats our food or stays in our hotel, we will give him a bill."

"It's up to them whether they should pay or not. Whether they pay or not is our attitude."

Li Huaide tapped his chin on the embankment under construction and said, "Just use the reason that the project budget is over the standard and the factory is financially tight. Let's cry and make a fuss."

"If I cry and make trouble, by the end of this year we will be able to calm down, right?"

"hiss--"

Li Xuewu pretended to be surprised and took a breath, quietly gestured with his thumb, and said with admiration: "High, you are still taller!"

"Why--"

Li Huaide stretched out his hand to press down his thumb, smiled reservedly, and said, "It's a small skill, not worth mentioning."

"You, you are still too humble——"

Li Xuewu pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "I will criticize you at the next organizational life meeting."

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How big is Liangmahe Ecological Industrial Zone?

In fact, it's really not that big. Including Liangma River, it's less than ten square kilometers.

However, we must consider that the location of the Red Star Factory is in the Dongcheng District of Beijing, which can be regarded as the core area for future urban development.

At this time, the capital city had already planned and laid out the surrounding land.

What can be seen is that when Hongxing Factory applied for industrial land and residential land, Beijing was very hesitant in approving the application.

That is to say, Hongxing Factory agreed to replace sixteen industrial enterprises and integrate them into a group enterprise headquartered in Beijing.

At the same time, it supports the construction of a complete steel rolling industry in Beijing and is allowed to acquire such a large area of ​​land.

The Liangma River Industrial Zone designed and constructed by Hongxing Factory integrates residential, industrial, educational, medical, scientific research and other projects, and relies on the Liangma River to build an ecological demonstration industrial park.

From the perspective of urban planning and industrial development, Beijing supports the Red Star Factory in doing this.

But from the perspective of economic development and urban development, Red Star Factory's actions have a sense of territorial autonomy.

An area that can accommodate 100,000 people to live, educate, work and live can be called a city.
To be continued...