"Old Li, I remember that you were in charge of the literacy campaign.”It was obvious that Governor Li was planning to link the literacy campaign with the recruitment. The workers in Shandong not only ate better, but also had a certain amount of pocket money every month. They even had a certain weight of grain as their salary. The grain they were given was usually very precious food such as white flour and millet. Many rural people might only eat it once a year, but in addition to the daily white flour, the workers also had 30 liters of grain to take home every month. This wasn't a small amount. In many cases, adding yellow noodles to white noodles was enough for a family of five to eat for a month or two.
The two major conditions set by Governor Li would make the literacy campaign more popular, especially when there was a requirement for young people in the recruitment requirements. In one or two months, those who had not put in any effort in literacy might find that the children of their neighbors who could read well ate much better than themselves and earned much more than those who worked hard in the farmland all year round. Therefore, this year would be the busy season for farming. The literacy campaign would not stop.
"Yes, I'm in charge of the literacy campaign in our base area. Why? Are these two conditions wrong?”Although Secretary Zhu made fun of him, Governor Li didn't feel embarrassed at all. After all, these two conditions could be said to be very basic requirements. Even Director Guo couldn't say anything here. Moreover, he was still in charge of the Nanjing intelligence station. Speaking of which, he had been fine for the past few days. Li Ziming, Huo Qing, and Xu Lei had been busy.
"That's nothing. By the way, how's your plan for the intelligence point in Nanjing? Even though Secretary Zhu could see that Governor Li wanted to take this opportunity to strengthen the literacy campaign in Shandong, especially in Lunan, there was nothing much to say. After all, Governor Li's literacy campaign was not as easy as Director Guo's party building work. A few words were enough. If he was too harsh, Governor Li would probably give up. This was not what Secretary Zhu wanted to see, so Secretary Zhu quickly changed the topic.
He began to ask about the intelligence point. Although the intelligence point had not been officially established, he had already prepared the funds needed for the intelligence point. He still had 20 kilograms of gold in his hands. This money could establish a qualified intelligence system in some areas of China. He originally planned to let Li Yan use it, but because Li Yan had funding from the US government, he would not be able to use this batch of gold in a short period of time. Whether it was the batch of workers who were currently in charge of building the factory or those who needed training in the future, they could use the food that the base had stored for a period of time to pay their wages. Therefore, Secretary Zhu planned to make a big deal out of it and use this batch of gold to build a luxurious intelligence point.
"Speaking of which, I was about to report to you. I've discussed with Ziming and Huo Qing for a few days. Our plan is to build an intelligence point independent of the current system and be directly responsible to the committee to ensure the confidentiality of this matter as much as possible. In addition, I plan to use this intelligence point not only as an organization to transmit reports and equipment lists, but also to collect some international news and reports while protecting ourselves as much as possible. What do you think?”
Governor Li had been to Yan 'an before. If he were to say it himself, the biggest impression he had of Yan' an was not a professional educational institution like Kang University, nor was it the many international sympathisers like Doctor Bai, although these things were indeed impressive. However, Governor Li's deepest impression was his grasp of some international news. Since he graduated and came to Shandong, although he did a good job, some of his classmates at that time stayed in Yan 'an. He had seen those classmates a few times when he went last time. To be honest, he could not compare to them. He really could not compare to them. Their grasp of some international news and their communication with each other really made him feel inferior. He had thought about collecting international military and political news before, especially after returning from Yan 'an, but unfortunately, he did not succeed. Although Shandong had a few intelligence points in Shanghai, most of them were operational teams that dealt with specific matters. It was really difficult for them to be qualified to carry out the important task of intelligence gathering.
On the one hand, there was the problem of personnel education, and on the other hand, funding was also very important. In Nanjing and Shanghai, a foreign newspaper published yesterday was even more expensive than a raw silk worker's monthly salary. This price was even higher for some relatively common newspapers. If it was Wall Street journal, Times, Guardian or other relatively standard newspapers, the price would be even higher. Therefore, although he had this plan for a long time, he had no way to implement it. Previously, after Secretary Zhu agreed to Governor Li's establishment of an intelligence station in Nanjing, Governor Li took this matter up again. Now that the funding had eased a lot because of Li Yan's relationship, it was time to put this matter on the agenda.
"That's a good idea." Secretary Zhu stood up excitedly after hearing Governor Li's idea. Although Secretary Zhu was a dabbler in the intelligence system, he still knew some basic knowledge about the intelligence system. The most important thing about the intelligence system was the word intelligence. From this point of view, it was really difficult for any organization in the current China to bear this title. He wasn't a military commander, nor was he a middle commander. Take the military commander for example. Previously, when he heard that Mr. Dai was called the sword of that person in Chongqing, Mr. Dai was very happy. He went around telling people about this, but he really didn't know what to say. A sword was not as important as eyes and ears. Moreover, he could change a sword whenever he wanted to, but he had never heard of eyes and ears being able to be changed.
Secretary Zhu sighed at Governor Li's thoughts and continued. "How about this? In the future, after the intelligence point is established, the members of the committee of Green Camel Town will take half an hour to discuss after work every day. One is to discuss the industrial construction today, and the other is the international news you mentioned. By the way, was there a big problem with funding? One international newspaper a day was not a small amount.”Secretary Zhu knew a little about the price of international newspapers in China. Even Shen Bao in China was not as good as the British newspapers in terms of price and content. Shi Liangcai was one of the most influential people in Shanghai. Moreover, the establishment of an intelligence point required a passable identity as a cover. In this case, the total amount of information was not a small number.
"We've planned this. I asked about the price in Shanghai before. If it's just the Wall Street journal and the Washington Post in the United States, the Daily Mail and The Times in the United Kingdom, the Berlin-Zeitung in Germany, and the Red Star in the Soviet Union, it'll cost about five taels of gold per month. Adding the rent in Nanjing and the planned western restaurant, it'll only cost about fourteen kilograms of gold for the initial construction funds. Their daily income was enough to cover the expenses of a small intelligence station.”The biggest part of the money was the rent. After all, this intelligence point couldn't be too far away from the American Residence in China. Due to the special situation in Nanjing, the place closer to the American Residence in China was considered a safe place in the entire city. Therefore, it was difficult to negotiate the price. Moreover, Nanjing should be the place with the most western restaurants after Shanghai. Therefore, this western restaurant should only be able to barely achieve no losses. It would be difficult for it to provide much support for the other work of the intelligence point.
"Oh, right, if possible, add Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun. After all, we can't take the initiative to close our eyes because of the current situation.”Of course, Secretary Zhu and Governor Li knew that the Japanese newspapers would not reveal their true situation. Japan must have entered wartime control now. Whether it was a big newspaper or a small magazine, they would go through the necessary review to prevent the leakage of information. However, the members of the Knowledge Committee knew how to identify useful information through public channels.
"I know. Japanese newspapers in Nanjing aren't worth much. The price is about the same as the declaration.”Of course, Governor Li knew about this basic thing, but he didn't mention it before because of the low value of Japanese newspapers. Later, Governor Li discussed other aspects of the intelligence point with Secretary Zhu. "By the way, I plan to let Ziming, who follows me, take charge of this matter. Do you think it's appropriate?”
"What? You plan to let Ziming go?”After hearing the candidate for Governor Li, Secretary Zhu was still very puzzled. Of course, it wasn't because there was anything wrong with Li Ziming. On the contrary, Li Ziming was about the same age as Governor Li this year. He was born in 2008 and was only two years younger than Governor Li. His hometown was also in Yuxian County, Shanxi Province.
Li Ziming had been with Governor Li for a long time. When Governor Li came to Shandong, Li Ziming had followed him. There was no problem with him in terms of party spirit or other aspects. Such a precious talent was originally planned to be arranged to serve as a clerk or political commissar of the Luxi column in the Shandong base area. After all, Japan was about to tighten its control over Shandong. By then, it would be very difficult to contact each base area. At this time, it was very important to have a trustworthy person in Luxi, but now Governor Li planned to send Li Ziming to Nanjing.
Even though the Nanjing intelligence point was a security intelligence point, the main job was to hand over documents and collect newspapers. It seemed that there was no need to worry about security, but that was Nanjing. Wang was in Nanjing now. No one knew if they would be targeted by the Japanese or Wang. Once they were targeted, it would be impossible to die. "I don't agree. What if Ziming goes to Nanjing and Luxi? At that time, Luxi won't be able to do without someone to keep an eye on him.”
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