Of course, although he had put down his prejudice, Commander Bai still had some doubts in his heart. After all, would foreigners be so kind? Would he help them build a complete industrial system from scratch?
However, Commander Bai did not expect Li Yan to bring such an important thing as a water power station in just a few days. The most important armed force here, the 105th Division, only had a 30km small fuel generator. As for the Green Camel Temple, which was the most important administrative organization in Shandong Province, there was not even a generator. They usually used oil lamps.
"Hello, Commander Bai." While Commander Bai was sizing up Li Yan, Li Yan was also observing Commander Bai. It was not the first time he had heard the name Division Commander Bai. In the past few days, Li Yan had a general understanding of the committee members through Hu Rui and the workers of the Meng River Dam.
Although the committee was currently the highest political body here, because the base area was not connected, the area directly controlled by the Shandong Committee was only the area of the Lunan base area. Although other areas had to obey the leadership of the committee in name, due to communication restrictions, the autonomy of each area was very large. Moreover, due to the imbalance of military power, the conditions between the various places were also very different.
Secretary Zhu, Governor Li, and Director Guo were administrative officers, while Division Commander Bai, Commander Zhao, and Chief of Staff He were military officers.
However, Li Yan found it hard to see this from Division Commander Bai or Chief of Staff He. Whether it was height or weight, they were more like ordinary farmers, just like Miao Zengyun whom he had met in the morning. He was lean and short. Chief of Staff He even wore a pair of glasses. It was fine for a civil official like Secretary Zhu to wear glasses, but it was a bit too much for Chief of Staff He to wear glasses.
"Commissioner Li, come over and take a look. How do you use this machine?”Secretary Zhu, who was squeezed inside, also heard the conversation outside and quickly asked Li Yan who came in.
The crowd crowded around the machine quickly made way for Li Yan to enter. However, this path happened to only allow one person to pass through, preventing Commander Bai and Liu Xin from taking the opportunity to enter. After Li Yan entered, the passage quickly disappeared and returned to its previous state. Commander Bai, who was squeezed outside, could not do anything. After all, Commander Bai was the most inexperienced among these people. After all, when Secretary Zhu and Political Commissar Luo were the class monitor, Commander Bai was still a big soldier. When the old leaders were acting like hooligans, he really did not have any good ideas. Of course, although he was squeezed outside, Commander Bai could still see the specific situation inside. Therefore, Division Commander Bai was also staring intently at Li Yan as he started the machine.
"It shouldn't be difficult to start this machine. Don't you know how to start it?”Li Yan was also a little puzzled. After all, the main sales group of the fuel generator was farmers and other people with low academic qualifications. Therefore, whether it was starting or repairing, it was stupid. Even during the design, it required a person who had not graduated from junior high school to be able to carry out simple maintenance work. However, he did not expect that with so many people from the Shandong Provincial Committee here, they could not simply start the machine. It seemed that there was a big problem with the education here. Of course, Li Yan did not expect to get an answer from this question. It was just a casual sigh. After asking, he began to start the machine.
"The most important thing to do before starting the fuel generator is to inject the oil. Have you added the oil?”Because it was not a large mechanical equipment, there was no need to add too much oil. Therefore, the oil was usually given randomly. This was also a marketing method, especially after cooperating with the Rockefeller Group. The price of the oil was simply low.
"Lube oil, is this it?" Secretary Zhu picked up an oil barrel beside him.
In fact, Secretary Zhu had planned to fill the oil and gasoline by himself, but Governor Li, who had always been cautious, thought it would be better to let Li Yan do this job after Li Yan came back. After all, although they knew some English and could understand the English on the machine, with Li Yan as a professional, there was no need for them to take risks. Perhaps without Li Yan, the fuel generator would have been running. However, because Li Yan was here, everyone consciously handed this matter over to Li Yan. However, they were not just waiting here. Before Li Yan arrived, they had organized the staff of Green Camel Temple to pull the wires and screw in the light bulbs. The offices of the committee members and their direct offices were all ready. They were just waiting for the machines to start.
"Yes, this is it." After filling up the oil and gasoline, Li Yan began to explain the key points of starting. "I heard you mention the cranked socket. Indeed, most of the small fuel generators below 50 Kilowatt use the cranked starting method. However, this 100 Kilowatt fuel generator is different. It uses the drawstring starting method. Do you see this handle? Just hold this handle and pull it back.”Li Yan looked at Secretary Zhu.
"What's wrong? Is it difficult to pull?" Secretary Zhu thought that it would take a lot of effort to pull it?
"No, it's quite simple to pull it, but I think it's better for Secretary Zhu to do this.”
This wasn't Li Yan being modest. After all, Li Yan's work in Shandong mainly relied on the support of Secretary Zhu and other committee members. Of course, if the people from the Navy Intelligence Bureau or the residence in China were here, then they would undoubtedly be the ones who initiated it. However, they weren't here now, so it was most appropriate for Secretary Zhu, the secretary of the Shandong Committee, to do this. Although Li Yan was usually a little unreasonable, he was still familiar with this simple way of pleasing the investor or the party. For example, when he was building the Ford branch factory, the first shovel of soil was personally done by the governor of Mexico, and the first Ford car after completion was driven by the president of Ford. Li Yan still understood this method.
"I'll start it. That's not good. After all, this machine was brought over by your commissioner.”
Secretary Zhu understood how simple it was to curry favor with Party A. However, in Secretary Zhu's opinion, there was no doubt that Li Yan was the representative of Party A. After all, Li Yan was the representative of aid. Whether it was the industrial zone in Qing Tuo Town or the planned Fei County industrial zone, they all started from tonight's launch. This launch had great historical and political significance. It would even be clearly recorded in future books that on the evening of March 13th, 1940, under the witness of all the members of the Shandong Committee, the first large-scale generator in the base area was started. This was the beginning of industrial development in the base area. It was also the beginning of a joint effort to resist Japan. At such an important moment, if it wasn't for the fact that the Northern Bureau had requested for secrecy, Secretary Zhu would have even wanted to report the good news to the Northern Bureau as soon as it was activated. He wanted all the bases to know about tonight's incident. It was most appropriate for Li Yan to represent him. This was due to his identity and his hard work. After all, how many people could go into the water to take a deep dive in December?
"Secretary Zhu, hurry up and start. I still need your support in my future work. This was the first time Li Yan had seen such a negative Party A. Commander Zhao, Governor Li, and the others also began to cheer. After all, the celebration party was already prepared. There was wine and meat. They were just waiting for the generator to start.
"Alright, then I won't decline."
Seeing how determined Li Yan was, Secretary Zhu couldn't keep refusing. He grabbed the handle of the starter as if it was a treasure and pulled it back with all his strength.
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz…
As Secretary Zhu started the engine, the generator also started. Because it had just started, the mechanical roar became more intense. The light bulb connected to the wire that had been set up on everyone's head also flickered and lit up. For the first time, the committee members saw the light from the light bulb here. Although there were light bulbs in Jinan and Qingtuo Temple, it was the first time in the base area and Qingtuo Temple.
As the light bulb lit up, the people who had been waiting began to cheer as if they had won a great victory. No, they were even more excited than winning a great victory. After all, since the establishment of the committee, they had won a few battles. However, this was the first time they had won electricity.
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