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After a while, Yuan Hao, the head of the Intelligence Department, raised his hand.

"Director, I have a little idea."

Seeing this, He Yuzhu nodded in approval.

"Chief Yuan, if you have any ideas, just bring them up directly."

After getting He Yuzhu's approval, Yuan Hao immediately started talking.

"Director, and all the comrades present here, I think the goal of these enemy agents should be the same, which is to prevent our volunteers from returning home smoothly, so I think they should take the opportunity to attack our granaries, armories, railway stations and other key facilities in the Andong area."

When He Yuzhu heard Yuan Hao's words, his eyes suddenly brightened. He seemed to have thought of something and continued talking directly after Yuan Hao's topic.

"Everyone, what Section Chief Yuan just said makes a lot of sense. I will communicate with the local city armed forces department and the city public security bureau and ask them to send more personnel to maintain public order in those places.

However, Chief Yuan's remarks just now reminded me of a very important key point, that is, the Yalu River Bridge connecting Andong County and North Korea. If those spies and enemy agents placed a large amount of explosives on this bridge and blew it up, I think you should all understand what the consequences would be.

If they succeed, then our Security Department 7 will bring shame to our entire Security Bureau and New China, and even affect the war that has been quelled with great difficulty. We cannot bear such a responsibility, so we must be extremely vigilant in this matter. Do you hear me?"

Everyone immediately responded in unison: "We heard it, Director."

Then, under He Yuzhu's arrangement, the entire Security Department 7 began to operate instantly.

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At the end of October of the same year, in order to increase domestic steel production, the Chinese upper class formally decided to launch a high tide of industrial and agricultural production, and published it for the first time in the Farmers’ Daily, proposing the slogan of “Greater Progress”.

This means that the era of mass steel production is coming, and the era of people's communes with everyone eating from the same pot is also approaching.

He Yuzhu, who knows history well, knows that this is the prelude to the coming storm. He has to speed up his pace. He cannot let the tragedy happen again.

Because according to his understanding, during the period of the "Dai Viet Progress", due to the inconvenience of information transmission, many grassroots cadres in many places took advantage of the power of others, pretended to obey but actually disobeyed, misinterpreted the policies and plans from above, and directly targeted the people in their jurisdiction.

In order to save face and increase steel production, they did not think about mining and making steel, but instead set their sights on the common people. They directly took out all the pots and spatulas used by the common people for eating and used them to make steel and iron. They even concealed, falsified and lied about the output. The output was clearly 100 tons, but they said it was 300 tons, which seriously affected the daily lives of the local people.

The capitalism that had been eliminated began to gradually restore, and the bureaucratic style also began to gradually rise. This was a huge and heavy blow to the new China, which had finally started to show some signs of improvement.

As a county magistrate, although He Yuzhu is only a department-level cadre and cannot make any changes or influence the general situation, he still wants to change the conditions of the people in his jurisdiction as much as possible. After all, every bit of help counts.

The end of the year is coming soon, 1957 is about to pass, and 1958 is about to begin, which is a new beginning.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, in the Hao family compound, He Yuzhu looked at Hao Chunlan, who was pregnant, with his face full of love.

"Chunlan, why did you come out? Come back in quickly. It's cold outside. You're already six months old. What if you get cold? Our baby will be born in four months. You can't afford any mishaps."

When Hao Chunlan heard He Yuzhu's concerned words, she knew that he was doing it for her own good, so she didn't say much. She just nodded and returned to the house with his support.

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After the New Year's Eve dinner, Hao Jinlong called He Yuzhu to the study alone. After the two sat down, Hao Jinlong spoke first.

"Zhu Zi, how has the county's work been arranged over the past year? Has there been any major progress in dry rice planting technology?"

In response to Hao Jinlong's question, He Yuzhu immediately said,

"Dad, the technology for growing dry rice has been almost developed, and we are going to start large-scale trials in the Meishan area next year.

However, I have kept the news about dry rice cultivation secret from the outside world. I guess you are the only one who knows about it."

When Hao Jinlong heard what He Yuzhu said, he immediately understood his intention, but he didn't say anything. He just replied calmly,

"Zhu Zi, there is nothing wrong with what you are doing. Before you achieve any big results, it is better to keep a low profile.

By the way, this year our volunteers are all going to return home, how are the reception arrangements going in your county?"

When He Yuzhu heard Hao Jinlong mention this matter, he immediately complained bitterly.

"Dad, I have almost made all the arrangements regarding this matter, but I feel that our security department is still a little short of manpower.

After all, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. They will definitely not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Can you send me some reinforcements?"

When Hao Jinlong heard He Yuzhu's request, he rejected it outright.

"Zhu Zi, I may not be able to meet your request. You also know that it is not only your security department that is short of manpower, but also our municipal party committee, branch bureau, and the entire Xiliao Province.

Therefore, I still hope that you can digest this problem of insufficient manpower on your own and find a way to solve it yourself."

Faced with Hao Jinlong's answer, He Yuzhu had no choice but to accept it.

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Time flies, and soon it was March 1958. The villages in Meishan began to grow dry rice on a large scale, and the first step of the grain reform plan implemented by He Yuzhu was officially declared a success.

In the same month, the monitoring station worked day and night and finally monitored an important message.

After they deciphered the message, they found that it seemed to be a code sent from within North Korea. The deciphered content was: the explosives are ready and can be deployed at any time.

After deciphering the code, the monitoring station immediately informed He Yuzhu of this important information.