Yuan Fangguo and the others were very surprised at this guy who suddenly appeared, but when they heard whether they needed arms, their first reaction was to shake their heads. Who would need those things?
"unnecessary."
"Cheap, really, get one."
They simply stopped talking and quickly left the alley. To them, the dim alley was like a giant snake with its bloody mouth open.
Fortunately, the guy did not continue to bother them. After returning to the hotel, the three of them locked the room tightly.
"This is not a peaceful area." Xu Liming picked up a cup of strong tea that he had brewed before leaving and took a big sip.
After finishing his sip of strong tea, he continued, "The impact of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam is still significant, and the trauma it inflicted on them is not small. This is an important issue that needs to be seriously addressed by governments at all levels."
Xu Liming's conversation was very good. Although every word he said was realistic and simple, his views on current political affairs were very insightful. Xu Liming had not told Yuan Fangguo about his job before, which made Yuan Fangguo curious about his profession.
But curiosity aside, Yuan Fangguo felt that there must be a reason why he didn't say anything.
"Currently, information is very underdeveloped, especially here in the southwestern border areas. The transmission of information from top to bottom and from bottom to top has become a major obstacle to development. Just like the slogan promoted now, 'If you want to get rich, build roads first', in fact, building roads not only changes transportation, but more importantly, it changes the mutual transmission of information. Therefore, solving these problems is not an easy task." Yuan Fangguo analyzed.
Xu Limin nodded. "That's indeed a significant factor. Take poverty alleviation, for example. Two years ago, our superiors allocated 500,000 yuan in poverty alleviation funds to Ya City, and each district and county received a corresponding allocation. This policy was very good at the top, but once it reached the grassroots, withholding and interception became rampant. As a result, some rural families were only allocated a single chick, which died after just a few days of feeding. It's a great irony."
"If we want to make information public and transparent, it will probably take decades to solve the problem." Yuan Fangguo sighed. His hometown is also in a remote mountain area. The rural cadres there are not much better than those Xu Limin mentioned. In some places, the village committees have been controlled by bullies for a long time, and the villagers dare not speak out.
"It takes so long?" Xu Limin was surprised. "I think the country can accomplish this by simply providing radio broadcasting to every village. There's no need to run telephone lines at all."
Xu Liming's words made Yuan Fangguo even more surprised. He originally thought that based on Xu Liming's knowledge, he would not estimate the situation so optimistically, but who would have thought he would say so.
"If the rural and village governments don't act on behalf of the people, rural radio will naturally continue to be controlled by a small number of people. This is also a one-man show. The best way to develop it is through the Internet. In ten or twenty years, when the national broadband network project is established, online supervision will be more effective than human supervision."
"Internet?" Xu Liming has always been interested in this word, but there seems to be thousands of mountains and rivers between him and the Internet, which makes him feel like he is looking at flowers in the fog and the moon in the water.
"Are you familiar with the Internet, Xiao Yuan?" Xu Liming knew that Yuan Fangguo and Gao Dapeng were college students. In his opinion, college students are absolutely the chosen ones.
"It's okay." Yuan Fangguo smiled embarrassedly, but Gao Dapeng shook his head. Like Xu Liming, he looked confused.
"I often hear people around me say that the Internet can change our lives. Do you think the Internet can really change our lives?" Xu Liming asked curiously.
Yuan Fangguo wasn't the first to answer this question. He nodded seriously, "It will definitely change our lives, but it takes a process, just like cars and airplanes, which were created from nothing, from weak to strong. Every reform and innovation will bring about a qualitative leap in the development of society."
"I'm really looking forward to the changes that the Internet will bring to us." Xu Liming said with a smile.
When he was in Guangzhou before, Yuan Fangguo also went to a computer store specifically. One computer cost at least tens of thousands of yuan, and the operating system still ran in a DOS environment. The real Windows operating system would take at least a year to be available on the market. This was one of the reasons why he did not buy one.
"It will change our lives quietly," Yuan Fangguo said with a smile.
Yuan Fangguo, Xu Limin and Gao Dapeng lived in a triple room. The room fee was paid by Xu Limin. Yuan Fangguo originally wanted to give it to him, but Xu Limin insisted on not accepting it, saying that even without him and Gao Dapeng to accompany him, he still needed to stay in a hotel.
They chatted until almost twelve o'clock that night, and only stopped when Xu Liming couldn't help but yawned loudly.
The next day, according to their previous arrangement, Yuan Fangguo and his friends stopped a tricycle with the newly bought book "How the Steel Was Tempered" and headed straight to the Martyrs' Cemetery.
Perhaps because the August 1st Army Day is approaching, several shops near the Martyrs' Cemetery are selling various memorial items. Walking into the cemetery, the atmosphere inside is very solemn and dignified. Rows of ancient pines and cypresses are neatly arranged in the cemetery, like mighty soldiers.
Songs written for the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, such as "Blood-stained Style", "The Full Moon on the 15th" and "Ode to Blood", were also playing softly in the cemetery.
The tragic song lingered in every corner of the cemetery, making people feel even more desolate and tragic...
Gao Dapeng didn't know where his brother Gao Dazhi's grave was exactly. This huge martyrs' cemetery was where the remains of thousands of martyrs were buried, with neat rows stretching from halfway up the mountain to almost the top.
Xu Liming brought Gao Dapeng to the cemetery management office and told them the general situation. The management staff there were also very enthusiastic. In two minutes, they found the location of Gao Dapeng's grave.
Carrying wine, incense and paper, Yuan Fangguo accompanied Gao Dapeng straight to his brother's grave.
The closer he got to Gao Dazhi's grave, the heavier Gao Dapeng's feet felt as if they were filled with lead. In the end, he couldn't even move his feet, and only with the help of Yuan Fangguo could he barely reach the grave.
Gao Dapeng had already burst into tears before. When he arrived at his elder brother's grave, he once again could not control his emotions and burst into tears.
This time, even Yuan Fangguo couldn't control his emotions. Just now, along the way, the photos on the tombstones were mostly young soldiers of eighteen or nineteen years old. They were buried here for the peace of the motherland...
Gao Dapeng burst into tears and told his brother everything that was in his heart...
Yuan Fangguo's eyes were filled with tears. After watching Gao Dapeng screaming at the top of his lungs, he felt a mixture of emotions...
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