Chapter 7 Chapter Six Million Immigrants "First Household"

Regarding who was the first among the "millions of immigrants from the Three Gorges", I walked all the way in the reservoir area and found that there are many "versions" that are very interesting.As the beginning of a great event, it should be said to have certain significance.Therefore, I searched all the way and thought all the way... During an interview in Fuling Reservoir Area, Chongqing, someone proudly told me that we should be the first to immigrate from the Three Gorges. March 3rd.And 13 days before this historic day, Fengdu County, which was originally under our Fuling District, started construction of a new county seat on the opposite bank of the Yangtze River.When the first firecrackers sounded for the construction of a new county with an area of ​​5 square kilometers, the first immigrant family came into being.Besides, you foreigners can come to Fuling today to take a look, then don’t talk nonsense, and you will understand that this "the first household of millions of immigrants from the Three Gorges" is not just blown out.

Fengdu is a well-known "ghost city" in China, and there are more than 70 temples of various kinds here.It is said that after death, people along the Yangtze River will return to Fengdu with their souls. One of the reasons is that the souls are still inseparable from water when they are reincarnated.The people from the small city who gather their souls are smart, and they have already started to take full-scale action before others have noticed the trouble. I know that before the Three Gorges Project was launched, Fuling was one of the poorest areas in the reservoir area.But today's Fuling people are really "cows". When others are exhausted by waves of immigration, they have already stood on the bank of the Yangtze River and greeted the joy of harvest every year with smiles on their faces.Just when the "ten golden flowers" shine in front of you, people will be amazed.Of course, there is also a local specialty - "Fuling mustard mustard" which has entered thousands of households.Why are so many "golden flowers" famous?

Of course it is the Three Gorges Immigration Project!People from Fuling told me so proudly. They have a lot of examples to prove that they are the earliest immigrants, because when others are still just out of the mountains and rivers, they Fuling people have already tasted the fruits of victory in their new home with joy.But I know that the smiles of Fuling people today are also obtained from yesterday's pain.Secretary Wang Hongju (currently deputy secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and acting mayor of Chongqing), who is in charge of a family of several million people, may be the one who hurt the most.Wang Hongju remembers very clearly that when he was the head of the family in Fuling, not to mention that the people along the river could not live well, even his salary as a secretary often had to be offset by cigarettes.Speaking of what happened back then, the eyes of this Xiajiang man became moist.At that time, government cadres had no source of salary. There was a large cigarette factory in Fuling, which was founded in 1982. Because the tobacco leaves were produced locally, the quantity of cigarettes produced by the factory was not a problem. If you don't go, you can only sell it to local smokers.But local smokers have no place to get their wages, so how can they have money to buy cigarettes?On the one hand, the tobacco factory keeps producing cigarettes, on the other hand, Fuling people have no money and cannot afford cigarettes.The more the tobacco factory worked, the more it lost money, and by 1991 it had lost more than 10 million yuan.But boxes and boxes of cigarettes are still piled up in the warehouse.Wang Hongju, who doesn't smoke very much, mobilized his subordinates to smoke "patriotic cigarettes" in order to "save the market".For a while, government officials, regardless of gender, did not see their wages at the end of the month, but they got back several packs of "Fuling" cigarettes.

"Can this smoke fill my stomach?" the woman in charge of the spoon was anxious. The man who can smoke said happily in bitterness: "It's better to take a sip of this tobacco smell than to look at the payroll and get no money!" "Strong! Strong! Strong you son of a bitch! You don't eat a mouthful of rice for ten days, and it's no wonder that you can't die in the Yangtze River just by smoking opium!" "Then what can I do?" The man was helpless. "You can't help but give me all the cigarettes tomorrow and return them to the secretary of the mayor! Let them smoke, it's strange if they don't smoke to death!"

"Spicy Girls" are always hot, but the next day, Wang Hongju and his bosses went to work and took a look: Well, the front of the office building was completely blocked by "Fuling" cigarettes all over the place! This is the historic scene of Fuling's famous "Cigarette City Hall". In those years, Wang Hongju and the others had nowhere to complain about their sufferings, and nowhere to shed their tears.At this time, the news of "the launch of the Three Gorges Project" came from Beijing. "The Three Gorges resettlement project is an opportunity, and Fuling's economy should take advantage of this opportunity to revitalize the stagnant water." Wang Hongju and other decision makers' eyes suddenly lit up.

"Smoke! Let's make a fuss about the smoke first." Wang Hongju, whose face was sallow from the smoke, still thought of Fuling cigarettes. There is no way out on our own, so go out and join forces. Wang Hongju first thought of the "King of Tobacco" - Yuxi Tobacco Factory, and went to Yunnan. "You guys? Fuling? That's also called smoke? Hahaha..." The other party almost laughed out loud.The majestic city secretary (Fuling was still called the city at that time), unexpectedly could only see a department-level cadre in the "tobacco capital".Returned without success the first time.Wang Hongju was not discouraged, and went to Yuxi factory again soon.The attendant said indignantly: If the leader of the Yuxi Tobacco Factory does not come out this time, I will make the "Yuxi" bird smoke never enter our Chaotianmen in Chongqing!

Wang Hongju didn't take it seriously: "Who do you think you are? If people don't enter Chaotianmen, they will enter Tiananmen more often! Afraid of your petty account of hundreds of millions? Hmph! Let's be clear: Don't be a grandson when you should be a grandson! " Just like that, a group of majestic seven-foot Xiajiang men waited at the door for three days and four nights for the sake of millions of people's jobs and the ability of the Three Gorges immigrants to move out of the mountains. The boss of "Yuxi" finally came out and asked, "Are you..."

"We are immigrants from the Three Gorges..." Wang Hongju respectfully wanted to make a statement, but before he finished the rest of the sentence, he did not expect the other party to embrace him tightly with open arms. "Haha, you are immigrants! You are immigrants from the Three Gorges, we will definitely support you with all our strength! Tell me, what do you want? Just think about it and say it!" The owner of "Yuxi" is worthy of the spirit of "Smoke King". Jiang Hanzi's clothes were wet with tears. That's how the collaboration started.With a large number of advanced equipment and first-class imported assembly lines, Fuling Old Tobacco Factory has actually produced the genuine "Yuxi", and it is the "leading brand" of China Tobacco King!

cool!That's cool!The "Fuling" cigarette, which was a headache for everyone in the past, has now turned into a hardcover, simple packaging, and top-quality "Yuxi" that is sought after all over the country.Grab it!Tobacco merchants frantically came to order.Only in the first year of the cooperation in 1993, Fuling Tobacco Factory got rid of the loss cap, and realized profits and taxes of 136 million yuan that year.After that, profits and taxes were increased at a rate of more than 100 million yuan every year. It can be said that the whole of Fuling was brought to life with one cigarette, and the immigrants from the Three Gorges went to a well-off life.

On October 12, 1994, on that day, the autumn air was crisp, the green hills on both sides of the river were like daisy, and the maple leaves were like fire.General Secretary Jiang Zemin was driving along the river and was amazed when he saw the prosperity of the brand new and beautiful river city: Fuling is so prosperous, much better than imagined, much better.There is great hope! At this time, Wang Hongju, who was accompanying him, hurriedly asked the general secretary for instructions after the report. No more, no more.Confucius has a saying: "Knowing what you know is knowing what you don't know, and knowing what you don't know." You have done a good job, I am very happy, very happy!The general secretary once again cast his affectionate eyes on Fuling New City, which stands on the banks of the river, and nodded frequently.

At this time, people found that Wang Hongju couldn't help shedding two lines of hot tears on his cheeks... Down the river to the Three Gorges Reservoir area in Hubei, when the locals heard someone ask who is "the first family of millions of immigrants from the Three Gorges", Zigui people, who are the first county in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, can straighten their necks and say : "Is this still worth fighting for? Who else is there besides Zigui?" The Zigui people are right. In the 600-kilometer-long Three Gorges Reservoir area, Zigui is the closest county to the dam and the first county to be flooded after the dam began to store water. There are 11 townships, 154 villages, and 530 people. Three groups (production teams) will be flooded, including Guizhou, where the county seat with a thousand-year history is located, will also be completely flooded. The comprehensive index of property loss in one county accounts for 10% of the 21 counties and cities in the entire Three Gorges Reservoir area, that is to say However, once the Three Gorges Dam is impounded, Zigui County will have to bear one-tenth of the huge loss in the entire reservoir area! What kind of huge loss is that?Of course, there are visible properties, villages, farmhouses and even entire cities disappearing, and there are also large tracts of fertile fields and land, fishing ports and wharfs disappearing.But these are only tangible things, Zigui people really feel sorry for more than these?What they really love is the unceasing affection for their homeland! "The scenic spots in Zigui can be traced back a long time, but the atmosphere from the gorge to Xiling is mixed" (Guo Moruo).Zigui people's constant love for their homeland can be traced back to their nostalgia for their ancestors more than 7,000 years ago. From 1958 to 1985, Chinese archaeologists have been conducting large-scale excavations and appraisals at the Chaotianzui site in Zigui County, and confirmed that the ancestors of the Zigui people lived here in the Neolithic Age more than 7,000 years ago.As a famous city, Zigui has a history of more than 3,200 years. "Hanshu Geographical Records" contains: "Zigui, return to the hometown, so return to the country." What makes Zigui people particularly proud is that in the Warring States Period in 339 BC, the great patriotic poet of our country, Mr. Qu Yuan, was born here . "Every article has the help of the country." Qu Yuan, as a proud son of Zigui, benefited from the aura of the mountains and rivers of the Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River, and wrote the immortal work "Li Sao", which has made Zigui people feel proud for thousands of years. As a great country of China, we really want to thank Zigui, a land of geomantic omen, for raising Qu Yuan, a cultural giant.However, most people still don't know that Zigui not only raised a person like Qu Yuan, but also an old immigrant place where brothers and sisters from all over the world lived.Every time wars and natural disasters befall the Chinese nation in history, Zigui always accepts all the displaced people to settle here with a broad mind.During the 10 days when Yichang was occupied during the Anti-Japanese War, 30,000 to 40,000 refugees fled to Zigui.Place names such as "Yichangdun", "Badongzhai" and "Shaanxiying" can still be found on the site of Zigui today, which is an eternal commemoration of the friendship of Zigui people left by the vicissitudes of history.Due to Zigui's unique geographical location of "controlling Bashu from above, attracting Jingxiang from below, controlling the junction of Chu and Shu, and being the hub of land and water", the military struggle for power, and the roar of the Yangtze River continued. move. The seventh relocation was caused by the Three Gorges Project.Therefore, Zigui people confidently say that they are "the first immigrant from the Three Gorges", which is the most "iron" fact - they are "the first county in the reservoir area", and the ancient town of Guizhou, the county seat, is the first to be submerged in the reservoir area city.If the capital of a county is submerged in water, doesn't that mean that hundreds of thousands of people have become headless?What's more, behind the submersion of the ancient city, there are still 100,000 immigrants from the whole county!Another one-tenth of the "Million Three Gorges Immigrants"! Can Zigui people be in a hurry?Before the National People's Congress's resolution on launching the Three Gorges Project was voted on, they were already impatient. When the first shovel is moved, the first immigrant will be shoveled. Jiang San, an ordinary farmer, an honest farmer who never touched other people's fields.But now someone not only wants to move his soil, but also wants to uproot him.Jiang San's heart began to bleed... In those days, he stayed in the Orangery every day and refused to go home. Looking at the orange trees hanging all over the branches, Jiang San sighed: This is 10 years of hard work!Maybe people outside the Three Gorges don’t know that there are thousands of years of orange planting history on both sides of the Xiajiang River. Qu Yuan’s "Ode to Orange" is actually his affectionate chanting of his hometown.The orange tree used to be the community tree of the ancient Chu State, and the land of Xiajiang was originally the territory of the ancient Chu State. It can be seen that the love between the Chu people and the orange tree has been deep since ancient times.More than one local farmer told me that you outsiders say that we are poor on both sides of the Xiajiang River. The orange tree is a cash cow for Xiajiang people.Jiang San's love for his orangery is not unknown to the village cadres, but the Three Gorges Dam is going to be built, and the people in "the first county in the reservoir area" will be the first to relocate.The home was demolished, the registered permanent residence was moved, and the remaining orange orchards had to be cut down! Jiang San yelled: "Everything can be discarded, but the Orangery cannot be cut down!" The cadres knew that what he said was unreasonable, but they softened their hands. Let's talk about it another day. A day passed, and Jiang San didn't let go. Two days passed, Jiang San not only didn't let go, but simply rolled up a mat and lived in the Orangery with an axe. The deforestation team formed by Murakami has dozens of people.It was a special operations combat team: all of them were armed with sharp axes and hacksaws. The task they accepted was to complete the specified area of ​​tree felling within the specified time. Not a single tree below the water level of the first stage of the Three Gorges was left. This is an order. , is also the bound.If we don't do this, the Three Gorges Reservoir will not have the first shovel to start construction! This is the sacrifice of the Kurdish people.Without this sacrifice, there would be no honorable title of "People of the Reservoir Area".Without this sacrifice, how could the tragic prelude to the "millions of immigrants from the Three Gorges" be opened? The deforestation team wielded bright axes and hacksaws. Wherever they went, it was a "horrible" scene to the local villagers, and the "swirling" sound of felling seemed to pierce their hearts... "Let's go, you stubborn donkey, I beg you..." The wife and the child knelt on the ground of the Orangery and begged over and over again. Jiang San was determined and turned a blind eye.Regardless of the day or night, he patrolled the orangery with a shiny axe, his bloodshot eyes seemed to fight desperately with whomever he saw. "He really wants to eat people!" The felling team was scared away by this man who swore to protect the Orangery. The cadres had no choice but to call the police after asking their superiors for instructions.The heavily armed boys suddenly launched an attack on the glaring Jiang San when they were fully prepared, and several of them rushed forward... That moment was thrilling: the hearts of the cadres, Jiang San's wife and children, and the old uncles and aunts of the village were all in their throats.But a miracle also happened at this time: Jiang San, who had long planned to perish with the orange tree, froze in place at the moment when the police attacked him, without even moving. The police dragged him out of the orange grove... sky!When the policemen snatched the shiny ax from Jiang San's hands, everyone's backs were shivering.As a good-natured commoner, you can neither do it like you do to thugs nor be as cruel as you do to bad guys, but what if he really wants to do his best?Police officers are human beings, and many of them have parents, brothers, and sisters who are also immigrants and orange farmers. They sympathize with Jiang San, but they must subdue this stubborn man who refuses to move out of the orangery. Thank God, the most dangerous thing did not happen.The police couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after taking the ax from Jiang San's hand.But no one thought that at this time, Jiang San suddenly rushed out of the encirclement of the police like a wild horse, and flew straight to the Orangery... The policemen subconsciously chased after him, but the one who had just chased a few steps The boys stopped at once: it turned out that Jiang San hugged an orange tree unexpectedly, and fell on the tree like a child who had been wronged by the world, crying loudly.Accompanied by the gorge river and mountain wind, the cry of pain echoed on both sides of Xiling gorge, and merged with the roaring rapids of the river, which was terrifying to the soul.The forest loggers, village cadres and policemen present, as well as the fathers and villagers who immigrated with Jiang San all burst into tears... Even so, local cadres told me that Jiang San, a man from Xiajiang who was reluctant to give up the orangery, was still not "the first person to immigrate from the Three Gorges in a million."Compared with the real "first immigrant from the Three Gorges", he can only be regarded as a latecomer. Who is "the first person to immigrate from the Three Gorges"?Is there really such a person? There must be a "first person", but how to prove it?Wang Haiqun, Director of the Office of the Zigui Immigration Bureau, was born as a scholar. He gave me a name that can be verified by historians of the "Three Gorges Project" in the future.His name is Han Yongzhen.The basis of the research is that his home has a plaque issued by the county government as "the first immigrant household in the Three Gorges Dam area". Issued by the county government, is there a fake?And as far as I know, among the tens of millions of people in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, no government department has issued a similar plaque to any immigrant or any family.The plaque of the old man Han Yongzhen has the "patent" of "the first immigrant household". Han Yongzhen often proudly told those of us who came to interview from other places that his plaque was "hard to come by".That was 10 years ago in the winter of 1992. The Three Gorges Project had not yet officially kicked off. Dozens of bulldozers commanded by the leaders of Zigui County had already rumbled to the construction site. "Folks, we are going to build a new county here! You will be given six days to move your nest, otherwise the construction site will be difficult to start. If you really miss the important event of the National Three Gorges Project, where will we put the face of the Three Gorges people? Think about it Do you think this is the reason?" The cadres of the new county construction frontline headquarters stood on the bulldozer several people tall and shouted loudly. But no, the Three Gorges Project, which has been expected for generations, is now really launched. What do we Three Gorges people have to say?Once in a thousand years, move on!The country needs it!The folks in the village felt that what the cadres said was right.It is unspoken to build the Three Gorges Dam and build a new county town!There are only two veterans in the village who have been out of the Xiajiang River to see the outside world. Besides, Han Yongzhen, the village party secretary, has never been to Chongqing or Yichang.The cadres think highly of us so much, it is a great honor to put the first "contribution" of the National Three Gorges Project to our village!Guizi, the Three Gorges Project is really showing your face! Hey, that's right, why don't we call it "Three Gorges people"! Folks, you look at me and I look at you happily. move!Move tomorrow!I have been looking forward to the Three Gorges Project for many years, and this time it finally started at our doorstep!move! Men are happy, women are happy, and children are even happier.Move, let's move together! Where can I move to?Yes, relocation and relocation, there must be a good place to go! So the villagers went back to find the cadres who mobilized them to demolish.The cadres stood on the big bulldozer and waved their hands: Needless to say, of course they moved to the place where they should go, such as those three to five miles away from here on the mountain depressions that will not be flooded by the future dam! What?After working for a long time to build the Three Gorges, it turns out that we are told to give up those barren hills on the good land?Phew, whose idea is this?I'm going to reason with him! But no, I finally look forward to the official launch of the Three Gorges Project, and hope that the new county will move to our doorstep. No matter what we want to move, let us move to the place closest to the Three Gorges Dam in the future. If we want to move, we should take advantage of the good opportunity Move our rural household registration to the city! All men, women and children in the village "exploded".The bulldozers building the new city were still showing off their might in front of the peasant brothers with their heads held high, but in a blink of an eye they all became a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron at the feet of these mud legs. The construction site cadres urgently called the county leaders for help.So the leaders of the county and the village came to the village party secretary Han Yongzhen. "Old Han, you are an old party member. You will understand the big truth even if you don't talk too much. The construction of the Three Gorges Project is a major national event. The construction of the Three Gorges is a place where our Zigui County is completely flooded. There is no specific policy, but we can’t wait. After one day, the flood will drive us away! So our county has to start building a new county first. The sentiment of the villagers is understandable, but building a new city and building a dam is the overall situation , We all have to understand the overall situation, old captain, are you right?" Han Yongzhen has been the captain of the production team for decades, and now he is called the team leader of the production team, but everyone is still used to calling him captain, and the same is true for county and township cadres. Han Yongzhen smoked a dry cigarette, nodded his head, and said yes and yes. "The old captain, do you think you should mobilize everyone to relocate!" The cadres were very anxious. The construction schedule for Jianxin County was passed by the National People's Congress in the form of a resolution, so it must not be sloppy. "Yes, yes." Han Yongzhen still said the same thing. "Then I'll give you three days, otherwise the construction team will come, and a one-day delay will cost hundreds of thousands of yuan! Old Han, you know that we are a poor county, and hundreds of thousands of yuan is not a small number!" County The leader grabbed his chest with his hands, as if he wanted to dig out his heart. "Yes, yes." The old captain Han Yongzhen seemed to be the only one to say this. "Then we'll just ask you to get old!" After finishing speaking, the leaders all left. At the entrance of the village, Han Yongzhen was the only one left standing there, until dusk fell, and the old captain returned home with his head down. "Dad, do you think we should move or not?" Seeing him sitting alone in front of the stove without making a sound for a long time, the son came up to ask a question. "Yes, yes, yes." Han Yongzhen still muttered the word "yes". The son was a little anxious, and reached out to touch his father's forehead: "Dad, are you okay?" "What do you mean?" Suddenly, Han Yongzhen stood up and roared angrily.Looking at him again, he looks like an old lion with a broken head and leg, pitiful and frightening. "Wow—" The daughter-in-law who hadn't been married that day happened to be there, and the country girl was timid. Seeing the old man roaring so earth-shatteringly, she was so frightened that she burst into tears. "You old bastard, jumping into the Yangtze River in your own anger! Why do you want to vent your anger on your family? You are capable!" My wife quit and taunted me. Han Yongzhen shook his hands, went back to the back room and lay down on the bed without making a sound.No one in the family dared to speak out.It wasn't until midnight that there was a cry of "woo woo woo" in the room-it was the cry of an old man. "Woo-woo, woo-woo-" The son had never heard such a cry, his wife had never heard such a cry, and no one in the village had heard such a cry.This cry is like the howling of an old wolf whose heart was dug out by a hunter in the depths of the mountain. Hearing this, his whole body would tremble with cold. At dawn the next day, no one in the family dared to mention what happened last night.But the strange thing is that the old man seems to be very energetic after getting up in the morning. I saw him go around the new house first - the house was built the year before last, basically with new bricks, new tiles, new windows and new doors.Then Han Yongzhen greeted his son, his wife, and his unmarried daughter-in-law: "You can be regarded as a member of our Han family," the old man said in a low voice, "Listen, don't do anything today, son, your legs are fast!" , go to say hello to relatives and friends in other villages; old woman, just say hello to the people in the village, let them all come to our house tomorrow..." "Why do you come to our house?" The son and his wife stared in confusion. "Stop rambling, just let them come." Han Yongzhen looked extremely decisive and irritable. The next day, the inside and outside of the Han family's courtyard were full of happy and grand events.All the relatives and friends of the Han family, men and women from the village came.Han Yongzhen's face looked very happy today, he smiled and greeted people non-stop, someone asked him if he would arrange a wedding for his son in advance?He just laughed and didn't say anything. Almost all the people who should come have come.At this time, I saw Han Yongzhen standing in the middle of the yard, facing his relatives, friends, and village folks, he raised his voice and said loudly: "According to the custom of our Sanxia people, every family that gets married, has children, builds a house, or moves has to hold a wine bar." Treat me. I just built these four new houses the year before last. It is reasonable to hold a wedding ceremony for my son today. But it can’t be done. Now that the National Three Gorges Project is about to start, the date of my son’s wedding has to be changed, because the higher authorities let me know first. Demolition of this house! So... so today I invite everyone to help me demolish this new house together... Lao Han, I may be a little neglectful of everyone today. The wine at noon can only be drunk after the house is demolished. Aha, you can only drink it after dismantling it... Let's do it!" After Han Yongzhen finished speaking, he boarded the wooden bench and was the first to rush to the roof. The four new houses were demolished in such a sporadic manner by everyone. At the end, Han Yongzhen touched his dirty face, then held up a bowl of wine very seriously, and said loudly to the villagers in the village again: "Listen, everyone, if you still recognize me as the old captain, starting tomorrow, you Just like me, I took away all my houses... This is the task of the country, we have to obey, and we can’t lose face in our village! I’m here to offer this bowl of wine to everyone.” After finishing speaking , Han Yongzhen raised his hand and drank it down... "Done it! Done it, Captain Xue!" The men raised their glasses tragically. The women began to sob. I don't know who was the first to cry "woo woo".Then everyone in the whole village burst into tears, like a breached embankment, nothing could stop it. This day is December 2, 1992 AD.Since then, the Three Gorges Project has had the historical record of the first household relocation. More than ten days later, the whole village followed the old captain without hesitation and demolished all their beloved homes and moved them to barren hills a few miles away, leaving an open land for thousands of troops to build a new county. On April 8 of the following year, the commencement ceremony of Zigui New County, "the first county in the library", was grandly held.Han Yongzhen walked to the rostrum amid the warm applause of tens of thousands of people, and took over the glittering golden plaque of "the first immigrant household in the Three Gorges Dam area" from the leader of the county party committee.Since then, this plaque has recorded a glorious history, making Han Yongzhen's family proud to this day... When I brought the story of Han Yongzhen to Yichang, to my surprise, Yichang people had a great opinion on the plaque of "the first immigrant household in the Three Gorges Dam area". This, what kind of statement is this!People in Zigui built a new county for the Three Gorges Project too soon, but the Three Gorges Dam was built in Yichang, and the first load of soil from the dam was here. How could it be possible that the first person or household to immigrate would go to Zigui? What?No no no. "The first immigrant from the Three Gorges" must be in our Yichang, there is no doubt or controversy about this! I was a little surprised and secretly laughed at the Yichang people's willingness to do their part, but after listening to the briefing, I really had nothing to say. Who would the "first million immigrants from the Three Gorges" be from Yichang? Yichang (here refers to the original Yichang County, which has been renamed Yiling District and is under the jurisdiction of Yichang City), is located in the same "batou head" as Zigui. It is located on the north bank of the Three Gorges Dam, across the bank from Zigui New County. look at each other.Most of the area of ​​Yichang is outside the reservoir, but because the Three Gorges Dam was built in Sandouping in Yichang, this makes Yichang a very special position in the entire Three Gorges Project and the work of millions of immigrants.The location of the dam construction is said to be ten thousand and ten thousand. If the people on your dam site are not relocated, how will the dam be built?Therefore, when the entire reservoir area is in full swing and shouting "Three Gorges Immigrants", the immigration work in the Yichang section has actually ended long ago, and has entered the stage of a new well-off society. Immigrants in Yichang have to take action before the official start of the Three Gorges Project to free up the area where the dam will be built! It sounds easy to "vacate", but for the people in the dam area, it is the place where their ancestors lived and multiplied for generations. How easy is it? It's not easy to move! People in Yichang are not ignorant of the overall situation, but the controversy over the construction of the Three Gorges took too long, but it came very suddenly. According to the plan, the areas where the Three Gorges Dam will be built will involve 4 towns, 31 villages, 141 groups (production teams), 2 market towns, 93 units, 19 schools, and a total of 17,216 people in Yichang. A total of 38,826 mu of submerged land and 780,000 square meters of housing. After the announcement of the resolution of the Seventh National People's Congress on April 3, 1992, Yichang people were the happiest among the tens of millions of people in the entire reservoir area, because they are at the head of the entire Three Gorges Project and the dam site area. Once the Three Gorges Project is completed, the people of Yichang will hold this "world water conservancy pearl" in their hands.Therefore, on the night when the resolution of the National People's Congress was passed, the people of Yichang spontaneously celebrated at Zhongbao Island and other places where the dam site is located.Farmers happily cheered that the "Three Gorges Dream" dreamed by generations has finally come true.But in the sound of gongs and drums, Yichang people didn't know how much sacrifice they had to make to build the Three Gorges Dam. Before that, their "Three Gorges Dream" was almost all about good things . Unexpectedly, the Three Gorges Project has not yet been launched, and what fell on the people of Yichang is first of all sacrifices of interests and spirits one after another... On November 8, 1992, the cold wind of early winter was already blowing on the Xiajiang River.Guo Shuyan, the governor of Hubei Province at the time, came to the dam area and brought the instructions of Comrade Li Peng, then Prime Minister to the local cadres and the masses: the Three Gorges Project entered the early stage of preparation, and the resettlement work in the dam area should be carried out in advance. One week later in the early morning, the people in Letianxi Township, Dam District, went out to see, good guy, their homes were all surrounded by a long dragon-like yard, various bulldozers and transport vehicles that were higher than the roof, and the Three Gorges Dam Thousands of builders of the dam suddenly came to them like guests from afar.Their faces are unfamiliar, but they are all full of energy and fighting spirit. God, what's going on?Is the Three Gorges Project really underway? ! no.In the morning, the leaders of the Yichang County Party Committee and the county government, who were also pushed away by the construction army, had to rush out to show their friendship as landlords, and held a simple but grand welcome party in Bahekou.Hundreds of large machines and thousands of construction troops lined up neatly and majestically in a field where crops were still planted, forming a decisive battle for the Three Gorges Project.The local farmers have never seen this kind of formation—in fact, this is just the advance team of the Three Gorges Dam construction army. They stomped their feet with excitement: Hey, this time the Three Gorges Project is really going to be built at our doorstep! No, the welcome ceremony had just ended, and when the smiling faces of the local farmers greeted the "dam builders' relatives" with enthusiasm and friendliness, several reporters on the scene felt that the scene of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam was not "realistic" enough. Therefore, it is suggested that the meeting organizers use a few bulldozers to dig a few shovels of soil to symbolize the "battle scene" that symbolizes the dam's groundbreaking ceremony. It's easy to say.The organizer of the meeting called a few bulldozer drivers and said, find a place to dig a few shovels of soil, let the reporters take a few photos, and make a few lively and beaming shots. Want it!The driver of the bulldozer quickly stepped onto the high cab, started the motor in a grand manner, then raised a huge shovel, and stretched it straight to a field of crops... Dozens of reporters nervously waited for that historic moment. "Slow down! Who told you to dig in the ground? Didn't you see that there are still crops to be harvested? What did you grow up on? If you dare to stick a shovel into the ground, I will fight you!" Suddenly , Several farmers rushed to the cab of the bulldozer and grabbed the driver by the collar, as if they were going to eat each other. "I, I... We are here to build the Three Gorges Dam!" The driver was incoherent in fright, trembling all over. "You can build whatever you like. I don't care about it and I don't care about it. But we can't dig our land! If you want to dig, you have to compensate! What are you doing? Give money!" The farmers refused to let go. "I, I, I don't have any money!" "If you don't have money, don't show off in Lao Tzu's field!" The driver of the bulldozer was dragged out of the cab by the farmers with a sad face.The reporters complained, saying what kind of thing is this! The organizers hurriedly came forward to coordinate, but it turned out that a few hundred yuan was impromptu to allow reporters to take a few shots of "the start of the dam construction". Some people may say that such a huge project seems to be rushed.But you don’t know that the country and the water conservancy department’s preliminary preparations for the Three Gorges Project started as early as the 1950s, and the relevant project preparations in the months after the resolution of the National People’s Congress were actually already in the planning of the water conservancy department.According to the relevant engineering department, the price index at that time was very high, and every month the project was advanced meant that the project investment could be saved by more than 10 million yuan. .However, the problems in front of the construction site, especially the resettlement work has not yet fully started, this is unexpected by the construction army, and difficulties have arisen because of this. After digging a few shovels of soil from the farmer's crop field, such a problem occurred.It is self-evident that it is difficult to move more than 10,000 people in ten and a half months.What's more, the Three Gorges Project was built while formulating corresponding policies. The resettlement issue was inherently complicated and abnormal. Farmers wouldn't buy it if we didn't negotiate a piece of straw or an inch of land!It is good to take into account the overall situation of the country.It's not that we don't support the construction of the Three Gorges, but where can everyone come without a small family?If you don't settle our little home well, can the "everyone" of the Three Gorges Dam stand firm?said the farmers. "It makes sense! What the farmers say makes sense! If you want the construction of the Three Gorges Project to be successful, you must first find a way to handle the most concerned matters of the immigrants!" Governor Guo Shuyan, who has been engaged in rural work for a long time, especially asked Yichang County leaders should handle this issue well. "But the old governor, the country's immigration policy regulations have not yet been issued, and there is no special fund for a penny. Where can we get money for the relocated immigrants?" The county leader looked sad.Those of us from other provinces and cities only know that there is Yichang County in Hubei. In fact, we don’t know that the people in Yichang County were immigrants when Gezhouba was built in the past. Yichang County was also built because of the construction of Gezhouba. The local place at that time was called Xiaoxi. tower.The county government of Yichang was first established in Dayichang City. The state only gave 400,000 yuan when the county government moved out of Dayichang more than ten years ago. 400,000 yuan is needed to build a county-level party, government, enterprise, institution and small city. The people of Yichang County have had enough of hard work.They were born poor, and now it is the turn of the Three Gorges construction, and tens of thousands of people will be relocated.Money, where does the money come from?国家还没给，贫穷的宜昌县土地上又不生钱，而建设三峡大坝的战鼓已经擂响，往下的事咋个整法呀？ 县干部们垂头丧气，盼着郭树言省长拿主意。 “嘿，我这冤大头啊！让你们行动，结果我得想招先给你们拿出'买路钱'呀！”郭树言一边摇头看着自己的部下，一边拍着脑袋想招。 “有了，我给长江三峡开发总公司写个借条。他们已经从国家财政部那儿弄到钱了，我们先从他们那儿借600万来。”郭树言挥笔就在秘书递过来的纸上签下自己的名字。 “咋才400万元？您不是说共借了600万吗？”宜昌县的干部拿过单子一看发现只有400万元，便问郭树言省长。 “你们想全拿走？美得你！”郭树言头也不回地扔下一句话，“我还得留200万给秭归，要不然我老郭一进秭归，说不定就让那儿的移民给扣住了，你们知道不？” “嘻嘻。郭省长也真不易啊！”宜昌的干部望着老省长的背影，感慨道。 “大坝建在宜昌县，全县人民作贡献。”靠了这400万元的启动资金，宜昌拉开了三峡坝区移民的序幕。如今10年过去了，那紧张情景，宜昌人还记得清清楚楚。 这是一场真正的战斗，一场只讲奉献不讲价钱的战斗。 由于大坝建设初期的工程征地用一块征一块，推土机开到哪儿，哪儿的老百姓就得搬家走人。而当时宜昌还没有来得及按照国家的统一规划拿出消化移民的具体方案，更没有相应的补偿政策。只能是推土机开到张三家，干部们就动员到张三家。这一天推土机开到刘家河村的一位农民家，当家的男人不幸病逝，死人还躺在门板上。干部们进村一见啥话都不便说，开推土机的大坝建设者也忍不住悄悄熄灭了发动机…… “你们干啥停机了？挖吧！挖土推房子呀！”死者的儿子突然从屋里跑出，冲村干部和大坝工程建设的推土机司机哭喊着说道。 干部们忙摆手：“别急别急，你家情况特殊，咱跟施工队商量一下，争取晚几天好吧？” “啥？你们这不是作践我爸吗？他老人家临咽气时还在反复说，啥都可以耽误，可别因为我们家耽误了三峡工程。现在你们到我家就停活了，这不是作践我爸是啥？” 干部感动得上前直拍那年轻农民的肩膀。一切看在眼里的推土机司机抹了一把眼泪，重新发动了机器。 这时死者的家属，一边招呼人抬起棺材，一边招呼人拆房卸门，那情景在三峡建设史上可以称为最悲壮的一幕。 我甚至对宜昌移民局领导们说：那位农民应该当之无愧地成为“三峡移民第一人”——是那种特殊奉献的“移民第一人”。 宜昌移民局的干部默不作声，我的话勾起了他们无比深沉的回忆。不久后，他们告诉了我另一些事： 当时大坝工程建设接二连三地迅速投入大批队伍，每天都有成百上千的新队伍开进坝区，他们一进坝区就干劲冲天，你追我赶地干开了。工人老大哥还有水利武警战士的精神好让人感动，可也苦了宜昌人民，因为征地移民的工作如同烧在脚跟前的大火，停一分钟也不行。大坝建设的气势真是大啊！当地的农民没见过，宜昌上上下下的干部也没见过。昨天还是风吹稻谷香的庄稼地，转眼成了机器隆隆的工地。每一块稍稍平整的地，都让给施工建设大军当作安身落脚之处。而祖辈在这儿的移民们的安身之地却成了问题。房子要拆，人要搬迁，可搬到哪儿？安在何处？这一切都成了让宜昌干部和当地农民们非常茫然的事。 然而困难再大，再茫然，搬迁安家是不能容你想好了再干的！ 无奈之中，农民们或选择了山坡，或选择了冬季放水的稻田。 于是一个个昔日荒芜的山坡上，一夜之间竖立起了众多的歪歪斜斜、参差不齐的茅棚；水稻田地立起的油毛毡房也连成了片…… 哪知，冬季的三峡地区也时不时有大雨小雨袭来。这下可惨了：有人住在搭在山坡上的茅棚里，晚上睡觉时还好好的，第二天醒来时发现自己的床竟然在水中飘荡…… 安在稻田里的移民们更难堪。冬季到来，漫天大雪飘舞。乡亲们赶紧买来木炭取暖。哪知因为脚下是水田，上面的温度一高，地面冒出浓烈的水蒸气，油毛毡房的四壁又不透气，老少爷们婆婆婶婶媳妇孩儿们直呛得咳着往雪地里跑…… 郭树言省长等领导春节到库区慰问时，看到这种情景，热泪纵横地说：坝区的移民们是三峡建设的第一批奉献功臣，将来一定要把他们的事迹写进“三峡建设史”。 “那一间房子里住着谁？咋大哭小叫的？”郭省长见不远处一间破旧的生产队仓库内传来阵阵婴儿和女人们的嘈杂声，便走了过去。老省长一进屋双腿都快站不稳了：“这么破旧的房子里，怎么能让这么多产妇住呀？她们得了病可是一辈子的事！婴儿一降临能受得了这般苦吗？” 当地干部们只好如实向省长汇报：“这间三四十平方米的旧仓库里安排了8位产妇，已经是条件最好的了……” 郭树言又一次落下了泪水。然后吩咐同行的干部：“无论如何，想一切办法，将产妇和即将分娩的孕妇全部安排到县城里去。医院安排不下的到居民那儿借住，居民那儿住不下的就住你们县委县政府的办公室！” 后来宜昌县真的这么做了，一个小小的10万人县城，先后接收安置的移民竟达4万余人！宜昌县城的机关干部和普通百姓没有一声怨言，因为当年葛洲坝水库建设时，他们就是以同样的方式被好心的当地人接纳安置的，成为如今的新宜昌人。 作家你说，我们宜昌人算不算“三峡移民第一人”？ 当然非宜昌人莫属！我毫不含糊地这么说。 其实，在坝区我还听到这样一些真实的传说： 徐耀德是位让我肃立在他纪念碑前久久不能平静的一位移民。 38岁，正是风华正茂时，可他却早已静静地躺在了崆岭峡的绝壁岩崖上修筑的公路边。 关于崆岭峡之险，当地有段非常悲壮的传说。该峡位于长江三峡之一的西陵峡中部，此地峡中套峡，一峡更比一峡险。当地有歌谣这样说：青滩泄滩不是滩，崆岭才是鬼门关。走过西陵峡的人都会亲历那一段的惊心动魄。此处的峡江之险恶，据当地人讲不知吞没了多少生灵。 这是崆岭峡江的一段船工号子，其实也是导航的四句隐语。而这号子中还有一桩极其悲壮的故事：清末年间，崆岭滩岸头有位青年舵工叫张来子。小青年是位在大江急流中“打滚”的高手，加上对崆岭滩的每一块明岩暗礁了如指掌，所以他在险峡虎口的一块大礁石上刻下“对我来”三个大字。好气魄的“对我来”！其实小伙子的这三个字是告诉过往船只怎么行的导航语，意思是说，航行到这险恶之滩，见到面前急流中的明礁，千万不要被虎口险情所吓倒，只有对着礁石前进才能幸免于难。光绪二十六年（公元1900年）十二月，德国商船“瑞生”号装着一船宝物出峡，闯至崆岭滩时，面对滚滚江涛，洋老大吓得不敢往前。后听说张来子熟悉此峡水情，便使招将其押到船上让他导航。 船至“对我来”险礁的不远处，洋老板信不过中国小伙子，便用一把长刀架在张来子的脖子上：“你要老实导航，否则先斩你头颅！”张来子微微一笑，说放心，你们照我指的航道行驶定不会有事。他继续让船舵往“对我来”驶去。船越行越近，洋鬼子们眼见船只就要与礁石相撞，便以为中国小伙子想把他们引上喂鱼之路，惊慌失措地紧急夺过船舵，急忙躲避。哪知就在此刻，只听得轰隆隆的巨响——“瑞生”号船体不偏不倚撞在了另一块暗礁上，顷刻间船倾舵断。张来子一看洋人不听他的导航而导致事故，赶紧跳下江中，欲夺路逃命。哪知他刚刚冒出水面，却被已经快要淹入大江湍流的洋船长举枪打死，鲜血顿时染红崆岭滩……“瑞生”号和一船的物品，连同船上的洋人全都葬入峡江之底。 崆岭滩之险留下无数悲惨的故事和传说。在崆岭峡边的大山峭壁岩体上，因为三峡工程需要修建一条山巅公路，从而结束峡江两岸百姓背篓走峡江的历史。 移民壮士徐耀德便是这支开路先锋中的一员虎将。他是共产党员，而这样的险道派谁去谁都会心惊肉跳。共产党员不上谁上？徐耀德就是在这种情况下卷起铺盖冲到了施工最险要地段的。 自己的小家要搬迁了。徐耀德托人告诉妻子：山上的活没有人替，下不了岩崖，你自己想法请人将小家拆了，人一迁就完事呗！ 他是工地某路段的领导，当领导的就不能马虎，处处应当冲在前头。9月21日那一天中午刚刚吃完午饭，徐耀德像往常一样照例利用午后一段休息时间检查路段质量。就在这时，他发现有几个石粒子掉在自己头顶，他仰天一看：不好，有塌方迹象！ “大伙快撤！可能要塌方了！快快！”徐耀德火速转身招呼正坐在路边休息的18名村民，然后逐个看着撤离险情现场。老天无情，就在最后一个村民撤出的那一瞬间，只听“轰隆”一声巨响，山体岩石迎头而下，砸向徐耀德……一位年轻的移民，一个优秀的共产党员，就这样永远地在这崆岭岩崖上安下了自己的“家”，连同其壮烈的灵魂。 那一天采访途中，我站在徐耀德烈士的纪念碑前默哀，移民干部们告诉我，在同一条公路上，徐耀德是第17位长眠在峡江边的牺牲者。 我感到强烈的震撼。 在那17位长眠者中，我不得不提到其中的一位女移民。她叫向英，33岁，一个普普通通的农家妇女。为三峡的未来建设公路，那是“子孙万代”的工程。可建公路没钱，县上把任务分段到乡上，乡上又把任务分到村上，村上又分到各家各户。向英家分到的那段任务在新公路线的一公里处。那是一段要在飞鸟也不敢停留的悬崖绝壁上开凿路基的险道，一切石料都靠就地取材。筑路的用沙则需要到两公里外的河滩上去取。向英家的任务便是从河谷底下向陡峭高崖运送18000斤左右的沙子。没有吊车，更不可能有滑轮飞车，只能靠背篓往山头背，还有一双铁脚板。 向英，是当地有名的美貌媳妇。村上的男人们羡慕她，村上的孩子们喜欢她，村上的老人疼爱她。向英不仅是位贤惠巧手的好媳妇，还是位时时处处不服输的女强人。别人一天背三趟，她背四趟，多走一趟要多流多少汗？只有她自己知道。40多天了，18000余斤沙子的任务，差不多还需两天时间就可以完成了。向英一咬牙，将最后的两天任务，用了一天时间完成。那一天，她背回最后一篓沙子，便全身瘫在地上……她对丈夫和孩子说别来打扰，让她好好在沙子堆上躺一宿。“太累了，能躺下睡上十天八天，比啥子都美！”她对亲人露了最后的一丝微笑，便呼呼地睡着了。丈夫给她盖了一条被子，不忍心让她睡在露天…… 就在这一夜，突然一阵暴雨降下，转眼漫山遍野雨水如注，随即到处正在开凿的山体出现塌滑。“不好，有危险！”公路指挥部干部迅速招呼散宿在几里长施工工地的村民们撤出险情区。然而等各家各户逐一清点人数时，却发现独缺了向英…… “向英——” “向英，你在哪儿——” “妈妈——你回来呀——” "..." 干部、丈夫、孩子和村民们在雨中狂奔着四处呼喊寻找，却再也没有听到向英那从来不知是愁的爽朗的欢笑声。人们只见她昨晚熟睡过的那处沙堆连同路段全都被泥石流冲得无影无踪…… 第二天清晨，有人在一条乱石沟里找到了向英的尸体，那是个面目全非的向英。 “好媳妇！” "Mother!" 大人和孩子们断肠裂肺的哭嚎声撕碎了每一个在场人的心。 峡江在呜咽，山峦在低泣。为向英送葬的那天，大雨依然如注。镇长和镇党委书记亲自为向英抬灵柩，几百名村民——他们几乎是清一色的三峡移民，每人举着一支火把，自发组成了浩浩荡荡的送葬队伍。 县长汪元良闻讯赶来，见到向英的灵柩，便扑上前大哭起来。 那场面无法用言语表达。 让我们记住向英、徐耀德等等三峡移民的名字，他们虽然普通，但他们在尚未走出大山时却已将自己的生命，永久地留在那条通向光明安康的三峡移民之道，使得这条三峡移民之道更显光芒与壮烈、平坦与宽阔—— 历史和人民应当为他们树一座高高的丰碑。