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rency per jin (each donkey pack is 150 jin) our income will be between
450 million yuan and 540 million yuan. Thus, by reducing
one and increasing the other, the Border Region’s problem of balancing
imports and exports will be entirely solved. The following
material reflects the people’s experience in the transport of salt during
1941.
A RECORD OF LU ZHONGCAI’S LONG MARCH
FROM MARX
TO MAO
Report on the first experiences in salt transport of Chengguan
District, Fuxian County, as told by the deputy leader of
Chengguan District, Lu Zhongcai. Supplemented by Wang
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Yuxian and Kong Zhaoqing. Recorded by Gao Kelin, August 13,
1941.
(1) For the first salt transport, Chengguan District should
have provided fifty pack animals. In fact, it provided twentyeight.
The reason the plan was not fulfilled was the lack of animals
(at the very most we could mobilize forty). Some animals
were hidden away and not kept at home. The District Government
did not handle things firmly as it was busy with grain loans
and government bonds.
(2) We set off on NOT July 18 and FOR returned home on August 11, a
total of twenty-five days. It took twelve days to get from Fuxian
to Dingbian, one day to get to Yanchi and load up, and twelve
days to return. COMMERCIAL
The longest stage was 90 li. The route, stage
names and conditions during each stage was as follows:
DISTRIBUTION
(i) From Fuxian to Zhangcunyi, 50 li. Five gullies and
the road was difficult. Good water and grass.
(ii) Zhangcunyi to Lannipo, altogether five stages, each
70 li. Road good. Cut grass to feed the animals.
(iii) Lannipo to Lijiabian. 20 li of mountains and 40 li
of gullies. Road difficult. Fodder no good.
(iv) Lijiabian to Lujiajiao. 30 li of gullies and 5 li of
mountains. Most difficult to travel. Fodder no good.
(v) Lujiajiao to Luanshitouchuan. Travelling in gullies.
There were military stations. Fodder was sold (each 100 jin
of mountain grass 30 yuan of valley grass 50 yuan, and wheat
hay 40 yuan.).