Chapter 40: Kunpeng Spreads Its Wings, 90,000 Miles, Flipping Over the Fuyao Sheep Horns
The final result of Feng Tao's handling was that the squadron reported the 'interrogation' results to the Kenqu Court, which attached great importance to it and even specially brought out Feng Tao's case file when he first came in. They settled new and old accounts together, and the final result did not exceed everyone's expectations - shooting at the target range! From then on, Ye Haodong can be said to have fulfilled his promise to He Pingchao to thoroughly eliminate Feng Tao.
After Feng Tao's case was over, it was followed by Ji Chenggang's misjudged commutation of sentence, as well as Jin Rongzhe's case. Ji Chenggang was framed by Feng Tao and had his sentence increased, while Jin Rongzhe was directly transferred to the brick factory detachment in northern Xinjiang for reeducation through labor due to his resistance against cadre management. That place was a true hardship post. Although Ye Haodong never said anything about it, he actually never forgot that silent and brave Korean stick.
In mid-October, a fire broke out in the rear warehouse of the cotton mill team. A small team of five prisoners, including Qi Chenggang, rushed into the sea of flames without regard for their own lives, and rescued important materials stored in the warehouse in time. They also showed bravery in extinguishing the initial fire, suffering second-degree burns to 35% of their skin. As a result, the Reclamation Zone Court decided to award Qi Chenggang a major merit, rewarding him with 8,000 work points, and reducing his original sentence from 20 years to 8 years.
At the end of October, Jin Rongzhe was also transferred back to the cotton mill team from the Beijiang brick factory detachment. The people in the fifth group were all excitedly surrounding him, listening to him talk about the situation over there. "It's all iron stuff, weighing 500 kilograms, my god, it can bend 1,000 kilograms! The quota for one person is 80 cars, you haven't seen the suffering, the kiln near the road is considered a copy, but the kiln far from the road suffers even more, the road is an earth road, if it rains, it's completely muddy. The only good thing is that you can eat whatever you want, there's not even a single oil flower in the vegetables, and the dormitory is full of old Beijing oil lamps, one worse than the other, they've got me beat. Those people are mainly good at talking, anyway, let you suffer the most and still don't make sense. To say that this northern border is more difficult to mix than the southern border, this time I'm back, I'm thoroughly convinced, I'll be honest and not talk nonsense or move randomly, resolutely obeying reform." Ye Haodong looked at Jin Rongzhe's non-stop talking, feeling curious in his heart, what kind of environment and people could make that former silent spokesperson, Xiao Gaoli, become so poor.
Jin Rongzhe's matter can only be done step by step, Ye Haodong is now from time to time thinking of Jiang Lan again, this girl really disappeared like a ghost, not giving herself any news at all.
Jiang Lan's special training has ended, and she is now carrying out her first mission. In September, she followed Fu Da Ping to the small town of Hei Cheng on the China-Russia border to meet a Russian arms dealer named Viktor. There, she will act as an intermediary between Viktor and the Huaxia government until this transaction that concerns the fate of the Huaxia Air Force is completed. With her solid Russian skills, outstanding training results, and unobtrusive new face, she has become the most suitable candidate for this mission in the 5th Bureau.
The planes to be traded were to be dismantled into countless parts and smuggled over, and due to the Russian intelligence agency's occasional raids, they could not be transported continuously, sometimes even requiring a gap of one week to bring in one or two disassembled parts, so it took a very long process to complete this transaction.
In order to be able to keep a long-term eye on Viktor, Jiang Lan was reluctantly arranged to enter Viktor's air freight company and became Viktor's secretary.
She is also one of the most powerful female secretaries in history, not only having the responsibility to urge Viktor to speed up the smuggling of aircraft parts, but also having the right to settle accounts with Viktor at any time. The parts are transported separately, and the account is naturally settled separately. In addition to these two overt tasks, Ford secretly entrusted her that if she ever discovers Viktor's intention to terminate the transaction, she can take care of him at any time.
It's actually a completely unnecessary arrangement, Viktor is an international arms dealer, no one understands the consequences of deceiving a superpower better than him, he dares to breach contracts with those small countries in Africa and the Middle East at any time, but he would never dare to play tricks in this life-saving transaction.
At the end of November, Ye Haodong finally waited for the day when he was about to be released from prison. Because he received a reward for reducing his sentence again. The National Security Bureau and the local garrison successfully destroyed an important den of the West Tuo organization after receiving the intelligence provided by him, and also captured five core leaders who were sent from abroad to help train members of the West Tuo organization. This will become an important evidence of imperialism's conspiracy to commit terrorism in our country. For this reason, the National Security Bureau and the Military Region unanimously decided to give Ye Haodong a reward for reducing his sentence in this case.
After four years of imprisonment, Ye Haodong is finally about to welcome a day of restored freedom.
In 1999, the biggest event that took place on Chinese soil was the return of Macau. Ye Ying had fought his way to the south with the Fourth Army and almost reached there, but in the end, he had to obey the international trend and withdraw under the order of the Central Committee, which also became one of the bigger regrets of his life as a soldier. The day Ye Haodong was released from prison was December 5th, so Ye Ying made up his mind that on December 6th, the grandfather-grandson duo would set off for Macau and personally witness that historic moment.
Ye Haodong's news of being released from prison has already been known to the Steel City side. For this day, Zhu Mingyu brothers gathered all the brothers in Shi Wei Zi city early on.
That day, these people let the prisoners and the guards see what a big shot was. A luxurious, extended limousine was towed to the prison gate by a military transport vehicle. The welcoming ceremony presided over by Song Hao himself was as grand as if he were receiving a head of state. In just two years from 1998, the Xintianyi Group's scale expanded tenfold, and despite owing six hundred million yuan to banks due to rapid expansion, the group's net assets still exceeded one billion five hundred million yuan after deducting the part mortgaged to banks. If this personal asset value were made public in 1999 before joining the WTO, Song Hao would even have qualified to contend for that year's national rich list.
Wang Lin stood in the center of the crowd waiting for Ye Haodong, accompanied by her two elder sons. Her eyes sparkled with tears as she looked at the prison gate with a mix of anticipation and worry. Ye Haoyun supported his mother, while Ye Haoran was accompanied by his new wife Xu Yan. The whole family eagerly awaited the moment when the gates would open.
In the distance, on a hill, Ye Ying was accompanied by Gao Ping, holding binoculars and observing the family of four. He muttered to himself: "That's Hao Yun, I know that kid, I was the one who named him when his mother was pregnant with him. That must be Er Sunzi Hao Ran. The girl is the daughter-in-law...". He glanced at Xu Yan's belly through the binoculars and muttered: "Can't even tell if this kind of seed will produce anything? Gao Ping, standing beside him, scratched his head in frustration. This old man had spent his life on battlefields, killing countless people, experiencing too many separations from loved ones. He truly feared that the Ye family line would be cut off.
Behind Ye Haodong's family stood his brothers and friends, who had already begun to take charge of their respective affairs. Ding Dawei, responsible for the Ji Province matters of the New Tianyi Pavilion; Song Chaodu, in charge of the Meng District affairs; Bao Ligang, handling the Hei Province affairs; Zhu Mingfu, responsible for the Ji Province affairs; and Zhu Mingyu, overseeing everything. Even old friends from the Sifangtian Prison days, such as Lao Zei Dadingzi, who now worked at the New Tianyi Pavilion, were present. However, one person was noticeably absent - Yang Junhu, the owner of the tall, sturdy, and gentle figure that Ye Haodong had always liked.
The prison gate opened, and Ye Haodong walked out with his head held high. When he reached the entrance, he shouted loudly again, this time reciting a poem by Taizu: "Kunpeng spreads its wings, 90,000 miles, flipping over the sky and earth. Carrying the blue sky on my back, looking down at the city walls of the world. Cannons firing into the sky, bullet holes all over the ground, scaring away the birds in the thatched roof. How can I get out? Ah, I want to fly! Where are you going, sir? The sparrow replied: There is a sacred mountain with a crystal palace. Not seen since the autumn moon was bright three years ago, when we signed an agreement with three families. There's still food, roasted potatoes and beef. No need to fart! Let's see the world turned upside down. Goodbye, Stone Walled Cotton Mill Prison, I'm going to stir up the great momentum of the world and achieve my grand career as a great magnate!"
Turning back, that glance was a tear-stained mother. Prematurely added white hair, a face filled with mixed emotions of joy and sorrow. The heroic spirit vanished, as if there were thousands of tiny insects gnawing at his heart, as if there was molten lava flowing in his eyes. The pain and bitterness made Ye Haodong's eyebrows furrow, who never cried, finally unable to hold back a loud shout: "Mom! Your unfilial son has worried you!" Tears seemed to have circled around Ye Haodong's eyes, but still didn't flow out, and retreated again.
In the distance, Ye Ying was seen clearly in the telescope, nodding constantly: "This is my good grandson, although being a wastrel can't be considered as having no talent, but the path that my good grandson is destined to take is not one that a wastrel like you can tread!"
Wang Lin walked forward in tears, embracing Ye Haodong who was kneeling on the ground, and crying out her feelings of parting. Ye Haoyun and Ye Haoran, brothers, walked forward, hugging their mother and younger brother together, this moment of reunion moved the crowd behind them to tears.
Ye Haodong had already noticed the figures of Ye Ying and Gao Ping on a distant hill, where a helicopter from the Land Aviation Brigade was also parked, particularly eye-catching.
