The day before he was due to leave the Lighthouse, Li Ye brought Wu Yan and Old Xie to his estate.
Over the past few days, Niu Hongzhang's tone on the phone had grown increasingly stern. Wu Yan had not said much to Li Ye, but Li Ye could sense the change in his mood.
There were no walls without cracks. The dozen or so people who had come to the Lighthouse already knew something had happened back home, so how could the people in the Technical Department back home not know?
To throw my army into confusion—such intentions deserved condemnation.
Besides, over the next year or so, many things would happen around the world. The collapse of the northern neighbor would bring one final, violent wave of upheaval to the situation inland.
So Li Ye felt that he ought to "steady the troops' morale" and let his two most important technical leaders know a little of his strength.
After all, the two of them were Li Ye's trusted men, and trusted men could not be foolish, much less reeds swaying with every wind.
Only once the core team held steady would even the strongest winds and heaviest rains be nothing worth mentioning.
"Past this fence is our land."
As soon as they entered the estate, Li Ye introduced it openly. "I bought this estate when I came to the Lighthouse for an internship in eighty-six. It cost around two million at the time. After I started working, I never came back, though my family often came here to stay for a few days."
"I had someone plant some grapes, and we make a little wine every year. When you leave later, take a few bottles with you. Give them to your fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law after you get home. Tell