Recaps

Li Long warned his community about a gambling scam targeting prosperous farmers, helping expose several gangs and leading to arrests. He also sold all three KamAZ trucks to Mr. Yang’s group, then arranged new construction and mountain work as spring preparations began.

• Li Long heard Old Wang describe a card-game scheme that tried to lure him into gambling, then reported it to the township police and warned Xie Yundong and other local households.
• Xu Haijun recognized the same scam when Xu Wenjun and his friends tried to draw him into a high-stakes card game, and Xu Chengjun confronted them and made them leave money behind before letting them go.
• Guo Tiebing told Li Long that police had arrested several gambling-scam gangs and seized more than fifteen thousand yuan.
• Mr. Yang inspected Li Long’s three KamAZ trucks and bought all three for six hundred thousand yuan, taking the spare parts as well.
• Li Long hired Meng Hai’s crew to improve the family courtyards and prepare a new row of rooms, while planning a compound in Hot Spring Ravine.
• Li Long learned that two of Meng Hai’s workers had been fired after gambling and causing trouble, then continued arranging spring jobs as workers returned from his hometown.

Li Long backed Li Anguo’s small oil-refining venture, then began building a courtyard house in Hot Spring Valley. When workers uncovered a buried structure containing weapons and opium, Li Long kept a few items and planned to turn over the rest to the authorities.

• Li Anguo bought Li Long’s refining equipment as part of their 50–50 partnership, and his refinery began operating and earning a profit.
• Li Long chose a site in Hot Spring Valley for a courtyard house, where he allowed a fritillaria digger to stay temporarily in his cabin.
• Meng Hai and the workers uncovered a buried two-room structure while clearing the house site, finding crates of sabers and rifles.
• Li Long discovered a crate of pistols, daggers, silver dollars, and opium, then took two crates home and planned to hand in the remaining weapons.
• Li Long threw the opium into the toilet, and his father asked him to save sabers for himself and Li Long’s eldest brother.

Li Long turned in the weapons he had found in the mountains, kept a Mauser pistol, and rescued a fawn after encountering wolves at the Salt Mine Cave. The next morning, Professor Yang told him that the Autonomous Region Agriculture Department planned to hold an on-site meeting about the Experimental Field project.

• Li Long showed the crates of rifles and sabers to the People's Armed Forces Department director, who took the weapons to the County Seat and arranged for Li Long to receive two certificates of merit and two cash awards.
• The Cultural Relics Management Office director questioned Li Long about handing over the weapons and inspected the collapsed underground room, while Li Long later kept two sabers and a Mauser pistol.
• Li Long tested the Mauser pistol at the Salt Mine Cave, frightened off a pack of wolves, and found a fawn beside its dead mother.
• Li Long brought the fawn to the Big Courtyard, fed it goat's milk and sugar residue, and learned that Professor Yang wanted to speak with him.
• Professor Yang told Li Long that the Autonomous Region Agriculture Department planned an on-site meeting about the Experimental Field project and might next launch a Large-Scale Field Drip Irrigation Renovation Project.

Li Long agreed to introduce the drip-irrigation experiment at a site meeting and managed the Cooperative’s plans to admit new members while keeping illegal handguns hidden. He inspected the completed Hot Spring Villa, then took his family there for a visit and returned from a hunt with a wild boar.

• Professor Yang asked Li Long to introduce the drip-irrigation Experimental Field at a late-May site meeting, and Li Long outlined its construction, crop growth, and costs.
• Li Jianguo warned Li Long that keeping the Mauser pistol could bring serious trouble, while Li Long decided to hide the handguns for the time being.
• Li Long told Xie Yundong the Cooperative could consider new members at year’s end, provided their land adjoined its fields and they paid their share upfront.
• Liu Gaolou arrived with twenty-one vehicles, including cars and trucks, and Li Long later inspected Meng Hai’s completed Hot Spring Villa.
• Li Long brought his family and Li Qiang to the villa, took Li Qiang hunting, and shot a half-grown wild boar.
• Li Long butchered the boar and returned to the villa, where Gu Xiaoxia and the others were grilling meat.

Li Long grilled wild boar belly during a family outing, then returned to preparing for an on-site meeting and saw Harimu off to the Summer Pasture. At university, Li Juan discussed the Soviet Union’s instability with classmates, dismissed a classmate’s misconceptions about Northern Xinjiang, and received letters before someone came looking for her.

• Li Long grilled wild boar belly at the Hot Spring Villa, and his family enjoyed the meal before soaking in the hot spring and returning home.
• Li Long resumed preparing for the on-site meeting, while Professor Yang and Principal Yang grew confident in his presentation.
• Harimu told Li Long he would manage the area’s pastureland, expand his herds, and return to do business after moving to the Summer Pasture.
• Li Juan told her classmates that the Soviet Union might not hold together and that ordinary people there were suffering from shortages and inflation.
• Li Juan ignored a classmate’s disbelief about Northern Xinjiang, read letters from her former classmates, and was told someone downstairs was looking for her.

Li Long prepared for an on-site meeting about the township’s drip-irrigation cotton project, then visited Team Four and discussed how the technology might benefit its cooperative. The chapter ended with Li Long and Xie Yundong inspecting the cooperative’s weaker cotton fields and Li Long sharing technical advice.

• Li Long rehearsed his presentation at the experimental field while Principal Yang, Professor Yang, and trainees worked nearby.
• Li Long helped Uncle Lao Luo clear the livestock pen, then went to his eldest brother’s house for lunch.
• Li Junhai explained that long, slow cooking made Northern Xinjiang’s stewed fish taste better, and Li Long ate with him and the others.
• Xie Yundong asked Li Long about the on-site meeting and the cost of converting the cooperative’s cotton fields to drip irrigation.
• Li Long toured the cooperative’s cotton fields with Xie Yundong and shared what he knew about drip-irrigation farming.

Li Juan turned down Kong Xiaodong’s invitation after sensing that he saw her as a calculated match, then spent the evening with Gu Xiaoyu. Meanwhile, Li Long pursued drip-irrigation equipment and Li Qiang offered to look for a wolf fang as a gift for his classmate Ye’erlan.

• Kong Xiaodong brought Li Juan flowers and movie tickets, but she refused his invitation and shook off his attempt to stop her from leaving.
• Li Juan told Gu Xiaoyu about Kong Xiaodong, explaining that his interest felt calculated, and Gu Xiaoyu supported her decision not to date him.
• Li Long called Factory Director Du about buying drip-irrigation tape equipment and learned that cheaper raw materials and rising orders were helping the factory expand.
• Li Qiang’s classmate Ye’erlan asked to buy a wolf fang as a gift for his baby cousin, and Li Qiang promised to search for one at home.

Li Long hosted an on-site meeting about the experimental cotton field’s drip-irrigation system, impressing visiting leaders and experts with his knowledge. Afterward, a deputy director asked for his views on the future of drip irrigation, and Li Long proposed public support for farmers’ infrastructure, but the director gave no clear answer.

• Li Qiang gave Ye'erlan a wolf fang, and the two later became friends after Ye'erlan invited him to pick plums.
• Jia Tianlong, Zhao Hui, and Liu Gaolou visited the Purchasing Station; Zhao Hui paid two million yuan for hides, while Liu Gaolou exchanged farm equipment and animal products for canned food and white sugar.
• Li Long, Principal Yang, and Professor Yang prepared to receive a delegation of officials and agricultural experts at the experimental field.
• Li Long explained the drip-irrigation facilities and cotton-growing process, then spent more than an hour answering questions from the gathered experts and technicians.
• The deputy department director asked the township head about Li Long and later invited him to discuss drip-irrigated cotton.
• Li Long described his vision for drip irrigation and proposed government support for farmers’ infrastructure, but the deputy director did not directly respond.

Li Long learned that he had to actively apply for an agricultural support project, so he prepared and submitted a proposal for drip irrigation development. The Autonomous Region approved three hundred thousand yuan for the project, and a working group was due to inspect it.

• After the on-site meeting, Professor Yang advised Li Long to apply for support and promised to ask about the project in Wu City.
• Li Long drafted an application describing his Cooperative, drip irrigation experience, and plans for developing 1,500 mu of land, then revised it with Gu Xiaoxia’s help.
• On May 9, Professor Yang told Li Long that applications were open, and Li Long submitted his report through the Agriculture Bureau to the prefecture and Autonomous Region.
• Li Long told Xie Yundong and the others about the application, then obtained Xu Chengjun’s approval for land and began building a Drip Irrigation Tape Factory.
• On May 19, Professor Yang told Li Long that the Autonomous Region had approved three hundred thousand yuan and would send a working group to verify the project.

Li Long showed Agriculture Department official Li Yuhe the Cooperative’s drip-irrigation plans and explained how a tape factory could make cotton farming profitable. Li Yuhe then set aside the inspection to fish at Little Haizi, where he caught a large Five-Stripe Blackfish and hooked another fish.

• Li Yuhe arrived to inspect Li Long’s drip-irrigation project, and Li Long took him to see the Cooperative’s cotton fields.
• Li Long explained the planned pump houses, irrigation schedule, canal renovations, and how producing and recycling drip irrigation tape would reduce costs.
• Li Yuhe agreed that Li Long’s figures showed the project could make a profit.
• Li Yuhe learned that Little Haizi held several kinds of fish and asked Li Long to take him there to fish with his rod.
• Li Yuhe caught a large Five-Stripe Blackfish, and his float bobbed as another fish took the hook.

Li Long took Li Yuhe fishing and then crabbing, where Li Yuhe gradually learned to spot and catch crabs. The next morning, Li Yuhe questioned the unfinished Drip Irrigation Tape Factory, and Li Long promised to get its machinery running within a week.

• Li Long brought Li Yuhe back to Old Ma's Place, where Li Yuhe met the others, enjoyed dinner, and praised Li Long's work raising animals and helping villagers.
• Li Long took Li Yuhe out at night to catch crabs, and Li Yuhe went from struggling to spot them to catching a dozen or so himself.
• Li Yuhe wanted to keep crabbing, but Li Long ended the outing when they had searched the shallows thoroughly, and they agreed to cook the crabs the next day.
• The next morning, Li Yuhe visited the unfinished Drip Irrigation Tape Factory and warned Li Long that its condition could make his grant application look falsified.
• Li Long told Li Yuhe he could get the factory machinery running within a week, and Li Yuhe challenged him to prove it.

Li Long organized the cooperative’s drip-irrigation project, arranged the factory equipment, power connection, and unloading crew, and showed Li Yuhe the cooperative’s farming machinery during the inspection. The equipment arrived at the drip irrigation tape factory, where workers began unloading it as power crews installed poles, leaving Li Long confident that production could start within days.

• Li Long called Factory Director Du to arrange delivery of the drip irrigation equipment and told the cooperative members about the proposed project, which they unanimously supported.
• Li Long promised to pay for repairs to the canal from Little Haizi and set terms for supplying the cooperative with drip irrigation tape at cost.
• Li Long helped Li Yuhe clean and cook crabs, then showed him the cooperative’s tractors and other machinery for the inspection.
• Li Long arranged for the factory floor to be finished, contacted the township Power Supply Office about three-phase power, and recruited eight workers to unload the equipment.
• Officer Hou brought four trucks carrying the equipment and raw materials to the factory, where Li Long and the workers began unloading as power workers erected utility poles.

Li Long installed and successfully test-ran the drip irrigation tape machinery, trained Li Junfeng, and secured a business license for the factory. After Li Yuhe returned to Wu City, an Autonomous Region supervisor was assigned to arrive before the end of May, prompting Li Long to prepare for the project’s construction work.

• Li Long directed the installation of the machinery and explained to Li Yuhe that he had designed it and bought the equipment using his share of the factory’s profits.
• Li Long asked Li Junfeng to learn the factory’s operations, then started a trial production run and showed him and Li Yuhe how the equipment worked.
• Li Long inspected the first rolls of drip irrigation tape, confirmed they met specifications, and applied for the factory’s business license.
• Li Yuhe returned to Wu City without getting another chance to catch crabs, and Li Long received the factory’s business license two days later.
• Li Yuhe told Li Long that a full-time Autonomous Region supervisor would arrive before the end of May to coordinate the support project’s construction.
• Li Long prepared the Cooperative dormitory and arranged for the visitor’s meals, expecting the initial work to focus on a pump house and filter pool.

Zhao Shijie arrived in Ma County to supervise the drip-irrigation project and met with Li Long, who offered his construction company for the work. After settling into Team 4, Zhao Shijie prepared to inspect Li Long’s existing irrigation facilities, while Li Long considered involving Liang Wenyu in the later land-leveling work.

• Forestry Bureau officers Wang Yongqiang and Luo Daming visited Li Long to investigate reports about his purchases of animal products, then accepted his explanation and left with cigarettes.
• Zhao Shijie arrived at the Purchasing Station and told Li Long he had come from the Agriculture Department to supervise the project, explaining that he had bypassed the county because of its record with earmarked funds.
• Li Long offered his construction company to build the project’s pump house and filter pool, and Zhao Shijie agreed to inspect the existing facilities before choosing a contractor.
• Zhao Shijie asked about crabs and hunting; Li Long explained that crabs survived in his village reservoir but that hunting was no longer allowed under wildlife protections.
• Li Long arranged for Zhao Shijie to stay in Team 4 and eat at Old Ma’s Place, then went to his eldest brother Li Jianguo’s home for lunch.
• Li Jianguo asked Li Long to include Liang Wenyu in the land-leveling work, and Li Long said he would try if they organized the machinery themselves.

Li Long arranged for crews to build irrigation facilities at the Cooperative while advising Liu Gaolou to wait for Liu Shanmin before sending more goods across the border. After learning that Liu Gaolou’s partners owed him $100,000 and demanded another $200,000 in supplies, Liu Shanmin ordered him to stop shipments and decided he needed to investigate in person.

• Li Long showed Zhao Shijie the Experimental Field’s irrigation facilities, and Zhao approved their construction standard.
• Li Long hired two crews from Meng Hai’s company to build a Pump House and filter basin at the Cooperative.
• Liu Gaolou told Li Long that his uncle’s contacts were demanding more supplies without paying for the previous shipment, and Li Long advised him to wait for Liu Shanmin’s instructions.
• Liu Shanmin traveled to Yanjing with his family, learned by phone that conditions in the Union Republic remained chaotic, and then called Li Long after nobody answered at Liu Gaolou’s courtyard.
• Liu Gaolou told Liu Shanmin that the previous shipment was worth $100,000 and the new demand totaled $200,000; Liu Shanmin ordered him to send nothing and decided to investigate.
• Hu Moren recognized Liu Shanmin from the train and hurried after him when he left the telephone office.

Li Long oversaw farm construction, helped Zhao Shijie enjoy a crab-catching trip, and collected fritillaria from Bolati. After hearing that a herb gatherer had seen a tiger in the mountains, Li Long wondered whether it was the Tiger King he had encountered before.

• Zhao Shijie inspected the pump house construction and proposed improving the farm road and filtering debris from the irrigation water.
• Hu Moren tried to befriend Liu Shanmin, who advised him to consider trading near the Russian border as the Soviet Union was about to break up.
• Liu Shanmin and his family decided to end their travels and return to Northern Xinjiang after spending two days in Yanjing.
• Li Long took Zhao Shijie to Little Haizi to catch crabs, then later visited Bolati, paid him for over two hundred kilograms of fritillaria, and accepted two young roe deer as a gift.
• Liang Shuangcheng told Li Long that a herb gatherer had seen a tiger kill a red deer, and Li Long wondered if it was the Tiger King he had met before.

Li Long took Zhao Shijie into the mountains to look for signs of a rumored tiger, but their pursuit of a yellow animal led them to old prospectors’ shacks and a mountain rich in jade. The chapter left Li Long recognizing the mountain as the source of Ma River Jade.

• Li Long reassured Sister Yang that the canned food stockpile would sell and asked her to explain the plan to the worried factory workers.
• Li Long and Zhao Shijie agreed to build a dedicated branch canal for the Cooperative’s cotton fields, and Li Long promised to take Zhao Shijie into the mountains.
• Li Long took Mingming and Haohao to Team 4 for Children’s Day, where they caught crabs with the elders.
• On June 4, Li Long and Zhao Shijie drove into the mountains with rifles, hoping to look for the rumored tiger.
• The two men chased a yellow animal through a gully, but it escaped over the ridge; beyond it, they found old shacks and traces of jade prospecting.
• Li Long recognized the loose stones by the shacks as jade material and realized the nearby mountain was the source of Ma River Jade.

Li Long took Zhao Shijie through the mountains toward the Summer Pasture, where Zhao encountered wild animals, gathered mushrooms, and met Harimu and his family. As they prepared a meal, Jade Mountain River, Talihaal, and Bek arrived, bringing everyone together at the yurt.

• Li Long left Great Jade Mountain with Zhao Shijie and drove toward the Summer Pasture, explaining the mountain grasslands and pointing out two roe deer.
• Li Long and Zhao Shijie searched a wooded ravine, found more than thirty morels, and packed them to make chicken soup later.
• Li Long stopped to show Zhao a herd of wild mountain goats before they reached the Summer Pasture, where Zhao admired the grasslands and gathered round mushrooms with him.
• Harimu greeted Li Long and welcomed Zhao, while Gulimiter served milk tea and Harimu slaughtered a sheep for their meal.
• Li Long prepared mutton kebabs as Zhao gathered branches, and Harimu said he had recently driven wolves away from the area.
• Jade Mountain River, Talihaal, and Bek arrived at the yurt while Li Long was grilling meat.

Li Long fulfilled his wish to mine jade in the mountains, then reunited with Liu Shanmin, who returned to take charge of the troubled business across the border. Liu Shanmin set out with supplies and trusted men, reaching Panfilov with his safety still uncertain as he prepared to continue to Almaty.

• Zhao Shijie praised their mountain outing, while construction crews finished the branch canal and prepared to move on to roadwork.
• Li Long returned to the jade mountain, pried out several pieces, and left after deciding his wish had been fulfilled.
• Li Long chose not to shoot two red deer when they appeared by the river, then returned home with the jade.
• Liu Shanmin told Li Long he planned to move his wife and child to Ili and gather loyal followers to resolve the situation.
• Li Long arranged for Liu Shanmin to buy fifty tonnes of canned food and twenty tonnes of sugar, and the two discussed goods Liu Shanmin could obtain later.
• Liu Shanmin traveled with the supplies to Khorgos, recruited men from Geming Bek in Yining, crossed the border, and reached Panfilov, where he obtained a gun before continuing toward Almaty.

Liu Shanmin secured his position in Kazakhstan and arranged to bring tractors, trucks, and cars to Li Long, who expanded his sugar and canned-food trade. Back in the Fourth Team, Li Long joined a donation effort for Hu Qinghe and offered to pay for team-wide medical checkups, while canal and road construction neared completion.

• Liu Shanmin told Li Long that supplies and loyal supporters had helped him settle matters in Kazakhstan, and promised to send tractors, KamAZ trucks, and luxury cars.
• Li Long assured Sister Yang and Section Chief Hu that he could sell more canned food and white sugar, and Section Chief Hu arranged daily deliveries of sugar residue.
• Li Long learned that Hu Qinghe had early-stage lung cancer and donated money toward his treatment alongside Li Jianguo, Xie Yundong, Lu Yingming, and Xu Chengjun.
• Li Long offered to pay for medical checkups for the Fourth Team, and Xu Chengjun agreed to announce the plan to the residents.
• Li Long checked on Zhao Shijie, who reported that the canal and road work was progressing smoothly and should finish within a week.
• Li Long spoke with Gu Boyuan about Hu Qinghe and wondered whether Gu Ermao was due to be released soon.

Li Long arranged free medical examinations for the villagers at Stone City No. 2 Hospital after the County Hospital could not perform all the requested tests. As June 30 arrived, the first trucks carried workers and villagers toward the hospital, while Li Long’s plans also drew attention from a television crew.

• Li Long took Zhao Shijie mushroom foraging, gave him dried morels before he left for Wu City, then arranged the medical examinations at Stone City No. 2 Hospital after the County Hospital declined to perform the full set of tests.
• Li Long publicized the examinations, and Xu Chengjun announced that villagers should gather without eating, drinking, or using the toilet that morning; Ma Jinbao’s boast about refusing to go was mocked, while Gu Laoda concealed the real reason Gu Ermao had left the area.
• Li Long persuaded Liang Donglou and Chen Xiuzhu to attend the examinations, partly because he remembered Liang Donglou later dying of lung cancer, and also invited relatives and workers to participate.
• A television station learned about the examinations and sent a crew to film them, while Li Long arranged six trucks and additional vehicles to transport people.
• Liu Gaolou arrived with a convoy of trucks, tractors, hides, antelope horns, and luxury cars, then agreed that Li Long could borrow the trucks.
• On June 30, trucks took factory and Purchasing Station workers to Stone City No. 2 Hospital, and six more trucks arrived at the Fourth Team under Liang Shuangcheng’s lead.

Li Long organized free medical checkups for residents of Team 4 and other groups, and the examinations uncovered several health problems, including a possible lung issue for Liang Donglou. After taking the elderly men at Old Ma's Place for follow-up care, Li Long returned home and found several villagers who had skipped the checkups waiting at his doorway.

• Liang Shuangcheng took the settlement trucks toward Stone City No. 2 Hospital, while Ma Jinbao stayed home expecting Li Long to invite him personally and later chased his escaped sheep across the countryside.
• Li Long guided the Liang family through their examinations, and Liang Donglou agreed to further tests after his relatives urged him to take the possible lung problem seriously.
• Li Long reviewed the checkup results with Xu Chengjun, Sister Yang, and Jade Mountain River, and he arranged for militia members to be examined on a workday rather than organizing another full village checkup.
• Li Long shared a meal with his family and the Liang family, then reminded Liang Jianguo to undergo a stomach examination the next day.
• On Monday, Li Long discussed follow-up treatment for the elderly men at Old Ma's Place, then returned home and saw several people who had missed the checkups gathered outside.

Li Long turned away villagers who had missed the group health checkups, then learned that Li Jianguo had a stomach ulcer and urged the family to help him rest. After collecting the examination results and visiting Chen Xingbang and Li Xia, Li Long left the story with Li Xia considering sending Hongqin to stay with Li Jianguo’s family.

• Li Long refused the late-arriving villagers’ request for checkups, explaining that the hospital could not arrange another examination group.
• Liang Yuemei reported that Li Jianguo had a stomach ulcer, and Li Long arranged for Li Junfeng and Li Junhai to take on more of his work.
• Li Long called Li Anguo, learned his oil refinery was expanding, and offered to look for foreign technicians and better crude oil; Li Qingxia declined to supervise the refinery.
• Li Long collected the examination reports, learned that villagers including Wang Dagui and Tang Jianyuan had diabetes, and noted other serious conditions requiring treatment or further tests.
• Li Long visited Chen Xingbang and urged him to have Li Xia and Hongqin checked, then praised Hongqin’s exam scores and rewarded her with money.
• Li Long suggested that Li Xia send Hongqin to stay with Li Jianguo’s family, and Li Xia agreed to discuss it with Chen Xingbang.

Li Long delivered medical examination reports, arranged follow-up care, and told a television reporter about the village screenings. He secured control of the Agricultural Technical Extension School’s drip-irrigated plots and rejected the township’s plan for an on-site meeting until the cooperative’s fields were ready.

• Li Long delivered examination reports to Jade Mountain River, Sister Yang, and Xu Chengjun, who called villagers to collect their results and seek care.
• He Pingchuan learned that his tuberculosis could be treated, chose to enter the hospital to protect his parents, and urged them to thank Li Long rather than demand money.
• Li Long told Liu Gaolou to find an oilfield expert, obtain crude oil, and delay repaying Liu Shanmin’s loan until mid-1993; he also asked to invest in an oilfield.
• Li Long told Zheng Chaodong that 233 people had been examined and 21 had health problems, and said he planned to organize another round early the next year.
• Principal Yang offered Li Long both Experimental Field plots for the remaining five years, and Li Long agreed to manage them and allow trainees to visit.
• Li Long told Xu Chengjun that the township should postpone its on-site meeting until the cooperative’s drip-irrigation work was complete, and Xu Chengjun dropped the idea after hearing the costs.

Li Long leased the Agricultural Technical Extension School’s experimental fields and dealt with an electrofisher caught at Little Haizi while Li Juan returned home from university. He arranged to bring a Kazakh oil-and-gas expert to work at Li Anguo’s refinery, invested in an oilfield, and ordered cotton-harvesting equipment from Liu Shanmin.

• Li Long signed a lease with Principal Yang for the school’s experimental fields and inspected the cotton work and completed irrigation infrastructure at the Cooperative.
• Yang Laoliu caught an electrofisher at Little Haizi and gave Li Long some of the confiscated fish to take home.
• Li Juan returned from Yanjing, reunited with her family, and met Han Fang the next day.
• Liu Shanmin told Li Long that a Kazakh Academy of Sciences oil-and-gas expert would come if he could participate in Party activities, and Li Long agreed to arrange a Party branch through Li Anguo’s factory.
• Liu Shanmin offered Li Long a twenty-percent stake in a medium-sized oilfield and arranged crude-oil supplies; Li Long also ordered Deere cotton pickers and Rams cotton-processing equipment for fifty thousand US dollars.
• Li Long asked Li Anguo to arrange a Party branch for the expert and install phones at the refinery and his home, and Li Anguo agreed to look into it.