Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 1159 "White Swan"

Early the next morning, Cao Bin hurriedly boarded a flight to Moscow.

At present, Ukraine has not opened flights to China. If you want to go to China's Sijiu City, you must transfer in Moscow.

After Cao Bin left, Jiang Yan became completely busy. Several instructions were issued from Jiang Yan's room every day. The people below started to get busy, and the experts they brought also got busy. Countless information began to gather here. After being identified by the experts, those in need were purchased directly, and then a batch of them were sorted out and sent to the flower growers.

Of course, the information displayed on the surface are all civilian information, and military information will naturally not be displayed on the surface. However, who can care about these things when they can have enough food to eat these days? What's more, many people have been taken care of by Jiang Yan, so it is just a matter of turning a blind eye.

"Boss, Mayor Mark wants to meet you tonight." Jiang Yan received a call from Gong Yiwei just after lunch in the afternoon.

"Is it Mark himself or someone else?" Jiang Yan asked.

"They are a few people from their liquidation committee. They said they have something to discuss with you." Gong Yiwei said.

"Well, clean up the rooftop restaurant for me at night and prepare some good meals." Jiang Yan thought for a moment and spoke.

"Okay, boss, I'll make arrangements right away."

In the evening, Mark and his friends drove a very low-key car to the Grand Ukraine Hotel in Kiev. After entering the door, they were taken directly to the top floor by Gong Yiwei who was waiting there.

After both the host and the guests had a great time, only Mark came to Jiang Yan's room. The others knew that they had something to do, so they did not disturb them and Gong Yiwei arranged for them to rest on the tenth floor.

"Mark, it seems you haven't been doing well recently." After sitting down, Jiang Yan threw a cigar to Mark and then spoke.

"The situation has been terrible recently. We've been blocked several times." Mark took the cigar handed to him by Jiang Yan, took a puff, and then spoke.

"What problems have you encountered? Let's see if I can solve them for you." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

The problem he is facing now is nothing more than the lack of food and supplies, and Jiang Yan happens to have all these things.

As soon as he landed, Gong Yiwei reported to himself that through various means, the supplies stockpiled in Ukraine have reached nearly 10,000 tons. Although it cannot solve the fundamental problem, it will not be a problem to keep them in stock for a while.

"There is a lack of money, a lack of supplies, in short, there is a lack of everything. The situation could not be worse than it is now."

"Haven't you mobilized supplies to various places?" Jiang Yan asked.

"At present, there are still many stubborn elements in various places, and many people do not listen to the president's instructions. It is difficult to mobilize supplies." Mark shook his head and spoke a little sadly.

"Jiang, I heard that you have a batch of supplies. Can you give them to us first?" Mark looked at Jiang Yan with anticipation.

"Don't worry! We will definitely give you a suitable price." Seeing that Jiang Yan didn't say anything, Mark spoke again.

"Does your government still have money?" Jiang Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Mark with a smile.

"Well, we can use other things to pay off the debt." Mark said awkwardly. "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I have nearly 10,000 tons of supplies in Ukraine. I can give you 6,000 tons of them, and 2,000 tons of the remaining 4,000 tons. I will keep the rest in my own hands. After all, I have a lot of people to feed."

Originally, Mark thought it was surprising enough that Jiang Yan had 5,000 tons of supplies in his hands, but he didn't expect that he actually had 10,000 tons of supplies in his hands, and he also gave himself 6,000 tons. With these supplies, his voice would be much better in the future. Jiang Yan gave him 2,000 tons of supplies in private, which would allow him to win over many people, so his position would be quite stable.

"It just so happens that I have several factories that I haven't sold yet, and I can use them to pay off my debts." Mark thought for a moment and spoke.

"Goodbye, just give me some scrap steel or something like that." Jiang Yan waved his hand and said.

"That's all?" Mark asked in a somewhat strange tone.

He felt that Jiang was a little crazy. A good factory is a hen that lays eggs. He also believed in Jiang Yan's ability. These factories would definitely be better in Jiang Yan's hands. He didn't expect that he only wanted some scrap steel.

He wanted to persuade Jiang Yan, but he was rejected by Jiang Yan. He still insisted on taking the scrap steel, which made Mark feel that he owed Jiang Yan a huge favor. You know, at this time, there were a lot of scrap steel in Ukraine. The old tanks that were ready to be scrapped weighed nearly 20 tons each. These things were basically very cheap in Ukraine, and any factory could get a lot.

"I heard that you are planning to ask the country to buy some ships and some aircraft. I will tell them to give you a discount when the time comes." Mark said this, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet a few times, and then spoke again.

"We can also secretly sell you one or two Tu-160s. As you know, this kind of strategic-level weapon is somewhat monitored by the Russians. We are still negotiating."

毛熊解体之后，乌克兰在远程战略轰炸机之面则继承了40%的份额，其中包括19架图-160、21架图-95，以及57架图-22战略轰炸机，配套弹药包括KH-55、X-55巡航导弹（部分核弹头）等。

In particular, only 160 Tu-25s were built before the collapse of the Russian Bear, most of which were deployed in the 184th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of Ukraine, which was taken over by the Ukrainian Air Force in 1991. Although the vast majority of pilots swore allegiance to Russia, only about 25% of pilots and most ground crew were deployed to Ukraine, but none of the most important bombers were lost, and the ambitious Ukrainian Air Force could not wait to erase the red star logo on the aircraft.

Ukraine has such a large strategic bomber fleet, coupled with other nuclear bombs and intercontinental missiles, its strength has increased exponentially. If a leader who has made achievements comes to power, it will become a formidable strategic competitor in the future. Therefore, the United States and Russia are trying their best to win over Ukraine, which has also caused Ukraine to feel good about itself and have the illusion that it is a rare commodity. With a weak sense of direction, it has begun to swing back and forth between Russia and the United States.

Due to the economic downturn and the fact that Russia was not doing much better at the time, and the fact that both countries were clearly inclined to regard the West as partners in the early stages of the disintegration of the Russian bear, the United States naturally took action to unite the strong and eliminate the weak. Considering their respective strategic goals, the United States, Russia and Ukraine jointly signed a trilateral agreement in 1994 on the destruction of all nuclear weapons in their territories. In exchange, Ukraine would receive hundreds of millions of dollars in aid from the United States, and the United States and Russia would guarantee its national security.

Another thing is that after NATO bombed Kosovo, Russia, feeling that NATO was an important strategic threat, began to accelerate negotiations with Ukraine and was prepared to pay a price to get the planes back. So the two sides returned to the negotiation table again on the condition of offsetting Ukraine's huge natural gas debt. In 1999, the two sides reached an agreement for Russia to purchase the remaining 8 Tu-160s and 3 newer Tu-95MS strategic bombers. In addition, 575 matching Kh-55MS air-launched cruise missiles were added, with a price of US$2.85 million to offset Ukraine's natural gas debt (the total debt was US$18 billion at the time). After all, it was natural to pay back debts that year, and everyone shook hands and made a deal.

Now Mark allows him to buy several such planes, which is something Jiang Yan had not expected. He originally thought that it would take some effort, but he did not expect that it could be accomplished so easily.

"Okay, as you know, my business in China will be much easier if I hand these over. But I still need some information." Jiang Yan spoke directly.

"No problem, but you also know the previous production system of the Mao Xiong, so we only have a part of the information in our hands."

"No problem. By the way, this is a gift for you." Jiang Yan said, opened the drawer and handed Mark a file.

"A villa surrounded by mountains and water, and ten million dollars, is enough for you to live a good retirement life." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"Thank you very much." Mark simply declined and took the document.

(End of this chapter)