Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

The train rumbled southward, the scenery outside the window constantly changing, from the icy and snowy north to a glimpse of green in the south.

Qin Yang sat in the carriage, watching the scenery change outside the window, still complaining.

"Seriously, I couldn't even get a plane ticket. Our time is precious. Luckily, we should still make it in time."

"Brother Yang, stop complaining. It's good enough that we got sleeper berths," Nie Xiaoqian said, looking up from the book she was reading on her bunk. "It's almost Chinese New Year, plane tickets are hard to come by."

"Hmph, they still don't take me seriously," Qin Yang said, somewhat disgruntled.

At this moment, Lin Heping came over with instant noodles.

"Here, have some instant noodles. This stuff is really fragrant."

In 1964, the Capital Food Factory began producing instant noodles, but in this planned economy era, everything required food coupons, and instant noodles weren't so easy to get.

"Yangzi, do you think we'll get beaten out if we go to their company to poach people?" Lin Heping asked Qin Yang while stirring his instant noodles.

"It's possible," Qin Yang said. "Or, should we resort to some tricks?"

"What tricks?"

"You've heard the stories of the heroes of Liangshan, right? To get some people to join the gang, you first ruin their families, leaving them with no way out, forcing them to go to Liangshan. Even a wealthy man like Lu Junyi had to get on the pirate ship, right?"

"Brother Yang, we're inviting experts, we can't use that kind of method," Nie Xiaoqian objected.

"Of course not, do you think I, Qin Yang, am capable of doing something like that? Xiaoqian, Lin and I were just joking, you actually took it seriously."

Nie Xiaoqian didn't laugh. This Qin Yang, he's capable of anything. But, she just happened to like him like this, following him, experiencing a completely different kind of scenery.

Holding her instant noodles, Nie Xiaoqian thought about what Qin Yang had said, 'We should still make it in time.' What exactly did he mean?

She glanced at Qin Yang again, this man, his head is always full of…

Nanjing finally arrived.

This is the ancient capital of six dynasties, a place of outstanding people and abundant resources. After the founding of the New China, although it didn't become the capital, it's still a vibrant metropolis, with a large number of research institutions, including the famous 14th Institute in the field of radar!

The 14th Institute is the birthplace of the domestic radar industry. Initially, it mainly designed ground-based radar, the most famous of which is the 7010 phased array radar, a strategic early warning phased array radar installed on a mountainside, with an early warning range of 3,000 kilometers. It successfully warned of foreign satellite orbits and missile launch trajectories many times. This radar also won the National Science Conference Award in 1978 and the Special Prize for Science and Technology Achievements of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1985.

Later, the 14th Institute continued to make progress, developing many products, including the phased array radar for domestic Aegis warships, and the early warning radar for the Kongjing-2000, etc., and is the leader in the radar industry.

Of course, the 14th Institute's research and development products are still only ground-based radar, so Qin Yang's plan to poach people to develop airborne radar can be considered a cross-industry endeavor. Perhaps this is Qin Yang's only excuse?

With such speculation, the three finally arrived at their destination.

"Finally off the train," Nie Xiaoqian said with some emotion, breathing in the humid air. "It's been a few years since I've been here, and everything is still the same."

Qin Yang shook his head: "No, let's wait here for a while, wander around."

Wait, wander around?

Lin Heping was a little curious. Since it was close to the New Year, there were a lot of people at the train station. What was Qin Yang going to wander around for?

"You're not Jiang Taigong," Nie Xiaoqian said.

"Of course I'm not Jiang Ziya, that old man didn't marry a wife until he was fifty, I can't wait that long."

"Then when do you plan to get married?"

"If it weren't to respond to the call of the country, I would really want to hold a wedding with Brother Lin."

"Really? Do you already have someone in mind?"

"Of course."

"Who is it?"

"You… tell me?"

"Hmph, if you don't want to say, then don't," Nie Xiaoqian stomped her foot and followed behind Qin Yang.

Qin Yang seemed to be walking aimlessly, but he also seemed to be looking for someone.

Soon, Nie Xiaoqian noticed something unusual: Qin Yang seemed to pay special attention to children around one or two years old!

"Auntie, your child is so well-behaved, how old is he? Here, uncle will give you a White Rabbit candy."

"This is a girl? Not bad, daughters are worth a thousand gold, much better than ungrateful sons."

Qin Yang said nonsensical things that might even make people want to punch him. But, for the sake of the White Rabbit candy, everyone had to squeeze out a smile.

In this way, time passed little by little, and Qin Yang seemed to be enjoying it.

Nie Xiaoqian's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly saw a strange scene.

A middle-aged woman was holding a child, looking around furtively.

She was wearing plain, patched clothes, looking like she came from the countryside, but the child in her arms was wearing brand new clothes!

If they were from the countryside, they wouldn't be willing to make new clothes for the child. They would just alter the adults' clothes to fit. In this era, there was absolutely no spoiling of children.

Especially, the child's eyes were red, obviously having cried many times, and the look in his eyes revealed… fear!

Could it be a child trafficker?

Just as this thought popped into her head, Qin Yang had already walked over, holding a White Rabbit candy in his hand: "How old is this little baby? Do you want some candy?"

"Eat…" The child opened his mouth, but as soon as he finished speaking, his mouth suddenly twitched, and he burst into tears.

"No eat," the middle-aged woman said in a rural dialect.

Nie Xiaoqian could see clearly that the middle-aged woman's hand had pinched the child's butt hard, and the child was speaking Nanjing dialect!

It must be a child trafficker!

Nie Xiaoqian felt righteous indignation filling her chest and wanted to rush up, but Qin Yang wasn't in a hurry: "Candy is bad for your teeth, if you don't want to eat it, then don't. Uncle also has glass marbles here."

As Qin Yang spoke, he magically took out a glass marble and held it in the air, seemingly nonchalant, but in reality, a spot of light had already appeared on the middle-aged woman's face, continuing to move towards her eyes.

Nie Xiaoqian was very surprised to see that Qin Yang was indeed… efficient.

The middle-aged woman had only felt a little uncomfortable on her face, but when the sunlight focused by the glass marble landed on her eyes, a patch of hot light appeared in front of her, and her eyes immediately began to hurt intensely.

"Ah…" She screamed and reached out to cover her eyes. Taking this opportunity, Qin Yang grabbed the child.

Mission accomplished!