Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Gao Hu shook his head. He didn't know who Kong Li would arrange to monitor Su Bai.

Although the overall responsibility for this matter was given to Captain Zhao of the garrison battalion, Gao Hu believed that the person responsible for monitoring Su Bai would definitely not be someone from the garrison battalion, but someone Kong Li would send from Tianlong or Linhua to come under the command of Captain Zhao.

In this way, they are in the dark and Su Bai is in the light, which will be more troublesome.

Be extra careful when you go out next time.

Su Bai also felt that if he didn't even know who was following and monitoring him, even if Kong Li's troops were a ragtag group, there must be people with intelligence and spy backgrounds among them. His future movements out of the house would probably not escape Kong Li's eyes.

However, Su Bai believed that there would always be a way to solve this problem. The most important thing now was to produce the first batch of medicines, as Chen Yidao was still waiting.

At least there is no problem with the sales of this batch.

It is not an easy task to completely open up sales channels; it can even be said to be very difficult.

The reason lies with Kong Li. Once he finds out, he will snatch it away.

But there is one thing he will soon find out: these drugs appeared on the market through his hands.

Su Bai lied to Chen Yidao, saying that this batch of drugs was smuggled in and bought from a friend. This lie could not stand up to verification. Once Kong Li seriously investigated the matter, he would not be able to escape being eaten alive by him.

But now, the garrison battalion is in the hands of Battalion Commander Zhao, Bai Ying's company commander has also been removed, and he doesn't know how many eyes are staring at him around the Kong Mansion, so it is not so easy to leave the Kong Mansion.

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Kong Dai returned after disappearing for three days.

When he left the Confucius Mansion, he asked Guo Deyi to ask for leave from Su Bai, saying that he wanted to go back to his hometown. Obviously, this was another lie.

Su Bai believed that he must have gone to the mountains to inquire about Yang Huasen's whereabouts.

It was already December 12th.

Su Bai's backyard was bustling with activity. The Kong family soon recruited new servants, and Niu Fuping, Niu Yanzi and six others officially moved into Su Bai's backyard.

The living quarters in the backyard are quite spacious, with three rooms in the east and west wings.

It turned out that Xu Tianyi and Yuan Yuze both lived in the east wing, Adjutant Feng and Gao Erzhu were also recuperating here. Su Bai asked the three men among the six people from Niujia Village to live in the empty room in the east wing, and the three women to live in the west wing.

The other two rooms in the west wing are used as kitchen and warehouse.

Kong Dai and Gao Hu lived in the master's former room. Gao Hu lived in the master's former bedroom, and Kong Dai lived in the west room separated from Su Bai by a wall. This room had an entrance to the basement.

Kong Dai initially insisted on not living in the main house, but after being scolded by Su Bai and persuaded by Gao Hu, he finally agreed to move in.

That night, Kong Dai truthfully reported to Su Bai his itinerary over the past few days.

Su Bai guessed correctly, he did go into the mountains to inquire about the whereabouts of Yang Huasen's troops and met Yang Huasen.

After Yang Huasen's troops were dispersed, they were divided into four parts. In order to continue hiding and conserve their strength, they were not ready to reunite for the time being. They rested and recuperated on their own and would gather again when there was time for action.

After this battle, Yang Huasen lost more than half of his troops. Originally there were more than 1000 people, but now there are less than 500. In addition, a large amount of baggage, food and other supplies were lost.

Regarding Adjutant Feng and Gao Erzhu, Yang Huasen said that if the eldest young lady needed them, they would be kept to protect her safety. If not, they would be allowed to return to the team after they recovered from their injuries.

"I don't need it. Our backyard is not big. It's almost half the size of the Kong Mansion. I'm afraid it will attract Kong Li's attention and cause trouble."

Su Bai asked Kong Dai to do one thing immediately, which was to exchange all the 2500 French francs in his hand into dollars or gold bars, preferably gold bars.

"Why?" Kong Dai didn't understand. The dollar and the legal tender were used in the same way. Since the national government had expressly prohibited the circulation of the dollar, some places did not accept the dollar.

This is even more true for gold bars, which in the past had to be exchanged for dollars before use.

"Listen to me, one French coin can be exchanged for one dollar in the market now, but it won't be exchanged for long. Even 100 French coin can't be exchanged for one dollar!"

You're showing off again. Why are you saying all this?

Kong Dai laughed. It was obvious that he did not believe what the young lady said, that 100 French francs could not be exchanged for one dollar.

But he still carried it out resolutely and promised to change it within the next day.

Although Su Bai was not very familiar with the timeline of the devaluation of the legal currency, she believed that once something happened in Xi'an, the legal currency would inevitably fluctuate.

Today is December 12th, and the date of the Xi'an Incident is December 9th.

If everything goes well, the first batch of medicine will be produced on December 12.

Su Bai made strict regulations on the activities of people in the backyard. Only Zi Yan and Niu Yanzi could enter the east wing of the ancestral hall, while Niu Fuping and four others could enter the west wing, basement and other places in the backyard.

As for other people, they are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.

It was only a matter of time before his secret production of drugs was discovered. Su Bai made such arrangements just to keep the secret as long as possible.

The three east wing rooms of the ancestral hall are where the top secrets of Su Bai’s pharmaceutical workshop are kept, where the final encapsulation and packaging of the medicines are carried out.

Zi Yan and Niu Yanzi have already started gluing medicine boxes and putting labels on them in the east wing.

Zi Yan became the busiest person in the backyard. Not only did she have to glue the medicine boxes together with Niu Yanzi, she also had to assist Su Bai in leading these newcomers to learn and master every step of the operation before drug purification, running back and forth between the east and west wing rooms and the basement.

However, although Zi Yan was tired, she was very excited, as if she had endless energy. She simply thought that this time she could completely throw herself into the work and no longer have to hide like before, always on guard against visitors.

Kong Dai really took only one day to exchange all the French currency for silver dollars and gold bars. He first exchanged 2500 French currency for 2500 silver dollars, and then used 2400 of them to exchange for eight gold bars.

The housekeeper of the backyard is still Kong Dai. Although he is second only to one person and above everyone else, Kong Dai is the most disciplined person and will not go where he is not allowed to go. Su Bai is relatively assured about this about him.

There is no one who is 100% reliable, so Su Bai can only rely on his feelings and the rules to extend the confidentiality period of the pharmaceutical products as much as possible.

Kong Dai volunteered to take on the responsibility of cooking. There was only one yard in the backyard, and no one else was allowed to enter the ancestral hall and the basement, so there was not much to do on weekdays.

Gao Hu said he wanted to go back to the front yard to eat, but Su Bai kept him back.

After the Fourth Lady took over the Confucius Mansion, she no longer provided the guards with monthly subsidies of meat, eggs and vegetables, and their food standards dropped directly to the starting point.

Although Gao Hu lived in the backyard, he still had to take care of the guards in the front yard. He had to go back to the front yard from time to time, and sometimes he had to go to the battalion headquarters. This guard was still under the jurisdiction of the garrison battalion of Battalion Commander Zhao.

This has one advantage. Gao Hu brings back news from outside every day.

On December 12, Gao Hu came back for dinner with two pieces of news, one big thing and one small thing.

The big event was that Generals Zhang and Yang detained the Chairman and several important officials accompanying him in Xi'an.

"What does this have to do with us? What do you mean it's a trivial matter?" Su Bai had known about this matter for a long time, and what she wanted to hear was a trivial matter.

"Madam, this is a matter of great importance. How can you say it has nothing to do with us?" Gao Hu was surprised by Su Bai's indifferent attitude.

"It's just a small matter!" Su Bai didn't want to explain to him, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

"It's just a small matter... Tietou was beaten beyond recognition and released."

"This is a big deal!" Su Bai stood up.

Gao Hu was completely confused.