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

Shopkeeper Wan has a keen sense of smell. Recently, the exchange rate of a gold bar in Shanghai has risen to 360 yuan. According to the analysis of some of his business friends, it will continue to rise.

In addition, the legal currency began to depreciate and prices rose.

Although the magnitude was not significant, all this made some savvy businessmen feel that war was approaching.

"You're right. If we want to fight..." Su Bai pretended to think for a few seconds: "It should be in July or August."

"Does the eldest young lady think so?" Shopkeeper Wan nodded repeatedly: "Then it is most likely."

Well, do you think so highly of yourself?

"After buying the radio, the young lady will still need someone who can send telegrams," said Manager Wan.

"What should I do? Should I learn it?" Su Bai asked Manager Wan again if he knew how to send a telegram.

Manager Wan doesn't know how to send a telegram, but he knows that learning this thing is not difficult, the difficult part is becoming proficient in it.

"If the eldest young lady wants to learn, I can find a friend to teach you, but you have to stay in Shanghai for a few days."

"Do you have any books? I can study by myself." Time is too important to Su Bai. She doesn't have time to go to Shanghai and live for a while.

"Books... I'll try to find some. If it's inconvenient for the eldest young lady to study, I can recommend a radio operator to her. I can vouch for her and say that he is absolutely reliable."

"Well... okay." Su Bai agreed after a little hesitation. Since Shopkeeper Wan said so, if he didn't use the person he recommended, it would be like he didn't trust Shopkeeper Wan: "Is he from Shanghai?"

Shopkeeper Wan replied, "Yes."

"Then...are they willing to come from Shanghai to a small place like Longxing?"

"Yes, Madam, don't worry."

"Okay then, how much is a suitable salary?" Su Bai thought that the salary for this job as a radio operator must be quite high.

"Just let the eldest young lady take care of her food and clothes. You don't need to calculate wages. Just give her some pocket money at most. I trust the eldest young lady and will not treat her unfairly."

Manager Wan’s words left Su Bai a little confused.

Shopkeeper Wan stood up to say goodbye. He still had to go to Zi Yan's place to see what goods Zi Yan needed and bring them over when she delivered the radio station.

He will be back within three days, and then he can talk to Su Bai in detail.

"No, something has to be done this time. The matters of the radio station and the business are not as urgent as this one." Su Bai left Manager Wan.

What Su Bai asked Manager Wan to do was to deal with the next step of medicine packaging.

Su Bai invited Manager Wan to stay for dinner, and there was no need to avoid other people. The two of them ate in the lobby with the door open, and Xu Tianyi stood guard at the door.

Su Bai asked Manager Wan to help print the labels for the medicines.

Penicillin was used in vials, and the original printed labels could still be used, but Su Bai still gave a set of existing labels to Manager Wan for reference.

While eating, Su Bai wrote down in English the labels for the two drugs to be produced next. One was erythromycin and the other was gatifloxacin. Although it would take some time to successfully develop gatifloxacin, Su Bai felt that since he had to print the labels only once, he might as well print them out in advance.

After the Anti-Japanese War officially broke out, if we could not go to Chongqing for production smoothly, the risk of exposure would increase every time we printed labels outside.

Su Bai wrote the packaging for the medicine box and bottle, as well as the instructions for use, and handed them over to Manager Wan, telling him that unless there was a reliable printing factory, it would be best not to have them printed at the same one.

Shopkeeper Wan nodded repeatedly: "I will go to nearby places like Suzhou and Zhenjiang to find a printing factory."

"In fact, if there is a printing factory run by foreigners in the concession, that would be fine too," said Su Bai.

"I understand, don't worry, Madam."

After the meal, Su Bai gave 30 gold bars to Manager Wan. He took 10 more because he was worried that the price of the radio station might fluctuate, and he also needed money to restock the store.

After putting the gold bars in his arms, Manager Wan sighed that the young mistress was indeed not an ordinary person. It had been only a short time since she came back from Shanghai, and she had so many gold bars.

Su Bai was thinking, gold bars really don’t last long.

In addition to the labels, Su Bai also made a list for Manager Wan, which listed some medicines that needed to be replenished. Some of them had not been bought before, and most of them were needed for experimental gatifloxacin.

Gatifloxacin is a fourth-generation quinolone drug. Unlike penicillin and erythromycin, it is completely synthetic.

When Su Bai started the experiment, he discovered that although he had planned carefully during his last trip to Shanghai, he was still missing some experimental raw materials.

It takes multiple steps to synthesize this medicine, because some chemical agents have not yet been invented in this era, so Su Bai has to synthesize it step by step.

I originally wanted to give up, but since I was almost halfway through the experiment, I decided to persevere.

In fact, Su Bai's confidence in Gatifloxacin has begun to wane.

The reason why she decided to continue was because of her character of never giving up easily.

In this case, it is unlikely that Manager Wan will return in two or three days.

"Will there be any trouble in sending a radio here?"

"That shouldn't be the case, right?" Shopkeeper Wan thought that he could just register at the Shanghai Municipal Government. He had discussed this with a friend who owned a radio station before coming here, and the procedure was not troublesome.

Su Bai felt that it was not safe. The procedures handled at the Shanghai Municipal Government were used in Shanghai. Who knew if there would be any trouble in transporting it here?

She asked Manager Wan to go back first and complete the formalities in Shanghai after purchasing the radio. She would also handle a set of related formalities at the Sanlong Office and ask Xu Tianyi to deliver them to Manager Wan.

"Well, Madam is really thoughtful."

After seeing off Manager Wan, Su Bai went back to the backyard and lay on the bed to rest for a while, then the third concubine came.

She knew that her son Kong Nanwei had been disrespectful to Su Bai yesterday, and she came to apologize to Su Bai on behalf of her son.

Su Bai told her bluntly that Kong Nanwei was staying in the Kong Mansion and was most likely Kong Li's spy.

"But..." The third concubine showed an embarrassment. As a mother, she couldn't just kick her son out, right?

"You have to find a way to get him to quit smoking. If he can't quit smoking, don't blame me for speaking harshly. He will always be Kong Li's dog!"

The third concubine agreed repeatedly, but Su Bai knew very well that she could not control this son.

Guo Deyi didn't dare to do anything about it, he didn't even dare to acknowledge this son.

In the eyes of this son, he was just a servant.

"Madam, why are you digging the yard?" The third concubine said that the fifth concubine had asked Kong Dai in the morning, but Kong Dai only said that it was the eldest madam's idea, and he didn't know why the yard had to be dug.

"We dug this for Kong Li to see. He always felt that there was something in our yard."

"What is it?" asked the third concubine.

"How would I know? I'll dig up all the yards. If I can find anything, I'll give it to him. If not, I'll let him give up."

"So that's how it is," murmured the third concubine.

She looked up and remembered something: "Oh, I just saw Yunyun come back."

"The Second Miss is back?" Su Bai stood up and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier? Did she come back by herself, or with the Second Madam?"

"It's just that she went to find Kong Man as soon as she came back."

The second wife hasn't come back, so you're going to spend your life with Old Man Xu?

I’m afraid it’s not that simple?