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

As Su Bai and Wan Qili walked out of the moon gate of the second courtyard, they saw Zhou Beiwang standing in the front yard holding a cloth bag, looking at them with a smile.

Su Bai looked her up and down, and Zhou Beiwang immediately understood. He smiled and said to her, "I'm fine, I'm not hurt."

"Come in!" Su Bai was not as good at laughing as him.

"Is this person... new?" Zhou Beiwang asked Wan Qili.

"Miss Wan, we are one of us." Su Bai assured Zhou Beiwang.

Shopkeeper Wan has become an important part of his pharmaceutical industry. Su Bai has never hidden anything from Wan Qili since she came to the Kong Mansion. In the past few months, Su Bai was going crazy because he had to be on guard against everything like he was against thieves.

In this era, Shanghai people like to address each other as "Miss". Su Bai rarely calls Wan Qili "Qili" and more often calls her "Miss Wan".

Strictly speaking, she was not a maid; she worked as a maid part-time.

"I've been very busy lately and have been in the mountains all the time. I haven't been able to come to see you. Don't blame me, right?" Zhou Beiwang leaned forward and asked.

"If it weren't for that bastard you saved, I would definitely be fine." Su Bai said to him neither softly nor harshly.

Zhou Beiwang smiled awkwardly: "Still holding a grudge?"

As he spoke, he put the cloth bag in his hand on the table. These were some mushrooms he had picked when he went into the mountains to suppress bandits. It was said that this variety of mushrooms was very rare in the entire Siling Mountains. Even hunters who had been hunting in the mountains for many years would seldom come across them. He was lucky to have come across them.

"It's very nutritious. I noticed that you've lost weight and look very tired. Use it to make a soup to nourish yourself. Remember to get more rest."

Su Bai looked at his flattery without saying anything.

Zhou Beiwang added: "You have so many people under you now, there's no need for you to do everything yourself, right?"

After pouring water for the two of them, Wan Qili left the lobby.

Compared with Zi Yan, although Miss Wan is not as good at doing chores, she is more stable, more disciplined, and almost never interrupts.

Zhou Beiwang watched Miss Wan leave and turned around: "To be honest, I haven't seen you for so many days, it seems like something is missing."

"Don't be disgusting. Tell me about the military situation. Don't you love telling me about the situation and military situation?"

"It's obviously the truth, how can it be disgusting?" Zhou Beiwang glanced at Su Bai with a resentful look: "First you scold me, then you insult me."

Su Bai didn't lie this time. She really wanted to hear about Zhou Beiwang's trip up the mountain to suppress the bandits.

Because this time, it’s about myself.

She wanted to know about Xu Laohei and the Second Wife, as well as Yang Huasen and Liu Yimiao.

The news we got from Zhou Beiwang was that they were all safe.

The only success of this bandit suppression campaign was that Xu Laohei was severely beaten, half of his men were killed, and his lair was destroyed.

But he suffered a loss at the hands of Yang Huasen.

Yang Huasen's troops broke up into small groups and fled into the mountains. The anti-bandit troops had to pursue them in company and platoon units. As a result, they were ambushed several times by Yang Huasen. Although the number of casualties was less than a hundred, there were countless casualties of varying degrees of injury. The two regiments sent by the provincial government lost more than half of their personnel due to injuries.

Strictly speaking, this campaign against bandits was a failure.

It did not cause much casualties to the main target, Yang Huasen's troops, and there was no trace of the bandit named Ma Da who appeared out of nowhere.

Speaking of Ma Da, Su Bai couldn't help but laugh. Even Zhou Beiwang didn't know that Ma Da was Liu Yiyan.

"Of course I know, do you underestimate me?" Zhou Beiwang said, it was just that Kong Li didn't know.

The three targets and tasks of this bandit suppression campaign are Yang Huasen, Xu Laohei and Ma Da.

It was Xu Laohei's bad luck that he was the only one who was beaten so badly.

However, Zhou Beiwang immediately said that although the soldiers had been withdrawn from the mountain, the bandit suppression was not over yet. Mobile sentries were left on the north side of Beishan Mountain and at the foot of Xishan Mountain. Once the bandits were found coming down the mountain, the troops would be mobilized immediately to suppress them.

"If they don't come down the mountain, you have no way to deal with it?" Su Bai asked.

"It's impossible for them not to go down the mountain. They have no food left except the small amount of dry food they brought with them." What Zhou Beiwang said was consistent with what Gao Hu had told Su Bai before. Although not many people were killed in this bandit suppression campaign, all the supplies of the people on the mountain were destroyed.

It is spring now, and there are not many wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains. Without food, it is difficult for this group of people to hold on.

Zhou Beiwang also said that a battalion was specially sent to assist in the defense of Longxing. This battalion was a provincial government troop and was not under the jurisdiction of Kong Li.

These bandits, starved of food and water, will surely come and attack Longxing when they get desperate.

"Did your people suffer heavy casualties?" Su Bai asked.

"Fortunately, two were killed and more than a dozen were injured." Zhou Beiwang's troops focused on supporting operations this time. They were not the main force and experienced fewer battles. However, there was an unlucky guy, Bi Yuming.

If Zhou Beiwang hadn't mentioned it, Su Bai would have almost forgotten about this person. Bi Yuming was the political instructor sent by the Military Control Commission.

This time, Bi Yuming also followed him up the mountain, but was hit by a stray bullet and was seriously injured.

It has been a long time since the military hospital was looted by Yang Huasen, and it has not yet recovered. It is short of things. After the injured soldiers who fought bandits in the mountains were sent back to the military hospital one after another, many people were infected, including Bi Yuming.

"The medicine is not enough and not very effective." Zhou Beiwang asked Su Bai, "Is this good news for you?"

"Bullshit!" Su Bai glared at him. "Am I so black-hearted in your eyes? Do you want people to get hurt so I can sell medicine?"

Although she spoke with confidence, she was still conflicted. Su Bai was very short of money now, and she wanted to raise enough money as soon as possible to buy the pharmaceutical factory in Shanghai.

If his medicine could contribute to the War of Resistance in the upcoming Battle of Shanghai, he would not have to worry about building a pharmaceutical factory in Chongqing, as the National Government would take care of everything for him.

"How many medicines do you have?" Zhou Beiwang got to the point.

"How much money do you have?" Su Bai added, "Since I'm already a black-hearted person, let's just talk about money."

Zhou Beiwang said that he had to first see how much medicine Su Bai had, and then ask for money from his superiors, and he also had to pretend to go to Qingdao.

"Thank you for your hard work." This was Su Bai's gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, I thought of the hateful Kong Li again. If it weren't for the existence of this beast, why would I mess up such a great cause like a thief?

Su Bai thought about the consequences of being found out by Kong Li. Driven by huge profits, he would probably imprison himself and make him produce medicines for him, and all the fame and fortune would be taken away by him.

He has many ways. In addition to threatening with death and torture, he might also use the lives of everyone around him as bargaining chips to force Su Bai to submit. There may be more unethical methods that Su Bai can't think of.

"I have three of them, each with a thousand sticks. Can you apply for that much money?"

"So many? That means... 300 boxes?"

"Yes, I'll lower the price a bit this time, 30 large yellow croakers per piece."

"3 pieces for 90 pieces?" Zhou Beiwang shouted.

"What are you yelling about? If we go by the previous price, it would be 100 sticks. This is 10 less for you!" Su Bai added that Zhou Beiwang could ask for the money according to the original price, so that he could earn 10 sticks.

Zhou Beiwang shook his head: "I don't want to make this kind of dirty money."

Su Bai reached out and twisted his ear: "Are you calling me a black-hearted person in a roundabout way?"

"Ouch, it hurts!" Zhou Beiwang shouted.

At this time Su Bai saw Kong Dai appeared at the steps in front of the lobby door, looking at this side coldly.