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

From standing up to speak for Su Bai, to beating Kong Nanwei passionately, to not uttering a word while eating, Kong Dai's performance today was in stark contrast.

Under normal circumstances, after Kong Dai had been in Qingdao for so many days, the first thing he would do when he returned was to report to Su Bai how much money he had spent and how many guns he had bought.

But today, it has been more than half an hour since dinner, and I haven’t seen him yet.

Wan Qili quickly called Kong Dai over, carrying his canvas bag. He bought a total of 15 box guns in Qingdao, each costing 100 yuan and coming with 200 rounds of bullets.

Xu Tianyi was right. The reason why Kong Dai was gone for so many days was because he had not gathered all the goods.

He told Su Bai that the market price was 80 yuan per stick last year, and the price has increased this year.

According to the seller, the price will still go up.

"I was originally going to buy 30, but I couldn't get enough. And I couldn't wait in Qingdao forever, so I took these 15 back first."

"There are less than 15 of us in total, why do you still want to buy 30?" Su Bai asked.

Unexpectedly, Kong Dai said that sooner or later, Gao Hu's men would have to take off their military uniforms and follow Su Bai, so it would be better to make some preparations early.

Xu Tianyi also took over the conversation and heard Gao Hu say that many soldiers had asked Gao Hu about this matter in recent days. They felt that the current security division was not even a ragtag army, and they no longer considered themselves soldiers.

Some people also said that he should either leave the security division and join a regular army to become an upright soldier, or take off his military uniform and serve the Kong family.

Most of these soldiers came from poor backgrounds. They joined the army and fought hard just to fill their stomachs and earn some military pay for their families. After living in the Confucius Mansion, they ate well and slept well. The ordinary servants in the Confucius Mansion had higher military pay than them, not to mention that their pitiful military pay was rarely received monthly.

Su Bai smiled and said, "The question is, what do I need so many people for? Should I ask them to perform exercises for me every day?"

Su Bai turned to Kong Dai: "Uncle Kong, tell me what's going on with the letter. If even you refuse to tell me the truth..." Su Bai stopped talking and stared at Kong Dai's lips.

"I have indeed seen the letter. It is real, Madam." Kong Dai replied calmly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore." Let them do whatever they want. Su Bai didn't want to get entangled with them on this matter that would not be resolved in the short term.

Kong Dai handed the gun and bullets to Xu Tianyi and left.

Xu Tianyi couldn't let go of these guns. With Su Bai's consent, he took them back to the east wing where he lived and checked them one by one.

Wan Qili talked to Su Bai about the matter of identity again. She advised Su Bai that he didn't have to verify the matter, but he must be prepared to leave the Confucius Mansion at any time.

"Why do I feel that although this matter is strange, it is not dangerous?" Su Bai told Wan Qili that this was just her feeling. No matter what purpose the Second Miss and Kong Dai had in putting on such a show for her, it would not stop there and would definitely continue.

"If they act, we should act along with them, as long as it doesn't interfere with our business." Su Bai instructed Wan Qili to send a message to Shopkeeper Wan when the time for sending the message arrived tonight, asking him to contact Mr. Xu, the agent of the pharmaceutical factory, in the name of Liu Abao and officially purchase the pharmaceutical factory within a few days.

"See if we can get the price down a little bit."

After giving instructions to Wan Qili, Su Bai took Xu Tianyi out of the Confucius Mansion, came to the county government, and met Cheng Zifeng.

The purpose of looking for Cheng Zifeng was to inquire about the matters concerning Kong Chen and Kong Li's iron mine. After listening to Kong Nanwei's bragging today, Su Bai felt that this matter, which seemed to have nothing to do with him, was actually related.

If it is true as Kong Nanwei said, Kong Li will definitely devote most of his energy to this huge project, and in this way he will be more relaxed on his side.

The next step would be to calmly go to Shanghai to buy the pharmaceutical factory, then stay in Shanghai for a while and find a way to contact the relevant departments of the National Government.

If the equipment of the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Factory could be dismantled and transported to Chongqing within these few months, it would naturally be the ideal result. However, Su Bai only regarded this as his own wish and tried his best to do it. Whether he could do it... Su Bai had no confidence at all.

The second young master Kong Nanwei did brag for Kong Li, but not all of it.

Kong Li is indeed doing a big project, with construction starting simultaneously on the mountain and below the mountain. The iron plant will be transformed into a steel plant, producing both iron and steel, but both will be located at the foot of the mountain, not in the mountain as Kong Nanwei said.

The project on the mountain mainly involves widening a dark cave that is seven or eight miles long, so that cars can be driven directly in to haul ore in the future.

"Will this work?" Su Bai was not sure if there was such a way to transport ore. In her limited knowledge of mines, she had never heard of driving a car directly in to haul ore.

Shouldn't it be a rail-mounted ore transporter with an elevator or conveyor belt that first transports the ore out of the mine and then loads it onto the truck?

I bother!

Su Bai spat at himself. The times were different, and the technology and conditions were also different. He was really worrying about nothing.

Cheng Zifeng said that most of the tunnel was wide enough for cars to pass through, and Kong Li's renovation was just to widen a few narrow sections, but the main work was actually to level the ground.

It is not about driving the car directly to the mining site to pull the ore. The main purpose is to shorten the transportation time and improve efficiency.

"Just wait and see. Something bad will happen to Kong Li. Once the provincial government verifies the evidence, he may not be able to continue his job as the security commander!"

"What's going on?" Su Bai asked.

"Do you remember Marshal Yang and Marshal Lin?" Cheng Zifeng said that after the main forces of Marshal Yang and Marshal Lin were eliminated, these two people disappeared, and no one was seen alive or dead. A while ago, there was news that they hid in Nanshan.

Basically, he has become a bandit.

Recently, there have been reports of people going missing in Tianlong County, south of the Siling Mountains. The missing people are all middle-aged and young men, and there are quite a few of them.

"Are they conscripting men?" Su Bai immediately thought that it was probably Marshal Yang and Marshal Lin conscripting men to expand their army and prepare for a comeback.

This is simply wishful thinking.

Cheng Zifeng kept shaking his head and whispered to Su Bai an inside story. Someone reported to the Tianlong County Government that these people were captured and forced to do hard labor for Kong Li. The ones who captured them were Marshal Yang and Marshal Lin, who sold them to Kong Li.

"Ah?" Su Bai couldn't help but scream.

In Su Bai's opinion, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Yang and Lin people are sworn enemies with Kong Li, but how could they collude with each other again for the sake of profit?

"It's easy. Wouldn't it be easier to just send someone to Kong Li's construction site and check it out?"

Cheng Zifeng heard Huang Wenchang say that he had to first obtain certain evidence of the matter, and then request troops from the provincial government to capture Kong Li in one fell swoop.

"Huang Wenchang wants to make achievements and get promoted, right?" Su Bai said, and Cheng Zifeng nodded in agreement.

"Be careful not to catch snakes or you might get bitten by one!"

Huang Wenchang is too arrogant. He wants to get hold of Kong Li's handle without mobilizing troops. Su Bai thinks it is impossible.

Kong Li is preparing to send troops to the mountains in the name of eliminating the remaining bandits led by Xu Laohei, and has already reported this to the provincial government.

Once the next batch arrives, he will send a large number of troops into the mountains.

It was called suppressing bandits, but in reality it was just to supervise the laborers, and Kong Li had to go into the mountains personally to command.

Su Bai smiled bitterly. What kind of world is this? People only talk nonsense and not human words. Will the provincial government approve it?

I hope it can be approved. It will be beneficial to Kong Li going into the mountains.

When I returned to the backyard from Cheng Zifeng's place, I saw Qian Rufei.

Qian Rufei arrived a minute ago. He came from Linhua on horseback.

"Doctor Chen asked me to come here urgently. He asked me to ask you, is it better to take erythromycin orally or intravenously after surgery for a serious injury?"

"Use whatever you have. Why did Doctor Chen send you here? Can he also send Zhou Beiwang's men?"

"Captain Zhou..." Qian Rufei said with a sad face, "He was shot by someone secretly. He may not be able to survive."

"What? Say it again?" Su Bai grabbed Qian Rufei's shoulders and felt his hair stand on end.