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

Chapter 177 Kong Li Comes to Congratulate

The day after Su Bai returned to the Confucius Mansion, Zhou Beiwang came, dressed in casual clothes.

He brought the latest news about Kong Li.

At present, Kong Li is still recovering from his injuries. After Linhua was liberated, military doctor Chen and others returned to the military hospital, which had nothing but the building. They treated the wounded and rebuilt the hospital at the same time. The provincial government's efficiency was extremely high this time, and the equipment and medicines needed by the hospital were being transported from the provincial government to Linhua in a steady stream.

However, due to the long duration and heavy casualties of this battle, these medicines could not meet the demand for the time being.

Because the Linhua Military Hospital was looted by Yang Huasen, many seriously injured soldiers were unable to enter regular hospitals for treatment. They had to complete their operations and recover in temporary field hospitals with relatively poor conditions. Therefore, many people suffered post-operative infections.

The reason he came back this time was to see if Su Bai had any medicine left, as Doctor Chen was very anxious.

Su Bai stretched out his hand: "Where's the money? Bring it first!"

Su Bai's attitude towards Zhou Beiwang was because he saved Kong Li.

Zhou Beiwang understood immediately: "Are you still blaming me for giving Kong Li medicine?"

Su Bai didn't hide it from her. Don't blame yourself for being narrow-minded. Women are not narrow-minded to begin with.

But she believed that no matter how kind-hearted a person was, he would not be willing to save his enemy. Besides, it was not that she wanted to make an enemy with him, but that he was determined to deal with her.

More importantly, Kong Li is not a good person at all, or in other words, he is not a human being.

Although Zhou Beiwang did not argue with Su Bai, he wanted to let Su Bai know one thing by talking in a roundabout way. He was a soldier, and Kong Li was not only his superior but also his comrade-in-arms. When fighting against the enemy, no matter how many bad things Kong Li had done before, he was a brother who would live and die with him on the battlefield, and he could not ignore it.

"Every soldier is like this, no matter how much hatred they have, they must unite against the enemy on the battlefield. However..." Zhou Beiwang still smiled and said to Su Bai, "It is indeed a bit unfair to you. I apologize to you."

"You've told me so much, only to say that you did nothing wrong. Does this count as an apology?" Su Bai almost slammed the table.

Su Bai's attitude softened a little only after Zhou Beiwang repeatedly told Su Bai that he had indeed done something stupid this time. However, Zhou Beiwang's words angered Su Bai again.

The military doctor was amazed by the miraculous effect of penicillin after it was injected into Kong Li. He had heard that Chen Yidao from Linhua Military Hospital had a miracle medicine, but he didn't expect it to be so effective.

The military doctor also told Kong Li that if there was no penicillin, Kong Li would probably have no choice but to undergo amputation. However, given the simple conditions in the mountains at the time, even with amputation, there was still a high probability of infection, and by then, even his life would be in danger.

Kong Li asked Zhou Beiwang at that time whether he got the medicine from Doctor Chen and where Doctor Chen got it from. He also said that he would buy a large amount of penicillin after returning this time.

At that time, Zhou Beiwang had an idea and took the responsibility of source of the medicine.

He asked his friends abroad to get it.

He said this because he thought about it. If the medicine was taken from Military Doctor Chen, it would be hard to say when Kong Li went to check on Military Doctor Chen.

Moreover, in order to cover up the truth for Su Bai, he had made an agreement with Military Doctor Chen that if anyone asked about the origin of the medicine, they would say that Zhou Beiwang got it.

In fact, this lie could not withstand Kong Li's scrutiny.

It can only be used to fool people for the time being.

"If Kong Lizhen wants to investigate the source of the medicine, what will you do?"

Zhou Beiwang smiled and comforted Su Bai: "Just deal with it as it happens. Don't worry, it will be fine."

This time, Doctor Chen did not get the money first, so he wanted Su Bai to deliver the goods first.

This made Su Bai feel embarrassed to refuse, so she gave Zhou Beiwang 60 boxes.

In fact, it is 60 small bundles tied by Zi Yan, and one bundle is equivalent to one box.

"20 gold bars!" Zhou Beiwang's words made Su Bai feel a little embarrassed. The reason why he gave him so much was to make the accounting easier. One bar made up 3 boxes, and 60 boxes made up exactly 20 bars.

"Anything else?" Zhou Beiwang came empty-handed. Even the big cloth bag for the medicine was found for him by Su Bai and Zi Yan.

"There are still some, but not many."

"Then take them all. This is definitely not enough."

"You're such a big mouth. I'm only asking for medicine before money. I'm doing this for Doctor Chen's sake. Don't you understand?"

Zhou Beiwang said with grievance: "It seems that I am not even worth 20 gold bars."

"not worth!"

"Then why did you specially send Xu Tianyi to see me? That means..." Zhou Beiwang said, looking at Su Bai.

This means that Su Bai has feelings for him, but he didn't say it out loud, waiting for Su Bai to speak.

He thought too much, and Su Bai directly said to him: "It doesn't prove anything!"

"Okay, okay," Zhou Beiwang stood up with a smile on his face. He couldn't stay in Longxing for long. He had to go to Qingdao and then return to Linhua before dark today.

"What are you going to do in Qingdao?" Su Bai asked.

Zhou Bei thought that going to Qingdao was a fake move and he was taking precautions in advance, fearing that Kong Li would investigate the real source of penicillin after he recovered from his injury.

The city of Qingdao is very special. After the end of World War I, Germany returned Qingdao, but there were still some German businessmen and companies in Qingdao. Japan later occupied Qingdao, and although it was returned soon after, there were also many Japanese expatriates in Qingdao.

Zhou Beiwang had two study abroad experiences. He first studied at the Japanese Army Academy. After the September 18 Incident, he gave up studying abroad and returned to China. Later, he went to study at a military academy in Germany.

Therefore, it is credible that Zhou Beiwang has both German and Japanese friends.

The excuse he gave to Kong Li was that he was introduced to a drug smuggler by a foreign friend he once knew, and got penicillin through this person.

"Don't worry, I'm going to Qingdao this time just to make preparations in advance, so that Kong Li will not be able to find out anything."

"If I want to investigate you, how can I not find you?" Su Bai didn't believe it.

But Zhou Beiwang was very confident and he believed he could hide it from Kong Li.

……

Two days later, Su's Modern Trading Company, which Su Bai used as a cover, opened for business, and Zi Yan became the manager of the company.

Yuan Yuze also put up a sign at his Kongfu stinky tofu stall. Fortunately, the stinky tofu stored at home was not completely wasted by Marshal Lin’s soldiers, so there was still some to sell.

As the new store was opening, all the ladies in the Confucius Mansion came out to warmly greet the guests who came to congratulate them.

Su Bai booked a banquet at the nearby Wanfulin Restaurant. The guests all knew or recognized the eldest lady of the Kong family, but Su Bai didn't recognize many of them. It was Kong Dai who arranged for these guests, and Cheng Zifeng also helped Su Bai invite some of the dignitaries and important people in Longxing. If Cheng Zifeng hadn't reminded him, Su Bai would have forgotten that he was also the honorary president of the Longxing Chamber of Commerce.

What Su Bai didn't expect was that Commissioner Huang Wenchang also came all the way from Linhua to congratulate him.

What she didn't expect was that Kong Li got the news of Su Bai's business opening from somewhere and sent someone to give Su Bai a plaque.

The plaque is signed by: Second Uncle Kong Chen and Third Uncle Kong Lihe.