Chapter 21: Selling Equipment (Part 1)

  Chen Shao didn't say anything else and just looked at the two people who were deep in thought. After a long while, Chen Shao spoke again.

  "Alright, you can go back tonight and think about it slowly, I have a question here, I don't know if you two can answer."

  "Please go on."

  "I heard you two were in the north before, how did you end up in Guangzhou?" Chen Shao asked out of curiosity.

  "Alas! It's like this..."; Jiang Baili and Cai Gui exchanged a glance, and slowly explained the whole story.

  Originally due to Chen Shao's appearance, Yuan Shikai bought a lot of weapons from Chen Shao's hands, and his ambition to become emperor grew more and more inflated. After getting drunk one time, he ordered people to call him "Wansui". This matter was known by Cai E, who then informed Jiang Baili. The two men discussed it and decided to escape to Beiping that night. At that time, Cai E had been transferred to Beiping by Yuan Shikai, in order to win over Cai E, some things were also made clear to him.

  The two originally wanted to contact the warlords from all over the country to join forces and attack Yuan Shikai, but no one responded. They also came to Guangzhou to persuade Sun Yat-sen, but at that time Sun's power was not strong enough, so he did not agree. The two then sighed in their residence hotel.

  According to historical records, Cai E led the resistance against Yuan's army in Sichuan in 1916 and later became the military governor of Sichuan, while Jiang Baili went directly to Sichuan to assist Cai E.

  "Alright then! You two, why don't you follow me around for the next few days and take a look? After that, we'll head back to Qinghe Village together and see the new look of our place. I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

  Cai Wei didn't care either way, anyway they had to go through Guangxi Province to get to Yunnan Province. Jiang Baili really wanted to take a look, having heard that the place was home to China's largest industrial base at the time. So he readily agreed. The three of them chatted all the way until dinner, and continued talking in the hotel lobby late into the night. In the end, they were on equal terms with each other. Chen Shao's insights completely won over Cai Wei and Jiang Baili.

  The next day, Chen Shao took Cai Wu and Jiang Baili to the Guangzhou Hospital for a physical examination of Cai Wu. At first, Cai Wu did not want to come, but later Jiang Baili also persuaded him, so he agreed to take a look. As for Cai Wu's body, Jiang Baili knew a little about it, his lungs had some problems and he had been coughing all the time.

  The examination result is that Cai E's lungs are habitually inflamed, and if left untreated for a long time, it will be life-threatening. Seeing the cause, Chen Shao let out a sigh of relief. He was most afraid that Cai E had contracted an incurable disease, in which case Chen Shao would have been powerless to help. But since it was only pneumonia, it was much simpler. The advent of penicillin also saved Cai E's life and preserved for China an outstanding military leader.

  Looking at Cai Gui receiving the IV drip, Jiang Baili couldn't help but ask Chen Shao: "Brother Chen, is Brother Songpo really okay, does that medicine really work?"

  "Brother Baili can rest assured, the medicine will definitely work." Chen Shao replied very confidently. Seeing Chen Shao's confident face, Jiang Baili also put down a hanging heart.

  As expected, after finishing the intravenous drip, Cai Gui did not cough again for the whole day, which made the two even more convinced of Chen Shao's abilities.

  On the third day, the whole world knew a piece of news that a new drug was officially launched, which was an epoch-making invention. A medicine called penicillin emerged, which would completely solve inflammation. For countries in Europe trapped in war, penicillin was a lifesaving medicine to prevent soldiers from dying of inflammation, so they contacted James in the United States, hoping to buy penicillin as soon as possible. James directly transferred those people to Chen Shao and told them Chen Shao's contact information.

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  Today, Chen Shao's inn business is not very good, but the boss is extremely nervous, no wonder why, it's because that young man with a lot of airs who checked in two days ago has taken over the entire inn and brought a group of servants and bodyguards with him, and many foreigners have come to find that young man one after another.

  Chen Shao wore a suit from the base's wardrobe, looking spirited and refreshed. A year of military training had added an air of elegance to him, making him look more rugged and capable. At first glance, it was clear that he was no ordinary person. Cai E and Jiang Baili were also curious about why so many foreigners came to find him, so they sat down beside Chen Shao.

  "Ladies and gentlemen are all guests from afar. Today, I invited everyone here with the idea of doing business together and making money together." Chen Shao said calmly, pointing to Jian San beside him, "Those who want to buy penicillin can look for him, but let me say first, the production of penicillin is not high, we cannot take care of every single person, and I only accept gold transactions."

  The Portuguese ambassador said: "Chen, you must sell penicillin to us. I will give you a reasonable price and the Portuguese people will remember your friendship."

  France: "Chen, tell me, how can you sell penicillin to us in France?"

  Tzar: "Chen, if you sell penicillin to our great Russia, our great Tsar will certainly remember your friendship."

  “……”

  "But Chen, how are you planning to sell it and at what price?" A British sentence that raised the doubts of Westerners.

  "As for the price, go find the person I just pointed out!"; Chen Shao said and then left the room.

  Jiang Baili and Cai Gui were still in shock about how those foreigners would come to find Chen Shao to buy penicillin. Penicillin was something the two of them knew about, it had been all over the news for the past couple of days, and there were reports in the newspapers too. So why did they come to find Chen Shao to buy it? When they saw Chen Shao walk out, the two of them exchanged a glance and then walked out as well, catching up to Chen Shao. Jiang Baili opened his mouth: "Brother Chen, why did those foreigners come to you to buy penicillin? Did you invent it or something?"

  "No, to be exact, it was the scientists under me who researched it, and they are Chinese." Chen Shao said, not caring about the shocked expressions of the two, and continued: "If you're already this shocked, then I suggest you'd better not come with me to Qinghe Village. The things there might be too much for your hearts to handle. If anything happens to either of you, I wouldn't forgive myself." After finishing, he couldn't help but laugh.

  As for Chen Shao's teasing, the two didn't have much to smile about. A short sentence conveyed a lot of information, and they became even more curious about Chen Shao.

  Chen Shao stopped talking and pulled the two of them directly to another room. Chen Shao, Jiang Baili, and Cai Yun entered the other room, while Wang Xiaoshan also brought in two foreigners. The two foreigners were German Ambassador Delrio and Military Attaché Tong Oga. Chen Shao didn't say a word and directly took out a box and placed it on the table.

  "There are two things in here." Chen Shao thought that his approach to doing things was somewhat different from others, and perhaps if someone else had the opportunity to travel through time, he would be more cunning and take a shortcut. But Chen Shao would only take the simplest approach, continuing: "The first thing is the design drawings for the tank. The second thing is a submarine."

  De Liu asked some inexplicable questions: "Chen, we are here to buy penicillin..."

  Chen Shao waved his hand to interrupt Delio's words and said: "The penicillin thing is not important, it can be said at any time, now please you two take a look at the materials in the box, we'll go out and wait, and talk again after you've finished looking at the materials." After finishing speaking, he opened the box and pushed it to the front of the two Germans, then Chen Shao and Jiang Baili walked out.

  Tang Ao Ga, who had finished reading the documents indoors, said to Del Rio: "If we look at it purely from a technical perspective, this is indeed a genuine blueprint. The mechanical principles are completely sound. If I'm not mistaken, this is a mechanical construction diagram of a transmission device, seemingly used on some large vehicle. I think that with such a large iron lump equipped with weapons on land, apart from being hit by artillery, there shouldn't be any simple way to destroy it."

  "So, what's written above is true too."

  "Yes, it's hard to imagine that in backward China there is such advanced equipment, looks like Chen Shao has a lot of power!"

  "So that means the submarine is real too." After all, Delrio was a civil official and wasn't very familiar with these military equipment. As for Tangga, as a military officer, it wasn't difficult to understand these two documents.

  "Well, it seems we need to have a good talk with this mysterious Chinese Chen."