Courtyard House: Home Alone

Lin Yifan changed out of his blood-stained clothes in the spatial dimension, washed up, and then teleported back to his room at the inn. Only then did he have time to check the system and discover that it had actually given him a special achievement award.

The spatial area has doubled, its own domain has also doubled, and the detection radius has reached more than eight kilometers.

Lin Yifan felt a surge of joy. This time, eliminating Ishii Shiro and destroying the Demon Cave not only removed a major future threat, but also significantly boosted his own strength.

The increased area allows for the planting of many more grains, so there's no need to worry about the severe drought in the Central Plains next year. It's a triple blessing.

He used his mind to plant wheat and corn in the newly expanded space. Then, he fell asleep as if nothing had happened, and slept until the sun was high in the sky the next day.

Schmidt was already waiting in the living room. When he saw him come down, he smiled and said, "Mr. Kobayashi, everything is arranged on Schneider's side. The berth has been reserved. We can move our luggage over tonight and set sail on time tomorrow."

Lin Yifan smiled and nodded: "No problem, have everyone pack their things today and move over tonight."

His nonchalant manner made it impossible for anyone to tell that he had just raided the Japanese secret base the night before and eliminated the devil, Shiro Ishii.

Meanwhile, the Japanese troops in Shanghai, because their base was established in secret, dared not even leak the news. They could only cover their wounds and investigate in secret, never imagining that this matter would be related to a child who was about to leave Shanghai by ship.

After searching for several days without any results, they had no choice but to report the matter to the Japanese military and put it on hold as an unsolved case.

That evening, Lin Yifan led everyone to board Schneider's cargo ship smoothly. The ship quietly docked at the concession pier without attracting anyone's attention. As long as they set sail at dawn, they could leave Shanghai smoothly and head towards Tianjin.

The next morning, the cargo ship successfully left the Shiliupu Wharf and headed out to sea.

After the ship sailed out of Wusongkou, the sea was calm and the wind was blowing. Lin Yifan stood on the deck, enjoying the sea breeze, and pondered the rest of the journey.

While in Shanghai, Lin Yifan sent a telegram to Chen Gongshu from a remote spot on the outskirts of the city, informing him of the approximate time when everyone would arrive in Tianjin and asking him to arrange for someone to meet them.

According to the original plan, after they arrived in Tianjin, they would first settle the people down, and then send them out of Tianjin in batches. After reaching the buffer zone, Commander Kong would arrange for people to escort them to Beiping. They would be placed in the houses vacated by the Japanese in Dongjiaomin Lane.

Knowing that Lin Yifan liked buying property, Old Master Tang transferred all the better houses to him. There were nine houses in his name in Dongjiaomin Lane alone.

Along the way, although they encountered Japanese warships twice, they only asked a few questions with flag signals after seeing the German flags flying on the ships, and then left at a distance.

After more than four days of sailing, the cargo ship arrived smoothly at the general cargo wharf in Tanggu. From afar, Lin Yifan saw Qi Haishan waiting at the wharf.

Upon getting closer, they discovered that Tang Juye, Chen Gongshu, Xu Zheng, and the others were also scattered around the perimeter of the dock. As soon as the boat docked, Lin Yifan disembarked and came to the pier. Upon seeing him disembark, Qi Haishan hurriedly came to greet him.

"Young master, you're back! How was the journey?"

Lin Yifan understood his meaning and said with a smile, "I've accomplished my mission; I've brought all your families over. Not a single hair was lost on the way. How are the Japanese in Tianjin doing lately? Have they caused any trouble?"

"No! After you left Tianjin, the Japanese were tense for two days, but then they stopped. However, according to our recent observations, perhaps it's just our imagination, but we've discovered that the Japanese seem to have the intention to take action against the concessions," Qi Haishan replied respectfully.

"Alright! We'll talk about that later. There are about fifty people on board now. How are you planning to pick them up from the dock? Have you arranged temporary accommodations?"

Qi Haishan quickly replied, "Everything is arranged, young master. We rented three freight trucks from a German trading company and parked them in the cargo yard behind the dock. These goods are all handled through the German trading company's customs seal, so the Japanese usually don't check them carefully and can just take them to the concession."

The temporary accommodation was a large, vacant warehouse in the concession area, which had been cleaned up and divided into individual rooms, enough for everyone to stay in first, and then escorted to Beiping in batches.

Arrangements have been made in Beiping as well. The station chief said that Old Master Tang allocated them houses in Dongjiaomin Lane, which were supposedly originally Japanese houses. Those Japanese were mostly cleared out by the "ghosts," so the houses were vacant.

Lin Yifan nodded, turned around and waved to the ship. The group of people who had already packed their luggage disembarked one after another. Qi Haishan carried Ya Ya, led his wife and Xiao Bao in front, while the others followed the people who had been arranged to walk towards the cargo yard at the back gate.

Tang Juye and Lü Wei also came over. After greeting Lin Yifan and briefly saying hello to their families, they joined in to help maintain order. Soon, everyone and their luggage were loaded onto the truck, which was then covered with a tarpaulin and drove smoothly out of the dock and into the warehouse in the British concession.

After everyone had settled in, Lin Yifan followed Chen Gongshu and the others back to Victoria Road to sit down and discuss the next steps.

As soon as he sat down, Chen Gongshu said, "Young master, the first batch of engineering and technical personnel from the United States, a total of 280 people, arrived a week ago."

Smith said that there are 300 more people in the second batch, and the third batch is all family members, totaling more than 800 people, and they are all on their way.

In addition, things went smoothly at the pharmaceutical factory. After you went to the foggy city, the Soviet engineers installed and debugged the production line of the pharmaceutical factory within a week, and it is now in normal production.

Since our secret armory is not yet completed, the weapons, ammunition, and thirty-six T-26 light tanks that the Russians lost to you are temporarily stored in our secret grain depot.

"These past two days, Commander Kong and Political Commissar Xiao have been going to see Old Master Tang every day, wanting these weapons."

"How did the old man reply to them?" Lin Yifan asked.

"The old man told them that you went out and couldn't contact 'Ghost' for the time being, so he couldn't make decisions on his own," Chen Gongshu said.

Lin Yifan nodded: "Alright, I'll talk about it when I get back. By the way, any news from the Germans?"

"Young master, Hans sent a message a couple of days ago. Their first batch of Jews and production line will arrive in Tanggu in ten days. He told us to prepare to receive them in advance."

The second batch is already being loaded onto the ship and is estimated to arrive in a month and a half. Also, he specifically inquired about the more advanced weapons you mentioned; he said their command wants the technology you possess…”

"Hehe, the Germans have quite the appetite. The first transaction hasn't even been completed yet, and they're already thinking about more advanced weapons technology. But that's normal. With war about to break out in Europe, they definitely want to get their hands on something that can suppress their opponents as soon as possible."

"Tell Hans to rest assured that as long as their personnel and equipment arrive on time, I will definitely provide them with the full technology; everything they need will be included." Lin Yifan picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said slowly.