The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

When Yang Dalin hid in the space to eat, drink, and rest.

Captain Jing, thousands of kilometers away, stared blankly at a telegram containing only two words: "Peaceful."

That brat! We gave him a fancy telegraph machine, couldn't he send a few more words?

We have no idea where he is now, or when he will meet his prey.

We can only wait.

Captain Jing has been getting quite anxious these past few days.

But there was nothing he could do; Yang Dalin wasn't one of his men, so he could only cooperate with Yang Dalin, not lead him.

Meanwhile, in the Russian capital, a major event was taking place.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs guards stormed directly into the U.S. embassy.

The few poor guards of the bald eagle couldn't stop it at all.

Several people who tried to block the way were beaten to a pulp.

The head of the bald eagle's embassy was still protesting with a fist raised, wearing pajamas and leading a group of people.

Unfortunately, when these soldiers took out a lot of books, documents and cultural relics from the building that was not yet fully completed, the ambassador of the Bald Eagle Embassy was dumbfounded.

What's going on with this lamb seller?

The white-bearded old man immediately went to send a telegram back home.

Damn it, something big is about to happen.

Unfortunately, Yang Dalin didn't see this scene, but he thought to himself that the Russians would definitely not let it go, so he just waited.

They will definitely retaliate.

For example, they might attack a few universities in the United States, or burn down a few museums and military research facilities.

This is inevitable, because the bald eagle has no way to defend itself.

Since the bald eagle can't give an explanation, I have no choice but to retaliate.

That's when the Russians were so tough.

Don't underestimate the KGB.

This organization is very powerful.

There are a large number of undercover agents in Western Europe and Russia.

Their organizations exist in many countries around the world.

If you suffer a loss, you must seek revenge.

I can't get over it without the thought of revenge.

Yang Dalin didn't care about their dogs fighting each other.

It took 700 kilometers by train, and we didn't arrive in Petrograd, Russia's second-largest city, until the morning of the next day.

This place is by the sea, and it's much colder than Russia.

As soon as he got off the train, Yang Dalin noticed that the people here were dressed more warmly than the Russians.

Yang Dalin, dressed in military uniform and completely covered up, walked out with the crowd and saw that there were still many people checking at the exit.

Yang Dalin managed to slip away from somewhere else.

I didn't have a ticket, even though they were mainly checking my luggage.

Once you slip out of the station exit, there are map vendors in the plaza outside the station.

Yang Dalin casually exchanged a bottle of wine for a map.

It's okay if you can't understand many of the words, just find the location of the East Palace Museum and the port.

This museum is known as one of the four major museums in the world.

It contains approximately three million items in its collection.

There are about 550 exhibition halls.

We also have quite a few cultural relics.

The exact number has never been clearly stated, but it is estimated to be tens of thousands or even more.

Information online is not necessarily true.

Many of the estimates were not even displayed.

After leaving the train station square, Yang Dalin discovered that the checks outside were not as strict as in Russia, much more relaxed than in Russia.

It seems that the incident in Russia hasn't been taken very seriously here, or perhaps Russia has strictly blocked the news.

There were many pedestrians on the street, so Yang Dalin found a quiet spot, parked a car, and, following the map, found the East Palace Museum around noon.

This is a museum converted from a former Russian royal palace complex.

There are still quite a few guards outside.

And it was not open today.

Yang Dalin didn't go in during the day; he was just scouting the area.

Familiarize yourself with the surrounding roads and environment.

I was thinking of doing it one last time before I left.

The place wasn't far from the port. After Yang Dalin toured the area around the museum, he went to scout out the nearby port.

Since there's a port here, there must be warships.

This is one of the four major naval ports of the Russians.

Yang Dalin wanted to take the large warship away; he had a way to do it, but once he got back, he couldn't just release it and hand it over to Director Hou.

Therefore, Yang Dalin planned to gather some military information here first.

Then they targeted the port's warehouses, and finally the museum.

After making the move, they left immediately.

We can't do what we did back in Russia.

The last time it was too sudden, which immediately raised their alert level, and Yang Dalin didn't get much of anything good.

We need to conduct a thorough reconnaissance first.

The artifacts in those museums are going to be taken away sooner or later anyway.

If you don't have the chance this time, you'll have another chance next time.

Taking millions of cultural relics back home would take up a lot of space.

It would be difficult to hand it over to Director Hou once we got back.

Therefore, museums can only be the last resort.

Military intelligence and sabotaging the enemy's food supplies are the primary objectives.

What China needs now is technology, not so many cultural relics.

Even if Yang Dalin took these cultural relics back, he wouldn't dare to donate them, as it could easily cause him a lot of trouble.

Let's see how much space is left before making a decision.

Yang Dalin spent three days scouting the entire city.

Yang Dalin had investigated some important research institutions.

I'm getting ready to start tonight according to my planned roadmap.

This method saves the most time and allows for the most efficient and scientific completion of the looting task.

Yang Dalin's goal is to establish a comprehensive shipbuilding research institution, primarily focusing on shipbuilding and fluid dynamics.

A structural materials research institute that focuses on the research and development of key structural materials for military armor, ship alloys, and nuclear energy devices.

A naval research institute, which is the highest institution for training naval commanding officers and engineering and technical personnel.

A research institute that studies communication engineering technology. The institute is mainly responsible for training officers of the communications corps and developing military communication technologies.

A military aerospace academy, primarily training aerospace technology officers and conducting research and development in some aerospace technologies.

There is also an academy that studies military medical technology and trains military medical personnel.

These were all goals set by Yang Dalin, mainly to obtain technical data, laboratory equipment, and various materials research results.

Bringing these things back is the most important thing.

Yang Dalin had made his plan and began his operation that night. After looting all sorts of information, equipment, and materials from the schools and research institutes, he knocked out the people he encountered at the schools, just like he had done at the schools before, and kept them there. Only then did Yang Dalin arrive at the port.

They set fire to many of the port's grain warehouses and other similar facilities.

The main problem was that there was too much stuff, and Yang Dalin wouldn't need it if he took it back.

The space is almost full, and if we steal it quietly, their government might keep it a secret. It would be better to set a fire so that ordinary people know.

This way they can enter a food crisis as soon as possible.

It would be good if the residents of Russia rioted because of food shortages.

As for other warehouses, they simply took away the steel used for building warships and various armor materials.

In the end, Yang Dalin had to give up on that museum; there was almost no space left, so he decided to save it for another visit.

Next time we come, we'll have more time and make room inside so we can take care of this, the two Western European museums, and the one from the Bald Eagle museum—these four of the world's largest museums—all in one short time.