Chapter 447: A Little Regret
Zeng Zilian knows that Lu Chengzhou is very strict with his work requirements and pays special attention to details.
Lu Chengzhou specially asked her to scout the situation, and he would definitely ask very carefully when the time came.
Although she also felt that there seemed to be no problem, she had to report to Lu Chengzhou in the end.
If Lu Chengzhou asked her when the store department had more customers and when it was closed, she couldn't answer, would it be like words?
However, Zeng Zilian also has her own task: to monitor Lu Chengzhou's behavior.
This is a task assigned by Dai Li himself, and for this reason, he specially gave her a set of passwords, just to report to the headquarters alone.
Although Lu Chengzhou's performance has always made Zeng Zilian feel that there is no problem.
However, she still has to take a look at the affairs of the Chinese and Western pharmacies.
Ma Hougu is the shopkeeper of the Chinese and Western Pharmacy, and with Ma Yuzhen, he can naturally visit the Chinese and Western Pharmacy in the name.
"It's going to be night, where are we going now?" Ma Yuzhen asked.
"How about a stroll around Yiyi Street?" Zeng Zilian said suddenly.
Lu Chengzhou went to the Chinese and Western pharmacies, but she didn't let the people from Haigu Station interfere, and she was always not at ease.
She didn't doubt Lu Chengzhou, but she was worried that Lu Chengzhou's decision would bring losses to the military commander.
"Clothes Street?" Ma Yuzhen said in surprise that she suddenly understood that what Zeng Zilian wanted to go to was probably a Chinese and Western pharmacy.
Lu Chengzhou asked Ma Hougu to serve as the shopkeeper of the Chinese and Western Pharmacy, and Ma Yuzhen also reported to the organization.
Unexpectedly, the organization was not opposed to it.
On the contrary, Tian Nanchen also asked Ma Yuzhen to take advantage of the favorable opportunity to raise and organize medicines and medical devices for the organization through Chinese and Western pharmacies.
After strolling around Yiyi Street, I naturally arrived at the Chinese and Western pharmacies.
This large pharmacy has three facades and looks magnificent.
When they entered, they saw Ma Hougu sitting behind the counter, as if settling accounts.
"Dad, what are you busy with?" Ma Yuzhen walked up to Ma Hougu happily and said with a smile.
"You're here?" Ma Hougu saw Ma Yuzhen and Zeng Zilian, closed the account book, and asked with a smile.
"Hello Uncle Ma, let's go shopping, just in the neighborhood." Zeng Zilian explained.
"Go and sit in the back." Ma Hougu walked out from behind the counter.
A few days ago, before he officially served as the shopkeeper of the Chinese and Western Pharmacy, the people of Minxian contacted him.
When Ma Hougu joined the People's Pioneers, he also hated the Japanese invasion of China, and out of righteous indignation, he spontaneously joined the workers' group of the People's Pioneers.
After the People's Pioneers withdrew from Haigu, he did not withdraw.
Originally, he thought that the People's Pioneers had forgotten about him, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly come to the door again.
Ma Hougu was very excited to get in touch with the People's Pioneers.
He felt very honored to be able to do something to fight the Japanese invaders.
Now that he is the shopkeeper of the Chinese and Western pharmacies, he can do even more.
The People's Pioneers asked him to arrange for a few people to work in the Chinese and Western pharmacies, and he agreed without hesitation.
"Uncle Ma, the scale of your here is not small." Zeng Zilian looked at the sacks of medicinal herbs in the back warehouse, and said in surprise.
"We make Chinese and Western medicines, mainly wholesale and retail, and all kinds of medicinal materials must be available. These medicinal herbs look like a lot, but they are actually not expensive. The really expensive medicinal materials were taken away by the original boss. Ma Hougu said.
The reason why he was able to hold down five gold bars was also because he knew this.
The original boss took away all the valuable medicinal materials.
For example, some elderly ginseng is not heavy and easy to carry.
"Isn't Officer Road at a loss?" Zeng Zilian said.
"It's not a matter of suffering, if half of these stockpiled medicinal materials can be sold at the normal price, the capital can be returned." Ma Hougu said.
"So, he earned it?" Zeng Zilian said in surprise.
"As long as the health bureau doesn't come to disturb it, it will definitely make money." Ma Hougu said confidently.
On the side of the People's Pioneers, he ordered a batch of anti-inflammatory sulfonamide powder from him, although he would give him a preferential price, but as long as he could do this business, Lu Chengzhou would make a lot of money.
Listening to Ma Hougu's introduction, Zeng Zilian felt a lot more at ease.
She is the head of the intelligence team, and she asks a lot of information on the side.
Ma Hougu told her that the Chinese and Western pharmacies are not like ordinary stores, and they need experienced clerks.
If you are a novice, you need to work in the warehouse for more than a year before you can go to the front to do things.
Hundreds of herbs and medicines, it takes a long time to memorize them all.
Although Ma Yuzhen knew that Zeng Zilian was here to inquire about the news, she could only cooperate.
Ma Yuzhen actually wants to know about the situation of Chinese and Western pharmacies.
She also has to cooperate with the organization to get medicine from here.
"Sister Zilian, in the future, can we get some medicine from here?" After Ma Yuzhen went back, she asked Zeng Zilian.
"Of course, so we have to have a good relationship with Lu Chengzhou. If you keep a straight face all day long, it is a violation of work discipline. Zeng Zilian reminded.
"You can just have a good relationship with him now." Ma Yuzhen said disappreciatively.
"I think you're better suited to engage with him." Zeng Zilian said suddenly.
She is with Ma Yuzhen all day long, and she actually knows Ma Yuzhen's mind very well.
If Ma Yuzhen knew that Lu Chengzhou was also an anti-Japanese person, he would definitely not have such an attitude.
After arriving home in the evening, Zeng Zilian reported to Lu Chengzhou on today's reconnaissance.
Zeng Zilian drew a floor plan of the store department of the Hong Book Bureau, which not only contained the internal organization, but also the placement of books.
"Tomorrow, let Chen Bailu formulate an action plan and hand it over to the anti-resistance group for implementation." Lu Chengzhou wrote on the note.
This store department is not eye-catching, as long as you are a little careful, it is still easy to move.
On the afternoon of the next day, several young people from the anti-group went to the store of the Hong Book Bureau on Dongma Road.
They are all in school, and it seems normal to go to the bookstore.
It's just that there aren't many people inside, and it's difficult for them to place timed incendiary bombs.
The salesman is more enthusiastic and always greets him.
Because he wanted to burn the books, he deliberately brought a relatively large incendiary bomb this time, which was carried by Shen Che in his schoolbag.
Several other members of the anti-group group, in order to attract the attention of the salesman, Sun Rupeng deliberately stepped on others.
The two of them made a big noise in the bookstore, attracting all the salesmen, and Shen Che took the opportunity to put the timed incendiary bomb behind a pile of books.
Less than half an hour after they left, the store was on fire.
Although fire trucks soon came to put out the fire, half of the store was already burned.
Fighting fires requires water, and those books that have not been burned are basically unusable when they are washed away by water.
As always, Ma Yuzhen stayed on Dongma Road and was in charge of inspecting the results.
Seeing that the store department was not completely burned out, she was a little regretful, if only she could put a few more incendiary bombs.