On a sunny autumn day, everyone suddenly heard that a Japanese plane was coming, and they suddenly felt that the sky had lost its beauty.

After Zhu Guanglian explained the matter of sending the pig, Shi Zhu knew that his uncle had left this hand - Jiang was still old and spicy, although he would not be able to take over the business, at least he could leave a very deep impression on others, but no one could have imagined that the Japanese plane would come at this time. Just as the stone pillars shouted for everyone to dodge, only a sharp "......" sound was heard piercing the sky, followed by a strong explosion, coming straight from the northern hillside, and in an instant the sand and soil were flying, the rocks were rolling, and there was a sea of fire everywhere.

Adjutant Yang also reacted immediately after hearing the shouts of the stone pillars, and hurriedly ordered the people in the courtyard to hide. These planes were all flying from aircraft carriers at sea, and they were too close to Laojuntang, and besides, there was no air defense warning in this area, and in a very short time, the Japanese planes dropped their bombs over the courtyard and were about to fall to the ground.

At this critical moment, Shi Zhu jumped forward, dragged Adjutant Yang, who was still in command, to a crutch next to him, and fell down. After a row of bombs landed, the loud noise almost deafened Shizhu's ears, and a pile of dirt covered him and Adjutant Yang next to him. Faintly you can still hear the sound of machine gun fire on the stone pillar, which is several groups of machine gunners jerking off, one holding the machine gun in front, one pulling the trigger in the back, and in an instant the bullet casings fall to the ground - in fact, this is not a bird, but just to comfort themselves, making people feel that they are not sitting still, and are still firing back.

When everything calmed down, the air seemed to freeze. The stone pillar slowly poked his head out, and through the smoke screen, he saw that some people had already run to put out the fire, and those were veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time. At this time, Adjutant Yang also raised his head, and the two patted the soil on their heads and bodies, and when they looked at each other, they all became disgraced people, and the two of them laughed at each other.

Looking at the stone pillar carefully, I don't know where a very heavy stone slab flew from, one end just on top of the crutch, if it weren't for the fact that this side is the corner, it is estimated that this slate would have smashed on him and Adjutant Yang; And the other end of the stone slab landed on the ground, which happened to be where Adjutant Yang was just standing, if it wasn't for the stone pillar dragging him over, I'm afraid he would be crushed under the stone slab, even if he wasn't stoned to death, he must have been crushed. This time, it can be regarded as Shi Zhu saving Adjutant Yang, or maybe he was so lucky that he just dragged Adjutant Yang to the side of Adjutant Yang, who saved the lives of him and Adjutant Yang.

Shi Zhu himself was not injured, and the first thing he did after he got up was to hurry to his uncle, for fear that Zhu Guanglian would have an accident. Fortunately, Zhu Guanglian has also gotten up and is also looking for the stone pillar. Except for eating some sand and being a little frightened, the rest of them were fine. Then they found Lao Zhangtou again, and even the jujube river meandering horse and the oak wood carriage were safe, and they breathed a sigh of relief. As for whether the others were injured or not, it didn't matter to them.

After a brief understanding - Adjutant Yang's secretary had his arm cut by shrapnel, and it was fine; Boss Qian was hit on the head by a small flying stone, and a big bag was puffed up; The rest were fine, except for a creep whose head was slightly more severely cut.

This time, there were two bombs that fell on the compound, one was not far from the stone pillar, and the other fell on the edge of the gang's house, which was blown up by more than half of the house-if those guys hadn't been called out by Adjutant Yang to pen pigs, the consequences would have been really unimaginable.

Just when everyone was busy fighting the fire, the elder Wu suddenly shouted: "Who saw Lao Yu?" "Only then did the guys notice that Lao Yu was gone, could it be that he was crushed under the house? The crowd couldn't care about continuing to fight the fire, so they hurriedly ran to the house and began to dig up the soil. After picking up a few handfuls of soil, everyone heard Lao Yu shouting from a distance: "I'm here, I'm here!" It's okay! It turned out that Lao Yu had just gone to the toilet, and when he got closer, Lao Wu jokingly said: "Lao Yu, why didn't this bomb spray you with feces and urine!" When they heard this, they burst out laughing.

After Adjutant Yang arranged to deal with the aftermath, he returned to the matter of bidding for the delivery of materials, and there are still three commercial banks that are not out, and he is difficult to decide for a while. From his heart, he personally prefers to choose "Guanglian Commercial Bank", originally he felt that "Guanglian Commercial Bank" was different, this time the stone pillar was alert, flexible, and not chaotic, which was considered to have saved his life; Moreover, the pigs sent by Zhu Guanglian can be regarded as indirectly saving the gangs in the house, otherwise I don't know if anyone will be stoned to death - from these two points alone, "Guanglian Commercial Bank" can be regarded as the benefactor of himself and his brothers. It is reasonable for him to hand over this business to the "Guanglian Commercial Bank", but he is worried that the other two commercial banks will not accept it and say that he is favoritism, so he plans to report today's situation to his boss before making a decision.

Just when Adjutant Yang was about to inform the three firms of this arrangement, Boss Qian covered the big bag on his head and walked up to him tremblingly with the support of the housekeeper Qian Debiao, with a frightened and painful expression on his face.

"Adjutant Yang, I'm making you laugh like this! Coming here today, our 'Tianxing Transport' was originally with 12 points of sincerity, thinking of doing something practical for the national army, and also contributing to the defense of the country. I ran into an extinct little Japanese plane, but I didn't expect it to be like this, and I almost lost my life here! If you look at me like this, I'm afraid I'll have to rest at home for a while, and it's really hard to have the heart to pay attention to other things for the time being. Alas...... Although we were a little reluctant, this time we had to give up this opportunity to serve our brothers in the national army...... If there is another opportunity in the future, Qian will definitely take the lead and share the worries of your army! After Boss Qian finished speaking, he made a gesture of resignation, and then covered the big bag on his head with his right hand.

In fact, Boss Qian's remarks mean that he was frightened by this situation today, and he didn't want to risk his life to do this business, but he was afraid that if he said it too bluntly, he would not be able to get over his face, so he said these seemingly implicit words.

After hearing these words, Adjutant Yang was overjoyed in his heart, and without him having to say it himself, Boss Qian took the initiative to withdraw from it; And in his opinion, once Boss Qian withdraws, there is a good chance that Boss Zhang of "Yungang Trading Company" will follow suit and withdraw from the bidding. However, Adjutant Yang still said politely on the surface: "Boss Qian, look, I didn't expect the little Japanese plane to come today, and let you suffer this injury, it's really our lack of protection, Yang is very ashamed!" When we encounter this, we can understand Boss Qian's decision, but it's a pity that we can't work with Boss Qian this time. If you have the opportunity next time, you will definitely inform Boss Qian again! ”

As soon as the words fell, Adjutant Yang guessed, Boss Zhang of the "Yungang Trade Company" also came over immediately, and the dust on his face had not had time to wipe it off. In fact, when Boss Zhang just got up, he wanted to say that he was going to give up this bidding, although these people are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but they will never risk their lives to take this business, not to mention that today they happened to be in this dangerous situation again, and they knew the power of this. Just now, Boss Qian took the lead in knowing the difficulty and retreated and gave Boss Zhang a step, so he didn't beat around the bush to find any excuses, and said directly: "Adjutant Yang, you see that Boss Qian's big business can't take over this business, and our 'Yungang' may not be able to do it!" Wait for the next opportunity, and we will serve your army again! After speaking, he hurriedly made a farewell gesture, and then ordered his attendant to drive the carriage away.

Adjutant Yang instructed his subordinates to send the people of the two trading houses out of the compound and walked towards Zhu Guanglian instead.

Coming to Zhu Guanglian, Adjutant Yang said: "Boss Zhu, today is really thanks to your 'Guanglian Commercial Bank'!" This little brother of yours has the grace to save me, regardless of his own safety. Moreover, I wish the boss not only gave us such a generous gift, but also saved our brothers from greater losses! I, Yang someone, thank you so much for wishing the boss! ”

Zhu Guanglian hurriedly replied: "Adjutant Yang is serious! Whoever you change will pull you at that time. Adjutant Yang is auspicious, and everything can be turned into a disaster, which is not the credit of my nephew. Moreover, this small gift I gave was a sincere condolence to the brothers, and I am very grateful to them for sacrificing their lives to keep my Haizhou side safe! As for helping the brothers, that's also the credit of Adjutant Yang, they were all shouted out by you! ”

After hearing this, Adjutant Yang smiled and said, "Where, where!" As long as everyone is okay! ”

After finishing speaking, Adjutant Yang immediately returned to business: "Boss Zhu, you also saw it just now, Boss Qian and Boss Zhang have also withdrawn from today's bidding, this can't be blamed on them, you have also encountered today's situation, if you send supplies for us, you may encounter dangers like today on the road in the future, even more dangerous than what you just saw!" Today, as long as I wish the boss a nod, this business will belong to you 'Guanglian Commercial Bank'." If the boss still has some scruples, I, Yang, can understand it, and I will also give the boss a gift. I don't know what the boss thinks? ”

Although Adjutant Yang very much hopes that Zhu Guanglian can agree to this business, he has never been able to get rid of the fixed thinking of thousands of years - he is an official, Zhu Guanglian is just a people, even at the last moment, this official will not be committed to the people, so he will never say anything like begging Zhu Guanglian to take over this business, and on the surface, he still gave Zhu Guanglian two choices. Of course, Adjutant Yang also knows that after all, there is only one "Guanglian Commercial Bank" left, and if Zhu Guanglian refuses, then this bidding may be in vain, or in the end, it will really become "Mingjia Commercial Bank" Boss Zhang said, and divide the business of sending materials to two or three companies. If so, then he is very passive. But judging from the current situation, the initiative is completely on Zhu Guanglian's side, what can Adjutant Yang do!

Putting aside various factors, Adjutant Yang himself also made an analysis and judgment, and he thought that Zhu Guanglian would readily agree.

However, Zhu Guanglian is also a veteran of the business industry for many years, and he can still understand a few points of the curves and curves, so he will never agree to it so easily, otherwise Adjutant Yang will still think that his mind can be easily seen through. So he said: "Adjutant Yang, you also know that if you take over this business, I wish someone will definitely not deliver it personally, but will only be able to come over and have a look when it happens." These things have to be presided over by my nephew, so whether to take it or not, everything depends on my nephew's will. ”

After Zhu Guanglian finished speaking, he closed his voice directly. Seeing that Zhu Guanglian didn't turn to ask him whether his nephew agreed or not, Adjutant Yang had to ask Shi Zhu in person: "I don't know what Shi Zhu's little brother thinks?" ”

This result was originally what Zhu Guanglian and Shi Zhu wanted, so Shi Zhu didn't beat around the bush and said, "If there is anything, Adjutant Yang just commands!" Since you can use our firm, I will definitely do this errand well, how can I not accept it! ”

Adjutant Yang was naturally happy with this result, Zhu Guanglian was also very happy, and of course, Shi Zhu was even more happy.

At this time, the secretary who had been standing aside and had not spoken, finally spoke, "Little Brother Shizhu can have such a mind, I am deeply admired. Brother Shizhu wishes the boss a good fortune, and he will definitely do this well, hand it over to you, and our Adjutant Yang can rest assured! After Secretary Wan finished speaking, he accompanied several people back to the venue, which had not been affected by the bombing just now.

Now that everything has been finalized, Zhu Guanglian and Adjutant Yang signed a cooperation framework agreement, which are all normal terms. Then, Zhu Guanglian signed another "Commitment to Keeping Secrets", and Shi Zhu also signed it. As for the entry and exit documents for the delivery of materials, Secretary Wan has arranged for them to be handled. For the specific material delivery arrangements, Adjutant Yang will send someone to inform Zhu Guanglian later.

When the two sides walked out of the venue happily again, the sun was almost overhead, and the dust that had just been blown up in the courtyard was gone. Adjutant Yang glanced up at the sun slightly, took out a watch from his arms and looked at it, and then said to Zhu Guanglian: "Boss Zhu, you see that it's not early now, just stay here for a light meal, and go back in the afternoon!" After speaking, he planned to let Secretary Wan arrange it.

"Secretary Wan, please stay!" Seeing this, Zhu Guanglian hurriedly stopped Secretary Wan. He knew that this place had just been bombed by Japanese planes, and half of the house had collapsed, and if he stayed here to eat, he would definitely bring a lot of trouble to those guys, and he couldn't help it; In addition, the most important reason is that Zhu Guanglian is still worried about one thing: the Japanese plane is flying from the northeast, and he doesn't know if his business house has eaten a bomb, so he thinks that he must go back early, otherwise he will not feel at ease with this meal.

Zhu Guang said: "Adjutant Yang, if you encounter such a happy event today on weekdays, Zhu Mou will definitely stay with you to drink three cups." However, the little Japanese plane has just bombed this place, and the brothers are now busy cleaning up the ruins, and I really don't want to bother the people in the room to make a luncheon. Besides, our firm does have some things to do today, so we have to rush back early! ”

"Hey~, I wish the boss, don't bother, I'll let the people in the room prepare simply!"

"I appreciate Adjutant Yang's hospitality! You see if this will work, the four of us will have a glass of wine together, which can be regarded as a celebration of today's deal. We won't eat here for lunch, and when Adjutant Yang is convenient for another day, I wish that I will definitely do it again! ”

Adjutant Yang thought for a moment and said, "Since Boss Zhu does have other things to do today, I won't be difficult, so let's do as Boss Zhu says!" After saying that, he ordered his men to pour four glasses of wine.

Adjutant Yang, Secretary Wan, Zhu Guanglian and Shi Zhu raised their wine glasses one after another, and the crisp sound of collision suddenly sounded in the compound, and after a "I wish the future cooperation smooth", the four of them drank it all. Subsequently, Zhu Guanglian said goodbye to Adjutant Yang and hurried back.

Not long after leaving the courtyard, Zhu Guanglian asked Shizhu: "Pillar, where is the cloud tea we brought when we came?" ”

"It's already given to Secretary Wan!"

"When was it given?"

"It was given by Adjutant Yang when he invited our three firms to go out for a walk! According to you, no one else saw it. ”

"Okay, well done, I didn't even notice, it proves that you did it secretly! Good! Zhu Guanglian then said: "Then let me ask you again, why don't I stay here to eat and go back in a hurry?" ”

"Uncle, I guess you're worried about whether the bomb has been blown up at home, and you don't feel comfortable staying here to eat, right?" It is said that "nephews are like uncles", Shi Zhu can guess this, in fact, it is not surprising at all.

"Haha, that's right!" Zhu Guanglian laughed, and then said to Lao Zhangtou: "Lao Zhang, hurry up!" ”

"Gotcha! "The old man ...... shook his whip, and after a "snap, pop" sound, the horse ran away.

Although Zhu Guanglian was happy for Shi Zhu at this time, he was still quite worried about the trading bank, and the facts proved that his worries were not superfluous.

The three of them soon returned to the trading house, although their own shops did not suffer, but the surrounding docks, stations, and many shops and freight yards were not so lucky. Looking up, the eyes are full of broken walls, chickens, ducks, dogs and cats, which are rarely seen on weekdays, suddenly appeared out of nowhere at this time, and they are all wandering on the street. Although the flames around have been extinguished, white smoke is still emitting in many places, and the air is filled with a smoky smell.

At this moment, it was past the meal, and after eating something simply, Zhu Guanglian took the stone pillar out to have a look, and asked the stone pillar to bring some money with him.

According to the people in the surrounding area, at least 10 planes came during the bombing in the morning, and many houses were blown up, and many people were rescued, but some of them were seriously burned. The heaviest losses were on the railway side, where more than a dozen workers were injured while building the road, and several people were killed. In other places, I heard that a director and several soldiers were killed. So Zhu Guanglian took the stone pillar to the railway to have a look.

The place where the railway was bombed was not far from Zhu Guanglian's trading house, and the two walked for a while to get there. At this time, there were already three layers inside and three layers outside, and I heard the sound of women and children crying from afar, which sounded heartbreaking! The person next to you said a word:

"These little dogs, relying on their own planes, come to our side to bomb our ......"

"Yes! If we had planes, we would have to knock down these extinct Japanese and make them die a bad death! ”

"Alas! The man was blown up, and these orphans and widows are so pitiful! These Japanese devils....... Look, one day we will take revenge and blow up all these Japanese brutes! ”

Zhu Guanglian and Shi Zhu walked through these noisy sounds, and saw three corpses covered with white cloth, side by side on the ground, as if people on the railway had brought them to put them there, maybe the railway was busy with other things, and they didn't have time to move the bodies away for the time being. There are women and children crying next to the two corpses on the left, it should be the family of the deceased, especially those women, with a nose and a handful of tears, and everyone present is moved. The one on the far right, I heard that the house is a little farther away from here, and someone has already sent someone to inform the family.

After Zhu Guanglian read it, he asked Shizhu to give the two families some money, and comforted him and said that he couldn't help anything else, so he could only give some money, and let them take care of the rest of the matter first. The two families did not refuse, and thanked Zhu Guanglian repeatedly.

As he spoke, he saw a woman pulling a little girl and squeezing in. The woman wore a mantle, her hair covering half of her face, and her clothes were covered with patches; The little girl had short hair and a gray face, and looked like she was seven or eight years old. Inside, the child threw himself on his knees beside the third corpse and began to cry. The woman also knelt directly on her side, pushing the corpse and crying: "Da, you are gone, what should we do with the two of us?" After that, I cried even harder. Only then did everyone react, it turned out that it was the family who came, and everyone instantly accepted their voices.

Shi Zhu was about to give some money to the family as well, but was stopped by Zhu Guanglian. Shi Zhu asked why, Zhu Guanglian said to take a look!

Sure enough, after a while, a tall and thin young man in the crowd shouted at the two: "Isn't this the sister-in-law of our village!" Your man Lu Mazi has been dead for several years, why is he still working on the railway? Is this your man who died? When did you find a kidnapper again? Isn't it crazy to think about money! ”

After hearing this, the people around suddenly became lively again, pointing at this woman.

At this time, an uncle who looked a little stylish stood up and said to the woman: "This eldest sister, you can't make this joke! Is this one who died your man? If not, pretend to identify the corpse, I'll take you to the official! ”

The woman looked a little panicked, slowly lifted the white cloth and looked at it, and said in her mouth: "Oh, this is really not my man, admit it!" After finishing speaking, he hurriedly covered the cloth and hurriedly pulled the child out of the encirclement. The child was afraid that he was frightened by the tragic situation of the dead man, or by the words of the living, and clung to his mother, his face pale. The woman's exposed half of her face was red!

Zhu Guanglian shouted to the stone pillar and followed, and after leaving the crowd for a distance, he stepped forward to stop the mother and daughter, and asked, "This eldest sister, can you ask, why did you just pretend to identify the corpse?" That's unlucky! ”

The woman looked at Zhu Guanglian and the stone pillar and said, "Alas! It's all my greed! My mother's surname is Liu, my mother-in-law's surname is Lu, I live in Huangwo in the east, and I took my daughter out to ask for food. Just now I saw that you gave those two families some money not far away, so I wanted to fool you and coax you to get some money. I didn't expect to be recognized even after covering half of my face! But this eldest brother, I really can't help it, my man died early, and I, an orphan and widow, was left, helpless, and couldn't eat enough, my daughter was not feeling well these days, I didn't have money to see a doctor, if it wasn't really helpless, I would never think of this bad idea! As she spoke, tears began to fall from the woman's eyes.

Zhu Guanglian said: "Sister Liu, I saw that the two of you were fake from the beginning, how could you cry directly without seeing if it was your own man after you came?" And you're crying so fakely, it's not like you've died of your own family! However, I don't think you really look like a bad person, it's not easy to live in this world! After saying that, he asked Shizhu to give the two women some money, and asked the woman to take the child to see a doctor first, and then pointed to the woman not far away and said that his business house was over there, and if there was really nothing to eat one day, you could go to him, and there would still be a few meals.

Sister Liu took the money, with a happy, surprised and somewhat ashamed expression on her face, and after being stunned for a moment, she pulled her daughter and said, "Chunhua, kowtow to the two benefactors!" The two of them said words of gratitude as they tried to kneel. Zhu Guanglian and Shi Zhu hurriedly pulled them up.

After the mother and daughter left, Shi Zhu asked Zhu Guanglian: "Uncle I, why do you still give money to such a person?" ”

Zhu Guanglian looked at the mother and daughter who had been far away and said, "Zhuzi, although this woman wants to cheat some money, I don't think they are bad people." If it weren't for the fact that there was really no way, who would pretend to be a dead man! Pillar, you remember, this world can help people or help people......"

Afterwards, Zhu Guanglian took the stone pillar to the surroundings to look at the situation, and did not return to the trading house until the sun touched the top of the mountain in the west.

On the morning of the next day, Adjutant Yang sent someone to send the entry and exit documents to Guanglian Commercial Bank, and gave them a list of materials to be sent, as well as the time and place. The person who came also instructed Zhu Guanglian to send it on time, if it delayed things, their firm could not afford it. If there is an emergency, the army will call.

Zhu Guanglian looked at the order, and the first batch of materials would be sent the day after tomorrow, so he found the stone pillar, arranged the relevant vehicles and personnel, and started to act as soon as the time came.

Zhu Guanglian said to Shizhu: "Zhuzi, now I have given you a chance, I will give you full authority in this matter, it is up to you to grasp it yourself!" We must be careful and responsible in doing things, and we can't be perfunctory. When delivering goods, we must be kind to the people below, we rely on them to work, otherwise we will become the commander of the light pole. Also, we must have a good relationship with those people in the army, even if they are janitors, we must not look down on other people's ......."

Shi Zhu nodded while listening, in fact, in his heart, he still wanted to be a farmer the most. But since he took over this matter, he will naturally do his best to do it well. At this time, he had another thing in mind, he wanted to find out the exact news of the bandit Liu Fulong from these Northeast soldiers, and then avenge his grandfather. This matter has become a knot in his heart, if he doesn't kill Liu Fulong, he always feels panicked in his heart.

Shi Zhu's idea at this time was very simple, but what happened later had far exceeded his expectations, and in the next year and a half, he might have learned more than anyone else had learned in a lifetime!