Zeng Zilian knew that Lu Chengzhou was very strict with his work and paid special attention to details.
Lu Chengzhou specially asked her to investigate the situation, and he would definitely ask her questions carefully.
Although she also felt that there seemed to be no problem, she still had to report it to Lu Chengzhou in the end.
If Lu Chengzhou asked her when there were more customers in the sales department and when it closed, and she couldn't answer, was it reasonable?
However, Zeng Zilian also has her own mission: to monitor Lu Chengzhou's behavior.
This was a task assigned by Dai Li himself. For this reason, he specially gave her a set of passwords in order to report to the headquarters alone.
Although Lu Chengzhou's performance always made Zeng Zilian feel that there was no problem.
However, she still had to take a look at the matter at the Chinese and Western Pharmacy.
Ma Hougu is the shopkeeper of the Chinese and Western Pharmacy. Taking Ma Yuzhen there, he can naturally visit the Chinese and Western Pharmacy.
"It's already evening, where should we go now?" Ma Yuzhen asked.
"How about going shopping on Guayi Street?" Zeng Zilian said suddenly.
Lu Chengzhou bought the Chinese and Western Pharmacy, but she didn't let anyone from Haigu station interfere. She was always uneasy.
It was not that she doubted Lu Chengzhou, but she was worried that Lu Chengzhou's decision-making would bring losses to the military commander.
"Guiyi Street?" Ma Yuzhen said in surprise. She suddenly understood that what Zeng Zilian wanted to go to was probably the Chinese and Western Pharmacy.
Lu Chengzhou appointed Ma Hougu as the manager of the Chinese and Western Pharmacy, and Ma Yuzhen also reported to the organization.
Surprisingly, the organization is not opposed to this.
On the contrary, Tian Nanchen also asked Ma Yuzhen to take advantage of favorable opportunities to raise and organize medicines, medical equipment, etc. for the organization through Chinese and Western Pharmacies.
After walking around Guiyi Street, we naturally came to the Chinese and Western Pharmacy.
This large pharmacy has three facades and looks very grand.
When they entered, they saw Ma Hougu sitting behind the counter, seemingly settling accounts.
"Dad, what are you busy with?" Ma Yuzhen walked happily to Ma Hougu and said with a smile.
"Are you here?" Ma Hougu asked with a smile when he saw Ma Yuzhen and Zeng Zilian closing their account books.
"Hello Uncle Ma, we came to go shopping and happened to be nearby." Zeng Zilian explained.
"Sit in the back." Mahougu walked out from behind the counter.
A few days ago, before he officially became the manager of the Chinese and Western Pharmacy, someone from Minxian contacted him.
When Ma Hougu joined the Democratic Pioneer Corps, he also hated the Japanese occupation of China. Out of righteous indignation, he voluntarily joined the worker group of the Democratic Pioneer Corps.
After the Revolutionary Guards withdrew from Haigu, he did not follow them.
He originally thought that the Revolutionary Guards had forgotten about him, but unexpectedly, they suddenly came to visit him again.
Ma Hougu was very excited to be contacted by the Democratic Pioneers.
He felt very honored to be able to do something to fight against the Japanese invaders.
Now that he is the manager of the Chinese and Western Pharmacy, he can do even more.
The Democratic Pioneer Corps asked him to arrange for a few people to work in the Chinese and Western Pharmacy, and he agreed without hesitation.
"Uncle Ma, the scale here is not small." Zeng Zilian said in surprise as she looked at the sack after sack of medicinal materials in the warehouse behind.
"We do Chinese and Western medicine, mainly wholesale and retail, and we must have all kinds of medicinal materials. These medicinal materials may seem plentiful, but they are actually not expensive. The really expensive medicinal materials have been taken away by the original boss," Ma Hougu said.
The reason why he was able to hold down five gold bars was because he knew this.
The original boss took away all the valuable medicinal materials.
For example, some ginseng is not heavy and easy to carry.
"Wouldn't Officer Lu suffer a loss?" Zeng Zilian said.
"Let's not talk about suffering a loss. If these medicinal materials in stock can be sold at half of the normal price, the cost can be recovered." Ma Hougu said.
"So, he made money?" Zeng Zilian said in surprise.
"As long as the Health Bureau doesn't come to disturb us, we will definitely make money." Ma Hougu said confidently.
The Democratic Pioneers ordered a batch of anti-inflammatory sulfonamide powder from him. Although he would give a preferential price, as long as this business could be completed, Lu Chengzhou would make a lot of money.
Listening to Ma Hougu's introduction, Zeng Zilian felt much at ease.
She was the head of the intelligence team and asked many sideways questions about the situation.
Ma Hougu told her that Zhongxi Pharmacy was not like an ordinary store and needed 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 work.
There are hundreds of medicinal herbs and medicines, and it would take a long time to memorize them all.
Although Ma Yuzhen knew that Zeng Zilian was here to inquire about information, she could only cooperate.
Ma Yuzhen actually also wants to know about the situation of Chinese and Western Pharmacy.
She also needs to cooperate with the organization to get medicines from here.
"Sister Zilian, can we get some medicine from here in the future?" Ma Yuzhen asked Zeng Zilian after returning.
"Of course, that's why we need to have a good relationship with Lu Chengzhou. It's against work discipline for you to keep a straight face all day long." Zeng Zilian reminded.
"You can just have a good relationship with him now." Ma Yuzhen said nonchalantly.
"I think your conditions are more suitable for contact with him." Zeng Zilian said suddenly.
She spends all day with Ma Yuzhen and actually understands Ma Yuzhen's thoughts very well.
If Ma Yuzhen knew that Lu Chengzhou was also an anti-Japanese person, she would not have such an attitude.
After arriving home in the evening, Zeng Zilian reported today's reconnaissance situation to Lu Chengzhou.
Zeng Zilian drew a floor plan of Hong Library's sales department, which not only showed the internal organization, but also the placement of books.
"Let Chen Bailu formulate an action plan tomorrow and hand it over to the anti-resistance regiment for execution." Lu Chengzhou wrote on the note.
This sales 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-rebellion group went to the sales department of Hong Bookstore on Dongma Road.
They are all in school, so going to the bookstore seems normal.
However, there were no people inside, so it was difficult for them to place timed incendiary bombs.
The salesperson is quite enthusiastic and always greeting me.
Because he wanted to burn books, he specially brought a relatively large incendiary bomb this time, and Shen Che carried it in his schoolbag.
In order to attract the attention of several other anti-group members, Sun Rupeng deliberately stepped on others.
As a result, the two of them made a big fuss in the bookstore, attracting all the salespersons there. Shen Che took the opportunity to place the incendiary bomb behind a pile of books.
Within half an hour after they left, a raging fire broke out in the store.
Although the fire truck came to put out the fire quickly, the store was already half burned.
Water is needed to put out fires. Those books that have not been burned are basically unusable once they are washed away by water.
As before, Ma Yuzhen stayed on Dongma Road and was responsible for observing the results.
Seeing that the sales department was not completely burned down, she felt a little regretful. It would have been nice if a few more incendiary bombs could have been placed.
