"Young master, the only thing left is a row of houses where people live here. No one can understand what's going on now that it's in such a mess."

"That's it, Guanshi Chen," Lu Chongzhi turned to Guanshi Chen at the side, "Hurry up and organize everyone, those who carry water, those who carry water, those who pass basins, those who put out fires, division of labor and cooperation, seize the time, Don't spread it!"

Chen Guanshi got the order and ran away quickly.

Lu Chongzhi told the shocked Ah Fu, "Hurry up and find us two pairs of shoes and socks, and ask someone to arrange a new bedroom for us."

……

After Ah Fu arranged the bedroom and found shoes and socks, Lu Chongzhi pushed Zhen Qing to Ah Fu and told him to go back quickly so as not to suffer from the cold wind in the middle of the night, while he himself was still watching the situation on the burning side until the fire broke out. It was completely wiped out, and after the people in the bedroom were settled, he dispersed the crowd, and dragged his tired body back to the room to rest.

By this time the sky was bright.

Zhen Qing originally wanted to wait for Lu Chongzhi to come back, but he waited and waited until no one came back, and finally fell asleep on the table in a daze.

When Lu Chongzhi came back, seeing Zhen Qing lying on the table like this, he knew in his heart that he must be waiting for him, and felt distressed and blamed him for not listening to him.With a tigerish face, he picked him up and put him on the bed.

Zhen Qing didn't sleep well that night, and he woke up immediately when he felt a movement. Seeing that it was Lu Chongzhi who had returned to his room, he woke up completely, "Is the fire out?"

Lu Chongzhi nodded, wearily took off his dirty outer shirt, sat down on the bed and threw it on the quilt.

"Brother Lu, wait a moment." Zhen Qing remembered that after he got the shoes just now, he just put them on outside casually. It must not be like he has washed long ago.So he went outside to get him some hot water from the boiler.

Lu Chongzhi was so tired that he fell on the bed and began to doze off.When Zhen Qing came back, he didn't even open his eyes, the quilt was hastily pulled over his body and half covered, a pair of feet were exposed with socks on, and two kicked-off shoes were scattered beside the bed.

Zhen Qing sighed, lifted him up and shook him vigorously, muttering, "Brother Lu, don't sleep yet, wash up before going to sleep."

Lu Chongzhi heard it, sat up straight, closed his eyes and tore off two socks.

Seeing this, Zhen Qing quickly squatted down and put the water basin under his two feet.Only then did he see Lu Chongzhi's scarred soles.Thinking of how he protected himself so much at the scene of the fire before, but ended up stepping on his feet like this, Zhen Qing's heart tightened uncontrollably, it was very uncomfortable.

Lu Chongzhi closed his eyes and stepped on the water to wash his feet. After a while, Zhen Qing took a cloth towel to dry him, and fetched water to wipe his ashy face.It wasn't until Lu Chongzhi was covered with a quilt and lay down comfortably that he lay down and fell asleep as if he had completed his task.

Everyone in Zhuangzi had been busy all night. At this time, everything was silent and everyone fell asleep.

*****

The next day, Lu Chongzhi, who had recovered from his sleep, immediately summoned several chief stewards to count the personnel and property.

"The one that caught fire was the stretch of residential buildings where we slept, and they were all ruined." Lu Chongzhi said to Zhen Qing after eating the last few bites of food, "Fortunately, the warehouse where the stock is stored is fine."

"Lucky in misfortune." Zhen Qing nodded empathetically, and asked, "How is that person?"

At this moment, Ah Fu came in and said to Lu Chongzhi, "Young master, the chief stewards are already in the front hall."

Lu Chongzhi took Zhen Qing to the front hall, and there was a row of stewards standing there with their heads bowed and hands down. He keenly noticed that there was one person missing, so he asked solemnly, "Let's talk about the casualties first."

Chen Guanshi interjected, "Back to young master, everyone ran fast last night and all suffered minor burns. Only one injured the back of his head when he was hit by something on the way, and the other injured his leg when he was moving something, but the problem is not serious. I invited the doctor to see it."

Lu Chongzhi nodded, silently waiting for his next words.

"But, but, Guanshi Tao is gone." Guanshi Chen said hesitantly, "his body was not found in the ruins. His room was burned clean, and his gold and silver were not found. When we investigated the scene of the fire afterwards, , all suspected that the fire was in Guanshi Tao’s house.”

"Guan Tao's younger sister is also missing." Guan Shi Liu, who was relatively familiar with Guan Shi Tao's siblings, also added.

Tao Guanshi was met by Lu Chongzhi outside five years ago. At that time, he saw that he was talented and had nowhere to go with his younger sister, so he took him under his command to work in the store. In the past few years, he was gradually promoted. In order to be in charge, it was not until this year that Lu Chongzhi was promoted back to Meijun to be a big steward, in charge of the emulsification workshop.

"The dumb Dongzi under my command has never seen anyone else before." Another manager also said, "However, Dongzi said two days ago that he was unwell and did not see him come out to work. He usually works very hard, so we Not too harsh. But after putting out the fire, I went to his house and saw no one."

Lu Chongzhi pursed his lips and nodded. On the surface, the stewards couldn't see any change in his expression.

Another steward held the account book and said, "Except for the house that was on fire, all of them have been lost. Our inventory and materials have not been affected. Fortunately, there are no valuables in the house that was on fire."

Lu Chongzhi glanced at the top of everyone's heads, and gently clasped the armrest with his right index finger. After a while, he said slowly, "Chen Guanshi, help me to promote Tao Guanshi's deputy in the emulsification workshop. There is no need to say anything about it, including the emulsification workshop, everyone else The workshop should not affect the progress, and continue to do their own tasks well."

After a pause, he said again, "Throughly check all the books and work records in the emulsification workshop, and bring them to me after counting them all."

All the stewards responded after hearing the words.

Lu Chongzhi folded his hands together, glanced at Ah Fu, and said indifferently, "As for Tao Guanshi, Ah Fu, send someone to chase after him! Organize all forces and pay close attention to these three people. I think they may plan to escape together. great."

"Yes! Young Master!" Ah Fu saw Lu Chongzhi's smiling face a lot, and seeing him so solemn now, he was really frightened into a cold sweat.

*****

Before Lu Chongzhi and Zhen Qing did anything, the perpetrator came out and absconded with the money, so it was meaningless for them to stay here any longer, so they went back home.

On the way back, the atmosphere was tense, so Zhen Qing intentionally said something more, and the two discussed back and forth, leaving aside Lu Chongzhi's inexplicable ignorance of people before, and now they seem to have returned to the original time.

Zhen Qing thought back to the time when the streets were full of skin care products in his previous life, as long as the products were good and had a good reputation, wouldn’t they still stand out and be successful?So he also enlightened Lu Chongzhi like this, "Brother Lu, even if face creams are everywhere in the future, those who imitate and follow suit will never keep up with our progress. We just need to ensure the quality and novelty of the products. What's more, We are now planning to open a beauty salon, and if this is done successfully, the profit will be several times that of the 'Lu Ji' store, and Lu Ji's future focus will not be on the store. Trust me."

Lu Chongzhi smiled slightly when he heard this, he took Zhen Qing's hand with his big hand and tightened it.

Zhen Qing, who was originally comforting Lu Chongzhi, was grabbed by his hand and tried to get out, unable to do so, and was immediately embarrassed.

Lu Chongzhi's eyes slammed into Zhen Qing's pupils with deep meaning, and he squeezed his clenched hand twice before letting go, and said, "Brother Lu believes in you!"

*****

two days later

"Young master, we couldn't find Tao Dejun at all. It seems that someone took care of him early and dealt with him very cleanly. We couldn't find any news from the market."

Lu Chongzhi nodded silently.All the homework notes in the emulsification workshop disappeared like Tao Dejun. The step of emulsification plays a very critical role in the production of cream.This way, no one else can be found, so from now on, in the face cream market, his Lu family really can't eat alone, so let's all use our own skills!

Ah Fu continued to report, "The dumb Dongzi and Tao Luyun showed up instead. Our people have already rushed to Lin County to search. It would be great if we could find Tao Dejun by following the clues!"

Although progress has been made in the matter of taking people, Zhen Qing still hesitated, "Brother Lu, now other face creams have poured into the market in large numbers, which shows that the leak of our formula has been happening for a long time, even if we find it That Tao De's army sent troops to inquire about the crimes is actually useless."

"That's true." Lu Chongzhi also agreed, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. They took our prescription and made a good start. Dayin is also capable of producing many people. I believe that the market for this cream will become more complicated in the near future. Their things will not be as single as they are now, which is far behind us."

"That……"

Lu Chongzhi looked at Zhen Qing, "I want to get someone, but I just want to know which part of us was taken advantage of by them. If Tao Dejun is caught, I want to know who is behind Lu Chongzhi's back." He has been too proud recently, he is still too young after all.

After saying this, Lu Chongzhi continued, "The big tree attracts the wind, and the family dominates. This day will come sooner or later. But I just want to see who is doing this, haha."

It turned out that this person wanted to shoot the first bird and kill the chicken for the monkeys to see. Zhen Qing thought for a while and suggested, "Outsiders are hard to defend against, so why don't we strengthen ourselves? Flies only bite eggs with cracks. When fighting outside, we must first secure the inside. Everyone has lost their hearts, so..."

"You mean?"

Zhen Qing smiled and said frankly, "For example, Big Brother Lu stuffed my mouth with the dividends from 'Lu Ji'. Now I take myself seriously, working for you is like working for myself!"

Zhen Qing thought that the ancient people deeply believed that a slave is a slave and a partner is a partner. This concept cannot be easily changed, but when something happens, you have to treat the other party as your own, and the other party will do the opposite.With the interests in front of us, not every servant can be loyal to the owner.

"What Xiao Zhen said is true." Lu Chongzhi thought about it thoughtfully upon hearing the words.

The author has something to say: Young Master Lu, who was proud of the spring breeze, was overshadowed

But people, always progress and grow in the face of setbacks.

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