"Boss, how did you do that?" Lu Yuan was having breakfast, but Hogg hurriedly came over with a newspaper. Lu Yuan didn't pay attention to Hogg, but squinted at the newspaper that Hogg brought, and the headline in the newspaper was the explosion that occurred in the Japanese expatriate gathering area yesterday. At this time, it was the third day that Lu Yuan had set up that trick mine, and Lu Yuan also wanted to know how many Japanese soldiers had been killed by the howitzer shell that had been modified by himself.

Lu Yuan's impassivity made Hogg even more excited, "Boss, how did you do it?" Twenty-three Japanese soldiers were killed in the explosion yesterday, and that the scene of the incident was the residence of a Japanese freight merchant, the newspaper said. The newspaper didn't say what happened to the Japanese businessman, but I knew that he must be dead, right? Hogg paid attention to Lu Yuan's expression as he spoke, but he didn't see anything from Lu Yuan's face at all.

Of course, Hogg couldn't see anything from Lu Yuan's expression at the moment, and after flipping through the newspaper, Lu Yuan stretched out his hand and pushed away the plate with half of the fried egg left, and said to Hogg. "What does this have to do with me? That eye of yours saw that I did it? I'm going to go out in a minute, you watch the workers, get the basement up as soon as possible, the things I asked Schuhmann to make are about to be shipped, don't delay my business. ”

Lu Yuan didn't admit that the explosion in the Japanese overseas Chinese gathering area was related to him, so Hogg naturally didn't say anything, but when Lu Yuan went out, he told Lu Yuan to be more careful according to the usual practice. Hogg's advice was actually not taken to heart by Lu Yuan, and besides, the place he went to was only a Hutchison tea shop two blocks away, and Lu Yuan knew that as long as he didn't go out of the American Concession, he would basically not cause unnecessary trouble.

When Lu Yuan walked into the Hutchison tea shop, he was carrying a delicate briefcase in his hand, but no one would have thought that the briefcase in Lu Yuan's hand contained two pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. When Ma Baocheng, the shopkeeper of the tea shop, saw Lu Yuan appear, he followed the method discussed with Wang Qingnian, and immediately greeted him with a smile on his face, and under the pretext of a big business, he directly let Lu Yuan into the inner room of the tea shop in front of a group of tea customers.

"Mr. Lu, this is what you want, in a hurry, we can only provide this information." Lu Yuan and the two sat down in the inner room, and Ma Baocheng took out a large envelope from the secret compartment of the landing door and handed it to Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan was not surprised when he arrived, he reached out and took the envelope and opened it in front of Ma Baocheng, and after a cursory look at the large and small notes in the envelope, Lu Yuan opened the briefcase on his side.

"Shopkeeper, according to what I know about your underground party, weapons, ammunition and funds should be what you need most. I came in a hurry, so I only brought two pistols and 200 rounds of ammunition, plus some money, which I hope will help you. Lu Yuan opened the briefcase, took out the pistol, bullets and two rolls of banknotes in the bag and put them in Ma Baocheng's hand. Shopkeeper, don't be too busy refusing first, when I cooperated with the Shanghai Underground Party, we got along like this. ”

Ma Baocheng, who wanted to refuse, didn't insist anymore, but he still pushed the two rolls of banknotes back to Lu Yuan, "Mr. Lu, the business of the tea shop is not bad, so we are not short of funds for the time being." We can take pistols and bullets, but we don't need this money. Although Ma Baocheng said this, the flicker in his eyes could not escape Lu Yuan's attention, knowing that this was the meaning that the other party didn't want to involve too much with him, Lu Yuan reached out and took back those shoe notes.

The business has been discussed, but Lu Yuan didn't want to go back so soon, so he immediately said to Ma Baocheng tentatively, "Shopkeeper Ma, I still have some weapons and ammunition here, all of which are Japanese weapons, I don't know if you are interested?" Lu Yuan's words made Ma Baocheng's heart skip a beat, and he pinched his thigh before he spoke, he was already more and more suspicious of Lu Yuan's identity, after all, it was not just a casual person who could get a Japanese weapon.

"The Japanese are watching very closely, I'm afraid it will be difficult for your weapons and ammunition to be shipped in, and it will be difficult for us to ship them out after we receive them." Ma Baocheng did not answer Lu Yuan directly, but first talked ambiguously about the tight blockade of the Japanese army in Tianjin. Lu Yuan, who laughed when he heard this, understood in his heart that this was Ma Baocheng's test of himself, and the underground party would naturally be interested in the weapons and ammunition in his hands, but the other party didn't dare to fully believe in himself now.

Lu Yuan frowned and took out a cigarette to light a cigarette, and after a while, Lu Yuan said to Ma Baocheng, "Shopkeeper, I don't think it's better to be like this, from now on, I will hide all the weapons and ammunition I said in the suburbs, so that it is convenient for your people to transport." And you don't have to give money, you just need to do my best to help me gather information as I ask. And I'm only going to have a one-line contact with you, so you don't have to worry about endangering the rest of you, and I don't have to worry about revealing my identity to the Japanese. ”

Lu Yuan's words aroused Ma Baocheng's interest, Lu Yuan's meaning just now has been expressed very clearly, according to the way of commercial transactions, Lu Yuan can already be regarded as paying first and then taking the goods. Seeing that Ma Baocheng, who was still secretly contemplating with a happy face, Lu Yuan immediately continued, "If you are worried that it will be troublesome to receive weapons in the suburbs of Tianjin, then it can be like this, as long as it is within the boundaries of Hebei, you can designate a place as you like, and I will send weapons and ammunition to you according to the place you designated." ”

Boom, Ma Baocheng's head seemed to be boiling, and the whole person also trembled. Lu Yuan's words just now can be regarded as successful in scaring Ma Baocheng, Ma Baocheng, who is almost 50 years old, has seen many capable people in his life, but none of them have the courage of Lu Yuan. "Are you saying that as long as it's in Hebei, you can send weapons and ammunition directly to our people to receive?" Ma Baocheng asked in disbelief, and a pair of eyes looked at Lu Yuan even more.

"That's natural, what I said is naturally admitted, Xu Huanshan should know my temper, and I will do what I say." Lu Yuan met Ma Baocheng's gaze and said slowly, not minding Ma Baocheng's scrutiny of himself at all. "You may not know what I have done in Shanghai, but I can tell you that the batch of weapons and ammunition that the new recruits of the Shanghai underground party have provided are the ones I provided. As long as you help me gather the information I want, I will definitely not give you less weapons and ammunition, even heavy firepower weapons such as machine guns and mortars. ”

Lu Yuan's calmness made Ma Baocheng puzzled again, if Lu Yuan just said that he could get a pistol and a rifle, Ma Baocheng might not be so suspicious of Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan also said machine guns and mortars just now, which made Ma Baocheng suspicious again. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Ma Baocheng's right hand was slowly sliding towards the table, and Lu Yuan immediately smiled, "Shopkeeper Ma, the cooperation between the two sides is about mutual trust, before you fully believe in me, I will provide you with some weapons and ammunition, what you need to do now is just to designate a place for me first." ”

Lu Yuan's words made Ma Baocheng's hand that slid to the table stop, and Ma Baocheng, who was about to ring the electric bell, thought about Lu Yuan's words just now, as if this matter was not harmful to the Tianjin underground party from the inside out. Lu Yuan watched with satisfaction as Ma Baocheng retracted his right hand that slid to the table, "Ma Zhang, I still have more than a dozen pistols, six Japanese-style 38 rifles and some bullets here. If you can give me three days, I can get no less than thirty 38 rifles and two light machine guns, and maybe grenadiers. ”

The Tianjin underground party is also in the process of forming an action team, and weapons and funds have always been a big problem, and if the funds can be regarded as a reluctance to solve the problem, how to get enough weapons is a big trouble that has always plagued the Tianjin underground party. After sending Lu Yuan away, Ma Baocheng immediately went to Wang Qingnian through the secret passage, and learned that Lu Yuan promised to provide weapons and ammunition to the underground party free of charge.

Lu Yuan, who had already left the Hutchison Tea Shop, didn't know that so many things would be caused because of one of his promises, and at this moment he was sitting in the coffee shop on the corner, drinking coffee very leisurely, while carefully looking at the information provided by Ma Baocheng. Lu Yuan could see that the handwriting on these notes in the envelope was not one person's, Lu Yuan secretly divided himself into categories, and actually found the handwriting of at least four people.

"That means there are at least four informants in this Hutchison tea shop to gather information for them." Lu Yuan stretched out his hand and rubbed his chin, and while his eyes turned to the window, his mind was also thinking quickly. The information provided to Lu Yuan by the Hutchison Tea Shop is very messy, which requires Lu Yuan to carefully analyze and classify it, and analyze and deduce the information that is useful to him. All morning, Lu Yuan nestled in this coffee shop, carefully reading the notes.

Before lunch, Lu Yuan, who had read all the notes, went to the Hutchison Tea Shop again, and after being led into the inner room by Ma Baocheng, Lu Yuan took out three notes from his pocket and handed them to Ma Baocheng. "Shopkeeper, I'm very interested in them, and I hope your people will increase their reconnaissance of this place. Also, please tell your people that it is best to stop all activities in the extreme surroundings of Haiguang Temple today and tomorrow, and I am going to give a big gift package to the Japanese army in Tianjin. ”

Ma Baocheng has been lurking in Tianjin for several years, so he naturally knows what Haiguang Temple is, after the July Seven Incident, it has become the headquarters of the Japanese army in North China, and the military police headquarters in Tianjin is also there. Just without waiting for Ma Baocheng to ask carefully, Lu Yuan had already gotten up and left, and Ma Baocheng, who was extremely helpless, had no choice but to relay Lu Yuan's original words to Wang Qingnian.