What a lucky world!

Chapter 167 The second fire!

On early winter nights, you can’t hear the croaking of frogs or the chirping of cicadas, and the air lacks some of its wild charm.

The farmers in the village were all hiding in their houses, some were fast asleep, some were making figurines, full of life...

In the dark night, a black mist was floating.

The mist drifted into the mulberry garden, swirled, and then revealed the figures of Zhang Mu and Ye Hanzhou. Xuan Ji lay on Zhang Mu's shoulder with her pink tongue sticking out, obviously tired.

After patting Xuan Ji's head, Xuan Ji turned into a wisp of black smoke again, fell on the back of Zhang Mu's hand, and turned into a cat face mark.

Zhang Mu looked around and his attention was soon attracted by the huge mulberry tree in front of him.

This is not an ordinary mulberry tree, but the jade mulberry tree, a specialty of Suzhou.

The mulberry leaves produced by this mulberry tree are used to feed the green silkworms, and the silk they produce can be used to weave the world-famous Su brocade.

However, the growth conditions of the jade mulberry tree are extremely harsh, which limits the production of Su Jin.

According to Li Quan, the four major cloth shops are the leaders in Su City because they control nearly 80% of the green jade mulberry trees.

Zhang Mu looked around. The mulberry garden was very large, and it was not realistic for the two of them to burn it all down.

But now it is winter, and most of the moisture in the mulberry trees has been lost. Once they catch fire, they themselves become excellent combustion materials.

Winter happened to be the time to make compost for the jade mulberry trees, so hay was spread between the trees and special fertilizer was seeped into the ground.

When it starts burning, it will be one piece after another.

By then, not to mention being completely destroyed, even if only one-third or one-quarter is burned, the Jiang family's Su Jin production in the next few years will inevitably be affected.

And Su Jin is the core tribute supplied to the palace!
"Second Aunt Bai is a ruthless person!" Zhang Mu sighed in his heart.

What? Why isn't this place patrolled?
Are you kidding? Of course!

Zhang Mu and Ye Hanzhou were busy for more than an hour trying to give the patrol members a baby-like sleep!
"Brother Mu, shall we start burning now?" Ye Hanzhou patted the gourds hanging on his body with an eager look on his face. These gourds were filled with kerosene.

Zhang Mu narrowed his eyes and looked at Ye Hanzhou.

Ever since he took Ye Hanzhou to burn down three cloth warehouses yesterday, Ye Hanzhou seemed to have awakened some special hobby.

Feeling happy when smelling fire.

After setting the fire, people became much more cheerful.

I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

However, Zhang Mu still smiled and nodded at Ye Hanzhou: "Let's get started."

After saying that, the two men immediately split up into two groups and ran towards the nearest jade mulberry tree. They both jumped to the top of the tree, then took out a gourd and poured kerosene from top to bottom. They were not in a hurry to light it. After pouring fire on one tree, they jumped to another.

This is naturally for the convenience of lighting a fire together when the time comes. Otherwise, as soon as a tree is lit, it will attract people from the village.

So, the two of them were like two hardworking little bees, constantly shuttling back and forth in the mulberry garden!

……

Sucheng, Bai family, backyard.

Bai Jingqi was sitting in the backyard, with a small table next to him. There was a small stove on the table with flames dancing. On top of the stove was a small pot with steaming soup in it and the tofu in the soup gurgling.

Bai Jingqi poured himself a glass of wine, then picked up a piece of tofu with chopsticks, blew on it gently, and put it in his mouth. His mouth was immediately filled with the aroma of beans. He flicked his tongue twice and swallowed the tofu into his stomach like drinking water. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. With a "sizzle", he sang intoxicatedly -

"Eating pickled vegetables and rolling tofu, the emperor is no match for me..."

The personal maid standing beside him smiled and said, "Seventh Master is very happy today..."

Bai Jingqi glanced at the pretty maid and said with a smile, "Cui'er, how about I set off some fireworks for you today?"

The maid named Cui Er smiled and said, "Seventh Master is teasing me again. It's not a festival, why are you setting off fireworks?"

"Besides, I'm just a servant. I'm probably not even as expensive as fireworks. It's not worth it!" "I set off fireworks when my master says so!" Bai Jingqi said proudly, pointing to the eastern sky, "Just watch with me. It will be dazzling there tonight!"

As soon as Bai Jingqi finished speaking, the sky suddenly showed a hint of red. The next moment, flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the sky.

Last night's fire dragon reappears on earth!

"Hahahaha! Cui'er, did you see it? Did you see it?" Bai Jingqi jumped up with joy, and directly hugged Cui'er into his arms, kissing her soft body fiercely, until Cui'er's body became soft and fell completely into Bai Jingqi's arms. Bai Jingqi stood up, threw Cui'er to sit on the chair, and ran into the back house excitedly.

"Mother! Mother! There's a fire in the east of the city!"

……

Let’s go back a little in time, to Sucheng, Jiang’s house.

The Jiang family father and son sat upright in the hall.

The best food would be replaced when it got cold, but this attitude seemed to be hitting cotton, and no one came to the door for the whole day.

"Dad..." Jiang Yuan sighed, "I'm afraid no one will come today."

"They're still trying to take advantage of our family." Jiang Yuanhou snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter. It's just a table of food. We can even change it for a month!"

Jiang Shiren's face was stern, and he shook his head: "That's not right..."

"We've been scheming against each other for decades. We all know these little tricks won't work. In the end, we'll have to negotiate anyway!"

"I'm afraid...it's not over yet!"

Jiang Yuanchang frowned and said, "Is it possible that those bandits would dare to attack our Jiang family?"

Jiang Yuanhou shook his head: "Not really! Our Jiang family is the imperial merchant family. If you touch us, it would be a slap in the face of the palace. The government will not sit idly by."

"If trouble really breaks out, the other three families won't just sit there and watch!"

The third son, Jiang Yuanzai, hesitated and said, "Or, let's transfer Xu Gongfeng back first..."

Jiang Shiren suddenly realized what was happening, his eyes widening. Just as he was about to speak, he saw his housekeeper rushing in in a panic, tripping over the threshold. But the old housekeeper was loyal and didn't care about it. He just kept shouting, "Master, disaster, disaster..."

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yuanchang stepped forward and pulled the old housekeeper up. "What disaster happened?"

The old housekeeper pointed outside and said tremblingly, "There's a fire... To the east, our Qingyu Mulberry Garden is on fire!"

"Impossible!" Jiang Yuanchang was the first to shout, "Xu Gongfeng is guarding there!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Without waiting for him to say anything else, Jiang Shiren was the first to rush out of the hall. The others immediately reacted and followed suit.

Soon, Jiang's father and son came to the yard and saw flames billowing in the eastern sky!
Jiang Yuanchang looked incredulous: "This... Xu Gongfeng is in the late stage of nourishing fluid. This... this... could it be that the other party has sent all their forces..."

"Pa!" Jiang Shiren turned around and slapped Jiang Yuanchang with all his strength, knocking Jiang Yuanchang to the ground.

"You ruined my family business! I'll deal with you when I get back!" Jiang Shiren finished cursing and shouted to the others, "What are you still standing there for? Gather everyone and go to the mulberry garden in the east of the city!"

……

In the east of the city, there is the Jiang family mulberry garden.

Zhang Mu and Ye Hanzhou only set fire to about a hundred mulberry trees, but the fire spread very quickly.

At this time, the farmers had already been awakened and were working hard to put out the fire under the leadership of the village head. However, a gust of wind blew up during the night, fanning the flames and making them burn even more fiercely.

Not far from the mulberry garden, a burly middle-aged man holding a long stick looked at Zhang Mu and Ye Hanzhou in front of him and said coldly -

"You two, it seems that today's incident will be difficult to resolve peacefully!"

(End of this chapter)