20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 99 Fire
To the west of Fengtian City, at the junction of the commercial port and the suburbs - Baoguo Match Factory.

Although it is said to be a factory building, it is actually not very large.

From the outside, there are only two rooms in the small courtyard: one houses two production equipment imported from Xiaodongyang; the other stores chemicals such as yellow phosphorus, which of course are also imported.

There are a lot of thigh-thick lumber stacked in the backyard, and there are two separate rooms in the front yard for the watchmen who watch the night.

But tonight it was deserted.

In the darkness, two figures were busy gathering various flammable items.

After working for a long time, one of the middle-aged men in his forties stopped, gasping for air, grinning and hitting his waist.

"Brother Jiang, is it almost done?"

"Click!"

Jiang Xiaodao opened his pocket watch and looked at the time through the faint moonlight outside the window.

"almost."

After that, he took out a box of Baoguo Match samples from his pocket.

On the rough paper shell, the words "Excellent quality, safe and reliable" are written.

When the middle-aged man next to him saw this, he immediately took out a piece of foreign wax from his pocket and handed it over.

Jiang Xiaodao made a "sizzle" sound, struck a match, lit a candle, and gently moved towards the pile of flammable objects in front of him.

Then, he stood there for a while, and after the flames completely started, he nodded to the middle-aged man next to him and said, "Let's go!"

The two walked out of the factory unhurriedly, crossed the road, and hid in the dark alley opposite, tacitly waiting for the fire to expand.

"Brother Jiang, I didn't expect that after so many years, you still remember me after we say goodbye to Liaoyang." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

"What's unexpected about this?" Jiang Xiaodao turned his face, looked at the other person's sparsely haired head up and down, and asked, "Is it difficult to remember you with your appearance?"

Hit people without slapping their faces, and curse people without revealing shortcomings.

Zhang Jiuye choked and suddenly looked embarrassed. If this happened before, he would definitely have turned his back on the spot. But he was no longer in Liaoyang, but in Fengtian. He was under the eaves and had to lower his head, so he could only laugh twice. , quickly changed the topic, but did not forget to retort.

"Brother Jiang, back then in Liaoyang, you were just a dark and skinny little kid. But when you came to Fengtian, in a few years, you relied on your reputation as the 'Owl' and became famous! It's true. , I have been away for three days, so you should look at me with admiration!"

Overt praise and covert derogation, a strange yin and yang attitude.

But Jiang Xiaodao didn't care. He had no intention of making fun of Zhang Jiuye's "nothing wrong". He just couldn't control the mouth under his nose and instinctively liked to make excuses and eliminate people. Over the years, except for his seventh uncle Gong Baonan, he In terms of verbal battles, he has never encountered a decent opponent.

"Master Zhang Jiu, I didn't expect that you, who was originally the boss of the Rong family in Liaoyang, would have no choice but to worship Zhou Yunfu's dock and become someone else's younger brother after coming to Fengtian."

"A man who can bend and stretch at this moment and that moment is a real man!"

When Zhang Jiuye was in Liaoyang, he had contributed to the Changfeng Escort Bureau case. After arriving in Fengtian, he naturally went to pay homage to Zhou Yunfu first.

However, Jiang Xiaodao was wrong about one thing.

Zhang Jiuye, an old man in the world, is also a man with a lot of talent. Of course, it is impossible for him to start from a younger brother.

In fact, Zhou Yunfu was worried that his nephew would be embarrassed to be re-employed, so he began to look for some old friends who did not have deep roots in Fengtian to help support Han Ce.

Thick smoke began to billow from Baoguo Match Factory.

All kinds of chemicals, once burned, immediately emit bursts of pungent smell.

It is said that Bai Baochen's match factory is a Sino-Japanese joint venture, which is actually completely nonsense.

A large part of the reason why the Bai family has been able to rise rapidly in recent years is that they essentially acted as compradors for Xiao Dongyang and used various privileges to expand the family business.

But whether it is a textile factory or a match factory, it is said to be a joint venture, but in fact the Japanese just put their name on it and took half of the shares. Bai Baochen funded almost all of the entire factory alone - Lao Deng did not feel that he was at a loss because of this First of all, it is true that no one from the government will come to extort money.

However, Bai Baochen never expected that when the match factory was about to close, it would be stillborn.

The pungent smell wafted from across the street.

Jiang Xiaodao couldn't help but stretch his nose and cover his mouth with his clothes.

Since the last time he met Zhou Yunfu in "Woyun Tower" and was ordered to open a secret hall, he had never seen the old fox again. Under Han Ce's recommendation, Zhang Jiuye became the messenger.Jiang Xiaodao also knew in his heart that in tonight's arson case, he said he asked Master Zhang Jiu to come over to help, but in fact he came to monitor him.

After Mr. Xu was transferred, Zhou Yunfu has been unpredictable.

Everyone has become his pawn, knowing only their own tasks but not the overall plan.

All orders take effect promptly.

Taking tonight as an example, Jiang Xiaodao only knew that he and Zhang Jiuye were going to come here to set a fire, but what was going on at his father's side, he had a blank look and didn't know anything. He could only contact all parties afterwards. Get up and reverse Zhou Yunfu's intentions.

"Is it safe over there at Zhou Yunfu?" Jiang Xiaodao asked pretending to be concerned.

Zhang Jiuye heard his voice and suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Jiang, stop asking! You will never see him again until the Bai family is dealt with."

Jiang Xiaodao nodded helplessly.

Although he has a bunch of little beggars all over Fengtian who can get all kinds of information, they are unable to get close to him after all. If they are allowed to follow Zhou Yunfu rashly, once they are discovered, they will only be embarrassed. Killed.

"Crack-bang!"

Suddenly there was a slight explosion in the match factory, and the beams on the roof collapsed.

Then, the ridge of the roof tilted, and the tiles on the roof fell one after another like rain.

The fire spread quickly and quickly ignited the wood piled in the backyard.

Flames several feet high shot straight into the sky, and the fire suddenly became fierce.

A strong heat wave passed through the street and rushed directly towards the two people hiding in the alley. Zhang Jiuye was so frightened that he quickly covered his beard under his chin with his hand - there were only a few of them in the first place, but it would be scorched by the fire. Don’t be so heartbroken!
After a while, police sirens suddenly sounded on the originally empty streets, followed by gongs.

The two turned slightly sideways and saw a group of young people rushing towards them noisily.

Zhang Jiuye patted Xiaodao's shoulder and said, "Okay, our work is done, let's withdraw!"

"Wait a minute!"

Jiang Xiaodao instinctively checked his belongings and guns.

After staying with Uncle Liu for a long time, he developed a habit. Whenever someone comes close to him, he must touch it up and down to see if there is anything missing, especially if the person is a Buddha - luckily, there is nothing missing!

Seeing this, Mr. Zhang Jiu couldn't help but curled his lips and said, "Brother Jiang, what about it?"

"It is imperative to be defensive!"

Jiang Xiaodao smiled and suddenly asked nonchalantly: "By the way, Mr. Zhang Jiu, have my sixth uncle been doing business with you recently?"

Zhang Jiuye was stunned for a moment and replied noncommittally: "You'd better ask your sixth uncle about this matter!"

After saying that, he turned around and quickly disappeared at the end of the alley.

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On the other side, water association members and patrol officers rushed to the fire scene in time.

Bai Guoping was also among them, loudly directing the fire-fighting work while promising heavy rewards to everyone.

But seeing the fire raging rapidly, no matter how hard the Shuihui Association and the patrolmen tried, the match factory buildings inevitably collapsed one by one.

"Fuck you Zhou Yunfu! Wait! Just wait!"

Bai Guoping gritted his teeth, but did not lose his mind due to anger. He immediately ordered his men: "Go! Go and find me the watchman!"

Several people took the order and immediately turned around to look for him.

At this moment, Bai Guoping suddenly remembered the news that someone from the patrol station had conveyed to him when he was in "Huifangli", so he hurriedly called the blind man over.

"Go to the patrol station and save Wang Sanquan! Go quickly!"

　Thank you Hua Luo Huan for your support to Lao Qigong Baonan!

　　Than heart!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)