Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 409 Fire
Because she didn't take off all her clothes, Perfecto quickly put them back on. After putting on her leather boots, she went out to the street to see what was going on.

At this time, the knights who were responsible for protecting her secretly also gathered around her. The loyal old butler even raised his sword directly, with a serious expression on his face, as if he was on the battlefield, ready to kill at any time.

These knights couldn't help but be nervous. It was a secret that Perfectote was hiding his identity today to understand the people's sentiments. Although they were sure that the news had not leaked, no one could guarantee that someone would not take this opportunity to assassinate Perfectote.

As for the reasons for the assassination? There were so many, so many that Perfecto herself was too lazy to count how many people wanted to kill her.

Now that she had left the heavily guarded lord's mansion, she was confined to the dungeon environment without the protection of a steam knight, only a few knights in plain clothes.

This is a perfect opportunity for those who want to assassinate Perfect.

And even if no one attempted the assassination, the fire itself was a huge danger to Perfect.

If the fire spread to where she was, or an accident blocked the escape street, Perfect would most likely be burned to death.

Although this possibility is not high considering her identity as an alchemist, she still has to be on guard.

However, Perfect herself was not very worried about this. She just calmly asked her old housekeeper: "Grandpa Afu, where is the fire? Have you notified the fire department?"

"The fire broke out in a private house, about a block away from where we are. For safety reasons, I suggest that you return to the manor as soon as possible! It is not safe here anymore." The old butler answered Perfecto's question, but his face was still filled with worry. He tried to persuade Perfecto to return to the manor and to a safe environment.

Perfect didn't insist on this, and just said to the old butler: "Notify the fire department and the underground city management staff, and have them do their best to put out the fire! We must not let the fire spread in the underground city!"

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the direction of the fire.

Seeing this scene, the old butler and the escorting knights hurried to persuade and stop them, but Perfect said that he wanted to see how efficient the officials in the North were in putting out the fire.

Unable to stop them, the old butler could only arrange guards and send people to notify the police and city defense forces in the underground city, while at the same time mobilizing the steam knights who had been on standby nearby to come for guarding.

Although the streets in the dungeon are indeed narrower than those on the ground, they are not so narrow that the Steam Knight cannot enter.

The reason why the Steam Knight was not arranged to escort nearby at the beginning was mainly to conceal Perfect's identity. After all, she was on a secret visit to understand the people's sentiments. If the Steam Knight was always around her, it would undoubtedly expose her identity.

The Steam Knight arrived quickly, and Perfect didn't really have to go to the front line to see how her officers put out the fire, so when she stopped at the intersection about half a block away from the burning house, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Perfect looked at the burning houses in front of him and the messy figures on the street with a grim expression on his face.

Although she knew that people of this era did not have a strong awareness of fire prevention, she did not expect that a fire would break out just after the dungeon was opened.

Fortunately, she took fire into consideration when designing the underground city. Fire hydrants were placed on every street, and special fire stations and fire brigades were set up to ensure that someone could put out the fire in time when a fire broke out. You should know that the modern professional fire brigades appeared very late in the original world. In the 19th century, there was no special fire brigade.

In the original world in the 18th and 19th centuries, most fire brigades were privately formed, led by a certain group or established with donations from citizens. When putting out fires, they competed for performance just like companies. There were even cases where one fire brigade was putting out a fire while another fire brigade came and beat people instead of helping to put out the fire.

In this world, even Langton does not have a dedicated fire department. Once a fire occurs, it all depends on whether the local neighborhood has spent money to buy a fire truck and whether it has formed its own fire department.

Normally, when a fire occurs in this era, we can only rely on the voluntary help of surrounding residents or kind people to help put out the fire.

Although the police may occasionally work part-time as part-time firefighters, don't expect too much from them.

Perfect was aware of this, and took fire and firefighting very seriously when designing Chernobog and other dungeons and underground shelters.

A large number of fire hydrants, special fire stations and fire brigades are set up to deal with possible fires in the underground city.

The fire brigade of Chernoborg did not disappoint her expectations. When she arrived at the intersection, two red fire trucks had been towed over and were connecting to fire hydrants to pump water to put out the fire.

The fire trucks of this era may be different from what most people imagine. They are not the big ones dragging water tanks like in the original world, but flatbed trucks carrying a manual water pump and a not-so-big water tank.

The main structure of this fire truck is the manual water pump, which uses artificial pressure to spray the water stored in the tank to the fire site, thereby extinguishing the fire.

The fire hydrants of this era cannot be compared with those of the original world. Although there is no water, the water pressure is really not high. The water needs to be pumped out by artificial pressure using a water pump before it can be used.

So after the fire truck was towed to the scene, the first thing two firefighters did was to stand on it and shake the lever of the manual water pump, pressurizing the water pump while also pumping water out of the fire hydrant.

This series of processes is very cumbersome and troublesome, but in this era, it is already very rare to have a fire truck that can appear in time to put out a fire.

But it is undeniable that even so, it is still a waste of time. Even if the fire truck arrives in time, it is often difficult to control the fire quickly. This is why once a fire occurs in this era, it is often very serious.

As Perfect watched, as the flames spread from the burning house to the houses on both sides, the fire truck finally sprayed white water hoses to start putting out the fire.

The underground city's management officials also arrived at the scene at this time. While maintaining order and evacuating the people, they were also deploying more manpower to assist in extinguishing the fire.

"It seems that they are quite efficient. Let's go back." Seeing that the management officials of the underground city had arrived and the fire was beginning to be under control, Perfect was quite satisfied with their efficiency and turned to leave.

(End of this chapter)