I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

Luo Shixing couldn't help gasping when he heard this. He just thought that the manor should not catch fire, otherwise the granary would not be safe.

At this moment, when he heard the word "mountain fire", his color changed a little.

Now Beidai County has entered the dry season, and some places have become very dry. The terrain here is so unique that it has a tropical rainforest climate on the mountain, but it becomes a dry place in the valley.

Once a wildfire occurs, it is extremely difficult to extinguish, and it will be difficult for future generations, let alone the present.

Luo Shixing said: "We must first determine where the wildfire occurred."

There is a saying that Wangshan ran a dead horse, even if it looked not far away from them, it was actually very likely that place was far away.

Now Luo Shixing's only hope is that the smoke was caused by a tribe in a certain mountain. Although it might be a bit wicked to think so, if the fire broke out in a place where the tribe lived, it would be much easier to extinguish it than on the mountain.

He walked out with Cheng Jingwei while talking, and when he went downstairs, he happened to see Pei Xingben coming out for a stroll.

Since the establishment of the alliance, Luo Shixing's empty room downstairs has become their office.

At this time, seeing Luo Shixing and Cheng Jingwei's faces were not very good-looking, he couldn't help asking, "What happened?"

Nothing happened recently, right?He seriously recalled that if there was anything to do, he would report it to them first, and they would handle it according to their discretion, and if they really couldn't handle it, they would tell Luo Shixing.

In the past, they would often handle everything by themselves, not because they looked down on Luo Shixing, but subconsciously felt that this child was young and didn't have much experience, so he must not be able to handle those things well.

It's just that when Luo Shixing made a set of combined punches before, everyone was a lot more honest. Even if things were handled properly, they would write a report and send the ins and outs to Luo Shixing for review.

This can be regarded as the corresponding respect they gave for acknowledging Luo Shixing's status.

Luo Shixing said hastily: "Ah Wei and I just saw that there seems to be a fire in the north. I don't know if it is a mountain fire. We plan to go outside to have a look."

Pei Xingben was also taken aback after hearing this: "Mountain fire?"

He thought of this question for a moment, and then said, "I'll call Minister Cui."

The so-called Minister Cui is Cui Shenji, because their responsibilities are not so detailed for the time being, so existences such as the water dragon team are assigned to Cui Shenji.

Luo Shixing nodded: "Let everyone prepare first and see the situation before we talk."

While talking, he ran out. At this time, the thick smoke in the distance had been noticed by many people. Luo Shixing ran to the square to take a look, and when he turned his head, he saw Cheng Jingwei stretching out his hand and gesticulating something. He couldn't help asking: " What are you doing here?"

Cheng Jingwei said casually, "Just judge the distance."

It is very, very difficult to find a reference object and judge the distance by the size of this object. Basically, famous generals can do this, or it is basically officers who can do this.

Although these military officers did not leave much ink in the long river of history, their status was not low at that time.

Cheng Jingwei made a gesture, but Luo Shixing didn't understand it, and then he heard him say: "It's probably where you turn over the back mountain and then another mountain."

This position is very close to them.

Cui Shenji, who ran over, couldn't help but praised and said: "The tiger is worth the money."

The Cheng family is a military family, and now it seems that there is a little genetic effect in it.

Cheng Jingwei said very modestly: "It's just a trick."

Luo Shixing was helpless: "Let's wait until we have anything to say. Let the water dragon team stand by day and night first, and then send someone over to check."

At this time, Wang Antong who had been following Cheng Jingwei suddenly said, "Let Lang San go."

Luo Shixing turned to look at him, and Wang Antong explained: "Wolves run fast, it's easier to just look at the distance."

Luo Shixing thought about it, even if he sent people to go, he would not dare to let people get close to the center of the fire, at most, he would take a look at it from a distance, so it would be better to let the wolves go, after all, wolves run faster, and basically there is nothing too big Danger.

The wild boars in the vicinity were almost wiped out by Wang Antong and his pack of wolves. The pig raising business in the manor had started, and there were no wolves in the vicinity that could threaten them.

He nodded: "Tell Wolf Three to be more careful."

Wang Antong responded, turned his head and whined twice, and soon a wolf with darker fur ran over.

Cui Shenji on the side looked like he wanted to close his eyes. No matter what time, he couldn't adapt to this scene, especially when Wang Antong communicated with the wolves, he always felt that Wang Antong was a wolf in human skin.

Lang San ran over and rubbed Wang Antong very affectionately, just like a dog.

Wang Antong squatted down and groaned twice at it, and Lang San also moaned and groaned in response, then turned his head and ran away.

Since it can be regarded as sending out scouts, Luo Shixing let people return to their respective positions, and they can't just do nothing because of the wildfire, right?

Cheng Jingwei comforted everyone and said: "Don't worry, even if the wildfire spreads, it won't threaten us. The diversion trench we dug in the back mountain can also be used as a fire prevention ditch. If it doesn't work, we can fill the ditch with water."

Luo Shixing was very anxious at first, and he was so anxious that he forgot about the diversion tank. At this moment, he suddenly heard Cheng Jingwei say: "That's right, we still have the diversion tank."

If he was forcing himself to be very calm just now, he really calmed down now.

He waved his hand at the crowd and said: "Okay, let's go back and do what we should do. We are very safe. Let the water dragon team stand by. If the mountain fire spreads here, pour some water on the diversion tank."

The shape of the diversion trough is destined to hold water, but as long as the soil inside the diversion trough can be kept moist, the fire will not spread easily. There will be no shortage of water in the manor. The only difficult thing is to need Human power transports the water there.

So Cui Shenji directly ordered two large tanks to be placed in the diversion tank, and asked the water dragon team to transport water there, trying to be prepared.

After all, it may be too late to transport water after the fire spreads.

The third wolf left quickly and came back quickly. Wang Antong came back after talking with it and said, "The third wolf said that there is not much fire over there."

Luo Shixing was a little strange: "Why is there so much smoke when the fire isn't big? Is it very humid over there?"

Wang Antong shook his head: "That mountain over there is very strange. It doesn't grow much, and it's bare. We don't like to go there."

Of course, the dislike of the past he said was when he was a wolf boy.

Bare... In Beidai County, there are also bare mountains, because if the altitude is too high, the temperature on the top of the mountain will be relatively low all year round, and most plants will grow close to the ground, and they must be cold-resistant varieties.

Luo Shixing didn't guess any more, as long as the fire was not too big, it would be fine, and he would go and see what happened after the fire was extinguished.

There is a mountain that is prone to fire so close to them. No matter how you think about it, it is not safe. Now the thick smoke over there has drifted to them, no matter how you look at it, it is disturbing.

It’s just that their luck is really good. There is very little rain in the dry season, and even if it rains, it is a short drizzle, but there was a heavy rain that night. When they got up the next morning, they found that the fire on the mountain should have been extinguished. At least no more smoke.

Luo Shixing got up straight away and planned to go over to have a look, but was suppressed by Cheng Jingwei and the gangsters.

Li Youdao was very tired: "Your safety is very important now, so many people rely on you, how can you go to such a dangerous place casually?"

A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall, because he thought that Luo Shixing's series of actions before meant that he was already a mature superior, but everything was an illusion.

Luo Shixing: ...

He wanted to say that it wasn't that he wanted to lead the way, but that he was really curious.

But he still found a high-sounding reason: "Did you know? It seems that if there are not many plants growing on a mountain that is not too high, there is a high probability that there will be a mine below. Can you recognize what mine is?"

Li Youdao glared angrily: "Can you separate it?"

Luo Shixing raised his chin: "Of course."

Then he began to tell Li Youdao the characteristics of various minerals with his fingers, from the commonly used gold, silver, copper and iron to the less commonly used tin and various precious stones, which made Li Youdao's head ache.

Cheng Jingwei on the side was quite gloating, these people haven't figured out the character of the little lynx for so long.

In the end Li Youdao was annoyed by his nagging, he flicked his sleeves and said, "I don't care about you, just go."

Luo Shixing thought for a while and said, "Let Sanniang go with us."

Although he thinks that there are relatively few minerals here, that place is not too far from them, and gold, silver, copper and iron have been discovered long ago, and his own mines are all far away from here.

But since he made an excuse, he had to behave in a decent way.

Cheng Jingwei didn't follow him, but asked Wang Antong to bring the wolves and some people to follow Luo Shixing, and also prepared camping things for them.

The area there is deep in the mountains, and basically there is no road, that is to say, they have to open the road while walking, and they may not be able to return that day.

Cheng Jingwei was very worried, but he couldn't follow him. Now that the manor is in a stable and not so stable situation, he and Luo Shixing must have someone to sit here.

In the end, he couldn't help but said, "Why don't I go, and I'll bring you back whatever is there."

Luo Shixing rode directly on the wolf and said strangely, "What's the difference if you go or I go? Hey, my feet are almost dragging to the ground."

Cheng Jingwei looked at the little lynx with surprise on his face, and sighed helplessly: "You have grown faster than before recently, and you may not be able to ride a wolf after a while, so learn to ride a horse then."

Luo Shixing was a little entangled for a while, although riding a horse is handsome, but he feels even more handsome riding a wolf, as long as he rides a wolf on tour, he will be the most handsome boy in the whole manor.

But height is more important, so let’s ride while you can ride now.

Without waiting for Cheng Jingwei to say anything, Luo Shixing patted the wolf and let the wolf lead him out without giving Cheng Jingwei a chance to persuade him again.

The group of them basically rode on the back of wolves and walked in the mountains. Wolves were more convenient than horses.

It was already noon when they crossed the mountains and reached the top of the hill. Luo Shixing judged the time and said, "Let's go, hurry up and have a look, and try to return to the manor at night."

Camping in the wild is not that safe after all.

The burned mountain was very conspicuous among the surrounding greenery. From a distance, the top of a mountain was almost completely black. After they climbed up, Luo Shixing looked at the surrounding ashes and found that there were really no tall trees on the top of the mountain. , mostly plant ash.

Luo Shixing squatted down and pulled it with the dagger he carried with him. The grass and ash here are not very thick, and obviously the grass doesn't grow very much.

Pulling and pulling, a few black crushed stones rolled out.

Xiao Shanshi who was on the side said: "Even the stones are burnt black, the fire is not small."

Luo Shixing felt that something was wrong: "There is nothing to burn on this mountain. Where did such a big fire come from? And it didn't spread much."

While talking, he picked up the broken stones on the ground, looked carefully and said hesitantly, "This...doesn't seem like an ordinary stone."

He lowered his head and sniffed, and could vaguely smell a very pungent smell, but he couldn't remember exactly what it was.

At this time, Xiao Shanshi who was standing next to him said, "There is still a rabbit here, it is all burnt, and it is miserable."

It was burnt, Luo Shixing's ears moved, and he suddenly remembered what it smelled like.

Coal tar!

He immediately poked the ground twice with the dagger, and all the black-brown stones came up.

Luo Shixing immediately stood up and said, "Wang Antong, send someone back and ask Ah Wei to send more people over."

Wang Antong looked at him with some incomprehension, and Luo Shixing smiled slightly and said, "Tell him, we found charcoal."