Chapter 94 Workers: This is my food being burned!
On the night of June 30th, most of the workers who had received their full monthly salary went into the city to do some shopping. There were too many printed items and they had been shopping too late. It was unsafe to walk at night, so most of them decided to stay another night and go home early the next morning.
Originally, the base would light candles every night as people worked overtime, making it look like a dazzling fortress shrouded in sunlight in the dark night. Now, most people have finished work, and only a few candles are left in the accommodation area, but as the sky gets darker, they gradually fade away.
Tonight is the only day in the month without a moon. The sky is dotted with stars, but they cannot illuminate the darkness on the ground.
When the last candlelight was blown out, the entire base was plunged into pitch darkness.
It was a dark and windy night when everything was quiet and everything was silent, a good time to kill, set fire and do bad things.
At the entrance of the kelp breeding base, in a dark corner where one thought there was no one, a furtive figure appeared.
They didn't even dare to light a fire stick, but blew a few whistles in the dark.
The calls of seabirds, common on the seashore, were heard, some long and some short, corresponding to the secret code.
"Is this the place?" One of the thin figures looked at the tall building in front of him and asked his accomplice who had worked here for a month in a low voice.
"Yes, this is the core of the entire base—the kelp seedling cultivation pool."
"The warehouse next door holds all the hemp ropes produced this month. If there's a problem with either of them, this batch of kelp won't be successful."
"You two keep watch, we'll go in." The leading black figure gave a brief assignment and was about to lead his men into the warehouse and breeding pool.
"I think we should go burn the food!"
The other two thought it made sense, so they temporarily changed their strategy and sent one of them to the granary.
"Wait." The thin figure grabbed the two of them and said, "You haven't told me where the chicken farm, pig farm, and rabbit farm are yet?"
His master's family specializes in meat, so the success or failure of the kelp will not have much impact on him, but if those factories are established, his source of income will be cut off.
The two men watching from behind quickly pulled him away, cursing, "Is this the time to be fussing over this? We all united to fight the outsiders from Qin, yet we've ended up squabbling among ourselves? Let's finish this here first, then head to the meat factory and help you take those chickens, pigs, and rabbits away."
The thin figure thought about it and agreed, thinking that this way his family would not suffer any loss.
However, he took this opportunity and slowly shrank into the darkness behind. It had nothing to do with him at the moment and was not worth the risk, so he slipped away.
Of course he didn't really run away alone, he just hid aside and didn't show up.
A quarter of an hour later, the two lookouts scratched their heads in surprise. Why hasn't he come out yet? It's been so long, they should have something to say whether it succeeds or not.
"Hey, why do I feel creepy on my back? It seems like something is going to happen." One of the lookouts touched the white sweat on his back and rubbed the goose bumps on his hands.
Another person nudged him and said, "It's only natural that you have a bad feeling about what we're doing."
If his entire family wasn't in the hands of his master, he wouldn't want to come here. But there was nothing he could do. He had been a servant for generations, and his entire family depended on their master to live and die for him.
"Why don't we go in and take a look? It's too quiet here, and it always makes me feel uneasy."
"Okay, okay, you're the one with too many things to do."
As soon as they took a step, an extremely strong fishing net came over their heads, and the two people were immediately caught in the net before they could react.
Their long-term watchfulness made them about to open their mouths to warn, but as soon as I opened my mouth, a piece of extremely smelly rag was stuffed into it.
"Mmmmm!"
"I specially left my socks unwashed for three days and only put two patches on them. You guys are lucky."
"Mmm! Yue!"
unicorn
Bang! Bang!
Someone carried a wooden stick as thick as an arm and knocked them unconscious with two bangs.
"Captain, everything is done here."
"Captain, the people who were contacting us outside have been captured."
"Captain, the person who attempted to poison the incubation pool has been apprehended red-handed."
"Captain, the person who entered the warehouse and tried to burn the hemp rope has been caught red-handed."
"Captain, someone is trying to poison the cafeteria's water supply!"
The guards who were scattered around waiting for the opportunity came back one after another to report that the behavior was basically as expected, except for the last one.
"What did you say?" The captain stood up in surprise. "Is our water source still safe? Did he get it?"
The team member who had brought the people back hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, our food and water are very safe."
As he said this, he couldn't help but give the person who poisoned the cafeteria a kick, gritting his teeth and saying, "You are so vicious! Others only want our money, but you want our lives."
Everyone knows that the kelp breeding base provides three meals for free. In order to save a meal, they and the workers must have breakfast in the cafeteria before leaving.
If he succeeded, the news that the base had poisoned all the workers to avoid paying its debts would have spread throughout Buning County before noon.
With such a vicious reputation, who would dare to come to their base to find work in the future?
The people below could only think of such simple things, but Wang Li, who was responsible for rectifying the matter, knew that the man's intentions were sinister and far beyond their imagination.
"Once this is accomplished, forget about recruiting. Even Daqin's reputation in Donghai County, which had finally improved, will immediately plummet to the bottom!"
"This is to dig up the roots of my Great Qin!"
The Wang family is a family of military generals who rose to power by relying on the Qin Dynasty. Once the Qin Dynasty collapses, they will be the first to be unable to escape.
The person who used this vicious plan wanted to kill all of them!
Wang Li was so angry that his teeth were itching. If that person was in front of him, he would want to catch him and cut him into pieces.
"Suppress this man alone, and find out who is behind this. He is not allowed to die until he tells the truth." He lowered his brows, revealing a ruthlessness similar to that of his father and grandfather.
The man who had been standing behind him to protect him came out and said with a fist clasped, "Yes."
Wang Li was very confident in him. He was the man assigned to him by his father Wang Ben. He was best at obtaining intelligence. Someone like him who had not received special training would not even last a single round in his hands.
"Major General, the little mouse in the dark has indeed sneaked into the chicken coop just as the Immortal Master predicted."
Wang Li clapped his hands and smiled, "Okay."
"Follow the plan. Pretend you didn't see anything. If necessary, help him escape the base. Remember, make sure he thinks he escaped on his own."
A moment later, Liu Ji came in and looked at the row of knocked-out thieves neatly laid out. He got closer and looked at them one by one, from the far left to the far right. "They're all there."
Wang Li couldn't help laughing when he saw this familiar scene. "Liu Ji, Liu Ji, it's been over half a year, why are you still doing the same job?"
"If you ask me, once the Qin Dynasty opens trade with the Xiongnu, you might as well go with the caravan. Sending so many spies to the Xiongnu might not be as effective as you."
Liu Ji knew he was joking, but he didn't get angry. He just bowed and smiled, "Then I'd like to thank Marquis Wucheng for arranging a high position and generous salary for me."
After saying this, he looked at the captain of the guard standing beside him and said, "Hurry up and light the fire. If the fire is not lit soon, everyone will fall asleep."
Without witnesses, they would not be able to act with such confidence or justification.
The captain of the guards kicked the arsonist twice. "Don't blame me for this. These two useless guys can't even use flint." He bent down and took out two flints from his hands. "Let me help them."
He walked into the darkness with the flint, and a moment later a shrill scream came from outside the door, "Fire!"
"The warehouse has been found! Put out the fire!"
The night watchman who had been waiting nearby immediately struck the gong. The sounds of shouting for help, crying, running, and the confused inquiries of those who were suddenly woken up mixed together to form a picture of the base being robbed in the middle of the night.
The thief who had been knocked unconscious was also awakened by the loud noise. Just as he was about to raise his head to see what was going on, a wooden stick as thick as his arm quickly enlarged before his eyes.
Bang!
Scored twice.
The thief had just woken up when he was knocked unconscious again, and his head hit the ground, leaving a big bump.
Wang Li stepped out of the room. The deliberately magnified fire illuminated the dark night. After making sure that even those in the city could see it, he gave the order:
"Call it a day and put out the fire."
The workers came out, rubbing their eyes and donning their outer robes, looking blankly at the scene before them: "What's going on? Where's the fire? Should we run?"
A doctor hurried by, carrying a medicine box, and immediately exaggerated the incident: "The grain warehouse was burned down!"
The person questioning was stunned, almost unable to react, then he jumped up with a roar, and the remaining sleepiness was completely scared away. He ran and jumped into the house, "Don't sleep! Our food has been burned!"
This shout immediately woke up everyone in the dormitory building.
What? The grain was burned?
Whose food was burned?
It was their food that was burned!
Anger surged instantly, and the common people, wrapped in robes casually, picked up all the weapons they could.
Food is their lifeblood, and they will fight to the death with anyone who touches the food!
"Who the hell set the fire?" The woman, who had just received a bushel of grain and had been dreaming of getting rich and living a good life, was overwhelmed with grief when she heard this. She was so angry that her head felt a little dizzy. "I used to get a bushel of grain every month, and he touched my grain!"
"I can't stand this anymore! I'm going to call for help. This arsonist deserves to be hacked to pieces, and he won't have an easy time!"
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The next day, as soon as the city gate of Buning County was opened, a large group of angry people rushed in.
They were young and old, male and female, all of whom were recruited by workers at the base, as well as villagers who came from various villages after hearing the news.
They gathered at the gate of the county government office and asked the county magistrate to give them justice and severely punish the arsonist.
"Those damned bastards not only set fire to the food, they also poisoned the water supply! What heartless bastards!"
The men holding the faded wooden sticks did not take action, but after eating good food for a month, the men, who were not short to begin with, became even stronger and were extremely intimidating just by standing there.
They howled, "We beg the county magistrate to uphold justice and severely punish the murderer!"
Amidst everyone's calls, the Buning County Magistrate walked out of the county government office slowly, pretending to be ignorant of anything, and said in a pretentious manner that he would definitely catch the murderer and severely punish them together with the people behind them!
He raised his head, his gaze passing over the excited crowd, and met the pairs of eyes emerging from several carriages outside the crowd.
Both sides saw the intense murderous intent.
The Magistrate of Buning County: Those who do not respect the laws of the Great Qin should be killed!
Some people: Damn it, you treat me as a source of income!
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