Upon arriving at the fourth floor, we saw a large room that had been renovated on the east side.
Pushing open the door, I saw ten piles of white paper neatly stacked inside, just as marked on the blueprints. The positions and distances were exactly the same as on the blueprints, with the ventilation opening located on the upper right side of the wall.
Ning Zhiheng nodded in approval. Huo Yueze and his team had acted quickly, and in just half a month, they had completely recreated the necessary parts of the library building and set up an environment just like the library building, which was more than enough to serve as a training ground for the monkeys.
Just then, Ning Zhiheng heard a shout, the sound of a whip cracking, and then the squeaking of a monkey.
Ning Zhiheng turned around and walked around a pile of white paper, and saw the monkey trainer training the little monkey to light a tinderbox.
But no matter how hard he tried to demonstrate, whenever the little monkey pulled the tinder out of the bamboo tube and shook it, causing a flame to appear, it would involuntarily throw the tinder away. Clearly, the sudden appearance of the flame made it very uncomfortable and even somewhat at a loss.
All animals are afraid of fire, but this little monkey didn't show any fear of fire during the performance. It's probably just not used to it yet, and it will need to be trained gradually.
The monkey trainer, named Li Erdong, made a living by performing monkey shows on the streets all year round. Just half a month ago, one night, after finishing a performance and receiving a large sum of money, he was walking happily home when he was grabbed by several burly men, put into a car, and finally taken to a house and locked up.
The gang of thugs gave him a large sum of money, and all they wanted him to do was train his little monkey to set fire to a room full of white paper in a building within a month.
Li Erdong knew these people were no ordinary strongmen, so he could only obediently follow their orders and dared not be negligent in the slightest.
Fortunately, this was not a difficult task for him. Driven by the whip and food, the little monkey quickly learned to enter the warehouse from the outer wall. After all, climbing is a monkey's instinct, so it was not a problem.
However, it was at the final ignition stage that I struggled to adapt, and progress was somewhat slow.
Ning Zhiheng glanced at it but didn't go over. He turned to Huo Yueze and asked, "Are there any difficulties now? Time waits for no one. I'll give you at most another month. Are you confident?"
Huo Yueze said with some difficulty, "There are still some problems. First of all, this little monkey is still afraid of fire and hides at the sight of flames. However, the monkey trainer said that as long as he has more time, it shouldn't be a problem. Another point is that real banknotes are much thicker than ordinary white paper, and the small flame from the tinderbox can't guarantee that it will actually ignite. If the fire doesn't start quickly, it will be extinguished quickly once the Japanese discover it. Therefore, we must increase the speed of the fire when it is lit, so that the entire warehouse can be burned in the shortest possible time. I plan to add some accelerants, such as gasoline or alcohol, but this will increase the difficulty of training and prolong the training time. I'm not entirely confident about it."
Huo Yueze was meticulous and his considerations were indeed thorough. Ning Zhiheng pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "We must ensure success on the first try. Let's add a little more alcohol or gasoline. The training will be more difficult, but waiting is worthwhile. As for the Japanese putting out the fire..."
At this point, he glanced at Ji Hongyi beside him and said again, "Hongyi, do you remember what methods we used when we went to carry out the mission of eliminating traitors back then?"
Ji Hongyi thought for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on and said with a smile, "Chief, you mean we should use the same old trick again and cut off the water supply to the library building, leaving them without water!"
"Yes, that's it!" Ning Zhiheng clapped his hands together and said with a smile, "We'll use the same old method. On the day of the operation, as soon as the fire starts, we'll sabotage the water pipes in the library building. The warehouse is full of banknotes. Once the fire starts, there will be no water to put it out, so there's no way to extinguish it. Even if the Japanese find out, there's nothing they can do. This is double insurance!"
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