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Chapter 369: The sky is full of flames, one wave is not over, and another wave is rising (two chapters combined into one)

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"Shashasha..."

A gust of wind blew into the courtyard, and the branches and leaves of a leafy tree in the courtyard were swayed by the wind, making bursts of noise.

Although Fang Jingtang became the new leader of the Red Blood Gang, he did not move to the magnificent mansion built by the deceased Hong Jiu and then live in his original compound.

The lights in the study were brightly lit, and Fang Jingtang was looking through the accounts of the past few days.

Now that he has promised to that big shot, taking over the Scarlet Blood Gang will bring the Scarlet Blood Gang's business to a higher level, so Fang Jingtang must try his best to make some achievements in the shortest possible time.

This also led to him asking his members of the Red Blood Gang to further squeeze the porters on the dock, and to find ways to capture all the daughters of those who could not repay the money.

"My income in the past few days has increased a lot compared to the past. If I maintain this income, I will soon be able to fulfill the promise I made to the Lord before." Fang Jingtang, who read the account in his hand, nodded with great satisfaction, and then Smiling to himself.

When he closed the account and put it aside, he took a sip of tea from the tea cup in front of him, and was about to get up and go to the dock to inspect it.

A figure hurriedly ran into his residence, then opened the study door and ran in without bothering to knock on the door.

Fang Jingtang frowned when he saw his men pushing the door in so impolitely.

He put down the teacup in his hand and was about to reprimand him as the leader of the gang.

As a result, before he could speak, the member of the Red Blood Gang who hurried into the study said something that left Fang Jingtang stunned.

"Gang Leader, it's not good, there's a fire in our residence."

"Don't panic when something happens. If a fire breaks out, just ask someone to bring water to put it out."

"It can't be put out! The fire is too strong."

"What? The fire is too big?"

After hearing this, Fang Jingtang immediately walked out of the study and looked up into the distance.

He saw only orange-red fires filling the sky in the distance, and black smoke billowing straight into the sky. It was completely different from the sudden fire that he imagined, and the scope of the fire was limited to a corner of a certain courtyard.

"What's going on? Why was there such a big fire?"

"I don't know! When we discovered the fire, it was just a small area, but after a while, it became so big."

"..." Fang Jingtang narrowed his eyes, and the scholarly temperament on his body changed, making people feel very cold.

Regarding this rapidly spreading fire, if you think about it, you will find that something is very wrong. Fang Jingtang immediately came to a conclusion.

"Someone deliberately set fire to our home!"

"Gang Leader, I think we should immediately ask the porters on the dock to stop what they are doing and go to the fire scene to put out the fire."

Fang Jingtang nodded to his subordinate's proposal, and the latter quickly rushed out of his residence and ran towards the dock in the distance.

"Did people from the Feilong Gang do it?" Fang Jingtang looked at the growing fire in the distance, and immediately suspected the person who deliberately set the fire on their enemy, the Feilong Gang.

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"Dang Dang Dang..."

The sound of the gong rang on the dock. The porters who were carrying goods from the cargo ship were immediately attracted by the sound and looked at the Red Blood Gang member who was ringing the gong.

The members of the Red Blood Gang who were ringing the gong saw that the porters' attention was attracted. They immediately stopped beating the gong, pointed to the burning place in the distance, and shouted to the porters.

"Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing, grabbed buckets and went over there to put out the fire."

The porters looked into the distance, and many people exclaimed.

"Oh my God, there's a fire over there."

"It looks like the fire is pretty big!"

"With such a big fire, it's very dangerous to go to the scene!"

"Yes! If you are not careful, you may be killed in the fire..."

The members of the Red Blood Gang, who were holding gongs in their hands, saw that the porters on the dock did not go to the fire scene to put out the fire. Instead, they were talking about each other, as if they didn't want to put out the fire. His expression suddenly darkened.

"Hurry up and put out the fire. If you don't stand still, you won't be able to get today's wages, and you won't be able to work at our dock in the future."

A simple threatening word struck directly at the heart of the porters on the dock.

Without their jobs, many people's sources of income were cut off. In order to keep their jobs, porters who were unwilling to put out fires started to take action.

Everyone went to the place where the buckets were stored to get the buckets. After fetching water from the river bank, they rushed towards the place where the fire broke out.

"What a bunch of cheap guys..." The members of the Red Blood Gang, holding gongs in their hands, looked at the porters who went to put out the fire and cursed with disdain.

"Should we put out the fire too?" asked the supervisors holding whips on the dock.

The member of the Red Blood Gang holding the gong thought for a moment, shook his head and said.

"You should keep an eye on the goods on the dock to prevent some cheap guys from taking advantage of the troubled waters and stealing our things."

"Okay." The supervisors holding whips nodded, and then looked at the Red Blood Gang member who rushed to the fire scene with a gong in his hand.

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In front of the quiet courtyard.

"Snapped."

Lin Li snapped his fingers, and sparks shot out from his fingertips. The flying sparks did not extinguish in mid-air, but immediately grew in size. In the blink of an eye, they turned into fireballs the size of watermelons.

As he thought, the flaming fireballs the size of watermelons formed and formed immediately spread out in all directions and flew towards the quiet courtyards.

"Peng."

The fireball fell into the quiet courtyard, hitting the roof or doors and windows, and the sparks exploded and ignited the wooden houses.

After a while, the area where Lin Li was located immediately turned into a sea of ​​​​fire, connecting with the sea of ​​​​fire in the area he had previously lit.

"The fire of this scale is almost gone now. Let's wait for the targets to appear..." Lin Li whispered to himself, turning his back to the burning sea of ​​​​fire, and walked into the dark alley in the distance.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

The harsh sound of gongs was heard one after another at the fire scene. If you observe carefully, you will find that there are several members of the Red Blood Gang holding gongs at the fire scene. Each has his own idea and is directing the people who came from the dock to put out the fire. Porters.

"The fire here is getting bigger and bigger, please come here and put out the fire."

"Come to me, come to me quickly, I need people here."

"Mad, come quickly! My home is about to be burned down."

The porters carrying the buckets were ordered to run here and there by the Red Blood Gang members who had their own ideas, running like headless flies, which did not help in controlling the fire.

Because there was no clear command, the fire was put out in such a clueless manner that the already huge fire showed no signs of weakening at all. Instead, it felt like it was getting bigger and bigger.

"It's over, my house is on fire."

"Oops! My home was also burned down, and the expensive set of furniture I just bought is still at home!"

"Damn it, why is this fire getting bigger and bigger? It can't go on like this!"

Some members of the Red Blood Gang only care about their own interests in this situation, while others are worried that the fire will burn down the entire headquarters of the Red Blood Gang.

However, one thing is the same. No matter what kind of thinking people have, they are very anxious when facing the raging fire in front of them, and they all hope that the flames can be extinguished as soon as possible.

"You guys, stop banging the gongs and follow my instructions..." Fang Jingtang, who rushed to the scene, shouted loudly, and then the members of the Red Blood Gang who were banging the gongs and giving blind orders stopped immediately.

"Thirty people go over there to put out the fire." Fang Jingtang pointed to a burning place and said, and then pointed to another burning place and gave another order, "Fifty people over there to put out the fire."

After two waves of people went to put out the fire according to his instructions, he said to the remaining porters, "You deal with the burning area in front of you."

The porters nodded and began to put out the fire. At this time, Fang Jingtang spoke to the members of the Red Blood Gang who were standing still.

"Don't just stand there and just watch them put out the fire. If you don't want all our belongings to be destroyed by the fire, just bring me buckets and bring water to put out the fire."

"Yes, gang leader." The gang leader spoke. Naturally, these members of the Red Blood Gang could not continue to stand aside as spectators. They also went to the place where the buckets were stored to carry water to put out the fire.

"Wow, wow, wow..."

Buckets after buckets of water were poured into the fire. Under the suppression of everyone, the massive fire was controlled from spreading, but there was still a long way to go before the fire was extinguished.

A fat little leader of the Red Blood Gang poured a bucket of water into the fire, wiped the sweat from his forehead due to the heat wave, and said to Fang Jingtang, who looked solemn.

"Gang Leader, we can't continue like this! Although we have controlled the spread of the fire, when our strength is exhausted, the fire will quickly spread to other places that are not on fire..."

How could Fang Jingtang, as the commander-in-chief, not know about this situation? When he heard what the little boss said, he immediately replied.

"I know, and I didn't expect that we could put out this fire with our own strength."

"Gang leader, what you mean is that we are putting out the fire now purely to hold back the fire and wait for the fire-fighting team in the city to arrive?" said the fat little leader.

"Yes." Fang Jingtang said, and then he said to the porters who were called to put out the fire.

"Those who participated in putting out the fire tonight, as long as they did their best to help our Red Blood Gang put out the fire, we will reward each of you with one month's wages tomorrow."

Facing the blazing sea of ​​​​fire, the porters, who were worried about being burned by the fire, actually did not try their best to put out the fire.

At this time, after hearing Fang Jingtang's promise, everyone felt as if they had been given a shot of blood, and they put out the fire much more quickly.

"Oh, it turns out that these people didn't do much just now. What a bunch of bastards..." The obese little leader of the Red Blood Gang saw that the porters' movements had become much more agile, and he immediately knew what was going on. What happened, he immediately cursed.

"Okay, stop scolding them. We still need them now. After the fire is out, we will find an opportunity to deal with these scoundrels." Fang Jingtang raised his hand to signal the little boss not to say anything.

After all, the top priority is to control the fire now and prevent it from burning down the Red Blood Gang's headquarters.

Just when the fire was brought under control by everyone, it stopped spreading to other places.

Suddenly, a member of the Red Blood Gang saw fire appearing on the north side of the Red Blood Gang's base camp, and after a while, it formed a large area, and he immediately screamed. "No, there's a fire over there again."

"What?" The people present were stunned for a moment when they heard the scream, and then looked in the direction pointed by the Red Blood Gang member.

"groove."

"I'm sorry."

"Made."

"What the hell..."

Fang Jingtang always felt that he was a scholar and should not curse like those very rude Red Blood Gang members who had not read much.

However, when he saw a fire on the north side of the base camp, he immediately cursed like other members of the Red Blood Gang.

The fire that started in the north of the base camp spread quickly and joined the sea of ​​​​fire in the west. The fire suddenly became more and more powerful, and it was no longer controllable by these people.

"Gang leader, the fire in the north started very strangely. It was just a small fire at first, but soon it burned a large area. Someone must be setting the fire." said the member of the Red Blood Gang who was the first to discover the fire in the north.

"Asshole..." Fang Jingtang cursed with a livid face, and then said to the people present, "The workers stayed and continued to control the fire. The others followed me to the north to catch the guy who set the fire."

"Yes." The members of the Red Blood Gang agreed through gritted teeth, and then followed the livid-faced Fang Jingtang to the north.

After all the members of the Red Blood Gang left, a young man among the porters who put out the fire shouted.

"Okay, everyone, please stop trying so hard to put out the fire. The fire is huge now. Let's not risk our lives in it."

Hearing the young man's shouting, the porters stopped putting out the fire for a moment. Everyone was not a fool. After thinking about it for a moment, they realized that what the young man said was correct.

Although the leader of the Red Blood Gang said that as long as he puts out the fire with all his strength, he will reward everyone with a month's salary after the fire subsides, but the premise is that you don't risk your own life when putting out the fire.

And now everyone from the Red Blood Gang has left to catch the so-called arsonist. Without them present, everyone can just act casually, and no one will know anyway.

Because of the young man's shouting, the porters immediately changed their attitude of desperately putting out the fire and began to slowly carry water to put out the fire.

"Hey, you can do it! Just one sentence will stop everyone from trying their best to put out the fire." The friend of the young man who called out said softly.

"Because what I said makes sense! Now the fire in the north is connected with the fire in the west. Even if we try our best to bring water to extinguish the fire, it will not help.

And if you rush forward with all your strength to put out the fire when there is such a big fire, you may very well risk your life... A month's salary reward is quite tempting, but we also have to live to receive the money! "The young man responded.

"That's true, but you must have other thoughts when you shout like this, right?" the young man's friend said softly.

"Hehe..." The young man nodded and responded in a low voice.

“Before, the Red Blood Gang had to force us to finish our work before we could have dinner, but now my stomach is growling with hunger.

Now that this fire has burned down their base camp, it can be regarded as their retribution. I hope that this fire will burn more and more. "

"Actually, I have the same thought in my heart. I don't hate the person who set fire to the Red Blood Gang's headquarters at all." The young man's friend laughed softly.

Just as the two men were gloating about their misfortune, an older porter shouted loudly to the two young men.

"Hey, what are you two whispering to each other over there? Why don't you hurry up and stay away from the fire?

Didn't you see the fire keep jumping out? If you get burned, you will cry..."

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