Sitting in the carriage, I felt more and more that the road from home to the factory was so long, and after a long time, I saw a fire in the distance, and the fire was not small.

Xi Duyun was angry for a while, he had long known that it was very dangerous to strike iron in the factory, and there was a high probability of fire, but he didn't expect that when the business was just right, there would be such a disaster.

This was something she had worked so hard to build, and she was knocked down like this.

Zhou Zheng burned half of his sleeves, and he was still directing the workers to splash water hard.

Fortunately, there were not many flammable materials in the factory, and it didn't take long for the fire to be extinguished, and there were bursts of black smoke on the brick walls, and a strong and pungent smell.

Xi Duyun stood not far away and sniffed carefully, as if he smelled the smell of kerosene, even if someone would light a kerosene lamp at night, but there was no reason why the smell would be so big, it seemed to be the smell of a lot of kerosene.

She already had some vague thoughts in her heart, and turned her head to look at Zhou Zheng, who was embarrassed, half of his face was red, and he was sitting on the ground panting.

"Are you alright?" Xi Duyun asked.

Zhou Zheng shook his head, but he couldn't say a word when he was tired.

Xi Duyun turned his head to look at Cuiyun, "You help me count it, everyone is here, especially those apprentices who have just arrived, see if there are any casualties, if there are injuries, you gather and take them to see the doctor, if there are deaths, you have to do a good job of pacifying them, and I will be responsible for the compensation in the later stage." ”

Cuiyun nodded, thinking that Xi Muyun hadn't slept all night, so she asked with concern, "Miss, are you tired?" Why don't you find a place to rest for a while? ”

Xi Duyun shook her head, what happened to such a big thing, how much she lost, and she hadn't calculated it yet, how could she sleep? It's better to take care of the things in front of you before you can rest.

Cuiyun didn't say anything, sighed slightly, and went down to count.

Xi Duyun wanted to go in, but Zhou Zheng immediately stopped her: "Don't go in yet, miss, it's still very hot inside." ”

Xi Duyun stood outside, in fact, he could feel the hot air on his face, the temperature was very high, as if it could burn people's skin.

She took a look at it, the iron-burning factory actually didn't have much, and the foundation of the building was not something that could be easily destroyed by fire.

I'm afraid it's just that the newly made parts and machines are burned and can't be used.

Now is the time of shortage, and I worked overtime to catch up with the shift two days ago, but I didn't expect an accident to happen so soon.

Cuiyun gathered all the people and counted them, and soon counted the results, and hurriedly ran over and said: "Miss, most of the parts stored in it for replacement and the finished machines have been burned, and there is no way to use them, but the iron can still be put away and continued to be used, but the iron has to be re-struck." ”

Xi Duyun should have thought of it a long time ago, the factory was very big, he wanted to take a look everywhere, looking for clues, so he said to Cuiyun: "You go and count how many casualties there are, I'll take a look everywhere." ”

Cuiyun looked at the factory that was smoking everywhere, and said with some worry: "It's too dangerous, miss, I'll be by your side with you." ”

"Now I really can't find someone who can help me, Cuiyun, you can do this thing well, even if it is to protect me, besides, this is our factory, what can go wrong?" Xi Duyun said with a smile.

"It's just that I think it's weird." Cuiyun shook her head, sighed again, and said after a long time: "I don't know if I'm right, anyway, this young lady is too dangerous." ”

"You see that, too?" Xi Duyun asked.

Cuiyun nodded, "Yes, after all, not long after we finished tearing up with the Xia family, there was a fire in the factory, I really think that it looks like the Xia family did it,"

Xi Duyun smiled faintly, and then said: "If it is really the Xia family who did it this time, I will definitely not be able to spare him, it seems that the master of the Xia family is really in a hurry, and he can come up with such a way to damage other people's property, which is unreasonable anywhere." ”

"I'm afraid of sabotage, and that man is still in the factory." Cuiyun said.

"Probably that person will feel weak too." Xi Duyun smiled faintly, glanced at the blackened factory again, sighed and said, "No casualties are considered a good thing, you go and count who is not there, maybe we can find any clues from this?" ”

Cuiyun nodded, "I'll go now, miss, you have to be careful." ”

Xi Duyun nodded, and was about to go in to take a look, when Zhou Zheng came over, "Miss Cuiyun, don't worry, I'm following Miss, I'm strong, even if there are any bad people who want to be bad for Miss, I can actually protect Miss Zhouquan." ”

Cuiyun nodded, then relieved a little, and turned to leave.

As she walked in front, she could still feel the heat coming from the building, as well as the puffs of smoke, choking tears to your eyes.

Zhou Zheng followed behind her, "Miss has two orders, the boss is going to pick up the goods today, the number is not small, fifteen units." ”

"So many, did you buy it from Zhuangzi?" Xi Duyun asked.

"Yes, they are all nearby landlords, there are many Zhuangzi, so I asked for so many, that batch of goods was originally in the warehouse, but now it is also burned, there is no way to give it to them, what should I do now?" Zhou Zheng asked, the breach of contract is to be compensated, but now if it is compensated, it will be worse.

Xi Duyun sighed and couldn't hide, the factory was gone, and he could continue to practice iron and iron in it, but if that batch of goods burned down, the liquidated damages would be an astronomical amount.

Business has just picked up, and this blow can be said to be almost devastating.

She turned her head to look at Zhou Zheng, "Is there a way to drive out a batch of goods in a short period of time?" ”

Zhou Zheng shook his head, "It's hard to say." ”

Xi Duyun knew that today was the time for delivery, and even if blacksmiths from all over the world were found, there was no way to make so many of them, and the scale of their factory was still too small to do it, like a modern, flow-oriented enterprise factory.

If that kind of thing can be realized one day, then the mass production of anything can be achieved for the convenience of the public, but now everything is difficult at the beginning, and such a catastrophe has just appeared on the scale of a thing, which is really unaffordable.

"Zhou Zheng, you help me make an appointment with those two bosses, you must have a good attitude, ask them over, and I will personally make amends to them." Xi Duyun took a deep breath and said as if he had made up his mind: "You must have integrity in doing business, and the liquidated damages that need to be paid as written in the contract cannot be less, but now that we have suffered such a tribulation, we will definitely need to invest funds in the future, and I will tell the two bosses about the liquidated damages, and I will compensate again in the future." ”

Zhou Zheng looked anxious, "But isn't this too hurtful?" That's not a small amount. ”

Xi Duyun nodded, "I know it too, but I can't lose integrity, honesty is the foundation of doing business, by the way, you also lived in the factory last night, did you hear any special movements?" ”

Zhou Zheng shook his head, "In the past two days, I have to train people and rush to work, I am so tired, I slept very deeply, or the workers in the factory called me up and said that it was on fire, at that time the fire was already very big, I quickly organized everyone to put out the fire, and sent someone to inform you, I was really busy, and I didn't find anything suspicious or human." ”

Xi Duyun nodded, since he decided to do this, he must be prepared, Zhou Zheng is also a rough man, and he may not be careful enough to notice anything.