As mentioned last time, at midnight a raging fire broke out in Xuchangdong City, and Jing Zhaoyin urgently sent a "fire brigade" to fight the fire, and all the officials were brought back to help fight the fire, because in this era when buildings mostly use bamboo and wood materials, fire is a very terrible thing, and he can't help but pay attention to it. Moreover, there are many shops in the east market, and the merchants are piling up all kinds of goods, and the consequences of the fire are more severe than those in ordinary houses.

At this time, the "fire brigade" was poorly equipped, and the means of firefighting were backward, and they had a water wheel, that is, a carriage was used to pull a carriage filled with water, but there was no kind of water pipe that could spray water out, commonly known as "water dragon", and the means of firefighting mainly relied on human hands to fill water with wooden barrels and basins, and then splashed it on the fire ground. Such backward means can be imagined, and what role can be played in the event of a fire.

The fires in Dongshi have been connected, don't look at those "Si Yao" departments and officials who seem to be very lively, watering and fighting the flames, in fact, everyone knows that there is no way to save this sea of fire, so they can only wait for them to burn out and extinguish themselves. Now they can count on the second type of fire prevention - the separation zone.

The ancients also recognized the difficulty of fire prevention, so the issue of separation zones was already considered in urban planning. When they build houses, they are all in patches, and each piece is a "square", and the squares are generally separated by a certain distance from each other, so that the fire will not spread from one square to another.

Of course, this distribution form of one square is not only the benefit of fire prevention, but also the advantages of anti-theft, convenient implementation of curfews, and convenient management of the residents by the government, so I will not repeat them here.

Of course, in some directions that are still far from the separation zone, they also try to demolish some buildings and remove flammable materials at a certain distance from the fire site, with the aim of artificially creating a barrier to reduce the damage of this fire.

Just when Jing Zhaoyin thought that this matter was about to end like this, suddenly a subordinate reported: "Xishi is also gone." ”

Jing Zhaoyin was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the teacup he had just picked up almost fell to the ground. The West Market is different from the East Market, the East Market is of a lower grade, whether it is the merchants here or the customers here most of them are ordinary people with relatively low social status, and the things sold here are also some low-grade things.

What are the vegetables and fruits, agricultural and sideline products, farm tools, pots and pans, coarse cloth and linen and other daily necessities. And it's all very cheap. The market environment is also very dirty and messy.

In this era, where are there officials who speak for the common people, so Dongshi is on fire, and Jing Zhaoyin expects that he will only be scolded by Shangguan for a few words.

But the West Market is different, the shops in the West Market are almost all opened by dignitaries, and almost all of them are people from the court. Most of the shops in the West Market sell valuables, such as silk and satin, jewelry and jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and so on.

If there is a slight mistake in these places, the loss will be huge, far from being comparable to the East Market. If the fire in the West City is as strict as that in the East City, he will be ready to meet the wrath of the bigwigs in the court. If you can't figure it out, this Jing Zhaoyin will come to an end.

Jing Zhaoyin didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ordered all the members of the "fire brigade" and the officials to move to the west city to fight the fire, as for the east city, who can still manage so much now, they can only ask for more blessings.

At the same time, he also keenly felt that this matter was a bit unusual, why was it so coincidental tonight that both cities were gone? Is there anyone who wants to make trouble? Thinking of this, he didn't care about whether he would be punished after this incident, and hurriedly set off to find Zhi Jingo in person.

Zhi Jingo is in charge of the Northern Army and is responsible for the patrol and security work of the Jing Division, so Jing Zhaoyin hurriedly came over to discuss with him to discuss how to deal with this matter.

Zhi Jinwu was called up in the middle of the night, holding back his anger, and when Jing Zhaoyin explained his intentions, he couldn't help but slander in his heart: "You Jing Zhaoyin is really useless, why do you come to me for such a trivial matter?" It's your business, what's my business? ”

Of course, he couldn't say that in his mouth, he yawned and said: "Lord Wang (Jing Zhaoyin's surname Wang), this matter of going to the water is not under the jurisdiction of this official, if this official insists on taking care of it, I am afraid that he will be impeached by the imperial historian for meddling in his own affairs." You must know that this official is in charge of the military, and it is in a sensitive position like the Beijing Division, if the emperor suspects that the official's hand is stretched too long, then the official must not have good fruit to eat. ”

He didn't say anything about rejection, but the meaning of the rejection was obvious. When Jing Zhaoyin heard this, he was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Oh, my Lord Zang (Wei State's ruling Jinwu is Zang Ba), why don't you understand?" The East and West markets are so far apart, how could they catch fire at the same time? I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Zang Ba was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "You mean, someone wants to plot against him?" ”

Jing Zhaoyin said: "I hope someone guesses wrong, otherwise we will be in big trouble this time." ”

"What kind of thief is it? What do they want to do? Zang Ba was frightened, and as soon as the whole person was excited, he would not be sleepy in the hall. If someone really set fire and took the opportunity to make trouble, then he, the official in charge of public security in the capital, would be responsible.

"How do you know, if you know, you won't have to look for you, Lord Zang. A certain person thinks that since the thieves have made such a big formation, there must be follow-up means. I wanted to ask Lord Zang to immediately send more soldiers and horses to patrol the city, try my best to find out these thieves who were making trouble, and prevent them from continuing to make trouble, so as not to lead to an uncontrollable situation. ”

I have to say that this Jing Zhaoyin has a strong sense of struggle, and his sense of smell is also very sensitive, and he keenly feels that things are unusual from the fire in the eastern and western cities. However, even if he was aware of it, it was useless to take measures (to ask Zhi Jinwu for help), it was too late, and under Guo Changsheng's careful planning, once the action began, it was already unstoppable.

Sure enough, while Jing Zhaoyin and Zhi Jinwu were talking, a servant stumbled in and said breathlessly: "Great, my lord, there are fires in many places in Jingshi. Jing Zhaoyin and Zang Ba both stood up with a "huo" when they heard this, and hurriedly asked for details.

It turned out that not long after Jing Zhaoyin set out to find Zhi Jinwu, many places in Xuchang were also burned, and this time the burning places included Suzaku Street, where dignitaries and nobles lived, and many ministers of the court and central government were on fire, and now I don't know how many places there are fires in the city. The most terrifying thing is that the upwind direction of Jingzhao Yin Yamen also caught fire, and the fire swept all the way to Jingzhao Yin Yamen with the help of the wind.

At this time, the entire Jingzhao Yin Yamen was panicked, some people rushed to put out the fire, and some people hurriedly moved some important public # documents and archives in the Jingzhao Yin Yamen. And this official is more clever, so he ran to the Zhijinwu Mansion to report to Jing Zhaoyin.