Chapter 181: Reward based on merit, take action with treasure
"You guys sit down first, I'll go get the hot food."
After the group returned to Fengde Building, Agui hurriedly went to check if the shopkeeper was in the room, while Chen Dayou and Xue An went to the kitchen to prepare meals, intending to reward everyone who had been busy all night.
"I said, Fengde Building was safe and sound in the fire. Let's cut some meat to celebrate. The shopkeeper won't mind, right?" Chen Dayou said to Xue An as he walked into the backyard.
Xue An shrugged. Seeing that he had no objection, Chen Dayou chuckled and walked towards the bacon hanging in the kitchen, planning to eat it.
"Hey, from the shopkeeper?" Xue An, who was still standing outside the kitchen, suddenly said after Chen Dayou entered the kitchen.
"You kid, don't scare me. The shopkeeper doesn't know where he is at the moment. Anyway, this meat belongs to me... the shopkeeper!"
Chen Dayou thought Xue An was tricking him, but when he turned around, Zhou Shi was already standing at the door of the kitchen.
"Uh, the shopkeeper..." He was a little embarrassed and hurriedly hid the knife behind his back.
"Everyone worked hard last night. You had already left after I was woken up by the noise on the street, so I had to go to the pier to put out the fire by myself, and then I came back." Zhou Shi explained where he went last night, and several holes were drilled out of his body by sparks.
The clothes provided evidence, "Master Chen, cut more meat and stir-fry some vegetables so that the guys can have a good meal."
"Okay!" Chen Dayou was overjoyed and turned to deal with the bacon.
Xue An asked: "Where is Brother Agui?"
"He seemed to have gone to the room to look for me, but ended up falling asleep on the kang." Zhou Shi replied calmly, "Let him sleep for a while, and then call him after dinner is served."
At this time, Zhao Qinfeng rushed into the backyard and shouted urgently: "It's the shopkeeper, it's the shopkeeper!"
"What?"
"Jiangdu City is on fire! How about Fengde Building?"
Zhao Qinfeng already has a family, so he doesn't sleep in Fengde Building at night. And the place he lives in is remote and not among the poison master's arson targets. He was able to sleep peacefully for a night. Only when he got up did he know what happened last night.
Hurry to Fengde Building.
After Zhou Shi explained that Fengde Building was not damaged, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"You've come just in time, Lao Zhao, get some money from the counter and give five taels of silver to each of the guys who participated in the firefighting last night. Then find someone to measure the cloth and make new clothes for each of them."
"Ah?" Zhao Qinfeng was stunned, "Five taels per person, isn't this... too much?"
"People are working hard, but I can't do errands. Just go and do it."
Only then did Lao Zhao agree, and regretted that he had not participated in the fire-fighting team last night and missed this good thing.
Chen Dayou, who was busy in the kitchen, smiled and said: "Old Zhao, don't be discouraged, you can have a ready-made meal after all!"
Five taels per person, which is equivalent to two months' wages for a waiter, plus one piece of clothing...
Zhao Qinfeng wondered, although the shopkeeper was not stingy before, but in general he was diligent and frugal, and he seemed to have never been so generous. Since he was kicked out and invited back, he has suddenly become much more generous with his purchases. I don't know if he has opened his eyes or has an epiphany. However, this is also related to the fact that Fengde House is not what it used to be. Now Fengde House has accumulated a lot of money in its account, and it is no longer the small business it used to be.
Zhou Shi walked around the yard a few times, waiting for the dishes to come out. What he was thinking about was the conversation he had just had with Lady Xu——
"Is there any way to restore your mana?"
This was his problem. After this battle, Zhou Shi found that even though he had outstanding strength, he could not defeat the four-handed man with two fists. Especially when the enemy resorted to such unethical behavior as setting fires, he really had no skills.
The demon has already made a declaration of war. Who knows what ruthless tricks they will use next time. Although he does not believe that the enemy is really capable of killing all the residents of Jiangdu overnight, the demon never follows the routine. When the time comes, who will jump over the wall in a hurry?
Know what will happen.
Therefore, Empress Xu is the only one who can protect the people of Jiangdu at the moment, but she is seriously injured and has no magic power left.
"If I can return to the status of a god and be respected by all people and worshiped with incense, maybe I can replenish some magic power and regain the supernatural power of the mortal state." Lady Xu replied, "But now both sides of the river no longer worship me.
,I’m afraid..."
Let Empress Xu regain her popularity is the issue Zhou Shi is facing right now.
"There are some methods, but they need to be implemented..."
As he was thinking this, he suddenly found a roll of mat under the wall.
"Why are you throwing garbage here? It's really...ah!"
He was about to pick up the mat when he suddenly found a pair of livid feet exposed from the end of the mat!
Corpse!
"Agui...Xiaosi! Come here!"
Liu Xiaosi came over after hearing the sound. Zhou Shi pointed to the corpse wrapped in mat and asked in a panic: "What's going on? Who is dead?"
"Ah, well..." Xiaosi's eyes were a little dodgey, and he told the shopkeeper about the zombies that came to the door last night.
"I was scared to death. I thought it was someone from Fengde Building..." Zhou Shi calmed down and then thought that it seemed that the poison master wanted to block it from both ends, but he didn't expect that there were three martial arts masters in Fengde Building, so he didn't let him go.
The walking dead hurts people.
He stepped forward and opened the mat, revealing a beaten head.
"Tsk, tsk, it's really miserable..."
He rolled up the mat and decided to let Zhao Xuan handle it. After all, he couldn't just walk down the street with a corpse.
"Here you go——"
Chen Dayou shouted and called the waiters to pass the dishes.
Not willing to wait for the food to be served, several martial arts masters joined in to help, and even said hello to Zhou Shi.
Zhou Shi responded politely. Seeing the guys happily running to the front hall and sitting together talking and laughing, he was suddenly touched.
Will such a peaceful scene still exist in half a month...
At noon, Fengde Building was open as usual, but no customers were expected.
Although the damage caused by last night's fire was not great, it shocked the residents quite a bit. The simultaneous fires in multiple places were obviously not accidents caused by heating, but were obviously caused by humans.
An arson case is happening around you. Has the criminal been arrested? Will your home become the next target? This makes everyone unwilling to go out for a drink.
Next, it depends on how the Yamen handles it. Zhou Shi still has some confidence in Zhao Xuan’s leadership.
In the afternoon, Zhou Shi went to Wang Yinchang's house and asked him to identify several treasures taken from the tomb of the feudal king.
"Well, although the quality is average, the age is real and it can be sold at a good price." Wang Yinchang said, "If you can trust me, then place your bet with me and I will find a buyer. If you are in a hurry to use money, I will also
You can buy it with your own money."
The reputation of "King of One Eye" is quite reliable, but Zhou Shi has discussed with Yu Heng that the origin of this thing is not clean, so it is better to deal with it through other channels.
After he asked Wang Yinchang to estimate the price, he paid the fee according to the rules and gave him a pound of wine and a piece of bacon.
"Wine is fine, but bacon is not necessary. I don't have a stove to cook it at home."
Zhou Shi bid farewell to him and strode away with the bacon.
Returning to Fengde Building, Zhou Shi dialed the abacus for a while and nodded with satisfaction. The cash on the cabinet plus these funerary objects were probably enough.
"The next step is to find a middleman."
He looked to the north and thought about how cold the winter would be there.
If nothing else happens, he will have to fight the winter in the capital this time next year.