Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 247 No outsiders allowed

When we arrived at the scene, we found that except for the general structure of several factory buildings, everything else had been burned to ashes.

Fortunately, all the shacks around this place were demolished and the fire did not spread.

Because the fire broke out at night, the workers had all gone off work, and the two people who died while guarding the warehouse were Japanese.

Lin Ze asked Miyamoto, "No, Miyamoto-kun, there are so many things here, and only two people are here to watch over the warehouse?"

It was a very cold day, but Miyamoto was sweating. This was hard to explain!

He whispered, "Mr. Lin, who would have thought that someone would dare to touch our factory? With so many workers during the day, there's no need to worry about problems. But at night... those two guys are from samurai families, they're very skilled, and they have guns. Well, production is about cost..."

Lin Ze was speechless, and Miyamoto's capitalist face was undoubtedly exposed.

It turns out that they thought there would be no problems and no one dared to touch the Japanese factory. In order to save money, they got two people to watch over it.

An unknown officer from the Fire Department came over.

"Is this Director Lin? Hello, Director Lin. I have heard a lot about you."

The man was in his forties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He stretched out his hand and shook hands with Lin Ze.

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it, who are you?"

"Oh, brother, I'm Man Yongchun from the South City Fire Department. There's a fire at Miyamoto Trading Company, so I rushed over."

"Director Man has worked hard. I heard that two people were burned to death. Where are those two people?"

"Director Lin, please follow me. It has been moved aside for storage."

There were two stretchers not far away, covered with cloth.

As soon as he opened it, Miyamoto shuddered and turned away, not daring to look again.

The Japanese soldiers were short to begin with, and after being burned like this, there was basically nothing left of them. Only a few dozen centimeters of charred pieces remained, like wooden stakes.

Lin Ze looked at it for two seconds, then covered it with the cloth again.

Although nothing can be found from these two things that can barely be called corpses, it is 99% likely that these two people were killed first.

Man Yongchun said, "Director Lin, it's not that we didn't put out the fire. We watched everything burn. Someone poured gasoline here. I was here last night, but the fire couldn't be put out at all."

In fact, Man Yongchun was talking nonsense. He slept with his young wife in his arms last night. He just heard this morning that the Japanese factory had burned down. He was afraid of being blamed, so he was so attentive.

The firefighting in Peking City was originally called the Water Club. They were all spontaneously organized. The wealthy big businesses and shops would pay their own money or pool money to hire a few people to be responsible for fire prevention and firefighting.

Later, a Fire Police Department was set up under the Warning Police Department. Later, as the scale expanded, they were split out.

The Fire Department is now under the management of the Peking Maintenance Association. There are bureaus in every urban area, and each bureau has more than 20 water trucks.

This water truck is not the same as the fire trucks of later generations. It is more than one meter high and one meter long, and can store just about one cubic meter of water. The key point is that it is man-powered and can also be pulled by animals.

Whenever there was a fire, they would pull the water trucks to the location. One person would connect the pipe to the faucet on the water truck, and then there would be a lever next to it. They would press up and down, and water would spray out.

You can imagine the fire extinguishing effect of this thing.

It has no effect at all against arson caused by pouring gasoline.

But even though it didn't work, the Fire Services Department was a good place because they could collect "fire protection donations" from shops and residents separately, and they became very rich. Man Yongchun even married several concubines.

Lin Ze handed him a cigarette and said, "This has nothing to do with Director Man, but Director Man just said that someone poured gasoline on it. Can you analyze how much gasoline it would take to burn like this?"

Although Man Yongchun was corrupt, accepted bribes, drank heavily, and kept mistresses, he was an experienced firefighter after all and still had some professional abilities.

“Director Lin, according to my judgment, these three factories can burn like this, at least half a barrel.”

At this time, a barrel is about ninety-five liters.

Lin Ze nodded and said nothing more.

Although Su Hongcai set out earlier, he arrived only at this time. He had people cordon off the scene and drive away the onlookers.

Miyamoto said anxiously, "Lin-san, please make sure to catch the arsonist!"

Then, he looked around and pulled Lin Ze aside. "If we can't catch him, we'll be finished. The front army headquarters values ​​this batch of military supplies very much. If it delays important things, even if I have a good relationship with them, it will be useless. This is not a matter of money..."

Lin Ze comforted him, "I understand, Miyamoto-kun. Don't worry. This must have been done by the rebels. Just explain it to the headquarters. The most urgent task now is to organize production as soon as possible, whether it is from Tianjin or even from the island city. The key is to replenish this batch of goods as quickly as possible."

Miyamoto said hurriedly: "Don't worry about this, I have already made the phone arrangements, it's just a matter of a few days late, but even if it's a few days late, someone has to be held responsible for it, so the arsonist must be caught!"

Just as Lin Ze was looking at the scene for clues, a group of people came rushing over from a distance.

The patrol officers from the police station stopped them from coming over, and the two sides pushed and shoved, making quite a noise.

Lin Ze frowned and looked over, and saw that the leader was actually Jiao Zhenguo!

Then an idea came to my mind: Could it be that Jiao Zhenguo set the fire?

Could it be that the people in the west also want to extend the time it takes for the Fifth Division to move south?

Did they also receive the news that Itagaki had arrived in Peking? Would they also be interested in the military plan that was about to be released?

Lin Ze stepped forward and shouted angrily, "Stop it!"

Then he looked at Jiao Zhenguo coldly, "Captain Jiao, this is my jurisdiction, right?"

Jiao Zhenguo smiled and said, "Director Lin, the whole city is under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Police Department. There is nothing that our detective team cannot handle."

Damn it, do you think you are Yu Huatian?

"Captain Jiao is here to handle the case?"

Jiao Zhenguo came forward and said, "Director Lin, I heard that the Miyamoto Trading Company's factory was burned down, so I immediately brought people here. I think this must be a sabotage act by the rebels. It is the job of the detective team to investigate and arrest the rebels. Director Lin, can you give me a favor?"

Could it be that the man named Jiao was really involved in this matter?

Jiao Zhenguo is right. In cases like this, the detective team actually has more say, and the police station's main responsibility is to maintain public order within its jurisdiction.

Lin Ze pretended to be angry, "Captain Jiao has just taken office, and he is really diligent in his work. You are tall and strong, and your arms are also very long!"

Jiao Zhenguo pretended not to hear it and said with a smile: "Thank you Director Lin for your help."

Then he waved his hand, "Seal off the scene! No outsiders are allowed to enter!"

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