Fire Extinguisher

The man came running up, panting, and said, "Hey! What is this thing? A trap? It's moving way too fast, tsk tsk tsk... It's no different from a real tree."

Feng Jiao looked at him and said, "Third Brother, what brings you here?"

The man sighed and said, "Jiaojiao, I'm now a wanted criminal by the government. Will you... will you despise me?"

Feng Jiao looked at him and said, "How could that be? It's alright. I know plenty of wanted criminals; half of the people here are wanted criminals."

"Ah?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "Yeah! We're both wanted criminals right now."

Feng Jiao's third brother looked at her and said, "My name is Feng Yunting. How old are you? You're already a wanted criminal at five? What serious crime have you committed?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled, "No! I don't think I've done anything wrong."

Feng Yunting nodded and said, "That's right, I also feel that my Feng Clan hasn't done anything wrong, but that damned emperor just doesn't like us."

"Third Brother..." Feng Jiao quickly stopped him.

Feng Yunting snorted coldly and said:

"What are you afraid of? That dog emperor is out of his mind now, all he does is target this and that all day long."

He's targeted everyone in the court; let's see who he can use then.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "He's targeted everyone in the imperial court. What does that mean?"

Feng Yunting sighed and said:

He cleaned up all the veteran officials who had served three reigns and held great power in the court.

Those who deserved to be killed were killed, and those whose homes were confiscated were confiscated; not a single one escaped unscathed.

The rest were all cunning and sycophantic scoundrels; not a single one of them did anything worthwhile.

Even when it came to leading troops into battle, he deliberately abandoned and did not use several experienced and capable generals.

Instead, they promoted a bunch of incompetent sycophants.

Zhou Wanwan's eyes lit up. "So how are these people doing now?"

Feng Yunting shook his head and said:

"The capital city is the most pragmatic place; how could they possibly end up well there?"

There are several well-to-do families I know who can't even get enough to eat.

Luckily, I'm smart and fast, otherwise I would have been caught too.

Feng Jiao looked at him and asked, "What about our family?"

Feng Yunting smiled and said, "Don't worry about my family. Money makes the world go round. I spent tens of thousands of taels to guarantee their safe journey."

Feng Jiao nodded and asked, "So what do you plan to do now?"

Feng Yunting chuckled and looked at Zhou Wanwan, saying:

Didn't you tell me that Black Wind Mountain Stronghold was pretty good?

I was planning to come and see if it would be suitable for us to live here.

If it's suitable for us to live in, I'm prepared to pay for it.

Wanwan, what price do you think is appropriate?

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said, "We're all on the same side, why are we talking about money? Let me take you to Black Wind Stronghold!"

Feng Yunting looked around and said:

"This treehouse is really well made, but the mechanism is even more ingenious."

"Wanwan, would you be willing to sell me a few tree people?"

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said, "That won't work. These tree-people can't be sold. They're made with special techniques. Even if I gave them to you, you wouldn't be able to operate them."

These tree-people use her energy; no one else can use it at all.

Feng Yunting nodded and said, "Wow... wow, this tree-man can actually climb mountains! My god! That's so cool!"

Feng Yueyao was also completely stunned to see a tree climbing a mountain for the first time.

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"As you know, the mountains here are all very straight, and most people really can't climb them."

But with these tree-men, things are different. Let me show you around the mountain stronghold.

Zhou Wanwan led them into the mountain stronghold. Feng Yunting looked at the county government office and said, "This... there's a county government office inside the stronghold? How did they manage that?"

Upon seeing this county government office, Feng Jiao burst out laughing, "So you're the one who brought this county government office here! No wonder Cheng Xiao hates you so much!"

"Oh my! This looks so familiar. Isn't this the Cheng Family's house? You brought this house here too?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "It's a bit old, but it's still usable."

Feng Yunting turned around and said:

"Not bad, really not bad, but there are still some shortcomings here."

If someone attacks you, surrounding you might be manageable for a day or two, but over time, who among you can withstand it?

And do you really think this place is completely safe?

If an army of 100,000 were to arrive, with siege weapons such as ladders, catapults, and battering rams being deployed in turn, once the mountain stronghold was set ablaze, the entire mountain would be covered in trees.

Your stronghold is doomed to fail.

Zhou Wanwan had to admit that what their mountain stronghold feared most was fire.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Yes, we are indeed afraid of fire. I need to think of some ways to prevent fires."

Feng Yunting looked at her and said, "Preventing fires?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Yes, I'll think of a way."

Their mountain village has so many trees that as far as the eye can see, there are only trees.

If they were to use fire, their mountain stronghold might not be able to withstand it.

Zhou Wanwan went directly to the Luban Village and asked, "Village chief, do you think we can make fire extinguishers?"

The village chief was dumbfounded. "What device?"

"It's specifically designed for firefighting, I think..."

The village chief laughed heartily, "I thought it was something special, but it's nothing special. You wait here, I'll bring out some that are already made."

Zhou Wanwan blinked and asked, "Is it ready?"

The Luban Village nodded and said:

"Yes, as you probably know, we encounter a lot of wood in our daily lives, and we often experience fires."

So we followed the methods of our Old Ancestor and made many of these fire-fighting tools.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and asked, "Is this difficult to do?"

"It's not difficult to make, it's just that the raw materials are a bit hard to find."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "What ingredients do you need? I'll help you find them."

The Luban Village simply listed several medicinal herbs and said, "These are it; see if you can find them."

Zhou Wanwan stared curiously at the fire extinguisher they brought over. She Zhou Wanwan had someone pile up some dry firewood in the open space and set it on fire.

She picked up a wooden fire extinguisher, aimed it at the fire, held the barrel down with one hand, and pressed down hard on the burlap sack with the other.

With a "whoosh," a plume of white smoke shot out of the nozzle.

In the blink of an eye, the firewood wilted, leaving only a few wisps of smoke and charred charcoal.

Zhou Wanwan then had someone pour a ladle of rapeseed oil on the ground and light it with a match.

The oil fire sizzled and crackled, much harder to extinguish than firewood.

Tie Niu couldn't help but shout, "Boss, oil and water didn't work, will this work?"

"Pfft..." The fire extinguisher was extremely powerful, and the fire was put out immediately.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the Luban Village and said, "We need to mass-produce them, make over a thousand bottles, and have some in every forest."

The Luban Village frowned and asked, "Several thousand bottles?"

"Right..."

The Luban Village nodded and said:

"Okay, as long as we have the raw materials, I'll lead them to work overtime to get it done."

By the way, our bridge is finished.