Chapter 226 Looting 1 Empty

However, she couldn't allow her to think too much at the moment, so it was better to go out first.

Qiao Ran glanced at the empty stone room and smiled with satisfaction.

After leaving the stone room, she pressed the switch to restore the bookshelf and put the floor tiles back.

Looking at the two bookshelves full of books in the study, she couldn't help but feel a little moved when she thought that her fourth uncle took the few books he brought with him very seriously and read them over and over again, and carefully kept them after each reading.

Qiao Ran knew that books in this era were very precious. A book on literacy and enlightenment cost one or two taels of silver. Other books required for imperial examinations such as the Four Books and Five Classics were even more ridiculously expensive and ordinary farmers could not afford them.

So why do ordinary people, especially farmers in the countryside, rarely send their children to school? Just because buying books is expensive, pens, ink, paper and inkstones are also a big expense.

Ordinary primary schools and academies cost a few taels of silver a year to repair, and a family can barely scrape it together, but books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones also cost money! The cost of repair is several times higher than that of repair.

Therefore, the chance of a child from a farm family taking the imperial examination to stand out is very slim. Being able to go to school for one or two years and learn some words is already very enviable.

Looking at the two bookshelves full of books, as well as a complete set of Four Books and Five Classics, Fourth Uncle will definitely be able to use them.

Qiao Ran acted as soon as her heart moved. She just kept doing nothing and ransacked the study room. The books on the two bookshelves were put into the space together with the shelves, as well as the big desk and the pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the desk. wait.

In the blink of an eye, this spacious study was suddenly empty and seemed even more empty.

After thinking about it, Qiao Ran took out a small bucket of gasoline from the space, poured some in the four corners of the room, put away the oil bucket, and took out a lighter and a small birthday candle.

Walking to the door, the moment he was about to leave, he threw the lit birthday candle into the corner, then quickly left the house and climbed to the roof of the house next to him.

Behind him, a raging fire instantly ignited in the study, engulfing the entire study.

When Shopkeeper Qin, who was looking out for his master, realized something was wrong, the fire had already burned the door and windows of the study room, and the raging fire and billowing smoke swept towards several nearby rooms.

"Water has broken out! Come quickly, help put out the fire!"

Shopkeeper Qin was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he didn't care to disturb his master, so he ran to the door of the grain store, shouting at the top of his lungs.

When the clerk outside the grain store heard the shopkeeper's cry, he immediately dropped what he was doing and ran into the yard.

In the room just now, the man in the python robe who had already put on his robe was standing by the window, opened the window a crack, and looked out.

Seeing the raging fire burning in the study, the man's eyes became gloomy.

When shopkeeper Qin rushed into the second courtyard with more than a dozen waiters carrying buckets of water, the fire had completely engulfed the study.

The fire was extremely strong, and the doors, windows, and beams were burned to the point of crackling sounds.

Buckets of water poured over it had no effect at all and were quickly evaporated by the heat.

The fire was still burning, and not long after, the roof collapsed, almost knocking Shopkeeper Qin, who was directing the firefighting, to the ground.

Shopkeeper Qin was pulled by the waiter behind him and staggered back a few steps. The rolling heat wave hit his face, but his heart felt cold.

Done!Done!

The master's study is completely finished!

It doesn't matter if the books inside are burned, it doesn't matter if the expensive rosewood desk and the set of inkstones and ink he carefully bought for the prince at a high price are burned.

What matters is the secret in the study, the secret room under the bookshelf!

If there is any damage to the contents inside, I am afraid that my head will be in danger!

However, before Shopkeeper Qin could finish lamenting, a raging fire broke out in a room in the courtyard.

"Shopkeeper, the granary is also on fire!"

Some guys screamed.

Shopkeeper Qin's legs have become weak and he can no longer stand firmly.

He sat down on the ground and commanded with trembling hands: "Hurry up and put out the fire!"

However, this fire is destined to be irresistible.

The two houses were quickly burned down to the ruins, and several neighboring houses were also affected. The fire burned through five or six houses before the fire subsided.

Shopkeeper Qin didn't bother to wipe his face, which was darkened by the smoke, and rushed the waiters into the first courtyard. He dragged his trembling legs into the room with only one door and window in the second courtyard.

As soon as he entered the house, shopkeeper Qin fell to his knees with a thump, and could no longer stand up. He crawled forward with his hands, dragging his two unruly legs, and crawled to the side of the man in the python robe with tears in his eyes. in front of.

"Master, it was because of my poor supervision that the thieves broke in and burned down the study and the granary. It's all the villain's fault! Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"

Shopkeeper Qin panicked and blurted out the man's identity.

This sentence "Your Majesty, spare my life" made the man's expression change.

The man in the python robe kicked him away, and Shopkeeper Qin flew back five steps. His throat felt sweet, but he could only swallow back the blood that poured into his mouth.

"Qin Chengfeng, it seems that you are old, blind and deaf! The thieves have come and set fires right under your nose and you haven't noticed it at all. Did I trust you too much and make you feel complacent? "

The man in the python robe was so angry that he vomited blood. He originally thought that this grain store would not attract too much attention in a small county town, and it would be perfect for storing weapons and privately mined gold.

But I didn't expect that this old guy Qin Chengfeng was becoming more and more useless. He couldn't even take care of such a small yard, and he actually had two houses ordered in succession.

There are still 20,000 kilograms of grain in the granary. Although most of it is rice that has not yet been shelled, this is still a considerable loss.

You know, there are now famines in several state capitals, and refugees are fleeing here, causing food prices in several nearby state capitals to rise crazily day by day.

He originally hoarded these grains because he wanted to wait until all the grain stores in the major grain stores were sold out before selling them. The so-called rare goods are rare. By then, the price of grains would have increased several times, which would be a considerable amount of income.

But he didn't expect that just a fire would completely disrupt all his plans.

The more the man thought about it, the angrier he became. When he saw Shopkeeper Qin covering his chest and kneeling on the ground, he picked up the teacup at hand and threw it at Shopkeeper Qin.

With a "bang", the tea cup shattered, and the hot tea poured all over Shopkeeper Qin's head and face, turning his face that was darkened by smoke into a big painted face.

A cut was made on his forehead by the fragment of the tea cup. Blood mixed with tea flowed down his forehead and reached his eyes, nose, mouth, and chin. Shopkeeper Qin could only lower his head, not even daring to reach out to wipe his face.