Chapter 409 Fire
Because she didn’t take off all her clothes, Purficott quickly put on her clothes again, put on her leather boots, and then she came to the street. Wanted to see what was going on.
At this time, the knights who were responsible for secretly protecting her also gathered around her. The loyal old housekeeper directly held up his sword. The serious expression on his face was as if he was on the battlefield, ready at any time. It's like going on a killing spree.
There is no reason why these knights should not be nervous. It is a secret that Purficott concealed his identity today to observe the public sentiment. Although they are sure that the news has not been leaked, no one can guarantee that no one will take this opportunity to criticize Perficott. Carry out an assassination.
As for the reason for the assassination? There were so many that Purficott didn't even bother to count how many people wanted to kill her.
Now she has left the tightly protected lord's mansion, and is limited to the environment of the dungeon without the steam knights, only a few knights in casual clothes for protection.
This is the perfect opportunity for those who want to assassinate Perfecticot.
And even if no one carries out the assassination, the fire itself is a huge danger to Purficott.
If the fire spreads to her location, or if there is an accident that blocks the escape street, Purficott will most likely be killed in the flames.
Although as an alchemist, this possibility is not high, but it must be guarded against.
However, Purficott herself was not very worried about this. She just calmly asked her old housekeeper: "Grandpa Afu, where is the fire? Have you notified the fire station?"
" The place where the fire broke out is a private house, about one block away from where we are. For the sake of safety, I suggest you return to the Lord's Mansion as soon as possible! "The old housekeeper answered Purficott. Questions, but still with unconcealed worry on his face, he tried to persuade Perfectcott to return to the Lord's Mansion and return to a safe environment.
Perficott was not too insistent on this, and just said to the old housekeeper: "Notify the fire station and the underground city management personnel, and let them put out the fire with all their strength! We must not let the fire spread in the underground city! ”
After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the direction of the fire.
Seeing this scene, the old housekeeper and the guarding knights hurriedly tried to persuade and stop him, but Purficott said that he wanted to see what the officials in the north were doing in putting out the fire. Action efficiency.
Unable to stop him, the old housekeeper could only arrange for escorts, notify the police and city defense troops in the underground city, and at the same time dispatch the steam knights who had been standing nearby to guard him.
Although the streets in the underground city are indeed narrower than those on the ground, they are not so narrow that the Steam Knight cannot really enter.
The reason why the Steam Knights were not arranged to escort them at the beginning was mainly to conceal Purficott’s identity. After all, she was conducting a private visit incognito to observe the public sentiment. If the Steam Knights were always with her, she would undoubtedly be exposed. identity.
The Steam Knight arrived very quickly, and Purficott did not really have to go to the front line to see how his officers put out the fire, so when she was about half a mile away from the burning house, When they stopped at the intersection of the street, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Perfect looked at the burning houses in front of him and the chaotic figures on the street, with a stern expression on his face.
Although she knew that people in this era were not very aware of fire prevention, she did not expect that a fire would break out in the underground city just after it was opened.
Fortunately, she considered the situation of fire when designing the underground city. Fire hydrants were arranged on every street, and special fire stations and fire brigades were set up to ensure that when a fire broke out Someone was able to put out the fire in time. You must know that professional fire brigades in the modern sense of the world appeared very late. In the 19th century, there were no specially established fire brigades.
In the original world, most of the fire brigades in the 18th and 19th centuries were privately established, led by a group of people or established with donations from citizens. When extinguishing fires, they were just like companies competing for performance, and there might even be a fire brigade. It happens that the fire brigade is putting out a fire and another fire brigade comes and beats people instead of helping put out the fire.
In this world, even Langton does not have a dedicated fire brigade. Once a fire breaks out, it can only depend on whether the local neighborhood has spent money to purchase fire trucks and whether it has formed its own fire brigade.
Normally, when a fire breaks out in this era, you can only count on the voluntary help of surrounding residents or the help of good-hearted people to put out the fire.
Although the police occasionally work part-time as the fire brigade, don’t expect too many of them.
Perfect was aware of this situation, so when designing Chernobog and other underground cities and underground shelters, fire and firefighting considerations were taken very seriously.
A large number of fire hydrants, special fire stations and fire brigades are set up to deal with possible fires in the underground city.
The Chernobog fire brigade did not disappoint her expectations. When she arrived at the street intersection, two red fire trucks had been towed over and were connecting to fire hydrants and pumping water to extinguish the fire. .
The fire truck of this era may be different from what most people think. It is not a big guy dragging a water tank like in the original world, but a flatbed truck carrying a human-powered water pump and a small water tank.
The main structure of this fire truck is the human-powered water pump, which sprays the water stored in the tank to the fire place through manual pressurization, thereby extinguishing the fire.
The fire hydrants of this era are also incomparable to the fire hydrants of the original world. Although there is no water, the water pressure is really not high, and the water needs to be manually pressurized by a water pump to pump out the water. can be used.
So after the fire truck was towed to the scene, the first thing to do was for two firefighters to stand on it and shake the lever of the manual water pump. While pressurizing the water pump, they also pumped out water from the fire hydrant.
This series of processes is very cumbersome and troublesome, but in this era, it is very rare for a fire truck to appear in time to put out a fire.
But it is undeniable that even so, it is still a waste of time. Often even if the fire truck can arrive in time, it is difficult to quickly control the fire. This is why in this era, once a fire occurs, it is often very serious.
As Purficott watched, when the flames spread from the burning house to the houses on both sides, the fire truck finally sprayed out a white water hose and began to extinguish the fire.
The underground city management officials also rushed to the scene at this time. While maintaining order and evacuating the people, they were also deploying more manpower to help put out the fire.
"It seems that their efficiency is pretty good, let's go back." Seeing that the underground city management officials have arrived and the fire has begun to be controlled, Purficott is quite satisfied with their efficiency. Then he turned around and left.
(End of this chapter)