Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

Chapter 185 Explosion

At this moment, the ground is life. The fire inside has surrounded the front yard, and the outer part of the backyard has begun to burn inside. If Tian Xing'er and the others don't blow them up while there are still cover, and the fire spreads to the front yard, it will be extremely difficult for them to use gunpowder to blow a hole without hurting the people inside.

"Quickly dig a trench inside our area and add a barrier. We need to buy more time so that the people outside have a chance to rescue us."

As soon as the outer isolation zone was dug, Tian Zhenwei asked people to dig the inner one.

This time, everyone was not so cooperative because they were too tired and there was too much smoke.

Many people sat directly on the ground.

"I don't want to do this anymore. Just let me die. There's nothing good to live for anyway." Someone started to quit, but unexpectedly, others followed suit.

Then three or four people quit together. They thought that if they stopped, others would definitely do their part in order to survive.

Tian Zhenwei was just about to go over, but he didn't expect the shop owner to react faster than him and started to curse right away, "If you want to die, go to the fire and die, don't let us block the way here, if you don't want to do it, go outside immediately, anyway you don't want to live, and you, you, you."

The shopkeeper pointed at those people and gave them a lecture. Some people also stopped and looked at them, saying, "Yes, if you don't want to live, get out. We still want to live. If you want to stand in this circle, everyone has to dig. If you don't dig, you will all die."

"Right, that is it."

Those few who were told off by others no longer dared to quit. They slowly got up and picked up their own rice shovels or dustpans to start a new round of digging.

"Okay, stop looking. If we don't dig faster, we'll all die here. The fire is so big and the smoke is so thick. Do you want to live? Get to work and speed up.

Next time someone makes trouble, I will throw them out without any courtesy."

Tian Zhenwei directly lectured the people around him, not caring whether they listened or not. Now was a time of racing against time, and there was no time to let these people hold them back.

When the people who had caused trouble before heard what Tian Zhenwei said, they suddenly lost their temper and started fighting desperately.

"Hurry up, the gunpowder has arrived. What should we do with it and where should we put it?" The county magistrate's men had brought the gunpowder over.

The county magistrate was not stupid and brought along the people who usually blew up mines. "They have experience in blasting mines. Let them come and tell us how to do it and how to save the people."

"Okay, quickly ask them to come with us. We have found a location that is some distance away from the front yard. We have also asked the people around us. It should be okay to blow up from here and it won't hurt the people inside." Tian Yuheng came over to take over.

"Okay, let's go together. Hurry up and don't dawdle." The county magistrate was now afraid that something would happen to the general inside and his life would be over, so he was working very efficiently.

There is no need for anyone to urge me, I will arrange it myself.

"Have you not eaten yet? Hurry up. If you are late, I will make you suffer."

The county magistrate urged his men to move the explosives quickly. Tian Yuheng and his men led the other side to place the explosives to the west. This location was not in the wind direction. The wind tonight was from the north and it had almost stopped now, with only a slight breeze.

"Mr. Tian, ​​how much should I put in here?"

"Uncle Chen, just halve the amount you normally use to blow up the walls of a cave. This is a mud wall, so we only need to blow up the bottom wall and it shouldn't collapse. Or, how much should we use for the walls of this inn?"

Craftsman Chen did not go back to Tian Yuheng, but first ran to a nearby shop to take a look. The layouts of their shops were similar, but the innkeeper was a cautious man. Everyone knew that he used solid materials, so the quantity should be about half.

After determining the approximate amount, he replied, "'Just half, okay, it should be fine. Even if the amount is not enough, just add some more later. Fortunately, this position is not easy to support combustion."

"Okay, then I'll listen to Uncle Chen."

Craftsman Chen asked everyone to step back, and he took his apprentice with him. He first used something to block the sparks to prevent them from splashing. He placed the gunpowder in the small hole they had dug, and began to light the fuse.

Tian Xing'er and the others had already reached the rear, and helped the person shouting, and shouted again before the blasting began, asking the people inside not to move and to stand in the center.

Looking at the madly burning fuse, everyone's heart seemed to be in their throat. All firefighting operations were stopped and everyone gathered here.

"Bang." A deafening explosion broke the sky.

Then there was another smaller "bang" and the wall collapsed.

The falling wall will put out the fire here, but it only opens a hole, and the fire is still on both sides.

"Next, it would be best to blow up more space on the sides." Tian Xing'er looked at the current situation. People could already go in, but they were afraid that the fire would spread again, so it would be better to blow up some more space.

"Okay, there will be no problem this time as we have experience." Craftsman Chen was very confident and didn't need anyone else to say anything. He cooperated with the county magistrate and others to disperse the people.

Choose a larger area, spread the gunpowder evenly, and increase the amount of powder.

There was another "bang" sound, and this time more walls fell down, leaving a vacant space.

"Quickly bring some soil to put out the scattered fires. I will then blow up again." The county magistrate saw hope when he saw the location where they had blown up, and hurriedly asked the yamen runners to cooperate in quickly dealing with the small sparks to avoid affecting the subsequent explosion.

As long as they blow up one more layer, they will be able to rescue the people.

But this level is a bit difficult now. There are a lot of people inside, and we need to confirm again where they are standing.

Then there was another wave of shouting.

"Can the people inside hear me? The explosives are about to explode at your place. Where are you?"

This time the sound was clearly heard by the people inside, but when they heard that the explosives were going to hit them, they panicked. What was going on? Did they still want to save people, or did they want to kill people? The place was still on fire, and the people outside actually wanted to blow them up.

This time the shopkeeper was also panicked, "Brother, what do they mean by this? Do they want us to die?"

Tian Zhenwei was a little unresponsive for a moment. He frowned in silence, but still tried to comfort her, "No, they must be trying to save us, otherwise why would they go to so much trouble to blow it up."

Tian Zhenwei was not sure whether Tian Xing'er and the others were outside, but when he thought of the explosives, he felt that it was most likely them, otherwise who would use such an extreme method.

"Okay, that's good, we'll listen to you, so how do we respond?"

"They should want to know where we are so that we can avoid them and reduce the possibility of getting hurt."

"Then we'll shout back." After hearing Tian Zhenwei's explanation, the people around him felt relieved and began to respond to the people outside.