Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1370

"It brings no benefit whatsoever and wastes my time and energy. Is it worth doing something so thankless and exhausting? This is not the way of an official."

Upon hearing this, Mai Zhide understood that Qian Jingguang's way of being an official was very simple: when there was trouble, quickly hide; when there was no trouble, sit idly and avoid any unnecessary trouble for yourself.

It must be said that although this way of being an official is different from Mai Zhide's concept, a considerable number of officials do indeed rely on laziness to get by.

Therefore, Mai Zhide was not surprised by this, and at the same time, he did not comment on right or wrong, but just listened silently.

Seeing that Mai Zhide did not speak again, Qian Jinguang also put aside the issue of official conduct and continued to talk about serious matters.

“I saw the dog a few more times after that. One time it seemed to be injured, with some blood around its mouth and it was limping.”

"I was in a good mood that day, and I happened to have some food on me, so I threw it in front of it, but its reaction was different from usual."

“In the past, it would run over, take the food, and leave, but this time it ignored it, just glanced at it, and then turned and left.”

"I followed it out of curiosity and found out that it was trying to go to the warehouse. I guess it was probably going back to its kennel to recover from its injuries."

Upon hearing this, Mai Zhide seemed to understand Qian Jinguang's meaning, but he did not interrupt Qian Jinguang and just listened silently.

Meanwhile, Qian Jingang didn't stop either, and continued talking.

"As I just said, I don't need to teach the dog what to do; I just need to utilize its habits and nature."

"Based on my observation, this dog has very simple habits, whether it is injured, frightened, or has found food."

"Its first reaction is to go back to its kennel, only there can it feel safe, so we can take advantage of that."

Upon hearing this, Mai Zhide, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly asked a question.

"You just said you wanted to burn the dog, so you wanted to set the dog on fire, scare it, and then run into the warehouse with the embers to set the black oil on fire?"

"That's exactly what I think!"

Qian Jingguang nodded without hesitation, and then continued:

“This method is not reliable, but as I said, it is just an experiment. If everything goes well, that would be great.”

"As long as someone can testify when the warehouse catches fire and prove what we were doing at the time, there won't be any problems."

"Even if the warehouse doesn't burn down as I predicted, we're not at risk. After all, that's something dogs do."

Mai Zhide originally had little hope for Qian Jinguang's plan, and even thought it was utterly absurd.

But after hearing Qian Jingang's explanation, he suddenly felt that it wasn't impossible to give it a try, since the plan was indeed safe.

What if it succeeds?

With this idea in mind, Mai Zhide changed his previous opposition and adopted a more deliberate approach, saying:

"It's easy to find someone to help us prove it. We just need to invite one or two colleagues to a banquet for drinks. It's something that you or I can easily handle."

"The only problem is how to set the dog on fire, and who should do it!"

Qian Jingguang had already figured out how to burn the dog, so he gave his answer as soon as Mai Zhide asked the question.

"If you want to set the warehouse on fire, you have to keep the fire burning. Otherwise, the dog only needs to roll around a few times and the fire on its body will go out."

"So my idea is to pour kerosene on the dog so that the flames will burn longer and are less likely to go out."

"But you can't pour too much water on it. It's best to just set the dog's tail on fire. That way, it will run back to its kennel in pain, but it won't burn to death too quickly!"

At this point, Qian Jingguang paused for a moment before answering Mai Zhide's second question.