Chapter 514

The Lin family has been engaged in fire prevention since the Qing Dynasty, commonly known as the fire brigade.

When it comes to why the Lin family is so keen on fire prevention, we have to start from the Qing Dynasty.

The most famous one is that one of the ancestors of the Lin family once boldly admonished Emperor Qianlong that the lights should not be bright at night in prison.

Emperor Qianlong really heard this, so he gave a special edict to the prison fire prevention: "if the criminals are in prison, they don't need lights at night, and most of the people often go to bed at night, and most of them don't leave lights. How can they turn to light all night? It's not appropriate to be compassionate, and it's not prudent to be afraid that the traitor might break out of prison because he had a light or set it on fire. He told the court of the Ministry of punishment to find out why the lamp oil was given. It must have been a bad example for many years. If the jailer, the prison, the guard, should drink the lamp oil, to the prison, should not give the lamp. Then we will make a proper discussion and find a way to get rid of it. "

It can be seen that in such an early time, the Lin family has attached great importance to the fire protection work and taken it seriously.

After that, Emperor Qianlong set up the water dragon Bureau, promoted the old ancestor to be responsible for fire fighting, which is the predecessor of today's fire station, and the reward for firefighters exceeded 1000 Wen. That's how the Lin family got rich.

In order to inherit the legacy of our ancestors and make a difference in fire control, as well as to express our gratitude to our ancestors, a Qing Dynasty "human powered water dragon" has been stored in the Lin family mansion. As a treasure of the town, it is completely preserved and even can be used normally.

This is an antique with a history of several hundred years. Many museums want to buy it at a high price, but they are all rejected by the Lin family and have been put in the main hall of the Lin family's mansion.

"Human powered water hose" was the most important tool for fire fighting at that time. It was composed of an oval wooden barrel, two red copper piston cylinders and a horizontal wooden rod. When it was used, the horizontal wood was activated to drive the piston, and the water was ejected from the water delivery belt by pressure.

A "human powered water dragon" must be equipped with ten buckets to follow, so the "firemen" at that time were divided into two categories: Dragon bearers and water bearers. The "firemen" who were responsible for operating the water dragon could receive 1400 Wen as a reward for each fire they saved, which was absolutely a huge "red envelope".

As a result, in the case of money and technology, the Lin family and fire completely formed an indissoluble bond.

Although shuilongju was destroyed by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom war, the Lin family still dealt with fire prevention. In the later stage, they also started a timber business with a slightly thick family background, and the business was booming, and the family property became more and more rich.

After liberation, the Lin family settled in X city, and since then, when X city is the land of fallen leaves.

The ancients said that the rich could not be more than three generations and the poor could not be more than five clothes, but this sentence did not play any role in the Lin family.

The Lin family has not been poor all the way. Even in the darkest period of our country, including the cultural revolution, they have not suffered much. At most, they suffered a little during the three years of natural disasters. After all, they have no money to buy food in this period.

As for being rich, let alone three generations, more than a dozen generations have been rich, but they haven't broken down. It's not good luck, but the Lin family is famous for their strict tutoring.

There are more than 100 family precepts in total, and every member of the Lin family must recite them backwards. Under this kind of family education, the Lin family has never produced a bad one. It can be said that they are full of meritorious deeds and loyalties.

Today, the Lin family is in the leading position in the fire protection industry of X city. Not only that, they also specialize in the research and development of fire protection products. They have their own listed companies and factories with nearly 1000 employees. Their assets are quite huge. Even if they don't work and eat for free, they will not be able to use up in their three lives. But the spirit of the Lin family is not to allow future generations to be lazy, lazy and want to have food, You have to find your own job.