The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Old Tianjin people call the Financial Street "a street paved with gold and silver."

The newspaper called it "Tinmen Wall Street".

It all makes sense.

When Zhao Chuanxin opened the money bank and saw mountains of silver coins, gold, paper and pens inside, he couldn't believe it.

The banks in the capital pale in comparison to this one.

If I had known better, I would not have taken the risk of going to the capital and come here directly to solve the problem at once.

The two people outside just glanced inside, their breathing almost stopping.

Wherever Zhao Chuanxin walked, all the money was emptied.

By some estimates, the total amount of all the money is at least seven to eight million silver dollars.

When Gao Li and Er Feizi were waiting for Zhao Chuanxin to come out, they heard Zhao Chuanxin say: "Fuck, at most this is only one-tenth of the assets of that old boy Yikuang. Where is my money hidden?"

Gao Li and Er Feizi: "..."

Just a glimpse just left them both breathless. Isn't that too little for you?

What Zhao Chuanxin didn't know was that the foreign-funded banks that came to China at this time usually supported foreign businessmen in exporting large quantities of goods to China through loans, overdrafts, etc. in order to obtain cheap raw materials and make huge profits.

Although the bank has money, it cannot always be kept in the vault.

"Let's go, the next family must make up for that old boy Yikuang's money before it's over!"

"..."

Later, Zhao Chuanxian and the two of them visited these two banks and obtained a total of 7 million yuan in silver dollars.

Finally, when Ruiji Foreign Company ransacked the Yankees' treasury, they discovered that there were a lot of arms, foreign wine, foreign cigarettes, etc. piled in the warehouse.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't understand at all. Almost all foreign companies nowadays are engaged in arms trading.

If he wants to buy any weapons, he doesn't need to find others to match them. He only needs to find a foreign company to buy them and place an order.

But now he almost understands this.

After emptying out all the millions of silver coins and warehouses inside, they were discovered just as they were about to go out and visit the next store.

A team of horses soon realized something was wrong. They saw broken glass and pieces of iron fence scattered on the ground.

After all, this place is connected in all directions. There are roads and streets everywhere, so it is easy to find abnormalities.

As soon as Zhao Chuanxin and the others came out, they were immediately spotted running towards Ruiji Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.

"wipe!"

Zhao Chuanxin was still surprised by the so-called guilty conscience, but he was not too scared.

A horseman carrying a thirteen-ring Winchester raised his gun and shouted loudly: "Surrender, kneel down and not kill."

Zhao Chuanxin stood on one side and raised his hand to shoot.

Ma Qian was shot in the shoulder and fell to the ground before the gun went off.

That's all they have.

The second man tried to pick up the gun and was also shot in the shoulder.

The group of horses quickly dispersed.

He didn't even care about his companion who fell to the ground.

Zhao Chuanxin put away his gun, walked to the two Ma Kuai who fell to the ground, threw thirty yuan on the ground, and left without saying a word.

He discovered that one of them turned out to be Zhou Yuxiang!

Zhou Yuxiang originally thought that he would die today.

Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him in the end was not bullets, but silver dollars!

The two looked at each other on the ground: "What does he mean?"

"For us?"

The two of them looked at their shoulder injuries and had an incredible idea.

The man hit them on the shoulder intentionally, not by accident.

The man injured them, but for some unknown reason, he gave them a small subsidy?

Ma Kuai's whistle had already been blown, and Zhao Chuanxin knew that it would be lively here in a short time.

The three of them ran quickly and joined the people outside.

The three of them entered the bank and were met by the others at the bridge.

Hearing the gunfire, Liu Guogui and others who were ambushing the bridge did not act rashly.

They believed in Zhao Chuanxin's fighting ability, but they were still anxious inside.

Liu Guogui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the three people from Zhao Chuanxin.

A group of people began to cross the bridge. Once they crossed the bridge, the sky was high and the sea was vast.

Only then the Marine Police arrived.

Set up a small steamboat and sail upstream from the Haihe River.

Ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong process began to shoot at the bridge, and the bullets collided with the bridge body, causing violent sparks.

Zhao Chuanxin ignored them at all, because he couldn't hit them at all.

The marine police team began to go ashore and cleverly blocked the other side of the bridge.

Zhao Chuanxin stopped, took out his rifle and took aim.

boom!

boom!

boom!

Then, the marine police team dispersed, leaving three of their fallen companions wailing and waiting for death.

As the group crossed the bridge, Zhao Chuanxin casually threw dozens more yuan on the ground.

The three desperate wounded men watched with bewildered expressions as they passed by one after another without saying a word.

"These people are really scary."

"Yeah, not saying a word, not even looking at us."

"Who is he?"

"I don't know, I came here when I heard the alarm..."

Zhao Chuanxin and others found the horse and changed their clothes while running.

He took off his old coat and coat, threw it directly on the roadside, and put on his down jacket.

Since Zhao Chuanxin did not plan to continue going south, there was no need to hide it, and he quickly prepared to leave Tianjin City.

However, he ignored one thing.

At this time, the telegraph system was more complete in coastal cities. Because the Qing government did not agree to lay telegraph lines at first, because they thought it was messy and unsightly, ruined feng shui, and cost a lot of money.

On this point, their attitude towards foreigners is very firm.

The foreigners were not used to them, and they directly laid the lines privately, which was just a line pulled on the bottom of the sea. Later it became an established fact.

In addition, during the war, he found that messages could be transmitted incredibly quickly, but the imperial court needed relay stations. After seeing the power of the telegraph, Li Hongzhang suggested that it was better to master communications by himself.

Therefore, as a coastal port, Tianjin City has a more complete telegraph system than BJ.

After Zhao Chuanxin and others made a fuss here, the news immediately spread throughout Tianjin.

As they headed north, checkpoints were set up to block them and they were searched throughout the city.

Everyone looked at Zhao Chuanxin.

"Why panic? Let's take a detour through Ba County. This is where the Boxers invaded Tianjin."

…

At this time, Shengjing General Zhao Erxun was discussing matters with Yuan Shikai in Tianjin City about the three eastern provinces.

In the middle of the night, a subordinate knocked on Yuan Shikai's door and informed him that robbers had robbed the money bank of two banks and the warehouse of a foreign bank overnight.

Yuan Shikai was shocked.

He had heard about bank thefts in the capital before, but he never expected that such a thing would happen in his own territory.

"A city-wide search, thorough investigation, and the gangsters must not be allowed to leave. Let the chief of the patrol bureau ask the injured patrol officers to see if they can find any clues."

The subordinate replied: "I have already asked. It is said that they only picked foreign banks and foreign banks to attack, and they killed the foreigners, but they only injured the shoulders and thighs of our patrol policemen and Ma Kuai, avoiding the vital points. , and also left some silver coins..."

Yuan Shikai: "..."

Although no one of his own was harmed, he vaguely felt that this was not good news.

As expected, another message soon came saying: "They first went north. Maybe they saw Sheka blocking the road, so they turned west. When they encountered the patrol, they only fired one shot, and the patrol and the horses quickly dispersed. And ran away. The injured patrolman was not afraid, and just waited for the reward. Later, the news spread throughout the city, and Arima Kuai deliberately blocked the road and was shot while waiting to get the reward. They all gave it..."

Yuan Shikai: "..."

The subordinate added: "The foreign troops have been organized to pursue us, but the gangsters are quick with their guns and horses, so I'm afraid they won't be able to catch up."

…

Zhao Chuanxin has already given away hundreds of yuan, and he is so rich that he doesn't even blink an eye.

Whether it's a fast horse or a patrolman, it's just a living.

After being shot, as long as the vital part is not hit, you will not die or be maimed, but if you are given dozens of silver dollars at once, there are really people who are willing to do this.

Later, Zhao Chuanxin simply stopped beating people and started shooting directly. He then walked closer and threw money, and those blocking the way immediately dispersed.

"This is so damn, it's like playing house..." Liu Baobao looked at the horse that was smiling and running away with the money. He almost couldn't laugh or cry.

Zhao Chuanxin said: "This is also thanks to Tianjin City's developed telegraph system, otherwise the news would not spread so fast."