The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

If there is no shortage of work in Lugang Town, workers will not work hard and delay the construction schedule.

Anyway, they were busy before the snow fell.

The project in Lugang Town is progressing quickly. It may not be a big place, and there are not as many people as there are in the state capital, but everyone Edward Shawan can see is in a hurry.

He walked on a paved stone road and sighed: "Zhao, Lugang Town is the most prosperous place besides the concessions in the three eastern provinces. Zhao, don't you have any words?"

Seeing that this man was sincere, Zhao Chuanxin told him his real name.

He felt that the foreign devil would definitely be proud of getting his real name after the first meeting.

Words, he has none. Nowadays, everyone has a font name, and this was the case until the Republic of China.

"I have no words, Baitiao in the waves, Thunderbolt hand of Hunyuan, Invincible Archmage, A little red outside the pass, and a sword without blood. These are my names. If you have any trouble, just report it. I can save you in the Northeast. Some trouble."

Edward Chawan was dumbfounded: "Zhao, are you a hero of the green forest?"

The words "green forest hero" came out of this foreign devil's mouth, which was very awkward.

"That's not the case." Zhao Chuanxin said: "The people love me, Green Forest gives me face, the government fawns over me, and foreigners are afraid of me. I am not a certain group, I am invincible among all groups. Hey, invincible, really The loneliness!”

A passing insurance team member said to his companion: "Damn, Chuan Xin is showing off again."

When he came to a shop, Edward Chavan looked up.

The thick solid wood plaque is engraved with the five characters "Lugang Boutique".

Other people's plaques are all inscribed in the negative direction, but only his family's plaques are in the positive direction...

The front of the store is a floor-to-ceiling window, and the glass separated by small grids occupies the entire protruding wall.

Through the glass, you can see a brand-new bicycle pressed against the glass wall. Next to it is a French Hotchkiss heavy machine gun. Next to the heavy machine gun is a model of a house made of bullet casings.

It was broad daylight, but it was brightly lit inside.

Climbing up the steps and stepping inside, Edward Chavan saw a picture made of birch bark in an exquisite picture frame on the wall, in which the brown bear was lifelike.

In addition to the birch bark paintings and utensils of the Oroqen people, there are also fish skin clothes of the Hezhe people and horned roe deer hats of Inner Mongolia.

In addition, there are also various weapons hanging, recurve bows, horn knives, wild goose feather knives, long swords, Cossack cavalry swords, daggers...

In the glass display cabinet next to it, there are wood and walnut carvings on both sides, and rows of drinks in the middle.

The upper cover is made of yellow cloud satin, and the lower part is a porcelain bottle with exquisite patterns of lotus wine and chrysanthemum wine. There are also Shaoxing Nuerhong in jars, as well as Erguotou, Shaodaozi and ordinary sorghum wine...

Another row is filled with a dazzling array of foreign wines.

Silver coins from various countries, various bone carvings, and some sketches and pen drawings are on display.

Walking further inside, a man in a suit and leather tie said to Edward Shavan with a smile on his face: "Welcome to Lugang Boutique."

The small shop opened by Zhao Chuanxin opened as quickly as possible, but it was very low-key and did not set off firecrackers or anything because he thought it might become the laughing stock of Lugang Town.

Because he has no intention of making money from this, and he probably won't make any money.

Who are the people who made a fortune in Lugang Town? Members of the insurance team who came from farmers, contractors with wrinkles like Zhu Jianye... they would not spend a lot of money to buy these things that they can neither eat nor wear.

He also didn't hire security or anything. Lugang Town's security was very good. Besides, this was Captain Zhao's shop. The words "Captain Zhao" were enough to scare Xiaoxiao.

Therefore, there is only one hired boy in the store.

Walking inside, Edward Chavan saw the bar and several small tables.

"Zhao, your store is an eye-opener for me. The decoration is more beautiful than the most boutique stores in France."

His aim was not without purpose. There was no flaw in the wooden boards on the wall here. Although they are all decorated with wooden boards, the background wall is different from the ordinary wall. The background wall has edges and three-dimensional reliefs. The ordinary wall also uses small mirrors to piece together half of the wall, making the space in the room look twice as big.

Many decoration concepts are simply not something that people of this era can think of.

Edward Shawan continued: "Zhao, do you mind if I take a photo?"

Zhao Chuanxin extended his hand: "Please!"

The little old man is good at taking pictures. The buildings and scenery he photographed were ingeniously composed and angled, and were definitely not comparable to those of other glamorous bitches.

After taking the photo, I invited the little old man to have a few drinks.

Edward Shawan sighed: "This trip is well worth it. I never expected that in such a remote place in the Northeast, I can see such a store that is both fashionable and ethnically rich. Zhao, do you sell anything here?"

Zhao Chuanxin raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Which one?"

"For example, this sword is good."

"Oh, um, this Longquan Sword is not for sale."

"Where's this birch bark painting?"

"Oh, this, this is not for sale!"

I asked several questions in a row, and the answer I got was: Not for sale!

The clerk's face suddenly fell.

Edward Chawan was also confused: You opened a shop, what do you mean by not selling anything?

He asked: "What is for sale?"

Zhao Chuanxin got excited and pointed to a row of foreign wine and liquor: "These are all for sale, and these foreign goods are also for sale. In addition, several pen paintings and sketches are for sale here, as well as these bone carvings, wood carvings, and core carvings..."

Those that are not for sale are those that cannot be copied or that he intends to keep as souvenirs, while those that are sold are those that he has in stock and in large quantities, or are simply painted and carved by himself and can be mass-produced.

Of course Edward Chavan doesn’t need foreign goods. It's like Chinese people go abroad for work, but end up eating Chinese food along the way, staying in Seven Days Inn, and taking crowded buses. It's better to just hang out at home.

But some of the gadgets that Zhao Chuanxin made by himself also interested Edward Shawan.

"Huh? This painting "Woman Laundry by the River" is titled after you? Ah, this painting "Spring in Lugang Town" is also titled after you. Wow, they are all your works. You are such a talented young man. …”

Zhao Chuanxin: "Hey, sometimes I feel very distressed. Being rich and talented is not what I want."

The shop clerk's mouth twitched.

He admired Captain Zhao and his boss very much, but the boss's words and deeds were... hard to describe in just one sentence!

The money for two paintings and several bone carvings is the entire turnover of shopkeeper Liu Jianyu today.

The boss said that there is a commission for selling things.

But today is the first time I sold something...

Zhao Chuanxin was very happy that his work was sold for the first time in this era.

He invited his first customer to dinner.

After meeting Zhao Chuanxin's home, Edward Shawan was not so surprised.

But when he saw dry rice, he became more interested.

"Zhao, this dog is very, very smart. I think there is a human soul living in its dog's body."

Ganfan: "Woof woof woof..."

Zhao Chuanxin's expression changed and he said to Ganfan, "It's not a good habit to curse people!"

Edward Chavan: "..."