The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Zhao Chuanxin originally thought that only Hong Kong was affected by the disaster, but he did not expect that flooding would also occur in Jianghuai and other places. Originally this was a major grain-producing area, but this year there was no harvest.

Displaced people are everywhere, their houses are empty, and they are starving.

An old woman with gray hair in rags saw Zhao Chuanxin and his group, who were well dressed, tremblingly leaning on crutches and holding a broken bowl with chipped teeth, and knelt down directly in front of Zhao Chuanxin.

"Good people are rewarded, so show your kindness."

After saying that, he kowtowed to Zhao Chuanxin.

The dirty, dark face was chapped by the wind and sun. The silver hair was scattered, dry and without a trace of luster, and was stained with soil debris when he kowtowed.

As he spoke, his lips were trembling with hunger.

The group was shocked.

Turning his hand, Zhao Chuanxin found a steamed bun in his palm.

"Old lady, you take it and eat it first."

He knew it was inappropriate to do this, but he really couldn't bear to see people of his age kneel down to him.

I don’t know how many years of life will be lost if I only get one steamed bun for kowtow.

When the old lady saw the fine white-faced steamed buns, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Zhao Chuanxin is a very particular person. He eats both fine and coarse grains. However, fine grains such as white flour must not contain a little bran. They must be ground until there is no lump at all and the gluten must be carefully screened.

This steamed bun is much more delicate than what most people eat.

"Thank you, thank you, good people are rewarded..."

The old lady was dumb and tongue-tied, unable to say more good things, so she kept saying this sentence over and over again.

In addition to the old lady, there were more victims. When they saw Zhao Chuanxin taking out the white-faced steamed buns, they immediately became jealous and rushed forward to grab them.

Yinghua and the others turned pale.

They know how terrifying the rioters are.

He was cursing Zhao Chuanxin in his heart for not having any social experience. At this time, he should either provide a large amount of food or stop meddling in other people's business.

Gao Li suddenly took action, grabbed a man's braid, and kicked him in the calf. The man screamed and fell down.

Steady, accurate, hard and fast, he performed it vividly.

Zhao Chuanxin took out his gun, pointed it into the air and emptied the magazine.

"You dare to steal my things?"

The crowd dispersed like an ebbing tide.

Each one of them stared at the steamed buns in the old lady's hand with fear and greed.

Zhao Chuanxin frowned and glanced around: "Hold on for a few days, and I'll have people deliver food in a few days. Now whoever dares to steal this old lady's steamed buns, I'll kill him!"

It’s not that I don’t understand, I just don’t care.

Whoever has the gun is the biggest, this is the rule of the game in this era.

He gathered the people behind him, including Yinghua and the others.

"There is not enough food to support Hong Kong Island, and now it seems that the disaster situation in the mainland is not optimistic. Let's study it, what should we do?"

When it comes to foreign advanced technology or arms, Liu Guigui is very good at it.

When it comes to food, he is a layman.

In the end, it was Yinghua who spoke: "During the Daoguang period, the imperial court issued a decree that food imports are tax-free, and goods can also be carried out of the port. The land in Siam is rich in rice, and its value is cheap. The journey is not far. Instead of us purchasing inland, let the merchants go from the middle To make a profit, why don’t we go to Siam to purchase it ourselves?”

Zhao Chuanxin turned to look at Liu Guogui: "You have to handle this matter. Do you dare to go to Siam?"

When Liu Guoguo grew up, he never even dared to think about going abroad one day.

Thinking of being alone overseas without any friends and unable to speak fluently, Liu Baoguowei's scalp felt numb.

But he still said bravely: "Dare, why don't you dare?"

Now that you have money, where can you pretend to be awesome without pretending?

Letting Liu Guogui do things does not mean that he does not value his life and death.

After all, this great ancestor who was gradually led astray is considered his ancestor, right?

Nodding, Zhao Chuanxin said to Gao Li again: "Take someone to accompany Baogui and protect him. Mr. Lianzhi, please help me contact a translator who understands Siamese and go with them."

Is this arranged? Yinghua was surprised that Mr. Zhao did not regard him as an outsider at all.

Zhao Chuanxin named the accompanying people from all walks of life one by one. Everyone has a mission.

He was not stingy either. He paid for the carriage, horses, accommodation and meals, and generously allocated funds from the finance department.

Yinghua shook a wad of silver coins wrapped in oil paper in her hand, and said to Liu Jiahui with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhao is a wonderful man. He acts like Meng Lang, but he can hold up at critical moments."

Along the way, he had to communicate with Liu Jiahui every day.

The Ta Kung Pao, which he has been writing for many years, has always been aimed at promoting public morals, improving people's wisdom, imitating European and Western scholarship, and enlightening the wisdom of our compatriots.

Therefore, I admire the avant-garde Liu Jiahui very much. As long as you are not blind, everyone can see his thoughts to some extent.

But Liu Jiahui didn't seem to catch a cold, because Yinghua had a wife and children.

Besides, she couldn't pretend to be someone else at this time, so she just smiled and said, "Captain Zhao is used to being lazy, but he has a very good heart."

Zhao Chuanxin went to send a telegram to the housekeeper Freddy Pawwitt on the other side of the ocean, asking him to buy grain from the Americas and ship it to China, especially Brazil, a major grain producer.

America is also one of the largest production areas. Although the transportation process is long, it can just catch up with the food supply here when it is unable to continue.

Maybe it will come in handy when the time comes.

After leaving the telegraph office, he met two men in suits and ties, one Japanese and one white.

Why can he recognize Japanese people at a glance?

The traitor leader, Rendanhu, is a short man less than 1.6 meters tall and has a typical Japanese appearance.

In Shanghai, the Japanese are like the British dogs.

Therefore, Zhao Chuanxin guessed that the white man next to him was British.

Sure enough, he spoke with a British accent: "There is no need for you to report the natural disaster in China back to China, right? Does your newspaper still need to inform local grain merchants?"

The Japanese have to raise their heads when speaking to look at each other: "No, this is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Our country's food has been in a state of tense balance for a long time, and any disturbance cannot be ignored. I am worried that natural disasters in China will affect Japan's food prices."

The two of them talked and entered the telegraph office.

There was a grudge before, but Zhao Chuanxin never avenged it.

The Japanese assassinated him, but he just protested in the newspaper, which was indifferent. Perhaps both the great powers and the Qing court were watching his joke.

After listening to the Japanese, some thoughts flashed through his mind.

Japan's "Meiji Restoration" was undoubtedly very successful.

After Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War, many people with lofty ideals in China rushed to study in Japan, wanting to imitate Japan and learn how to make a strong country.

This trend of studying abroad has a wide impact.

But behind these successes, there are also foreshadowings of certain crises.

Zhao Chuanxin's mind was spinning and he couldn't help but smile.

He said hello to Liu Jiahui, who was still staying in Shanghai: "You go to Hong Kong Island. Mr. Yinghua and others will accompany you, so we can take care of each other."

Liu Jiahui said in surprise: "Aren't you going?"

"No matter how many people go, food cannot be produced out of thin air. I will think of a solution elsewhere.

By the way, Mr. Miuzhi, do you recognize the Japanese translator? "

This supervision team's move to include people from all walks of life is a good step forward.

These people have some connections all over the world, especially Yinghua, who runs Ta Kung Pao.

Many things depend on him.

Yinghua didn't know what to say.

I came to him for everything. I wanted to get close to Liu Jiahui in the past two days to see if there was any chance to sublimate their "charitable friendship", but I was so busy that I couldn't say a few words with my feet hitting the back of my head.

He lost his initial enthusiasm and said angrily: "I don't know any Japanese translators here, but I do know a few students studying abroad in Japan."

Originally, Zhao Chuanxin did not intend to mention that he wanted to go to Japan.

But when he heard Yinghua say that he knew someone in Japan, he quickly said: "Okay, please contact Mr. Miuzhi and ask him to pick me up in Japan."

Yinghua: "..."

After leaving the customs, Zhao Chuanxin felt that he was busy all night long.

I don't even have time to read newspapers or pay attention to the current situation in the country.

It wasn't until he got on the passenger ship to Japan that he had time to relax on the deck and read the newspaper in the sea breeze.

Unexpectedly, there were news about himself and the Lugang Town Charity Association in several newspapers.

In addition to the eulogies, there are also some voices from the folk.

There are students and young people from all over the country calling on Zhao Chuanxin to support this and that, and some even want him to expand his insurance team and accumulate armed forces.

Zhao Chuanxin sneered.

He is rich, has some means, and often likes to cause trouble.

But this does not mean that he has the ability to lead an upright army now.

Do you think anyone can be a commander-in-chief and anyone in the world can fight?

It’s simply whimsical!

Is it possible that Chengdu thinks that as long as he is a time traveler, he has the ability to change the world?

Thinking too much.

Travelers must go into battle personally to stir up the backbone of national rejuvenation?

Who stipulated it?

Starting point?

Others published reports saying that Zhao Chuanxin was rich and capable but did nothing, swearing that compared with revitalizing the country, disaster relief and other things were trivial. Guarding one's own one-third of an acre of land like a nail stuck among the ambitious Japanese is a recipe for disaster.

Harmful!

Putting down the newspaper, Zhao Chuanxin looked at the sky forty-five times, feeling worried: "The world slanders me, insults me, laughs at me, stay for a few more years, just look at him!

Excellent people are always prone to misunderstanding! "

Suddenly there was a soft voice from behind, asking in a British accent: "Sir, what are you sighing about?"

Zhao Chuanxin turned his head in surprise and saw a British woman wearing a white striped turtleneck shirt and an ankle-length skirt, holding an exaggerated lady's hat and looking at him curiously.

Her charming eyes closed shyly, her lips parted in a smile, her figure was slightly plus-size, and her blond hair was tied back.

Zhao Chuanxin has a reputation for being "a good judge of people". When he saw her, the keywords immediately popped up in his mind: blond, amateur.

This is his natural talent that he usually hides very well.

how?

Can Guo Xiaosi's exclusive moves attract the opposite sex at this time?

From then on, the action of looking up at the sky at 45 degrees will need to be shown more.

Zhao Chuanxin had a desolate expression: "I am sighing, although I am very handsome, I cannot be proud.

Looking around, who is not Yushu Linfeng? "

Pfft, the woman covered her mouth and laughed, her body shaking wildly.

Zhao Chuanxin's pupils shrank, and he could faintly see dark waves surging under the loose clothes.

Although Yingfa prides himself on being fashionable at the moment, the woman's clothes are too loose, so much so that Zhao Chuanxin almost ignored the woman's figure just now.

Damn it, how can a man with substance ignore his "inner" beauty because of his sweet appearance?

Never be so superficial again!

"Sir, you are so funny."

"Madam, I have been blown away by the sea breeze all the way. You are undoubtedly the most dazzling sight at the moment."

There was smoke in the woman's eyes: "Really?"

The Asian man in front of him was unusually tall but not bloated at all, and his skin was rare and delicate. She couldn't say he was handsome, but the edges and contours of his face reminded her of the karst landforms of Guilin, Guangxi that she had visited in Guilin, China, after hundreds of millions of years of erosion.

Although it has the texture of a sculpture, what is washed out is not as generous as marble. Instead, it forms a visual enjoyment with the sharp and delicate facial features.

And the way he dresses is pleasing to the eye.

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes were blazing: "Really, won't you turn around and meet love?"

He leaned on the side of the boat with one elbow and reached down to touch the smoke. The sea breeze blew away his thick, shiny and strong broken hair.

Taking out a cigarette, he asked the other party: "Want one?"

The woman took the cigarette and Zhao Chuanxin lit it for her.

The woman exhaled the smoke, held the cigarette elegantly next to her cheek, and said with a smile: "Are you showing love to me?

However, I have a husband who works at Kobe Suzuki Trading Company and is Japanese. My name is Zena Keith.

Why don't you introduce yourself? "

It should be said that "tanning" is not yet popular among women in Britain, the United States and other places. Zena Keith's skin was so fair that Zhao Chuanxin felt that the corpse that had been drowned and soaked in water for three days was not as white as hers.

Zhao Chuanxin said in his heart: Anyone with or without a husband is still his brother’s stinky sister!

Besides, my husband is Japanese.

"Ethan Zhao, male, I like you!"

Zena Keith has never heard of such "earthy" love words.

He laughed again, shaking off the cigarette ashes.

Zhao Chuanxin said in his heart that if you continue to laugh, he would like to see your branches quivering when you smile.

After laughing for a while, Zena Keith threw the few puffs of the cigarette into the sea and said, "It's too windy here. How about we find a place with less wind to chat."

Just right.

“On the whole ship, only my room has the least wind!

By the way, I’d like to treat you to a drink of twenty-year-old whiskey! "

When he was in the United States, Zhao Chuanxin was familiar with this kind of thing.

At this time, there was a vague concept of openness in Europe and the United States.

Very exciting!

It’s a joke, it’s the early 20th century, who doesn’t know how to drive?

In China, he behaves like a monk. This is entirely because of his mental disorder. He always feels that everyone he meets is several generations older than him. The better the relationship, the more so.

But he always welcomes any foreign girl.

No matter whether you are married or not, it is suitable for all ages.

Zhao Chuanxin's cabin was naturally first class, with the largest room, the best location, and a terrace outside.

Zena Keith was surprised.

I originally thought that Zhao Chuanxian just had a good skin, but now it seems that he must have a lot of money.

She became even more interested.

Pour some wine and take a few sips, and your mood will be high.

The two chatted for a few words, and the rest of "making friends through force" fell into place naturally.

Zhao Chuanxin laughed: "Be careful, that sword will be very powerful when it penetrates!"

It's really very good,

Every time A hits a critical hit, Zena Keith's health plummets instantly!

The shape of the boat is good, and the waves will naturally rise and fall!

One person gave everything, and one person endured everything.

Even for Zhao Chuanxin, this car was caught off guard.

I don’t know how long it took, but on the deck, Zhao Chuanxin and Zena Keane were walking side by side.

A Japanese man about 1.7 meters tall came towards her: "Zena, where have you been? I've been looking for you for a long, long time."