The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

There is also massage in Lugang Town, but the skills are really mediocre and they are all done by men.

Zhao Chuanxin, who had visited Hong Kong Island before, thought that what greeted him was red sleeves and fragrant clothes, which was indescribable.

However, upon entering, a strong smell of Chinese herbal medicine hits your nostrils.

The old Chinese doctor in a long gown greeted him with a splayed step: "Brother Chang has informed several people who want to loosen the bones. Please come in."

Shouldn't it be a middle-aged lady who still has her charm to greet her?

Why is he a traditional Chinese medicine doctor with old trees and dead branches?

Zhao Chuanxin had his last hope and led others to follow him.

The pearl curtain is closed and the mica screen is open. There are rows of special massage beds inside, and the massagers are all male apprentices.

Zhao Chuanxin stopped: "That's it?"

Li Zhitao behind him felt fresh: "It's pretty good!"

"What a fart!"

Zhao Chuanxin was furious.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

He turned to the old Chinese medicine doctor and asked: "Are there any private rooms? Are there any female apprentices?"

"Ah?" The old Chinese medicine doctor was confused. "There is only one female doctor. Usually, if a rich girl has a headache or a fever, she will come. She will not loosen bones for men."

Zhao Chuanxin had already begun to take off his coat: "More money!"

"It really doesn't work."

"Add two silver dollars."

"This is inconvenient."

"Three dollars!"

"Okay, I'll go get her!"

Li Zhitao was stunned from behind: "Zhao Sheng, I think men are stronger."

Zhao Chuanxin patted him on the shoulder: "Taotao, I really saw you right. Just saying these words to you must have made me feel cold!"

Li Zhitao and the others were outside, while Zhao Chuanxin entered the box by himself.

At this time, the curtain was lifted.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at his feet first and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that they were normal big feet.

Move your eyes upward and look at the hairstyle.

Fortunately, there is no shaved hairline on the forehead, and the oblique bangs on the forehead are combed back diagonally.

Third, look at the figure. Hey, this strong man... this strong lady has an amazing physique.

It seems that there is no need to look at faces anymore.

Zhao Chuanxin accepted his fate and said dejectedly: "How to deal with it?"

The strong female warrior came with a set of Golden Needles to read, listen, inquire, and cut meals, explaining the fate of monarchs, ministers, assistants, and soldiers, revealing the mysteries of the human body and heaven and earth.

Then he brought the blended olive oil and Chinese herbal juice and said in a rough voice: "Come on, take off your clothes and lie down!"

And Zhao Chuanxin slowly took off his clothes.

The strong woman continued: "Pants too."

"this……"

"Are you afraid of being ugly?"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

I'm afraid, few people have seen Zhao Chuanxin also fall behind.

Obey and do as you are told.

Strong hands were dipped in olive oil, rubbed and heated, and then moved around Zhao Chuanxin's back.

When she reached the cervical spine, the strong woman said, "Take off the chain around your neck."

Zhao Chuanxin refused: "I don't want to pick this. I will carry it in the coffin even if I die."

"..."

There is a benefit to not having that kind of expectation.

The strong female warrior has amazing strength, skillful techniques and extremely accurate acupuncture points.

Zhao Chuanxin's muscles are strong, and the strong woman's hands are strong. It can be said that when you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent.

Not long after, Zhao Chuanxin fell asleep.

The strong woman muttered: "The body is so pure and clean, and the thin skin and tender flesh make it look like a girl! Do you want to use assorted flower juice to take care of it? That is the recipe used by Concubine Yang Guifei."

Zhao Chuanxin was on the verge of falling asleep and snorted drowsily.

Female warrior: "Remember to add money!"

I had a very solid sleep this time!

When Zhao Chuanxin opened his eyes, it was already the next day.

He struggled to get up from the bed and moved his body. Ouch, the skills of a strong female warrior are amazing!

What's the matter with the smell of flowers?

After getting dressed and going out, Li Zhitao and others were not seen when passing by the hall.

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head. These grandsons left him and ran away.

The old Chinese doctor was moving around in the hall, practicing health-preserving gymnastics such as Wu Qin Xi.

Seeing Zhao Chuanxin, he smiled and nodded.

The three pieces of ocean promised to me yesterday will naturally be given to me.

But the old Chinese medicine doctor looked at the money on the counter and shook his head: "There is also money for assorted flower juices!"

Zhao Chuanxin's mind was filled with questions.

The old Chinese medicine doctor sniffed and said disdainfully: "I don't believe you, smell it, men like to apply flower juice, the world is declining!"

This made Zhao Chuanxin quite unhappy. Why did you steal my lines?

After leaving the door, I found the five Li Zhitao brothers leaning against the wall, their heads moving slightly, and their consciousness remaining in a dissociated state.

After kicking Li Zhitao, Zhao Chuanxin said: "Hey, hey, wake up, did you sleep here last night?"

Li Zhitao opened his eyes in a daze and got up.

"They told me not to stay overnight."

Don't let the overnight guests sleep outside?

What a bunch of fools, what kind of gangsters are they?

Everyone else was awake, but Toadboy was still snoring.

Li Zhitao grabbed his collar and shook it violently, and Toad Boy woke up.

"where am I?"

Fell asleep.

Zhao Chuanxin couldn't laugh or cry.

"Where can I wash up? Let's wash our faces and brush our teeth."

"There are free tap water pipes outside the Gui Lao Concession."

As they walked, Zhao handed out toothbrushes to everyone.

Toad Boy finally couldn't help himself: "Zhao Sheng, where do you usually put your things?"

Zhao Chuanxin pointed to the sky in a cryptic manner: "Heavenly Court, do you know?"

"I know, I know!" Toad Boy nodded hurriedly: "The place where the Jade Emperor lives."

Leaders are superstitious about which company is stronger. Hong Kong Island dares to jump and shout first.

Even in the 21st century, when science is flourishing, this belief remains true.

Several people looked at me, and I looked at you, and when they looked at Zhao Chuanxin, there was a little awe in their eyes.

Li Zhitao hesitated and asked: "So, Zhao Sheng is a mage?"

“Well, someone called me that.

Okay, don’t say you don’t have these, brush your teeth and wash your face quickly.

Chuishuiju, take this money to buy breakfast, and we'll eat it here. "

Chuishuiju took water from the faucet and rinsed his mouth, then spat it out and said, "I haven't even finished rinsing!"

Zhao Chuanxin urged: "Whether you wash it or not has little impact on your appearance.

Go, go, I'm hungry. "

Chui Shuiju looked at the puddle of water on the ground, looked around, and said aggrievedly: "I think I'm so handsome!"

"You have a beard at the age of three, look at how old you are! You have a face full of wrinkles and you dare to boast about how handsome you are?"

Chuishuiju: "..."

After Chui Shuiju left, Li Zhitao asked, "Zhao Sheng, what are we going to do next?"

do what?

Originally, Zhao Chuanxin was just going around and secretly supervising the charity meeting. If there was no problem, he would return to the mainland.

Looking at the hard-working brothers, he said to himself that he is not involved in production, and it is not a problem to always rely on speculation and "withdrawal".

The traditional social structure of China is scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. When it comes to the conduct of the people, respect for scholars.

But it is different on Hong Kong Island. Since the opening of the port, re-export trade has been the main focus.

Chinese people basically do hard work, and most of them are at the bottom.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chuanxin even had the urge to drive the British guy away.

Of course just thinking about it.

"Taotao, how many brothers do you have in total?"

Li Zhitao gave up the resistance and let Zhao Chuanxin call him whatever he wanted.

He looked back at Toad Boy and the others: "Just four."

"Oh, what is your Zhongshengtang? There are only five people in love?"

Li Zhitao's face turned red: "Sheng Zhao, don't look down on others, I am a big peach, I will become rich sooner or later!"

"Okay, okay." Zhao Chuanxin curled his lips: "What a good person, but it's a pity that he has a long mouth and loves to brag!"

Li Zhitao: "..."

"What if I want to build a house on Hong Kong Island?"

"Buy land, buy land from Gui Lao!"

In 1841, the Ambassador to China, Charles Elliot, presided over a land sale. The land sold at that time was land in Macau, and a total profit of 3,272 pounds was obtained.

By 1888, British Hong Kong's land sales revenue accounted for one-third of the total fiscal revenue.

The money came so fast.

This gave the British a taste of the sweetness, and they continued to develop the real estate economy in the later period. Until the motherland took back Hong Kong Island, they made a lot of money by selling land.

Zhao Chuanxin was very unhappy.

What the hell, your own land is being sold by foreign devils?

"Taotao, what do you think is the most profitable thing to do?"

"Be an intermediary and introduce people from mainland China to make guri."

Making ghee is hard work.

That is the legendary "pig transport", where Chinese people are transported as pigs not only to Hong Kong Island, but also to the whole world for labor export.

But the end is often miserable.

Zhao Chuanxin frowned: "Bad idea!

Is there anything else? "

"Open a restaurant and a bone farm."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled angrily.

Study now and sell now?

"Can your layout be bigger?"

Li Zhitao scratched his head: "Build a power plant? Buy a ship for transportation?"

"It's a bit interesting."

At this time, Chui Shuijiao came back.

He came back with a food box.

Sticky rice chicken, seafood porridge, rice rolls, rice noodles...

Chuishuiju said happily: "You have to return the food box after eating, and you have to pay a deposit."

"I'll give you a hair, why bother?" Zhao Chuanxin disagreed. "Eat quickly and take me around when you're done."

At this time, the Chinese at the bottom were really miserable. The upper-class businessmen were all British. The Chinese people could just live in the cracks and make ends meet.

Many people only have 1 square meter of accommodation.

How narrow is an alley?

Zhao Chuanxin saw that a bamboo pole stretched out along the window and could be placed on the opposite window to dry clothes.

It's even worse for people like Li Zhitao, who live in groups of five to six people and don't even have 1 square meter of space. They usually sleep on the street or find a houseboat to squeeze in.

As for Dakuchang, at least he can go to a restaurant to eat.

There is not even the concept of future real estate, such as building a building, and no one has thought of selling it in layers so that each household has its own property rights.

If you want to sell it, you have to sell a piece of land. Once the building is built, no matter how many floors it is, the property rights belong to one person.

And the owners basically don’t think about selling them in layers.

This is probably a cognitive gap.

Until the first person eats crab.

Later, a businessman surnamed Huo copied this method of layered sales and used installment payments for the first time so that people who were temporarily unable to buy a house in full could live in the house.

What the two men did had a profound impact on the subsequent real estate industry.

Zhao Chuanxin is gearing up. Even if he is not willing to drink the blood of real estate, buying land does not necessarily mean building a house and speculating on the price. There is much to be done in other aspects.

But the purchase of land on Hong Kong Island from Hong Kong British has always been a hurdle in Zhao Chuanxin's heart, and it makes him worried.

If he handed over the money obediently, he would not be willing to do so anyway.

what to do?

When he arrived west of Pedder Street, Zhao Chuanxin found the answer.

Headquarters of Jardine \u0026 Co., Hunterdon \u0026 Co., Lane Crawford, Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC Bank.

Some buildings were damaged by the typhoon, but some are still there. There are still some broken sampans floating in the port.

Where did the British from Hong Kong put the money? Self-explanatory!

After Li Zhitao discovered that Zhao Chuanxin had arrived, he looked at the rows of foreign-style buildings and let out a scary "hehehe" smile.

"Zhao Sheng, are you okay?"

Zhao Chuanxin wiped his saliva and said, "Nothing, just greedy."

If you don't want to spend money and don't want to go to war, then use your left hand instead of your right hand.

"It's not noon yet, are you hungry again?"

"Haha." Zhao Chuanxin did not explain, but stood on the coastline and opened his arms: "Let Hong Kong Ying face the strong wind!"

As a result, Li Zhitao and Toad Boy looked at him in confusion.

"Damn it, a bunch of pig heads!"

Zhao Chuanxin was annoyed.

Toad Boy asked: "Sheng Zhao, it's nothing but water. We still have to ask for money."

When Li Zhitao heard this, he said, "Yes, it's more important to get money than to dream."

They felt that Zhao Chuanxin was wishful thinking.

Building power plants and doing transportation are things that rich people and those in power do. Currently, everything is controlled by the ghost guy.

It's okay to brag, but you still have to face reality.

When they thought about it, if Zhao Chuanxin was really rich, why would he sneak into Hong Kong Island, sleep on the streets with them, and eat rice rolls on the roadside?

"Taotao, if I give you money, how many people do you think your Zhongshengtang can attract?"

"Give me money?" Li Zhitao's eyes lit up: "You can win over at least ten people!"

Zhao Chuanxin almost tripped because he didn't know what kind of garbage was under his feet.

"Just dragging in ten people, what's the use of you?"

"It's hard to tell, even my big peach wants to save face!"

Zhao Chuanxin did not argue with the fool: "Let's go find the Lugang Town Charity Association."

But Li Zhitao quickly shook his head: "Even Dakou Chang scared him and them, don't mess with them!"

"It's okay, as long as I'm here, no one will dare not give you face."

At this time, the Lugang Town Charity Association was handing out number plates made of bamboo.

The victims who received the cards worked as directed and were provided with three meals during the day.

This temporary office space was directly purchased by the wealthy Lugang Town Charity Association.

At this time, there was a long queue outside.

A staff member recruited locally was lowering his head to sort the number plates, when suddenly a shadow covered him.

When he looked up, he saw an unusually tall young man.

The person behind him doesn't look like a good person.

So he warned: "What are you doing? Go to the queue to make guri, and you can't jump in line."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and said: "If you don't want to make guri, I'll ask you, Ms. Liu Jiahui."

Li Zhitao and the others were frightened behind them.

"Looking for Miss Liu? Wait!"

With that said, he turned and went to the back office.

Liu Jiahui and Gao Li came out.

Li Zhitao's eyes narrowed when he saw Gao Li!

The weather in Hong Kong Island is hot and it is not cold even in November.

Gao Li was wearing a blue-gray shirt, with a corner of his resolute armor visible through the open collar.

His shirt was stained with heat and sweat, but he didn't seem to notice it.

On his waist were two pistols and a bayonet.

Holding a Winchester M1897 in his hand.

The veins on the back of my hands are exposed!

Under the single eyelid, his eyes were cold.

Li Zhitao felt that the most powerful red stick under Dakuchang's hands was simply weak compared to this man.

He believed that if he and others made the slightest move, they would be beaten to death on the spot!

Unexpectedly, Liu Jiahui saw Zhao Chuanxin with surprise on her face: "Captain Zhao, you are finally willing to come back."

Gao Li, who had always been unsmiling, also twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Well done!"

Zhao Chuanxin stepped forward without any scruples and patted Liu Jiahui on the shoulder.

Not only Li Zhitao and the others were shocked, but even the locally recruited staff members had their eyes widened.

Liu Jiahui was regarded as a goddess, but this man patted her on the shoulder?