The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

"Zhao Chuanxin, I am Wang Zhanyuan. Can you speak further?"

There was a strong sound of water flowing on the river and a sound of wind, but Zhao Chuanxin only listened to it.

But when he saw Wang Zhanyuan standing alone on the shore, he understood what he meant.

The person sank into the water and disappeared.

After Wang Zhanyuan finished speaking, he was stunned when he saw Zhao Chuanxin suddenly disappearing into the water.

After a moment, Zhao Chuanxin appeared in the shallow water on the river bank.

Even here, it is at least 3 meters deep.

Zhao Chuanxin activated the blue ghost armor, jumped up with a huge splash of water, and jumped directly to the shore.

Twist and twist your neck without a drop of water hanging on your body.

Wang Zhanyuan's pupils contracted.

After all, he has never heard of Zhao Chuanxin's name as a mage!

Could this person be some kind of fairy or ghost?

Lighting a cigarette, Zhao Chuanxin took a deep breath, exhaled the smoke and said calmly: "Wang Zhanyuan, what do you have to say?"

Wang Zhanyuan calmed down and secretly told himself not to be too cowardly and not to be looked down upon by others.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he lacked confidence: "There is no good in fighting like this..."

Zhao Chuanxin laughed, his voice was rich and resonant, and he pointed at Wang Zhanyuan with the finger holding his cigarette: "Fight as long as you want! Fight until you admit defeat!"

Wang Zhanyuan felt like every pore was trembling.

So damn arrogant!

This is clearly what one should say in front of thousands of troops and the winner is the king.

But Zhao Chuanxin had this qualification alone.

"But you need to know that Beiyang will soon expand its quota to thirty-six towns across the country. There are No. 1 and No. 2 Mixed Associations outside the Pass, plus the No. 3 town stationed in Jilin. If you mess up, Lugang Town There will be no recovery!"

"hehe."

Threaten me?

Zhao Chuanxin stepped forward and came less than one meter away from Wang Zhanyuan.

He was condescending and spit smoke into Wang Zhanyuan's face contemptuously: "You go and kill them. Lugang Town does not support idlers. They have shed their last drop of blood. If I, Zhao Chuanxin, frowned and shared your surname!

However, Yuan Datou, Cixi, Aisin Gioro, Zai Zhen and his son, including you, Wang Zhanyuan, and your subordinates, I swear, none of you will survive.

All must be buried with them! "

Wang Zhanyuan was horrified and then retreated.

If someone else said this, he would definitely sneer at it.

But he didn't dare not believe that Zhao Chuanxin had unpredictable abilities!

If people are just going to squat on you every day, you can’t take thousands of people out every day, right?

And one hundred and eighty people are not enough for others to see!

Squatting for ten days and eight months is not enough, what about squatting for a year?

How many heads are enough to kill?

He said bitterly: "Zhao, Captain Zhao."

In face-to-face situations, Wang Zhanyuan would still feel a little stressed if he was called by his first name. He didn't know what to call him, because Zhao Chuanxin had no official position. In the end, he had to be called "Captain Zhao" in the name of the insurance team.

"Captain Zhao, we are just following orders. The order came from the Governor's Mansion, and the intention came from Shangshu Zaizhen, and the order was issued by Lafayette. I asked my men to step back a mile, and now we are talking. , no one can hear. Every injustice has its owner, so why doesn’t Captain Zhao go find Aisin Gioro Zai Zhen?”

Wang Zhanyuan was also forced to panic, and he even dared to say such words.

"That's what I have in mind. Why don't I clear your obstacles first?"

Wang Zhanyuan's eyes moved left and right, looking very sneaky.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Captain Zhao, there are actually not many troops in the small station barracks. These people I brought are already the main force. Why don't you go find Zai Zhen while I am retreating. As for the northern and southern sections, A patrol officer, Captain Zhao doesn’t even care about it.”

do my best!

Love as much as you like!

When this time passes, whether Zhao Chuanxin catches Aixinjueluo Zai Zhen or kills him, it will be none of his business.

I won't admit it even if I'm beaten to death.

"Okay, applause to the loyal traitor! That's just right. Wang Youyi can show me the way and tell me how to get to Zai Zhen's house."

Later, when Zhao Chuanxian traveled to Tianjin, he visited Prince Qing's Mansion.

But if I remember correctly, the Naqing Prince's Mansion on Cambridge Road in the American Concession was purchased by Zai Zhen many years later.

I don't live there at this time.

Sure enough, Wang Zhanyuan whispered: "In the British Concession..."

Zhao Chuanxin patted Wang Zhanyuan on the shoulder with satisfaction: "The world is so big. Wherever I am in the future, remember to stay away. In addition, leave me two Krupp field guns, plus some artillery shells."

"This...it won't be easy for me to explain when I go back."

Two cannons were lost for nothing, especially with so many subordinates watching. It would be strange to go back without being punished.

"If you don't keep the cannon, don't even think about going back. You can't go back!"

"..."

Wang Zhanyuan had no temper at all. He obediently left the cannon and ammunition and retreated with his men.

…

Capital City, Imperial Palace.

Lafayette sat comfortably in his chair, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and asked Li Lianying to choose important memorials to read to her.

Since the end of last year, Cixi has lost her appetite and her health has been deteriorating.

Li Lianying had feelings for her. Seeing this, he took it upon himself to throw away most of the unimportant memorials and only took three.

After thinking about it, I put down another book, leaving only two.

Cixi waited for a while but heard no movement, but did not open her eyes. She just asked: "Why don't you read it?"

Li Lianying started quickly.

"Lord Buddha, there are two important things. One happened outside the customs.

Japan protested and warned that the local area was not peaceful and that bandits had been causing trouble in the Jiandao area for a long time, causing injuries to South Korean police and civilians. If the court does not care, they will send troops to enter the country to protect Korean farmers. "

"What does Xu Buwu do for food? This matter has not been resolved yet!"

Bu Wu is the character of Xu Shichang.

Cixi actually didn't care about the boundary issues in the Jiandao area. What's the use of a bigger place?

She just wanted to solve the problem and not give Japan an excuse to start a war.

But Xu Shichang refused to give in on the territory and stood on the side of those damn "rioters".

This actually made Cixi very angry, but she couldn't say many things clearly.

You can't let Xu Shichang leave it alone. If you want to occupy the land, just occupy it, right?

Li Lianying said cautiously: "Back to Buddha, Governor Xu said that there was something fishy about this matter, and asked the Japanese to move the boundary stakes back to their original positions and warned them not to cross the border. But the Japanese did not move, but they sent Korean police across the border from time to time to determine the boundary. As an excuse to act wantonly in our territory. Therefore, the people resisted in order to protect the country..."

"Um.

The Japanese are ambitious and must be guarded against.

But procrastinating like this is not the answer. Let Xu Buwu solve it as soon as possible. If Japan and South Korea refuse to do anything, then he will personally lead people to move the boundary stakes. It has to be solved after all.

Otherwise, it will give the Japanese an excuse to raise troops, and the court will not have so much money to use for war.

Say another thing. "

At this time, Cixi was already seventy-three years old. She was very old and spoke much slower and feebly than before.

Unlike when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, when they escaped, they did not forget to eat and drink in various government offices, spending countless amounts of delicacies on each meal.

Li Lianying put down the memorial: "The second thing is that the south was hit by a disaster last year, and the disaster continued this year. There was no food to adjust in various places, which caused the price of rice to rise. Originally, the Lugang Town Charity Association was here, and the disaster was alleviated for a while. But once Firstly, the Lugang Town Charity Association can’t buy so much food now, and secondly, secondly..."

In fact, there is one person Li Lianying is unwilling to mention.

Because these days, Lafayette has been worried about this person.

But among these memorials, this person cannot be avoided in all likelihood.

"Go on?"

Cixi urged again displeasedly.

The job of serving others is the most difficult to do. Even if you take care of the master's worries, you might get scolded.

Li Lianying had no choice but to continue: "Secondly, a few days ago, a newspaper published an article saying that there was a student studying at Peiyang University named Zhang Lufeng, who was from Yuhang. When Zhao Chuanxin was giving a speech, he shouted that Zhao Chuanxin It is wrong to do charity with money. It is better to donate money to develop military power, or form your own army to drive away foreigners.

After Zhao Chuanxin heard this, he said that he would no longer do charity in Yuhang, and that all those who starved to death would be blamed on Zhang Lufeng. If you want to hate, just hate Zhang Lufeng.

As a result, after reading the newspaper at the Lugang Town Charity Association in the south, I stopped charity activities in Yuhang and stopped intervening in local grain prices. This caused the price of rice to rise rapidly in Yuhang, and poor people destroyed rice shops, and even Zhang Lufeng's family was affected.

He said his family had no money, but in fact his family was a well-off local family with thousands of acres of fertile land.

As a result, he was beaten into Zhuangzi by the poor, and his family property was robbed..."

Cixi: "..."

Just outrageous.

Was Zhang Lufeng's head caught in the doorframe?

She finally opened her eyes angrily: "It is a waste to ask people to expel Zhang Lufeng's academic status. It is really not enough to achieve success, but more than failure. The book has been read into the dog's belly! In my opinion, it is in vain to let him study again."

"Yes, Lord Buddha."

Finally, there is a Lugang Town Charity Association, which often provides disaster relief. There are no "middlemen" at the government offices in various places to earn the "price difference", so that the money can actually fall into the hands of the victims.

Indirectly, it can be regarded as resolving a big trouble for the court.

But Zhang Lufeng caused trouble with just one word.

Can Cixi not hate it?

However, after finishing her hatred, she was stunned again.

Zhao Chuanxin's exposure has been so high recently that Cixi has memorized this name.

She suddenly asked: "By the way, Zhao Chuanxin had a conflict with Yuan Weiting's Beiyang New Army a few days ago and shot dozens of people. Has this person been caught?"

When Li Lianying heard this, her heart tightened. This was what he wanted to avoid mentioning today.

Because of this incident, Cixi's blood pressure might soar, and it would be troublesome if she died without a breath.

"This...back to Lafayette, the Beiyang Army sent a battalion to capture Zhao Chuanxin, but he was repulsed and took away two Krupp cannons."

"What?" Cixi suddenly sat up from her chair. "A whole battalion was defeated by him alone? Yuan Weiting has been training soldiers for so many years, and this is all he has accomplished?"

It’s simply a fantasy.

In Cixi's view, it was not Zhao Chuanxin who was powerful, but the Beiyang Army's incompetence.

I have always heard people bragging about how powerful the Beiyang New Army is, but now it seems that they are just mediocre and the rumors are all false!

Although the Lugang Town Charity Association was established by Zhao Chuanxin.

But in Cixi's view, one code equals another, and should be rewarded, caught, and killed.

Although he, Zhao Chuanxin, had done good deeds and saved the court a lot of trouble, he still had to be caught and beheaded if he broke the law. There is no need for rewards, but punishment must be given.

She narrowed her eyes, and her face showed the edge she only had when she was young: "Of the ten pounds of this person's bones, nine pounds are reverse bones, and one pound is reverse bones. Keeping them is really a big problem!

I heard that the Lugang Town Charity Association is very rich, right? "

Li Lianying heard the sound and knew the elegant meaning: "Yes, Lord Buddha, from last year to this year, they may have scattered more than a million taels of silver!"

The imperial court was short of money. Those who were short of money took back all the salt industry and started it as an official business.

Cixi nodded: "It's hard to give up charity money. Others' charity can only be a few hundred or a thousand taels at most, and those who exceed ten thousand are already rare. When the south was hit by the disaster, I only took one hundred thousand taels. Come to think of it, this Lugang town has a lot of plans. Ah. Electrify Yuan Weiting and ask him to use all his strength to capture Zhao Chuanxin and keep him alive..."

Before he finished speaking, a young eunuch hurriedly came to report: "Report...Tianjin City urgent call, 100,000 yuan urgent!"

Li Lianying felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

After receiving the telegram and looking at the content, his expression changed drastically: "Lafayette, Zhao sent him a message, he arrested Zai Zhen..."

"What?" Cixi suddenly stood up. "How audacious! How audacious!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Lianying continued: "Zhao Chuanxin said that he said some treacherous words."

Cixi said coldly: "What did you say?"

"He said, he said that the wallet for charity work is empty. Prince Qing has money, so he asked him to donate some charity money and donate 1 million pounds before letting him go. Otherwise, Zai Zhen will be asked to go down below and wait for Lafayette in advance..."

Cixi's blood pressure surged and she was so angry that Li Lianying stroked her back to help her calm down, and then she calmed down.

Is this a curse to her to die?

What a vicious heart, what a lawless Zhao Chuanxin!

She could guess that Zhao Chuanxin's original words might be more arrogant, and they were the result of Li Lianying's beautification.

Li Lianying saw that her face was a little ugly, so she said: "Old Buddha, I will arrange for someone to call the imperial doctor..."

Cixi waved her hand: "No, tell Yuan Weiting that this man must be captured and escorted to the capital. I want to see this man executed with my own eyes!"

…

Zhao Chuanxin tied up Aixinjueluo Zaizhen without much trouble.

If you want to get "a little bit of red", it's as simple as throwing it into the Haihe River after tying it, and there will be no more Zai Zhen in the world.

But that's too cheap for these two men. I'm rich, and Zhao Chuanxin is here for money this time.

Those words about lack of money are by no means empty talk.

Because he went to the bank to withdraw money many times, the great powers learned the lesson, and the bank reserves were greatly reduced, and part of the money had to be removed every three days.

This is like replenishing troops with a knife tower. If you can't prevent the opponent from replenishing troops, then you can attack your own troops first to reduce the capital output.

This is what Li Guangzong told him from the clues discovered by HSBC Bank on Hong Kong Island.

The so-called cutting off sources and opening up flows, how to open up flows? Naturally, it starts from people like Aixinjueluo Zaizhen.

Aixinjueluo Zaizhen was currently on a small awning boat, floating on the water near the Laolongtou pontoon.

The water is shining, and Xu Bo is unhappy.

This awning boat is much simpler than Zhao Chuanxin's houseboat on Hong Kong Island.

Not only is the shed low, it also lacks the atmosphere of life.

After all, Tianjin City is not as narrow as Hong Kong Island, and there is no need for people to live on boats.

A cargo-carrying flat-bottomed boat passed by.

The man holding the pole, wearing a bamboo hat, looked at the two of them strangely.

How did they sail without oars or poles?

Seeing a boat passing by, Aixinjueluo Zaizhen wanted to shout.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at him happily: "If you dare to shout, I will give you a knife. Have you ever heard of my famous name outside Guanwai?"

"Humph, so what if you've heard of it?"

Zhao Chuanxin took out the elf carving knife and stabbed it lightly on the side of the ship, piercing it in as easily as poking tofu.

Aixinjueluo Zai Zhen's hair stood on end.

No matter how sharp the knife is, it cannot do this. I guess it's because of his amazing strength?

Zhao Chuanxin said with a smile: "Every day before I go to bed, I look in the mirror and ask myself - are you a little bit red today?"

Then, he used the elf carving knife to mark Aixinjueluo Zaizhen's eyebrows: "It's already afternoon, I ask myself, there's not a little bit of blush today!"

"..." Aixinjueluo Zaizhen was shocked and angry: "What exactly do you want?"

Only then did he realize that this was what "a little red outside the pass" meant!

A hole was poked in the forehead, and a little red blood seeped out, which makes me shudder just thinking about it.

"No matter what happens, when your father buys you with money, you will be my slave now. A slave is worth 1 million pounds!"

"nonsense!"

Hearing the word "slave", Aixinjueluo Zaizhen blushed.

This is definitely the biggest insult to a noble bannerman.

But Zhao Chuanxin just smiled and said nothing.

Aixinjueluo Zaizhen was used to pampering himself, but the environment on this boat was extremely poor. It was dirty. His clothes would be stained when he was sitting on it, and he would be shaking violently when he stood.

After a moment, he said: "I want convenience."

"The small one is peeing in the wind, and the big one is pulling on the side."

"..."

As the boat rocked, Aixinjueluo Zaizhen unbuttoned his pants.

Zhao Chuanxin hid far away: "You want the wind to blow on me, don't blame Zhao for being ruthless, causing you to have no descendants!"

Aixinjueluo Zai Zhen was so frightened that he wet his pants.

After finishing the extremely awkward settlement, Aixinjueluo looked at the boat, which was indeed a little wet from the wind, and didn't want to sit down anymore.

After a moment, he said again: "I'm hungry."

Zhao Chuanxin yelled: "If I ask you to change some money, it's either going to be windy or raining."

As he said that, he took out two pancakes from nowhere and threw them away.

The pancakes landed on the boat, where they were wet just now, but now they were dried.

But the dazzling water stains are still there.

"It fell on the floor, how can I eat it?"

"Pick it up and eat it."

"..."

He kicked the pancake aside angrily.

Zhao Chuanxin was happy to see the result: "Haha, those are Song Ji butter sesame cakes, a good thing from the Eight Classics, and there are only two of them. Now you have kicked it twice, as long as I don't bring the money, you will still have to eat it later. .”

After saying that, Zhao Chuanxin took out his camera.

Aixinjueluo Zai Zhen asked in a hateful voice: "What are you going to do?"

He was actually very curious about how Zhao Chuanxian conjured up various things.

However, I had seen Zhao Chuanxin's "white stripes in the waves" ability before, pushing the boat in the water and swishing away. Although I was curious now, I didn't make a fuss.

It seems like this person also knows some magic?

Zhao Chuanxin took the camera and "clicked" to take photos of Aixinjueluo Zaizhen and the boat.

He said: "Of course it is to record a good life."

"..."