The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Li Xiangxi ate ramen and scallion pancakes in silence, and grilled fish.

He changed the topic and asked: "Do you think it will be helpful to Korea at this time if I bring His Majesty's personal letter to the Second Peace Conference?"

Zhao Chuanxin coughed and choked on the noodles.

After he swallowed it with difficulty, he laughed.

Li Xiangxi said angrily: "Why are you laughing?"

Zhao Chuanxin said: "It's okay, just go ahead and don't listen to my advice. After listening to you, you won't be as motivated anymore. How can you give up on doing things halfway, right?"

"..." Li Xiangxi suddenly lost his appetite and put his chopsticks down on the table: "What do you mean? Li is willing to listen to your opinion."

Zhao Chuanxin drank the noodle soup in one gulp, put down the bowl and said, "The Russo-Japanese War was mediated by the United States, right? Russia has recognized Japan's right to rule Korea. The United States and Japan mutually recognize each other's right to dominate the Philippines and South Korea. Britain is the current backer and supporter of the Japanese devils. The Qing Dynasty has too much time to take care of itself and cannot speak well. The remaining powers basically just have an attitude of indifference. When you go, the Japanese find that the international community acquiesces in their rule of Korea. Finally, the last trace of worry will be eliminated.”

Li Xiangxi's face turned pale and he was sweating.

His lips trembled with excitement: "No, it can't be...then this Peace Conference of All Nations, isn't it child's play?"

"How can you say it's child's play? Aren't they going to dispel the last worries of the Japanese?"

Is this comfort?

"I don't believe it, I definitely don't believe it."

Li Xiangxi began to try to convince himself that Zhao Chuanxin was talking nonsense and was just a family opinion.

"Oh, okay then." Zhao Chuanxin didn't care and took the money to settle the bill.

"Where to go?" Li Xiangxi stood up and asked.

"Go find one of your patriotic Korean businessmen."

There are many patriotic businessmen in Korea, but Park Taek-hoo is the one who is the most reckless.

He was currently at the dock in Jemulpo, talking to a group of kids.

On the small fishing boat moored at the pier, the dried fish scales on the deck shone brightly from the sun, and there was a faint fishy smell on the boat.

A small table and two small horses were placed unsteadily on the deck.

Xian Yubin sat on the other side of the small table in a serious manner, facing the big businessman Park Zehu without showing any timidity.

"Mr. Park, thank you to your Dacheng Chamber of Commerce for accommodating us. But I have a request. Can the poorhouse be built on Ares 2 Island?"

Park Zehu was stunned: "God of War 2 Island? What is that place?"

Xian Yubin's brows were deliberately furrowed into a shallow "Chuan" to cover up his disadvantages of age.

He acted very seriously: "I shouldn't have revealed the God of War 2 Island. But Mr. Park is one of our own, and our own people will not harm our own people. The God of War Island is a base for our God of War team, and the God of War 2 is a good island. It’s the base for us Ares intelligence agents.”

Hearing that Xian Yubin called himself the "God of War Intelligence Agent", Park Zehu wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

He said: "The transportation is not very convenient, but please tell me the reason first. Why does it have to be on Ares 2 Island?"

"We grew food there. Although Mr. Park was kind enough to take him in, we can't always rely on Mr. Park's help. We want to be self-reliant."

Park Zehu, who was joking at first, turned really serious.

In addition to providing financial and material assistance to Korean independence fighters, he also founded the Shinhan Minpo newspaper and the Daesung Chamber of Commerce. In addition to calling on Korean people to have the courage to resist Japanese aggression and colonial rule, it also encourages Koreans to become economically self-reliant.

He valued self-reliance and was very disgusted with the Japanese monopoly on Korea's economy and agriculture.

Therefore, when Xian Yubin proposed that he wanted to be self-reliant in the future, Park Zehu became serious.

He felt that the child in front of him would definitely be the number one figure in Korea in the future.

"That being the case, I need to go to Ares 2 Island for inspection first. I'll give you an accurate answer if I can."

If Pu Zehu agreed directly, Xian Yubin would have doubts.

It can be seen that he needs to investigate first. This is the serious attitude towards doing things.

Xian Yubin stood up, straightened his patched clothes, and stretched out his hand to Park Zehu: "Mr. Park, on behalf of all our God of War intelligence agents, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you. We are still young, but we will grow up one day. What you do today will definitely pay off.”

Park Zehu smiled, stood up, stretched out his hand and shook Xian Yubin's hand: "I'm really looking forward to your future."

A group of snot-nosed kids looked enviously at Xian Yubin who could talk to a big businessman.

At this moment, a snot-nosed kid pointed at the pier and said excitedly: "Look, Mr. Zhao is here."

Everyone looked at him and saw that it was indeed Zhao Chuanxin, accompanied by a thin man with a big forehead and two curved mustaches.

He looks about less than forty years old.

Pu Zehu waved to the shore and said hello: "Mr. Zhao."

Xian Yubin ordered: "Row the oar and go ashore."

The two snot boys swung the oar left and right and worked together to row the boat to the shore.

Zhao Chuanxin asked Li Xiangxi to jump off first, and then he followed him to the boat.

"Hey, are you having a meeting?"

Pu Zehu smiled: "Yes, Mr. Zhao's intelligence agents are also full of talents, which is an eye-opener for me."

Zhao Chuanxin glanced at Xian Yubin and said with a smile: "Yes, these are all pillars of talent."

Park Zehu looked at Li Xiangxi: "Who is this?"

Zhao Chuanxin did not hide it, and revealed Li Xiangxi's identity and even his mission to attend the Peace Conference of All Nations.

Li Xiangxi's expression changed, because this was done in secret, and he didn't expect Zhao Chuanxin to directly reveal it to outsiders.

Zhao Chuanxin patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, Mr. Park is not an outsider. His patriotism can be seen in the sun and the moon."

Pu Zehu hurriedly said: "This is a big deal. Although I, Pu Zehu, am just a businessman, I still have to contribute. If nothing else, I will definitely do my best to cover your travel expenses."

Li Xiangxi was surprised. He did not expect Park Zehu to be willing to pay.

It’s hard to give up good money, and patriotism is all about patriotism, but many people are not willing to spend their own money to be patriotic.

Zhao Chuanxin only gave a brief introduction, and Park Zehu was willing to pay for it, which shows his sincerity.

He couldn't help but glance at Zhao Chuanxin, and Zhao Chuanxin winked at Li Xiangxi.

Li Xiangxi suddenly realized.

It turned out that it was revealed on purpose, presumably because he knew Park Zehu’s temperament.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Park. The history books of Korea will definitely record your work."

Park Zehu is very happy.

Although he is patriotic out of his heart, he may leave his name in history, who can refuse?

The more businessman you are, the more face you have and the more you like to be in the limelight.

Fame and fortune come together.

Pu Zehu said to Zhao Chuanxin again: "Mr. Zhao, you are really a great man. Not only did he give the Japanese troops a severe blow at Guluji Ridge, causing them to suffer from 'Zhaophobia', but he also successfully assassinated Ito Hirobumi in Seoul. The Japanese Emperor was furious. , Hasegawa is so angry! All the people in Korea are praising Mr. Zhao’s chivalrous act!”

Speaking of this, Zhao Chuanxin was really ashamed: "Hey, hey, why are you talking about this? On Guluji Ridge, I really hurt the little devil. But regarding Ito Hirobumi, I didn't actually do anything. Really of."

He told the truth, he meant it.

Park Zehu couldn't help but said: "Mr. Zhao is too humble. When I heard that Ito Hirobumi was assassinated by Mr. Zhao, I immediately drank three glasses of wine. Happy!"

"..."

These words made Zhao Chuanxian really... ashamed.

Obviously he didn't do anything.

But he had to put this matter on his own head.

It's all Lee Soo-gil's fault, it's really troublesome.

Harmful……

Zhao Chuanxin looked up to the sky and sighed: "Hey, a great chivalrous person serves the country and the people. Maybe, he is talking about me."

Next to him, Li Xiangxi's eyes widened when he heard this.

I have never seen such a shameless boaster.

Pu Zehu was used to Zhao Chuanxin's character. He said with a smile: "Now I can be sure that the money I supported was not wasted. Mr. Zhao is a true hero who does practical things, and he deserves to be called the God of War!"

"It's all my peers... ah no, it's all my opponents who set me off."

Li Xiangxi: "..."

Look, are you talking human language?

At the same time, I also realized that Park Zehu had also funded Zhao's salary, but he didn't know how much.

Pu Zehu looked at the misty sea surface and said: "This kid wants me to go to Ares 2 Island to build a poor relief hall. Mr. Zhao, can you take me to visit Ares 2 Island?"

"Okay, that's great." Zhao Chuanxin said very enthusiastically: "Xian Yubin, hurry up and paddle out."

"Okay sir."

It's just that he was small and had limited strength. Zhao Chuanxin felt that it was too slow.

He said, "Sit tight, I'll go into the sea and push the boat."

Park Zehu and Li Xiangxi were stunned.

Pushing a boat into the sea?

Never heard of it!

Zhao Chuanxin jumped into the sea without saying a word.

Everyone felt the ship tremble and its speed suddenly increase.

Xian Yubin knew Zhao Chuanxin's underwater abilities, so he said to the snotty baby: "Work harder, let's help you."

Pu Zehu and Li Xiangxi saw that Zhao Chuanxin did not show his head for a long time.

I couldn't help but ask Xian Yubin: "Why hasn't Mr. Zhao come to the surface yet? Something will happen if you hold your breath underwater for too long."

People who exercise vigorously will breathe heavily, and even though this small fishing boat is not big, if a person is swimming and pushing underneath, it will be exhausted to death.

Xian Yubin was also sweating profusely. He gasped and said, "Sir, you know magic. Have you ever heard of water escape? It doesn't matter. You can swim from the island to the pier in one breath, and your clothes won't get wet after you get ashore."

"Ah this..." When Pu Zehu was doing business outside the customs, he often listened to the local Oroqen people telling stories about ghosts and ghosts.

What about being possessed by a god, about being possessed by a great immortal, or what a shaman would say about the Third Grand Master and the Fifth Grandma.

He has seen people who are crazy, whose voices have changed, and who behave strangely.

Even this kind of thing was introduced to Korea through the Jiandao area, and there is a certain market.

But I have never seen real magical powers.

Today I pulled a knife on my butt and my eyes were opened.

He asked Xian Yubin with interest: "What is this? Is it a shaman's magical power? Or..."

Xian Yubin wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head and said, "What a shaman? Sir, he is a mage, a great mage. This is magic, the magic of gods."

Li Xiangxi remembered something: "Does Zhao Chuanxin still know the art of thunder tribulation?"

Xian Yubin and Yourong Yan raised their chests and raised their bellies: "Thunder calamity is nothing, Mr. Zhao also knows how to make crops grow faster. You will know when you get to Ares 2 Island."

Li Xiangxi and Park Zehu looked at each other.

If there was a spell that could induce crops to grow, it would be a magical method.

Agriculture at this time was far less developed than later generations.

Although industry and commerce are developing rapidly, the idea that agriculture can be the basis and that there is no stability without agriculture and no business and no prosperity is still popular even in industrialized countries such as Britain, Germany and France.

Pu Zehu thought for a while, there are already some industrial products in the West that can promote the growth of crops. Perhaps this is the method Zhao Chuanxin used.

Xian Yubin didn't explain it either. They understood it after seeing it with their own eyes.

Zhao Chuanxin assisted under the water and soon arrived at Ares 2 Island.

Zhao Chuanxin surfaced and pushed the fishing boat forward.

Sure enough, Park Zehu and Li Xiangxi found that Zhao Chuanxin's clothes and hair were not wet.

Pu Zehu was really curious: "Mr. Zhao, when I was outside the customs, I saw the practices of shamans. You are a outsider, are your spells related to shamans?"

Zhao Chuanxin looked like a lonely master: "Shamans are like trickles in the soil. I don't want to mention them here. They can't be mentioned on the stage."

Don't forget that he has the nickname "Arch Mage".

But he knew what was going on.

Moreover, Zhao Chuanxin is an atheist and a firm materialist.

He has seen many wonderful people, including gods and immortals.

He thought these people were ridiculous.

None of them can keep up with those who are good at feng shui. At least they can talk about the underworld and the world in a logical and coherent way, instead of being mysterious and speaking out of truth and weakness.

It's not as good as some Chinese medicine, witchcraft and the like. The king, ministers, assistants and generals are in harmony. I hope that after hearing and asking, I can at least explain it.

And these shamans, if nothing else, let them sit down and talk with Zhao Chuanxin, and they can't even speak clearly, so why are they talking nonsense?

When Zhao Chuanxin was in his early twenties and in his prime of life, he once discussed the doctrines of materialism, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Mohism, and Yin and Yang with a female shaman who was "deviled".

The result was a huge disappointment.

It seems that I know five hundred years in advance and five hundred years in the future, but in fact, even the most basic philosophical thinking logic is not clear. Instead, he mentioned a lot of nonsense about Lu Dongbin and the like. Zhao Chuanxin immediately asked her if she knew "The Purpose of Taiyi Jinhua". Of course she didn't know. She probably heard Lu Dongbin's name from the TV series "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea".

They only have the trump card of the Foolish Man and Foolish Woman believers: There are some things that you have to believe in.

What are the specific things? Why specifically can’t we disbelieve it? What evidence is there? Any specific miracles? Do you have any magical powers other than words?

Not at all. Anyway, it just tells you that there are some things that you cannot disbelieve.

Pu Zehu said seriously: "You can't say that, there is still something magical about it. There are some things that you have to believe."

"..." Zhao Chuanxin laughed unkindly:

"It is said that this kind of city fox and social rat specially targets the weak and weak, and those with strong body and strong firepower should not get close.

How much power do you think this god has that scares even normal fucking healthy people? "

"Forehead……"

That fucking makes sense.

Park Zehu couldn't refute it at all.

Zhao Chuanxin continued: "My meager magic power is still inferior to that of my senior brother Tathagata, although not much. It is far behind my other senior brother Li Er. But, at least I They are as powerful as the Japanese, and they have some magical powers. What do you think they can do? Our sheep in Lugang Town were lost, and we have to deal with them. It was obviously lost in Yingyinggou, but he had to go to Heituya to find it."

"..."

Li Xiangxi covered his face.

Park Zehu was surprised.

Two senior brothers, one is Tathagata Buddha and the other is Laozi Li Er.

Those shamans have no other skills.

At least when it comes to showing off, they can hardly compare to Zhao Chuan.

But it was impossible to refute that Zhao Chuanxin could do what he said, but those shamans just couldn't do it and made judgments.

Only the snot kids on the boat believed Zhao Chuanxin's words.

The ship finally docked.

Everyone disembarked.

What you see is a green wheat field.

Park Zehu was stunned.

How could the wheat seedlings grow so tall at this time?

This one looks like it's about to ear, while the ones elsewhere are still in the seedling stage.

How is this possible?

Even if Western industrial products were catalyzed, it would not be possible to grow so fast.

By the way, the soil must be too fertile.

However, when he trotted over and took a look, except for a little bird droppings in the fields, this place was just an ordinary sandy soil.

Li Xiangxi also looked at Maizi in disbelief.

He stretched out his hand and touched it. The straw was very hard.

"How did you do it?"

Zhao Chuanxin said enigmatically: "I talked with them about life and ideals, and said to them - if a grain of wheat does not work hard to grow, what is the difference between it and a salted fish? After hearing this, they were greatly ashamed, so the next day They have worked hard to grow taller. To be honest, they still have a sense of shame."

Then, Zhao Chuanxin patted Xian Yubin on the shoulder: "So, you must also work hard to grow and learn, work hard to hone your skills, and make a contribution to this world."

Li Xiangxi was very speechless.

But Xian Yubin and a group of snot-nosed kids nodded solemnly.

I don’t know if Pu Zehu believed it or not, but he looked thoughtful.

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Okay, Boss Park, you have also seen that Ares Island 2 is like this. Whether you can build a poor relief hall or not depends on your word."

"It can be built! This island is a good island. If it were not far away from Jemulpo, someone would have landed and cultivated it long ago."

"That's good." Zhao Chuanxin and Yu Bin smiled vaguely, and then said: "Actually, there are two reasons for coming to Boss Park this time."

"Mr. Zhao, please speak."

"First, have you heard of Lee Soo-gil? His Thunder Cult, ahem, has something to do with me. Park Seung-yeol of the Ares Team, you also know. I hope Boss Park can become one of these two groups People’s matchmaker, let them cooperate sincerely against the Japanese.”

Zhao Chuanxin couldn't find Li Xiuji. He was now mysterious, acting very sneaky, and was not honest enough in his actions.

He was leaving South Korea now, so he had to ask Park Zehu to help contact him.

"Second, I want to leave Korea. The Japanese are looking for me, so I can't go by land. I hope Boss Park can help me and send me back to Qing Dynasty by sea."

Pu Zehu breathed a sigh of relief and thought it was a big deal.

He nodded hurriedly: "No problem, I'm in the shipping business, so it's easy to handle."

At this time, Xian Yubin pointed to the sea and said, "Sir, Captain Park Seung-yeol is here."

Everyone turned around and saw a fishing boat moored near the island, with several people getting off it.

The leader is none other than Park Seung-yeol, whom we haven’t seen for many days!