The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Why did Frankie react so strongly?

The Qing government originally wanted to build the Lu-Han Railway but had no money.

If you don't have money, you have to borrow money.

The great powers were eyeing it. Zhang Zhidong, who was in charge of the overall situation at that time, was unwilling to let the great powers control the railways, and finally chose Belgium, the weakest country.

Because Belgium is just a small country.

Belgium, together with French capital, borrowed 4.5 million pounds from the Qing court.

Because the Belgian consortium sent personnel to supervise railway construction and railway operations, there were thousands of railway workers in need of accommodation.

At that time, Frankie bought 600 acres of land in Liujiamiao at the price of 10 taels of silver per mu.

After buying it, he said to the Qing court: I also bought the land you see. Our workers need accommodation. I demand that I have the same concession rights as other countries. You have to divide the concession area for me.

Zhang Zhidong's pick on Belgium was just a pick on a soft persimmon, but this guy got the wrong result.

Naturally he disagreed.

With the support of France and Russia, Belgium persisted in dealing with the Qing court for many years.

Later, Zhang Zhidong changed his strategy and prepared to pay to redeem the land.

The Frankie lion opened his mouth. The land originally bought for 10 taels was now sold back to the Qing court for 1,363 taels.

Zhang Zhidong actually agreed.

If Zhao Chuanxin hadn't made a big fuss in the Hankou Concession, this matter would have been accomplished and Belgium could have succeeded.

However, after Zhao Chuanxin finished making trouble, the matter was shelved, and it remains unresolved until now.

Now Zhao Chuanxin, let alone giving 1,363 taels of silver to an acre of land, he even directly asked for the 600 acres. How could Frankie not be surprised or angry?

Seeing his reaction, Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand to Liu Huaqiang: "Huaqiang, see the guest off for me. If you don't give it to me, I will take it myself."

Frankie was anxious: "Mr. Zhao, I will call your country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs..."

Zhao Chuanxin, who was originally cheerful, suddenly revealed his murderous intent: "Go away, if I say it one more time, you will die immediately!"

Frankie hurried out with the pale Paul.

The person in charge of Lixing Foreign Company said at this time: "Mr. Zhao, I am..."

"It doesn't matter who you are, how dare you guys from Lixing Yangxing hit me? I'm hurt physically and mentally, so I'll use you Lixing Yangxing to pay for it."

"Ah this..." The person in charge of Lixing Foreign Company was confused.

Can anyone really hurt you in this world?

At the door, Liu Huaqiang burst into laughter.

When Liu Huaqiang went down, he told the students what had happened. Everyone was very excited.

"Deserve it, deserve it."

"I feel like this is immoral..."

"Shit, how much land and money have foreigners taken away from us? Why can't our dean take advantage of them?"

"You little foreign devil, you must remember never to insult the Chinese people in your life!"

What is the correct concept?

You can insult yourself, but as one, we will never allow outsiders to insult our own people.

Another student said excitedly: "Mr. Zhao said it well. We must work hard to build China's first car, our own car! We must build aircraft and cannons..."

Zhao Chuanxin did not talk about technology, but he talked about the importance of what these students did.

Liu Huaqiang clenched his fist and said: "I think what Mr. Zhao said is true. We are really more important than we think."

"Everyone encourages us together!"

"mutual encouragement."

…

On an ocean liner traveling from west to east.

Samuel Goldberg and Liu Baobao were chatting with a well-dressed bearded foreigner.

Liu Guoguo said with emotion in English: "Mr. Chamberlain, last time we met on the train outside the customs, I didn't expect to meet again on the ship back to China. I have to say that we are really destined, but I couldn't say it at that time. English."

Among the teams going to London for the Olympics, who speaks the best English?

Surprisingly, it was Liu Guogui who could speak an authentic and fluent London accent.

Showing off is a huge motivator.

The bearded foreigner was the geologist Chamberlain who once discussed the issue of global warming with Zhao Chuanxin on the train.

Chamberlain was a little surprised: "I really didn't expect that you could learn English so quickly. You also won many medals in the Olympics?"

Liu Baogui lay on the side of the ship with a cigar in his mouth and said calmly: "Fortunately, the Western countries are warm-hearted and worried that we would be complacent if we won more medals, so they kindly blocked us secretly, otherwise we would really be proud."

"..."

Samuel Goldberg gasped, will you die if you don’t show off for a moment?

Chamberlain was in a daze, remembering that Zhao Chuanxin had said similar words on the train.

This is the most proud and pretentious group of Chinese people he has ever seen.

He asked: "Isn't Ethan here?"

Ethan was Zhao Chuanxin’s original pseudonym.

Liu Guogui shook his head: "He is worried that if he comes, the Olympic organizing committee will change the rules, because he can participate in dozens of events, and perhaps win dozens of gold medals by himself. It is really outrageous and will dampen the enthusiasm of all mankind for sports."

"..."

Samuel Goldberg couldn't stand it anymore and coughed violently.

Chamberlain laughed loudly: "You people in Lugang Town are all very humorous."

Liu Guogui also laughed, but said in his heart: You stupid foreigners really don’t know the power of passing on salary, and you think I’m joking.

It's a waste of time for you to jump high, but it's only over two meters high. You can reach the roof easily by passing the salary, otherwise why would you be called the God of War on the Rooftop?

You try your best, but you can't jump more than eight meters, which is the same distance that you can easily step forward.

As for shooting...duh, I'm afraid all the athletes in the Olympics are younger brothers.

Liu Guogui asked Chamberlain: "Mr. Chamberlain, what is the purpose of your trip to China this time?"

Chamberlain pointed to a group of teachers and students in the distance and said: "I organized an oriental educational investigation on China's natural resources. I plan to take them to Guangzhou, Guangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Henan, Hebei, BJ, Fengtian and other places.”

Liu Guogui bared his teeth: "You are really rich."

He already knew how much it would cost to travel in a group like this. It was too expensive.

“For the academic sake, it’s worth it.”

Samuel Goldberg is also very talkative, but he couldn't get a word in at this moment.

Just watch Liu Baogui’s performance.

Because last time Liu Baobao and Zhao Chuanxin met the Chamberlains on the train and listened to Zhao Chuanxin discussing geology and global warming with them. Firstly, they couldn't understand, and secondly, they couldn't get a word in.

After returning home, I learned from my experience and felt that it was too shameful to be uneducated, so I learned more about the relevant knowledge.

He is now a person who is knowledgeable but not good. He can add a few words to everything, but this is enough, enough to make people look at him with admiration.

After all, Lugang Town has a library where you can find all kinds of information. It is a paradise for those who want to learn.

Pretending to be cool made Liu Guogui improve.

…

Zhao Chuanxin is importing and exporting materials from the "Old God Code".

What is imported is glass, and what is exported is true seeing crystal, rune fragments, salamander explosives, primer materials and micro energy crystals.

The cost of making copper eyes was not small. It was only because Zhao Chuanxin smashed many desert emperors' true seeing crystals and obtained a large amount of materials that Xingyue built the copper eyes one by one, which was considered free of charge.

Xingyue said: We have a total of 15 copper eyes, numbered 1-15. No. 1 - Mountainside Cabin. No. 2 - Lubin Mansion Residence. No. 3 - On the mountain outside Zha-Lantun. No. 4 - Morrison Library in Beijing. No. 5 - Flying in the sky. No. 6 - In the gap in the earthen wall next to the east gate of Liangzhou City. No. 7 - Yumai Mountain in Qinling Mountains. No. 8 - Bagong's house. No. 9-Huzhou. No. 10 - Hong Kong Island. No. 11-O Island. From 12th to 15th, where are you going to insert it?

Zhao Chuanxin thought for a while and said: "No. 12 - Honolulu, Hawaii, No. 13 - Eason Manor in North Tarrytown, New York. Um... the last two, the last two, put them aside for emergencies."

How would Wilhelmina feel if she knew he was in Amsterdam.

Anyway, Zhao Chuanxin didn't think of her at the moment.

Xingyue said: Well, let's do this for now. After you buy worm silk to make the True Sight rune fragments later, you will have enough copper eyes to insert them wherever you want.

Xingyue masters the two runes of true vision and solidity. It can make its own rune fragments to empower, saving money.

Zhao Chuanxin just opened the "Old God Codex" and then closed it again.

because:

[Many wealthy customers come to inquire about tea and silk, but I have no inventory. 】

He only had glass on hand and could not delay making money.

Thinking of the bustling unloading workers on the dock carrying tea during the day, and the tea warehouses lined up next to the City Council Building, it was difficult for Zhao Chuanxuan not to be moved.

At this time, Hankou was the largest tea market in the inland of the country, and tea from all over the world gathered here.

Some were shipped to the northwest region, some were distributed to Tsarist Russia, and some were shipped to Western countries, especially the United Kingdom, by sea.

Therefore, among these tea merchants, Britain and Russia are the largest.

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth: "Who would spend money to buy something if it's free? Really."

He can't steal from Chinese tea merchants, and he can't take it without telling the porters while they're transporting goods. That would be a trap for his own people.

But there is no problem with the tea stored in the warehouse.

Thinking of this, he didn't even change into his nightgown and called to Xingyue who was making grenades and explosive arrows: "Let's go, let's get tea leaves."

After getting into the soft gold armor and putting on the shadow cloak, Zhao Chuanxin jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night.

Xingyue said: The second store on the left is Bagong Brothers' Tea. It is about to open, you can sneak in.

Zhao Chuanxin slipped in easily.

He wasn't going to break the door locks or clear out the inventory, he was just picking and choosing, loading some and leaving.

Go out and go to the roof.

Xingyue said: Tianxiang Yangxing's warehouse can be entered.

Zhao Chuanxin immediately slipped in.

There are more tea wooden boxes here, and there is a pattern of a foreign woman painted on the outside of the wooden box, which looks very beautiful.

Zhao Chuanxin picked and picked, packed 49 boxes and left.

Xingyue said: You can get some soap from Bu Nei Men Mao Company. The soap will be very popular in Rune City.

Zhao Chuanxin followed the good example and went to pack a few boxes of soap.

Xingyue said: There are ordnance and ammunition in Ruisheng Foreign Trade Co., you can enter at this time.

Zhao Chuanxin did not expect an unexpected gain.

Just opened the box and took a look, blanched...

All of them are Remington Lee M1882. How should I put it? The father of the British Lee Enfield rifle is Lee Metford, and the father of Lee Metford is the Remington Lee M1882. Although it was the best rotary pull rifle at the time , but Zhao Chuanxin doesn't like it, but he can't keep it.

Fill the secret realm, insert the ward, teleport back to unload, then teleport back to continue loading.

After emptying out this little inventory, Zhao Chuanxin closed his eyes and moved on to the next store.

He came to a foreign company and dealt in machinery and oil. Zhao Chuanxin stole the oil press.

Hengxin Foreign Co., Ltd., various pigments and chemical dyes.

Shunhe Yangxing took out tobacco and alcohol.

Doing this kind of thing will make you addicted. Melchers' light bulbs, Hankou Electric Lighting Company's light bulbs and generators, Jardine's cowskin and sugar, General Electric's X-ray imagers, light bulbs, transformers, high-frequency alternators...

It is not advisable to exhaust the lake and catch fish. Zhao Chuanxin is soaked in rain and dew. Each family takes some so that they will not break their muscles and bones. This fills three empty rooms in Bagong's house.

Working until about nine o'clock in the evening, he teleported back to Bagong's house.

Open the "Code of the Old Gods" and send things that Xingyue thinks are valuable to make inventory.

[The craftsman came back from buying books in the bookstore and said to me: Fearless Pioneer, when I was buying drinks at a tavern in Lower North City, I heard someone say that the mint was stolen and that the crimping machine, power worm silk, and heat source gems were lost. The Mint Master said that whoever found the lost goods and caught the thief would be rewarded with rune fragments worth eight hundred thousand gold coins. 】

When Zhao Chuanxin heard the number "eight hundred thousand", his hands couldn't help but tremble.

[I'm not very interested, I just want to do business with peace of mind, so I asked him casually: In your opinion, where would the thief hide? 】

[The craftsman also said casually: If you ask me, the thief must have hidden in the sewer just like us at the beginning. The stench there was like hell. There is no hiding place beyond the desert emperor's eyes. 】

He does not mean that.

Zhao Chuanxin wrote:

[I said: Craftsman, please contact the director of the mint and tell him that the fearless pioneers of the Upper East Side are interested in finding these lost items. 】

[The craftsman came back not long after and said to me: The director of the mint promised that if you find the lost item, he will honor the promise of a reward of eight hundred thousand gold coins worth of rune fragments; if you still catch the thief, he will reward you with two more pieces. Heat source gem. 】

Xingyue reminds: One heat source gem is 50,000 gold coins. The heat it generates is equivalent to burning 7 tons of coal. The heating effect when installed in soft gold armor is much higher than the energy conversion efficiency of azure crystal. One gem is enough for you to use for fifteen to two days. ten years. Purchase thermal rune fragments to release heat, and the hot water flow will be circulated through the pipes laid by the motor water pump, which is enough to heat the new house you built in Lubin Mansion for an entire heating season.

Zhao Chuanxin's heart was pounding and he wrote:

[I said: Tell the director of the mint and hope he keeps his promise. The fearless pioneers of the Upper East Side have a very bad temper. 】

[The craftsman endorses the master of the mint: He is a polite and humble gentleman. He promises to hand over the runes and deliver the goods, and he will never break his promise. 】

Zhao Chuanxin heard this and called to Xingyue: "Xingyue, it's time to work."

Open the Holy Light Channel and step into it.

Zhao Chuanxin told the brothers, sisters and craftsmen: "You three are here to look after the goods and sell them. I will be back before the sales volume reaches one thousand gold coins."

Brothers, sisters and craftsmen: "..."

Generals are born to be brave and courageous, with Qushui Yanfei Dao across his waist.

Zhao Chuanxin, wearing soft gold armor and carrying a light knife on his shoulder, got into the sewer in a blind corner without a true seeing crystal.

The main one cannot be smelled.

Anyway, "I" have always been hard-working.

Even Xingyue said: There are too many creatures here.

A foggy spot of light appeared on the glasses.

Zhao Chuanxin's scalp felt numb when he saw it.

He walked forward, and the stars and the moon were detected at the same time.

The sewers in Rune City are very well built and extend in all directions.

Xingyue said: The probability of a gang of thieves committing a crime is 83%, the probability of the thieves being in the sewer area near the Sweat Sweat Cave is 23%, the probability of the thieves being in the sewers of the Mint is 48%, and the probability of being the thieves being in the sewers of the palace is 93%.

"Wait a minute..." Zhao Chuanxin wondered: "Why is the probability of thieves in the palace sewers so high?"

Xingyue analyzed: Last time you entered the palace, did you find that the toilet in the palace had been gathering dust for a long time? The palace was very dry, and only the air in the garden on the top of the palace was moist.

Zhao Chuanxin thought for a while: "That seems to be the case."

Xingyue said: I saw the sewer construction drawings of Rune City. The sewers under the palace are independent. I suspect that it is very dry now and there is no dirty water.

Zhao Chuanxin had another question: "Then why is no one using the toilet in the palace?"

Xingyue said: Last time I went to the palace, I only detected a few vital signs.

"What's the meaning?"

Xingyue said: Desert Emperor - he is not a human being! He is a puppet!

Zhao Chuanxin was so shocked that he almost dropped the line.

"Puppet?" He hesitated: "Are you sure?"

Xingyue said firmly: I can't make any mistakes within the sensing range. According to the memory of the black puppet craftsmen, the Desert Emperor could observe them making puppet soldiers in the garden at the top of the palace without sleeping for half a month without eating, drinking or excreting!

How cruel!

No matter how desperate Zhao Chuanxin is for power, he will never turn himself into a puppet.

But the Desert Emperor dares.

But after thinking about it, Zhao Chuanxin felt relieved again. In pursuit of beauty, many women have fake nose bridges, no flesh inside their lips, tattoos on their eyebrows, and bones in their chins... Perhaps as long as they have the conditions, these people would like to replace all the parts in their bodies.

What they pursue is only beauty, while the Desert Emperor pursues something else.

There is essentially no difference.

No wonder you can't kill him even if you throw a cannon from high altitude.

Xingyue analyzed that the probability of the thieves being in the sewers under the palace was 93%, but did not arrange for Zhao Chuanxin to go there directly.

Xingyue planned the route according to memory, from the Upper East Side to the Mint, and then diagonally inserted into the palace sewer.

Search all places where it is likely to exist.

There are many strange creatures in the sewers. There is a small thing that looks like an octopus but can walk quickly on land. It flies over the walls and catches all kinds of bugs and feeds them into the mouthparts under its belly.

Xingyue reminds: Stay away from it, it is a collection of diseases.

Fortunately, soft gold nails have a good seal and can be disinfected after returning.

When they arrived at the sewers of the mint, there were no thieves here, but Zhao Chuanxin saw a floating kettle in the dirty water.

Xingyue said: This must have been dropped by the thief accidentally.

Zhao Chuanxin quickened his pace and ran towards the palace sewer.

Xingyue stopped him: "Keep your voice down, the echo in the sewer can travel far."

After walking slowly like this for a while, sure enough, the sewer gradually became dry, and only the old dirt dried and stuck to the sand wall of the sewer, making it hard to remove.

There are messy footprints on the ground.

Xingyue reminds: There is someone ahead, proceed carefully.

At the corner ahead, several people were bending over and pushing something.

"Damn little monster, give me your baby."

"Don't mess with me, or I will kill you when you grow up. My name is Dudu, not little monster."

"Damn little monster, hand over the baby quickly."

"I don't have a baby."

"You quietly took a piece of the heat source gem you stole from the mint and threw it into the wall of a sweat-sweat den. I know you got a treasure in exchange for it, so hand it over quickly."

"I don't."

"Beat her."

Then there was a burst of screaming and crying.

"Damn little monster, you are just the pet of the Lord of the Underground!"

"Search her dirty hair, where she usually hides her stolen goods."

Zhao Chuanxin didn't react at all, "I" couldn't stand it anymore.

Unable to be controlled by Zhao Chuanxin, he rushed over: "Stop!"

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

What the hell do you want to do?