The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

After Zhao Chuanxin and Li Ziyu quarreled for a while, he sat down and said to the beautiful and charming secretary: "When I came in, I saw people from the adjudication team standing guard outside. I asked someone to buy me some food. I was starving to death. "

The secretary looked at Li Ziyu and waited for Li Ziyu to nod before going out.

The training was pretty good.

Zhao Chuanxin's Xuantian Sect is not a feudal organization and does not require everyone to be loyal to himself. Doesn't that become the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor?

A healthy and well-organized organization should not overstep orders and report unless it is unfairly treated.

Li Ziyu was still complaining: "The leader's arrival is so abrupt."

Zhao Chuanxin asked him: "Is there any trouble on Ao Island?"

Li Ziyu knew that Zhao Chuanxin was asking about Portugal and the United Kingdom.

He shook his head: "Portugal does not dare to offend you. The British are coveting it, but it is only an idea. Now that you have defeated Tsarist Russia, they are even more afraid to act rashly."

The withered bones in the tomb can probably be used to evaluate this old empire.

Tsarist Russia is like a strong man who wants to make himself bigger in the gym, at least his frame is big enough.

Britain is in decline, and the parts hanging on its body are peeling off one by one.

Anyone with eyesight knows that Britain is only getting weaker.

Li Ziyu added: "Now Ao Island has become an important training ground for our adjudication team. The adjudication team has developed a standard number of new army troops to defend Ao Island, as well as dispatched to Hong Kong Island and Hankou for regular rotation. The chief instructor hired He is a retired German officer, and the special instructors are all retired members hired from the Lugang Town Insurance Team."

Hearing that the insurance team had retired members, Zhao Chuanxin felt a little uncomfortable.

Many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

After chatting for a while, the secretary came back with a portion of Portuguese chicken.

This is a combination of Chinese and Western methods, stewed with chicken, tomatoes, potatoes, eggs, and curry salt.

In addition to Portuguese chicken, there are also pork buns, both of which can be eaten together.

Zhao Chuanxin took the food box and said, "Ha, that's good. There's still a restaurant that's still open at this late hour."

The secretary wore a long skirt with a slim waist and wide hips, a corset, hip pads and layers of petticoats. Not only did this not make her feel cold in the late November weather in Australia, it also made her sweat a little.

Zhao Chuanxin lamented that Li Ziyu’s grandson really knew how to play.

The secretary was very charming, but his tone was very arrogant: "Master, there are no restaurants open at this time, but there is nothing that our Xuantian Sect wants that we can't get on Ao Island."

After hearing this, Zhao Chuanxin not only did not approve, but his expression became gloomy.

But he didn't say anything. He just took out a glass bowl, gave some to his secretary and said, "You eat first."

The secretary didn't know why.

Zhao Chuanxin emphasized his tone: "I'll let you eat."

It's not loud, but it's unmistakable.

The secretary was frightened by the sudden burst of momentum from Zhao Chuanxin. He held up the hem of his skirt and bent down to eat with difficulty.

Maybe it was because the restraints were so tight that I couldn't swallow it.

Zhao Chuanxin waited for her to finish eating, and after a few more minutes, he moved his chopsticks.

Li Ziyu noticed something and waved to his secretary: "Go back and rest first."

Just as the secretary was about to pout and show his dissatisfaction, Zhao Chuanxin suddenly looked up. His eyes showed the indifference to life that could only be seen after a long time in the battlefield. The secretary's beauty turned pale and she trotted out with her skirt in hand.

After the secretary left, Li Ziyu smiled bitterly: "The boss is too careful. She must have asked someone from the outside tribunal to buy it. There will be no problem."

Zhao Chuanxin didn't answer any questions and just showed off.

After finishing his meal and rinsing his mouth, he lit a cigarette and said, "A proud soldier will be defeated."

Li Ziyu was stunned: "What does the leader mean?"

"You used your power to force people to knock on their doors and ask them to cook after they closed their businesses. The fact that you can do this today shows that you did it yesterday, the day before yesterday, and the day before yesterday, and you will do it again in the future."

Li Ziyu was stunned.

This year's smooth development has numbed his nerves.

He sat up straight: "Master, I was wrong."

There are always people who instigate Zhao Chuanxin to rise to power, but Zhao Chuanxin remains unmoved. This is the reason.

For an individual, the easiest thing to do is to change yourself, and the hardest thing to do is to change others.

It can be said that from now to the future, it will not be until a great man appears that the people can truly be freed from suffering.

The one with the surname Sun is no good, the ones behind are even more useless, and Zhao Chuanxin is also useless.

Ao Island, a small place, can decay so quietly and quickly, let alone a country.

Silence fell in the office.

Li Ziyu is a cautious person and cannot withstand the erosion of power.

If it were someone else, it would probably be the same.

The era is such an era, and this kind of thinking is generally shared from top to bottom.

After smoking a cigarette, Zhao Chuanxin sighed and suddenly felt tired.

He is really not that material. Some giants are born giants. They are spiritual giants and have nothing to do with physical strength or force.

Zhao Chuanxin took out three copper eyes and placed them on the mahogany desk: "Find an unoccupied room, put one of them in, and lock it."

He took out two more letters: "These two letters, and the other two bronze eyes, one is sent to Honolulu to the high priest of the Kanaka tribe. The other letter and the bronze eyes are mailed to Ethan in North Tarrytown, New York." Leave the estate to my butler, Freddie Pavitt.”

Li Ziyu wanted to lighten the atmosphere and asked, "What is this? An antique?"

"The copper eye itself is not valuable, but it is a symbol. Wherever it is there, I will be there." Zhao Chuanxin blurted out.

Li Ziyu forced a smile and asked: "Master, are you going to Hong Kong Island tomorrow? I can arrange a boat for you."

Shaking his head, Zhao Chuanxin said: "Don't go. Tomorrow I will go to Huzhou Mansion. I have some unfinished business, and then I will go directly back to Lubin Mansion."

He was worried that if he went to Hong Kong Island and saw things he didn't want to see, it would be better not to go.

Zhao Chuanxin did not live in the luxurious residence arranged by Li Guangzong.

It was not cold on Ao Island, so Zhao Chuanxin went to the roof of the branch to deal with it all night.

There is no one around, only the stars and the moon for company.

Xingyue didn't sleep. It controlled the black puppet craftsman to work beside Zhao Chuanxin all night. It kept watch and made some more exploding arrows for Zhao Chuanxin.

The next day, before dawn, Zhao Chuanxin had already set off, without even saying goodbye to Li Ziyu.

…

An ocean liner docked in Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong Island.

Liu Baogui, Miao Cuihua, Samuel Goldberg, Liu Jiahui, Wang Long and others filed off the boat.

As soon as the boat arrived, it was surrounded by reporters from all walks of life.

"Mr. Liu, I am a reporter from Shenbao..."

"Mr. Liu, I am the chief writer of "Oriental Magazine"..."

"Mr. Liu, this is Ta Kung Pao..."

"Mr. Liu, this is Current Affairs..."

Too many people came.

The main reason is that participating in the Olympic Games is too unbelievable for the Qing Dynasty, and winning a medal is even more shocking.

If the Qing court had money, they wouldn't spend it on activities that they thought were of no practical use but cost a lot of money, just to save face?

So the question is, if you want to save face, you have to win medals. Who understands this Laoshizi Olympics?

Therefore, Liu Guogui and his team participated in the London Olympics at their own expense, stayed there for more than half a year, and finally won five medals: 3 golds, 1 silver, and 1 bronze. This is so magical.

Liu Guogui's eyes lit up instantly.

Is there any higher moment than this?

He did not rush to answer reporters. Instead, he wiped his forehead and asked Miao Cuihua next to him in a low voice: "Cuihua, look at me, am I more handsome than before? Have I exceeded my salary?"

Miao Cuihua: "This... Brother Guigui, you are just in a good mood and have an illusion. In fact, you are still so ugly."

"..." Liu Baobao laughed: "You don't understand, at this moment, I am the most handsome in the world!"

He frowned at his gold cufflinks with the pattern of a carp leaping over the dragon's gate, handed his suit jacket to Wang Long next to him, and stepped forward with a step that he didn't recognize.

His long, straight-collared shirt made him look convincing, and the natural mother-of-pearl buttons on it made him look distinguished, confirming his status as a leader.

Liu Guogui raised the hand holding the cigar, and the golden cufflinks and the carp leaping over the dragon's gate seemed to have said everything.

Liu Baobao pointed his sword toward the sky and said loudly: "I want to tell the whole world - we Chinese are not the sick men of East Asia!"

The whole place fell into silence, and then countless people at the dock applauded.

Bang bang bang...

The applause lasts forever.

Miao Cuihua pursed her lips and whispered to Liu Jiahui and Wang Long who were dumbfounded beside her: "Today, Guigui is indeed the most handsome..."

Everyone nodded in unison.

As a result, the headlines in many newspapers were - "We Chinese are not the sick men of East Asia"!

…

Zhao Chuanxin, who did not go to Hong Kong Island, missed Liu Guogui and others.

He went to Shaoxing, watched the Sanming tile boats and the boatmen rowing in the river, and ate hot steamed dumplings for breakfast.

There is a tiger-headed animal carved on the bow of the ship, and its expression seems a bit strange as it is smiling.

Zhao Chuanxin was very interested in this popular art among the people, so he asked the man running the steamed bun stall: "What kind of bird is carved on the bow of the boat?"

The clerk took a quick look and opened his mouth: "Sir, that's called a kite. Ancient Yue was originally a country of Ze. Before the Tangzha was built, the river went straight to the sea. Kites lived in the sea. They were addicted to dragons and would avoid them when they saw dragons. The boat people took the kites away. If the dragon is carved on the bow of the ship, the dragon will not dare to cause trouble, and the boat will be safe and sound..."

The waiter never disappoints.

This is a group that seems to be as magical as the deliverymen of later generations.

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth and gave Jiao Xiaoyang a tip with satisfaction.

The guy grinned happily to the back of his ears.

After finishing five drawers of steamed buns, Zhao Chuanxin left amid the greetings of the waiters.

When he came over, he saw four small islands next to each other in the middle area between the northeastern part of Zhoushan and the southeastern part of Shanghai.

It is about 70 kilometers away from Zhoushan Island.

He fell in love with these islands.

After breakfast, he followed the Cao'e River into Hangzhou Bay and arrived at the main island among the four islands.

The island is curved in shape, 410 meters wide from east to west and 990 meters long from north to south.

The terrain at the north and south ends is higher, and the highest mountain peak in the south is more than 80 meters high.

The terrain is dangerous and difficult to climb.

But this was no problem for Zhao Chuanxin. He put on his soft gold armor, stepped on the roots of the desert, climbed over the walls as if walking on flat ground, and reached the top of the mountain in a moment.

He opened the "Code of the Old Gods" that he had not updated yesterday due to fatigue, and first took out a sand dune.

It is filled with tuff and has a rough surface.

Xingyue gave the construction plan, but Zhao Chuanxin was not satisfied. He and Xingyue deleted, added, and revised several times before the design was finally released.

Zhao Chuanxin first built the base. The bottom of the base was combined with the tuff terrain and made entirely of rock. He continued to raise the base to a minimum of three and a half meters and a maximum of five meters.

The rock base is so smooth that ordinary people cannot even think of climbing it with their hands and feet alone, but there is no ladder that can be climbed.

The area is not large, only 70 square meters.

Xingyue said: You haven't noticed that every time you use the mud trowel gloves, the speed of gathering sand into a tower will speed up, making it easier to use. If you want to upgrade it, maybe you should commit to a massive project.

Zhao Chuanxin has not made statistics, but his flexibility and speed do seem to have improved a lot compared to when he first got it.

He originally thought that he was more skilled in using it.

"A huge project?" Zhao Chuanxin inexplicably thought of Skyfly and the Desert Emperor's hanging garden: "The only way to expand Skyfly is to expand it."

Xingyue said: In the puppet's memory, about 1,500 years ago, there was a noble under the Desert Emperor. He was a genius. Not only did he master 15 kinds of runes, he was even proficient in the first to ninth of the Haishi Void Realm. axioms, using nine axioms to derive more than 80 formulas. He also understands the natural science of the radiant oasis.

Zhao Chuanxin asked while working: "Then he is finished. With the greed of the Desert Emperor, he will not let him go."

Xingyue affirmed: Yes, the Desert Emperor asked for the runes he had, but the nobles refused to give them, and the Desert Emperor did not hesitate to start a war. The nobles have limited military strength, and most of the runes they possess cannot be used in war. He knew that it was difficult to fight and was in danger. All he had learned in his life was suddenly understood due to stimulation. He understood the delicate balance of matter and energy in the universe, and deduced runes from runes, runes to natural science, and runes to various axioms. He called this technology logical integration by connecting it with the formulas. He used logic integration technology to create puppet soldiers, but the number was too small and he was ultimately defeated. The nobleman died on the spot, and some of his descendants escaped or died on the battlefield. The secret of making puppet soldiers was seized by the Desert Emperor, who are now the puppet soldiers, but the logic integration technology was lost.

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned and suddenly said: "Some time ago, when I signed a contract with those refugees who had worked hard to sell their stolen goods, someone seemed to have mentioned that the puppet soldiers were related to their ancestors. At that time, I thought he was bragging. Oh, I lost a lot of money. , what if he understands logic integration technology?"

Xingyue said: It's useless. Only a genius selected from a million can master the runes. Logic integration technology is even more difficult.

Zhao Chuanxin has always wondered about one thing: "Then why can you master it so easily?"

Xingyue said: Because I don’t have the flaws of the human brain, such as vanity, greed, emotionality, evil, delusion, stubbornness, weak willpower, full of prejudices, cognitive impairment, poor memory, following others’ opinions, and easily influenced by the group...

Xingyue said goodbye to each other in more than twenty ways.

Zhao Chuanxin wiped the sweat from his forehead, he himself accounted for most of it.

But it is precisely because Xingyue does not have the above flaws that it is just a biological intelligence.

It cannot create, it can only discover, and everything it does is based on rearrangements and combinations of what is already known.

It was made into a hand grenade because Zhao Chuanxin and Benjamin Goldberg discussed its structure and principles.

Zhao Chuanxin asked it: "What would happen if you mastered logic integration technology?"

Xingyue said: Rune City scholars have speculated that if the logic integration technology is not lost, the vehicle in the Cursed Desert will no longer be a giant beetle, but a tool similar to an earth car; the energy utilization of energy gems will be increased by at least 50%; The price of rune fragments is 95% lower than now; the productivity of the current number of residents will be enough to feed ten times or even more residents; more oases may appear in the cursed desert; the current war situation will undergo earth-shaking changes; the City of Rune will Conquer surrounding forces such as the Brilliant Oasis and the Void Realm, and even easily sail across the oceans and conquer Middle-earth.

Zhao Chuanxin thought to himself, wouldn’t that be the Industrial Revolution?

This kind of thing is full of luck and chance.

Zhao Chuanxin just said crookedly: "Then if you master the logic integration technology, can you make these changes?"

Xingyue denied: No, because in addition to the original logic integration technology, it also requires 1,500 years of development and improvement. All I can do is what I have control over.

Again, it cannot come out of nothing.

Xingyue added: However, if I master the logic integration technology, it will change your current fighting style and quality of life.

Zhao Chuanxin just listened happily.

He and Xingyue talked while building a house.

With Xingyue, he no longer needs the crude level. Xingyue will give him hints wherever changes are needed.

Zhao Chuanxin built a four-and-a-half-meter-high wall with a sloping roof, an open awning next to it, and a wooden hammock hung below. Next to the hammock was a small round table that could hold a book and a pot of tea.

Under the awning on the other side is an open-air kitchen.

There is an aisle platform surrounding the front of the house, providing access to both sides of the house.

Inside the house, there are only tables, chairs and beds. The entire south-facing wall is made of fused quartz glass, with a small window on the east and north sides and a door on the west side.

The furniture was too thin, so Zhao Chuanxin decided to bring a sofa with him next time.

This place is actually not suitable for human habitation. There is no fresh water and no resources.

But it’s just right for Zhao Chuanxin. The location is perfect. It’s convenient to go to Huzhou and Shanghai. There’s no one to disturb you. There are many reefs around the Xingyue Detection, hiding mussels, barnacles, conch, hairtail, and five rays. Thieves, prawns, black bream, stone carvings, sea bass...

The most important thing is that he doesn't need to spend money on this house.

Fresh water is not a problem for him, and the technology in his pocket is enough for him to drink for a long time.

The hut was built quickly, and he designed hollow stripes on the roof, not for decoration, but to hide the copper eyes.

Eye No. 9 is Ao Dao, and Eye No. 10 is Xiaodao Stone House.

Finally, he asked Xingyue to dig a foundation on the cliff where he could land on the island, and buried a stone tablet. The stone tablet was inscribed: Dingdong Island - Zhao Tangong on November 21, 1908. .

Zhao Chuanxin also took a look outside Liu Jinzao's mansion. When something happened here, he immediately teleported there.

Liu Jinzao was directing people to unload the goods when he suddenly saw Zhao Chuanxin standing in his courtyard and was startled: "Zhao...Mr. Zhao...the silk and satin worth ten thousand oceans you want is here, I guarantee it will not be missing by one foot."

Zhao Chuanxin touched the silk and satin, feeling the delicate feel, and nodded: "No need to take it off. I will take it away later. I have something for you to do."

"..."

Liu Jinzao was unhappy. His tone seemed to treat him like an errand boy.

After all, he is also a big boss in the business world.

Thanks to the New Deal, the Qing government focused on industry. At this time, the status of the richest party was still very high, because the Qing government would raise funds, invest in mining, or build railways at every turn.

"What are you looking at?" Zhao Chuanxin glared at Liu Jinzao: "Aren't you happy to ask you to do something?"

"Friends should help each other equally." Liu Jinzao forced a smile.

He hinted that Zhao Chuanxin and both parties have equal status.

"Since it is due, please help me find two people to stay at Villa No. 545 in Moganshan to register people and collect fines. The fines will be handed over to you and will be used as the cost of subsequent silk purchases."

Zhao Chuanxin wrote the telegram address again: "There are foreigners looking for trouble and disobeying discipline. Send a telegram. I will arrive within one day."

Liu Jinzao emphasized equality of status, and Zhao Chuanxin reminded him that it was he who could decide life or death with one word, Zhao Chuanxin not Liu Jinzao.

Liu Jinzao thought about Zhao Chuanxin's elusiveness, and his face fell as expected.