mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 182 Let's face the wind

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

Zhao Chuanxin, who once swam in Hong Kong Island, thought that he was greeted by Hongxiu Tianxiang, which is indescribable.

However, when entering the door, there is a strong smell of Chinese herbal medicine.

The old Chinese doctor in long gown and gown greeted him with splayed steps: "Brother Chang has already informed that some of you are coming to Songgu, please come inside."

Shouldn't it be a half-aged lady who still has charm to greet and send off?

How is it a Chinese medicine doctor with old trees and dead branches?
Zhao Chuanxin had only his last hope left, so he led people to follow him.

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

Zhao Chuanxin stopped: "That's it?"

Li Zhitao who was behind him still felt fresh: "It's very good!"

"What a fart!"

Zhao Chuanxin was furious.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

He turned his head and asked the old Chinese doctor: "Is there any box? Is there any female apprentice?"

"Huh?" The old Chinese doctor was dumbfounded. "There is only one female doctor. Usually, if a rich lady has a headache, she will come. She won't loosen the bones of men."

Zhao Chuanxin has already started to take off his jacket: "Add more money!"

"Not really."

"Add two silver dollars."

"This is inconvenient."

"Three dollars!"

"Okay, I'll go and call her!"

Li Zhitao was stunned behind: "Zhao Sheng, I think men's strength will be better."

Zhao Chuanxin patted him on the shoulder: "Taotao, I really didn't misread you, so I just said this to you. I must feel cool at ordinary times!"

Li Zhitao and the others were outside, and Zhao Chuanxin went into the box by himself.

At this time, the curtain was lifted.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the feet first, and was relieved when he found that they were normal big feet.

Move your eyes up and look at the hairstyle.

Fortunately, there is no forehead with a hairline, and the slanted bangs made on the forehead are combed back obliquely.

The third is to look at the figure, hey, this strong man... this strong lady, her physique is too amazing.

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

Zhao Chuanxin accepted his fate, and said dejectedly, "Why?"

The strong woman came with a set of gold needles for looking, hearing, asking, and cutting meals, explaining the mysteries of the human body, the heaven and the earth, and explaining the life of the monarch, ministers, envoys, and soldiers.

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

And Zhao Chuanxin returned the clothes slowly.

The strong woman continued: "Pants, too."

"This……"

"Afraid of being ugly?"

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

I'm afraid that few people have seen Zhao Chuanxin's downfall.

Obediently do so.

After dipping olive oil in his strong hands and rubbing them to warm them up, he walked over Zhao Chuanxin's back.

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

Zhao Chuanxin refused straight away: "It's not easy to pick this one, I will take it in the coffin when I die."

"..."

There is an advantage to not having that expectation.

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

Zhao Chuanxin's muscles are muscular, and a strong female warrior has strong hands. It can be said that every opponent will meet a good talent.

Not long after, Zhao Chuanxin fell asleep.

The strong female man muttered: "The body is so clean, with thin skin and tender flesh like a girl! Do you want to use assorted flower juice to maintain it? That is the prescription used by Concubine Yang Gui."

Zhao Chuanxin was on the verge of falling asleep and snorted in a daze.

Female strong man: "Remember to add money!"

This sleep is very solid!

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

He struggled to get up from the bed, moving his body, ouch, the skill of a strong female warrior is amazing!
What's the matter with the smell of flowers?

Dressed up and went out, when passing the hall, he didn't see Li Zhitao and others.

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

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

Seeing Zhao Chuanxin smiled and nodded.

The three oceans promised to others yesterday, of course, will be offered.

But the old Chinese doctor looked at the money on the counter but shook his head: "There is money for assorted flower juice!"

Zhao Chuanxin was full of question marks.

The old Chinese doctor sniffled and said contemptuously: "I don't believe you smell it, men like to rub flower juice, the world is getting worse!"

This made Zhao Chuanxin very upset, why did you steal my lines?

When I went out, I found that there were five Li Zhitao brothers leaning against the wall at the door, their heads bit by bit, and their consciousness remained in a free 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 suddenly.

"They say they won't let you stay overnight."

Don't let the lodgers sleep outside?
What a bunch of idiots, what are they talking about.

Everyone else is awake, but Toad Boy is still snoring.

Li Zhitao shook his collar violently, only then did Toad wake up.

"where am I?"

Drowsy.

Zhao Chuanxin couldn't laugh or cry.

"Where can we wash up? Let's wash our face and brush our teeth."

"There are free running water pipes outside the ghost concession."

While walking, Zhao Chuanxin distributed toothbrushes to everyone.

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

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

"I know, I know!" Toad nodded hastily, "The place where the Jade Emperor lives."

Leading people are superstitious about which one is better, and Hong Kong Island dares to jump and shout No.1.

Even in the prosperous 21st century, it is true.

A few people look at me, I look at you, and when they look at Zhao Chuanxin, there is a little awe in their eyes.

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

"Well, someone called me that.

Alright, don't talk about these things, just brush your teeth and wash your face.

Blowing Water Ju, take this money to buy breakfast, we will eat here. "

Blowing Water Ju took water from the faucet to rinse his mouth, spat it out and said, "I haven't finished flushing yet!"

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

Go, go, I'm hungry. "

Blowing Water Ju looked at the puddle of water on the ground, shook his head left and right, and said aggrievedly, "I think I'm so handsome and handsome!"

"Three-year-old with long beard, look at your old face! How dare you boast that you are beautiful with a face full of wrinkles?"

Blowing Water Horse: "..."

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

doing what?
Originally, Zhao Chuanxin went around and supervised the charity secretly, and he would return to the mainland if there was no problem.

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

China's traditional social structure is scholars, farmers, businessmen.On the behavior of the people, respect the scholars.

But it is different in Hong Kong Island. Since the opening of the port, it has been dominated by re-export trade.

The Chinese basically do hard work, mostly at the bottom.

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Chuanxin even had the urge to shake people and drive the British away.

Just thinking about it of course.

"Tao Tao, how many brothers do you have?"

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

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

"Fuck, what kind of Zhongshengtang is your relationship with only five people?"

Li Zhitao's face turned red: "Sheng Zhao, don't underestimate people, I'm a big pot of peaches, sooner or later I'm going to make a fortune!"

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

Li Zhitao: "..."

"On Hong Kong Island, if I want to build a house, what should I do?"

"Buy land, buy land from ghosts!"

In 1841, Charles Elliot, the ambassador to China, presided over a land sale. At that time, the land in Macau was sold, and a total of 3272 pounds was obtained.

By 1888, Hong Kong Ying's land sales income had already accounted for one-third of the total finances.

The money came too 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 took away a lot of money by selling land.

Zhao Chuanxin was very upset.

What the hell, let foreign devils sell your own land?
"Tao Tao, what do you think is the most profitable thing?"

"Being an intermediary, introducing people from the mainland to make curry."

To make curry is to do coolie.

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

But the end is often miserable.

Zhao Chuanxin frowned: "Bad idea!

Is there anything else? "

"Open a restaurant, boneyard."

Zhao Chuanxin laughed angrily.

Learn now and sell now?
"Can you make it bigger?"

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

"It's interesting."

At this time, Blowing Water Horse came back.

He came back with a food box.

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

Blowing Water Ju said cheerfully: "You have to return the food box after eating, there is a deposit."

"Fuck off, what are you doing so hard?" Zhao Chuanxin disagreed. "Hurry up and eat, and take me around after eating."

At this time, the Chinese at the bottom are really miserable. The upper-class businessmen are all British.

Many people have only 1 square meter of accommodation.

How narrow is an alley?

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

People like Li Zhitao and the others are even worse. There are five people and six people, but they don’t even have 1 square meter of space. They usually sleep on the street, or find a houseboat to squeeze together.

As for Dakouchang, at least he can go to restaurants to eat.

There is not even a concept of real estate in later generations. For example, when building a building, no one thinks of selling it in layers, so that each household has its own property rights.

To sell is to sell a piece of land. After the building is built, no matter how many floors it is, the property rights belong to one person.

And the owner basically doesn't think about selling in layers.

This is probably a cognitive gap.

Until the first person eats the crab.

Later, a businessman surnamed Huo copied this stratified selling routine, and used installment payment for the first time, so that those who could not buy a house in full for the time being could live in a house.

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

Zhao Chuanxin is gearing up, even if he doesn't want to drink the blood of real estate, but buying land doesn't have to build a house and speculate on the price, and there are other things to do.

But regarding the purchase of land on Hong Kong Island from Hong Kong Ying, this has always been a hurdle in Zhao Chuanxin's heart, which made him worry about it.

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

How to do?
When he reached the west of Pedder Street, Zhao Chuanxin found the answer.

Jardine Matheson, Hunter Matheson, Lane Crawford Matheson, Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC Headquarters.

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

Where did Hong Kong Ying take the money?Self-explanatory!

After Li Zhitao found out that Zhao Chuanxin had come here, he looked at the rows of western-style buildings, and let out a creepy "hehehe" smile.

"Zhao Sheng, are you alright?"

Zhao Chuanxin wiped his saliva: "Nothing, nothing, just greedy."

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

"Are you hungry again before noon?"

"Hehe." Zhao Chuanxin did not explain, standing on the coastline with open arms: "Let Hong Kong Ying face the blast!"

As a result, Li Zhitao and Toad Boy looked at him stupidly, puzzled.

"Fuck, a bunch of pig heads!"

Zhao Chuanxin was resentful.

Toad asked: "Mr. Zhao, blowing water belongs to blowing water. We still need to ask for money."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhitao said, "Yes, getting money is more important than dreaming."

They felt that Zhao Chuanxin was wishful thinking.

Building power plants and doing transportation are for the rich and powerful.Currently, it is all under the control of the ghost.

Bragging is fine, but we still have to face reality.

When they thought about it, if Zhao Chuanxin was really rich, why did he smuggle to Hong Kong Island, and why did he sleep on the street with them and eat rice rolls by the side of the road?
"Taotao, I'll give you money, how many people do you think your Zhongshengtang can attract?"

"Give me money?" Li Zhitao's eyes lit up: "At least ten people can be won over!"

Not knowing what rubbish was under his feet, Zhao Chuanxin almost tripped.

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

"Don't put it bluntly, I also want to save face with a big pot of peaches!"

Zhao Chuanxin didn't argue with fools: "Let's go, let's go to Lugang Town Charity Association."

But Li Zhitao quickly shook his head: "Even Dakouchang surprised him and them, so don't mess with them!"

"It's okay, as long as I'm here, no one will dare to give you face."

At this time, the Lugang Town Charity Association is distributing number plates made of bamboo.

The victims who received the cards worked according to the instructions and provided 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 a shadow suddenly covered him.

When he looked up, he was actually an unusually tall young man.

The people behind him don't look like good stubble.

So he said vigilantly: "What are you doing? Make curry and go in line, you can't jump in line."

Zhao Chuanxin grinned: "If you don't make curry, I'll find you, Ms. Liu Jiahui."

But Li Zhitao and the others were frightened behind.

"Call 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 froze when he saw Gao Li!
The weather on Hong Kong Island is hot, and it is not cold even in November.

Gao Li was wearing a blue-gray shirt, and the open neckline could see a corner of the fortitude armor.

There were sweat stains on the shirt, but he didn't seem to notice it.

There are two pistols and a bayonet on his waist.

Carrying Winchester M1897 in his hand.

The veins on the back of the hand are exposed!

Under the single eyelid, the eyes are cold.

Li Zhitao felt that the most powerful red stick under Dakouchang was simply weak compared to this person.

He believed that if he and others made any changes, they would definitely be beaten to death on the spot!

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

The corners of Gao Li's mouth, who has always been serious, also twitched.

"Good job!"

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

Not only Li Zhitao and the others were stunned, but even the locally recruited staff stared wide-eyed.

Liu Jiahui, who is regarded as a goddess, but this person patted her on the shoulder?

(End of this chapter)