mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 225 Today, Are You A Little Popular?
"Zhao Chuanxin, I'm Wang Zhanyuan. Can you speak further?"

There was the sound of strong water flow and the sound of wind on the river, and Zhao Chuanxin could only hear it all.

But when he saw Wang Zhanyuan standing alone on the shore, he somewhat 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 disappear into the water.

After a while, Zhao Chuanxin had appeared in the shallow water of the river bank.

Even here, it is at least 3 meters deep.

Zhao Chuanxin launched the Azure Phantom Armor, jumped up with a huge splash, and jumped directly onto the shore.

Twisting and twisting the neck, not a drop of water hangs on the body.

Wang Zhanyuan's pupils contracted.

After all, he hasn't heard the name of Zhao Chuanxin's mage yet!

Could this person be a god, a ghost, or something like that?
After lighting a cigarette, Zhao Chuanxin took a deep breath, exhaled the smoke and said lightly, "Wang Zhanyuan, what do you have to say?"

Wang Zhanyuan stabilized his mind and told himself not to be too cowardly, not to be looked down upon.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he lacked confidence: "It's no good to fight like this..."

Zhao Chuanxin laughed, with a thick and resonant voice, pointing at Wang Zhanyuan with his cigarette-pinching finger: "You can fight for as long as you want! Fight until you admit defeat!"

Wang Zhanyuan felt that every pore was trembling.

So fucking arrogant!

This clearly should be the words that should be said by the side where the winner is the king.

However, Zhao Chuanxin has this qualification alone.

"But you need to know that Beiyang will soon expand the quota and set the national military quota to 36 towns. Outside the customs there will be the first, the second mixed association, and the third town stationed in Jilin. If you mess up, Lugang town will be destroyed !"

"Ha ha."

Threatened me?

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

He was condescending, and spat thick smoke on Wang Zhanyuan's face contemptuously: "Go and kill, Lugang Town does not support idlers, they shed the last drop of blood, if I, Zhao Chuanxin, frowned, I would have the same surname as you!

However, Yuan Datou, Cixi, Aixinjueluo Zaizhen and his sons, including you, Wang Zhanyuan, and your subordinates, I swear, none of you will survive.

All will be buried with them! "

Wang Zhanyuan backed away in shock.

If someone else said this, he would definitely scoff.

But Zhao Chuanxin, who has the ability to be unpredictable, he dare not believe it!

People just squat you every day, you can't take thousands of people out every day, can you?
And one hundred and eighty people are not enough for others to see!

Squatting for ten days and eight months is not enough, how 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 still feels a little stressed if he is 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 comes from the Governor's Mansion, but the meaning comes from Shangshu Zaizhen, and the decree is from Lafayette. I asked my subordinates to step back for a mile, and we are the only ones talking at this time." , no one can hear it. There is a grievance and a debtor, so why doesn't Captain Zhao go to Aixinjueluo Zaizhen?"

Wang Zhanyuan was also driven into a hurry, and dared to say such words.

"That's exactly what I mean. Doesn't this clear up your obstacles first?"

Wang Zhanyuan's eyeballs flicked left and right, looking very sneaky.

He gritted his teeth: "Captain Zhao, there are actually not many troops in the small station barracks. The people I brought are already the main force. Why don't you go find Zai Zhen while I'm retreating. As for the north and south sections Captain Zhao doesn't care if he thinks about it."

do my best!

Love it so much!

After this time difference, whether Zhao Chuanxin captured Aixinjueluo Zaizhen or killed him, it was none of his business.

Anyway, if you kill him, you won't admit it.

"Okay, applause for the traitors! That's just right, Wang Guerzilla will show me the way and tell me how to get to Zai Zhen's house."

When the later generation Zhao Chuanxin traveled to Tianjin, he visited Prince Qing's Mansion.

But if I remember correctly, Zai Zhen bought the Qing Palace on Cambridge Road in the American Concession 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, and you should stay away from places where I am in the future. In addition, leave me two Krupp field guns, plus some shells."

"This... I can't explain it when I go back."

Lost two cannons for no reason, especially with so many subordinates watching, it would be strange to go back and not be punished.

"If you don't leave the cannon behind, don't think about going back, you can't go back!"

"..."

Wang Zhanyuan had no temper at all, obediently left the cannon and ammunition behind, and withdrew with his men.

……

The capital, the imperial palace.

Lafayette sat comfortably on the chair with his eyes closed, and asked Li Lianying to read important memorials to her.

Since the end of last year, Cixi began to lose her appetite and her health deteriorated.

Li Lianying and her had feelings for each other. Seeing this, he took the initiative to leave out most of the unimportant memorials, and only took three copies.

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

Cixi waited for a while but couldn't hear any movement, but didn't open her eyes, she just asked, "Why don't you read it?"

Li Lianying hurriedly started.

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

Japan protested and warned, saying that the place is not peaceful, and there have been bandits in the Jiandao area for a long time, causing South Korean police and civilians to be injured.If the court doesn't care, they will send troops into the country to protect South Korea's farmers. "

"What does Xu Buwu eat? This matter has not been resolved yet!"

Bu Wu is Xu Shichang's character.

In fact, Cixi didn't care about the boundary of the Jiandao area. What's the use of a bigger place?

She just wants to solve the trouble and not give Japan an excuse to start a war.

However, Xu Shichang refused to give an inch in terms of territory, and stood by those damned "disorderly people".

This actually made Cixi very annoyed, but there were many things that she couldn't say clearly.

I can't let Xu Shichang leave it alone, and occupy that bit of land if you want to occupy it, right?

Li Lianying said cautiously: "Go back to Buddha, Governor Xu said that there is something strange about this matter, and asked Japan to move the boundary markers back to their original positions and warn them not to cross the border. But the Japanese did not move, but sent South Korean police to cross the border from time to time to delineate the border. It is an excuse to act recklessly in our territory. Therefore, it caused the people to resist in order to protect the country..."

"Ok.

The Japanese are wolfish and ambitious, and we must guard against them.

But procrastinating like this is not the solution, let Xu Buwu solve it as soon as possible.If Japan and South Korea refuse to act, then he will personally lead people to move the boundary pillars.After all, it has to be solved.

Otherwise, it would give the Japanese an excuse to raise troops again, and the imperial court would not have so much money to fight the war.

Say another thing. "

At this time, Cixi was 73 years old, she was old, she spoke much slower than before, and she was weak.

Unlike when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, they did not forget to eat and drink in various government offices when they fled. Every meal was expensive.

Li Lianying put down the memorandum: "The second thing is that the south was hit by a disaster last year, and the disaster has continued into this year. There is no food to adjust in various places, which has caused the price of rice to rise. Originally, there was a charity association in Lugang Town, and the disaster was relieved for a while. But once The reason is that the Lugang Town Charity Association can’t buy so much food even if they have money, and secondly, this secondly..."

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

Because these days, Lafayette has been bothered by this person.

But among these memorials, seven out of ten cannot avoid this person.

"Go on?"

Cixi urged again displeased.

Serving people is the worst job, even if you share the master's worries, you might be reprimanded.

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 Beiyang University named Zhang Lufeng who was from Yuhang. When Zhao Chuanxin was giving a speech, he clamored that Zhao Chuanxin It is wrong to do charity with salary. It is better to donate the money to develop military power, or form an army to drive out foreigners.

After Zhao Chuanxin heard this, he said that he would not do Yuhang's charity in the future, and that the sins of those who died of starvation were all blamed on Zhang Lufeng.If you want to hate, just hate Zhang Lufeng.

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

He said that his family has no money, but in fact his family is also well-to-do and wealthy in the local area, with thousands of acres of fertile land.

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

Empress Dowager Cixi: "..."

outrageous.

Was Zhang Lufeng's head caught by the door frame?
She finally opened her eyes angrily: "Ask someone to expel Zhang Lufeng's student status. It's more than a success than a failure. The book is read in the stomach of a dog! In my opinion, it is useless to let him study again."

"Yes, Lord Buddha."

After all, there was a charity association in Lugang Township, which frequently provided disaster relief, and there were no "middlemen" at the gates of various places to earn the "price difference", so that the money could actually fall into the hands of the victims.

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

But Zhang Lufeng's words caused trouble.

Can Cixi not hate it?

However, when the hatred was over, she was taken aback again.

Zhao Chuanxin's exposure rate is too high recently, and Cixi has already remembered this name.

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

But Li Lianying's heart tightened when he heard the words, this is what he wanted to avoid mentioning today.

Because of this incident, Cixi's blood pressure may soar, and it will be troublesome if she dies after taking a breath.

"This... Back to Lafayette, the Beiyang Army sent a battalion to arrest Zhao Chuanxin, but he repelled him and took away two Krupp cannons."

"What?" Cixi suddenly sat up from the chair. "A battalion of troops, was he repulsed by himself? Yuan Weiting has trained soldiers for so many years, and this is the only one he has trained?"

Simply fantastic.

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

I have been hearing people bragging about how powerful the Beiyang New Army is, but now it seems that it is only mediocre, and the rumors are all false!

As for the Lugang Town Charity Association, although it was established by Zhao Chuanxin.

But in Cixi's view, every yard counts for one yard, and it should be rewarded, caught, and killed.

Although Zhao Chuanxin had done good deeds and saved the court a lot of trouble, he still had to be arrested and beheaded if he broke the law.There may be no rewards, but punishments must be given in place.

She narrowed her eyes, and her face showed the sharpness that she had when she was young: "Out of ten catties of this person's bones, nine catties are against the bone, and one catty is against the bone. Keeping it is a serious problem!

I heard that the Charity Association of Lugang Township is very rich, isn't it? "

Li Lianying heard the strings and knew the elegant meaning: "Yes, Master Buddha, from last year to this year, the money they have given away is probably no less than one million taels!"

The imperial court is short of money, and if it is short, it takes back all the salt industry and conducts official operations.

Cixi nodded: "It's hard to give up good money. Others do charity, at most hundreds or thousands of taels, and those who exceed 10 taels are rare. The disaster in the south, I only took [-] taels of silver. Come to think of it, this Lugang Town has a lot of schemes." Ah. Call Yuan Weiting and tell him to use all his strength to capture Zhao Chuanxin and keep him alive..."

Before he finished speaking, a little eunuch rushed to report: "Report... an urgent call from Tianjin City, it is urgent!"

Li Lianying's heart skipped a beat, with a bad feeling.

After receiving the contents of the telegram, his face changed greatly: "Lafayette, Zhao Chuanxin, he arrested Zai Zhen..."

"What?" Cixi stood up suddenly. "Audacious, really audacious!"

Before the conversation was over, Li Lianying continued: "Zhao Chuanxin said that he said some outrageous things."

Cixi said coldly: "What did you say?"

"He said, he said that the wallet for charity is empty. Prince Qing has money, so let him donate some money, donate 100 million pounds before releasing him, or let Zai Zhen go downstairs and wait for Lafayette ahead of time..."

Cixi's blood pressure was soaring, and she was out of breath. Li Lianying helped her calm down by rubbing her back.

Is this cursing her to die?
What a vicious heart, what a lawless Zhao Chuanxin!

She could guess that Zhao Chuanxin's original words may be even more arrogant, and these are the results of Li Lianying's beautification.

Li Lianying saw that her face was a bit ugly, so she said: "Lafayette, I will arrange for someone to be called the imperial physician..."

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

……

Zhao Chuanxin tied Aixinjueluo Zaizhen without much trouble.

It's easy to get "a little red", just throw it into the Haihe River after you tie it up, and this person will never be revived again in the world.

But that's too cheap for the dude, his father is rich, and Zhao Chuanxin is here for the money this time.

The talk about the lack of money was by no means a lie.

Because he went to the bank to withdraw money many times, the foreign powers have learned the skills, and the bank reserves have been greatly reduced, and some of the money will be removed every three days.

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

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

The so-called saving resources and opening up the flow, how to open up the flow?Naturally, it starts from people like Aixinjueluo Zaizhen.

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

The water was glistening, and Xu Bo was unhappy.

Compared with Zhao Chuanxin's houseboat on Hong Kong Island, this awning boat is much simpler.

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

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

A cargo punt passes by.

The man on 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 cheerfully: "If you dare to shout, I will give you a knife. Have you ever heard of my reputation as a little red outside the pass?"

"Hmph, so what?"

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

Aixinjueluo Zaizhen's hair stood on end.

No matter how sharp a knife is, it can't do this.Presumably it was 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 in the mirror——today, are you a little red?"

Then, he made a gesture between Aixinjueluo Zaizhen's eyebrows with the elf carving knife: "It's already afternoon, I ask myself, there is still no red today!"

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

Only then did he realize that "a little red outside the pass" means this!
A hole was poked in the forehead, and a little red blood oozes out. Thinking about it makes me shudder.

"I don't want to do anything, wait for your father to buy you with money, you are now my slave, a slave is worth 100 million pounds, it's really worth it!"

"nonsense!"

Hearing the word "minion", Aixinjueluo Zaizhen blushed.

This is definitely the greatest insult to a noble bannerman.

And Zhao Chuanxin just laughed without saying a word.

Aixinjueluo Zaizhen is used to being pampered. The environment on this boat is extremely poor, the top is dirty, the clothes will be stained when sitting, and it shakes badly when standing.

After a while, he said, "I want convenience."

"The small one urinates against the wind, and the large one steps on the side."

"..."

As the boat swayed, Aixinjueluo Zaizhen unbuttoned his pants.

Zhao Chuanxin hid far away: "You fucking want to let the wind blow on me, don't blame Zhao for being ruthless and making you die!"

Aixinjueluo Zaizhen was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

After solving the extremely awkward situation, Aixinjueluo looked at the boat that was blown wet, and didn't want to sit down anymore.

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

Zhao Chuanxin yelled: "I want you to change some money, you are either fucking windy or rainy."

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

The pancakes landed on the boat, where it was still wet just now, but now it has been blown dry.

But the glaring water stains are still there.

"It fell to the ground, how can I eat it?"

"Pick it up and eat."

"..."

He kicked the pancake aside angrily.

Zhao Chuanxin is happy to see the success: "Hehe, those are Songji butter pancakes. There are only two of them. You have kicked it twice now. As long as your father doesn't bring the money, you will still have to eat it later." .”

After speaking, Zhao Chuanxin took out his camera.

Aixinjueluo Zaizhen asked bitterly, "What are you going to do?"

He was actually very curious about how Zhao Chuanxin conjured something up.

However, I have seen Zhao Chuanxin's ability of "white strips in the waves" before, pushing a boat in the water and swishing. Although he is curious now, he doesn't make a fuss.

It seems that this person knows some magic?
Zhao Chuanxin took a photo of Aixinjueluo Zaizhen and Xiao Chuan with his camera.

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

"..."

(End of this chapter)