mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 231

When two people go out.

"Haha, what's that expression on your face?" Zhao Chuanxin said seeing Zhang Rong's strange expression.

"It's not the first time this kind of thing happened. I left the insurance team once before, when I went to the United States. It was just talking and chanting a few slogans. It's not really leaving. But Li Guangzong is really a talent Ah, running around like a firefighter."

Zhang Rong hesitated to speak.

He faintly felt that the truth seemed to be more than that simple.

But nothing was said.

This is a family matter.

After going out, Zhao Chuanxin tore up all the paper, held it in his hand and found a place to throw it away.

To avoid the suspicion of eavesdropping, Liang Dunyan stood far away from the telegraph operator.

Seeing them going out, he came over.

Zhao Chuanxin said: "Principal Liang, Zhao has already paid the compensation that should be paid. If there is nothing wrong, I will leave."

"Mr. Zhao can be regarded as an educator, and he will visit Beiyang University more in the future."

Liang Dunyan said with a smile on his face.

"That can't be done." Zhao Chuanxin flatly refused. "What I hate the most in my life is a teacher who is as tireless as Kong Laoer."

"..."

Didn't you want to teach and educate people with great interest before?

Zhao Chuanxin took Zhang Rong and left Beiyang University. After leaving the school gate, he carefully looked around and found that there was no ambush before he was relieved.

Arrogance is a performance, but life is not a performance. If you enter the play yourself, you will be a fool.

He smiled and asked Zhang Rong: "I just came out, what do you want to eat? I'll invite you to have a meal."

Needless to say, Zhang Rong was imprisoned for so long and was almost beheaded. He really had a lot to eat.

After thinking for a while, he finally said, "I want to eat bean curd."

"That's it? Let's go then."

Thought he wanted to eat delicacies from mountains and seas, Zhao Chuanxin had even thought of the reason for his refusal.

Yes, he didn't intend to invite expensive ones.The reason for asking is just to be polite.

There is no high-end place to eat bean curd, just find a crowded fly restaurant on the street and go in.

Zhang Rong said to the waiter: "Give me a bowl of tofu curd, add sugar."

But Zhao Chuanxin slammed the table with a "boom" and said, "The leader of the tofu and salty party, Zhao, is here. Whoever dares to eat sweets will break his leg!"

Not to mention Zhang Rong, even the guy standing next to him was taken aback, and the people at the next table also looked over.

"..." Zhang Rong hurriedly said, "Don't get excited, don't get excited, I can eat sweet and salty food, but I've been locked inside for a long time, and I'm craving sweet things."

"Hmph, for the sake of you just coming out, I'll let you eat the sweet ones this time. But remember to eat the salty ones in the future!"

"..."

The two of them ate bean curd fritters with pickles, and they had a great time.

When refilling the bowl, Zhang Rong wiped his mouth and asked, "Mr. Zhao, I have a question that I can't express quickly. How deep is your mana?"

I used to know the nickname of Master Zhao Chuanxin, but today I saw his ability to create creatures out of thin air for the first time, so Zhang Rong asked this question.

Zhao Chuanxin swallowed the last mouthful of tofu brain: "How deep is the magic power? The time is too long, I have to recall it well. Oh yes, that year, when the Taishang Laojun was making alchemy, I often took it His elixir is nothing but food..."

Zhang Rong's mouth twitched.

Your memories, have you shot back thousands of years ago?

You also treat the elixir as a meal, I see you are amazing.

He changed the subject: "Mr. Zhao, do you think I should go back outside the customs, or go directly to Japan?"

Zhao Chuanxin lit a cigarette: "Do you have money to go directly to Japan? I sue you, I will not lend you money."

"Um... I can write to ask my sister to pay you back."

"Sorry, no credit for small profits."

Zhao Chuanxin was ruthless and refused.

If I want to go to the United States this year, I still have to spend money, and the more money the better.

Lending money to Zhang Rong, Yi Rou Baozi beat the dog and never came back.

"alright."

Zhang Rong was helpless.

When he ate a bowl of sweet bean curd and another bowl of salty one.

Zhao Chuanxin got up: "Let's go, when it gets dark, I have to go get some things. Dude, settle the score."

After paying the bill, he hesitated for a moment, then took out another copper coin and handed it to the clerk: "Here, here is a tip for you."

The man took a copper coin and couldn't laugh or cry.

After leaving the house, Zhao Chuanxin did not forget to educate Zhang Rong: "Did you see, this is called card noodles! You have to give tips when you eat and ride the car."

Zhang Rong: "..."

The guy's slightly disgusted eyes are still vivid.

Zhao Chuanxin began to think about saving money.

Can't be extravagant.

Zhao Chuanxin took Zhang Rong for a stroll on the road to digest food.

Zhang Rong was full of doubts: "Mr. Zhao, where are we going to get the things?"

"The location is not important, but the weather is important. You have to wait until it gets dark."

Never heard of it!

They wandered around the pier until dark.

Zhao Chuanxin sneakily took Zhang Rong to squat near an American foreign company.

Looking at Zhao Chuanxin's posture, one can tell whether he is going to do something good.

Zhang Rong was worried: "Mr. Zhao, you are..."

"I'm called investigating the market. If you don't understand, talk less if you don't understand."

Are you coming to Yanghang Street to inspect the market at night?

In the dead of night, the street lights are dim and there are fewer and fewer pedestrians.

Zhao Chuanxin picked up a stone from the side of the road and weighed it in his hand.

Zhang Rong felt more and more uneasy: "Mr. Zhao, what are you doing with the stone?"

"Hehe, throwing stones to ask for directions!"

As he said that, Zhao Chuanxin came outside the American firm and threw a stone on the glass window, causing the glass to shatter.

my cao...

Zhang Rong was stunned.

It turns out that I have been reading all these years for nothing. You call this "throwing stones to ask for directions"?
Zhao Chuanxin waited outside for a while, but there was no movement inside.

This shows that people have indeed left.

So, he took out the elf carving knife, broke the door lock, and swaggered in with Zhang Rong from the main entrance.

Zhang Rong is actually quite courageous, but he comes from a superior background and has never done anything petty theft.

As Zhao Chuanxin entered the door, he felt guilty and kept looking around.

Zhao Chuanxin pulled him into the house: "You f*ck look around, aren't you afraid that others will misunderstand you as a thief?"

To take without telling is to be a thief, to come without an invitation is to be a thief, what the hell am I a thief now?

Zhang Rong's head was buzzing.

Zhao Chuanxin went into the foreign firm, took out a wind lamp and lit it, and wandered around the warehouse behind.

Zhang Rong followed suit, it was the first time he did this kind of thing, he was extremely nervous.

Zhao Chuanxin picked up a can and looked at it. It said: Shuiyangkan.

Another can: custard.

Next: Pudding.

Next: Beef.

Since the Irish scientist Boyle, he used the vacuum tube designed by himself to extract the air from around the food.After the vacuum tube after the air is extracted is heated and sterilized, the canned food appears.

In the subsequent Battle of Waterloo, the Crimean War, and the American Civil War, canned food was everywhere.

Today, canned food is no longer a luxury in Europe and the United States, but has entered the homes of ordinary people.

The dining tables of common people in Europe, America and other places have gradually become richer.

Foreign companies do all kinds of business, and food is naturally among them.

However, when it was shipped to China, the canned food transformed into a luxury item.

Zhao Chuanxin nodded in satisfaction, and handed the lantern to Zhang Rong: "You take it."

"what?"

"What nonsense?"

Zhang Rong hurriedly took the lantern and helped to illuminate it.

Then, Zhao Chuanxin first took out the two Krupp breech-loading guns from the space, and then took out all the small boxes and bags containing silver dollars, as well as various weapons...

The fragments don't seem to take up much space in the gravity-free space, but when they are taken out and placed on the flat ground, they feel like they are piled up like a mountain.

Zhang Rong's jaw dropped.

This... is the mage's method, right?

After taking out all the things, Zhao Chuanxin put them back into the space one by one, organized them into different categories, and maximized the use of the space.

In this way, a large space will be vacated in the secret space.

"Mr. Zhao, what kind of spell are you doing?"

"Oh." Zhao Chuanxin said indifferently: "This is called the secret method of transporting the five ghosts, and it was the secret of my teacher's sect back then. Well, don't worry about these details, give me light."

Zhang Rong foolishly followed behind with a wind lamp, while Zhao Chuanxin swept the goods in front.

Outside the door, there was a patrol patrolling at night, faintly seeing light inside the foreign firm.

So late, it might be a thief!

He leaned over the window at the door to look, and found that the window was broken.

He was taken aback, and hurriedly opened the door, only to find that the door was unlocked.

Look around, there are no other patrolmen in this area, and even blowing a whistle can't shake people.

Thinking that if it was just an ordinary thief, he should be able to deal with it, so he tiptoed inside.

After clearing away some of the food on the shelves, Zhao Chuanxin turned his head and saw a sneaky patrolman approaching the two of them.

Zhang Rong also saw it, and his body froze immediately, feeling ashamed of being caught doing something bad.

After all, he is still very thin-skinned.

And when the patrolman saw the face under the light clearly, his body became more stiff, and he stammered: "Zhao, Zhao, Mr. Zhao..."

Zhao Chuanxin stepped forward and blocked the man's mouth.

The policeman almost freaked out.

He was one of the patrolmen who followed Zhang Zhankui to Laolongtou floating bridge that day.

Naturally, I have seen Zhao Chuanxin who is so majestic that even Governor Yuan has to stay away.

At this time, his mouth was covered, thinking that Zhao Chuanxin was going to kill someone to silence him.

Even Zhang Rong thought that Zhao Chuanxin wanted to do something.

Who knows Zhao Chuanxin: "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Go to sleep?"

The patrolman's mouth was covered, his eyes were terrified, and he nodded hurriedly: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

Seeing this, Zhao Chuanxin let go of his hand.

The patrolman showed a flattering smile, and turned backwards: "Yes, you old man, please do your work first. I will quit my job and go back to sleep."

Zhang Rong: "..."

During the period when I felt that I was imprisoned, the whole world became strange.

Zhao Chuanxin made a gesture of repelling: "Go, don't force me to teach you late-night etiquette!"

The patrolman went out, trotted all the way and fled quickly.

He didn't even go back to the police station to report this matter, pretending he didn't see it.

Can't afford to provoke you know?

Zhang Rong felt relieved.

It seems that it is quite exciting.

The two went out.

Zhang Rong asked curiously, "Mr. Zhao, what do you want these cans for?"

Is it possible to sell it?
But setting up a stall to sell canned food seems to be beyond Zhao Chuanxin's ability.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled mysteriously: "I, like you, have to deal with the Japanese. These cans are used for dealing with the Japanese."

Going back to serve as military rations for the backwater army can save a lot of money.

Zhang Rong was pleasantly surprised when he heard the words: "Mr. Zhao is also going to Japan to study military affairs?"

"No!" Zhao Chuanxin shook his head: "I'm going to the Yanbian area to let the Japanese see my military. But in general, we are similar. It's just to learn from each other and exchange military experience."

"..."

……

Saito Kijiro collected a large amount of land information after conducting blatant field investigations in Yanji, Helong, and Antu on the pretext of boundary markers.

Then, he compiled the "Jiandao Report Inspection Letter" and submitted it to the Japanese Supervisory Office in South Korea.

After the Sino-Japanese War, due to the defeat of the Qing court, with the support of Japan, North Korea officially became independent and renamed the Daehan Empire.

Abbreviation - South Korea.

However, Japan introduced the "Small Village Line" to "protect and nationalize" South Korea. After the signing of the "Japan-South Korea Protection Agreement", the Korean Empire has existed in name only.

Because of the loss of diplomatic and domestic sovereignty.

And the emperor Li Xi of the Korean Empire is even being forced into the palace now. Japan forces him to abdicate with his son Li Xi, planning to make Li Xi their puppet.

Japan also set up the Supervisory Office in South Korea, which is equivalent to the headquarters of the Supervisory Office.The Tongjianfu police station in the Jiandao area is just a small branch.

The branch is small, but it is given great attention.

Because this is a breakthrough for Japan's expansion to the north of the Tumen River and the upper reaches of the Songhua River.

Today is the highlight day for Kijiro Saito.

Because, he and Shinoda Harasaku were invited to attend a banquet that only the upper class were eligible to enter.

At the banquet, there were not only Ito Hirobumi, the Commander-in-Chief in South Korea at this time, but also Yoshimichi Hasegawa, the Commander-in-Chief in Korea, and the fourth son of Prince Kunimiya Asahiko, Prince Nishimiya Shusho.

There are also all kinds of Korean upper class personnel.

Not only were they invited, they were even allowed to bring their female companions.

Shinoda Harasaku naturally brought Naoko Yuka along.

Kijiro Saito was eager to express himself, and kept looking for opportunities to chat with those three.

Shinoda Harasaku was held by Naoko Yuka's arm, and he said to Saito Kijiro with a smug smile, "I heard that they are discussing with His Royal Highness Prince Nashimoto Mamoru, about marrying His Highness's daughter to the Korean Crown Prince Li Mo in the future. No If you go to join in the fun now, maybe you can find a chance to talk."

Why is he so complacent?
First of all, he has a successful career.

Secondly, Naoko Yuka, who was indifferent to him, agreed to be his female companion to attend the banquet this time.

This is a double harvest in love and career!

Saito Kijiro said with a smile: "Yes, this is very interesting. Your Highness's daughter is only six years old at this time, and it is too early to talk about marriage. However, this is indeed a good topic for conversation."

So, holding the wine glass, he walked over with his chest and belly raised.

Those people didn't pay him much attention at first.

But Kijiro Saito was eloquent, and after cleverly interjecting a few times, he finally spoke to Hirobumi Ito.

"Inspector, have you read the "Jiandao Report Inspection Report" I submitted?"

Ito Hirobumi, like all Japanese, has a hypocritical seriousness, frowning and speaking: "I have read it, and your opinions on the assumed boundaries of Jianjima, the general situation of Jianjima, and the future are very constructive. I think you The proposed plan to set up the Tongjianfu Police Station near Longjing Village is very good. Have you encountered any obstacles?"

Longjing Village is definitely within the boundaries of the Qing court.

But during the conversation, the two seemed to regard the area of ​​Longjing Village as their territory.

As if, this is a matter of course.

"There are obstacles." Kijiro Saito nodded: "It is some civilian organizations that have undergone preliminary training. They call themselves the 'backwater army'. However, although they have some good weapons, their military literacy is not enough to make them We are afraid. During several times of contact, they did not take advantage of it, and many people died. I have gathered a large number of South Korean policemen and some of our sergeants near Jiandao. At that time, they pulled out The boundary pillars just happened to be an excuse for our investigation."

"Yeah!" Ito Hirobumi nodded in satisfaction: "I've heard about this too, and I have to say, you did a good job."

Saito Kijiro didn't forget Shinoda Harasaku, he pointed to Shinoda Harasaku who was not far away and said, "That's the future chief of general affairs at the Police Station of the Governor's Office—— Shinoda Harasaku. This idea is actually his idea."

"Oh?" Ito Hirobumi waved at Shinoda Harasaku. "Tell me about your views on Jiandao in the future."

Naoko Yuka followed, but after making a slight bow with Ito Hirobumi, they turned around knowingly and left.

But not far.

She stopped at a distance that was just enough to let people off guard, but just enough to hear the conversation.

But Zhisaku Shinoda was more satisfied with her "sensibility".

This is the best choice for a good wife.

He was in high spirits: "Originally, I planned to gradually respond to the territory belonging to South Korea.

First, civil affairs officials were dispatched to carry out general tasks such as taxation and household registration in Jiandao area.Then slowly dispatch the military and police to go.Thinking about it, the Qing court did not have the courage to resist.

However, the appearance of the backwater army forced me to disrupt the rhythm and dispatch the military and police first to ensure the establishment of the police station of the Jiandao Supervisory Office.

The rest will be settled slowly later.

Not a big problem. "

Hearing that his rules are clear and his words are logical, Ito Hirobumi is even more satisfied: "Yes, he is indeed a young talent. Come, let me introduce to you His Royal Highness Nishimiya Shousho and his wife."

Prince Shouzheng Libengong is bald, with a big head and thick neck, and a curvy mustache that almost reaches his cheekbones.

It can't be said that it looks ordinary, it can only be described as ugly.

But his wife Nabeshima Itoko is a plump, fair-skinned beauty.

It may be doing as the Romans do, at this time wearing a classic Korean hair accessory.

Beauty is divided into three phases: skin phase, bone phase and demeanor phase.

As for Nabeshima Itoko's demeanor, that kind of beauty is mixed with a kind of western-style compassion and kindness, and her eyes are shining with the divine brilliance like the star of Bethlehem.

This is somewhat contradictory to her status as the second daughter of Nabeshima Naoda Marquis.

All in all, at first glance, you can't go wrong with a good wife and mother.

So, when the two sides meet.

Even Naoko Yuka, who was trained by Zhao Chuanxin, as a female family member, did not know how to get in touch with this woman.

This woman makes it seem like cheating on her is sacrilege.

This temperament is really rare.

She could only chat a few words dryly, the main task was to spy on information and listen to the conversations among those men.

(End of this chapter)