mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 26 The Damned Charm
It was raining in Lugangling Village. After almost a month of drought, it finally rained heavily.The crops before the autumn harvest were injected with a last shot of cardiotonic.

And Zhao Zhongyi and his party in the caravan are facing some troubles.

Tsarist Russia should have withdrawn its troops in the Northeast in accordance with the "Treaty of Handover of the Three Eastern Provinces". The United States, Japan, and the Qing government signed the "Sino-US Trade Renewal Treaty" and the "Sino-Japanese Trade and Vessel Renewal Treaty" respectively, but Tsarist Russia should have withdrawn its troops but failed to fulfill the treaty , so the three places of Anton, Fengtian and Dadonggou could not open ports.

This made it impossible for some foreign goods to enter. Steward Niu had received internal information and came to the dealer to purchase goods, but now many goods cannot enter.

A small amount of foreign goods circulated inland is not enough to supply the needs of the caravan.

At this time, Tsarist Russia and the great powers represented by Japan are at war.

Manager Niu and several purchasers are discussing countermeasures.

"Although we also have our business here, it's hard to stay any longer because people eat like horses," said a buyer who was in a state of distress.

Steward Niu nodded: "Also, in my opinion, sooner or later Russia will have a war with Japan, and it's time to evacuate as soon as possible. That's it, let's go and get ready."

Zhao Zhongyi is buying glass.

According to Zhao Chuanxin's request, the higher the transparency of the glass, the better.As for the pattern or something, there is no best, but the simplest.

However, the goods shipped inland are more than [-]% more expensive than those shipped by sea.

A purchaser entered the store, saw Zhao Zhongyi and Glass, and said in a strange way: "Zhao Zhongyi, are you carrying private goods?"

Zhao Zhongyi hurriedly said: "Wang Cai, it's nothing. My brother needs a few pieces of glass to build a house, and I'll help bring them back. I put it in my car, it won't take up much space."

"Hmph, it's best not to delay things."

"Don't worry, don't worry, it will definitely not, Wang Caiban walk slowly."

When there are many people, it is easy to have right and wrong.

During this trip, several buyers were finding fault intentionally or unintentionally.

As for Zhao Zhongyi, he has a surprisingly good temper, no matter how you make things difficult, he will respond with a smile.If you don't reach out and hit the smiling person, these people can't do anything about him.

The so-called making things difficult was not beyond Zhao Zhongyi's expectation.Before departure, Zhao Chuanxin had already explained to him that Steward Niu might use some means to test him.Whatever his original personality is, just keep it, there is no need to deliberately do anything.

Sure enough, these difficulties gradually decreased.Even now, the purchaser just said something casually and left.

When Zhao Zhongyi also went out, he suddenly saw Wang Caiban not far away, as if he had encountered something.

Wang Caiban has a big-footed friend here.

The two were shopping and ran into the captain of the local insurance team.

The insurance team is the 26th year of Guangxu, when Tsarist Russia invaded the Northeast, the Shengjing general Zeng Qi fled, the local government was paralyzed, and self-insurance organizations were organized spontaneously in various places.

Later, when law and order were restored, some areas were abolished, but some people tasted the sweetness of power, but they kept colluding with each other openly and secretly. They did not have the name of the insurance team, but did the work of the insurance team.

Even if you hook up with the Russian army, you can walk sideways in the local area.

At this time, Wang Buyan met such an insurance captain.

The captain of the insurance led people to make an inspection, and when he saw Wang Caiban's girlfriend, he made a molestation speech.

The Niu family is also quite powerful in the Northeast, with semicolons everywhere and government connections.

Of course Wang Caiban refused to give up, and as a result, he was whipped on the face as soon as he argued.

The insurance captain was about to whip the second whip, but the whip was caught.

Looking back, he was a rather handsome young man.

"This grand regiment leader, please be merciful."

Wang Caiban was frightened and angry, and when he was about to receive the second whip, he was only terrified.

These members of the insurance team sometimes act like horse beards and locks, they are lawless.

As a result, he was stopped.Looking up, it was actually Zhao Zhongyi.

No matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty at this moment.

And Wang Caiban's friend is a middle-aged woman who still has charm, and she is even more charming in her silk and satin dress.

Originally, her face turned pale, but after seeing Zhao Zhongyi, her eyes couldn't help but brighten up.

With a neither humble nor overbearing attitude, a tall and straight figure, and a handsome face, it is impossible not to draw her attention.

The insurance captain pulled hard, um, he didn't pull.

"Let go!"

He tried harder, but Zhao Zhongyi let go of his hand a little bit, good guy, he almost slipped the insurance captain's waist.That body has long been hollowed out by alcohol, sex, and smoke. How can his strength compare to Zhao Zhongyi who is dancing with the smell of chickens?

Seeing that he was about to fall, Zhao Zhongyi grabbed the whip again, took a step forward, and helped the captain of the insurance team: "Chief, be careful."

The insurance captain's face flushed with anger, he looked at his subordinates behind him, and felt that his face was dull, so he broke free from Zhao Zhongyi.

"Call me!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhongyi raised his hands suddenly.

This is some advice Zhao Chuanxin gave him after watching him make a move last time.

Although Zhao Chuanxin does not practice martial arts, he is not an ordinary person, so Zhao Zhongyi attaches great importance to it.Going back and researching it, it seems to make sense.

Most of the traditional martial arts and boxing techniques are born out of big guns.That is to say, practicing boxing also practices spear, and practicing spear also practices boxing. The movements of the two are actually the same.

However, when it comes to hands-on, many moves are very awkward.

Moreover, Chuanwu pays attention to "do not fight or fight, and divide the meat with the gun".

That is, if someone shoots at you, you don't parry.When the point of the gun pokes your hairs, you suddenly dodge, and then hit close to your body.This is close-fitting bunt.

When Zhao Chuanxin heard it at the time, he felt that this was really nonsense.No matter how good your skills are, if you dodge nine times out of ten, you will die once.In his opinion, even if he changes his tactics now and practices according to the fighting methods of later generations, no matter how awkward he is, he will be the second "Yilong" at most. He can still do those nonsense training methods anyway, right?I haven't seen those martial arts masters of later generations, who have practiced for decades, and have been trained for several months.

Therefore, since then, Zhao Zhongyi has tried to practice big spear and boxing separately.I haven't been able to practice it all the time, but this time I'm going to get my true knowledge.

One person punched, but Zhao Zhongyi blocked it with his two forearms.Twist the waist and lift the span, and blast out with the right fist.

DUANG!

fall down!

After all, martial arts practitioners have already mastered strength, agility, and the tricks of exerting force. The only thing missing is a suitable style of play.

Rotate the heel and rotate the left arm backward.

If Zhao Chuanxin was present, he would definitely exclaim with the combination of the steps of passing on martial arts and the swinging punches in free combat: there is such a magical operation?

But it's not easy to hold back, a back swing punch, bang!

The second fell.

The insurance captain brought the two of them out, and they were all knocked to the ground, dumbfounded!
Even if you are a hero from the forest and have excellent skills, when you fight, shouldn't you put on your horse's stance and then try to come a little bit?
Hitting horizontally and vertically, what kind of routine is this?

Just as he was at a loss, he saw Zhao Zhongyi put away his fists, clasped his fists, and bowed slightly: "Is it our fault today, come to plead guilty some other day."

Insurance captain: "..."

No matter if you are wandering in the rivers and lakes, or you are a rogue in the market, you all pay attention to being in power and not forgiving others, and take advantage of the situation to pursue.You basically won, and you still apologize to me?

"This……"

The insurance captain didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhongyi took out his pocket again, and went forward to hold the insurance captain's hand: "A little kindness is not a respect, it is an apology to the big group leader."

Let go, the captain of the insurance has two more silver dollars in his hand.

"Um, we are all brothers in the country. Let's hold a banquet for my brother another day, and then entertain my virtuous brother." After finishing speaking, he took his subordinates who had just recovered, and left in a despondent manner.

Wang Caiban was taken aback for a while.

"They left?"

Zhao Zhongyi went over and helped him straighten his clothes: "Wang Caiban, let's go see the doctor first and get some medicine. The caravan will leave soon."

But Wang Caiban's concubine interrupted and said: "The caravan is not that fast, why don't you come and have a meal together, thank you for your righteous act today."

Eyes are almost dripping water!

If Zhao Chuanxin was here, he would definitely sigh: This damn charm!
(End of this chapter)