mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 578 Zhao has been a vegetarian for decades
Li Ziyu looked at the excited crowd below, and asked a question: "How many Portuguese governors have there been in O Island?"

It's a good question, but no one counts it.

Who would specialize in this?

Seeing them looking at each other and unable to answer, Li Ziyu asked himself and answered: "Including Luo Shada who was crucified to the ground by our head just now, there are 101 appointments in total!
Then Li asked again, how many Portuguese soldiers are there in O Island? "

This time, no one below could answer, but Li Zhun next to him couldn't help but said: "There are more than [-] Portuguese soldiers in O Island, and there are three warships. Of course, all the battleships have been scuttled."

Li Ziyu smiled at him: "That's right. And our head, with a judging team of less than 50 people, wiped out the entire 2000 Portuguese soldiers. Now we have 2000 people in the Macao Islanders, and everyone has a quick gun. Our Xuantian Sect has tens of thousands of people. The Qing court is afraid of Portugal's revenge, but our militia and our Xuantian Sect are not afraid of Portugal!"

Everyone is hi, can't help themselves.

Li Zhun was sober.

Although Li Ziyu's words are very exciting, but up to this time, Li Ziyu has not revealed his true intention.

If it's just bloodshed, then there's no need to go to great lengths to gather a group of businessmen and industrialists.

Sure enough, what Li Ziyu said next was the key point.

Li Ziyu said: "Everyone. In the last century, the Portuguese announced the legalization of the gaming industry on the island of Ao, and implemented a monopoly system for gaming.

Today, gaming and the island of Australia are inseparable.

But today's gambling houses are mixed with fish and dragons and there is no order. Li Mou sees it in his eyes and is anxious in his heart.

Now that the Portuguese are driven away, it's time to set standards for our Chinese. "

A businessman is a businessman.

Don't look at the look of the hot-blooded middle-aged and seniors who sniffed and snorted before, but their own interests are involved, and they immediately recovered from the excitement.

Someone stood up and asked coldly, "I wonder what rules Elder Li has?"

It was Tan Bili who spoke, and at this time he had faintly become the leader among the many gambling shop owners.

During this period of time, Tan Bi had a very bad time.

First of all, he was wanted by the Qing court. He didn't dare to jump out again until the Portuguese were destroyed and Ao Island was taken over by Xuantianzong.

Secondly, Zhao Chuanxin snatched the batch of weapons and ammunition he paid a huge sum of money for, together with the Japanese merchant ship Erchenmaru.

Be it Tan Bili, Japan, or Portugal are all losers, there is only one winner, and that is Zhao Chuanxin.

Tan Bili was already angry, but when he heard that Li Ziyu wanted to change the rules, he became even more angry.

Three words can express his mood - why?
Li Ziyu looked at him: "This is Boss Tan Bili Tan, right? Just in time, there will be an announcement about you later. Now let's talk about the regulations.

From then on, all gaming games on O Island will be centralized and monopolized. "

As soon as this statement came out, the crowd was in an uproar.

Some are excited and some are worried.

Tan Bili frowned: "How about a centralized franchise method?"

Li Ziyu had already prepared a draft: "There are only six bidding licenses in total, for a period of ten years. Xuantianzong will retain the right to operate the gaming. Other entities operating the gaming must be approved in advance. Other entities operating the gaming must be approved in advance. grant."

As soon as this statement came out, the four were shocked.

There are several gangs, and there will only be six in Australia Island in the future, and the rest of the gambling houses can be closed.

"This...isn't right?" Tan Bili couldn't hide the joy in his eyes anyway, but said something hypocritically.

If there are only six schools, in terms of strength and prestige, he will definitely occupy a place.

However, powerful businessmen in other industries became excited and couldn't help asking: "Elder Li, can the bidding be fair?"

Li Ziyu said seriously: "Guaranteed by the reputation of God of War, anyone who dares to operate in secret will be punished with death."

These words made Tan Bili's face change again.

If everyone can join in, then he may not be sure.

He hurriedly asked: "Then, Elder Li, what if it is transferred during the period?"

Li Ziyu said categorically: "It is forbidden to transfer or assign all or part of the gaming operation rights to a third party in any name until the ten-year contract is terminated."

Li Zhun didn't understand much, but he was greatly shocked.

It turned out to be the case.

The reason why Li Ziyu dared not to collect taxes for a year was originally his idea.

If he really made it happen, what is the tax for a mere year?
Tan Bili's face turned blue and red.

Lu Lianruo was thoughtful.

Fan Jiepeng's eyes lit up.

The expressions of all the people present were different.

Many small gambling shop owners couldn't help turning their attention to Tan Bili.

They must be the worst group of people.

Their strength is not that strong, and if they are used alone, they must be weak and rejected.

They want Tan Bi to stand out.

Tan Bili lived up to everyone's expectations, and said in a strange way: "If the Portuguese come to retaliate, after the bidding is completed, how can Elder Li give us a guarantee?"

Li Ziyu smiled: "If you can trust Xuantianzong's head, Zhao Chuanxin, then vote. If you don't believe it, quit. But the rules are the rules. If you are not convinced, go find the head of Zhao and compete with the head."

Fighting with Zhao Chuanxin, do they have the strength?

Naturally, Tan Bili was not so stubborn, he turned his head and asked Li Zhun beside him: "My lord, I think he is an official of the imperial court, what does the imperial court say?"

Li Zhun sits on wax.

He couldn't say that Ao Island didn't belong to the imperial court, nor could he say that Li Ziyu and Zhao Chuanxin couldn't speak well.

Not to mention that Cixi is afraid of Portugal, and if Portugal retaliates, it will hand over the island of Australia.

In a dilemma, his complexion keeps changing.

He scolded bitterly in his heart: Li Ziyu, who is a dog day, no wonder he called Lao Tzu over, he has no good intentions at all.

Everyone looked at him, and after a while, he could only say, "Ao Island is currently a Portuguese concession, and it is not convenient for the imperial court to intervene."

It means that this is the territory of Portugal, Xuantianzong beat Portugal, so naturally it belongs to Xuantianzong's management.When Portugal fights back, it will still belong to Portugal if it wins.

Tan Bili jumped up against the case: "Why?"

Li Ziyu suppressed his smile, and said lightly: "Okay, the rules have been set, and it's time to talk about Boss Tan's matter."

Tan Bili frowned: "Why is it over? What's the matter with Tan?"

Li Ziyu shouted loudly: "Tan Bili, something happened to you, come and take it down."

Two big and three rough adjudicators walked towards Tan Bili brazenly.

One is Chuan Shui Ju, and the other is Li Zhitao.

Tan Bili also brought a bodyguard with him, and he looked very capable, so he was going to stop him.

The tiger and the crane are double-shaped, and the arhat strikes the bell.

Li Zhitao turned sideways, resisted the punch with his thigh, and dodged it by leaning back slightly.

The bodyguard wanted to use another move of "Rising the Wave and Throwing the Hammer", but... Li Zhitao made a combination of straight and swinging hooks, and then leaped and bumped his elbows, which was unreasonable.

He is short, but his body is long sideways, and he jumps like a cannonball.

The bodyguard was immediately stunned.

Walking in the rivers and lakes, do you know if you don't fight like this?

With a leaping step and an elbow, the bodyguard was hit in the face by the elbow, and his mind went blank.

Li Zhitao landed on the ground and turned around to whip the fist, bang, and hit the bodyguard's cheek firmly with a punch.

A tooth flew out with bloody water.

He fell to the ground and convulsed, suffering from epilepsy.

Li Zhitao spat: "Hong Quan, right? That's it?"

Tan Bili was stunned.

The bodyguard is a good player, why did he get down in a few clicks?
It wasn't like this before?

Li Zhitao swung his arms into his pockets: "Zhuo, how dare you fucking resist arrest?"

Tan Bili's head was beaten twice, and he regained his composure and shouted: "I don't accept it, what's my crime?"

Li Ziyu stopped Li Zhitao, who wanted to continue pumping people, walked to Tan Bili, stared at him and said loudly: "Tan Bili, you are smuggling weapons, this is the first crime; you are selling opium, this is the second crime; The weapons were confiscated, you colluded with Japan and Portugal, and wanted to make our warships fire guns to apologize and pay compensation, this is the third crime; last year, you bought a murderer to kill, the gambler Wang Jinxi owed you 300 taels of silver and did not pay you back, you killed him, I have all the witnesses and material evidence, this is the fourth crime. If you admit it, you have to admit it, and if you don’t, you have to admit it."

Among other things, the smuggling of weapons and the sale of opium alone caused many people present to bow their heads unconsciously.

They are not much better.

Tan Bili roared: "It's only natural to owe money and repay the debt. What's wrong with him not paying me back and taking his life? Smuggling weapons was forced by Zhao Chuanxin. Who doesn't sell opium..."

Li Ziyu couldn't let him continue talking.

D.

Zhao Chuanxin never gave people a chance to reform, but Li Ziyu did.

Once Zhao Chuanxin was killed, it was a piece of cake, but Li Ziyu was different.

He interrupted Tan Bili: "You deserve to die for your crime. Do you have any objection to the crime I mentioned?"

of course not.

It was too late for them to get rid of it.

Everyone knows that Zhao Chuanxin hates the merchants who sell opium to the people of the country.

Since Li Ziyu came to Australia, the first thing he did was to ban the sale of opium.

Seeing that they were silent, Li Ziyu yelled: "Our Shushan is also a gambling shop, and the gambling shop pays attention to a long rainbow all the way, then it will be popular. Big vat of peaches, kill this person on the spot!"

Li Zhitao took out a horse brand paddle and pressed it against Tan Bili's head.

boom.

Simply neat.

Before Tan Bili died, his eyes were full of disbelief.

Just kill him?
Li Ziyu was a master at solving crimes, he was used to seeing dead people, so he just took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood spattered on his face, his eyes swept away, and everyone present dared not look at each other.

"The chief culprit is dead, and the rest will not be blamed. Do you have any objections?"

Who the hell dares to object?
Outside the door were the Australian Islanders with guns and live ammunition, and no one could run away with an order.

Someone took the lead: "Elder Li is benevolent and righteous!"

The rest joined in.

Li Ziyu nodded in satisfaction: "I'll give everyone ten days to prepare. Ten days later, at noon, the bidding will be held in Shushan. Remember, there are only six brands, including the right to operate the shop ticket, the mountain ticket and the white pigeon ticket."

There was a little commotion in the crowd again.

Originally, Shan Tickets and Baige Tickets were not allowed to operate, but now they are reopened, which is good news.

It can be seen that once the photo is taken, it will make a lot of money every day.

Li Zhun, who witnessed the whole process, was convinced.

Li Ziyu first announced that it was Zhao Chuanxin who drove away the Portuguese and occupied the righteousness, declaring the rationality of Xuantianzong's power.Then announce the new rules, and then kill the assassin, everything will come naturally.

Where did Zhao Chuanxin find his talents?
……

On the ship from Qinzhou to Shanghai.

Zhao Chuanxin was lying on a recliner and reading a book, cooking on the ground and thinking about dog life, but Benjamin Goldberg and Zhao Yixian next to him became coolies, replenishing ammunition for Zhao Chuanxin's various weapons.

Zhao Yixian said: "Practitioners like me should be compassionate."

Benjamin Goldberg said: "This rocket is called Mercy, and this Madsen gun is called Heart. Doesn't the combination mean Mercy?"

"..." Zhao Yixian put down the magazine, and counted with his fingers: "Today is the fifteenth day, and the moon is full, so we should be vegetarian."

It was January 1908, 1, the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 33rd year of Guangxu, and there were still [-] days left to celebrate the New Year.

Zhao Chuanxin put down the "Gu Wen Yuan Jian", twisted his neck and said: "Zhao has been a vegetarian for decades. When stewing pork ribs, he would put kidney beans (beans), when stewed pork would put sweet potatoes, and when stewed fish would put Garlic can be said to be a vegetarian every meal."

Zhao Yixian: "..."

You call this vegetarian?

Zhao Chuanxin curled his lips: "Okay, we will eat spicy crab later, since it is fifteen, remember to add some chopped green onion. Now quickly reload me, Zhao Yixian, don't make fucking excuses to be lazy, be careful I will cut you hold head high."

Benjamin Goldberg had been eating seafood for many days, and he said insincerely, "Master, are you going into the water again? We're about to arrive in Shanghai, where the wind and waves are strong and dangerous. In my opinion, it's better to just eat some beef."

Can a small wind and a small wave be called turbulent?
Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "It's okay, as a teacher, I can basically play wild without injury. I will eat beef when I go ashore."

(End of this chapter)