mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 792 Sir, times have changed

What is this word?

He smiled awkwardly: "To be honest, I am going to Hailar to take up my post this time. Have you heard of the Negotiation Bureau?"

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes flashed: "I've heard a little bit about it."

Zhang Shoufeng lowered his voice mysteriously: "Negotiation Bureau with Russia."

"Have heard a little bit."

"You know, the imperial court has established a new Lubin Mansion next to Manzhouli Station. I will be the general office of the Lubin Mansion's Bureau of Negotiation with Russia, and will also be responsible for border demarcation."

"Have heard a little bit."

"..." Zhang Shouzeng was speechless: "Why do you hear everything? Is there anything you haven't heard?"

These are not secrets, because the relevant official seals and paperwork have been issued, it is a certainty, and there is no doubt.

If it were somewhere else, someone else, the matter might have been made public long ago.

But this time, the Qing court said nothing about it to the outside world, and only local officials knew about it.

Zhao Chuanxin laughed: "What I have never heard is, who is bigger, Brother Heyan or the prefect? What is the relationship between Brother Heyan and the new prefect?"

Zhang Shouzeng was stunned: "This... naturally the prefect is big. Whether it matters or not depends on the new prefect."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and did not continue.

Now that he already knew, Zhang Shouzeng was the new head of the Russian Negotiation Bureau of Lubin Mansion, and that was the one sent by the Qing court to restrain him.

The two sides actually have a "hostile" relationship.

But Zhao Chuanxin discovered that Zhang Shouzeng was not a villain in nature and was very talkative.

He just has a big mouth.

People who are eloquent can't help but talk. This is normal.

Zhao Chuanxin avoided talking about the Lubin Mansion, and instead asked about Zhang Shouzeng's actions and achievements when he was serving in other places.

This person is quite knowledgeable in frontier affairs, internal affairs, diplomacy, and finance.

It's just that I'm too young now, my methods are immature, and I'm too idealistic in doing things.

This is a bad thing and a good thing, that is, Zhang Shouzeng has not yet become an official, but he is still a material that can be made.

Zhao Chuanxin made many insinuations, but every time Zhang Shouzeng asked about his affairs, he would do Tai Chi to change the subject.

Until they left, Zhang Shouzeng didn't understand the details of Zhao Chuanxin.

The ride was long and boring.

Zhao Chuanxian almost lost his patience.

We walked straight for nearly fifty hours.

Because of his age, Yao Bing may have the least experience.

Because Zhao Chuanxin made toys for him in various ways, from wooden swords to metal figures with movable joints, and even a small car with bearings...

There is also paper and pen, so you can doodle as you like.

Zhao Chuanxin would also draw him some animals and plants that he could think of, and explain to him the origin and characteristics of these creatures, which was both educational and entertaining.

Sometimes, even Rebecca Levi is listening with interest.

"This is the emperor penguin. It lives in Antarctica. It stands taller than you guys and is heavier than you. They eat shrimps and crabs, as well as squid and small fish..."

Zhao Chuanxin's small classroom is not just attended by Yao Bing and Rebecca Levi.

There were two foreign children and four foreigners nearby, a bunch of heads gathered together, watching and listening intently.

Yao Bing immediately asked: "Master, can I beat them?"

"Well, they have a bad temper. You may not be able to defeat them now."

The little foreign girl asked in broken Chinese: "Sir, where is Antarctica?"

Zhao Chuanxin drew another circle on the paper and hastily distinguished the ocean from several continents.

He pointed to several places and said: "Look, we are here, and the South Pole is here. The earth rotates around a central axis, and the two levels of the axis are called the South Pole and the North Pole. Other places are very close to the sun, except These two places are far away from the sun, so it's very cold..."

The reason why Zhao Chuanxin's small class can attract so many people is that no matter what others ask, Zhao Chuanxin can draw and answer casually.

He draws very fast, answers casually, and picks things up at his fingertips, as if he really knows everything from astronomy to geography to humanities.

Another foreign boy asked: "Sir, what kind of fish is squid?"

Zhao Chuanxin took a new piece of paper and drew a squid casually: "This is a squid, a mollusk, soft and prone, and can spray ink."

Yao Bing immediately asked: "Master, is the squid delicious?"

"Bake it on an iron plate, sprinkle with salt, sugar, light soy sauce, sweet flour sauce, cumin..."

Yao Bing's elite laughter immediately appeared from the corner of his mouth.

Rebecca Levi couldn't help laughing and wiped him off with a handkerchief.

"Master, I want to eat!"

The foreign boy also said: "I want to eat too..."

Little foreign girl: "I want to eat too..."

People around laughed.

A foreigner couldn't help but said: "Sir, you are really knowledgeable. There is no question that can defeat you."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded seriously: "You are right. You can read a thousand words at the next age, compose poems at the age of three, write essays at the age of five, and be familiar with hundreds of schools of thought at the age of ten. The ancients described the talent as high as the eighth, the scholar as rich as the fifth, that is exactly To describe someone like me..."

"..." Foreigner: "I have little education, sir, please don't lie to me. I have never heard of such a genius..."

"It's rare to see a lot of strange things." Zhao Chuanxin sneered: "Not only are you talented and knowledgeable, I'm also proficient in martial arts. At the age of three, I heard the chicken dance. At the age of five, I was able to beat ten and a half-year-old children. At the age of ten, I was able to tear apart the Japanese with my own hands. At the age of twenty, I was invincible in the world. Hand. Now, my skill has reached the realm of refining, refining essence to turn qi, refining qi to turn spirit, refining spirit to return to emptiness, refining emptiness to combine with Tao. I have reached the four realms of refining spirit to return to emptiness. Let me show you one hand and three points return You’ll understand Yuan Qi!”

After saying that, Zhao Chuanxin spread his palms, and a ball of water gushes out from the water cup on the table and condenses in his palms.

Zhao Chuanxin opened his mouth, let the water ball enter his mouth, and swallowed it "gudong"!

You can hear needle drops all around.

Yao Bing shouted: "Master, I want to learn!"

"You? You should refine your Qi honestly first. Now you know how powerful you are as a teacher, right?"

The foreigner knelt down and said, "Sir, can I learn?"

"You? You can't do it. You don't have the wisdom to know?"

The little foreign girl blinked and asked, "Sir, do I have wisdom?"

"You do have the wisdom root, but you don't have the spiritual root."

The foreign boy looked at Yao Bing and then at himself, a little unconvinced: "Sir, how do you know if you have spiritual roots?"

Zhao Chuanxin said: "You stretch out your hands. Whenever I use my power, whoever can feel the burning in the palm will have spiritual roots."

The little boy was the first to reach out.

Zhao Chuanxin pretended to show off his strength, but the little boy didn't notice anything.

Disappointment spread all over his face.

The little girl volunteered: "I'll come, I'll come..."

Yet I felt nothing.

Yao Bing stretched out his hand, and Zhao Chuanxin secretly activated the Old God's crucible brand.

Yao Bing shrinks his hand: "Master, it's hot!"

"Very good, my disciple Yao Bing has the appearance of a martial saint..."

Yao Bing was overjoyed, pinched his waist and said, "I am the most powerful!"

People around: "..."

The foreign thief blinked and said, "That's not fair. What if he pretends that his hand is hot?"

Zhao Chuanxin was disdainful, took out a cigarette, snapped his fingers, and the cigarette butt turned scarlet and smoked.

"You see, this cigarette has more spiritual roots than you."

Foreigner: "..."

If there was no fun, Zhao Chuanxin would look for fun.

Time passes faster.

Finally arrived in Hyrule.

Half the people got out of the car.

The other half are preparing to leave in Manzhouli.

However, not everyone can enter Manzhouli.

Chinese must get off at the previous stop - Zhalai Nuoer.

This is where Zhao Chuanxin was laid down.

This is a mining area, and everything is dusty.

Except for the swamps beside the Dharam-Eromu River, many places have been severely desertified.

Among the people coming and going, there were also many Tsarist Russians.

It is connected to Manzhouli and is under the jurisdiction of Tsarist Russia. The land is nominally owned by the Qing court, but the Qing court has no say here.

The coal mines here were also mined by Tsarist Russians.

Zhao Chuanxin frowned.

At this time, someone shouted: "Mr. Zhao..."

Zhao Chuanxin looked around and saw Hu Da, Hu Er and Yao Jia.

They prepared horses and camels.

Horses are used to carry people, and camels are used to carry people during ceremonies.

However, Zhao Chuanxin and the others did not salute.

Yao Jia stepped forward and patted Zhao Chuanxin on the shoulder: "Zhuan Xin, you are indeed promising and have become the prefect!"

This official is a fan.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the three of them and they looked pretty good.

He didn't introduce much, first held Rebecca Levi's butt to get her on the horse, and then held Yao Bing on the horse.

"Said on the way, let's go."

The group of people did not attract the attention of others.

"Have you completed everything you were asked to do?"

Hu Da immediately said: "Mr. Zhao, the Hulun army is preparing for the Taoist Taoist movement. The Taoist priest is Song Xiaolian, who is good at poetry and calligraphy. He is your fellow countryman. He is cautious and humble, and he is also perseverant. To us, I am afraid he is a A tough opponent. Bingbeidao currently has a cavalry battalion with 250 people. It is said that another cavalry battalion will be added, which is on the agenda.

The five-wing general manager - the left-wing general manager of So-Lun - Batang'a, the right-wing general manager of So-Lun - Buronga, the left-wing general manager of Xinba-Erhu - Podigrel, the right-wing general manager of Xinba-Erhu - Cheheza , the general manager of Elu-te Shengfu had a total of hundreds of troops.

In addition, in some places there are soldiers in Niulu to maintain law and order.

In addition to the government troops, there are also a number of thieves in the territory. Among them, the most vicious ones are some who are robbing the border of the Oron Chun Yue nomadic area.

Furthermore, there are the Tsarist Russian people's groups and Tsarist Russian soldiers. When our brothers first arrived, Tsarist Russian soldiers fired shots with guns to intimidate and drive away the herdsmen...

The remaining details are for Zha, but Mr. Zhao is invited to take a look. "

After that, he took out a stack of paper with dense records on it.

When it was Yao Jia's turn, he smiled confidently: "The local people's livelihood consists of mowing grass, logging, land reclamation, fishing, salt pond mining, livestock trading, fur trading, and mining... Among them, mines are divided into gold mines and coal mines... To talk about contradictions, Haha, everything I mentioned above is full of contradictions and seems like a mess."

After saying that, he actually took out a piece of information and handed it to Zhao Chuanxin.

Hu Da wrote with a brush, and the ink penetrated the back of the paper.

Yao Jia's information writing is very characteristic of Lugang Town. The paper is good and the pen is a fountain pen.

Zhao Chuanxin took a quick look and found out that Yao Jia was actually good at hand-pen calligraphy!

The characters are small, so naturally there are many, one, two, three, four, five, organized, extremely neat and detailed.

Hu Da stretched his neck to see it, and suddenly felt a little ashamed of himself.

Compared to others, what kind of stuff do you write?

But he also encouraged himself secretly. He was a martial artist and was familiar with martial arts. Naturally, he couldn't compare with others, but he couldn't compare with himself in martial arts either.

Thinking of this, I finally feel more balanced.

Yao Jia suddenly pointed at Yao Bing and asked, "Is this your apprentice?"

"Yes, my little apprentice, Yao Bing."

"Hey, my family!" The more Yao Jia looked at the tiger-headed Yao Bing, the more he liked him. "Boy, I'll take you to buy something delicious later. Maozi has chocolate, it's very sweet."

Since the sweet-toothed Emperor Catherine the Great, chocolate has become popular in Tsarist Russia. Although Tsarist Russia does not produce cocoa beans, the craft of making chocolate has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last century.

Yao Jia looked back at Zhao Chuanxin, who smiled and said, "What attitude do you want towards your own people?"

Yao Bing understood and quickly said to Yao Jia: "Thank you, uncle!"

At this time, Yao Jia suddenly looked serious and said to Zhao Chuanxin: "There is something urgent, so I will take matters into my own hands."

Zhao Chuanxin asked: "What's the matter?"

Yao Jia said solemnly: "Every autumn, the temple fair is held in Shouning Temple. The temple fair is unprecedentedly grand. People from Qiqihar, Duolunnuoer, Ulan-Hada, Bu-Teha, Zha-Raite, and Kabul The Erkha and other Zha-Sak Banner people will gather here to sell cattle, horses and livestock. Not only that, the people of Hailar also depend on this gathering for their daily necessities. But last year, some people were opportunistic and wanted to evade taxes, so they organized it in advance The temple fair caused many unsuspecting latecomers to miss the market, which greatly affected the progress of trade and the lives of Hailar people. When I came, the market was about to be held. Song Xiaolian, a Taoist priest of Bingbei Road, sent Bodigrel Together with the general manager of Che and Zha, he will lead the troops and lead the reminders, and collect taxes in a written manner..."

Being a reminder is an official position, and the writing style is equivalent to a clerk without a hat. It is not a formal employee...

At first Zhao Chuanxin didn't understand what it meant, but gradually his eyes lit up and he asked, "What did you do on your own initiative?"

Yao Jia paused and looked at Zhao Chuanxin's face as he spoke: "I secretly acted evil, found some people, and instigated them to drink, cause trouble, and steal livestock, which hindered the temple fair."

Hu Da and Hu Er frowned upon hearing this.

This kind of temple fair is both solemn and important to the Mongolian people on the grassland.

Although Zhao Chuanxin had already arranged for them to get to know Yao Jia and cooperate with each other, they had become familiar with each other in the past two days.

But at this time, they felt that Yao Jia was so bad that he was bleeding!

However, what the two brothers didn't expect was that Zhao Chuanxin laughed and praised: "Well done!"

When Yao Jia heard this, he felt relieved.

At the same time, a feeling called "a scholar dies for a confidant" suddenly arose.

Zhao Chuanxin is indeed very human.

Zhao Chuanxin and Yao Jia looked at each other and smiled without saying anything.

Zhao Chuanxin also admired from the bottom of his heart, Yao Jia's move was truly amazing.

What he lacks most now is a submissive and well-behaved person.

In the early days of starting a business, you need players like Yao Jia who are visionary, courageous, courageous and smart enough.

Hu Da and Hu Er looked at each other in confusion: What do you mean?

Zhao Chuanxin didn't answer their questions either.

Everyone performs their own duties, and the Hu brothers have no control over this aspect.

Zhao Chuanxin asked: "The prairie people are brave and brave, aren't you afraid of being beaten to death by them?"

Yao Jia dared to do this when he was away, which can be called audacious. At the same time, he was also extremely ruthless. Otherwise, how could he force the locals to do such a shameful thing for him?

Yao Jia smiled and said, "Why aren't you afraid? It's just that I think this matter is too important to you."

It is indeed important, so important that it directly affects whether Zhao Chuanxin can open up the situation.

Zhao Chuanxin nodded and praised again: "Well done!"

But Yao Jia smiled and frowned: "However, there are so many things that need to be clarified, and I can't keep interfering, otherwise Song Xiaolian will definitely notice. We are very pressed for time!"

Zhao Chuanxin twisted his neck: "God will not starve to death. I, Zhao Chuanxin, like chaos. The more chaos, the better. Let's see how I can lead you to create miracles!"

The Hu brothers are relatively upright people.

It was because he couldn't stand some of Bao Shanyi's behaviors that he left the army.

At this time, I saw that Zhao Chuanxin and Yao Jia were "working together" and causing harm to the local people before they even took office.

Hu Er frowned: "Mr. Zhao, is it bad for us to be like this?"

Zhao Chuanxin glanced at him lightly: "From the moment Zhao set foot on this land, I am the prefect of Lubin Prefecture, and you are my subordinate, do you understand?"

Hu Er was stunned by Zhao Chuanxin's look, lowered his head and said: "I understand."

Hu Da was a little anxious and wanted to explain: "My brother..."

"Shut up." Zhao Chuanxin scolded: "You two brothers are right, but you have to look at the whole situation and don't rush to a conclusion. I only blocked the market for a while. Did I say that the market will be stopped permanently? ?”

"This……"

The two brothers felt that things were not that simple anymore.

"You can do whatever you are told. From today on, don't treat me as your friend. I am your superior. Do you understand?"

This point was also told to Yao Jia.

"Yes!"

Yao Jia looked on and nodded secretly.

He sees people differently.

Others think that Zhao Chuanxin only knows how to fight and kill.

Many people in Lugang Town think that Zhao Chuanxin is idle.

He was the only one who was different. Zhao Chuanxin was one of the most important elders in Lugang Town. How could he be a fool?

Every corner of Lugang Town has the mark and shadow of Zhao Chuanxin.

Even though he didn’t seem to have done anything, he was involved in everything.

……

When they arrived at the so-called Lubin Mansion, Zhao Chuanxin was very happy to see it.

On the grassland, there is a lonely grassless open space. There is a small courtyard in the open space. There are two three-room Haiqing houses built in the courtyard, and there are stables and a small warehouse behind it.

There are no homes around, just a little cultivated land.

Obviously, this cultivated land also belongs to Lubin Mansion.

Zhao Chuanxin pointed to the small courtyard and asked, "Here?"

Yao Jia felt embarrassed for Zhao Chuanxin: "Exactly, this is the Lubin Mansion Yamen, which was originally the office of the Xinba-Erhu right-wing border defense chief officer."

It's not embarrassing, but for the government office, this is really too shabby.

Lubinfu, Lubin means the shore of Luqu River. But this place is far away from the Luqu River, a full 240 miles away. The name is not worthy of its name. This is because the official who named Lubin Mansion didn't know much about anything and relied on his imagination to make up his mind. (So do many readers)

Except for some small villages on the upper reaches of the Ergun River and the south side of the Gen River, the closest ones are Manzhouli and Zhalainuoer.

There is no way to make a difference.

Zhao Chuanxin was not embarrassed. He carried Yao Bing into the yard.

The door opened with a creak.

A hooded man walked out with hunched shoulders and frowned at the group of people: "Everyone..."

There is no need to mention the people behind, let’s just talk about Zhao Chuanxin, wearing an khaki corduroy lapel jacket with a striped plaid shirt underneath. Underneath are jeans, boots, and a cowboy hat on his head. Yao Bing's little head in his arms also has a cowboy hat on it, almost covering his face.

Have you ever seen this outfit before? Do you know...

Zhao Chuanxin threw his seal over, and the man caught it in a hurry.

"I am Zhao Chuanxin, the new prefect."

The man was shocked.

I'll either come late or come as soon as I say.

After he checked the seal, he saluted in a panic: "This official is Yang Sangdaxi, the leader of the government yamen. I have met you, sir!"

It's just that this adult is dressed too weirdly.

The clerk is a clerk, responsible for registering files, helping officers and soldiers collect their salaries, and other small things. They are similar to the clerks in the Central Plains Yamen, but they are edited at least, unlike the pen-note style where there is no editor.

grown ups?

Zhao Chuanxin clicked his tongue, which sounded awkward.

A sentence passed through my mind: Sir, times have changed...

Zhao Chuanxin took the seal, lit a cigarette, dismounted, and handed the reins to Yang Sangdaxi: "Are you the only one here?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Chuanxin looked around with a cigarette in his mouth, and then said to Yang Sangdaxi: "Go and call the five-wing manager!"

Yang Sangdaxi's face froze and he wanted to say something.

When Zhao Chuanxin saw that he was not moving, his eyes narrowed: "Huh? Why don't you go quickly?"

Yang Sangda was so happy that his hair stood on end. I remember the last time I had this feeling was when I was stared at by a man-bear in the woods.

It's so scary.

Is this the prefect?

"Yes, yes, I will go right away..."