mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 843 Specializes in Treating Foreigners

"Three hundred people?" Zhao Chuanxin raised his eyebrows. He remembered that Ma Dahan secretly recorded the message that there were 2000 people in the Man camp in the north of the city receiving salaries. How come half of them only had people?

Immediately, Mei Shunan gave the answer: "There is a false forehead..."

Zhao Chuanxin asked him: "Is the equipment well-equipped?"

"A lot of the ammunition is black powder, and half of the guns are old guns left over from the Western Expeditions. There are also dozens of new guns that look like fakes. They were stolen last time by thieves who took advantage of the chaos of the rebel party. The one who trained the soldiers was a Belgian instructor... "

Mei Shunan narrates everything.

Stolen?

Zhao Chuanxin rubbed his chin: That must have been done by Benjamin.

That kid is smarter than a monkey, and he has a pocket technology in his hand that Zhao Chuanxin gave him. If the Russians knew about stealing weapons, they would definitely feel familiar.

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly stared at Mei Shunan with a sinister look and asked him: "Do you know who I am?"

Mei Shunan hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, his body language was very rich: "I don't know, I don't know, I don't want to know, don't say..."

Don't be silenced.

But Zhao Chuanxin wanted to say: "My surname is Zhao, my given name is Chuanxin, and my courtesy name is Tan Gong. I just came to the capital. I made Cixi so angry that I gave Guangxu one more day to live..."

Mei Shunan feels like being struck by lightning!

Zhao Chuanxin took out the soft gold armor in front of him. The soft gold armor cracked and he walked in.

The visor was pulled open, revealing Zhao Chuanxin's face. He sneered and said: "First, don't reveal the news about my arrival, otherwise you will die. Second, the half-grown guy in the room is called Xiao Mouse, I promise He asked him to push He Huizhen's millstone, and you must not retaliate against him, otherwise you will die. Can you do it? "

Mei Shunan was still doubtful at first.

Officials communicate with each other, regardless of whether they are at the same level or superior or subordinate.

The prefect Wang Buying had already told him that such a big thing happened in the capital, which was consistent with what Zhao Chuanxin said.

In addition, Zhao Chuanxin's performance also made Mei Shunan believe it.

Besides Zhao Chuanxin, who else could be so bold and so powerful?

He nodded like a fool: "I agree..."

……

Flying in the sky.

Liu Ai was wearing leather armor, with a Guanshan knife tied to his back, and a quick gun on his back.

All swordsmen and retainers have the same equipment as him.

Aries led the men on horseback and galloped back from the rocky road to the south. After turning over and dismounting, he hurriedly entered the restaurant: "The officers and soldiers are here, more than three hundred people."

Everyone in the restaurant looked at Benjamin Goldberg, waiting for Mr. Little's order.

Benjamin Goldberg put on his cotton coat and said, "Come on, let me meet the camp in the north of the city. Last time they stretched their hips."

Everyone in the restaurant was nervous, but they didn't look afraid.

Benjamin Goldberg had just taken two steps when he suddenly remembered something and went back to pick up a wooden box on the table.

The group of people left the restaurant in a majestic manner, and immediately hundreds of people gathered from all directions to join the team, heading south along the stone path.

The old wolf raised his head in the kennel and lay down again.

But the dog Suba was wagging his tail and running back and forth in front of and behind the gun-carrying people.

Liu Ai kicked it: "Get out of the way and let the officers and soldiers beat you to death later."

However, Subapi was honest and bared his teeth at Liu Ai, making a threatening sound of "Zhr...".

Ganfan barked twice, and Suba, who looked extremely fierce, immediately went back with his tail between his legs, moaning in grievance.

Ganfan called out to Benjamin Goldberg a few times, and Benjamin Goldberg said, "Okay, you go ahead and explore the path, remember to be careful."

The rice was cooked very quickly and disappeared at the end of the road in a blink of an eye, hidden by the hay.

With a full battalion of soldiers, you can say they are not good, but when there is a vacancy, the best shooters are selected; say they are good, but they often make jokes during training. For example, when walking in a goose-step, the knees are raised high. Who walks like that? ?

The Dutong garrisoned in the Manchu camp in the north of the city was named Yu, and Yu Dutong had already entered the desert with his cavalry.

"Master Tutong, what do these people think, living in this place where birds don't shit?"

Yu Dutong took a look at the telescope and shook his head in confusion: "Look at the footprints, camel and horse hoof prints on the snow. They have even made a path in the desert. It can be seen that they come in and out from time to time and there are quite a lot of them."

The spy from the front came back and reported to him: "Lord Du Tong, there is an oasis ahead. I don't remember that there was an oasis here because there is no sea here."

Wherever there are oases, there are people grazing and living there, and they have been discovered long ago.

Yu Dutong asked: "Have you discovered the enemy?"

"I haven't found any, but I have seen a lot of birds and animals. However, there are traces of horse dung, camel dung and sheep dung. It is obvious that people live here regularly."

"Okay, let's explore again."

"Lord Dutong, it will be another great achievement to catch these rebels. It will be just in time for the new emperor to ascend the throne."

"Yeah, these thieves definitely didn't expect that our magic soldiers would come from the sky." Yu Dutong smiled, but said gloomily: "In the autumn, they dared to steal the armory, this time they will settle the account together. "

He said that the stolen armory was just a matter of avoiding the most important thing.

Not only that, but Benjamin Goldberg also made them disgraced and defeated an entire camp of cavalry by himself.

The most disgusting thing is that after the incident, together with the patrol bureau and the government office, they realized that their whole camp was just a part of the thieves' plan, specifically to give horses to people.

For a man, if you say that his strength is not worthy enough, he will have nothing to say; but if you say that his IQ is not good enough, he will have to fall out with you.

However, the greatest injustice in the world is not the difference between normal people and fools, but the IQ gap between normal people and normal people...

The spies came back several times to report, but no enemy was found ahead.

Of course, they didn't dare go deep for fear of alerting the enemy.

Yu Dutong said: "Well, there is no need to go. Our army will press them forward, and they can only run deep into the desert."

The desert is no joke.

Yu Dutong led the team to rest for a while, mounted his horse and said, "Come with me."

Arriving at the front, Yu Dutong was shocked to find that there was a stone road with smooth pavement. Camel dung, horse dung, and sheep dung were swept to the side of the road, and the snow was also cleared away in time.

Dense vegetation on both sides of the road effectively blocks wind and sand.

Yu Dutong was shocked - how could this be done?

But he had already arrived at the enemy's lair, so he couldn't think too much and let the vanguard gallop ahead.

He knew that the sound made when the horse stepped on the stone road, even if the other party was deaf, would definitely be able to feel it.

Sure enough, a thief with a knife appeared in front of him. He ran back and shouted, as if he was frightened: "There are officers and soldiers, no, there are officers and soldiers..."

Yu Dutong's lips twitched into a smile.

What we want is this result.

This was a scene he could predict, which gave him a strong sense of satisfaction.

"Speed ​​up the charge and let the thieves see our methods."

Because more than 300 people were on the stone road, the team could only be lengthened.

At the corner ahead, gunfire suddenly rang out.

Smoke rose from between a tuft of grass.

Seven of the entire battalion of officers and soldiers were killed immediately.

"Dismount and form a formation to counterattack."

It is impossible to fight without killing people, so Yu Dutong remained calm in the face of danger and immediately ordered the formation of the team.

bang bang bang...

There is no need to see people, there must be someone there if there is smoke, just fight back.

At this time, bang bang bang...

The stone road was twisting and turning, and on the other side of the corner there was another gunshot and smoke rising.

Yu Dutong once again ordered to attack another place.

The strange thing is that only the screams came from their side, and there was no movement from the thieves.

Only then did Yu Dutong realize something was wrong.

In the distance, Benjamin Goldberg was fiddling with a wooden box. There were two rows of switches on the wooden box, each switch had three gears, forward, off, and reverse.

He flipped the last set of switches. When he heard the "bang bang bang" gunshot, he immediately moved it to the middle and then back.

Then flip the switch in the row below the first group again.

In the grass, a rope passed through the lever hand buttons of a row of lever rifles and gradually tightened downwards.

One section of the rope is fixed on the ground, and the other end is twisted by a set of motors. After tightening, the rope is pressed down.

Click click click...

Almost all lever rifles depress the chamber at the same time, then the motor rotates in the opposite direction to release the lever.

The other group rotates the motor winch in the corresponding direction, tightens the rope, and pulls the trigger backwards.

bang bang bang...

Everyone was stunned.

It can't be, it shouldn't be.

They had no cover, only grass blocking the enemy's sight.

But both sides can see the smoke, and they shouldn't be the only ones injured.

After another round of gunfire was fired from three places, Yu Du became anxious: "Get on your horse and cover them up. There are not many of them."

They killed and wounded more than 20 people with these two rounds of gunfire.

But the morale of the military has not yet been shaken.

Taking advantage of the large number of people, they charged forward. After passing three places, they could not see any enemies in ambush.

However, many officers and soldiers fired randomly on horseback.

After passing through these twists and turns, the front suddenly became clear.

Yu Dutong saw the rocky water channel beside the road, which was now dry and even frozen in some places.

You can see endless grassland and a towering stone tower.

Bang bang bang!

Someone on the stone tower fired from a condescending position, and they turned out to be good shooters. They immediately knocked the three of them off their horses.

At this time, Benjamin Goldberg was standing on the north side, and the idiot was holding a telephone. Benjamin Goldberg picked up the phone and asked: "Are they coming in?"

On the watchtower, Aries held the microphone and said: "They are already in place."

Benjamin Goldberg put down the microphone: "Shoot!"

bang bang bang...

Terrifyingly intense gunshots rang out.

The form of the war has been changing. From the beginning, the two sides stood behind a bunker far away and fired at each other, having a lively battle. Later, in the Russo-Japanese War, the little devils charged into the battle and were killed by tens of thousands of Maozi.

Anyway, on the battlefield, bullets won't be that accurate.

However, Yu Dutong discovered that the previous round of gunfire had caused dozens of casualties on his side.

outrageous.

He directly defeated Yu Dutong.

On the other side, Liu Ai picked up the bolt of the fast gun and placed it on the preset wooden groove, just in time to catch the front barrel.

They are waiting for orders.

Qi Zhenhai next to him asked: "How?"

Wang changed his name and grinned while holding the telescope: "At first I thought the young gentleman was just being mysterious, but I didn't expect it to actually work. The officers and soldiers are miserable!"

Putting down the telescope, Wang changed his name and looked towards a row of wooden troughs.

There are hundreds of people here, and in front of each person there is a wooden slot that can hold the barrel of a gun. Each person's corresponding direction is different. Benjamin Goldberg had previously asked skilled shooters to test the bullet paths that could be shot from each direction, and designed the barrel slot in order to catch them by surprise when someone attacks one day.

When the brigade attacks, there is a line on the stone road. Regardless of the cavalry or the infantry, when the enemy at the forefront reaches that line, the people on the watchtower can see it clearly. There is a single-line telephone on the top and bottom of the tower. Notice to shoot below.

There is no need to aim or coordinate, as long as the enemy is within this shooting zone, he will surely suffer heavy casualties.

Yu Dutong's hair stood on end.

Thinking of the man running around and yelling "The officers and soldiers are coming", it turned out that he was just acting, and they had already been on guard.

"Retreat, retreat..." Yu Dutong said with difficulty.

One round of gunfire caused dozens of casualties to them. Are there perhaps thousands of thieves?

At this time, the electric horn halfway up the watchtower made a sizzling sound of electricity.

Immediately, a childish voice spread from the speaker: "Hey, hey, hey..."

Convinced that there was nothing wrong with the voice, the childish voice continued: "Officers and soldiers, listen, I allow you to take away the dead and wounded soldiers. This is the first and last time. If you dare to attack again, you will be killed without mercy!"

Evil nature, true evil nature.

Where in the northwest region have I seen so many weird things?

Yu Dutong's face turned green and red, feeling that he had suffered a great shame and humiliation, but he couldn't get angry.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Go and bring the dead and wounded, let's retreat!"

Those thieves actually kept their word and did not take the opportunity to attack, allowing them to take the person away smoothly.

As soon as the officers and soldiers left, everyone cheered.

"The little gentleman is invincible!"

"The young gentleman is incredibly resourceful!"

"Young Master, you have no plans left!"

Benjamin Goldberg's prestige was gradually established through successive actions, and now it has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

I was in high spirits when I suddenly heard someone say calmly: "Haha, it's pretty good."

The cheers stopped abruptly.

"Shopkeeper?"

"Master?"

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly appeared beside them.

He was always there, but just sitting back and watching.

He wanted to see how Benjamin Goldberg would deal with officers and soldiers.

Zhao Chuanxin looked around and was surprised to find many changes in the sky.

Originally it was run as an inn, but now there are no guest rooms, and the guest rooms have been converted into barracks.

It was getting dark now, and Zhao Chuanxin noticed a row of colorful neon lights standing at the door of the restaurant, which together formed the words "flying in the sky".

Speakers were hung in many places, and there were telephone poles and wires everywhere.

Numerous shacks and yurts were built in the pasture, as well as a large public toilet with a masonry structure that was built later.

Next to the underground river stone tower, a new mill was built. The mill was rumbling, and Zhao Chuanxin heard the sound of the motor.

He said again: "Haha, it's pretty good."

Ganfan came running in a hurry, followed by Suba and Gesang.

"Wang Wang Wang..."

Ganfan stood upright and put his front paws on Zhao Chuanxin. He rarely did this before.

"Haha, I miss you too." Zhao Chuanxin said with a smile. "Come on, let's go back to the restaurant and talk."

Suba quickly waggled his tail and circled around Zhao Chuanxin. Zhao Chuanxin took out the big lobster and gave it to him and Gesang. They had already done it anyway, and he didn’t want to eat it either...

There are more wine jars in the restaurant.

Suba wanted to come in, but Liu Ai kicked him out.

"You always knock over the pots when you come in."

Suba was not allowed to come in, but Kelsang could enter the restaurant with his mother.

Suba, this stupid dog, was lying outside the French window looking into the restaurant.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at Benjamin Goldberg and nodded: "Not bad, not bad. The once wretched boy is now even more wretched."

Benjamin Goldberg: “…”

I really don’t know if Master is talking about his behavior, the black hair growing around his mouth, or the pimples on his nose.

Qi Zhenlu said: "Mr. Zhao, the wisdom of this little gentleman is far beyond comparison with ordinary people."

There are still many fans of the apprentice.

If Zhao Chuanxin doesn't take up this issue, he can't let Benjamin Goldberg fly with his tail in the sky.

He looked around: "Where's Gulizar?"

The only person here who doesn't look crooked is not here, so Zhao Chuanxin is very disappointed.

Benjamin Goldberg smiled evilly: "Master, I knew you would miss my little master's wife as soon as you came back. Her father is gone, and she is taking care of her mother in Wangzizhuang."

Zhao Chuanxin really missed that little girl who talked as fast as Bendou and walked with bounding energy.

He asked again: "Where is Nicholas?"

"Nikola is tinkering with the turbine in the back." Speaking of Nikola Tesla, Benjamin Goldberg said: "Master, Nikola is really a genius. He invented a remote control machine without wires. I have benefited a lot from this method, and I just tried it out with this little method.”

Zhao Chuanxin thought of something and asked: "Besides remote control, what has he been researching recently?"

"Three aspects, the first is his radio transmission, the second is the turbine, and the third is the remote control technology."

Zhao Chuanxin blinked: "What, didn't he study flying saucers?"

"Flying saucer?" Benjamin Goldberg was stunned: "I didn't listen to him. But he saw in the newspaper that someone was researching radio and wanted to apply for a patent. This made him very unhappy and asked who dared to steal his patent. He’s going back to litigate.”

"..." What Zhao Chuanxin cares most about is whether the flying saucer exists and whether it can fly. "Harm, supervise him more in the future and let him study flying saucers."

You don’t need to think about it to know that Nikola Tesla’s quiet but competitive temperament always led him to go astray, and the things he invented were usually very weird and difficult to apply commercially.

It is precisely because of this that many people in later generations mythologized him and promoted his invention to the sky. After all, it is not easy to expose something that cannot be verified by showing it off.

Nikola Tesla might have been so sleepless that Dunzi had to carry the food to the back laboratory while eating, but Zhao Chuanxin never saw him.

During the banquet, the northwest swordsmen frequently raised their glasses and offered a lot of compliments.

"The shopkeeper's divine strength!"

"Shopkeeper, how many Russians did you kill?"

"Shopkeeper, will the war compensation paid by Tsarist Russia belong to you?"

"Shopkeeper, I heard that Tsarist Russia paid you a piece of land as compensation. Is it true or false?"

Zhao Chuanxin was very annoyed because he had already surpassed the excitement at that time.

Isn't it just drinking? I, Zhao Chuanxin, am afraid of who will come?

With him as the center, holding the cup in his left hand and the wheel in his right hand, and holding the cup in his right hand, he fought on both sides, making everyone drink red, and then he hurriedly ate the mutton noodles with half a bowl of chili oil poured into it.

After dinner, Zhao Chuanxin returned to the bedroom, first took out the copper eyes and put them away, and wrote a note: No one should touch them.

Then he poured out the wine that had been put into the space.

Running long distances is the most tiring.

But he still took out the "Code of Old Gods".

No matter how tired you are, you can’t delay making money.

[Today, those teenagers came again, and many people came to inquire about silk and tea. 】

[But there is not much inventory left. 】

Zhao Chuanxin sent over the things he purchased today, dreaming that all the stones from other mountains could be used to attack jade.

But Xingyue's words reflected reality.

[No one cares about paper, no one takes a second look at glue and plaster, and people look down upon pottery, straw, flax, tarpaulin, etc. There is a strong and wear-resistant fabric in Rune City. The tailors here are highly skilled, in addition to being silky and soft. Apart from noble satin, those nobles don’t think flax and cotton are so good...]

Zhao Chuanxin's face became hot.

That bitch Xingyue is indeed smart enough.

[Tea, silk, porcelain, and spices were sought after. 】

Zhao Chuanxin sent over a drawing and wrote:

[I asked the craftsmen to go to the tailor shop and make a set of clothes according to the drawings. 】

[The craftsman came back not long after he left and said: I have followed your instructions and paid a deposit of 1 silver coin, and the remaining 7 silver coins will be paid after completion. 】

At least the tailor shops in Rune City are not expensive.

[The craftsman added: I have heard something. The Desert Emperor is sharpening his sword and is preparing to attack a group of sand pirates supported by the Haishi Void Realm. 】

[I said: Okay, but that’s none of my business. Just don’t mess with me. 】

Xingyue said excitedly: Because you made a big fuss at the Fusion Festival, the Desert Emperor lost his troops and lost his face. He is eager to win a few victories to get rid of the shadow of defeat. This is an opportunity because prices will rise.

When Zhao Chuanxin heard that he was going to make a fortune, he was very excited: "What should I do?"

Xingyue said: As you want to build teleportation points everywhere, why not set off south tomorrow, first to Hankou, then to Hong Kong Island and Macao Island. I learned from Morrison's home newspaper that the saying "four elephants, eight oxen, and seventy-two golden dogs" was popular among Nanxun silk merchants. Go there to buy good-quality, cheap and large-volume goods.

Four elephants, eight oxen, and seventy-two golden dogs, Zhao Chuanxin has also heard of them.

The elephant is the richest, the ox is second, and the golden dog is the thinnest.

The leader among them is Liu Yong from Nanxun, whose wealth is said to be as high as 20 million yuan.

The most famous wealthy businessmen in the south are Hu Xueyan from Hangzhou, Ye Chengzhong from Ningbo and Liu Yong from Nanxun.

Of course, Liu Yong is dead, but his second son Liu Jinzao inherits his father's legacy.

Xingyue said: When I went south, I went to find Liu Jinzao. His industry not only involves silk, but also real estate and pawn shops to share risks in the raw silk industry.

Zhao Chuanxin nodded.

At this time, someone knocked on the door: "Master, it's me. I'll show you the gun made by King Juan Technical College..."

……

Nan-Xun.

Liu Jinzao told Zhang Zengxi: "The American missionary Han Mingde seems to be preaching and teaching, but in fact he comes with the purpose of making a fortune. Since the 22nd year of Guangxu, he has owned two villas in Mogan Mountain, and now he has even more properties."

They also have a real estate business, and it is difficult not to have conflicts between the two, but no one dares to provoke foreigners, so they are resentful.

Zhang Zengxi sneered: "Fortunately, we all worked together, otherwise if we let this person succeed, it would be another example of many foreigners in our country who have lost the case."

They were talking about the "Island Mission Case" that had caused quite a stir before. It was nothing new. It was also a case of foreign missionaries occupying land.

However, this time was different from the past. The Huzhou Jingentry headed by Liu Jinzao and Zhang Zengxi rarely won the lawsuit and regained the land.

Some people exaggerate and say that this is the only foreign-related lawsuit that the Chinese have won in recent years.

A win is a win, but among the fifteen clauses in the joint contract, Liu Jinzao and others still have three clauses that involve compromise.

Some public roads were given up, and money was also needed to build roads. The cost of dismantling and relocating the hospital funded by Han Mingde and other churches, which was about 500 Yingyang, also had to be paid by Liu Jinzao and others.

But this is already considered a huge victory.

Liu Jinzao's face was filled with cruelty and ruthlessness: "The land has been taken back, but those county officials were so stupid and incompetent that this case happened. We have offended them. When the new emperor ascends the throne, we will simply file a joint petition to remove their support, leaving them completely unable to stand up."

Zhang Zengxi sighed: "After all, we are still fighting among ourselves, and no one can cure these foreigners? Han Mingde is such a sanctimonious person that I feel sick every time I see him!"

Liu Jinzao raised his eyebrows: "Why is there no one to treat foreigners? Have you ever heard of Zhao Chuanxin? He specializes in treating foreigners!"

　I have a fever again, 38°, so good, so good, right?

　　

　

(End of this chapter)