mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 850: It’s over, just brush off your clothes and go away

Zhao Chuanxin had just finished taking the tea leaves from the two brothers' warehouse. He was more than a little grateful, so he said, "Forget it, you guys come in and sit down and let's chat."

The two brothers were flattered and entered the house that originally belonged to them as guests.

There was a room on the first floor that was converted into a reception room. There was a blazing fire in the fireplace and the room was cleaned spotlessly.

The chair was just a little shabby. Zhao Chuanxin remembered that there was a sofa in the warehouse above, waiting to be brought down and put up.

Zhao Chuanxin asked a student to make tea.

Then he said to the Banov brothers: "Are you doing the tea business? I am very interested and want to do the tea business too."

Little Banov jumped up from his chair.

Dabanov opened his mouth with difficulty: "Mr. Zhao, looking at the past relationship..."

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

Look, talk to this butcher properly, he is not a butcher.

The big Banov was well versed in the Chinese way of doing things. He immediately stood up and pulled the muttering little Banov: "Mr. Zhao, let's go first. I can send someone to pick up the order."

But Zhao Chuanxin hated others threatening him the most in his life, so he immediately accelerated and sprinted across the river. When the Japanese naval soldiers on the Tsushima Island found out, Zhao Chuanxin had already jumped on the battleship.

He also understood the scruples of Big and Little Banov: "I don't do business with Tsarist Russia. I don't need you to lose money. Just give me a price that satisfies me."

He went to sort out his weapons and equipment before leaving.

Zhao Chuanxin said: Haha, the social unrest in your country is your own problem. Without those people, there would be others who could overthrow the dynasty.

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head: "When Liu Huaqiang comes back, give these information to him. The other one is the order from the Banov brothers. The money is in my bedroom on the top floor. Liu Huaqiang has the key in his hand."

Zhao Chuanxin stood up to see him off in a dignified manner: "No, business is like business. I will send someone to deliver the order and money."

He smiled and picked up the tea cup.

But he didn't feel offended. It's foolish to judge people as good or bad based on their positions, but it's wise to classify people as good or bad based on their behavior.

Xingyue urged him to leave Hankou. It was worried that if the news of Zhao Chuanxin's departure from Lubin Mansion spread, Tsarist Russia in the north would be ready to take action.

The two Tsarist Russian nobles frightened Zhao Chuanxin pitifully.

The two brothers breathed a sigh of relief, and Dabanov even vowed: "If Mr. Zhao wants it, we can do it at the cost price."

Zhao Chuanxin jumped into the Yangtze River and headed downstream. On the way, he encountered the Japanese "Tsushima", the British "Woodpiper", and the German "Tiger". Three warships were traveling upstream in a column.

All of this was arranged and written by Xingyue, and Zhao Chuanxin did not even read it.

Based on the data given by Xingyue, Zhao Chuanxin chatted with the two brothers about serious business matters for a while and determined the future plan.

Today, Akman, the shareholder of Lixing Foreign Company, can persuade the French army, which was frightened by Zhao Chuanxin last time, to protect his assets. This shows that no matter whose fundamental interests are involved, they dare to take risks. Must.

At this time, Zhao Chuanxin was not a god of war, nor a butcher of the Far East. He had become a qualified businessman: "If you don't understand, you will be easily cheated when dealing with capitalists. 10% of the profit capital will be used everywhere, and 20% of the profit will be used everywhere." Capital will become active. Capital with 50% profit will take desperate risks. Capital with 100% profit will trample all human laws. I think with 300% profit, capital will take risks regardless of my Zhao Chuanxian’s tricks."

Zhao Chuanxin didn't hate him.

Zhao Chuanxin's deal is not a one-and-done deal.

But little Banov muttered: "I don't like the author of the book who said this, and I don't like their ideas. They caused turmoil in our country's society..."

After hearing this, the young and old Banov actually had the idea that Zhao Chuanxin was a reliable businessman.

You can make friends with foreigners who know how to promote.

They came probably after receiving the news that Zhao Chuanxin had arrived in Hankou, and formed a group to rush to Hankou from Jiujiang, mainly to act as a deterrent.

Little Banov has poor eyesight, but Big Banov is a noble man who knows how to behave.

No one will do things exactly according to their position, and to Zhao Chuanxin, not all foreigners are enemies.

Alas, the world is stupid.

He wants to engage in wholesale business in Rune City, and the business will continue to flow smoothly.

Among all the warships stationed in Hankou, Britain has the most.

Lubin Prefecture is connected to Tsarist Russia and has road passes. You don't need to pay taxes when transporting some tea. If you go to compete with them in Tsarist Russia, your monopoly in certain areas will be broken.

Some students were surprised and said: "Dean, why don't you go and see the ordnance factory?"

After hearing this, the two brothers relaxed completely.

Thank God it’s not the Hongmen Banquet today.

What is Zhao Chuanxin’s current identity? He is the prefect of Lubin Prefecture.

Little Banov still looked bitter.

Zhao Chuanxin knew they had misunderstood: "That's not what you meant. I know you have a tea factory and the technology is mature. I don't want to set up a factory myself. You give me a suitable price and I will bring the goods from you."

The former is the job list and business list of the departments that run Lixing Foreign Company. From now on, there will be no such thing as comprador.

Dabanov saw this and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao is well-read and admirable."

At this moment, little Banov also became more enthusiastic about talking: "Mr. Zhao, you know so much, even the tea business."

The number of troops stationed in Hankou is now the largest in Japan.

After seeing off the big and small Banov brothers, Zhao Chuanxin went upstairs, took down sofas, coffee tables and other items, piled them randomly in the reception room, and called a few students in: "Replace those tables, chairs and benches. From now on, this will be the reception room. Clean it." Clean it, and buy a bookshelf over there to put some books."

The navy soldier didn't know that the black and white humanoid object in front of him was Zhao Chuanxin, and he just took out his revolver.

shuh...

Both hands and guns were cut off.

"what……"

He couldn't cover his bloody broken wrist.

As his heart pumped, his face was covered with his own blood.

Zhao Chuanxin flashed in the shape of lightning, waving the lightsaber frequently in his hand.

Every time there was a flash, there were always casualties among Japanese naval soldiers. They didn't have time to be frightened and shocked, and they were gone.

After a while, the battle moved to the gun barrel, and Zhao Chuanxin cut off the naval gun with a sword.

When he cut the second barrel, Japanese naval soldiers fired in this direction.

Zhao Chuanxin withstood two shots. He wanted to test the defensive power of the soft gold armor.

Xingyue showed the location where the soft gold armor was hit on the goggles, simulating the reaction after being hit. Zhao Chuanxin saw a slight dent in the soft gold armor and immediately returned to its original state.

This is how the soft gold armor dissipated the impact, no wonder he only felt a slight vibration.

After knowing what was going on, he cut off the barrel, flashed to the other side, and cut off the two barrels as well.

Seeing the Japanese naval soldier trying to get around and shoot, Zhao Chuanxin took out the flying fish spine whip and threw it out.

chi chi...

A few unlucky Japanese navy soldiers who had just escaped were stabbed in the chest.

A Japanese navy soldier hiding behind the bunker was rejoicing in his life after the disaster. The flying fish spine whip inserted on the deck flew back again, entered his left eye socket, and came out from the back of his head.

There was still a happy look on his face.

Taking advantage of this gap, Zhao Chuanxin cut off two Krupp 260mm caliber main guns and four 11mm 10-barreled Gatling guns. He ran towards two 4mm caliber Hotchkiss close-combat machine guns.

The gunner's eyes widened and he struggled to turn the muzzle.

Zhao Chuanxin took out the Juanwang M1908 lever rifle and fired a quick shot.

The gunner was shot in the forehead and died instantly.

"Damn it, you thought I couldn't shoot, right?"

Not only can he shoot, Zhao Chuanxin can also use exploding arrows.

boom……

Several navy soldiers hiding behind the bunker were disfigured beyond recognition because Zhao Chuanxin's explosive arrows hit the front deck of the bunker, and the fragmentation bullets flew upside down.

The number of Japanese navy personnel on this Japanese warship is about three hundred.

The only thing is that they can't fire at themselves, and the battleship's 100% power is reduced to 95%.

On the battleship behind, the British were hesitant.

"Colonel, the person aboard the Japanese ship Tsushima is Zhao Chuanxin. Should we take advantage of this opportunity..." He made a gesture of wiping his neck. "Even the Japanese and Zhao Chuanxin, I don't believe he can resist the naval gun!"

The colonel hesitated: "This..."

"It will be too late if we don't make a decision."

"Wait, don't fire."

"Oh...a missed opportunity."

The terrain on the gunboat is complicated. Zhao Chuanxin came here to test equipment and training, but he would not take his life at risk.

Although he did not directly scuttle the battleship this time, he was always swaying around the 37 cm thick turret armor. Xingyue was always observing the movements of the British gunboats behind him. If there was any change, Zhao Chuanxin would immediately hide in the turret. Behind the armor.

He can guarantee that if the British army dares to fire artillery, he will directly turn back to Hankou today and bloodbath the British concession.

Zhao Chuanxin was not idle when the Japanese naval soldiers were hiding behind the bunker. He jumped up and cut off the high-erected mast of the lookout post.

Throw the flying fish backbone whip to cut off the strings that fix the lookout posts.

creak...

A huge, harsh, scalp-numbing sound sounded.

Boom...the lookout whistle hit the chimney at the rear.

Xingyue said: Insert the ward here, go to the bridge, kill the first mate and captain, go down to the engine room to cut off the drive shaft, go back to the anchor chain room to cut off the anchor chain, and cut off the link between the anchor chain and the winch, and distribute the power. The room needs to be blown open with a grenade, otherwise there is a risk of electric shock...

This time Zhao Chuanxin was in a routine battle. Xingyue knew what he wanted to do and what signal he wanted to send to the great powers.

After Xingyue finished speaking, he drew a battleship structure diagram and personnel distribution diagram for Zhao Chuanxin.

It can be said that the entire battleship is transparent in Zhao Chuanxin's eyes, and there is no secret at all.

Zhao Chuanxin immediately jumped on the top of the enclosed bridge, took out the Goldberg M1907 and fired downwards.

bang bang bang bang bang...

The people in the bridge only heard movement above their heads, and as soon as they raised their heads, they were shot accurately.

There was no other way, Xingyue directly detected their location, marked it on Zhao Chuanxin's goggles, and fired from a high position to let them go quickly.

Zhao Chuanxin put away his gun, crouched down, grabbed the upper edge of his body, kicked the glass to pieces and entered the bridge.

Xingyue said: Follow my instructions and turn the helm, and I will help you stop the two warships behind you.

Zhao Chuanxin picked up the corpses of the captain, first mate and others and threw them out of the bridge, and began to operate according to the instructions given by Xingyue.

The warships began to move across the river.

After finishing, Zhao Chuanxin directly cut a round hole in the floor of the bridge with his lightsaber and jumped in.

There is no one in the cabin below, so keep cutting and jumping.

When it comes to the engine room, the battleship's external propeller and engine room are connected by a short drive shaft.

An excessively long drive shaft will reduce the service life and increase the difficulty of manufacturing. The Japanese are accustomed to calculating carefully and doing beautiful work with the minimum cost.

After Zhao Chuanxin cut off the transmission shaft, there was only a wall between the boiler and the turbine. Zhao Chuanxin dug a small hole diagonally. A huge heat wave hit the hole instantly. He pulled out the Xingyue M1908 grenade and threw it in, and was teleported outside instantly. Insert the eye.

boom……

Somehow the boiler didn't explode and the flue below cracked.

When Zhao Chuanxin went down, more than thirty naval soldiers also came down, wanting to intercept Zhao Chuanxin here, but they didn't know that Zhao Chuanxin had already left.

As the battleship shook, violent smoke came out of nowhere, choking people to the point of coughing out their lungs.

These people ran outside desperately, and those who breathed in too much smoke immediately fell to the ground and became unconscious.

The chain locker is a very fucked up place. It has a strong smell of rust and sea, which mixed together can make people vomit.

Xingyue reminded Zhao Chuanxin in advance to hold his breath and condense.

In addition to placing the anchor chain here, it also has another function - confinement.

Being held in confinement here not only makes people feel claustrophobic, but the strange smell will make them vomit all the time.

After Zhao Chuanxin came down, he saw vomit on the ground.

A Japanese naval soldier saw him coming down and tried to shoot him with a gun.

Zhao Chuanxin pressed the hammer and pulled the trigger. Mosin Nagant quickly fired two shots to pierce the man's eyes, and then cut off the thick anchor chain with his sword.

Some navy soldiers thought that if they closed the anchor chain hatch and twisted the noose, Zhao Chuanxin would be trapped inside.

They thought so and did so. Several people rushed towards the cabin door at the same time, buckled it with a bang, and twisted it with all their might.

Several people looked at each other, showing the joy of winning, showing the ecstasy that they could easily capture Zhao Chuanxin alive. This great achievement was enough to promote all of them to the first level.

Then they heard someone whistling overhead.

He looked up in confusion and saw Zhao Chuanxin with his bow and arrow ready, grinning at them.

How did Zhao Chuanxin come out?
This unscientific!

boom!
Zhao Chuanxin blew up these secretly happy waiters, and then went to cut off the connection between the winch and the anchor chain.

The reason for cutting this off is that in addition to the main rudder, there is an emergency rudder on the battleship. Not only did Zhao Chuanxin turn the rudder around, but someone came up with the idea of ​​​​an emergency rudder. The emergency rudder does not rely on the steering gear, but uses the tail winch. Work.

Xingyue could be said to have left no stone unturned, asking Zhao Chuanxin to do everything he could think of.

The easiest way is to find the torpedo and detonate it, and the battleship will be sunk, because the torpedo is easy to explode and cannot be loaded on bumpy water.

But Zhao Chuanxin didn't do that. He just completely destroyed the battleship.

After doing this, Zhao Chuanxin returned to the copper eye for the third time, removed the copper eye, went to the power distribution room and threw two Xingyue M1908 grenades, jumped out of the cabin with time, stepped on the Misty Traveler into the Yangtze River and left.

Behind him:
boom……

boom……

Zhao Chuanxin didn't even look back, and left in a hurry, leaving only the surviving Japanese naval soldiers on the ship who were confused by Zhao Chuanxinxiu.

The British naval soldiers on the Sandpiper all looked at the commander as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

Their ship had begun to prepare to turn around because the Tsushima in front was turning its rudder, and they were worried about collision.

Then he saw Zhao Chuanxin speeding towards the river.

How fast?

Before the commander could answer, Zhao Chuanxin had already jumped onto the Woodpiper gunboat.

Zhao Chuanxin pushed away the British naval soldier in front of him and walked towards the officer in a swagger.

"Who asked you to drive the gunboat to Hankou?" Zhao Chuanxin asked coldly, standing in front of the British naval commander.

"This……"

"This is the first and last time. Whenever a gunboat enters Hankou again, I will regard it as your provocation. It will be a signal of war."

It seemed like they were the ones saying this before. Why have they changed their positions now?
"I……"

Zhao Chuanxin stretched out his hand, and under the gaze of many British naval soldiers, he nodded his commander's forehead: "Did you hear that? This is the last time, and it won't happen again!"

The British officer felt that he had suffered great humiliation, but his body was honest and motionless, and all the ugly words could only burst out in his stomach.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Chuanxin spat disdainfully, jumped off the British gunboat and boarded the German gunboat behind.

German naval soldiers, like the British, did not dare to act rashly.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the German naval commander: "Are you awesome? Who gave you the courage?"

commander:"……"

Zhao Chuanxin pointed at him and said: "I have attacked Japanese gunboats, British gunboats, and American gunboats, but I have not attacked your German gunboats. Did it give you the illusion that I am afraid of you?"

The other party muttered, and a translator next to him said: "Mr. Zhao, we have no ill intentions, we just want to protect our property."

Zhao Chuanxin raised his hand.

Snapped……

"You protect your paralysis, Zhuo Nima, I will teach you a lesson today."

After saying that, Zhao Chuanxin jumped up.

The German navy heard a pop.

Immediately the ship began to tilt.

"No, Zhao Chuanxin chiseled our battleship..."

A gunboat has only a few thick places. For example, the armor on both sides of the engine is 76mm, the turret is 37mm thick, and the armor on the slopes on both sides is 115mm thick. To Zhao Chuanxin, this is equivalent to being undefended and half broken. The elf carving knife, which was only one meter long, still cut easily.

Generally, gunboats are protected against breakage and water intrusion. Only the bow peak tank is located in front of the ship's anti-collision bulkhead, which can prevent damage to the bow from water intrusion and flooding other compartments. It can be used as a ballast water tank to adjust the trim of the ship.

Other parts are not so particular, Zhao Chuanxin just needs to use the elf carving knife to open a hole.

Today he destroyed the Japanese gunboats from the inside, scuttled the German gunboats, but left only the British gunboats in the middle.

Britain dominates the armed ships in Hankou, but the great powers privately ridicule Britain: British warships are just the power that foreigners are accustomed to.

Because there were many British gunboats, most of them were transferred from Hong Kong Island.

However, Tsarist Russia and Japan were able to mobilize troops from within the country and those stationed in the Far East.

Britain is equivalent to fighting in a different place, while Tsarist Russia and Japanese gunboats can provide reinforcements at any time.

Zhao Chuanxin wanted to give them a signal: No matter whether I wreak havoc from inside the gunboat or scuttle it from the outside, you are still no good. You are still my younger brother in front of me.

In terms of threats, the army of the brigade posed a far greater threat to Zhao Chuanxin than the navy.

At this time, behind the British Woodcock, the Japanese Tsushima stalled, and the German Tiger in front was sinking unstoppably.

The commander of the Sandpiper roared hysterically: "Drop anchor, drop anchor immediately..."

If you don't anchor, you'll get hit!

However, Zhao Chuanxin brushed off his clothes and went away, hiding his merit and fame.

The operation he just performed seemed very complicated, but it was actually extremely fast.

Just because it's so silky smooth.

The Japanese were confused by his tricks.

Zhao Chuanxin seemed to have done a trivial thing while passing by, which did not delay his schedule much.

He had been running on the Yangtze River for less than an hour. Just as hunger was raging in his belly, he heard bursts of gunfire from Anqing City along the river.

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned.

(End of this chapter)