mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 878: Zhao Chuanxin must give me a little favor
Zhao Chuanxin had been injured many times. How could his shoes not get wet when he often walked along the river?

Every time I get injured, the recovery speed is very fast, but this time it is undoubtedly ridiculously fast.

Xingyue said: This is the benefit of new star metabolism.

Zhao Chuanxin finally felt a little relieved about the situation of Fei Ji Tai. He subconsciously wanted to take out a cigarette, but stopped again.

If this continues, I might even have to quit smoking.

Before going to bed, he said to Benjamin Goldberg: "I will leave tomorrow, and there is one more thing before I leave. I plan to invest in an unprecedented media industry, and I have decided to let you be responsible for running the Lanzhou Prefecture area. This is Plan."

Zhao Chuanxin handed the plan written by Xingyue to his apprentice, paused and said, "However, you have to pay for the land and the money to build the house. It doesn't matter if you take the money yourself or raise shares, in short, you will make money every day after everything is completed." Dou Jin.”

Benjamin Goldberg didn't take money very seriously. He picked up the plan and read it indifferently, and his eyes lit up as he looked at it.

It's not that he agrees with what Master said about making money every day, nor is he motivated by wealth, he just thinks it's fun.

The brain of a genius is always different.

Last time, Sun Yanguang and Saegashi Asuka dined at the Sakuranabe horse meat restaurant opened in the 30th year of the Meiji era. This time they came to Kudanshita Sushi Masaru, which has been open for decades.

The roundworm Xingyue in his belly immediately said: Don't be discouraged, your apprentice is really smart, but my memory is beyond his reach. After three hundred years, I will let you ascend to the immortal world.

The atmosphere became ambiguous.

Sun Yanguang took advantage of the situation and hugged her waist.

The two of them toasted frequently. Although the alcohol content of the sake was low, they drank too much and drank too much.

When Asuka Saegashi stood up, her steps began to stagger.

It is well known that the infection rate of Mengde syndrome is extremely high.

"I..." Sanzhi Asuka's eyes were blurred and her words were unclear.

Zhao Chuanxin nodded and expressed deep agreement: Three hundred years later, wouldn't he have been dead long ago...

He came up with an idea: Since Japan strictly checks all ports, and since Asabuki Tsunekichi is clinging to it, why not break into them to spy on the news?
Didn’t Captain Zhao say: Be close to your friends, but even closer to your enemies.

Sun Yanguang's eyes were still so clear, and he quickly supported her with his quick eyes and hands.

The style of Sun Yanguang's residence is simple and unique.

But Sun Yanguang calling out would only make Sanzhi Asuka feel relaxed and happy.

Sun Yanguang accidentally met Asuka Asuka Saegusa, the widow of Eiji Asabuki, last time.

Nickname: Brother Shui.

……

He wondered, how did this woman manage to make her waist thin and plump?
"Onai-chan, where do you live? I'll take you back."

It was particularly exciting for the murderer to meet the victim's relatives.

"That may be because in my eyes, I only see my sister and the distance."

"..." This reminded Zhao Chuanxin of a person in the future. His smart brain always occupied the high ground. He idled around all day without working, but he was never short of money. He was proficient in eating, drinking and having fun, and he could also grow in reverse.

Asuka Saegashi was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and smiled: "Your words are always full of charm if you don't care."

During this period, he also contacted Asuka Saegusa's daughter-in-law Isoko Nagaoka from time to time, but he had not yet applauded this wonderful relationship.

The difference from last time was that this time the two of them ate in a private room.

Sun Yanguang immediately thought of murder.

Asuka Saegusa looked at the pure eyes so close to her, feeling a little dazed and her body becoming softer.

So he invited Asuka Sange to have hot pot.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at him sideways: "Can you afford it?"

It would be fine if she just passed by, but Asuka Saegashi seemed to notice something for some reason.

Asuka Saegashi smiled and said: "Hikomitsu-san, the fate between people is really amazing. At first, I thought you were someone else."

People's sense of difference is really strong.

If the name Onai-chan comes from the mouth of a greasy man, it would be very presumptuous and full of poison.

With this amount of alcohol, bah, what are you drinking with me?

"Master, you underestimated me. I can make money standing up, and now I have quite a fortune."

Asuka Sanzhi sat on her knees on the tatami, her charm still lingering as she curved her amazing curves.

Sun Yanguang was not guilty at all. He had already conducted this kind of temptation countless times. He smiled and said, "Onai-chan, you know, anyone you meet on the road is someone that others would dream of meeting."

"Damn it, my sister is so drunk. You should go to my house to sober up in the bar first."

"..."

So Sun Yanguang sent an invitation to meet again at the hot pot restaurant.

Sun Yanguang successfully dispelled Asuka Saegusa's suspicion with his super psychological quality and trained eloquent tongue.

Opposite him, Sun Yanguang sat cross-legged.

"Master, don't talk about Lanzhou Prefecture, let me pay 100% of the capital to make it happen."

There is not much furniture, only a solid wood bookshelf that has been painted with varnish and retains the dark texture of the original wood. It has four compartments and a long glass cabinet door. It is a three-legged office with simple patterned edges. It is very thick, with drawers and cushions underneath. Hatay patterned Persian wool rug…

It looks very low-key, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that everything in the room is very stylish and expensive, which is very different from the current Japanese style.

I learned all this from Zhao Chuanxin.

Moreover, Sun Yanguang is very clean and tidy. This is a habit he learned in the insurance team, just like he is always neatly dressed, clean-shaven, and walks with a straight back.

It is said that a woman's love at first sight relies on a substance called "phenylethylamine". Regardless of her age, she will have the urge to go blank and just want to possess the other person.

As soon as Sun Yanguang entered the door, his body was entangled with three branches of Asuka.

"Onai-chan, calm down..."

"I don't want to calm down..."

"OK then."

Sun Yanguang was reluctant. Perhaps a plate of old tofu tasted much more filling than the tender meat.

At this time, Nagaoka Isoko was quarreling with Asabuki Tsunekichi.

"Isoko, you've been acting weird lately."

"I do not have."

"You should support me when I'm upset, not disruptive."

"I will."

"But you always say one thing and do another."

"What else do you want from me?"

"..."

……

Zhao Chuanxin left the sky and flew to the outside of Liangzhou City first. After seeing that there was no one around, he asked Xingyue to pull out the No. 6 copper eye inserted in the inconspicuous gap in the earth wall.

Then he flashed to the remaining Qinling Mountains in Shiyan, and saw the little golden monkey squatting next to him, shivering from the cold.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a large piece of dry and hard brick and handed it over.

The little monkey picked it up, smelled it, and took a bite.

No bite.

It scratched its head in confusion and licked the big ribba. It had a somewhat fragrant taste. It took another bite and still didn't move.

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth. It turned out that the teeth of wild animals are not good at all, so he felt balanced.

After pulling out the No. 7 bronze eye, he wanted to go back to Lubin Mansion directly, but Xingyue reminded him: I have already written three plans. You'd better go back to Hankou and give one to Liu Huaqiang and let him use it immediately. Xingyang Bank's funds were used to start the renovation ahead of schedule, and by the way, people were sent to send the other two plans to Macao Island and Hong Kong Island respectively.

Zhao Chuanxin is really unwilling to show his face in the current situation.

……

Last year, the governor of Huguang was still Zhao Erxun, an old acquaintance of Zhao Chuanxin.

As for Zhao Chuanxin and Zhao Erxun, they had known each other many years ago when Zhao Erxun went to Fengtian to take up his post. When they were in confrontation with the great powers in Hankou over the concession, they finally met and laughed away their grudges.

Zhao Erxun was appointed governor of Huguang, but his buttocks were still hot, so he was driven back to Sichuan.

Why is this?

Saying it can make the world laugh out loud.

The governor of Huguang at this time was named Chen Kuilong.

Chen Kuilong once had two wives, both of whom died of illness.

Chen Kuilong is a shrewd man and good at flattery.

He rose through the ranks and became the head of the Ministry of War. He was favored by Xu Gengshen, Minister of the Ministry of War. Hearing that he was a widower, good-looking and somewhat capable, he married his daughter to him.

Liao Shouheng, the Minister of Military Aircraft, was also the son-in-law of the Minister of War. After Chen Kuilong and Liao Shouheng became brothers-in-law, they climbed to the top. Since he was good at flattering, Liao Shouheng recommended him to Ronglu, Cixi's confidant at the time.

Since then, Chen Kuilong has soared into the sky and risen rapidly. In just two years, he went from being a fourth-rank official to the governor of Henan.

In addition to his own ability to engage in business, there is another reason for his successful official career - his third wife Xu Xishen.

Xu Xi comes from a wealthy family, has excellent communication skills, and has always had a warm relationship with princes, ministers and their families. She even recognized Aixinjueluo Yikuang and Qi Fujin, who had been cheated by Zhao Chuanxin several times, as her godfather and godmother.

With this background, how could Chen Kuilong dare to offend Xu Xishen? He wished he could set up a memorial tablet to honor his ancestors.

The problem is that Xu Xi was born in Jiangnan and was not accustomed to the local environment in Henan. He cried and shouted that he would do nothing and insisted on letting Chen Kuilong go back to his hometown.

The young lady from a wealthy family is very willful.

The Qing Dynasty had an avoidance system and could not serve in the place of birth. Chen Kuilong was regarded as the son-in-law of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and could not go to the local area to take office, so he had to ask someone to be transferred to the nearby Jiangsu Province as governor. The emotional governor was optional.

The problem came, sometimes even if the official luck came, it could not be stopped. Soon the Qing government promoted Chen Kuilong to be the governor of Sichuan.

Zhao Chuanxin is the prefect, and there is the governor above the prefect. After the governor, there is the governor-general, the official of the border area.

Chen Kuilong became a feudal official.

He should have been happy, but at this time Xu Xi got into trouble again, saying that Chengdu was far worse than Suzhou, so he wouldn't go.

Even if Chen Kuilong kept talking, it would not make sense, but not going would be tantamount to resisting the order, which is no joke.

Zhao Erxun originally replaced Xiliang as governor of Sichuan, but was transferred to the post of governor of Huguang in 1907.

When Chen Kuilong found Aixinjueluo Yikuang, he spent a lot of money on this connection and forced the Qing government to change his appointment from Governor of Sichuan to Governor of Huguang.

So Zhao Erxun returned to Sichuan without feeling hot, and Chen Kuilong became the governor of Huguang.

It can be said that Xu Xishen did not even have an official status, but he affected the transfer of frontier officials in several regions, making many people shake their heads and sigh - because of a woman changing orders overnight, who will perish if the Qing Dynasty is not destroyed?
However, it is said that in the "Erchen Pill Case" that occurred last year, Zhao Chuanxin deceived the Japanese, beat them violently and dared to run away. After the Portuguese occupied the island, Guangdong and Nanyang took the lead in a wave of boycotts of Japanese goods.

Who will suffer the most from the boycott of Japanese goods?

It must be Mitsui & Co. of the Mitsui Group, the old employer of Eiji Asabuki who was killed by Sun Yanguang.

At first, Mitsui & Co. believed that the Chinese were just joining in the fun, and after a while the news subsided and their business would return to normal.

However, Zhao Chuanxin repeatedly ruined their good deeds and occupied many concession areas in Hankou, including their Japanese concession.

At the same time that Zhao Chuanxin took advantage of the situation, the boycott of Japanese goods also spread to Hankou and intensified under the leadership of Liu Huaqiang's students.

Mitsui & Co. can’t sit still.

Asabuki Eiji was so bold that he dared to blow up the railway and murder Zhao Chuanxin. In fact, it was not just his own idea.

Mitsui & Co. collects information from all over the world, not only uses it for its own development decisions, but also sends the information to Japanese embassies in various places, and the Japanese embassy sends it back to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Japanese authorities rely heavily on Mitsui & Co.’s powerful intelligence gathering capabilities.

Foreign Minister Komura Jutaro has repeatedly commissioned Mitsui & Co., Ltd. to collect information on the reasons behind the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods.

And I want Mitsui Property's interpersonal relationships to solve this problem.

They later discovered that Zhao Chuanxin was one of the root causes. He seemed to have awakened something in the blood of the Chinese people.

Therefore, the fact that Asabuki Eiji dared to blow up Zhao Chuanxin and was able to evacuate quietly relied on the operation of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

I just didn't expect that Zhao Chuanxin was not dead, but Eiji Asabuki was killed by others.

Some people are inevitably afraid.

In addition, Liu Huaqiang's group of students continued to boycott Japanese goods, echoing the Chinese in Hong Kong, Guangdong, Macao and even Southeast Asian countries. This trend even spread to the northwest, such as Liangzhou City, Lanzhou Prefecture, not to mention the rise of Zhao Chuanxin Outside the Diguan...

The Japanese are out of options.

First, they asked Asayuki Laikawa, the Japanese consul in Guangdong, to go to Zhang Renjun almost every day to put pressure on Zhang Renjun to ban the boycott of Japanese goods.

Zhang Renjun was extremely annoyed by him.

He himself supports the people's spontaneous boycott of Japanese goods, and he also hates the little devils.

In addition, he knew that this matter had a lot to do with Zhao Chuanxin. He admired Zhao Chuanxin very much as a person. When Zhao Chuanxin was handling the Erchen Pill case, Zhang Renjun secretly sang along with him, making Japan and Portugal gnash their teeth with hatred. .

Unable to bear the disturbance, Zhang Renjun approached Liang Cheng, the general manager of the Guangdong-Han Railway Company, because the Guangdong-Han Railway Company was an important trading partner of Mitsui & Co., and he often purchased coal and sleepers from them.

Liang Cheng was not used to Mitsui & Co., so he came to warn Laikawa Qianzhi.

In addition to Guangdong, the troubles in Hankou also need to be solved.

Because the former Japanese consul in Hanzhao had Zhao Chuanxin killed, Ueno, the former Japanese consul in Guangdong, was appointed as the consul general in Hankou.

Ueno took Mitsui & Co.'s director Taro Yamamoto to the Huguang Governor's Mansion and met with Chen Kuilong, the current governor.

"Master Chen, we are deeply sorry for the incident involving the Erchen Maru last year."

As soon as the two met, they bent down, pouted, and bowed fiercely.

Chen Kuilong: "..."

He is not interested in this. Bowing is of some use, and it is better to give him money.

After bowing, Ueno introduced him to Yamamoto Jotaro.

Yamamoto Jotaro straightened his back, but lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Chen, please forgive me for intruding on you today. I heard that there are many wind disasters in Hankou, and the wind disaster season is coming soon. As we call it nip in the bud, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is willing to donate 1000 yuan in advance. Yuan for disaster relief, this money must be used for disaster prevention. I have other instructions below.”

Chen Kuilong lowered his frown slightly and said, "Easy to say, I would like to thank you in advance on behalf of the people of Hankou."

Cannibals are soft and short.

Ueno took advantage of the situation and said: "Mr. Chen, I believe that the people of Hankou are reasonable and will see our sincerity. However, a group of students from Juanwang Technical College still take to the streets every week to call for a boycott of Japanese goods and also ask Chen Your Excellency disband this movement.”

After saying that, they both pouted and bowed at the same time.

It's fine if it involves other things, but it's Juanwang Technical College, and Chen Kuilong really doesn't want to mess with it.

He pondered: "Well... a group of students are just messing around, don't pay attention to them."

What the hell?

Ueno Senichi quickly gave Yamamoto Jotaro a wink.

You're just talking words, why don't you give me real money?
So Yamamoto Jotaro took out 1000 yen from his bag first.

This is almost equivalent to 1400 yuan.

Then he took out another Ruyi gold piece and handed it to Chen Kuilong with both hands.

Chen Kuilong took it casually and played with it in his hands.

But he said: "I can negotiate with King Juan Technical College."

That's not enough.

In his opinion, Zhao Chuanxin should give him some face, just like Zhang Renjun and Zhao Chuanxin had a very good relationship, but he couldn't do it without reason.

Ueno Senichi and Yamamoto Jotaro hurriedly bowed again: "Then I'll leave it to Mr. Chen."

Chen Kuilong picked up the tea cup, but didn't drink it.

Ueno said quickly: "Then we will say goodbye."

After the two left, Chen Kuilong returned to the inner room. The door was not closed. It turned out that Xu Xishen had been eavesdropping on the conversation.

Seeing Chen Kuilong's back, Xu Xishen said: "How can you be so greedy for such an advantage? This matter arose because the Japanese smuggled arms to the rebels. In the past year, Mitsui & Co., together with the Okura Group and the Takata Chamber of Commerce, established the Taiping Group to peddle arms to the court. Ordnance is used to draw a clear line between the people and the rebellious party. How can Zhao Chuanxin not recognize it clearly and still let the students boycott Japanese goods? How can you convince him? give up?"

Obviously, this is not the first time the Japanese have done things like donating money to victims of disasters since the Futatsu Maru incident.

The little devil is very familiar with this method of dividing the Chinese people with small favors.

"Um..." Xu Xishen often interfered in Chen Kuilong's political affairs, and over time he felt a sense of masochistic pleasure. "I didn't expect this, but I have already agreed to go there. I guess Zhao Chuanxin will have to give me a little less favor."

Xu Xi has fair skin and a plump forehead. She has the distinct air of a lady from the south of the Yangtze River and has the facial features of Biyu from a small family in the water town.

But she looked a little depressed.

She bit her plump and red lower lip and suddenly said, "It is rumored that Zhao Chuanxin has unpredictable powers. I would also like to follow you out to see him."

"Ah, isn't this... inappropriate? Zhao Chuanxin works in Lubin Mansion, not in Hankou."

"Nonsense, not long ago he took over the concession in Belgium. Where is it not in Hankou?"

"But not long ago, some newspapers claimed that they interviewed Zhao Chuanxin in Lubin Mansion. He said that he loves peace. Could it be that he has skills in multiple roles?"

"Haha... just tell me, take me with you or not. I haven't seen a living god yet..."

When the willfulness comes, no one can stop it.

……

The Living God Zhao Chuanxin was waiting for Liu Huaqiang in the specially reserved reception room on the first floor.

It is said that today is the day for another demonstration to boycott Japanese goods, and Liu Huaqiang took people out to hold banners and give a patriotic propaganda speech.

Now that Zhao Chuanxin was wearing glasses again, and his mouth and nose were covered with gauze, all the students looked at him strangely.

Zhao Chuanxin was so embarrassed that he became angry: "Xingyue, come on, give me a mask, my sister-in-law is so angry."

In terms of aesthetics, Xingyue may have been instilled by Zhao Chuanxian with too many characteristics of his own, so he actually used soft gold and copper to grow a strange-looking metal mask for him.

The mask is entirely made of black soft gold, as thin as paper, and as light as nothing.

The bridge and tip of the nose are raised, perfectly connected to his nose, while the upper and lower lips are embedded with brass.

The mouth is grinning, and the teeth are bared. The teeth are white and soft gold, and are very neat. This expression is very Zhao Chuanxin.

There are some ventilation holes in the middle.

The soft gold is very light, so it easily hangs from the ear on a string.

When Zhao Chuanxian came out wearing a new "mask", everyone not only felt weird.

"Principal, can you take it off? I feel dizzy looking at your smile..."

(End of this chapter)