mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 894: You opened your mouth so big that you wanted to bite someone.

Asahi Yaikawa also looked coldly: "Mr. Zhang, I have sent someone to calculate the losses. The stern of the Shikoku Maru was damaged, with a loss of 23 yen; the commander, searchlight, rangefinder, and 4-inch main gun on the Yakaze The gun and two auxiliary guns, lookout post, power distribution room, bridge, flue, tension wire and other equipment have been seriously damaged, totaling 39 yen; Nishizawa Yoshiji and a number of Japanese businessmen were injured and killed, with a total pension of 20 yen. yen; now that we have evacuated from the island, the total loss of goods and buildings on the island is 27 yen, and I demand immediate compensation!”

Zhang Renjun took a breath.

Damn it, why don't you go and grab it?
He took a deep breath and shook his head: "It is absolutely unacceptable to open your mouth and ask for compensation without any evidence."

Laichuan Qianzhi stared at Zhang Renjun: "Your navy took the lead in firing, which is like a declaration of war. In this case, your court should be prepared for war."

What the Qing court feared most was war.

A scare is a sure thing.

Zhang Renjun also knew this and immediately felt his scalp numb.

He thought about it and couldn't think of a good way to break the situation.

It was true that Yaikawa Asahi forced him too much, even if he collected evidence, it was too late.

But then he laughed confidently: "Master Zhang, you don't know. Now Zhao Chuanxin has established a peacekeeping bureau in Hankou. The Arms Limitation Committee in The Hague has recognized the existence of the peacekeeping bureau. He is now a peaceful person and will not participate in any war." . If Mr. Zhang places his hope in Zhao Chuanxin, then Mr. Zhang may be disappointed by Zhao Chuanxin.”

In 1900, it had risen to 4.3 million.

But now it's better, the trump card is no longer powerful.

He felt that Zhao Chuanxin had made a mistake this time. If there was no Lao Shizi peacekeeping bureau, Zhao Chuanxin would be a trump card, and he could use it whenever someone threatened him.

His face froze and his beard trembled: Zhao Tangong, you are confused!

Because of poor transportation and information, humans used to make assumptions about the world's total population.

In the end, he dismissed Asahi Yaikawa in a perfunctory manner.

Because the number of people is no longer the key to determining victory or defeat, but sufficient financial resources and sophisticated firearms can influence the situation of the battle.

In the era of cold weapons, whenever there was a war, ten or even dozens of times the refugees would attack the elite troops of a few dynasties. The chaos was tragic, but the consumption of the elites was also considerable.

After receiving the reply, Zhang Renjun pondered for a long time. Since the Peacekeeping Bureau specializes in mediating conflicts, it would be better to pay Zhao Chuanxin to mediate conflicts between the Qing court and Japan.

400 million people probably live in Jilin and Changchun Prefecture and surrounding areas.

Westerners say this is because they brought civilization to the East.

In modern times, it is different. The rise of firearms has allowed all parties in the war to expand their strength and no longer resort to exhausting their resources and resorting to militarism.

They were deeply inspired and began to play with various data.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty, despite several wars, the population exploded to 4 million.

The population outside the customs was only about 300 million ten years ago, and most of them lived in the Fengtian area.

Of course, when they use the sign "Zhao Chuanxin", they basically don't ask for Zhao Chuanxin's consent.

Sacrificing Zhao Tangong has boundless magic power.

Seeing that Zhao Chuanxin actually used the Peacekeeping Bureau to make money, Zhang Renjun was dumbfounded: That shouldn't be the case. Isn't Zhao Tangong the kind of person who just waits for money?
He immediately sent a telegram to Hankou. However, when Chen Kuilong received the telegram and sent people to the Peacekeeping Bureau to visit Zhao Chuanxin, Chi Yisheng, who was now in charge of the Peacekeeping Bureau, happily told him: "Our principal has returned to Korea. To find him, we need to go north to Lubin Mansion. Maybe the principal will open another peacekeeping bureau in Lubin Mansion."

Then immediately summon people to inquire about the Peacekeeping Bureau.

After the war, there were fewer people, the proportion of land and population was rebalanced, and a new cycle of chaos and chaos began.

In 1900, some people speculated that the world's total population reached 16 billion, twice what it was a century ago.

……

About 900 million of them still live in Fengtian or in areas surrounding Fengtian.

If there are only 16 billion people in the world today, China alone has 4 million.

A trace of concern clearly flashed across Yaikawa Asahi's face.

These data were compiled by Yao Jia and Zhang Renjun.

And how many people are there in Lubin Mansion?
Perhaps the territory that Zhao Chuanxin actually controls, plus the areas that he nominally controls but does not actually control, together may be less than 50.

Because they had frequent exchanges with Li Guangzong from Hong Kong Island recently, they learned that Li Guangzong likes to study and analyze data.

In 1800, Asia's population accounted for two-thirds of the world's population. In 2, its share dropped to 3%, but it was still the most populous region.

To overthrow a dynasty, you need to snowball with human lives.

Soon, Zhang Renjun learned what happened in Hankou.

By the end of 1908, the population had grown to 1600 million.

Europeans, in 1800, were said to number only about 2 million.

In fact, the reason why the war did not reduce the population, but increased it, is essentially because the method of war has changed.

In China, at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the domestic population was only over 7 million.

Zhang Renjun heard some rumors, but did not find out what happened.

For example, in 1800, someone made a guess and a little verification and came to the conclusion that the world's total population was about 8 million people.

However, he felt that it would take ten days and a half for Zhao Chuanxin to return to Lubin Mansion, and he had to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for instructions, so the key now was one word - delay.

Therefore, compared with the past, when war breaks out, not so many people leave production and join the battlefield. This is the key to population growth.

Zhang Renjun suddenly thought of someone, and he pretended to be calm and said: "War? When your country started a war, did you include someone in your calculations? Yes, it is the gunboat terminator that the Germans call—Zhao Tangong!"

As the General Office of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, Zhang Shouzeng often communicated with Wu Sadi, the Consul General of Tsarist Russia in Hailar.

Wu Sadi is a humble gentleman on the surface, but an ugly villain who sows dissension behind his back.

Zhang Shouzeng knew this a long time ago.

He even learned that Wu Sadi had secretly contacted the major lama temples in Mongolia and the prairie princes, hoping to incite them to rebel.

Today, the situation in Lubin Mansion and Tsarist Russia is relatively stable, and it is hard-won.

Therefore, Zhang Shouzeng and Yao Jia did not dare to tell Zhao Chuanxin about this kind of thing, for fear that Zhao Chuanxin would be unhappy one day and go to the Tsarist Russian Consulate in Hailar to slaughter all the diplomats inside.

"General Manager Zhang, judging from the development at this time, the war will develop sooner or later to the point where even your God of War, Magistrate Zhao, cannot control the battlefield." Wu Sadi's forehead was a bit bald. Harmless, as if these words were admonishing Zhang Shouzeng.

In fact, this is a vague threat.

Gunboats are becoming more and more advanced. It is said that the American Great White Fleet has already used radios, and soon their Tsarist Russian gunboats will also be equipped with them.

And the cannons got bigger and bigger, and they hit farther and farther.

The rifle gets sharper as it hits.

The advent of automobiles has greatly improved the ability to carry weapons, ammunition and soldiers.

Tactics are changing with each passing day.

This guy wants nothing more than to cause chaos in the Lubin Mansion, and then they will seize the opportunity to take back the lost territory.

This is a warning to Zhang Shouzeng, don't wait until one day Zhao Chuanxin's tactics don't work. Haha, then Lubin Mansion will lose embarrassingly.

Zhang Shouzeng matured very quickly during this period, and his face was also full of spring breeze: "Judging from the development at this time, the war will develop sooner or later. Even if your country has many cheap gray livestock, it will be too short to fight the war.

Am i right? "

Repay the other person with his own way.

The nails look soft, but are actually very hard.

Zhang Shouzeng deliberately emphasized "gray animals" because he wanted to say that Tsarist Russia always wanted to win by being surrounded by many people, which would become increasingly undesirable.

Because he and Yao Jiagang had just finished analyzing the data and felt that in future wars, military strength would have less and less impact on victory or defeat.

And the more money you spend, the greater the consumption.

Zhang Shouzeng's words left Wu Sa Di speechless.

Seeing that he had stopped, Zhang Shouzeng said cheerfully: "Mr. Wu Sati, there is a poet in England named Cyraner Belloc. He said in one sentence - no matter what happens, we have Mark Qin heavy machine guns, and they don't have them. Originally, we were the group of people who didn't have Maxim heavy machine guns in his mouth, and you, Tsarist Russia, were the group of people who had Maxims. But now times have changed, and we also have Maxims, haha. Do you think this end of the scale will always depend on us, the prefect, to maintain balance?"

Wu Sadi was a little unwilling to be at a disadvantage, and said in a slightly tough tone: "Just because you have Maxim, it doesn't mean that you can have Maxim continuously, but we can."

"Really?" Zhang Shouzeng took a sip of coffee. "We'll see."

Lubin Mansion still has at least three years of development time.

Zhang Shouzeng smiled happily. Although it was not his control, it was really satisfying to think that Lubin Mansion would also have the ability to create Maxim in the future.

He knew why Zhao Chuanxin wanted to establish a peacekeeping bureau.

Not only is it about regaining the lost territory, the prefect also wants to make weapons to be a "stirrer" on the battlefield in the future!
……

Yao Bing's roasted sweet potato and roasted potato business has become extremely deserted.

Most of the daily income comes from selling fodder.

The friends experienced "great wealth" and suddenly "from extravagance to frugality", and one can imagine their disappointment.

As he was frowning, he suddenly saw a tall man wearing a wolf-skin cloak walking towards him.

Yao Bing was overjoyed: "Master, you are back!"

The wolfskin cloak was given to him by Bayar Bor.

As soon as he came back, he first went to Bayarbo's place to get the powder.

Because every day I have to feed poison to the wine pot of the God of Spiritual Tribulation.

The powdered medicine I fed before was too much.

Zhao Chuanxin once gave Bayar a bear skin as a gift. Someone gave Bayar a wolf skin cloak as a gift, and he gave it to Zhao Chuanxin as a return gift. Because it was too heavy, the elderly man felt uncomfortable wearing it all day long. After all, he had a lighter cotton coat.

Zhao Chuanxin wore a thick plaid wool scarf and walked slowly with his hands in his pockets: "Business is not good?"

Yao Bing chuckled: "Master, I tried my best."

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the solid snow around them that had been trampled by them, then looked at the oven, nodded and said: "Your senior brother Benjamin gave you a clever idea. In addition, I will renovate this place for you, put two small A table and a shed will be built. In addition, I will teach you how to cook instant noodles and sizzling potatoes. From now on, this place will become a small restaurant. When you go to school next year, you will work and study here. "

Yao Bing and his friends looked at each other with excitement in their eyes.

Sure enough, Master still has a way.

Immediately he asked: "My senior brother Benjamin? Where is he? Did he bring me a gift?"

"Ah this..." Zhao Chuanxin took out the small bottle: "You can't say he didn't bring it with him. The idea he gave you counts as one, and this bottle of glue is also a gift."

Seeing that Yao Bing wanted to open it, Zhao Chuanxin quickly reminded: "Don't apply it casually, it will stick to your fingers and you won't be able to untie it."

This glue is comparable to 502.

Yao Jia happened to bring a group of newcomers to the Bureau of Government and Goods to do business, and saw Zhao Chuanxin from a distance.

Tang Qunying frowned and said in a bad tone: "It's rare for a magistrate to come back from a trip and his top priority is not to go to work, but to play with his children..."

Yao Jia gritted her teeth when she heard this: "Well, haven't you seen it now?"

Your heart says you’ll feel uncomfortable if you don’t do something, right?

A female prostitute is more violent than a man and will be punished sooner or later.

Tang Qunying: "..."

Yao Jia didn't bring anyone to say hello. He knew Zhao Chuanxin too well.

He said to a group of newcomers: "Some people are like donkey dung eggs with a bright surface, while others are like a red heart facing the sun. In short, you have to look inside."

Then, when passing by Zhao Chuanxin, he heard the conversation between their master and apprentice.

Yao Bing's eyes widened after hearing the idea given by his senior brother Benjamin: "Master, isn't this a trick?"

Zhao Chuanxin tugged on the collar of his coat and said seriously: "If you lose your money, you can make more, but if your conscience is gone, haha..."

Everyone listened attentively, wanting to hear what kind of righteous words the prefect would say.

But I heard Zhao Chuanxin say: "But if your conscience is gone, haha, then you have to make money!"

Everyone: "..."

Yao Jia: "..."

I'm sorry, I just had no time to explain that sentence for him.

Only Tang Qunying's nose was flaring, she was so angry that she lost her temper and rushed out.

Jiang Jian quickly grabbed hold of him with quick eyes and hands from behind... but failed to hold him back.

A worthy practitioner of martial arts.

"Why did the prefect say this?"

Tang Qunying outputs immediately.

Everyone was sweating for her.

Although Yao Jia said that even though Zhao Chuanxin was killing people outside and causing rivers of blood, his ruthlessness like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves was only directed at his enemies, and he always treated his friends as warmly as spring.

But after all, Zhao Chuanxin was a murderer, so they wouldn't have dared to be as bold as Tang Qunying.

Tang Qunying added: "In this huge Lubin Mansion, besides adults, who else can say such heartbreaking words?"

Everyone thought that Zhao Chuanxin was going to fall out.

However, he just pulled the scarf and smiled: "Xiao Tang, it doesn't matter. You can't expect everyone to be as perfect as me."

Tang Qunying: "..."

Sometimes I really don’t know what to say.

She said angrily: "Doubao is still young, and the prefect is so religious. Will he not be another great harm to the country and the people in the future?"

"Haha, according to your method, let him be benevolent, righteous, courteous, wise and trustworthy, and he will be eaten in the shopping mall in the future without any bones left." Zhao Chuanxin sneered: "The God of Wealth will not save a foolish man, and the God of Wealth will not save a resentful woman."

"..." In terms of words, Tang Qunying is no match for Zhao Chuanxin, but her focus has changed again: "What do you mean by this, the prefect? ​​If you say I am a resentful woman, doesn't it mean you look down on women?"

Not far away, Yao Jiaxin, who was watching the excitement with her arms folded, said: Here we go again, here we go again. This woman never strays from her profession. She insists on emphasizing women’s rights and seeing Tian’er’s desire to create antagonism between men and women.

Zhao Chuanxin patted the snowflakes on his cloak: "What the hell, are you opening your mouth to bite someone? Hit me? You can't beat me. You can't even scold me. In my opinion, Xiao Tang, you'd better return to the team. Well, you're not a member of the Yangko team. Why do you come out to dance? You need to watch the situation carefully and wait for Luden's Echo or Noxian Rhapsody. Don't just roar out and dance after hearing the suona..."

When everyone saw that Tang Qunying was defeated, they laughed from a distance.

Tang Qunying was furious.

She really can't beat him, and her words are not as sharp as Zhao Chuanxin's.

Outsiders, it is impossible to want outsiders to suffer a loss.

Zhao Chuanxin patted his apprentice on the back: "That's it. I'll build a shed for you and build a new furnace later. We can open tomorrow."

Yao Bing sniffed and nodded solemnly: "Now that I know Master, I will abandon my conscience, be immoral, have no bottom line, forget my integrity, and I will not bring shame to you."

"Good boy, you are the disciple I value most, and you will definitely inherit the mantle of being a master."

Tang Qunying: "..."

Zhao Chuanxin put his hands in his pockets, not knowing what an opponent was, and strolled towards the government office.

It's true that he has traveled thousands of miles, but Zhao Chuanxin is not tired at all.

Recuperate your energy at Bagong's house. Your energy is good. While it's still early, go back to the government office and let Xingyue handle the backlog of official duties.

After entering the government office, Yang Sangdaxi and a group of reminders and postmen came to greet him.

At the desk outside Zhao Chuanxin's office, Cui Fenghua was keeping accounts. When he saw him coming back, he quickly got up and said, "Sir, the ginseng has arrived. I got it directly from the leader of the ginseng gang."

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up: "Okay, okay, how much did it cost?"

Cui Fenghua hesitated for a moment: "Ginseng is really not cheap. Good-quality ginseng costs 180 taels of silver per tael, and inferior ginseng costs more than 120 taels."

Zhao Chuanxin's smile froze: "Among the ginseng you bought, which one is more in good quality or in bad quality?"

"Well... it's much better of course. I borrowed 30,000 taels of silver from General Manager Yao, and he said he didn't want any profit..."

"Blank!" Zhao Chuanxin gasped: "Remember from now on, the taste will be different."

Because the Qing court valued ginseng as a treasure, ginseng not only valued its size, but also its appearance, such as the number and shape of the ginseng's whiskers.

But is that of any use?
Zhao Chuanxin sold it to a bachelor of natural sciences. He only wanted the medicinal effect and didn't care about anything else.

Cui Fenghua wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Yes, yes, then this silver..."

Zhao Chuanxin had just sold 10 balls of sand sea grass in Rune City and earned 2 gold coins in tears. At this time, he had to pay more than and let Cui Fenghua pay the debt.

Returning to the office, Xingyue immediately released the official documents for review.

Even though it had been backlogged for many days, Xingyue had already finished it before dinner time.

After all, it uses six arms to draw its bow at the same time, writing in neat regular script very quickly.

When Zhao Chuanxin asked Yang Sangdaxi to distribute the official documents, all the public officials in Lubin Mansion were dumbfounded.

Look at the magistrate, he fishes for several days because he has real skills.

No comparison!
When Rebecca Levi heard that Zhao Chuanxin had returned, she became a little absent-minded when handling official duties.

We haven't seen each other for just a few days, and I miss him so much.

But I was too embarrassed to go to his office to see him.

After finally getting laid off, I hurried out and wanted to go home quickly and wait for him.

But at the door, I saw little Ling'e who looked like a shark smelling fishy smell.

The two sides ignored each other and passed each other by.

When she and Tang Qunying were riding a carriage home together, Tang Qunying saw that she was distracted and frowned and said, "Mo Ci, why did you lose your soul like this when you saw the prefect?"

Mo Ci is the nickname Tang Qunying gave to Rebecca Levi.

There are many ways to pronounce a Chinese character, and Rebecca Levy’s is an oxymoron.

For example, her name symbolizes loyalty and kindness.

The character of Rebecca Levi is generally the same. Tang Qunying found that she always did things silently. She usually refused to accept anyone who wanted to be nice to her, and she owed nothing to others.

So we have to do the opposite and give her a "Mo Ci", don't refuse other people's kindness.

Seeing that Rebecca Levi was silent, Tang Qunying added: "The prefect is also a man, and all men are carefree. Look, the person named Xiao Ling'e at the gate of the government office is waiting for him. I also heard that there is a The woman who won a medal in the London Olympics is named Miao Cuihua. She is a beautiful woman. She may come to Lubin Mansion to look for him soon. Women should not show off their beauty just to please men..."

Rebecca Levi didn't listen to a word of Tang Qunying's previous words.

Only the last sentence: Women should show off their beauty to please men.

Wow, that makes sense...

(End of this chapter)