mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 948 I Don’t Think Outsiders Are Good People

Zhao Chuanxin cooperated with Royal Dutch Shell. In addition to coveting their technology and equipment, transportation systems and storage and transportation point operations, he also wanted them to provide high-quality and low-cost asphalt and gasoline.

Asphalt will be used to pave roads after the snow melts, while gasoline will be used later.

Henry Deterding is here to sign a contract today.

Zhao Chuanxin signed his name in a flourish, put his fingerprint on it, and handed the contract to Henry Deterding.

Henry Deterding said: "Mr. Zhao, for the Queen's sake, you will abide by this contract, right?"

"No one's face is of any use." Zhao Chuanxin took a puff of his cigar and put the cap on his pen: "Rights are taken by the sword, and contracts are within the range of guns and cannons. If you say something today and go back on your word tomorrow..."

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth and said, "Then you don't even need to prepare a coffin. I won't leave you a whole body."

Cold sweat flowed down Henry Deterding's forehead: "It sounds like it's not very favorable to me."

Zhao Chuanxin was happy: "Yes, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, but when there is no opportunity, I advise you not to prepare blindly."

"..."

Next up is Gerard Philips.

The light bulb business made Edison rich.

Europe is not willing to lag behind, and many companies are engaged in light bulb business.

Philips is one of the best among them thanks to its excellent products and reliable reputation.

The Dutch have been doing business since the time of the "Sea Coachman" until today, and there is no way they will give up this piece of cake.

But Zhao Chuanxin was not interested in light bulbs. In addition to wanting to share their cake with technology, Zhao Chuanxin also wanted to make Philips bigger, from vacuum tubes to diodes, from radios to communications. Then he wanted them to vigorously lay out base stations and gallop on the road of telecommunications and electrical appliances.

In addition, Nikola Tesla's experimental materials can also be obtained from Philips in the future.

Zhao Chuanxin also has an ultimate goal: the Netherlands’ future lithography machines.

ASML's predecessor was Philips' physics laboratory.

Zhao Chuanxin is not in a hurry, he has two plans for the future.

If Philips gets into financial trouble as in the original history and ASML becomes an outcast, he can just reap the benefits.

If Philips did not fall into financial difficulties because of his intervention, he could use shares to buy it out, or take it over with fists and sticks. Anyway, they did not attach much importance to the field of lithography machines in the beginning.

Zhao Chuanxin was not afraid of losses, as he had already made a lot of money at that time.

Gerard Philips held the contract signed by Zhao Chuanxin and was just as worried as Henry Deterding: "Mr. Zhao, the prospects for metal filament light bulbs and radios are very promising. I will immediately send people to Qing to set up a laboratory. The conditions you mentioned can be met this year, right? Once the laboratory produces results, the factory must be built immediately."

"We need to seize technology patents and upgrade technology-intensive industries. I will at least let you see metal filament light bulbs before June," Zhao Chuanxin vowed. "As for the factory, that's easy. Hankou, Aodao, Lubinfu, you can build a factory wherever you like, I have the final say."

One company after another left Noordeinde with contracts in hand.

Zhao Chuanxin carried Zhao Lingjun out of the house, and the Daily News reporter waited for him.

"Mr. Zhao, can I interview you?"

"Okay." Zhao Chuanxin said rapidly, "My name is Zhao Chuanxin, I'm a man from China, I'm exactly 3000 years old this year, 6 feet 1 inch tall, I love peace, I have a mild temper, I act like a gentleman, and I treat people in a friendly way. In summary, there are four words - unity, tension, seriousness, and liveliness."

reporter:"……"

Zhao Lingjun laughed.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't wait for the reporter to respond and said, "Goodbye."

He turned around and left, holding his daughter.

The reporter was speechless and helpless. He wanted to chase them, but when he reached the end of the corridor, the father and daughter were no longer there.

……

Baganor.

Taoktaohu and Haishan have been uneasy since they learned that Zhao Chuanxin was not injured but instead went on a killing spree in Berlin, Germany, scaring William II into submission.

Tao Ke Tao Hu comforted himself: "With the Kulun minister in charge here, Zhao Chuanxin will definitely not dare to act recklessly, otherwise he would be going against the court."

Haishan stroked his beard and said, "You have never participated in it, so what are you afraid of?"

Tao Ke Tao Hu said anxiously: "I didn't participate this time, but I have had a feud with Zhao thieves for a long time, and now I have settled Qing Mu Xuan... I am not afraid, at most I will die. However, there is still unfinished work, how can I die?"

To put it bluntly, he was still afraid.

At first he was not afraid, as he said, the worst that could happen was death.

But the timeline of waiting for death is too long, and no one can stand it.

You must know that Zhao Chuanxin will never let go of any grudge.

Haishan rolled his eyes and said, "I'll go with you to find that Japanese man and see what he has to say."

"it is good."

The two met Aoki Nobuzumi at the defeated soldiers' camp of the Japanese-Russian Joint Tiger Hunting Squad and explained their purpose.

The shrewd Aoki Nobuzumi did not show any panic on his face.

He said calmly, "Russian weapons will soon be shipped from the northern border of Chechen Khanate. What you are worried about is that Zhao Chuanxin will find clues and come to us. There is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Since we want to kill Zhao Chuanxin, attacking is killing, and defending is also killing. We will stay where we are and set up a dragnet. We have the advantages of geographical location and people. No one in this world is immortal. Everything depends on planning."

Haishan, who was listening quietly nearby, suddenly interrupted: "There is Kulun on the left and Chechen Khan on the right. If the Zhao thieves attack, the court will definitely not sit idly by. The princes and nobles of the grassland have been frightened for a long time. Why don't I take this opportunity to contact various places and send troops to help. Mr. Aoki, please ask Tsarist Russia for weapons and arm the troops to teach the Zhao thieves no way back!"

The princes and nobles of the various tribes on the grasslands feared the imperial court's new policies the most.

After Zhao Chuanxin became the prefect of Lubin Prefecture, he played tricks even more ruthlessly and aggressively than the imperial court.

Take the newly established Advisory Council for example. It was a mess and they accepted all kinds of people except princes and nobles.

It is outrageous and disregards moral principles that these common people and low-class people can actually participate in legislation.

The key point is that Zhao Chuanxin is standing next to them, staring at them hungrily, as if he is ready to rush over at any time.

That man is more greedy than a gangster and more bloodthirsty than a horse bandit.

Can they not be afraid?

In the past few years, Haishan has been lobbying everywhere on the grassland and has a deep understanding of the psychology of princes and nobles in various places.

Their power and wealth are being stripped away layer by layer. They have been angry for a long time, but dare not speak out.

If Zhao Chuanxin dared to lead his troops here, it would be tantamount to lighting a powder keg.

With Aoki Nobuzumi and Taoktohu as the pioneers, it would be great to let the others play supporting roles, and they could also get a batch of weapons and ammunition from Tsarist Russia for free.

Haishan has a deeper purpose - to make the princes of various tribes completely oppose Zhao Chuanxin.

Tao Ketao Hu looked at Haishan with gratitude, thinking that Haishan was making such active plans for his own good.

However, Aoki Nobujun smiled meaningfully.

He has some good habits as a spy.

For example, every time you go to a place, learn the local dialect, draw maps, understand the local customs and culture, etc.

Coming to Baganur is no exception.

He learned about Tao Ke Tao Hu's deeds from others and found out what Hai Shan had done in the past two years.

He tends to look at things from an outsider's perspective.

He knew that Haishan's purpose was not simple.

But it doesn't matter.

"I will convince the Russians to give you weapons." Aoki Nobuzumi looked at Kaishan and raised his chin: "But your people must obey my orders."

Haishan was reluctant.

But in the end, he gritted his teeth and agreed: "Yes! But after the mission is accomplished, the weapons and ammunition must be left behind."

Aoki Nobujun nodded: "Yes!"

People of this generation are more stubborn.

When the Japanese were fighting the Russians, they worked tirelessly and persistently on intelligence work until they were very meticulous and used every link.

Sun Gongwu rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and he also worked day and night, and a drop of water can wear away a stone.

It doesn't mean that if one person scares the other, the enemy will never commit the crime again once and for all.

Zhao Chuanxin can't do it either.

……

Zhao Chuanxin built a baby stroller for Zhao Lingjun.

Four universal wheels with rubber tires, a wool-filled soft seat with a foldable umbrella canopy on top and armrests in the front.

This thing can help Margot save energy, pushing it is always easier than holding it.

Zhao Chuanxin took Zhao Lingjun for a two-hour stroll on the streets of The Hague and went to the beach to snorkel in the shallow sea.

The Brilliant Star of the Brilliant Oasis stripped Zhao Chuanxin of his Holy Spirit Heart, and after returning it, Zhao Chuanxin has never used it.

Before returning to Nordenburg, Zhao Chuanxin gave the Heart of the Holy Spirit to Zhao Lingjun.

Wilhelmina is back.

Wilhelmina breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Zhao Chuanxin didn't leave.

She tried, "Ethan, would you like to stay in Holland?" Zhao Chuanxin was heartless and said, "I won't."

Wilhelmina: "Isn't it good to be a king's husband?"

"I am currently the prefect of Lubin Prefecture, and I may have to run for the California governorship in the future, so I really can't spare the time."

"..." Wilhelmina could only settle for the next best thing: "Then you should come back more often. It would be best if you stay in the Netherlands for half a month every month."

"Well, although it's difficult, I can't do it."

Wouldn't that be wishful thinking? The power of faith disagrees.

Seeing that he was unmoved, Wilhelmina used her killer weapon: "Don't you want to spend more time with our daughter?"

Zhao Chuanxin was silent for five seconds: "How about I pack it up and take it away."

Wilhelmina: "..."

It's impossible to let him take it away.

This only child will inherit the throne.

Wilhelmina blinked, handed Zhao Lingjun in her arms to Margot, then took Zhao Chuanxin's hand and made a major decision: "Ethan, come with me, I have something to ask you before you leave."

Zhao Chuanxin followed him into the bedroom: "What's the matter?"

"Make a baby."

"..."

Zhao Chuanxin left after all.

The enormous power of faith brought by the Rune City directly reimbursed him for the return ticket, which was an extra benefit.

When he returned to the cottage on the mountainside of Lubin Prefecture, it was already nine o'clock in the evening in Beijing.

Without disturbing anyone, he lit a fire in the hearth and used the Old God's Cauldron Brand to heat the hut.

I adjusted the watch according to the time given by Xingyue.

He needed to adjust to the jet lag as he couldn't sleep so early, so he activated the energy fluctuation convergence rune fragments, opened the holy light channel and teleported to the white house in Quetshalan.

It was seven o'clock in the morning in Quetzalan and the sun was just coming out.

In the afternoon, evening, and morning, Zhao Chuanxin felt somewhat disoriented in time and space.

He stopped eating and put on plastering gloves to repair the interior walls, lay the floor, build the pillars, and make himself as tired as possible.

The bedrooms in the white house have been demolished. Now there are no bedrooms, only a small storeroom that hides the passage leading to the underground fortress, and the rest is all halls.

The excavated soil and rocks were piled inside and outside the courtyard, but Zhao Chuanxin did not move.

These soils will be saved and teleported to the Fearless Pioneer's Pioneer Partner's Safe Haven to plant flowers and grass.

Urquidi Gomez has a toothache.

The front tooth that was pulled out doesn't hurt anymore, but the front tooth that was knocked off half hurts like hell.

After all, Zhao Chuanxin was not a professional dentist and he did not kill the tooth nerve at all.

The toothache was accompanied by a high fever, which almost took away Urquidi Gomez's life.

He went to see a local doctor, who prescribed some folk medicine for him. After taking it, he felt dizzy for a while, and then there was no effect at all.

While he was in pain, Camilo Torick sent someone to find him and said that a group of people had come to the town to promote constitutionalism.

Every social change in Mexican history has been associated with rural unrest.

The last upheaval was the peasant movement during the War of Independence.

Its root lies in the development of the rural commodity economy since the second half of the 18th century and the resulting changes in rural social relations.

Although the peasant movement during the War of Independence was suppressed, it greatly impacted the large estate economy before independence, strengthened the status of peasants, and created conditions for the establishment of a development model similar to the small peasant system in Mexico in the first half of the 19th century.

Camilo Torick thought that there was a bad wind blowing recently, a sign that a storm was about to come.

He sent people to look for Urquidi Gomez but to no avail, and angrily went to the home of his top thug himself.

Then Urquidi Gomez was seen lying miserably on the bed, his face pale and his body trembling.

When Urquidi Gomez saw his boss coming, he wanted to get up, but his vision went dark and he was unable to get up.

"Don Camilo Torric, forgive me for not being able to get up," Urquidi Gomez said weakly.

Camilo Torick was furious at first, but when he saw him like this, he frowned and asked, "Why is it like this?"

"This..." Urquidi Gomez didn't dare to say that he fell like this because he wanted to rape Salma.

Firstly, it is embarrassing, and secondly, such a shameful thing can be done, but it cannot be publicized.

He finally said vaguely: "I accidentally bumped into it."

Camilo Torique paced back and forth in front of Urquidi Gomez's bed. "This damn world has no law. The constitutionalists openly came to our town to lobby those untouchables. They are so bold. I heard that the country's total foreign debt was less than 200 million pesos 30 years ago, but now it has risen to 600 or 700 million..."

There are three factions in Mexico today: the Zapatistas, the Villars and the Constitutionals.

The ones who fought most enthusiastically were the Villa faction and the constitutionalists.

Urquidi Gomez didn't understand any of this.

He said weakly, "Don Camilo, things will get better slowly, don't worry too much."

Camilo Torick also knew that this rough man lying on the sickbed could not read a single word, so there was no point in saying more.

He said, "Where is Nachito Gomez? Since you are sick, let him come and help me drive away those lackeys of the constitutionalists. We can't let them talk nonsense in our town. In addition, Alfonso's family is ungrateful and refuses to sell their land. I want you brothers to bring people to their doorstep and teach them a lesson!"

In the late 18th century, Mexico's mining industry began to prosper again.

It is a tradition of the Mexican elite to gain wealth from the high-risk and high-profit mining industry and to invest in agricultural and pastoral areas with low profits and low risks.

That’s how Camilo Torick rose to prominence.

Mexico does not have a system of primogeniture. Many small farmers, because they have too many children and they are scattered around, their land is severely divided and fragmented, and they will be bought by rich people like Camilo Torque.

The way of man is to take from the deficient and make up for the surplus. The big landlords have more and more land, while the small farmers have less and less land. The small farmers who have lost their land often become tenants or long-term hired laborers on the big estates.

Alfonso's ancestors were small farmers, but by his generation, there was very little land left.

Camilo Torique had been eyeing him for a long time, but Alfonso gritted his teeth and refused to sell him.

Not selling?

Ha ha.

The large landowner Camilo Torric used violence and various conspiracies to expel and annex small landowners.

The main purpose of supporting the Gomez brothers as thugs is to annex land.

Urquidi Gomez struggled to get up, leaned against the head of the bed and said helplessly: "Don Camilo, Nachito has gone somewhere and has not come back. I was planning to use the money from the foreigners to buy a house to build him a new house. But you see, I am very sick now."

Camilo Torick snorted coldly: "Stranger? I don't think he is a good person. Send someone to keep an eye on him. Maybe your brother's disappearance is related to him. Get well soon, otherwise you will delay my important matter."

……

Zhao Chuanxin had almost finished packing, and when he went out to lock the door, the landlord's stupid son Juvencio Torique came again.

It seems like he can't walk, only run.

The little fat boy ran out of breath, holding the Animal Encyclopedia in his hand: "Mr. Constantine, this is your book. I'm here to return it. Do you have any more interesting books like this?"

Zhao Chuanxin took the book and took out another scroll of "Strange Birds and Beasts" from the secret space. This is a hand-painted color scroll of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" published in recent years.

Handing the book to Juvencio Torique, Zhao Chuanxin said, "Don't damage it. This book is worth a lot of money."

"Don't worry, sir, I will keep it well. I will return it to you after I finish reading it." Juvencio Torique said, wiping his nose.

Zhao Chuanxin witnessed with his own eyes Juvencio Torric's snot rubbing against the cover of the book.

"..."

Only after Juvencio Torique ran home with the book did Zhao Chuanxin teleport back to the cabin on the mountainside.

At this time, it was 10: pm Beijing time.

Zhao Chuanxin finally felt a little sleepy.

He went to bed on an empty stomach, and when he woke up in the morning, he habitually wanted to refresh the "Code of the Old Gods".

But then he thought, his habit in China is to refresh at night.

So he resisted the urge to turn the pages of the book, stood up and went out to practice some balancing skills, and asked his puppet servants to cook and clean.

After washing and eating, Zhao Chuanxin put on a cotton coat and returned to his house in Lubin Mansion.

Rebecca Levy's eyes lit up when she saw Zhao Chuanxin: "My lord, you're back."

Zhao Chuanxin coughed, then glanced at Rebecca Levi’s stomach and found it was very flat.

"Yes, I'm back. Nothing happened in Lubin Mansion, right?"

"It's nothing serious." Rebecca Levi said, "It was just a while ago, during the Christmas celebration, someone came to attack, but they were repelled by the two general managers Hu."

"What the hell?" Zhao Chuanxin's eyes pricked up: "You call this a no big deal?"

(End of this chapter)