mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 969: 1909 First Half of the Advisory Council Meeting
Zhao Chuanxin worked in his newly built studio from the dark of the Mexican night until dawn.

At this time, the glass roof effect was achieved, the sunlight shone on the top of the mountain, and the studio was bright.

Zhao Chuanxin turned off more than a dozen lights.

He stretched and went to the white house.

The Chihuahua ran over happily, tilted its head back, waiting for Zhao Chuanxin to feed it, its tail twirling.

Zhao Chuanxin had basically forgotten about it. He patted his head and went to the kitchen to look around, but there weren't many ready-made ingredients.

He took a piece of cactus and a sweet potato and put them in the pot to steam.

Just at this time, Aguilei Ida woke up. Zhao Chuanxin pointed at the meat on the chopping board and a Cao Zhengxing kitchen knife and said, "Go, chop the meat into stuffing."

Aguilera Ida was half-drowsy, but he forced himself to pick up the knife and start chopping.

"oops."

Because he didn't know how to use a kitchen knife and was tired, he cut his finger and it bled.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the salivating Chihuahua and said, "You are in luck. Today I can add some meat to fill your teeth."

Aguilera Ida: "..."

After the sweet potatoes and cactus were steamed, Zhao Chuanxin mashed them, and Aguile Ida also chopped the meat. Zhao Chuanxin mixed some cornmeal into it, added some olive oil, kneaded it into a ball, and put it in the pot to continue steaming.

Aguilera Ida said, "Ah, it smells so good."

"Well, you'll eat the same thing as the dog later."

Aguilera Ida didn't care.

Zhao Chuanxin knew that people here eat cactus, but he didn't know whether dogs could eat it.

What the hell?
After steaming, Aguilera Ida ate the strange hybrid dumpling with the Chihuahua.

Both the man and the dog devoured the food.

Zhao Chuanxin held a cigarette in his mouth and looked at them strangely: "I hope nothing will happen to them."

But the question is, is it really that delicious?
Zhao Chuanxin smelled it and his face was full of disgust.

He made himself a plate of authentic soy sauce fried rice.

Aguire Ida rubbed his stomach and looked at the delicious soy sauce fried rice: "Actually, I can eat more."

Zhao Chuanxin ate slowly and said calmly, "Actually, you should get to work."

Aguilera Ida: "..."

He said, "Don John Constantine, Miguel Esteban came yesterday before sunset and, noticing you were not there, asked me to express my gratitude. Are you--"

As he said this, he made a gesture of wiping his neck.

After all, he saw the scene where Zhao Chuanxin killed the group of rural cavalry patrols without even blinking an eye.

Salvador Humberto was just one of Urquidi Gómez's men, a mere thug under Camilo Torric, no more formidable than the Rural Patrol.

He believed that it would be easier for Zhao Chuanxin to kill Salvador Humberto.

But he didn't hear any gunshots yesterday.

Zhao Chuanxin pulled out an exquisite short sword with a clang: "Young man, you know too much."

Aguilera Ida was shocked: "Don John Constantine, please don't kill me to silence me."

"You know too much, but you don't work. You just talk nonsense here. You should know that we don't support idle people here."

"I work, I work." Aguirre Ida was very active, but before he went to the stable, he muttered, "It's really troublesome. So many cavalry policemen died, and Salvador died. We have offended everyone. I hope nothing will happen next time."

Zhao Chuanxin had just sheathed his sword when he suddenly felt that he might have done it too early.

Damn crow's mouth.

The wind was very strong in February, which caused a lot of trouble for Aguilera Ida's homework.

He found it difficult to lift a board, let alone hammer in nails.

And in the direction from which the wind was blowing, that is, in Cholula, Obregón was lying in bed recovering from his injuries.

He was whistling a song called "Little Wild Dove," the tune of which was too lascivious to be worthy of performance.

His wife sat nearby, starching the cuffs of his clothes to make them more durable.

They also have an old maid who helps with washing and cleaning, and they live a very comfortable life.

At this time, Salcedo Antonio's wife came to the door and said, "Obregón, you asked Salcedo to do you a favor, but he has been out for a few days and hasn't come home yet! Did the strong wind blow him to Veracruz?"

Obregon was surprised: "What? You haven't come back yet?"

Salcedo Antonio's wife asked anxiously, "What on earth did you ask him to do for you? I heard that no one who went with him ever came back."

Obregon frowned, but did not answer directly. Instead, he said, "Go back first. Don't worry. I'll send someone to look for him. Don't worry. No one dares to mess with us, the cavalry patrol police, here."

After coaxing the other party away, Obregon asked his wife to find someone and went to Quetzalán to find Urquidi Gómez.

After Urquidi Gomez received the news, he was about to take action when he was summoned by Camilo Torric.

Camilo Torick was in high spirits and said to him, "The governor will be here in a few days. During this time, don't cause any trouble and focus on entertaining the governor."

Urquidi Gomez opened his mouth and swallowed his words.

When he came out of the landlord's hacienda, one of his men said to him, "Urquidi, Salvador Humberto went to Miguel Esteban's house to ask for land, and he hasn't come back yet. What should we do?"

Urquidi Gomez gritted his teeth and said, "Damn country bumpkins, they don't know what's good for them. Don Camilo Torric has not allowed me to act rashly recently. Let's wait until the governor leaves and settle accounts with these people."

……

Zhao Chuanxin was hesitating whether to practice runes with the advanced method given by the old emperor.

Xingyue gave him an analysis: "Mastering runes requires talent. Obviously, you don't have this talent. You can't even master one of the four runes. So you need a starting point. After all, there are more runes in the Cursed Desert."

Xingyue's words made Zhao Chuanxin make up his mind.

He followed the method of advancement and first practiced the Light Blade Rune.

The way to advance is to simplify the runes, and gradually improve them like adding fingerprints.

After working for a long time, Zhao Chuanxin was sweating profusely, but he still couldn't move forward on this road.

Xingyue said: "Don't worry, you are used to painting, which is the biggest obstacle for you to practice runes. Runes are three-dimensional. According to what you said, it is not two-dimensional, nor three-dimensional, it is a four-dimensional graphic."

This is the benefit of having a learning assistant who is proficient in the civilizations of both worlds.

A word to awaken the dreamer.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the stars and the moon presented on his glasses, a four-dimensional picture virtualized by a two-dimensional plane.

The pattern gradually took shape in my mind.

But just as it is difficult for a person living in a three-dimensional world to figure out how the Klein bottle has an unoriented plane.

When I was in school, the teacher said that a fly can fly directly from the inside of a bottle to the outside without having to pass through the surface of the bottle because there is no distinction between inside and outside.

At that time, Zhao Chuanxin looked at the drawn Klein bottle. No matter how he simulated it, he felt that the fly was trapped in a dead end instead of flying directly out.

So he kept pestering the teacher. It was just a casual remark, but the physics teacher was pestered by him for the entire class and was very angry.

It was the same at this time, Zhao Chuanxin racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

Xingyue had no choice but to draw the lines for him first.

Then flip and extend the lines into a surface.

Afterwards, the various surfaces were connected, with several of them intersecting at certain points, allowing Zhao Chuanxin to imagine how they would become outside from inside.

This is actually the law of rune energy flow.

Xingyue gave all the metaphors it knew to assist Zhao Chuanxin in his practice, but Zhao Chuanxin, who had been smart all his life, now became a fool.

If it were a human master, he would have been so angry that he would have wanted to hit someone.

Xingyue's patience is infinite.

It teaches over and over again, never getting tired of it.

Finally, it simply used animated images of surging energy to help Zhao Chuanxin understand.

It is like a human pulse, with blood pumping through the heart, spreading throughout the body through blood vessels, and then contracting back.

This is actually the frequency conversion method of controlling the central control rune fragments. The Spring Sword and the Light Blade Gun both work on the same principle.

Even the old emperor didn't master it.

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up: "Young Master, I understand!"

Ever since taking the Six Senses Potion, his control over his body has reached its peak.

At this moment, time seemed to slow down, Zhao Chuanxin was fully focused and snapped his fingers.

shuh...

A blade of light the size of a millet grain flew out, cutting a two-centimeter-deep cut in the corner of the rock table. Of course, this cut was very inconspicuous.

"I, Chao, have always wanted to be known as Zhao's nickname, and now it has finally come true!"

Zhao Chuanxin was overjoyed.

But the next time he snapped his fingers, the light blade did not appear.

Xingyue said: "The rune you constructed is incomplete, and you need to slowly become proficient. When you don't even need to think and can do it effortlessly, it's time to advance to the next level. It's the same principle as when you practice swordsmanship."

So, Zhao Chuanxin kept poking his fingers at the low stone wall in the yard of the white house.

Occasionally, a piece of debris would fall from the stone wall, or a little dust would be raised.

Aguilera Ida, who was working in the stable, watched from afar and couldn't see clearly, but he thought Don John Constantine seemed to be having an epilepsy.

Zhao Chuanxin practiced like a madman. At first, he even found it difficult to construct four-dimensional graphics, but later he gradually became familiar with it.

However, he was not good at controlling the frequency, so the light blade was sometimes long, sometimes short, sometimes far, sometimes near.

In fact, his Light Blade Rune is no longer the old emperor's Light Blade Rune, but the Light Blade Rune after the upgrade of Star and Moon.

The starting point is lower than that of the old emperor, but the fighting power is destined to be higher than that of the old emperor.

When Zhao Chuanxin came home late, Rebecca Levy was already asleep.

She was riding on a thick quilt with her butt sticking out and her hair messy.

Her lips are a little pale.

Seeing this, Zhao Chuanxin tidied up the quilt for her and went to sleep in the warm bed.

Because Rebecca Levi went to bed early, when she woke up, she happened to see Zhao Chuanxin getting dressed.

She quickly threw back the quilt: "Come on, I'm still okay."

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth: "Then I won't be polite."

As he spoke, he pounced on her. Rebecca Levy screamed.

This is too rough.

Zhao Chuanxin pounced on her and put lipstick on her.

"Um...what is this?"

Rebecca Levy was stunned.

"Don't move, or you'll get smeared." Zhao Chuanxin warned.

Rebecca Levy had no choice but to open her mouth in cooperation.

"Don't open your mouth so wide, don't use too much force, this isn't something you're doing, why are you using too much force?"

"..."

After finally getting it right, Zhao Chuanxin applied a little on the inside of her lower lip and then gave her a smear.

"Follow me, rub your upper and lower lips like this."

The way she rubbed it was strange, and it made Zhao Chuanxin feel very familiar...

When she was done, Zhao Chuanxin picked up the mirror on the dressing table and held it in front of her: "See how it looks."

"Ah..." Rebecca Levi screamed.

This is so fucking ugly and scary, the lips are unevenly painted red, as if someone had eaten a dead child.

Zhao Chuanxin laughed: "Don't move, hold the mirror."

Then he extended his index finger and lightly tapped her lower lip to spread the lipstick, and even lightly applied a little outside the upper and lower lip lines, as if he was painting a picture with light and dark areas to create shading.

Apply shadow above the lip peak to shorten the distance between the philtrum.

This time, Zhao Chuanxin used two clean middle fingers to apply the makeup on the area outside the lower lip line and move it upwards. This way, it would not look boring and would have a lifting effect.

Use two other clean ring fingers to blend the makeup outside the lip line.

Rebecca Levy watched Zhao Chuanxin perform the operation and discovered miraculously that her dry and pale lips had become plump and rosy, and even she found herself feeling attractive.

"Wow……"

She felt it was amazing, and at the same time she thought, throughout history, both in China and abroad, has there ever been a man who would dress up his own woman?

That feeling is really wonderful, proud and sweet.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled faintly: "That's nothing. In fact, I have some more powerful tricks."

"How powerful?"

"Two 'wows' that's awesome."

"..."

Zhao Chuanxin handed the lipstick to Rebecca Levi: “It’s for you.”

What woman doesn’t like gifts?

nonexistent.

Rebecca Levy couldn't let go of the beautifully crafted lipstick. She played with it back and forth with her left and right hands, and moved it in and out up and down.

Put on lipstick.

Gee, it feels really good.

What a beautiful shape.

The veins carved on it...are really beautiful.

Zhao Chuanxin jumped out of bed, put on his clothes thoroughly, and warned, "You must know how to be moderate. Look at your face and your lips. You are obviously weak."

"But Xi Tao told me that there are only cows that die of exhaustion, but no fields that are damaged by plowing."

"She's a widow, she doesn't know shit." Zhao Chuanxin sneered: "The more you till the fields, the poorer the soil becomes, and the looser the crops become. But cattle are different. In the process, they get enough exercise, their muscles become strong, and they are full of energy."

"Ah? Is that so?"

"How could I lie to you?"

Rebecca Levy mused: "So, from two ploughings a day to one ploughing a day?"

"Tian needs to rest. It's best to update once every three days. Believe me, it's right."

"Three days? Well, you're so nice to me." Rebecca Levy said happily.

……

The Advisory Council's annual meeting was held as scheduled on the twelfth day of the lunar year.

Not all members of the first term were elected by representatives of the people.

But it encompasses all sectors of society.

Liu Shenglin is one of the Han Chinese parliamentarians.

When he arrived at the venue, he found that the person sitting next to him was a strange grassland woman. The nameplate in front of the seat read - Wu Xiangning.

The wasps kept hitting the swing rope, and at that moment, the slender hands were filled with fragrance.

This name is not uncommon.

But a mere girl from the grassland would definitely not have such knowledge. This name must have been given to her by someone.

Liu Shenglin had a good idea, as the person who came up with the name was Yao Jia.

Liu Shenglin was very unhappy about having a woman sitting next to him.

He angrily went to find the venue staff to argue.

The Advisory Council of Lubin Prefecture was very large, with nameplates and water cups on each table. There were staff at the venue, wearing uniforms and wearing badges with the words "guide" on their chests.

The Chuanxin suit is a modified western-style suit with a stand-up collar, which is now very popular among civil servants in Lubin Prefecture.

Whether they want to find a toilet or get water, the members of parliament only need to ask the guide. There is nothing they don’t know.

Liu Shenglin found the guide and asked: "Why did you let me sit next to a woman? Do you look down on me?"

Unexpectedly, the usher had an even worse temper than him: "Do you look down on me? Even if I do, I won't let you in. Just sit wherever you are told to sit. If you don't want to sit, just leave the council. There are plenty of people waiting to come in."

Liu Shenglin's chest was heaving with anger, and he pointed at the guide: "You, you, you are really disrespectful..."

"Courtesy?" The guide said disdainfully, "First day in Lubin Prefecture? Do you think it's the prefect who is being polite, or Speaker Yao? The day before yesterday, the prefect came and told me to 'get out', did I behave politely to him?"

Liu Shenglin was dumbfounded and speechless on the spot.

It's really disgraceful.

How can we, a great country and a nation of etiquette, allow these rotten fish and shrimp to bring ruin to our reputation?

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I really wanted to walk away, but I couldn't give up my power as a legislator.

Years ago, the Advisory Council of Lubin Prefecture held a trial meeting, drafted and finalized some bills, which made these members feel the taste of power.

This time the commotion is said to be even bigger.

After this meeting, the next annual meeting will be at the end of the year, and he doesn't want to miss this event.

He had no choice but to sit back down patiently, but when he looked at the burly grassland woman beside him, he snorted coldly and muttered in a low voice: "Only villains and women are difficult to raise."

Wu Xiangning glared and slammed her arms, which were thicker than Liu Shenglin's, on the table: "If you want to speak, speak louder. What's the point of whispering and sneaking around?"

Liu Shenglin secretly competed with the opponent and felt that he was no match for the opponent, so he just turned away with a look of dissatisfaction.

It's okay if I don't see it and I won't be bothered, right?

The man on Wu Xiangning's right had a flat head and a sparse beard, and looked to be in his thirties.

He was very friendly: "Hello, Miss Wu, my name is Jiang Lingzhu."

"Hello, Mr. Jiang." Wu Xiangning smiled.

Don’t say it, really don’t say it, this grassland girl is big and strong, and her skin is a bit rough, but when she smiles, she actually looks pretty.

Jiang Lingzhu leaned over and whispered, "Miss Wu, don't confront him. He looks like an old-school gentry and is very stubborn."

The old-school gentry is a term used in Lugang Town.

In Lugang Town, some stubborn old-fashioned people are called old-school gentry, while new-school gentry are open-minded, wealthy and powerful people who care about Lugang Town and are progressive people.

Wu Xiangning's liking for Jiang Lingzhu increased, and she asked, "Mr. Wu, where are you from?"

Jiang Lingzhu said proudly: "I am from Lugang Town. I graduated from the Law Department of Lugang Town University. I was hired by Lubin Prefecture as a legal advisor and was elected as a member of parliament."

Wu Xiangning's eyes lit up: "That's incredible."

"Where, where..."

There were more than a hundred MPs in the venue, and it was packed.

Liu Shenglin found more than 10 women in the crowd and was furious: "The world is really going downhill."

But Tang Qunying in the crowd was extremely excited.

She has always advocated equality between men and women.

It cannot be said that Lubin Prefecture has achieved gender equality, but it is at least much better than other local government offices, and even much better than foreign countries. After all, apart from here, I have never heard of any country allowing women to be officials.

Because the Lubin Prefecture Advisory Council was established hastily, one-third of the members were recommended internally, one-third were introduced from outside, and one-third were selected locally.

Re-elections are held every two years.

Two years later, the election became every four years.

From now on, all members of parliament will be elected rather than internally appointed and recommended.

The first chairman of the Advisory Council was Yao Jia.

Everyone discovered that after Yao Jia went up to the podium, Zhao Chuanxin, the prefect of Lubin Prefecture, did not appear.

Yao Jia knocked on the aluminum foil diaphragm microphone that flew from the sky.

"Dong dong dong..."

This thing wasn't available at the last meeting.

So everyone was shocked.

Yao Jia smiled, this was exactly the pretentious and cool effect she wanted.

The products from the prefect’s personal electrical laboratory are indeed all good stuff.

His voice spread throughout the room: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Lubin Prefecture Advisory Council meeting for the first half of 1909 begins now."

(End of this chapter)