The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

What happened next was chaotic.

The Qing court never expected that the rebellion of the rebellious party would be responded to by hundreds of people, and the momentum of a prairie fire had already begun, and the new armies everywhere were supported by many members of the rebellious party.

Zaifeng was frightened and angry, and issued an edict to appoint Yuan Weiting as governor of Huguang to supervise the suppression of affairs.

Yuan Weiting was elated. He had been waiting for this opportunity for too long.

The rebel army took control of the three towns of Wu and Han, established the Hubei Military Government, and couldn't wait to change the country's name to the Republic of China.

The civilian army recruited troops and doubled their numbers in a few days.

The second and fourth towns of the New Qing Army took trains and arrived north of Hankou one after another.

War is about to break out.

…

Nikola Tesla, Benjamin Goldberg, and Zhao Chuanxin collaborated with great efficiency. On October 18, they finally completed 30 mobile phones.

"Master, why do you call me Big Brother? It's so unpleasant."

Nikola Tesla believed it: "Mobile phones are just fine."

Zhao Chuanxin said stubbornly: "Just call me Big Brother."

The big brother is really big, weighing 3 pounds and 30 centimeters long.

Holding it in your hand is more difficult than holding a brick.

In addition to Big Brother, there is also a telegraph machine that is matched with Big Brother.

Whether it's a call or a telegram, it's just a local area network.

Zhao Chuanxin gave one to Benjamin Goldberg and one to Nikola Tesla, and he kept the rest.

Zhao passed the instructions to Quitsalan, then Atore, and traveled by sea to the northernmost town of Nuevo Michoacán in Veracruz state.

Hoover and his workers were drilling a well.

Zhao Chuanxin arrived quietly, and only the local women noticed him.

"Hi Lupita, how are you?"

Zhao Chuanxin waved hello.

A plain-looking local woman also responded happily: "Hello, John."

When Zhao passed by, Lupita's female companion said: "He is really handsome."

Lupita nodded: "Yeah, I wish I could sleep with him."

"Then you go and try."

"Go ahead and try it. If you succeed, tell me and I'll try again."

Zhao Chuanxin found Hoover, who was wearing a wicker hat, and asked him, "How's it going?"

"I found a few spots, but I don't think they will be very productive."

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the sea: "If there is an oil field in the sea, can you drill it?"

Hoover glanced at Zhao Chuanxin in surprise: "Have you discovered an oil field in the sea?"

He said to himself: No wonder Zhao Chuanxin has been wandering around the seaside, letting Agure Ida and Pablo conquer one seaside town after another.

“Does your company have offshore drilling technology?”

Hoover thought for a while and said: "In 1897, a 250-foot wooden frame was erected on the tidal zone offshore California, and a drilling machine was placed on it to drill a well. This may be the world's first offshore drilling. Drilling offshore is difficult. But it can be done, but in terms of price..."

Zhao Chuanxin lit a cigarette and said, "If you come up with a specific plan, we can cooperate for a long time."

Hoover's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Easy to say," Hoover said, "but there may be technical difficulties that are difficult to solve at the moment."

"The contract we draft must make it clear that although you have given a plan, there are technical difficulties that you cannot solve, but I have solved them, and the money will have to be calculated separately."

"..." Hoover said nervously: "Mr. Zhao, we have something to say beforehand. Even if we mine offshore, the depth will be 200-700 feet deep. It is definitely a big project. My company cannot waste time and lose money, and I also have to live... …”

The mining site is on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, and is estimated to be at a depth of 50-200 meters.

Zhao Chuanxin knew nothing about oil exploration. He had previously asked Philander Knox to provide a group of drillers for training in China, but the technologies were far from up to standard. Hoover's move, which he had planned long ago, was finally put to use. .

"If I'm not wrong, you are now worth one or two million. As long as you do a good job, your net worth may be doubled."

Based on Hoover's understanding of Zhao Chuanxin, he knew that Zhao Chuanxin would not be aimless.

"A promise is made, and it's hard to catch up with the horse!"

“Let’s extract the oil here first.”

"no problem."

At this time, Hoover's workers shouted happily: "Oil is coming out, oil is coming out..."

…

Zhao Chuanxin had four powerful kings under Kuit Shalan, and they were stationed in four places.

Miguel Esteban is in Quitsaalán, Pablo Rojas is in Veracruz, Aguere Ida is in Carmen in Campeche, and Justino remains in New Mexico. But willing.

Three days later, Justino summoned the townspeople of Nuevo Michoacán to speak in public.

Justino said: "Don John Constantine decided to merge the states of Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche coastline into the same state, collectively known as the state of Constantine. Don John Constantine Ding was appointed governor. From now on, Constantine will be an autonomous state and a neutral state."

Hoover was also in the crowd, listening attentively.

He found that although the surrounding Mexican residents were agitated, their response was not particularly large.

Perhaps this is because Mexico has been so chaotic recently, with orders changing day and night, and leaders coming and going, which makes them feel numb.

Justino was wearing a chili suit and a cowboy hat, holding his waist with his hands. He stood on a high platform and continued: "The first order issued by the governor is to return all farmers' land, including Indians!"

These words were spoken loudly and resoundingly.

Hoover found that the Mexican people around him were talking from low voices to loud noises. Some people's faces turned pale, while others' blood pressure soared and their faces turned red.

"Sir, do you mean what you said?"

“Will the great men of Mexico City regret it?”

Isn’t this the San Luis Potosi Plan?

Neither Emiliano Zapata nor Pancho Villa did it, but an outsider like Zhao Chuanxin did it...

The first item is land reform.

Justino is a good-tempered and patient man.

He waited for the whistles, shouts and discussions below to gradually subside before he spoke: "The state of Constantine is an autonomous state and a neutral state. This means that we have our own laws and are not subject to the jurisdiction of the big men in Mexico City; no matter what, we have our own laws. No matter who is in power, it will not affect our decision to return the land.”

A representative of the townspeople stood up and asked: "What if the federal army comes and attacks?"

Justino pointed to the sky with one hand: "Have you heard of Don John Constantine? If you haven't, you can go and find out. He also called Zhao Chuanxin. As long as he is here, you will not be afraid of the federal army. However, the governor has said that protecting the land is everyone’s responsibility, and this responsibility must be delegated to each of you.”

Hoover was shocked to find that by simply returning the land, Zhao Chuanxin could easily change the impression that he had massacred Mexican people and made them support him again.

I really don’t remember to eat but not to fight.

Justino said: "In the process of land development in various parts of Constantine State, the city authorities will not step over others and make internal decisions. The town-level authorities can only play the role of assistants to the land merchants."

This decision was made because Zhao Chuanxin did not trust Mexican officials, and city governments could no longer act as land merchants to promote local economic and social development.

He wanted to allow land owners to cooperate with grassroots governments in the early days of statehood to control interests and implement mechanisms to ensure that the interests of each village and community and the interests of the government are realized, and to ensure that development can promote local development.

The common people get the big head, the town yamen get the middle head, and the local grassroots yamen get the small head.

This decision is to completely eliminate large landowners like the Quatsarantorik family in the next few years.

Even though the Constantine State spans thousands of miles, its actual control area is not much, and it mainly caters for oil field development.

Again, the boat is small and easy to turn around.

Zhao Chuanxin has the capital to do whatever he wants.

Justino continued: "In the future, you will be the leader in land sales and development, but you must cooperate with local infrastructure policies, otherwise raw land will never become mature land..."

This is another new rule to control people's random buying and selling of land.

Unlike Zhao Chuanxin's site in China, where the actual ownership of the land belongs to the local government, the land here is completely returned to the people, but the people are blind and ignorant. The local government needs to review every transaction and development terms and then decide whether to implement it. "Three links".

The three connections Justino mentioned are road connections, electricity connections, and water connections.

Lutong means building roads and building bridges.

Dentsu meets industrial power supply needs.

Land owners get the lion's share of the profits, but they also need to pay higher fees to support infrastructure construction and government policy implementation.

The town yamen will benefit from it, but they also need to contribute a large portion of the initial investment in development costs.

Hoover traveled south and north and saw the land policies of various countries around the world, but after listening to Justino's words, he still felt that his brain was shut down and confused.

How does this sound like running a company? rather than a piece of land.

But he roughly understood that even if the land was returned to the people at the bottom, they would not be allowed to act recklessly, otherwise no one would buy or lease their land.

If an investor wants to build on the land, but the local government does not cooperate, the land will remain barren for a hundred years and will be useless except for farming.

Let the people feel at ease, and then tie ropes around their necks to restrain them.

Hoover didn't know what would happen in the future, but at this time, Zhao Chuanxin had already won the favor of the local people.

People were cheering, shouting and jumping, and their excitement was palpable.

Some people shouted "Don John Constantine", others said "Long live the governor"...

Hoover felt that Zhao Chuanxin was really cunning and cunning, and felt that these Mexican people were really easy to fool.

But I also admire Zhao Chuanxin for being able to formulate a feasible land system so quickly.

This ability goes far beyond fighting in battle and goes beyond doing business.

The last thing Justino said: "The Hua-Mexican Bank is preparing to invest in the Hua-Mexican Women's Independent Garment Factory in Nuevo Michoacán, and the New York Star Catering Company will invest in the Xinghui Petroleum Company in Nuevo Michoacán. The cultivated land involved Occupancy fees, regulatory fees, paid personal land use fees and various certification processing fees, as well as local compensation, will be negotiated with the individuals after the land is allocated. New Michoacán will soon become an industrial town, and everyone will have a job. …”

This is another big news.

Nuevo Michoacán, Ciudad Veracruz and Carmen announced the news at the same time.

There is no movement in other places because Zhao Chuanxin is short of manpower.

October 30th.

Zhao Chuanxin was awakened by a nightmare.

He rarely had dreams, let alone nightmares.

After falling from a high altitude, he can stay in the air.

If he meets an evil person, he will kill him.

When you get to hell, regardless of the King of Hell or Satan, who has the final say over there is not certain.

How to make this nightmare happen?

But today he had a nightmare that made him uneasy.

He left a Big Brother set for Pablo Rojas, taught him how to use it, and left Mexico.

When Zhao Chuanxin arrived in Hankou, he first went to Juanwang Technical College to find Liu Huaqiang and left him a Big Brother suit.

"Has the war spread to the concession?"

Liu Huaqiang looked listless: "Principal, don't worry, each concession strictly observes neutrality. Our Juanwang Technical College is also a neutral zone, and the Qing army does not dare to come."

Zhao Chuanxin left Bagong's house and went straight to Manchun Tea Garden in Hankou without asking how things were going.

This is the temporary wartime headquarters established by Huang Xing.

Gunfire continued, cannon boomed, and fire broke out.

Everyone else ran outside, but Zhao Chuanxin went inside.

A group of Qing soldiers saw a tall man in a trench coat approaching and hurriedly stopped him: "He may be a rebel spy, arrest him..."

Zhao Chuanxin slapped the two people who came over to the ground with one slap.

He jumped onto the roof and disappeared from everyone's sight several times.

When they arrived at Manchun Tea Garden, Zhao Chuanxin jumped off the roof and asked, "I'm looking for Zhang Shuangxi and tell him that people from outside the customs are looking at him."

In Manchun Tea Garden, Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren, Zhang Jingliang, Shuangxi and others were looking at the map.

Zhang Jingliang sighed: "There are heavy casualties. It seems we can only retreat to Liudu Bridge."

Just as Huang Xing was about to speak, soldiers came in and reported that someone was looking for Zhang Shuangxi.

Shuangxi frowned: "He said he was from outside Guan?"

"yes."

Huang Xing raised his eyebrows: "Let's go out and have a look together."

"Passing the salary?" Shuangxi, who was disgraced and stained in many places, happily ran over.

Zhao Chuanxin patted Shuangxi on the shoulder: "Why are you so thin? Can't you eat enough?"

Huang Xing said: "Mr. Zhao, you are fine."

Only then did Song Jiaoren and others realize that the man in front of them was actually the legendary Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "You guys stand back a little while Shuangxi and I are having a little time together."

Huang Xing smiled and stepped back.

Zhang Jingliang frowned: "Even Zhao Chuanxin, he is too ungrateful!"

Huang Xing lowered his voice and said, "Don't yell. This man regards human life as nothing. You don't want to offend him."

Zhang Jingliang was unhappy: "Humph."

On the other side, Zhao Chuanxin said to Shuangxi: "I have been restless these days, thinking about things, and feel that the arrangement of Xingdao is not very safe."

Xingdao is Li Guangzong's character.

Shuangxi was puzzled: "How to say?"

"I think with our current capabilities, we don't need to risk you staying here with Sun Gongwu and the others."

I was moved by double happiness, and my eyes were red.

"I……"

He suddenly choked up.

He hasn't returned to Lugang Town for a long time. It's a lie that he misses home.

When Zhao Chuanxin wanted to come, Shuangxi would leave as soon as he said so. There was no need to waste time here.

But Shuangxi and Sun Gongwu had stayed there for a long time, and their moods had already undergone earth-shaking changes.

He was assimilated.

Shuangxi felt a sense of betrayal and shame.

He took a deep breath: "I'd better stay here to pass on the legacy."

Zhao Chuanxin was so smart, he saw Shuangxi's thoughts.

He wasn't angry about this, he was just worried about Shuangxi's safety.

He told Shuangxi: "You put on our body armor, and I will leave you some good things."

He took out a set of tactical clothing, a box of Apple Mines, two Lugang M1907s, two Mosin Nagant revolvers and matching ammunition.

"The clothes I made based on your previous weight may be a little big, but they are windproof and warm, and are convenient for carrying grenade ammunition. These boots are easy to travel through mountains and rivers."

The feelings between the elderly in Lugang Town cannot be diluted by distance and time.

Shuangxi hurriedly said: "I'll call them, they all want to see you."

He hurriedly dragged the box inside, fearing that tears would flow down his face if he waited too long.

Not long after, Huang Xing and others came out.

They looked at Zhao Chuanxin with complicated expressions.

Huang Xing handed over his hand: "The brotherhood between Mr. Zhao and Shuangxi is really enviable."

Just now Shuangxi dragged the box in, and they saw several bundles of banknotes at the bottom of the box, totaling 20,000 yuan.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled: "We don't have many relatives, so we should cherish each one."

Song Jiaoren next to him suddenly said: "Mr. Zhao, why don't you..."

Zhao Chuanxin interrupted him with a sideways glance: "Are you fucking teaching me how to do things?"

Song Jiaoren was horrified and retreated.

He has seen all kinds of people, but he has never made anyone retreat with a look.

Zhang Jingliang even instinctively put his hand on the holster on his waist...

Zhao Chuanxin took out his cigarette and lit it, and said to Huang Xing: "I'll leave this earth-shaking thing to you. Someone in the north is trying to divide the territory and split the land. That's my responsibility. We have a clear division of labor. Old Huang, what do you think? ?”

Huang Xing couldn't laugh or cry. This was the first time someone called him Lao Huang.

"I heard Shuangxi talk about Mr. Zhao's thoughts and concerns. We are all fighting for a better country."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded and jumped up.

With his windbreaker fluttering, he jumped more than five meters high and reached the roof.

Zhang Jingliang was stunned: "Is he really a god?"

Song Jiaoren felt a little embarrassed and said nothing.

Huang Xing raised his neck and said, "Just don't provoke him."

The few people went back, and Shuangxi handed Huang Xing a letter: "Bullets have no eyes on the battlefield. If anything happens to me, please give this letter to me."

"Don't say anything depressing."

…

On the grassland, Jebzundamba sent people to Lubin Mansion to determine the boundaries of Sangbeizi and requested that relevant documents be signed in an exact and solemn form.

Yao Jia immediately agreed and asked the lawyer to formulate six main provisions, but there were more than 200 supplementary provisions.

Article 132 stipulates: Upon the establishment of a unified multi-ethnic relationship between all ethnic groups in the grassland, adhering to mutual respect but insisting on independence in external affairs, the Lubin government has the power to prohibit acts such as creating divisions...

Article 132 is very inconspicuous, sandwiched among many supplementary articles.

The lamas on the grassland did not read it carefully at all. There were too many of them, and they were written in Chinese characters, so they could not finish reading them in a short time.

Two days after the signing of the treaty, many lamas from the Shabi Yamen of Jebtsundamba had a group fight with officials from the Kulun Minister's Yamen.

The Kulun Minister Sanduo was so angry that his nose was crooked.

Jebtsundamba became more and more arrogant. When the princes of various tribes saw that Jebtsundamba and Lubinfu had signed an agreement, they made a fuss, but Lubinfu did not move, so they became more unscrupulous.

On November 16, Huang Xing commanded the Han-Yang army and civilians to counterattack Hankou, and a fierce battle was fought in the Yudaimen area.

On the same day, Handa Dorji and others went to see Radovsky, the Consul General of the Tsarist Russia in Kulun.

Radovsky was originally worried about Zhao Chuanxin, but he found that after Jebtsundamba signed an agreement with Lubin Prefecture, Zhao Chuanxin did not respond after several attempts, and gradually became bolder.

Therefore, the princes of the grassland tribes mobilized thousands of soldiers from each flag and joined forces with two companies of Cossack soldiers to surround the Kulun Minister's Office.

November 17.

The militia failed at Yudaimen and prepared to retreat to Hanyang.

However, the Qing army crossed the Han River from Xingou and pursued them.

Shuangxi told Huang Xing: "I will lead the rear guard, you retreat first."

In the fierce battle, Shuangxi rushed and hit seven times in a row.

He was wearing a bulletproof vest that only the old people in Lugang Town had. He was hit by seven bullets, one shot hit his left arm, one shot hit his right leg, and the remaining five shots hit various parts of his chest.

Although the bulletproof vest made of Gangyijia is bulletproof, it cannot resist the impact.

Shuangxi had been injured in the previous street fight, and his internal organs were severely damaged. He vomited blood and died after throwing away all the apple mines Zhao Chuanxin had given him.

When he died, his facial muscles were twisted in pain, but he had a smile on his lips, and his hand was stretched towards the direction of Lugang Town...