The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Li Guangzong was not a soft-hearted person.

If someone asked him a few words, he would not refuse and help him.

He had his purpose.

He told Zhao Chuanxin about Bai Lang.

Like many people in this era, Bai Lang was forced to join the Liangshan Mountain.

He was from Henan. His original name was not Bai Lang. There was no final conclusion on his specific name.

Anyway, everyone called him Bai Lang now.

Bai Lang's family was not rich, but they had enough food and drink.

He was generous and generous, a bit like Song Jiang.

This made him a leader among the poor people.

So he had some reputation in his hometown and was able to convince the public.

In his Da Liu Village, the Wang family was the most common.

People in the same village inevitably had conflicts.

The Wang family had many people and bullied others by taking advantage of their power. More than a dozen people would beat him up at any time.

Over time, he could not beat the Wang family, so he tried his best to make friends.

Who wouldn't form gangs?

There are many mountainous roads in the area, and bandits often appear on those rugged and uneven roads with gullies.

When people encounter bandits, Bai Lang dares to stand up, protect the driver, and clear the way for others.

Sometimes, he will be beaten for standing up for others.

This kind of character of helping others solve problems and being public-spirited has made him famous. Many business teams have joined Bai Lang's team, making him gradually powerful.

Everyone calls him "Brother Guan".

There is a local landlord named Wang Qi.

In 2008, Bai Lang had another quarrel with the Wang family.

The Wang family, who usually bullied Bai Lang, gathered more than 20 people and wanted to beat Bai Lang as usual.

Unexpectedly, Bai Lang at this time is no longer the Bai Lang of the past.

A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops come to meet.

Dozens of people rushed into Da Liu Village and surrounded the Wang family.

Wang Qi saw it and got scared, and quickly ordered people to close the door.

I can't beat him, I really can't beat him.

After closing the door, Wang Qi couldn't swallow this breath, so he asked Wang Zhen, an 80-year-old elder in the clan, to negotiate.

Wang Zhen, an 80-year-old man, is also a prestigious elder in the village.

It would be fine if the old man just admitted his mistake and apologized, but he relied on his old age and the accumulated prestige of the Wang family to argue with Bai Lang.

Bai Lang thought, now is different from the past, how dare you, Wang Jia'an, bully me?

Immediately, he pushed Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen was 80 years old, with osteoporosis and weak organs. He fell to the ground and died soon after.

The Wang family bribed the county magistrate to arrest Bai Lang and put him in prison.

In prison, the bribed jailer hung him up and beat him severely.

During the one-year prison sentence, Bai Lang suffered a lot.

In order to get him out, his family went bankrupt.

Bai Lang couldn't make a living in the local area after offending the Wang family again, so he had to leave.

After he was released from prison, he wanted to go into the mountains to be a tread general.

Bandits have different names in different places. In Shandong, they are called "Xiangma", outside the Great Wall, they are called "Luanzi", and here they are called "Tread General".

There were many disasters in the late Qing Dynasty, and the people could not survive so they went into the mountains to become bandits.

"Tread General" was originally a "Tread Craftsman", which describes a craftsman who runs errands.

These craftsmen became bandits, and the people called them "Tread Generals".

But Bai Lang's family did not agree with him going into the mountains to be a tread general. After much persuasion, Bai Lang had to give up the idea and find a job raising horses.

When he went there, he brought a good horse, which was sturdy and handsome.

When he arrived at the place, the rich landlord became greedy and relied on his large number of people to forcibly exchange his old red horse for Bai Lang's good horse.

Anyone would be furious!

Not only that, the landlord even asked Bai Lang to return 50 taels of silver to him.

Bai Lang was almost angry to death, and took the old red horse home, swallowing his anger.

This was not the end, the other party actually brought the thugs who were guarding the house to Bai Lang's house and took away the old red horse.

This was too much!

In the second year of Xuantong, the soldiers robbed Bai Lang's family property on false charges and confiscated his sister's house on the charge of communicating with bandits.

So far, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Bai Lang directly became a bandit.

Go to hell, there is no way for good people to survive in this world.

Local proverb: If you want to be an official, go to pull the lever; if you think the official position is small, there are not enough people. A quick gun pulls the bolt, two or three thousand silver dollars; go to pull the lever early in the morning, and you will be an official in the evening.

Pulling the lever means gathering people to become bandits and robbing together.

It can be seen that the locals can't survive, and everyone has the desire to become a bandit.

You can't spill oil if you can't turn the gourd over.

Bai Lang decided to go all out and became a bandit.

He first wiped out the Wang family that had harmed him, killed the jailer, and slaughtered the landlord who had blackmailed him for his horse.

Bai Lang had the means, and under various circumstances, his team gradually expanded.

He robbed houses and occasionally helped the poor.

But he had few guns, but many cannons and swords, and he was not yet a force to be reckoned with.

At this time, the dynasty changed.

Yuan Weiting came to power and began to "cut down the feudal lords", asking local governments to reduce their military forces.

Many local soldiers were not good people to begin with, they were all kinds of people, and there were also bandits who were recruited.

Now that the army was reduced, there was nothing to do, so they went to Bai Lang.

This group of people did not come in vain, they were carrying guns.

Bai Lang's back straightened up.

The dynasty changed, the slogans were shouted loudly, democracy, republic.

But guess what?

The people found that there was no difference from the Qing Dynasty. The government was poor and had nothing. The taxes they should have collected were not reduced at all. Maybe they were even more severe. Those who should not have food to eat still had no food to eat.

Bai Lang had the greatest power, and those who could not have food to eat flocked to him.

The situation was unstable after the change of dynasty, and the local government turned a blind eye to Bai Lang and others.

Under semi-acquiescence, Bai Lang's team expanded rapidly.

Yuan Weiting was born in Henan, and had a good friend in the local area named Zhang Zhenfang.

As everyone else rose to power, Zhang Zhenfang also stood up.

Yuan Weiting asked him to go and suppress the bandits.

Zhang Zhenfang had a lot of crooked ideas. He learned from Zhang Zuolin outside the Great Wall, and lured various generals into the city under the guise of recruiting amnesty, saying that ten people would let you be a platoon leader, and a hundred people under your command would let you be a company commander...

Once these people entered the city, they would close the door and beat the dogs.

Bai Lang didn't buy Zhang Zhenfang's tricks, so he didn't go and escaped.

At the same time, he also realized that Yuan Weiting was not a good thing.

Go to hell, keep doing it.

Moreover, all the generals were killed by Zhang Zhenfang, leaving Bai Lang alone.

Bai Lang temporarily avoided the limelight and developed quietly, breaking up into small groups, kidnapping landlords, eating wealthy people, robbing trains, and doing everything else.

He also absorbed the remaining troops of the destroyed generals.

If someone came to surrender, he would first give them money.

Later, Sun Gongwu and his men made a fuss.

Seeing that the two sides had started fighting, Bai Lang felt that his chance to become powerful had come, so he contacted Huang Xing.

When Huang Xing saw that this man was sensible and bowed down, he thought he was someone who could be won over, so he gave him 20,000 yuan and hundreds of guns.

Moreover, Sun Gongwu appointed Bai Lang as the vanguard commander of the coalition forces of Hunan, Hubei and Henan provinces, a title that was terrifying.

But Bai Lang still felt that it was not big enough, so he proclaimed himself as the commander-in-chief of the Supporting Han and Fighting Yuan, and was determined to be as famous as Zhao Chuanxin, who had his own troops in the north.

Without the title of commander-in-chief, it would not be enough to show his prestige.

Yuan Weiting was confused.

Zhang Zhenfang had told him before that Bai Lang and other generals had been destroyed, so how could they be resurrected in the blink of an eye?

So he said to Zhang Zhenfang: "You must wipe out Bai Lang within three months, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As a result, Sun Gongwu and his men had a lot of momentum, but they were just a lot of noise and little action, and they were soon put out.

Bai Lang, on the other hand, crossed the states and prefectures, and wherever he passed, some government offices fled in fear, and those who could resist were not Bai Lang's opponents. After three victories, Bai Lang's army was greatly boosted in morale.

The defenders in various places were all made of paper, and they were broken with a single blow.

Bai Lang's army could not only fight, but also run, and they could run 130 miles a day.

So Zhang Zhenfang's army was hanging behind, and they could not catch up with Bai Lang no matter what.

Bai Lang was robbing in front, and Zhang Zhenfang was chasing behind.

Since then, Bai Lang has been nicknamed the White Wolf.

Bai Lang saw that it was great, the more he fought, the more people he had, and it was too easy!

So they boldly divided their troops, marching westward from Xinyang, directly taking Suizhou, Zaoyang, Xinye, Guanghua, turning north to Dengzhou, passing through Xixia, and fighting all the way to Lushi; the other marched eastward, taking Luoshan, Guangshan, Huangchuan, and finally reaching Gushi.

They cut melons and vegetables with ease along the way.

Because there were many foreign churches along the way, Bai Lang remembered how Zhao Chuanxin dealt with those missionaries who occupied land wantonly, so he didn't indulge them at all. When he saw the church, he went to rob and kill the missionaries and opened the warehouse to release the grain.

This made Yuan Weiting lose face in the international community and was very angry.

After going around in circles, Sun Gongwu and his men were completely defeated, and Bai Lang was still fighting.

But at this time, Yuan Weiting could concentrate on encircling and suppressing him.

The situation suddenly became serious.

That's why Huang Xing and his men were anxious.

This thing is just like feelings and the stock market. After paying, you will place your hopes and be trapped.

Li Guangzong was not thinking about Huang Xing and others, but Bai Lang's background and his amazing record.

This Bai Lang is awesome.

Sun Gongwu and others are nothing, but Yuan Weiting's Beiyang Army can't do anything to Bai Lang. Isn't this a real talent?

So, he called Zhao Chuanxin.

"Master, if such a talent is recruited, wouldn't it be another Liu Yonghe?"

Liu Yonghe was also a bandit at first, and later he led people to fight against the Russians, and he fought well.

After Liu Yonghe led the Back Water Army, although he made many mistakes in the early stage, he also stood firm and died in the battlefield.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled: "There are all kinds of people in his team, which is not in line with our style."

He could figure it out with his toes. Wherever Bai Lang's people went, they would definitely burn, kill, rob and commit all kinds of evil.

Bandits are bandits, just a mob.

On the surface, Bai Lang made a big fuss.

But in reality, he got there by robbing all the way, and he was just a rootless duckweed.

It is estimated that he can still boast for half a year, and then he will be completely wiped out by Yuan Weiting.

The Beiyang Army was demoralized at this time, but it was not really without combat effectiveness.

Zhao Chuanxin looked down on this kind of ragtag team.

Li Guangzong hurriedly said: "Master, I am not talking about his team, I am talking about Bai Lang. He can lead a mob to win battles again and again, so he must be incompetent."

Zhao Chuanxin realized that Li Guangzong really admired this man.

He thought for a while and said: "Let's do this, I will go to meet him in a few days. Tell Huang Xing and others not to worry, the newspapers like to exaggerate, I think Bai Lang is at his peak now, and he is in high spirits."

The reason why Huang Xing and others were anxious was that the Beiyang Army sent by Yuan Weiting to encircle and suppress Bai Lang lied about military merits.

If ten people were killed, they would report a hundred or even a thousand people.

If Bai Lang killed a thousand people, they would dare to say that there were 50,000.

If what was reported in the newspapers was true, at least a million people had died in the battle under Bai Lang's command...

But according to Zhao Chuanxin's estimate, there were only ten thousand people at most, otherwise Bai Lang's troops would not be marching so fast.

Newspapers often said that Bai Lang was dead. According to reports, Bai Lang had died probably ten times.

That's why Huang Xing and the others are anxious.

In Zhao Chuanxin's opinion, Sun, Huang and others were talking nonsense.

The soles of each shoe were greased and they slipped quickly.

If it hadn't been for the unexpected meeting of the wind and clouds, and all the previous Qingqi had been exhausted, I don't know that it would have taken decades for the counterattack to succeed.

At this time, it is a fool's errand to think of overthrowing Yuan Weiting just by relying on his fame.

With the change of dynasties, the road ahead is unclear. From top to bottom, everyone is groping for how to move forward.

Then Yuan Weiting died,

Warlords fight.

After experiencing labor pains, the people may not yet understand what is good, but at least they have understood what is bad.

According to his opinion, around 1920 was the time when this farce ended.

As for the future, what the heck?

Zhao Chuanxin originally only considered gains and losses from the perspective of the common people, but now he considers issues from the perspective of a superior. He is now the leader of the Eight Classics.

It's really sad.

Zhao Chuanxin took a deep breath.

After talking to Li Guangzong for a few more words, he hung up the phone.

There was floor heating in the room, which was obviously very warm, but Zhao Chuanxin still lit the fireplace.

Zhao Nianzhen only wore a thin skirt in the room and ran away happily with her classmate Xiaonian.

Zhao Chuanxin saw a suspicious water stain on the floor.

Zhao Nianzhen ran there, and when his feet slipped, he was about to fall.

Zhao Chuanxin flashed forward and hugged his daughter when her head hit the armrest of the chair.

Zhao Nianzhen's mouth dropped and he burst into tears.

Zhao Chuanxin took a sniff and found that the liquid on the ground did have a bit of a stinky smell.

"Good guy, he's so big and he's still drawing maps all over the place."

Zhao Chuanxin picked up his daughter with one hand, ignored her crying, and carried his daughter to mop the floor.

Zhao Nianzhen was bouncing up and down in Zhao Chuanxin's arms. He howled for a moment and felt bored, so he waved to Xiaonian's classmate on the ground: "Come here quickly."

Zhao Chuanxin mopped the floor in front, and the furry bear ran behind.

Zhao Lingjun saw it with hot eyes.

After mopping the floor, Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand and the water vapor evaporated.

He changed Zhao Nianzhen into a pair of cotton socks and then placed her on the ground again: "Tell daddy if you want to pee. Don't pee on the floor."

Zhao Nianzhen turned a deaf ear.

Another hour later, Zhao Lingjun howled miserably: "Zhao Nianzhen, look at what you drew on my notes..."

Zhao Chuanxin raised his head and glanced, and found that the notebook was indeed a mess.

He raised his eyebrows. This didn't seem to be homework.

He picked up the notebook and looked at it: "What is this?"

"This is the wireless knowledge that Nicholas taught at Lugang Town University."

"..." Zhao Chuanxin was speechless: "Why are you learning this? When you become a queen in the future, are you going to send and receive telegrams by yourself?"

Zhao Lingjun bared his teeth proudly: "Walking around the world, I have many skills but I don't feel overwhelmed."

Yao Bing was still there, saying: "Junior sister has great ambitions and has serious business!"

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

The situation in Zhao Chuanxin's family has now changed.

In the middle of the living room, there is an extra wall that separates the study half.

The floor here is wiped clean to identify people, so take off your shoes when entering the house.

The other side is less particular and you can wear shoes.

The reason is that there is a teleportation array in the study room.

Originally, the door of the house was locked at night.

Now the door is also open at night, but a guard box has been built at the entrance of the other courtyard, and two guards who use martial arts and guns are hired to take turns guarding the courtyard.

While they were talking here, the door to the living room partition was pushed open, and Benjamin Goldberg was outside brushing off the snow on his body, taking off his shoes and entering the house.

"Senior brother." Yao Bing and Zhao Ling both shouted in unison.

Benjamin Goldberg smiled: "Junior brothers and sisters, hello."

Then he said to Zhao Chuanxin who was smoking: "Master, you have to stop smoking. I smoked one on purpose that day and found that cigarettes have a great impact on various functions of the body."

He learned the food transformation rune, and had a stronger inner vision ability than Zhao Chuanxin. He could classify food into categories, and he would regularly take in necessary substances to enhance his physical fitness.

In a short period of time, the body becomes strong and healthy, unlike carbon-based organisms.

Moreover, he also used food-chemical runes to make various medicines using various plant medicinal materials grown by Zhao Chuanxian at Heping Academy, and treated people free of charge.

The prestige of Mr. Flying in the Sky is ridiculously high.

Zhao Chuanxin flicked the cigarette ashes: "Definitely next time. What are you doing here?"

Benjamin Goldberg went over and hugged Zhao Nianzhen, kissed him and said, "I just miss you all."

Suddenly, Xingyue said in Zhao Chuanxin's ear: "Ask Benjamin, can cells from different organisms be fused?"

It had no beginning and no end, making Zhao Chuanxin stunned.

But I asked Benjamin anyway.

Benjamin Goldberg rolled his eyes up and thought hard: "I once studied toads and saw multinucleation in the toad's blood cells. But the fusion of different biological cells requires experiments."

The questions raised by Zhao Chuanxin aroused great interest in Benjamin Goldberg.

Xingyue said a few words in Zhao Chuanxin's ear again.

Benjamin Goldberg suddenly came over and asked Zhao Chuanxin in a low voice: "Master, who is talking in your ear?"

"..." Zhao Chuanxin looked at him in surprise: "Are you already this smart?"

Normally, when Xingyue spoke in his ear, only he could hear it.

"Yes, Master, I can fall asleep within ten seconds, I can control whether I'm dreaming, I can hear the tiniest sounds, and I can see places that ordinary people can't."

Zhao Chuanxin did not answer him, but took out a Book of Divine Consciousness and two test tubes from the secret realm and handed them to him: "Take this back and study it carefully."

Benjamin Goldberg stayed for lunch and then hurried back.

Returning to Heping Academy, he went to the dean's office, took out the Book of Divine Consciousness and put it on his forehead.

After reading it, the Slip of Divine Consciousness was broken into pieces.

Benjamin Goldberg looked shocked: "Transparent life forms? Why have I never seen them before?"

He took out two more test tubes, and sure enough, the contents inside the test tubes were invisible to the naked eye.

But when he looked carefully, he discovered that the light was unusually refracted.

These two test tubes contained the body tissues of Xingyue and Zhao Chuanxin's auxiliary limbs respectively.

Benjamin Goldberg followed the method taught to him in A Brief of Divine Consciousness and used electricity to charge the transparent life tissue in one of the test tubes. The tissue changed from completely transparent to translucent like a gel.

"Is this an atmospheric creature?"

Benjamin Goldberg was delighted to see Hunting and decided to study it carefully...

…

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Chuanxin took Zhao Songzhen, Yao Bing and Zhao Lingjun to the grain store to buy white flour, and then cut a pine pole and dragged it back with a sledge.

As soon as he was dragged home, he saw someone coming to the house. It turned out that Badang A sent someone to bring a small wild boar to Zhao Chuanxin.

The man told Zhao Chuanxin: "Captain, our manager said that Miss Zhao asked him for wild boar cubs last time. Wild boars usually give birth in May and June, but we happened to encounter an unusually large wild boar that did not give birth on time. It was delivered."

Zhao Chuanxin glared at Zhao Lingjun: "It's just nonsense and causing trouble for others."

In the past, the five-wing general manager would attack wild boars and pheasants for the Qing court every year.

After Zhao Chuanxin took over the grassland, he directly abolished this old custom that wasted money and people.

He took out a large stack and handed it to the visitor: "In this world of ice and snow, no matter who participated in the hunting, you still bothered to share the money with everyone. Thank you for your hard work."

The visitor was flattered and waved his hands: "I don't dare, I don't dare..."

Zhao Chuanxin thrust Dayang into the man's hand and told the nurse: "Old Zhou, please entertain this brother."

It would inevitably make people uncomfortable if he entertained them in person.

This man showed a sincere and frightened look, but when Zhao Chuanxin left and the nursing home old Zhou entertained him, he looked much calmer.

Although it is just a guard box at the entrance of the courtyard, there are tables, chairs and benches inside, as well as a small room for resting.

The fire is burning, and it's as warm as spring inside.

This man and Lao Zhou were drinking tea inside, looking out the window at Zhao Chuanxin and three children who looked like balls, setting up lantern poles in the yard, and sighed: "Captain Zhao still does all this work himself?"

Lao Zhou drank tea and ate some cakes and said, "That's right, the governor is at home and does everything himself. He bought new year's goods and even brought us some."

That man is envious.

They saw Zhao Chuanxin wearing a coarse work clothes, pressing the bottom of the pine pole into the dug hole, using his arms to easily erect the pine pole, and filling it with a shovel.

A tripod was nailed to the top of the pine pole, and a pulley was installed. The rope had been passed through, and he hung the lantern on the rope.

Zhao Lingjun shouted: "Let me come, let me come."

Zhao Nianzhen also joined in the fun: "I'll come, let me come."

Zhao Chuanxin asked the two sisters to raise the lantern.

Big red lanterns hang high.

The little wild boar was loosened and followed closely behind Zhao Lingjun, grunting, its body shaking with cold.

Zhao Lingjun shouted again: "Dad, light the lamp quickly."

"It's broad daylight, what kind of lamp should I light?"

"Hey, why isn't it dark yet?"

The two people in the guard box heard vaguely and couldn't help laughing.

Where there are children, the Chinese New Year is particularly lively.

This is probably how the flavor of the New Year comes about.

During the New Year, if Zhao Chuanxin was not busy with official duties, he would be busy traveling around.

Lubin Mansion, Lugang Town, Hong Kong Island, flying in the sky...

He erected the lantern poles in various places one by one and went around in a big circle. The fourth teleportation array was temporarily placed at his home on Hong Kong Island.

At night, the lanterns in Lubin Mansion finally lit up.

Perhaps it was because Zhao Chuanxin often returned to The Hague, or perhaps because Wilhelmina had another child in her belly, and her restraint on Zhao Lingjun was no longer so strong.

Anyway, now that the eggs are not in one basket, I somewhat want to give up on making Zhao Lingjun the crown prince.

This child is too difficult to discipline.

Zhao Lingjun was extremely happy when she saw that many houses had hung up red lanterns, forming a long line of red lanterns in Lubin Mansion.

She clapped her fingers to Yao Bing and said, "Senior brother, look, I will spend Christmas at Nuldenburg, and then I will come to Lubin Mansion to celebrate the Russian Christmas, and then we will celebrate the New Year again. How great!"

Christmas in the Netherlands is December 25th, and Maozi Christmas is January 7th.

Not long after that it was Chinese New Year.

This winter, it was lively three times.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the noodles distributed yesterday were served, and Zhao Chuanxin was steaming steamed buns at home.

Three children were making dough on the side, and the crumbs of dough that fell on the ground were eaten by the little wild boar.

"Classmate Xiaoling, be careful when you eat raw noodles and your intestines will get sticky."

Because Zhao Chuanxin gave Zhao Nianzhen and Zhao Songzhen puppets respectively, named Classmate Xiaonian and Classmate Xiaosong.

Not to be outdone, Zhao Lingjun got a little wild boar and named it Classmate Xiaoling.

Classmate Xiao Ling was injected with several drugs by Benjamin Goldberg to eliminate parasites, viruses, and bacteria.

Now I feel my heart pounding when I see Benjamin.

Zhao Lingjun will take it back to Noordenburg at night and put a cotton vest on it...

Zhao Chuanxin steamed buns in various shapes, with flowers and dates embedded on them.

When the buns were put into the pot, he said, "You watch the fire, I'll be back soon."

However, he used this time to teleport back to the underground fortress of Quetshalan to collect the buns made by the puppet slaves. After returning, he used the teleportation array to go to Lugang Town and Hong Kong Island to continue steaming buns.

Some of the steamed buns were taken to the altar for offering, and the rest were put into a large outdoor vat covered with a lid curtain, which was frozen soon after.

During the Chinese New Year, relatives visited each other frequently, and there were many people. There was no need to cook every day. The buns were taken out of the vat, heated in the pot and eaten directly, which was convenient.

Tang Qunying came back from work and smelled the aroma of steamed buns as soon as he entered the house. He went into the kitchen to take a look.

Other families worshiped their ancestors and posted portraits of their ancestors on the altar.

There is a tablet directly here at Zhao Chuanxin, which reads: Bless the ancestors to be safe.

Tang Qunying was stunned.

Ancestors, ancestors, must be the deceased ancestors, what safety are you blessing? Is the underworld also in chaos these days?