The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Several Japanese military police turned the corner and had long since lost sight of Zhao Chuanxin.

Bangzi passerby scratched his head: "He was still here just now..."

There was no need for him to say it. Several Japanese soldiers also saw it just now, and they were so angry that they gritted their teeth.

Several people entered the Ikeda Western Souvenir Shop again and asked carefully. The shop owner shook his head and firmly denied that the person wearing the strange hat they described came in.

So the Japanese soldiers came out in dismay.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't bother much, left the No. 13 copper eye inserted in the pavilion on the top floor of Ikeda's foreign goods store, and continued to explore north.

He took off his deerskin and coat, put on a woolen coat, and put on soft gold armor.

There are mountains on both sides of the road, and the dense forests are staggering.

The low ground is covered with spruce, fir and larch.

On the high ground, maples, rowan and oak trees, subdwarf pine, Thousand Island bamboo, birch, white birch, poplar, elm, bird cherry, yew, willow and so on...

There are many people hugging each other and towering trees.

The criss-crossing rivers are filled with endless wild animals, and all kinds of resources are flowing out.

He saw Japanese logging factories and paper mills, Japanese coal mines and gold and silver mines that had ceased operations.

It is said that Sakhalin’s oil resources have already caught up with the total domestic reserves.

Not to mention seafood.

Such a geomantic treasure land deserves to be remembered by his prefect Zhao.

Zhao Chuanxin walked a hundred miles, then walked out of the valley and came to the seaside.

To his left were mountains and ridges, and if he wanted to go on land, he would have to follow the coastline.

Zhao Chuanxin simply galloped on the icy sea.

It cannot be said that there are few people along the way, only that it is deserted.

After walking nearly 200 kilometers, we arrived at the southernmost point of the Parana Valley.

There is a small Japanese village by the sea called Boan Village with not many people.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't go in and looked at it and shook his head.

Tsarist Russia and Japan had a huge appetite, but they simply could not develop the island effectively.

There are too few people.

Zhao Chuanxin first went to the southeast and explored the southeast end of the East Sakhalin Mountains.

As soon as I arrived, I felt a vibration under my feet.

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned: There was an earthquake.

The shock was noticeable, but there was no harm.

It seems that this should be an earthquake zone.

He turned back, returned to the Paroni Valley, and headed northwest along the Paroni River.

Finally, near the 49th degree north latitude, we saw the Japanese and Russian soldiers.

The Japanese army built a fire and shouted: "How can we be brave when we have a group of defeated generals?"

On the other side, the Russian soldiers who were drinking in the ice and snow raised their red faces and roared: "Freeze those little-nosed devils to death, let's see who can survive to the end!"

Tsarist Russia also called the Japanese little Japan, little devils, and little noses.

Because the physical characteristics of the two parties are too different.

In front of the Russians, the Japanese are as small as children.

The black and white color of Zhao Chuanxin's soft gold armor turned out to be the best natural camouflage here. It was very close to them, close enough to hear the friendly condolences between the two sides, which moved Zhao Chuanxin.

Xingyue said: The Japanese have a regiment on Sakhalin Island, with about 2,500 people, and the number in the Polonai Valley accounts for three-fifths of the total number. According to the map, I speculate that Tsarist Russia has at least 5,000 troops, and the number of troops stationed in the Polonais Valley should be between 1,500-2,000.

Zhao Chuanxin must prepare for the worst. If a conflict occurs, he will need to face a total of 3,500 troops from Tsarist Russia and Japan at the same time.

However, the terrain of the Polonai Valley is favorable to him. If the ice period is over, the Polonai River, which is no less than the Ergun River, will become a natural obstacle. The dense forests on both sides of the valley are Zhao Chuanxin's combat paradise.

Zhao Chuanxin asked Xingyue: "If we build a headquarters, where do you think it is suitable to build it?"

Xingyue said: In the West Sakhalin Mountains, the western side is scattered with indigenous people such as the Feyaka people, the eastern side is basically occupied by the Japanese, and there are mountains in the middle. Between the east and west mountain ranges is the Polonais Valley. You are targeting the Japanese. My suggestion is that one should be in Shiko-gun and Togan Village in Shiko-cho Hall; the second should be in Nago-gun and Nago-machi in Esu-tori branch office; and the third should be in Toyohara City.

After that, he put the map on Zhao Chuanxin's glasses.

In terms of population and prosperity, Fengyuan City is the best.

If it is the greatest threat to the large forces of Japan and Russia, it is best to place it in Bo'an Village.

If you want to be close to the Feyaka people, the original inhabitants of Sakhalin Island, it is most convenient to place it in Nagomachi on the west coast.

But fortunately, distance is not a problem for Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin thought for a while and said: "Only children make choices. Build an office in Minhao Town and Mogan Village. My people will be stationed in Minhao Town for a long time because it is safe. I will station myself in Mogan Village." .”

Xingyue asked: Have you thought about how to proceed?

"That's necessary." Zhao Chuanxin chuckled: "Multi-pronged approach. Sow discord, create something out of nothing, secretly plot against Chen Cang, Li Daitao is dead, and you take advantage of others!"

Xingyue:......

Perhaps even it felt that Zhao Chuanxin's plan seemed sneaky and cumbersome.

Zhao Chuanxin found a 20-meter-long fir tree on the mountainside 25 kilometers west of Bo'an Village, and asked Xingyue to insert a copper eye into the crown of the tree. From a high position, he could overlook the surrounding environment and teleport at any time.

Then, without even eating, he walked along the small valleys in the mountains of Western Sakhalin Island.

One advantage of wearing soft gold armor is that you are not afraid of branches and grass seeds hanging on it.

Zhao Chuanxin walked along the river and found a stone tablet erected by Mao Zi. In front of it was a wide mountain river called Lesuo River, which can also be translated as Forest River.

Walking westward along the Leso River, Zhao Chuanxin's eyes suddenly opened up.

Xingyue said: According to the map, this is Nahao Town.

Despite the desolation in front of him, Zhao Chuanxin could imagine that the scenery here must be excellent when the flowers bloom in spring or in the hot summer.

"Good, good place!" Zhao Chuanxin praised.

In fact, Eishutori County to the south is more prosperous and almost uninhabited, but it is more in line with Zhao Chuanxin's conditions.

Zhao Chuanxin was tired from running around and beating a drum in his belly.

He took out the big white fish he caught yesterday. The bones were removed and the meat was removed. After air-drying, the meat turned into shreds. He mixed it with salt, sugar, vinegar and other seasonings, and took out a bottle of Shaoguo.

Just have fish and wine with the sunset.

Others drink hot pot and drink it, but Zhao Chuanxin drinks it from the bottle.

Gudong, Gudong...

"ha……"

Smelling of alcohol.

After just eating a little, Zhao Chuanxin walked north and south along the coast, letting Xingyue memorize the terrain and draw a more detailed map.

In the future, he will also travel through all the mountains and forests of the Western Sakhalin Mountains to investigate the indigenous population.

On the way, Xingyue said to him: Your Japanese and Russian are too weak and you need to practice hard to at least be able to have a conversation.

If you plan to plot Sakhalin Island, you must have to deal with Japan and Russia.

The corner of Zhao Chuanxin's mouth twitched, and his face was full of embarrassment: "When people reach middle age, they have no choice but to lose their ability to learn."

Xingyue said: You taught me Pinyin before and asked me to write teaching materials. I found that you know Pinyin and learning Japanese will be easier with half the effort.

This is strange, Zhao Chuanxin became interested: "How do you say it?"

Xingyue listed the Japanese fifty-syllable chart to Zhao Chuanxin on his glasses.

Zhao Chuanxin looked like a ghost drawing a talisman and felt his temples bulging.

Then Xingyue changed the fifty-syllable chart into pinyin.

The horizontal line on the top is aiueo, and the vertical line on the bottom is kstnhmyrw...

Xingyue asked Zhao Chuanxin to read the first combination.

Zhao Chuanxin: "Click!"

The second one, Zhao Chuanxin: "Ke Yi."

The third one, Zhao Chuanxin: "Cry."

"G."

"buckle."

Wait for him to read it again, and occasionally Xingyue will correct it.

Xingyue said: Look, there are nine initial consonants and five finals. This is much simpler than you think.

"..." Zhao Chuanxin was silent for a moment. "But I still can't remember the list."

Xingyue said: Longitudinal, kstnhmyrw, you remember it as - I started playing and haven't finished it yet. You told me what AI is and what CEO means. You can remember it if you understand horizontal as AICEO and change c to u.

I blanch...

Zhao Chuanxin was numb.

Sure enough, I remembered it all at once, and it was a bit unforgettable.

Xingyue explained: I found that human memory is actually very strong, but it has inertia. For example, something that should be easy to understand and remember, but because it is unfamiliar, humans will have inexplicable fear, so it is difficult to remember it. When transformed into something familiar, it becomes easier to understand and remember.

Zhao Chuanxin said nothing.

Xingyue also said: Japanese is derived from Chinese, and there is no reason for me to be cowardly to my son.

"Zhuo, you convinced me." Zhao Chuanxin gritted his teeth and stamped his feet.

Don't say it, really don't say it.

With the help of Xingyue, Zhao Chuanxin's Japanese, which he originally knew only a little, improved rapidly.

When the sun was about to set in the west, Zhao Chuanxin actually had the illusion that he knew it.

No wonder Liang Qichao was able to learn Japanese on the ship to Japan.

Zhao Chuanxin was very excited and asked himself over and over again - is this prefect also a genius?

Looking at his watch, Zhao Chuanxian said: "It's time to go back to Lubin Mansion."

…

The report about the interview with Zhao Chuanxin about the death of Eiji Asabuki caused an uproar as soon as it came out.

In the capital, Tie Liang read the newspaper for a long time, then slapped the table: "What a shameless person, Zhao Chuanxin!"

In Yanbian, Xu Jingxin and Liu Yonghe were chatting.

Xu Jingxin said: "It's really inappropriate for Mr. Zhao to send someone to assassinate him just after Yi Zhi."

Liu Yonghe was holding a cigarette pipe in his mouth and wearing unique glasses that looked like diving goggles.

This kind of glasses is used to prevent the smoke from hurting the eyes when smoking.

He is good at shooting, partly because of his good eyesight.

Liu Yonghe has his own way of protecting his eyes.

He sneered and said: "If it had just passed the Yi fold, it would have been folded long ago. How can we wait until today? Look, the inheritance of the salary must be straightforward."

Immediately, someone delivered the newspaper of the day.

Xu Jingxin took it and looked at it, with confusion on his face: "Huh? Could it be that Mr. Zhao didn't do it?"

Liu Yonghe took the newspaper and said, "Let me take a look."

He didn't know a few big characters at first, but since he led the rebel army to fight, he has some ink in his stomach.

No longer a pure martial artist.

Liu Yonghe laughed loudly after reading it: "It is indeed the style of passing on salary."

"How to say?"

"He said that anyone who wantonly framed others was his enemy. This is obviously annoying, no matter how you say it, there is a way to pass on the yin and yang of the yin and yang."

Xu Jingxin smacked his lips and started laughing.

People in this era are more serious, and even the Japanese are so serious that they are hypocritical, so Xu Jingxin didn't react just now. After all, he had never been in contact with Zhao Chuanxin, and there was a lack of Zhao Chuanxin in this era.

In Japan, Asabuki Tsunekichi received the contents of newspapers from the other side in the form of telegrams.

His face suddenly turned red, and he slammed the table: "This is unreasonable, beat me up! Zhao Chuanxin is shameless, he deserves to be chopped into pieces..."

He was sure that Zhao Chuanxin was the instigator behind the scenes.

However, Zhao Chuanxin refused to admit it, and even boldly stated that Asabuki Eiji was innocent and had been framed, saying that he was sworn in with the framer.

This statement is understood differently by different people.

Some people will find it shameless, while others will believe it.

Chaofu Changji's face turned red and his neck thickened.

Beside him, Isoko Nagaoka was lost in thought, and was frightened out of his wits by him banging the table.

"What's wrong?"

Asabuki Tsunekichi repeated the content.

Nagaoka Isoko looked strange.

It would be okay if Isoko Nagaoka and Tsunekichi Asabuki had the same reaction. Husband and wife should have empathy, but Isoko Nagaoka obviously didn't.

Asabuki Tsunekichi stared at her: "Why, don't you agree?"

Isoko Nagaoka was a little scared, but she still whispered: "There are rumors outside that you, you, you are the one who is kicking the bucket..."

Asabuki Tsunekichi's face turned red again, and he suddenly raised his hand and slapped Nagaoka Isoko.

"Snapped"

The red color of the five finger prints was stronger than Nagaoka Isoko's originally fair complexion.

She covered her face in grievance: "I'm just telling you about the rumors outside. This is not my idea."

"There are rumors outside? Whose rumors?"

Nagaoka Isoko was speechless.

Of course it’s Sun Yanguang’s rumor…

But she didn't hate Sun Yanguang. She turned her face away while wiping tears, her guilt for betraying her husband lessening.

Sun Yanguang was walking on the street opposite the women's college.

A beautiful middle-aged woman who still retains her charm walked towards her.

Sun Yanguang is wondering what to do.

Mission accomplished, he should have returned home.

But the current situation was a bit tight, and the ports were strictly checking access, so he decided to avoid the limelight for the time being before making plans.

When he looked up and saw the beautiful middle-aged woman, Sun Yanguang paused.

This beautiful woman is none other than Asuka Asuka, the wife of Eiji Asabuki.

Asuka Saegashi's face was full of sadness, and the look of sadness added a bit of charm to this beautiful middle-aged widow.

Sun Yanguang didn't show his face in front of Asuka Saegashi at first. He said to himself: It's okay, do whatever you have to do, she can't recognize me.

So he put his hands in his pockets, raised his chest and raised his head.

Asuka Saegusa noticed someone in front of her and looked up.

It was accidental at first, but when he saw Sun Yanguang's clear and unique eyes, he was suddenly stunned.

She said, "Excuse me, sir, do you live here?"

Before coming to Japan, Sun Yanguang received vocal training from Naoko Yuka of the insurance team's intelligence team.

At this time, although Sun Yanguang was frightened, his tongue and hard palate were completely opened, and the slit was wide.

In this way, the sound can be round and clear.

His pronunciation was precise, his words were clear, he nodded calmly, and spoke like an announcer: "Yes, ma'am. Have we met somewhere? Why do you feel so intimate when you talk to me?"

His voice is very different from usual. For example, when talking to Nagaoka Isoko, it is bright and crisp, but when talking to his own people, it is more lazy and casual.

Asuka Saegashi was obviously stunned.

She originally wanted to test it out, but ended up feeling aroused.

Sun Yanguang is handsome, with clear eyes, nice and calm and mature voice, but he looks very young.

Asuka Saegashi was speechless. For a moment she lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, we haven't met before. I recognized the wrong person."

"No!" Sun Yanguang took his hand out of his pocket, his back straight, and his face was solemn: "Madam, I think we must have met. Eighteen years ago, when I was only twelve years old, I was bullied. , there was a sister who helped drive away those who bullied me. In my memory, that sister and the lady looked exactly the same."

"..."

Eighteen years ago, so the young man in front of me is already thirty years old?

Of course Sun Yanguang is bullshitting.

He was in his early twenties.

But his disguised voice, his calm posture and calm face gave his lies extra points.

If Sun Yanguang's eyes were evasive, his expression was sneaky, or hesitant, Asuka Saegashi might really become suspicious.

But Sun Yanguang not only did not hide, but also showed no intention to let her leave. This made Asuka Saegusa feel that she must have admitted her mistake.

There are so many people with similar eyes.

It was just Sun Yanguang's words that made her feel dazed.

I don't seem to remember such a thing.

It seems to have happened again.

After all, it was so long ago, who can remember it clearly?

Sun Yanguang, an expert in art, was bold and rolled his eyes: "Madam, I see that you look very sad. Let's do this. I'll invite you to eat beef hot pot. It's nearby. It's very lively there. Maybe it can cheer you up."

This was also done with skill. He deliberately explained how crowded the hot pot restaurant was, just to dispel Asuka Saegashi's doubts.

Facing this handsome and sincere face, Asuka Saegusa couldn't say no in any case.

But Sun Yanguang wanted to find out what happened to these three Asukas, and whether he wanted to kill someone and silence them...

…

Zhao Chuanxin teleported back to Lubin Mansion, changed into a suit and coat and went out.

He went straight to the Lubinfu Hotel owned by Niu Hanzhang.

In the Lubinfu Hotel, Zhang Shouzeng looked at his pocket watch: "Why hasn't the prefect come back yet? Is it possible that something has delayed you?"

Yao Jiazheng was staring at a hairy waitress.

The waitress was tall and plump, and she walked between the tables in clothes only worn by male waiters.

Zhang Shouzeng didn't get a response after he finished speaking, and then he followed Yao Jia's gaze and frowned: "What kind of behavior do you have? Shijie, why are you staring at that Russian woman?"

Yao Jia wiped the corner of her mouth, coughed and said seriously: "What nonsense are you talking about? Although this Russian woman is quite pretty, Yao's heart is for Lubin Mansion and the people."

"Bleach..." Zhang Shouzeng gritted his teeth. "Quickly go find someone and ask why the prefect hasn't come back yet. Everyone is waiting for him to start the banquet."

At this moment, Zhao Chuanxin pushed in the door and said, "Oh, I'm late. I'm really sorry."