The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 524 The boss talks about business = talks about fate

Li Guangzong grimaced: "I didn't spend it arbitrarily. Most of it was taken back to Lugang Town to build the airport, and a small amount was used to bribe Tianjin Wei Yang Yide and Xuantianzong for reinvestment and to enter Australia Island."

In fact, not only that, but some also supported the rebel army and built secret military bases in various places outside the customs to prepare for a rainy day 24 years later.

Zhao Chuanxin had nothing to say.

When he didn't say anything, Li Guangzong asked instead: "By the way, boss, where is the fifty million dollars you earned? Xuantianzong plans to open a business in Ao Island and is in urgent need of a large sum of money."

"Money? It was spent."

Li Guangzong was dumbfounded: "All 50 million US dollars was spent?"

Zhao Chuanxin lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "It's 167 million plus 7.5 million plus 2 million."

"Dollar?"

"right."

"All spent?"

"Uh..." Zhao Chuanxin nodded sheepishly: "Yes."

"Bleach..." Li Guangzong really couldn't hold it back.

It can be said that during the Qing Dynasty, there were many prodigal sons among the bannermen.

But it is not as exaggerated as Zhao Chuanxin.

In this era, luxury houses, beauties, yachts, cars, BMWs, visiting brothels, gambling, opium... No matter how much you spend, spending US$170 million is unimaginable.

After all, there are only so many materials, unless you buy the same thing repeatedly.

Even if you like antiques and treasures, US$170 million is still not enough to clear out a region’s inventory.

Even the prodigal son with the most vivid imagination wouldn't know how to spend this amount, right?

Li Guangzong had his idea for Zhao Chuanxin a long time ago, but failed.

Zhao Chuanxin reacted: "Opening? What kind of opening? Gambling?"

This is what Ao Island is famous for, and it is now quite large.

Li Guangzong said bitterly: "Yes, listen to my quibbles first...listen to my explanation."

Seeing Zhao Chuanxian's unkind expression, Li Guangzong hurriedly explained: "I know you don't like this kind of heresy, but we have a bottom line. Our venue does not allow loans, ghosts, and ghosts, and limits bets and consumption. It is the only island in Macao. The cleanest place.”

Zhao Chuanxin's expression softened slightly, but he still said, "You know, gambling and drug addiction are inseparable from each other."

Li Guangzong sighed: "This is the fastest way to break into Ao Island. When we take it back one day, why don't we let it be controlled by us? Now it can only be regarded as labor pain, and being impatient will ruin the big plan. Besides, I I have already spent money to buy a license plate, and I have to shoot when the arrow is on the string."

Zhao Chuanxin was extremely disgusted with this. How many people had lost their money because of it?

He frowned: "Can you ensure that the managers in the venue stick to the bottom line?"

Li Guangzong's face flashed with a stern look: "If you don't obey, change someone else. If you don't obey again, you will be killed!"

Zhao Chuanxin felt a little relieved.

Zheng Guohua came over and said, "Master, let's eat first. The banquet is ready."

After hearing Li Guangzong say that he had no money, Zhao Chuanxin lost a lot of interest: "Just one meal tonight, Uncle Zheng, I'm not telling you, our Xuantian Sect can't be extravagant and wasteful, this is extremely shameful."

"..." Zheng Guohua: "I paid for this meal out of my own pocket."

"Oh?" Zhao Chuanxin's sullen face relaxed: "Then pretend I didn't say anything."

Zheng Guohua: "..."

After entering the Xuantian Sect's compound, Zhao Chuanxin pointed and criticized: "Look, if you turn on so many lights at night, will the electricity bill be free?"

"Look at this fountain. It doesn't stop day and night. Don't let it come out from the water pipe like me, or I'll beat you to death."

Water pipes are just faucets, and they cost money.

"The lion at the door can definitely be a smaller one, and it would be more realistic to have two door gods."

Everyone was dumbfounded by his outburst.

Isn’t the leader making a lot of money outside?

Sure enough, the richer people are, the stingier they are.

Zhao Chuanxin saw Li Zhitao holding his coat again, dragging the hem of his coat to the ground. He was furious: "Datantao, I don't have many sets of clothes in total. If you ruin it, I'll beat you to death."

Li Zhitao smiled sarcastically: "Master, it's okay. If it breaks, I'll make one for you."

Even though Li Guangzong had no money, his employees' wages never fell.

Both Zheng Guohua and Li Zhitao have high incomes, and they belong to the middle class of Hong Kong Island.

During the dinner, Zhao Chuanxin did not raise his glass, and even drank a cup of tea without even touching the wine.

He ate very quickly and didn't eat as much as before. Seeing that everyone's atmosphere was a bit gloomy after being scolded by him, he put down his chopsticks and said, "You guys eat first, Guangzong comes with me."

As soon as the two of them left, the rain cleared up and the restaurant was filled with chatter and laughter that shook the rubble.

Arriving at the head office prepared for Zhao Chuanxin, Zhao Chuanxin asked: "Xuantian Sect is short of money recently?"

Li Guangzong nodded carefully: "The construction of Lugang Town is a bottomless pit. The difficulty of building an airport like the one mentioned by the leader is much higher than that of ordinary roads."

"Okay, let me think of a way." Zhao Chuanxin asked again: "What's going on with the Japanese?"

Li Guangzong's memory is extraordinary, but in terms of memory, Benjamin Goldberg is not as good as him. He keeps everything in his head.

He said: "Naoko Yuka's intelligence team found out that Japan has established a light cavalry skeleton combat team specifically to target our insurance team in Lugang Town. I think it is also targeting you. There are only fifty people in total, all of whom are Veterans of hundreds of battles, well-equipped and well-trained, with generous pensions and insurance teams. Recently, when our Xuantianzong workers were loading and unloading goods, they often found Japanese ships smuggling arms to Ao Island. Before, I was worried that they were targeting them. Our Xuantian Sect came, and later found out that this matter was related to Sun Gongwu."

Zhao Chuanxin listened carefully.

He didn't take the light cavalry and skeleton combat team seriously. There is no concept of special forces in the world now, and the Japanese should not be able to make too big a splash.

It's just that he is still very weak, so he has to guard against it.

Uninformed people think that one person with extraordinary fighting ability can solve all problems, but this is not the case.

When one person, or many people, rack their brains and try their best to assassinate someone, no matter how capable the person is, the probability of being killed is very high.

New York police detective Charles Baker has already taught Zhao Chuanxin a lesson.

Zhao Chuanxin asked: "What happened to Sun Gongwu?"

Li Guangzong said calmly: "Rebellion."

Zhao Chuanxin understood.

He continued to ask: "What about He Qi? What is his relationship with Sun Gongwu?"

"The two met when they were studying in Hong Kong Island. Later, He Qi supported Sun Gongwu's rebellion work."

There are so many threads, Zhao Chuanxin needs to clarify various relationships.

Logically speaking, he doesn't need to give anyone face.

This is also true.

After chatting with Li Guangzong for two hours, Li Guangzong didn't even look through the files. He talked about the current situation in Asia and talked endlessly.

From the opening of the French consulate in Harbin, to the Shandong Huade Mining Company's exploration and interpretation of the five mining regulations in Shandong signed by China and Germany, to the opening of the first railway in Zhejiang, to the Qing court where officials petitioned the National Assembly, and the Qing court approved it The Roman Agricultural Society of All Nations contract, the anti-Japanese incident in Wanwan Beipu...

His narrative is all-encompassing but not cluttered. There are many clues in it that connect everything.

Historically, many names were difficult to remember, especially those of foreigners.

But given the clues, the names can be linked to each other.

This is living history.

The famous names in the 21st century may not be obvious now, but they may have become famous.

Li Guangzong sorted it out for Zhao Chuanxin and finally said: "Speaking of minerals, something happened in Shanxi recently..."

He told the story of the mineral protection movement: "These people think you are rich, and the march calls on you to pay to regain the mineral rights from the British."

So, the world is big, but the world is small.

Zhao Chuanxin had just killed Henry Elliot, the butler of the Marquis of Lorena, the major shareholder of British Fortune, and now he was related to British Fortune.

Zhao Chuanxin curled his lips: "Moral kidnapping? Do you have to pay to be patriotic? You can't tolerate this problem of theirs. I hate moral kidnapping and threats the most."

Li Guangzong said: "In 1871, a German named Li Xihuofen entered Shanxi to survey and wrote an investigation report, claiming that there were coal reserves there that could not be used up in 2000 years. Regardless of what he said. It is true or false, but it is true that there are mines in Shanxi. Although it is a bit expensive, it is profitable, and you, the leader, have said that it is important to control resources. "

Zhao Chuanxin stretched his neck: "I believe it is profitable. The price of coal is one per day. But if you want me to pay 10 million taels of silver to be taken advantage of, that is impossible. Investigate the British fortunes and see who is theirs in the country. Keep your heads up and give me a chance to visit, and I’ll give them a price they can’t refuse.”

Li Guangzong couldn't help but laugh.

Others talk about business and money, but the boss talks about business and life.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the time, and when he saw the watch, he suddenly thought of the gift he had brought back for Li Guangzong, and handed him a box: "The latest watch."

Wristwatches were just emerging and were even rarer than pocket watches.

Li Guangzong had long noticed the Cartier pilot on Zhao Chuanxin's wrist and was overjoyed to see it.

Wristwatches are more prestigious than pocket watches. He had seen Governor Luard wearing one before, and he had been secretly envious of it for a long time.

"Thank you, Master."

Zhao Chuanxin stood up: "I'm going to bed. Please make arrangements to transport the weapons and ammunition on the Terrence back to Lugang Town. Tell my brother that not a single bullet can be leaked out. All these weapons must be strictly registered. It is only used for training at the moment.”

Zhao Chuanxin walked out of the office and bumped into a soft body.

Zhao Chuanxin cursed: "Don't you have fucking eyes when you walk?"

Li Zining looked up. Although she was beautiful, her lips were thin and her cheekbones were shaped. After hearing this, she leaned against the wall and said, "My bones are broken. You broke them."

When Zhao Chuanxin saw that it was her, he was happy: "So it's you, you bitch. Now you've changed your career to porcelain, right?"

Li Zining is the flower paper fan of Xuantian Sect.

The term "flower paper fan" is the first of its kind, and it actually means public relations.

This woman has a wide circle of friends on Hong Kong Island.

After having the platform of Xuantianzong, she even used it as a springboard to connect with the mainland and communicate with local officials in Guangdong Province.

When Zhao Chuanxin returned to China, Zheng Guohua hosted a banquet, and she naturally had to attend.

Li Zining was furious: "You are the bitch!"

As he said that, he raised his leg and wanted to kick Zhao Chuanxin's calf.

Still so willful.

Zhao Chuanxin dodged easily and punched her in the chest.

It's like hitting cotton.

Li Zining's face turned pale with pain, but she gritted her teeth, and Zhao Chuanxin saw a hint of pleasure in her eyes.

This bitch, Zhao Chuanxin untied his belt, held it in the palm of his hand and slapped her on the thick part of her flesh, causing her to scream and scream, her voice was distorted.

Zhao Chuanxin put on his belt and left humming a song very happily.

Li Zining: "..."

Her body was burning with pain, but her eyes flashed, and she actually showed a scary smile.

I want to do more, but these days I feel like I’m dying to adjust my schedule. From twelve o'clock I lay down and counted sheep with my eyes closed. I became more energetic after counting for three hours until dawn.

I don’t know what to do today. I can only imagine what it will be like during the day.

The more I couldn't sleep, the angrier I became and the more awake I became.