The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

After leaving the French Concession, Zhao Chuanxin took people to the British Concession.

As usual, British soldiers did not dare to stop the entrance to the original concession.

A group of people rushed into the wall built by the British.

In front of a Byzantine Orthodox church, a Russian missionary said to Zhao Chuanxin in loud English: "Sir, this is a church. You cannot break in randomly. Why don't you join my church..."

Zhao Chuanxin interrupted him, clasped his hands and said: "Oh, Almighty God, please make Zhao rich, please let all the little Japanese devils die, please let all the great powers go to hell..."

The preacher immediately waved his hand: "No, no, no, we should praise the Lord instead of instigating the Lord."

Zhao Chuanxin immediately turned his back: "It won't work this way, that won't work either. You haven't done anything for me, so why should I praise him? Get lost!"

Preacher: "..."

Behind him, Liu Huaqiang burst into laughter. Mr. Zhao is really a pragmatist.

After Zhao Chuanxin took people to visit the concessions in the four countries, Zhao Erxun stopped him at the entrance to the Japanese concessions.

"Gong Rang, your beard has turned white, why are you still rushing to the front line?" Zhao Chuanxin said with a smile: "The Japanese were imitating the assassination of Li Hongzhang back then, and they might be ambushing me somewhere and preparing to shoot me coldly. Be careful of splattering blood all over me. "

Zhao Erxun said righteously and solemnly: "I will definitely not be afraid. I will just serve the country with my blood."

"Who doesn't know how to brag? There are no outsiders here, stop pretending, tell me why you came to me?"

"..." A group of students stared straight at you. Are you saying there are no outsiders? Zhao Erxun coughed: "How will you manage the concession land you obtained? The concessions in various countries will withdraw patrols."

"Don't you still have patrols at the yamen gate of Hankou? Let them patrol and conduct investigations in these areas."

Zhao Erxun's face turned solemn: "Where does the wasteful money and food come from?"

Zhao Chuanxin immediately turned his back: "Even though we all have the surname Zhao, you can't take advantage of me. With the acquired land, many colleges will be built. Will the talents cultivated eventually flow into all walks of life in Hankou? I am doing this for a benefit." Society, but you come to plunder the wool? Where is your morality? Where is your sense of social responsibility? I haven’t asked you for money to build a college yet..."

Zhao Erxun: "..."

He turned his back to the students and said softly and helplessly: "It doesn't matter if we send patrols to patrol. Let's not talk secretly. You, Zhao Tangong, have obtained so much land in the concession. You must not establish a country within a country."

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes flickered: "Let's see. The great powers have ulterior motives. Even if the land is handed over to the hands of trash like you, it will definitely be eroded back. Why not let me take charge of it and wait until 1912 to return it to the country. But before that , all the taxes collected belong to me."

Zhao Erxun's first reaction was to disagree.

Isn’t this still a country within a country?

He frowned and said, "I'm afraid the court won't agree."

"You are overthinking." Zhao Chuanxin patted Zhao Erxun on the shoulder: "I am here to inform you, not to discuss."

Zhao Erxun clasped his fingers and calculated secretly that it would only take five years. I think the court would be able to see the current situation clearly.

Little did he know that five years later, a violent storm would sweep across the country from Hankou, and then the world would be turned upside down...

Zhao Chuanxin dismissed Zhao Erxun, took out a wad of ocean and said to Liu Huaqiang: "Qiangzi, select smart and capable students, organize a student union, and select a site for the college. As the first dean of Juanwang Technical College, I , appoint you as the president of the student union. This small amount of money is public funds for food and drink for the student union, so don’t be greedy!"

"Please rest assured, Mr. Zhao." Liu Huaqiang was delighted. Who doesn't love power? He patted his chest in assurance, and then said hesitantly: "But what if we choose a foreign building in the concession and the foreigners don't want to sell it?"

The concession is under the name of Zhao Chuanxin, but that does not mean that all the buildings within it belong to Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin thought for a while and said, "If you don't want to, you can kidnap them with morality. Aren't you good at this?"

A group of students: "..."

Someone explained: "Mr. Zhao, with all due respect, foreigners are vulgar and don't care about morality..."

"Oh..." Zhao Chuanxin drawled: "Emotions and morality are all used to kidnap one's own people, right?"

The student blushed upon hearing this.

Zhao Chuanxin said: "If they have no morals, you should use benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust to influence them, and then kidnap them after they become moral. Qiangzi, I believe you can do it."

Liu Huaqiang smiled bitterly: "I'll do my best."

"What the fuck." Zhao Chuanxin slapped him on the head: "I gave you a chance but it didn't work. Say it again."

Liu Huaqiang quickly stood at attention: "I guarantee it will be completed!"

Zhao Chuanxin was then satisfied and walked towards the Russian Concession with his hands behind his back.

In the Russian Concession, Dabanov waited for a long time.

Seeing him, he trotted over quickly: "Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded reservedly: "It turns out to be the noble Lord Bagong of the Third Banner of Old Petersburg."

Dabanov: "..."

He smiled awkwardly and said: "Mr. Zhao, the contract was signed in a hurry, and there are still details that need to be planned, such as issues such as jurisdiction over the right of way at the junction of the concession..."

Originally, the Russian Concession was a whole, but after it was forcibly divided by Zhao Chuanxin, the original road was cut off.

This involves the power consumed by street lighting, replacement of damaged street lights, subsequent road maintenance and other road administration matters.

Although the total number of concessions in various countries is not large, it is the essence of Hankou.

Management is not as easy as Zhao Chuanxin imagined.

Dabanov just came to him first, and the subsequent concessions in Britain, Japan, and France would of course have similar management problems.

Zhao Chuanxin was really not good at this, but he couldn't show his cowardice. He said: "I only get a few cents per minute, so how can I have the time to talk to you about this? Just wait, I will send someone to communicate with you."

After saying that, he returned to Tongzilou.

Despite his sometimes tough and sometimes compromising approach at the negotiation table, and his ability to speak with ease, he is actually physically and mentally exhausted.

There was no fool present at the time, and everyone had their own interests to consider. Zhao Chuanxin racked his brains to come up with the optimal solution.

He locked the door, took out the chair, and stared at it as soon as he lay down...

…

The relationship between Zhang Renjun and Yuan Datou was still very strong at this time.

Four years later, they will become sons and daughters.

After the negotiation, he explained in detail to Yuan Datou the various interest disputes in the field, and then said: "This matter is not over yet."

Yuan Datou was stunned for a moment, and now he really didn't dare to underestimate Zhao Chuanxin.

He asked curiously: "What else is there?"

Zhang Renjun sighed: "Last year, when I was supervising Henan, there was a holy place called Jigong Mountain for summer heat. Businessmen widely advertised it. From the 29th to the 31st year of Guangxu's reign, there were already buildings built in Britain, the United States, France, and Russia. There are as many as 27 foreign-style houses in Japan and other countries. The number of foreigners living there is about sixty or seventy, male and female, and the order is expanding day by day. When Zhang Xiangshuai heard this, he was furious and handed a memorial to the court. Not only did he request for recovery They also punished several people for the land, and even I was implicated. At that time, regulations were formulated to take back the Jigong Mountain land and rent houses for summer vacation, but the foreigners were used to being arrogant and not easy to deal with, so they naturally refused..."

Zhang Xiangshuai, also known as Zhang Zhidong, has nothing to do with Chu Liuxiang. Instead, Chu Liuxiang should have borrowed the name Xiangshuai from Zhang Zhidong.

Yuan Datou suddenly realized that he had heard a little bit about this matter: "Then what are you going to do?"

"Zhao Tan Gong is in the limelight for a while, so he can use his east wind to burn out the fire..."

Sure enough, the two took Qi Yaoshan and Jin Shihe to find the British Consul Fales.

Fales heard Zhang Renjun's intention and directly chose to give in. Subsequently, people will be sent to cooperate with the Qing government to measure the land in Jigong Mountain, and they will be jointly signed to take effect in the near future.

Yuan Datou sighed and said: "The trend of Zhao Chuanxin has been achieved. In Hankou, there will be Buddhas in thousands of families..."

Qi Yaoshan and Jin Shihe were overjoyed. They did not expect that things would be so easy, and they were secretly grateful to Zhao Chuanxin.

Especially Qi Yaoshan, who is the supervisor of Jianghan Pass of Huangde Road in Han Dynasty. He went to Bagong Tongzi Tower with gifts to pay a visit to express his gratitude that day. Maybe there will be many opportunities to deal with him in the future.

A few days later, a river ship slowly sailed into Hankou.

On the river boat, a group of people got off.

The leader wears rare square-rimmed glasses, his face is cleanly shaven, his hair is cut short on both sides, and the top hair is combed back into a textured back. He is wearing a coat and is elegant.

Behind him was a little old white man with a skeletal figure and a weird hairstyle, following him step by step.

Further behind, there are strong and powerful men as guards.

The man at the front has a figure like a water tank, long and horizontal. His shirt is unbuttoned three times in the cold weather, and his muscles are bulging.

They disembarked first, and then dockworkers hoisted a cool Rolls-Royce ashore...