The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

There was a lot of fuss about the bombing of that train.

Li Guangzong immediately came out and published a newspaper to clarify that Zhao Chuanxin was fine. But even Li Zhitao, one of his own, was doubtful, let alone others.

However, according to the surviving train conductor, Zhao Chuanxin had not been seen since crossing the south bank of the Yellow River. He seemed to have quietly got off the train early, and no body was found in the derailed carriage.

No one can tell whether he is alive or dead.

But at present, the major powers dare not gamble because Li Guangzong's performance is too calm.

Others didn't know Zhao Chuanxin's itinerary, but Li Guangzong knew it.

He said calmly: "I told you, the leader got off the car in the middle. What are you worried about? Let people continue to investigate the whereabouts of Eiji Asabuki. Even if they chase him to Japan, he will take the life of this thief."

…

Without Zhao Chuanxin, the world continues to function as usual.

It’s not just Hankou.

In Guangdong, the people were already dissatisfied with the Japanese because of the "Erchen Pill Incident" last year.

Now that the train Zhao Chuanxin was riding was bombed, the Japanese were highly suspicious, because Eiji Asabuki ran away first without 300 taels of silver.

The boycott of Japanese goods brewed by Guangdong people has reached its peak in recent days.

It was difficult to sell goods, which made the Japanese miserable.

They hurriedly published a clarification in the newspaper, claiming that the bombing of the Beijing-Hankow Railway had nothing to do with Japan, and that Asabuki Eiji's absence without authorization would be investigated to the end.

In Shanghai's Tangshiliyangchang, a British businessman hired the Bayer Tramway Company to operate a tram.

The tram ran in Shanghai for the first time, attracting a large number of people to watch.

The small tram is divided into first class and second class.

Second-class trams will have "Second Class" and the Arabic numeral "2" marked on the front of the car, and the fares are different.

Big business owners in Shanghai went to buy first-class tickets to experience the feeling of riding a tram.

…

Zhao Chuanxin, who was far away in the northwest desert, had just finished cooking Nikola Tesla's third meal, then went to repair the wind turbine on the stone tower that was blocked by sand, and went to wash his clothes. Tesla ordered a piece of metal to be carved, and he was about to put a piece of fused quartz glass on the north wall of the laboratory.

At this time, the laboratory received an uninvited guest...

A group of sheep, a shepherd dog, a camel carrying blankets, water bags and other supplies, and a girl carrying a slender stick came to the laboratory.

Zhao Chuanxin was carrying the glass, listening to the camel bells, setting up a pergola with his hands and squinting to hear the sounds. He was surprised to find that the little girl had come to the desert to graze herds.

Gulizal saw him and trotted over with his camel.

After being baptized by the wind and sand, she was still dazed and delicate. She smiled happily, her eyes trembled, and she shouted happily: "Xin Zhao."

"Gulizal?" Zhao Chuanxin was surprised: "Why do you go to the desert to graze? Do the sheep even eat sand?"

Hearing this, Gulizar slowed down, with a shy look on his face. He pinched the corners of his clothes and whispered, "I was grazing in Jijidun, and the snow there melted. Thinking of you living here and the sheep being full, I Come and have a look.”

Zhao Chuanxin couldn't help but laugh when he saw her messy braids were stained with sand and dust, and her face was dusty. "Come here."

Gulizar's shy expression suddenly disappeared, he ran over with a stick in hand, and stopped suddenly in front of Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin shook off his sand boots, shook off the splashed sand, took out a cowboy hat and put it on her head: "This way the sun won't shine on your face, and you'll look dark."

Gulizal couldn't help but touch his face. Aren't all the people who graze herds like this?

She looked up and asked, "Do you like white skin?"

"Let me think about it, white, yellow, olive, brown, ah, am I so loving? It's amazing."

"..." After buying firewood many times, the two of them had become familiar with each other. Gulizal kicked the sand and said, "You are shameless."

Zhao Chuanxin shook the sand again and said, "It's getting dark now. You won't be able to go back today, so just stay here for the night."

Gulizal looked at this building complex and said in surprise: "I've been here before, and I've never seen so many houses. Oh, what a solid wall."

She touched the solid rock wall and admired it.

Then he bit his lip in frustration and said, "No, the area here is wide and the sheep will scatter. I have to rush to the three posts before dark, where they can take shelter from the wind."

Zhao Chuanxin put down the glass on his shoulder and walked towards the sheep.

Gulizal shouted from behind: "Xin Zhao, what are you going to do?"

Zhao Chuanxin did not answer, but put on his mud trowel gloves. Stone walls rose up wherever he passed, and after a short circle, he surrounded the sheep.

He turned back, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "This way you don't have to worry about the sheep getting lost."

Gulizal ran over in disbelief, touched the stone wall half a man tall and asked: "How did you do it?"

"I won't tell you."

Gulizar grabbed Zhao Chuanxin's arm and shook it: "Speak quickly..."

She has no concept of intimacy between men and women.

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhao Chuanxin stretched out his hand and received two more yuan: "I will buy you a sheep, and we will eat mutton today."

In fact, whether Zhao Chuanxin bought Li Jiangong's leg of lamb or a sheep now, he paid too much.

Gulizal shook his head, leaned close to Zhao Chuanxin and said quietly: "I can secretly give you one. Dadang and A Nang don't know how many sheep they have at home."

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

But he put the money into Gulizar's hand without any explanation.

Gulizar pouted.

Just as Zhao Chuanxin was about to jump in and catch the sheep, Gulizar hurriedly commanded: "Catch that end, it always bites people."

Sure enough, Zhao Chuanxin walked towards the ram. Not only was it not afraid, it even bowed its head and came towards it.

Who is Captain Zhao?

With quick eyesight and quick hands, he pressed his hands down and pressed the horns of the sheep. The ram remained motionless, raising its four hooves in vain to dig at the sand.

Zhao Chuanxin dragged the sheep out by its horns. At this time, the fat shepherd dog barked and bared its teeth and rushed towards him.

Even if Gulizar shouted, it would not listen and directly transformed into a berserker for the sake of the sheep.

But after the dog jumped up, it came back the same way it came because Zhao Chuanxin kicked it lightly.

Zhao Chuanxin used a clever move to avoid hurting it, otherwise he would have killed it with one kick.

The shepherd dog dared to bite even if it encountered a wolf, but when it encountered Zhao Chuanxin, it had no choice but to retreat and whimper with its tail between its legs, because it could feel the disparity in strength between the two sides.

When he came to the stone wall, Zhao Chuanxin took out the elf carving knife and hit the ram's forehead. The ram's body went limp. He held the sheep under one arm and jumped one and a half meters high. He didn't bend his knees after being airborne and jumped straight over the stone wall. wall.

Gulizar was dumbfounded.

"What are you doing standing around like that? Come on, come with me to collect the sheep."

"Wait a minute, I brought scallions. Wait for me to get them."

Gulizal nimbly climbed over the stone wall and went to the camel's back to get a bundle of shallots and a knife.

Zhao Chuanxin drained the sheep's blood first and disemboweled him.

Because she had only slaughtered people but not livestock, Gulizal not only gave instructions, but even rolled up her sleeves to help. She didn't care that her hands were bloody. It was obvious that this was not the first time she had done this.

Zhao Chuanxin took him to the kitchen, where there was a coal stove made of rock. He had gone all the way to Lanzhou Prefecture to buy the coal.

There must be coal mines in the area, but no large coal mines have been discovered yet.

Being able to buy coal in Lanzhou Prefecture is thanks to one person, Lanzhou Daoist Yin Peng Yingjia, who founded the Guangong Bureau Factory in Lanzhou Prefecture. It not only had gold, silver and copper factories, but also silk, satin, weaving, glass, velvet, etc. Copper and ironware, tanning and other projects.

Many factories use steam engines and coal.

When Zhao Chuanxin went to Lanzhou Prefecture, he also heard that Peng Yingjia and the Belgian counselor Lin Ade had set up a Sino-foreign joint venture weaving bureau. At the same time, Daxing Education was established, and Lin Ade was appointed as an English teacher.

In fact, there were quite a few officials doing practical things in the late Qing Dynasty.

With a good set of cards, the Qing court was beaten to a pulp, and no one else is to blame.

Zhao Chuanxin pointed to the coal stove and said, "Look, this stove can not only cook, but the flue in the tunnel leading to the room and laboratory can heat several rooms."

As soon as he entered the house, Gulizal felt very warm indeed.

Zhao Chuanxin cut the meat, marinated it, added onions and garlic, heated a pot with oil, and the fire was very strong. When the oil was 70% warm, add the mutton slices.

He moved the spoon skillfully, while Gulizar just watched quietly from the side.

Zhao Chuanxin kept moving and looked back: "What are you looking at?"

"What are you looking at?"

After saying that, Gulizal laughed first. He learned this from Zhao Chuanxin after several contacts.

After the meat changes color, add garlic slices and sauté until fragrant.

When it's almost done, add the shallots and stir-fry until soft.

Gulizar adjusted his cowboy hat: It’s also mutton, so why does it taste so delicious when cooked by Xin Zhao?

Zhao Chuanxin cooked a large pot of mutton, placed three plates and poured it into the pot. He also boiled the noodles, poured them into cold water and put them on the plates: "You take two plates, turn right after exiting this door, go to the second door and walk through the corridor. , go to a house directly opposite the backyard, and give the small plate to a pale old man there. You eat first, I want to stew the haggis."

It’s time for Nikola Tesla’s fourth meal.

"No, I want to eat with you..."