The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Wilden, the American illustrator of Naughty Kids Illustrated, was in Jiangnan collecting works. Hearing about the excitement in Hankou, he rushed over and entered the venue through connections.

He couldn't help rubbing his eyes when he saw Zhao Chuanxin walking to the window and suddenly disappearing.

After confirming that he had read it correctly, he was inspired and began to draft. Judging from the outline, what he painted was a scene of a hideous and ugly man jumping out of a window...

At this time, the venue was silent.

For a moment, Frankie said loudly to Du Lifang: Mr. Du Lifang, please contact the 'Decisive' and the 'Entrecasto' immediately, otherwise it will be too late!

Du Lifang frowned: What do you mean?

Fales stamped his feet: Go quickly, Zhao Chuanxin will scuttle the battleship!

Du Lifang: Are you kidding?

Do you see me smiling?

...

There was a flurry of excitement.

But Zhao Erxun, the little old man, thought for a while and actually said: Here, bring the stove over quickly, I will boil water and make tea!

Yuan Datou was stunned: Gongzang, you...

Zhao Erxun smiled lightly and said, If the Zhao charcoal worker can burn charcoal and make the poor people in the world happy, why don't I lower my head and have a cup of tea with him to wash away the grudges?

He actually boiled the kettle and made tea himself.

…

Du Lifang notified two gunboats late yesterday night to march from Poyang Lake to Hankou.

This is what the great powers always did when the Qing court refused to cooperate.

There is no need to actually fire the cannon, just point the muzzle at the port, and the Qing court will be intimidated. This trick has been tried and true.

Starting from Hankou Pier and traveling along the Yangtze River, it is about 254 kilometers to Jiujiang.

The naval gun travels slowly up the river, with the fastest speed being no more than 10 knots per hour.

After sailing all night, we arrived at Huangzhou Mansion, which was later known as Huanggang.

Zhao Chuanxin set foot on the Yangtze River, and the Misty Traveler opened fire to the limit he could bear. It took him less than ten minutes to see two French gunboats on the river.

He continued to accelerate around the corner...

The naval soldier on the Decisive gunboat in front held up his telescope and suddenly saw water splashing and an object moving at high speed on the river. He just blinked and the unknown object left the scope of the telescope lens, which shows how fast it was.

There is a sharp bend in the Yangtze River in the Huangzhou Prefecture section, and there is a sandbar in the middle of the river.

The soldier quickly turned his telescope, but his view was blocked by a sandbank.

He scratched his head in confusion, and the next moment he felt the gunboat shake violently and began to tilt...

Chipping a warship was as difficult for Zhao Chuanxin as shaking a fallen leaf, and he was already very skilled at it.

After walking back and forth along the sides of the two gunboats, he confidently turned back, leaving a white wave and galloping away.

When Zhao Chuanxin arrived, the gunboat had just received a warning.

When Zhao Chuanxin returned to Hankou, the news that the Resolute and the Entrecasto were sinking reached the Russian concession.

Zhao Chuanxin came ashore and used four flashes to instantly enter the venue, and the correspondent who came back to report the news arrived at the same time.

Zhao Chuanxin glanced at his negotiation table, where the tea cup was covered with a lid and steam was rising.

I picked it up and tried it in the palm of my hand. The temperature was just right.

He laughed and drank the tea in one gulp.

The correspondent said to Dabanov: The last call from the 'Decisive' was that two gunboats were sinking from Huangzhoufu and there was no way to save them...

The sound of needle dropping could be heard in the venue, and everyone looked at Zhao Chuanxin in shock.

It takes less than half an hour to go back and forth...

Putting down the tea cup, Zhao Chuanxin said: Who is that, Du Lifang, right? Your king bomb is gone. I'm going to play the ace right now, will you take the move?

Du Lifang was so lost that she staggered back two steps and didn't listen to Zhao Chuanxin's words.

Zhao Chuanxin scuttled two French warships on the spot, completely breaking their alliance intentions.

The concessions have joined forces, but their troops are still limited. Zhao Chuanxin is no match on land, and the gunboats cannot enter Hankou at all.

Zhao Chuanxin can defeat the whole game by himself.

Asabuki Eiji gritted his teeth: Mr. Zhao, can you let us pay compensation and leave some land?

Zhao Chuanxin smiled very happily, came to Asabuki Eiji, patted his cheek condescendingly and said: I still remember when the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed in 1895, and when Li Hongzhang begged Ito Hirobumi to reduce the compensation, Ito Hirobumi was How did you cope with it?

In 1895, Li Hongzhang and Ito Hirobumi negotiated compensation. Ito Hirobumi asked for 300 million taels of silver, but Li Hongzhang wanted to reduce it to 50 million taels.

Ito Hirobumi humiliated Li Hongzhang: I remember how powerful Li Zhongtang was back then. He would beat him even if he failed to achieve success. So what if he beat him? Now you are like a lost dog...

Despite Li Hongzhang's low-pitched begging, he refused to give in at all.

Finally, Li Hongzhang was assassinated by a Japanese gunman, and the bullet hit his left cheek.

Because of this matter, Li Hongzhang made a fuss about it, and finally lost 50 million taels of silver, turning it into 250 million...

This historical event is well known to everyone here.

Things have changed, and now Zhao Chuanxin is the talker.

Asabuki Eiji's expression was extremely ugly.

Zhao Chuanxin continued to slap his cheek: Why the hell didn't you say anything? That bitch Ito Hirobumi, I regret killing him, otherwise I would have made him stare at the changes in the world with his eyes wide open!

Regardless of their stance, Yuan Datou, Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Renjun, Zhao Erxun and others were excited.

It has been many years since I have seen such a relaxing scene.

Especially Zhang Renjun and Zhao Erxun, they clenched their fists tightly and used the strongest willpower in their lives to suppress their desire to clap the table and applaud!

Asabuki Eiji took a deep breath, showed an ugly smile and discussed: Mr. Zhao, can you reduce the land? We are willing to cut off 120 acres of land and add it to Mr. Zhao. Please know, Mr. Zhao, that we Japanese people are in dire straits. Among them, it is well known that Mr. Zhao has always treated the people generously; we, the Japanese Empire, love peace and are brothers with the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, we ask Mr. Zhao to be merciful and allow us to cede less land. All Japanese people will be grateful to Mr. Zhao. With kindness, let Qing and Japan have everlasting friendship!

Frankie, Du Lifang, Fareis, Dabanov and others were immediately confused. What do you mean? Just for land and money, you are so shameless, right?

Yuan Datou, Sheng Xuanhuai, and Zhang Renjun were all dumbfounded.

Jin Shihe's face turned red and he whispered: How shameless.

Qi Yaoshan gritted her teeth: How unreasonable...

Zhao Chuanxin showed a warm smile that could influence all living beings, and stepped forward to pat Asabuki Eiji on the shoulder comfortingly: Hey, Asabuki, according to Cixi, we are friends. Since we are friends, what else can we say, right?

Asabuki Eiji couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw things turning around, while Zhang Renjun and others stared wide-eyed, thinking that Zhao Chuanxin would not be fooled so easily...

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the roof of the shed at a 45-degree angle, just short of the Buddha's compassionate light above his head: Hey, all living beings suffer, and it's not easy for anyone. So, it's the same sentence - not even a penny is worth it. It cannot be missing, not even an acre of land is missing. As long as one big son is missing, I will definitely make our friendly countries bleed with blood and corpses litter the fields.

Asabuki Eiji: ...

Please say this in a cold-blooded way, otherwise it will be easily misunderstood...

Zhao Chuanxin looked at everyone in the field, put his hands behind his back and sighed: In prosperity, the people are suffering; in death, the people are suffering. Everyone is compassionate, how could Zhao be so hard-hearted? The original time was set at noon, Zhao is kind-hearted If an attack occurs, just delay it for one minute. Okay, goodbye!

Wait... Du Lifang, who was in a state of confusion, suddenly said: Mr. Zhao, on behalf of the French Concession, I agree to your request. I only hope that Mr. Zhao can reduce the compensation to the same as the Russian Concession, 50,000 yuan...

After not sleeping all night, the two chapters that I rushed out after sobering up had to go to work later.

On the day of my sudden death, everyone remember to bring their share of money to sit down at the table.