can't blame Zhao Chuanxin for being crazy, he has to provoke Mao Zi's nerves.

After the signing of the Treaty of Xincho, between 1861 and 1865, customs duties alone accounted for 40% of the indemnity debts, and the customs office became almost the cashier organ of the great powers.

The annual cargo throughput of the Dongqing Railway is huge, and the wealth is pouring into the sky, how can Zhao Chuanxin let it go?

Zhang Shouzeng was speechless.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't seem to see the embarrassment on his face, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Work hard, Heyan, I'm optimistic about you." ”

After speaking, he pushed the door and went out, submerged in the wind and snow.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't go back to the mountainside hut, he put on the flame demon underwear to keep warm.

Stepping on the ethereal journey, Zhao Chuanxin crossed the border.

Because of the wind and snow, the visibility of the road is low, and it is all dependent on the intelligent gyroscope perception to provide direction.

Zhao Chuanxin can remember the road on the vast grassland, all thanks to the smart gyroscope.

Although it only has a perceptual range of more than a mile, it can remember the terrain and routes it has passed.

The Dongqing Railway is a branch line of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the Dongqing Railway is T-shaped throughout the whole process, and belongs to the branch line of the Dongqing Railway in the south of Changchunfu.

Across the border, Zhao Chuanxin walked along the Trans-Siberian Railway.

When the railway is fully completed in the future, it will cover almost 1/4 of the circumference of the earth.

The railway brought huge economic benefits to Tsarist Russia, and in the roar of the train, the deserted Siberia prospered rapidly, and in recent decades the population has grown from more than 2 million to more than 8 million.

When there are many people, cities will rise from the ground, and this pace of development is internationally known as "American speed".

Siberia also became the main agricultural and pastoral base of Tsarist Russia.

Grains provide 75 percent of the calories, livestock food 11 percent, potatoes 8 percent, and fish, vegetables and fruits 6 percent.

Because of the single type of grain cultivation in Tsarist Russia, the weather has a great impact on the amount of grain production, and the planting area remains unchanged all year round, so the yield fluctuates.

In 1891, there was a great famine in Tsarist Russia.

In the following decade or so, it gradually improved, and it could export 600 to 9 million tons of grain to European countries every year.

The vast expanse of Siberia is the main producer of these exported grains.

The Trans-Siberian Railway, which transports grain to the west.

Zhao Chuanxin walked along the railway line, and the villages and towns of Lower Chita kept passing by.

After running for more than an hour, he finally arrived at a freight yard, and Zhao Chuanxin saw workers loading logs into the train carriage.

It is a 40-ton timber wagon with two heads in tandem and can pull twenty wagons.

When Zhao Chuanxin arrived, the loading had already been completed.

This was followed by horse-drawn boxcars at the incoming yard.

Boxcars are specialized in transporting grain.

Timber, coal and ore have special storage slots, but grain must be warehoused.

Waiting for the timber truck to hang on the front of the car and drive away, Zhao Chuanxin slipped into the freight yard and followed the box car to the warehouse.

It was full of wheat and rye.

Zhao Chuanxin directly filled the secret realm, almost 75 tons of grain, turned around and left.

It took 1 hour and 15 minutes to reach the south of the right wing of the New Bar-Tiger, find a random place where birds don't, open the "Old God Codex" and teleport a sand dune.

In the past few days, "I" have been on the road, and Zhao Chuanxin has extended the refresh progress, and a sand dune has been passed over to build at every turn.

Put on mud trowel gloves, erect a stone tower with a diameter of about 6 meters and a height of 4 meters as quickly as possible, and after opening a few vents at a high place, the grain was randomly loaded in, and the top was sealed.

The whole process is working on the sand dunes, regardless of whether the stone tower is beautiful or not, as long as it can stand.

Along the way, he ran to the left flank of the New Bar-Tiger and built two stone towers next to the wooded area in the south.

Looking at his watch, it was only half past nine, and Zhao Chuanxin crossed the border again on an ethereal journey.

The old horse knows the way, and the car is familiar with the road.

found the previous cargo station, moved another 70 tons of grain back, and almost emptied the cargo station of grain.

Whether it's pocket technology or uncharted space, the main material is deep-sea sediments.

It's impossible to create whatever shape you want like a house. After the expansion of Zhao Chuanxin, the volume of the secret realm is roughly about 130 cubic meters, but the shape is not round and square, and it is extremely irregular.

In addition to the weapons that must be carried, the loading capacity of 70 tons of grain is already quite impressive.

After two trips, Zhao Chuanxin was also a little tired, and returned to the mountainside hut to fall asleep.

……

The next day, Zhang Shouzeng took people to Manchuria-Chali to negotiate with Wu Sadi.

It's just that this time it's not just Wu Sadi, he also brings a few other people.

Wu Sadi introduced Zhang Shouzeng: "This is Major General Putilov, this is Boundary Survey Commissioner Rudanov, this gentleman is Horvat, the general office of the Dongqing Railway Company, and this gentleman is Daniel, the deputy general office. At this meeting, the five of us made a joint decision on behalf of Russia. ”

Zhang Shouzeng was taken aback.

These are all heavyweights.

I'm afraid that if Zhao Chuanxin hadn't come out of nowhere, he would definitely not have had the opportunity to meet these people.

Not only that, but someone pushed the door in.

Zhang Shouzeng looked up and saw that the person who came turned out to be Song Xiaolian, a Taoist from Hulun Bingbeidao, followed by Huang Shifu from the Reclamation Bureau.

His mind was full of question marks, why did he call these two? Anyway, it wasn't what he called.

Wu Sadi said with a smile: "I don't need to introduce these two, I think I am very familiar with General Manager Zhang's office." ”

Zhang Shouzeng hurriedly got up and saluted his subordinates.

Song Xiaolian didn't speak with a dark face.

Huang Shifu glared at Zhang Shouzeng: Okay, you are a dog who eats inside and out, are you wearing the same pants with Zhao Chuanxin now?

Zhang Shouzeng just smiled bitterly.

The crowd took their seats.

Wu Sadi got straight to the point: "What General Manager Zhang said said that the Yubin Mansion set up a card in Manchuria to collect customs duties, and we dare not agree. ”

Since Zhao Chuanxin chatted with him a few words last night, Zhang Shouzeng understood Zhao Chuanxin's attitude.

He was not gentle at all, and said to Mai Mang: "Why don't you agree? Tariffs should be independent in our country, shouldn't the card collection tax be shared? ”

Wu Sadi coughed lightly: "Corruption is rampant in your country, do you know, the British are in charge of your country's customs, and they are the only customs in your court that does not breed corruption, and it is actually the most honest and honest department in the Qing Dynasty, which is really incredible." If Manchuria is handed over to you, it will not only breed corruption, but corruption will also hinder our trade. ”

How much tax the Qing court officials collected, how much tax they paid to the imperial court, or whether they paid it or not, depended on their mood. As a result, the British were in charge, and the British handed over all the debts except for the part of the debt. Zeng Guofan saw it at the time and felt very shocked.

Zhang Shouzeng glanced at Song Xiaolian, and a trace of anger flashed on Song Xiaolian's face.

The anger did not come to him, but to Wu Sadi.

Anyone who hears such remarks will probably be angry.

Song Xiaolian spoke: "Mr. Wu Sadi's words are wrong. Tariffs should have been in the hands of the country, not to mention the increase in the collection of cents, which greatly hindered the development of our DPRK's commerce......"

The so-called centigold is a tax specially set up by the great powers for the Chinese. In other words, imports only need to pay tariffs, but exports are subject to additional taxes, which are aimed at Chinese merchants.

Before he finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Putilov: "Please wait first, we will only talk to Yubin Mansion about the tariff card." ”

Song Xiaolian was stunned, and his angry face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

But I really don't have the confidence to refute it.

Whether or not the sovereignty of customs duties can be recovered is not discussed with the Russians.

Now he can't take care of Zhao Chuanxin's affairs.

Zhang Shouzeng was under a lot of pressure, and suddenly touched his pocket, which contained a pack of cigarettes that he had snatched from Yao Jia last night.

When he lit a cigarette, he couldn't smoke it, and he choked and coughed, but he couldn't put it out.

After coughing, he said: "I don't dare to say it elsewhere, but the customs department of Yubin Province will definitely not breed corruption, because no one dares to extend this hand." ”

In fact, the right of customs tariff was not absolutely impossible to recover at this time, and the British minister to China, Wittoma, took the initiative to ask the Qing government to take over the customs by himself, but was resolutely denied by the Qing government.

Because he knows what kind of virtue he has.

For example, Hurd's resignation, since the earliest period, the customs duty tax has increased by six times compared with 1861, and if he wants to be an official of the Qing court, I am afraid that this figure will never change, as long as it can be paid, and occasionally it will be less.

But in the next era, it was not so easy to recover the tax right, and it took a lot of effort to revoke the centigold.

Wu Sadi talked to Zhang Shouzeng several times ago, and he formulated a strategy: to overcome rigidity with softness.

He smiled, shook his head and said, "No, we can't take this risk. ”

Zhang Shouzeng also shook his head: "The prefect has said that the land customs tariff must be recovered. ”

Wu Sadi's face was stagnant, last time Zhang Shouzeng had to take care of face and the deterrence of Tsarist Russia, but this time he was unexpectedly tough.

Song Xiaolian and Huang Shifu also glanced at Zhang Shouzeng in surprise, and felt that Zhang Shouzeng had changed, and he was no longer the same as before.

But Wu Sadi still kept a smile: "Before your court, there were only customs duties, and land customs only had regular customs, and there was no precedent for collecting land customs duties. ”

Zhang Shouzeng did not give an inch: "At present, Manchuria-China is controlled by you Russians, except for the livestock and fur trade, we can't even receive Changguan." Even if the land customs should collect less taxes than the customs customs, the amount of this tax can be negotiated between our two countries, but it cannot be decided by you alone. Moreover, the imperial court has a decree, and the province is autonomous, and has the right to decide on tax issues under its rule. ”

He also learned to talk about "autonomy".

At this time, Putilov interjected: "General Manager Zhang's words are sharp, aren't you afraid of diplomatic disputes?" ”

As he spoke, Putilov stared at Zhang Shouzeng viciously.

Zhang Shouzeng is a literati, not a martial artist.

But he was not afraid this time, and he also pressed the cigarette butt that he had not smoked a few puffs into the ashtray, and looked at Putilov without fear: "Don't be afraid!" ”

Zhang Shouzengxin said: Zhao Chuanxin is a murderer, I sometimes dare to contradict him, how old are you?

Scald!

Song Xiaolian, Huang Shifu, Wu Sadi and others were all shocked.

In a short period of time, all the people who have come into contact with Zhao Chuanxin seem to have changed.

The five-wing chief wore a pair of pants with Zhao Chuanxin as fast as possible, and Wu Sadi wanted to separate? Not! Song Xiaolian wants to command? Not!

Now even Zhang Shouzeng, who was sent by the Qing court to restrain Zhao Chuanxin, not only stood on the same front with Zhao Chuanxin, but his courage even became bigger.

When Putilov heard this, his nose was crooked.

Wu Sadi's face finally turned red, but he immediately smiled again: "This matter is very important, let's think about it in the long run." Now on to the issue of boundary demarcation. ”

Song Xiaolian and Huang Shifu were relieved.

I'm really afraid that the two sides just got up on the spot, after all, that Putilov doesn't look easy to mess with.

Horvat's tone was heavy: "Zhao Chuanxin killed hundreds of railway guards in my country, and recently moved Obo without authorization and erected boundary monuments, what is the purpose of being so aggressive?" ”

Putilov said toughly: "I have been instructed by the emperor, and if things are not harmonious, we will not hesitate to start a war to settle disputes, anyway, in the past years, war was usually the most effective means of resolving disputes." ”

Song Xiaolian didn't wait for Zhang Shouzeng to speak, and took the lead in speaking: "Everything is reasonable, it is difficult to do an inch, we are negotiating today to resolve disputes, and we don't need to use force." ”

But Zhang Shouzeng was annoyed by Putilov's tough tone, and he pressed his hands on the table and said, "Then let's talk about the problem of looking at the boundary survey." ”

Rudanov, a member of the Tsarist Boundary Survey Commission, said: "The location of the No. 63 Oboaba-Haiitu boundary point must be redetermined, because the Ergun River flows into the Hulun Lake to the southwest, and Hulun Lake is the source of the Ergun River, so it should be all Chinese land. In addition, the boundary monument that Zhao Chuanxin moved without authorization must be removed. ”

Zhang Shouzeng smiled angrily.

He and Yao Jia look at the map every day, look at the map every day, and know every inch of land here.

This goods not only has to dismantle the boundary monuments, but even has to bite back, and they have to occupy more than 1,000 square kilometers of land.

He sneered and said, "You're talking about the Dharan Oromu River, not the Ergun River." Hulun Lake is also not the source of the Erguna River. If you don't move the boundary monument, if your words are heard by our prefect, your head will fall to the ground on the spot, Mr. Rudanov, don't talk nonsense, I advise you to be cautious! ”

Rudanov: "......"

Song Xiaolian and Huang Shifu felt that Zhang Shouzeng was crazy.

When will we be able to threaten Tsarist Russia too?

Most of the day's ruffling was fruitless.

When Zhang Shouzeng went out, he looked at the already clear sky and took a deep breath.

Song Xiaolian and the others also went out.

Zhang Shouzeng smiled: "Lord Song, do you want to go to Yubin Mansion to sit?" ”

"......" Song Xiaolian gritted his teeth: "If you don't go, do you want to see how Zhao Chuanxin fishes the people?" ”

"Fish and meat people?" Zhang Shouzeng was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Huang Shifu.

Huang Shifu smiled awkwardly, but couldn't interject.

Zhang Shouzeng said lightly: "Lord Song can see the people of Zhao Governor's Mansion with his own eyes? ”

"Recently, there have been official tickets everywhere, he issued them, right? Isn't that a fish and a common people? Song Xiaolian said a little angrily.

In his opinion, this must be a new way of exploiting the people and miscellaneous taxes researched by Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhang Shouzeng just wanted to speak, when he suddenly heard rows of gunfire behind him.

Huang Shifu's body shook.

Some people were even scared out of their seats.

Some Russians who watched the excitement pointed and laughed shamefully.

Only Zhang Shouzeng's face was cold, and he took a sip: "Ah...... tui！ Spicy coins, even firing guns to intimidate? Do you think that our people in Yuhama Province are scared? I think these people are looking for death! ”

Huang Shifu: "......"

……

Zhao Chuanxin woke up very early, ran to the left and right flanks of Xinba-Erhu respectively, and ordered Che Hezha and Podigeril to send people to look at the granary.

As early as the 29th year of Guangxu, the Dongqing Railway was opened to traffic, and Tsarist Russia built more than ten railway stations between Lingdong and Lingxi in Hailar.

Since Zhao Chuanxin took office and expelled the railway guards in the Hailar area, Tsarist Russia began to increase troops at these ten railway stations, starting from Zha-Lantun and ending at Ya-Keshi.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't have time to look at it before, but when he walked around today, he found that the road guard team of this section of the railway was dense and scary.

The most powerful part of the ethereal journey is not the flat ground galloping, but the most powerful climbing ability.

In the past, he couldn't step on the board when he climbed the mountain, so he tried to run on the flat ground as much as possible.

Now that it has desert roots, even steep places, your feet can firmly encircle the ethereal traveler, and you can climb the mountains and mountains as if you were walking on flat ground.

He surveyed the mountains to the left and right along the railroad line, and did not return to the province all day, wandering around the neighborhood in search of a freight yard.

When a train from the east passed through the Abenuel station, a column of soldiers disembarked from the wagons carrying the goods, and together with the rest of the Russian soldiers, carried out the boxes one by one.

An officer came, opened the box and inspected it, while the soldiers next to him waited respectfully.

In Russia, the average infantry was poorly paid, and their status was so low that they were trampled in the dirt.

When you see an officer, they are strict about their rank and show plenty of respect. They are not allowed to take public transport, except in exceptional circumstances, such as at this time. They were not allowed to enter the theater or they would be expelled and verbally abused.

This has been going on for hundreds of years.

The officer lifted the wooden box, laboriously took out a Russian-style Makqin, that is, the M1905 heavy machine gun, and after careful inspection, waved his hand.

A group of soldiers hurriedly closed the lid and began to carry the boxes down.

In the Russo-Japanese War, when the Japanese used the "meat-bullet tactic" to storm onslaughtly, they encountered the M1905 machine gun of Tsarist Russia at Nanshan. This gun ruthlessly educated the little devils, making them pay more than 4,000 lives to attack the highlands after the Tsarist Russia ran out of ammunition and food.

There are a total of 12 boxes, and each box has only one Russian-style Makqin, because in addition to the net gun, there are also wheeled gun mounts and bulletproof shields.

Together, they got more than 60 kilograms, and two people had to grin when they walked a long way.

Why are there only 12?

They can't be blamed for being stingy, from 1905 to 1918, they produced a total of 37,345 units, and this is not counting the consumption during the First World War.

An infantry regiment with 8 Russian-style Makqin as standard.

Now 12 have been unloaded at just one station, which is already over-spec equipment.

It can be seen that they are now preparing for war.

After unloading the Russian-style Makqin, the next unloaded box, after the officer opened it, he saw that there were batches of bullet bridges inside.

The bridge is a small clip that quickly reloads the rifle, with 5 rounds stuck on it, and can be pressed directly into the gun.

If a soldier is equipped with a bullet bridge, usually a bridge bullet is pressed into the chamber first, and then the bridge is filled, and the bullet in the chamber is shot during the battle, and the bridge bullet is directly pressed into it to achieve rapid reloading.

The magazine is actually a complicated bridge, and later a bomb press was invented to quickly reload the magazine.

Otherwise, loading is a chore, Zhao Chuanxin hates loading the most, and it is cool to shoot for a while, and to press the crematorium.

Generally speaking, soldiers are not equipped with too many bullet bridges.

But judging from the bridges in front of me, I am afraid that each of the soldiers in this small station will have to be equipped with four or five bridges.

Then there is a brand new batch of 1891 Mosin Nagant, aka Water Lianzhu.

Finally, there is a batch of 1895-style Nagant wheels, which are also the common guns of Zhao Chuanxin, nicknamed Qixingzi.

But the single-action model used by Zhao Chuanxin has 6 rounds and 7 rounds.

There are several variations of the Nagant wheel.

At the beginning, officials in Tsarist Russia invited bids all over the world to develop a low-cost, lightweight, and powerful wheel that could kill a horse at a distance of 25-30 meters, and the reload was more than that of the same period......

When the major arms dealers got the tender documents, they saw that they were spicy coins, and the corrupt officials of Tsarist Russia were corrupt and corrupt officials, isn't this embarrassing? Most of them turned around and left, let Maozi play by himself.

Eighty-year-old Jiang Taigong fishes, and he has never been afraid that no one will take the bait.

Faced with a lot of strange demands, the Belgian Nagant brothers rose to the challenge.

High power means that the recoil is high, and the gun is too light to roar.

More bullets means a smaller caliber, and a smaller caliber means less power.

At the beginning, Tsarist Russia also demanded the use of black powder, which was less powerful, because it was cheap.

As a result, the brothers worked air tightness, and the developed Nagant runner has a small caliber and great power, one more than the normal six-shot runner, because of the good air tightness and the micro-sound effect. The bullet is also special, the warhead is completely packed into the shell, and the top is also harvested into a cone, which can maximize the pressure of the emitted gas.

This is definitely not something that ordinary people can imagine, and it is of epoch-making significance at this time.

Many people think that this kind of silence is not far away, not that the sound is small, that is pure, in fact, the sound is small, the smallest sound in the world, and there is no one at this time.

It's just very powerful, but the muzzle velocity is much faster than other guns.

Saves all kinds of costs, but what about the selling price?

Compared with the mirror box, which is famous for its complexity and expensiveness, it is only 10 rubles cheaper, and it can only be said that it is so expensive that it is basically impossible to sell except for Maozi himself.

When the guns, ammunition and other equipment have been inspected and all the goods are unloaded, the train starts.

They transported the weapons to the warehouses of the barracks.

When I arrived at the Douzi station, I unloaded many guns.

From west to east, from Hailar to Zha-Lantun, the number of weapons unloaded gradually decreased.

That is, the closer you get to Hailar, the more weapons you unload.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see who this is aimed at!

The snow had stopped, the temperature was low, and a large cloud of fog could be emitted when you breathed.

In the evening, Douzi Station.

The Russian soldier wore an overcoat, a Bashlik hood covering his head, and by the way, his neck was also encircled, and he also wore a black lamb wool Shapka hat with a double eagle insignia, the cuffs of the coat were particularly long, and he could cover his hands when he put it down, shiny high-waisted leather boots, orange elastic belts, water bottles, and a single backpack.

Such a platoon of soldiers in winter clothes patrolled in front of the barracks.

There is not much snow on the ground, as much of it has melted during the day.

A faint crunching sound could be heard, but no one was visible.

The makeshift arsenal is an ordinary house made of clay and stone.

The front was guarded by soldiers.

Two Russian soldiers were smoking, and the cigarette butts were flickering in the night.

One said, "If only there was wine." ”

Another person said: "Just such a little money, it has long been spent, do you still think that you can drink every day?" ”

"Hey, when I return to my hometown to farm, I may earn more than I can carry a gun."

"It was a good time for you to rob the herdsmen's cattle and sheep, and the leather goods alone sold for 15 roubles."

"I heard that there is another war, that new Qing Dynasty official, I heard that he is against us? I heard from my distant relatives in the demarcation committee that the emperor had ordered Major General Putilov to prepare for war. ”

"Oh, that's good, then we're going to make another windfall, I see the Saurons over there at Abnumer, they're all good hunters, and they've got a lot of good skins at home, as well as tiger skins."

"Hopefully you'll give me some guidance on what to do when the time comes, so that I can have more money."

"Okay, just follow me."

Behind the makeshift arsenal, the windows were silently sliced open and vanished, and the cold wind poured into the room, unbeknownst to the soldiers in front......

(End of chapter)