Zhao Chuanxin, a foreigner, is a master of guns.

Whether a gun is good or not, you will know when you get started.

The lever rifle sent by Benjamin Goldberg had a sleek line and a yellow pineapple wood butt, which was found outside the gate and was later listed as a protected plant.

If you just look at the shape, it has surpassed the lever rifle made by the old Browning guy, which is very in line with Zhao Chuanxin's aesthetics.

Zhao Chuanxin first figured out the safety mechanism of the bolt offset locking, opened the lever bolt, the tail is not exposed, the sealing is good, and it is not easy to enter the sand and dust to cause failure.

Zhao Chuanxin asked, "What about the hammer?" ”

Benjamin Goldberg said: "There is no hammer, there is a firing pin in it, unlike the Winchester and Marlin rifles." There is no leaf spring in it, and the spiral circlip used is more durable. Rotating the magazine, the bullet will turn around in it when loaded, avoiding some minor problems with Winchester and Marlin lever rifles, mainly because the ammunition is too long to affect the bullet capacity, so pointed bullets can be used. ”

Many lever rifles use round-tipped bullets from pistols, which greatly reduce the stability and accuracy of the bullet.

Zhao Chuanxin touched a small iron pillar above the tail of the receiver and asked, "What is this?" Can it bounce? ”

Benjamin Goldberg said proudly: "Because there is no hammer, when the firing pin is ready to be hit, this small iron pillar will pop out, and you will know whether it is loaded or not when you rub your thumb." ”

Hiss...... It's so high-class. Zhao Chuanxin looked at the exposed brass surface outside the position of the magazine, with "0" written on it, and asked, "What is this?" ”

Benjamin Goldberg bared his teeth and smiled: "Master, this is the residual ammunition indicator, when reloading, the ratchet wheel in the middle of the magazine will rotate, and the full ammunition will turn to the 6 position, and every time the gun is fired, it will turn once, and the empty shot is 0." ”

Sure enough, it's high-end.

Zhao Chuanxin loaded the warehouse with .280 pointed bullets, feeling that it was a bit laborious, and it was difficult to ensure the reload speed.

After loading it, he frowned and asked, "Can this bullet kill people?" And how can you pretend to be six rounds? Blanch, that lever rifle advantage went in half. ”

At least not .300?

And people say that they have to load 15 rounds, or even 18 rounds, of course, which is round-headed bullets.

Benjamin Goldberg shrugged: "Master, believe me, this bullet has a lot of kinetic energy, the burst fire is easy to control, and the frequent bursts are silky enough." Why do you need so many bullets to shoot on horseback? Before the six rounds were finished, they had already passed by. ”

It makes sense, and Zhao Chuanxin can't refute it.

He can go around in infinite circles with the Ethereal Traveler, but not the rest, and this gun was not designed for him.

Zhao Chuanxin accepted this gun and took five boxes of ammunition.

"Go back and let Liu Huaqiang make an offer, and I will send a public official from the Bin Mansion to hand it over. You don't need to lose money and make money, as long as you don't open your mouth to pit your own people. ”

The Yubin Mansion can't be used in vain, and the Juan King Technical College can also make money.

Benjamin Goldberg smiled and said, "Master, the Hankou Concession Arsenal holds the majority of the shares, and the pricing power is in my hands, and they mainly earn wages and money for management and maintenance. ”

"......" Zhao Chuanxin glanced at his apprentice in surprise.

Are his wings so hard now?

No, the master must hurry up to strengthen his own strength, and he must suppress the arrogance of the little cub.

At first, he was very well-behaved, and then he cut it first, and after two years of rebellion, he didn't go to the house to uncover the tiles?

Thinking of this, Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand angrily: "Ah, okay, hurry up and roll the calf, I'm going to sleep, and I'm going to go out tomorrow." ”

Benjamin Goldberg saw that the master was still the same master, moody, and no one could guess his thoughts.

Before closing the door, Benjamin Goldberg remembered the little master: "Master, don't you wait for the little master to come back?" ”

"Hehe......" Speaking of this, Zhao Chuanxin suddenly became proud: "In the future, I will come back at least once or twice a month, and I don't have to wait." ”

Benjamin Goldberg scratching his head?

Come back twice a month, and go back and forth four times, isn't it too much of a toss?

……

Zhao Chuanxin really said that he would leave.

The next morning, when the caravan of camels flying in the sky went out of the desert along the stone road to carry coal, the sun was about to rise.

Camels full of water spewed white air and walked slowly on the soles of their broad feet.

Zhao Chuanxin and them are not on the same path.

Because he no longer wears the Flame Armor and does not have a cloak to maintain stability, Xingyue says that winter will cause damage to the Desert Roots, and speeding without the Desert Roots will be risky.

It took two hours for Zhao Chuanxin to arrive in Liangzhou City.

Liangzhou Mansion.

Wang Buying frowned.

He is not only the prefect of Liangzhou Prefecture, but also has the Ganliang Military Preparation Road, the Northwest Business Affairs Office, etc., and is in charge of a total of five big seals.

If you have to make a comparison, he is about the same salary as Zhao Chuan, and the entire military and political affairs in Liangzhou Mansion are under his control.

The difference is that Zhao Chuanxin is "autonomous", but he has to obey the orders of the Qing court; Zhao Chuanxin eats alone, but he is loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

The old guy is fifty-six years old, and his body is okay.

He has the heart to do practical things, run a new school, engage in farming, manage military affairs and public security, and even want to change the bad habits of local officialdom.

However, when I arrived in Liangzhou, I was blanched, rotten in my bones, and there was no fuel-efficient lamp from top to bottom.

Speaking of Mei Shunan in Nawu-Weizhi County alone, he is a fucked thing, and many people call him Mei Papi.

The harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are as fierce as a tiger, Wang Buying is very powerless, he wants to take care of it, but whenever this matter is mentioned, all his subordinates unanimously persuade: "At the time when the imperial court is using silver, it is rash to change it for fear of causing a catastrophe." ”

Yes, stamp duty cannot be less, and the people are not willing to grow anything but opium.

He can only persuade and persuade the people to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, take their time, and take one step at a time.

He once served as the prefect of Changzhou in the south, and introduced silkworm seeds from the south through connections, hoping to change the unhealthy local agricultural structure.

The effect is there, but not much, otherwise it would not have happened this fall.

During his new studies, he sometimes had to give lectures to show that he attached importance to education.

It's just that when I went to teach that time, I found that Mei Shunan and a female teacher were eyebrowning, which made Wang Buying half angry.

His way of changing the bad habits of officialdom will not work, so he can only lead by example, and when he takes office, the local government will donate a sum of "sitting silver", which is less than 1,000 taels and as high as thousands of taels.

But he doesn't take it.

The prefect does not accept it, and the prefect has no desire.

However, middle-level officials deceived their superiors and subordinates, and he tried to manage it, but he couldn't do it.

Now that Cixi and Guangxu are dead, Wang Buying knows that the whole country is like a duck floating in the water, the wind and waves are calm on the surface, but in fact, the powerful undercurrent fluttering below.

When he was thinking about what he could do other than to defend and divide his troops to finish the thieves' lair.

Suddenly, there was someone in front of him.

Yes, suddenly there was one more person.

Wang Buying was startled, and heard the man say, "Don't scream, it's easy to be beaten." ”

Wang Buying took a deep breath: "Who are you?" ”

"Zhao Chuanxin!"

As soon as the three words came out, Wang Buying was shocked: "You ......"

The Taishi chair is against the wall, and there is a small tea table between the two chairs.

Zhao Chuanxin sat down uninvited, Shi Shiran got off the chair, lifted Erlang's legs, lit a cigarette, and poured himself a cup of tea: "Wang Buying, the word Xianzhou." Loyal to the Qing court, he led troops to protect Cixi and Guangxu as they fled west. I wanted to get rid of the ills of officialdom and develop agriculture in Liangzhou, but then I failed, right? ”

Wang Buying: "......"

He doesn't think he's failed, it's just that the results aren't obvious.

Zhao Chuanxin dusted off his cigarette ashes: "Come today, not for anything else." I heard you're going around scooping bandits? ”

Wang Buying was a little scared in his heart.

But the face is inviolable: "So what? I am the prefect, and you are also the prefect of one party, so we are at the same level. ”

It means that since you have become an official, then act according to the rules of officialdom and persuade you not to mess around.

Zhao Chuanxin clasped the tea table with his fingers: "I still have to hurry, I'm very busy, don't talk nonsense with you." Others say that you are upright, but I don't believe that there are people in the world who are not afraid of death. Flying in the sky, you know? Your army has been defeated and is on its way back. Don't go there in the future. ”

Wang Buying was very angry.

He stiffened his neck: "I'm a bandit, what's the matter with you?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin brushed the wrinkles on his pants, got up slowly, stared at Wang Buying and said, "Because, I built it to fly in the sky." ”

Wang Buying: "......"

He wilted.

scolded in my heart: Zhao Chuanxin on the dog day, in a bitter cold place like Liangzhou, what are you doing here?

Zhao Chuanxin asked him: "In a word, yes or no?" ”

"How about the promise? What if you don't say yes? Wang Buying is still fighting for his own personality.

"Promise to live, don't promise to die, give a happy word, if you want to die, I will fulfill you immediately."

Wang Buying stared, took a deep breath, word by word, and categorically: "I, I agreed!" ”

After finishing speaking, he deflated his air and paused in the Taishi chair.

Zhao Chuanxin sneered, and before the laughter dissipated, the person disappeared.

Wang Buying gasped.

Just like Zhao Chuanxin said, no one is not afraid of death.

Some people can restrain their fears, while others cannot.

The key is that Wang Buying feels that he is worthless even if he dies, and even he is sure that he was killed today for refuting Zhao Chuanxin's face, and outsiders don't know how he died.

This way of dying is too embarrassing.

……

Zhao Chuanxin said to Mei Shunan that he would not let others know that he had come.

But he didn't say anything to Wang Buying.

Because some people don't need to be clear.

60 kilometers away, after crossing Yangjiaba, over a not too high mountain, wading through the Wicker River, and then Wusheling mountain after mountain.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't know the bottom in his heart: "Xingyue, are you sure you want to go like this?" ”

He had never walked like this, and he had always walked along the lines of the old plank road or the new plank road.

He didn't walk it, and Xingyue didn't walk it.

Xingyue said: Sure, since I can't go fast, I simply took a shortcut, I checked more than a dozen maps in Morrison's library and compared them repeatedly, and I will definitely not make a mistake.

Xingyue was right, and soon Zhao Chuanxin saw someone else and found a way out.

There is a clear road ahead, but Xingyue asked him to climb the mountain, the mountain, and the mountain......

Xingyue said: This place is called Quangouxian, and it will be more convenient if you dig a tunnel.

When Zhao Chuanxin saw Lanzhou Mansion, he was completely relieved.

Normally, Zhao Chuanxin will walk along the Yellow River, and he will definitely not get lost, and Xingyue will have another moth at this time and design a new route for him.

In the evening, camp in the sand as usual.

Zhao Chuanxin was tired and slumped on the recliner, did not build an additional shack for Xingyue, and let it toss flammable and explosive materials in the house.

He took out the spirit calamity god wine jug and fed it the "blood medicine" on time and on time.

Instant noodles are really a must-have food for travelers, Zhao Chuanxin doesn't need a stove, the water boils not long after the pot is placed on the ground, and the bread and seasonings are thrown inside, and after they are cooked, they tell Xingyue: "Bring it to the uncle." ”

Xingyue was very obedient, manipulating the black puppet craftsman, and the six arms were very stable and served the noodles to Zhao Chuanxing.

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up, and he suddenly coveted those puppet soldiers of the Desert Emperor.

I don't need it to go into battle, it's good to be able to help bring tea and water.

After eating the noodles, Zhao Chuanxin was embarrassed to use Xingyue again, and the black puppet craftsman had no legs after all.

He brushed the pots and pans himself and opened the Code of the Old Gods.

[Brother and sister who were playing outside came back, and the brother said: Fearless Pioneer, we saw the friar on the Lower East Side today, she covered her face with a gray scarf, but we still recognized her, I hope this will help you. 】

[My sister couldn't wait to tell me what she had seen: Fearless Pioneer, I heard someone on the Lower East Side inquiring about tea and glass, and they said they wanted to buy a shipment to sell it in the Bright Oasis. 】

[I became interested and told them: go and tell the man that he has what he wants at Pioneer Partner Haven at 1005 Upper East Side.] 】

[My sister said proudly: I knew you would say that, so I told him in advance, maybe he was on his way. 】

[As soon as he finished speaking, the man arrived. 】

[This man is very tall, with a majestic bearing, and a turban is wrapped around his head, but there is no veil to protect him from the sun. His face was wrinkled, and the lines on his forehead were not angry. 】

[He said to me: Fearless pioneers from Middle-earth? I heard you have something here that interests me. I don't know if you know if you know me, they call me the Sea Paper King, because I run the largest sea paper shop in Rune City, Green Port and Bright Oasis, and I am the only book printing factory in Rune City. 】

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up.

I have long wanted to contact the printing industry in Rune City, but there is no way.

The last time he saw the booklet, it was definitely not the color that the sea paper could print with its own ink sac.

The text on a book, or with concave and convex lines, or lithographic color pages, the combination of the two forms a unique texture, Zhao Chuanxin has only seen on banknotes.

[I said: I have heard of the king of sea paper, but it is just a matter of fate, and it is my honor to meet you. 】

[The king of sea paper nodded reservedly: Fearless pioneer, let's put it this way, if you talk about sea paper and printing sound, I am not the only one. But in a printing house with color printing technology, only I can do it. 】

[I praise you from the bottom of my heart: you are amazing. 】

[The king of sea paper said: I came this time for your glass, tea and silk, I am not a stingy aristocrat on the Upper East Side, I am a real powerful businessman, I need a lot of goods, do you know the fearless pioneer? 】

Zhao Chuanxin understands, the wholesale price.

He writes:

[I said, then, we need to have a good talk.] You want to traffic these things for a long time, don't you? First of all, I won't be stingy with the discounts, but I can't be in arrears. 】

[The king of sea paper sat down, we negotiated the price, and he asked for a five-fold discount on the original retail price. 】

Zhao Chuanxin closed the "Old God Codex" with a "snap": "Xingyue, how much price should I set?" ”

Xingyue really didn't disappoint him: according to the situation of the goods circulating in various places, the price of seafood transported to Rune City in Green Harbor increased depending on the goods, usually at least doubled. Rune City's rune fragments are transported to the Green Harbor, Brilliant Oasis, and Sea Market Realm at least twice as much. Even if you don't give it cheap, they will at least double the price of it when they ship it elsewhere. Seventy percent is the right price, you first ask eighty percent, and wait for him to bargain.

Zhao Chuanxin immediately did as Xingyue said.

[After some haggling, and finally priced at 7% off the retail price, the sea paper king emptied all my tea, silk and glass inventory. 】

Zhao Chuanxin wrote at this time:

[I said to the king of sea paper: Next, let's talk about another deal. I want you to help print a batch of sea paper, and I have written down the specifications, patterns, words, and requirements on the paper. 】

"Snap" closed the "Old God Codex" again, and Zhao Chuanxin asked Xingyue to write the otherworldly text.

He had long been bored in negotiations with Tsarist Russia, and drew various banknote patterns at the venue.

One Yuan, Wu Yuan, Shi Yuan, Two Shi Yuan, Wu Shi Yuan, One Bai Yuan.

Among them, graphics, color matching, concave and convex texture design, text, numbers, anti-counterfeiting logos...... Anti-counterfeiting marks are not necessary.

But Zhao Chuanxin still designed it, and he was planning for the future.

It is impossible for sea paper to appear on the earth, but the imitation technology of the earthlings is too strong, what if someone invents a paper note with a similar texture in the future?

After Xingyue finished writing, Zhao Chuanxin sent a stack of design drawings over.

[The king of sea paper said: There are actually three layers of sea paper, and your requirements are very simple, leave them to me. 】

[Rune City is known as the knowledge warehouse of the cursed desert, the printing industry is developed, and the king of sea paper prints for me at the price of 7 copper coins per sheet. 】

The ratio of Cursed Desert Gold, Silver and Bronze is 1:10:100.

The minimum denomination is one yuan, which is worth a piece of ocean, a big-eyed gold coin of 10 oceans, 10 oceans can print 140 sheets, at least 140 oceans.

This coinage cost Zhao Chuanxin is acceptable.

Let's start with 5,000 gold coins.

……

In the Bin Mansion, Zhang Shou received a telegram from Belgium that had been tossed and turned several times.

The telegram was sent by Auguste Bernart, a member of the Standing Committee on International Arbitration.

Yao Jia asked Zhang Shouzeng: "What did this Belgian foreign devil say?" ”

Zhang Shouzeng shook his head and smiled: "This is mainly a letter to the prefect, the tone is very arrogant, accusing the prefect of provoking an international war without authorization, and asking us to not increase the armament in the prefect, so as not to cause a worldwide panic." ”

Yao Jia plucked out her ears: "Is this a fool?" ”

"Pretty much." Zhang Shouzeng casually put the telegram on his desk.

……

Zhao Chuanxin walked through the barren loess slope and turned over the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains.

In the forest at an altitude of more than 1,500 meters, he saw a small golden snub-nosed monkey squatting on a tree and chewing slowly.

The little guy was very curious about the strange visitor who came suddenly, and when he saw Zhao Chuanxin eating, he was even more greedy to get closer, until he was beaten twice by his mother before being taken away.

In the shrubs between the valleys, Zhao Chuanxin startled a diurnal eagle owl.

A black bear spitted at him and roared, and he slapped him to the ground, and ran away.

Wading through meadows and shuttling through the pine forests of Bashan, the number of rivers floating through is as high as more than 100.

At the request of Xingyue, Zhao Chuanxin built a small stone temple in the pile of rocks on the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains, and what was "enshrined" in the temple was a small pink eyeball.

The stone temple was small and hidden, and there had to be a lookout so that the bronze eyes could see out.

Until he arrived at the Han River, Zhao Chuanxin felt that he was relieved and did not have to "travel in the mountains and rivers".

He has spent the night in the mountains and forests full of "ghosts crying wolves" at night, and fully understands why the ancients left many legends of mountain spirits and wild monsters.

But when we arrived at the Han River, it was raining again, and the southwest wind was miserable.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't see the lonely boat, but saw the waist of the man, who is usually abundant in rivers, lakes and sea ports, enjoying the rain on the steamer.

So Zhao Chuanxin left them with a contemporary unsolved mystery - a humanoid object with black and white stripes flying across the river, yes, the old man saw it with his own eyes......

(End of chapter)

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