Lai Chuan Qianzhi also frowned coldly: "Lord Zhang, I have already sent someone to calculate the loss." The stern of the Shikoku Maru was damaged, with a loss of 230,000 yen; The commander's instrument, searchlight, rangefinder, 4-inch main gun and two secondary guns, lookout post, power distribution room, bridge, flue, and cable were severely damaged, totaling 390,000 yen. Yoshiji Nishizawa and a number of Japanese businessmen were killed and wounded, with a total pension of 200,000 yen; Now that we have been evacuated from the island, we have lost a total of 270,000 yen in goods and construction on the island. It's a total of 1,090,000 yen, and I ask for immediate compensation! ”

Zhang Renjun gasped.

Holy shit, why don't you grab it?

He took a deep breath and shook his head: "If there is no evidence, you will have to compensate if you open your mouth, and you can't do it." ”

Lai Chuanqian's death stared at Zhang Renjun: "Your sailors took the lead in firing artillery, which is like declaring war." That being the case, then your court should be ready for war. ”

What the Qing court feared most was war.

One scares one accurately.

Zhang Renjun also knew this, and immediately felt his scalp tingle.

He thought about it, but he couldn't think of a good way to break the game.

It was really too much persecution for Lai Chuan, even if he was too late to collect evidence.

Zhang Renjun suddenly thought of someone, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Go to war? When your country goes to war, does it count someone? That's right, it is the gunboat terminator in the German mouth - Zhao Tangong! ”

Sacrifice Zhao Tangong's mana is boundless.

A trace of concern clearly flashed on Lai Chuan's face.

But he immediately laughed fearlessly: "Lord Zhang doesn't know, now that Zhao Chuanxin has established a peacekeeping bureau in Hankou, the Arms Limitation Committee in The Hague has recognized the existence of the peacekeeping bureau, and he is now a peaceful person and will not participate in any war." If Lord Zhang pins his hopes on Zhao Chuanxin, then Zhao Chuanxin may disappoint Lord Zhang. ”

Zhang Renjun heard some rumors, but did not spy on them.

His face froze, and his beard trembled: Zhao Tangong, you are confused!

In the end, he sent Lai Chuan Asa away in a perfunctory manner.

Then immediately summon someone to inquire about the affairs of the Peacekeeping Bureau.

He felt that Zhao Chuanxin had made a stupid move this time, if there was no Raushzi Peacekeeping Bureau, Zhao Chuanxin would be a killer weapon, and he would be able to sacrifice it whenever someone threatened him.

But now it's okay, the hole cards are not powerful.

Of course, when they use the signboard of "Zhao Chuanxin", they basically will not ask for Zhao Chuanxin's consent.

Soon, Zhang Renjun knew what happened in Hankou.

Seeing that Zhao Chuanxin actually used the Peacekeeping Bureau to collect money, Zhang Renjun was dumbfounded: No, Zhao Tangong is not the one who waits for money?

He immediately sent a telegram to Hankou, but when Chen Kuilong received the telegram and sent someone to the peacekeeping bureau to visit Zhao Chuanxin, Chi Shengle, who is now in the peacekeeping bureau, told him: "Our principal has already returned to the court, looking for him to go north to Yubin Mansion, maybe the principal will open another peacekeeping bureau in Yubin Mansion." ”

Zhang Renjun, who received the reply, pondered for a long time, since the Peacekeeping Bureau specializes in reconciling contradictions, it is better to spend money to ask Zhao Chuanxin to reconcile the contradictions between the Qing court and Japan.

It's just that he thinks that it will take ten days and half a month for Zhao Chuanxin to return to the Binfu Mansion, and he also has to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for instructions, so the key now is one word - drag.

……

Due to the lack of transportation and information, human beings used to speculate on the total number of people in the world.

For example, in 1800, some people even guessed and added a little verification to come to the conclusion that the total population of the world was about 800 million.

And in 1900, it was speculated that the world's total population had reached 1.6 billion, twice as many as a hundred years earlier.

In 1800, Asia accounted for two-thirds of the world's population, and in 1900 it fell to 55%, but it is still the most populous region.

Europeans, in 1800, were said to have only about 200 million.

And in 1900, it had risen to 430 million.

In China, at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the domestic population was only about 70 million.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty, despite several wars, the population exploded to 400 million.

If there are only 1.6 billion in the world today, China alone accounts for 400 million.

Westerners say it's because they brought civilization to the East.

In fact, the reason why the war did not reduce the population, but instead increased the population, was essentially because the way of war changed.

In the era of cold weapons, whenever there was a war, it was always ten times or even dozens of times that the displaced people attacked the elite troops of a small number of dynasties, and the chaotic people were very miserable, but the consumption of the elite was also very considerable.

If you want to overthrow a dynasty, you need to snowball with human life.

When the war was torn out, there were fewer people, the ratio of land and population was rebalanced, and a new cycle of chaos began.

In modern times, however, the rise of firearms has allowed all parties in the war to expand their strength, and they are no longer desperate and reckless.

Because the number of people is no longer the key to determining victory or defeat, but enough financial resources and sophisticated firearms can determine the situation of the war.

As a result, when wars occur, fewer people leave production and go to the battlefield than ever before, and this is the key to population growth.

Ten years ago, there were only about 3 million people outside the Guanxi area, and most of them were active in the Mukden area.

By the end of 1908, the population had grown to 16 million.

About 9 million of them still live in Mukden or the surrounding areas.

4 million people, probably living in and around Ji-Lim and Chang-Xuan provinces.

And how many people are there in the province?

Perhaps the territory actually controlled by Zhao Chuanxin, plus the area he nominally controls but does not actually control, may add up to less than 500,000.

These data were compiled by Yao Jia and Zhang Renjun.

Because of the recent frequent exchanges with Lee Kwang-chung on Hong Kong Island, they learned that Lee Kwang-chung likes to study and analyze data.

They were inspired and started playing with all kinds of data.

As the general office of the Foreign Affairs and Negotiation Bureau, Zhang Shouzeng often communicated with Wu Sadi, the consul general of Tsarist Russia in Hailar.

Wu Sadi is an ugly villain who is humble and gentleman on the surface, but sows discord behind his back.

Zhang Shouzeng has known this for a long time.

He even learned that Wu Sadi had secretly contacted the major lama monasteries and the princes of the steppe in Mongolia and wanted to incite them to rebel.

Now the situation between Yubin Province and Tsarist Russia is relatively stable, and it is not easy to gain.

So this kind of thing, Zhang Shouzeng and Yao Jia didn't dare to tell Zhao Chuanxin, for fear that Zhao Chuanxin would be unhappy one day and go to the Russian consulate in Hailar to slaughter the diplomats inside.

"General Manager Zhang, judging from the development at this time, the war will develop sooner or later, and even your god of war, Governor Zhao, will not be able to control the battlefield." Wu Sadi's head was a little bald, he was holding a cigar, and his face was full of harmlessness to humans and animals, as if he was admonishing Zhang Shouzeng.

In fact, this is a looming threat.

The gunboats are getting more and more advanced, and it is said that the American Great White Fleet has already used radios, and soon their Russian gunboats will be installed.

And the cannon is getting bigger and bigger, and the farther and farther.

The rifle gets sharper and sharper.

The advent of automobiles has greatly improved the ability to carry weapons, ammunition and soldiers.

Tactics are changing with each passing day.

This thing is bent on making the Bin Mansion chaotic, and then they will take advantage of the fire of Tsarist Russia and take the opportunity to regain the lost territory.

This is to warn Zhang Shouzeng, don't wait until one day Zhao Chuanxin's set is not working, hehe, at that time, it will be embarrassing for the Yubin Mansion to lose.

Zhang Shouzeng matured quickly during this time, and his face was also like a spring breeze: "Judging from the development at this time, the war will develop sooner or later, even if your country has a lot of cheap gray livestock, it will be so tight that it can't afford to fight."

I said, right? ”

Give back to others in their own way.

The nails look soft, but they are actually hard.

Zhang Shouzeng deliberately emphasized the "gray livestock" in order to say that the way that Tsarist Russia always wanted to win by surrounding and beating with more people would become more and more undesirable.

Because he and Yao Jia just finished analyzing the data, they felt that in future wars, the impact of military strength on victory and defeat would be less and less.

And the more the silver is beaten, the greater the consumption.

Zhang Shouzeng's words left Wu Sa speechless.

Zhang Shouzeng saw that he was silent, and said happily: "Mr. Wu Sadi, there is a British poet named Siland Belloc, and he said in a tone of one sentence - no matter what happens, we have Maxim heavy machine guns, but they don't. Originally, we were a handful of people who did not have a Maxim heavy machine gun in his mouth, and you Tsarist Russia was a handful of people who owned Makqin. But now that the times have changed, we also have Makqin, hehe, do you think this end of the balance will always depend on our prefect to maintain balance? ”

Wu Sadi was a little unwilling to fall into disadvantage, and said in a slightly tough tone: "You have Makqin, it doesn't mean that you can have Makqin in a steady stream, but we can." ”

"Really?" Zhang Shouzeng took a sip of coffee. "We'll see."

There are at least three years left for development.

Zhang Shouzeng smiled happily, although it was not his responsibility, but it was really cool to think that in the future, Yubin Mansion would also have the ability to make Makqin.

He knew why Zhao Chuanxin wanted to establish a peacekeeping bureau.

Not only to regain the lost territory, but also to build weapons and be a "-stirring stick" on the battlefield in the future!

……

Yao Bing's roasted sweet potato and baked potato business is no longer good.

Most of the daily revenue depends on selling forage.

The friends have experienced "great wealth and wealth", and suddenly "from luxury to thrift", and the loss in their hearts can be imagined.

was frowning sadly, when he suddenly saw a tall man dressed in a wolf's skin approaching.

Yao Bing was overjoyed: "Master, you're back!" ”

The wolf's skin was given to him by Bayar.

He had just returned, and he had gone to Bayar's place to get the powder.

Because I have to feed poison to the god of spiritual calamity jug every day.

The previous powder was fed seventy-seven-eighty-eight.

Zhao Chuanxin once gave Bayar a bear skin, and someone gave Bayar a wolf skin, which he transferred to Zhao Chuanxin as a return gift.

Because it was so heavy, the older man was crushed all day long, after all, he had a lighter cotton coat.

Zhao Chuanxin walked slowly around a thick plaid wool scarf and with his hands in his pockets: "Business is not good? ”

Yao Bing smiled: "Master, I did my best." ”

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the honest snow that was trampled on by them around him, looked at the oven again, nodded and said, "Your senior brother Benjamin gave you a clever idea, and in addition, the teacher will renovate this place for you, put two small tables, and build a shed by the way." In addition, I will teach you how to cook instant noodles and sizzling potatoes. In the future, it will become a small restaurant, and when you go to school next year, if you have a poor family, you will work and study here. ”

Yao Bing and his little friend looked at each other, their eyes showing excitement.

Sure enough, the master still has a way.

Then he asked, "My senior brother Benjamin?" Where is he? Can you bring me a gift? ”

"Ah, this ......" Zhao Chuanxin took out a vial: "It can't be said that you didn't bring it, the idea he gave you is one, and this bottle of glue is also a gift." ”

Seeing that Yao Bing wanted to open it, Zhao Chuanxin hurriedly reminded: "Don't apply it randomly, you can't untie it if you stick your fingers." ”

This glue is comparable to 502.

Yao Jia happened to bring a group of newcomers to the official goods bureau to do business, and saw Zhao Chuanxin from afar.

Tang Qunying frowned, and his tone was not good: "I don't know where the prefect is, when I go out and return, the top priority is not to work, but to play with children......"

Yao Jia listened to it straightly: "Oh, haven't you seen it now?" ”

The heart says that if you don't do things, you will be uncomfortable, right?

A female streamer, but she is more irritable than a man, and sooner or later she will be cleaned up.

Tang Qunying: "......"

Yao Jia didn't bring anyone forward to say hello, he knew Zhao Chuanxin too well.

He said to a group of newcomers: "Some people are donkey dung and eggs are shiny on the surface, while others have a red heart towards the sun. In short, look inside. ”

Then, when passing by Zhao Chuanxin, I heard the conversation between their master and apprentice.

Yao Bing listened to the idea given by his senior brother Benjamin, and his eyes widened: "Master, isn't this a fool?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin tugged on the collar of Dayu, and said with a straight face: "You can earn it again if the money is gone, but if the conscience is gone, hehe......"

Everyone listened to what kind of righteous and awe-inspiring words the prefect was going to make.

But I heard Zhao Chuanxin say: "But if the conscience is gone, hehe, then you have to make money from the old nose!" ”

Everyone: "......"

Yao Jia: "......"

I'm blanching, just too much to explain that sentence for him.

Only Tang Qunying's nose was fluttering, he was angry, his temper was angry, and he rushed out.

Jiang Jian quickly pulled a handful of hands in the back...... Didn't pull it.

A person who is worthy of practicing martial arts.

"Why did the prefect say this?"

Tang Qunying came up and output.

Everyone sweated for her.

Although Yao Jia said that don't look at the blood that Zhao Chuanxin killed outside, he is as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, and he is only aimed at the enemy, and he treats his friends as warm as spring.

But after all, Zhao Chuanxin is a murderous person, and they wouldn't dare to be as bold as Tang Qunying.

Tang Qunying said again: "In the huge Yubin Mansion, apart from adults, who else can say such crazy words?" ”

Everyone thought that Zhao Chuanxin was going to turn his face.

However, he just pulled the scarf and smiled: "Xiao Tang, it's okay, you can't expect everyone to be as perfect as me." ”

Tang Qunying: "......"

Sometimes it's hard to know what to say.

She said angrily: "Doubao is still young, and the prefect is such a disciple, won't it be another great disaster to the country and the people in the future?" ”

"Hehe, according to your way, let him be benevolent, righteous, courteous, and wise, and it will be good if there are no bones left to be eaten in the mall in the future?" Zhao Chuanxin scoffed: "The God of Wealth does not cross the fool, and the God of Wealth does not cross the resentful woman." ”

"......" talked about lip service, where was Tang Qunying's opponent of Zhao Chuanxin, but her focus changed again: "What does the prefect mean by this?" To say that I am a resentful woman is not to despise women? ”

Yao Jiaxin, who was holding her arms and watching the excitement not far away, said: Here again, here again, this mother-in-law does not leave the line in three sentences, she has to emphasize the rights of women, and see the confrontation between men and women.

Zhao Chuanxin patted the snowflakes on the big flakes: "What's the matter, you want to bite someone with a bloody mouth?" Hit me? You can't beat it. You can't scold me. In my opinion, Xiao Tang, you should return to the team, and if you are not from the Yangge team, what do you always come out to dance? In the future, you have to see the situation clearly, wait for Luden's echo or Noxian rhapsody, don't listen to a suona and roar out and jump ......"

When everyone saw Tang Qunying deflated, they laughed from afar.

Tang Qunying was angry.

She really can't beat it, and she doesn't have a good salary.

Outsiders, it's impossible to make outsiders suffer.

Zhao Chuanxin patted the apprentice on the back: "That's it, I'll build a shed for you later and build a new furnace, and it will be open tomorrow." ”

Yao Bing sniffed and nodded solemnly: "Knowing Master, I must abandon my conscience, do not pay attention to morality, have no bottom line, forget my shame, and I will not shame you." ”

"Good boy, the most important apprentice for a teacher is you, and you will definitely be able to inherit the mantle of a teacher."

Tang Qunying: "......"

Zhao Chuanxin put his hands in his pockets, didn't know what an opponent was, and walked in the direction of the mansion.

It's true that it's been a long way, but Zhao Chuanxin is not tired at all.

Recuperate in the Ba Gong House, and the energy is just right, while the time is still early, go back to the mansion first and let Xingyue deal with the backlog of official business.

After entering the mansion, Yang Sang Daxi and a group of leaders and pen posts greeted him.

At the desk outside Zhao Chuanxin's office, Cui Fenghua was keeping accounts, and when he saw him coming back, he hurriedly got up: "My lord, the ginseng has arrived, and I took the goods directly from the head of the ginseng gang." ”

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up: "Okay, how much did it cost?" ”

Cui Fenghua hesitated: "Ginseng is really not cheap, the good quality costs one hundred and eighty taels of silver per two ginseng, and the difference in quality is more than one hundred and twenty taels." ”

Zhao Chuanxin's smile stiffened: "Among the ginseng you bought, there are many good ones, or are there many poor ones?" ”

"Uh...... Naturally, it was much better, and he borrowed 30,000 taels of silver from General Yao's office, and he said that he would not be profitable......"

"Blanch!" Zhao Chuanxin gasped: "In the future, remember, you will have to be poor." ”

Because the Qing court regarded ginseng as a treasure, ginseng not only valued its size, but also its appearance, such as the number and shape of ginseng.

But what is the use of eggs?

Zhao Chuanxin was sold to a bachelor's degree in natural sciences, and only needed medicinal effects, and nothing else was valued.

Cui Fenghua wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "Yes, yes, then this silver ......"

Zhao Chuanxin had just sold 10 balls of Sand Sea Human Grass in Rune City, and earned 20,000 gold coins with tears, but at this time he had to pay more than 2,000 for Cui Fenghua to pay off the debt.

When I returned to the office, I immediately released the Xingyue review document.

Don't look at the backlog for many days, but before dinner time, Xingyue has already done it.

After all, it uses six arms to open the bow at the same time, and the neat block writing is very fast.

When Zhao Chuanxin asked Yang Sang Daxi to distribute the official documents, the public officials in the Bin Mansion were dumbfounded.

Look at the prefect of the house, touch the fish for a few days because they have real skills.

Can't compare!

Rebecca Levi heard that Zhao Chuanxin had returned, and she was a little absent-minded when she was dealing with official business.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and I don't think he can think about it.

But I was embarrassed to go to his office to see him.

finally got out of office, hurried out, and wanted to go home as soon as possible to wait for him.

But at the door, I saw a little Ling'e who looked like a shark smelling fishy.

The two sides ignored each other and passed by.

When he and Tang Qunying took the carriage home, on the way, Tang Qunying saw that she was distracted, frowned and said, "Mo Ci, how come you lost your soul like this when you saw the prefect?" ”

Mo Ci is Tang Qunying's expression to Rebecca Levy.

There are many ways to start a table word, and Rebecca Levy's table word is a contradiction.

For example, in her name, the symbolic meaning is loyalty and kindness.

And Rebecca Levy's personality is also about the same, Tang Qunying found that she always does things silently, and whoever wants to be good to her usually refuses to accept it and does not owe it to others.

So I had to do the opposite, give her a "no excuse", don't refuse the kindness of others.

Seeing that Rebecca Levi didn't speak, Tang Qunying said again: "The prefect is also a man, and men are all attentive. You see, the one named Xiao Ling'e at the gate of the government is waiting for him. I also heard that there was a woman who won a medal in the London Olympics, named Miao Cuihua, this woman is beautiful and fragrant, and she may come to Yubin Mansion to find him soon. Women should not be showy and pleasing men alone......"

Rebecca Levi didn't listen to Tang Qunying's previous words.

Only the latter sentence: women should be showcasing to please men.

Wow, that makes sense......

(End of chapter)