The next day, taking some time, Zhao Dagui also went to a money village in the county seat, exchanged two hundred taels of silver for twenty taels of gold, and then returned to the novice village, oh, no, it was Sanlipu Village.

In the dead of night, Zhao Dagui took out twenty taels of gold, held it in his hand, and his face became very complicated.

"In the future, whether to eat meat or drink porridge, it depends on this handful, transforming spiritual gold. Zhao Dagui whispered silently, and a light appeared in his hand, shining on the gold.

Under the illumination of the light, the gold underwent strange changes, from the original solid form to a jelly-like semi-gelatinous substance, Zhao Dagui can pinch it out of any shape with his hands, just like kneading a clay figure with mud.

Zhao Dagui's heart moved, and this twenty-tael piece of gold, or the spiritual gold it turned into, was integrated into Zhao Dagui's body, and then followed the meridians to the Yintang Acupoint Zhihai, entered the main god space, and then merged into the main god library.

When Zhao Dagui entered the main god space, there was a touch of gold on the original stone house-shaped library door, and there was an extra progress bar on the library building, and when he looked closely, it was written "Upgrade to the Golden Age, progress: 20/10000".

"It turns out that this library has been upgraded to the Golden Age, and it takes 10,000 taels of spirit gold to be sacrificed, that is, 10,000 taels of gold are needed. Zhao Dagui finally figured out the amount of funds needed to upgrade the Lord God Library, and couldn't help but scream.

It turned out that the main god library obtained by Zhao Dagui had experienced the fall of the previous main god, and the originally high level had fallen all the way, and it was currently in the lowest-level "Reckless Era".

According to the information left by the predecessor, the names of the main god library at different levels are:

"Level 0: Age of Recklessness, Level 1: Golden Age, Level 2: Silver Age, Level 3: Bronze Age, Level 4: Iron Age, Level 5: Age of the Holocalypse"

As a high-dimensional building, the main god library requires a variety of high-dimensional materials to upgrade, including upgrading from the Age of Recklessness to the Golden Age, which requires spiritual gold converted from gold, Mithril converted from silver to the Silver Age, mother copper converted from bronze to the Bronze Age, and steel converted from steel to the Iron Age.

As for upgrading to the era of the Great Tribulation, it requires very special robbery materials, Zhao Dagui is lowly and lacks knowledge, and he doesn't know what it is or how to get it.

There are many mysteries inherent in this way of promotion, such as the fact that humans learn to use metal, that is, they first learn to use gold, then silver, then copper, then learn to make bronze, and finally steel, which must have a lot of connections.

The main god library itself has the ability to convert gold into spiritual gold, which is considered a kind of talent supernatural power, Zhao Dagui originally knew that if he wanted to upgrade the main god library and get more functions, he needed to use gold, but he had been poor after crossing over, and he had no chance to obtain gold, so he had been delayed until now.

This was the first time he had converted gold into a spiritual gold sacrifice, and according to the progress bar, he knew that to upgrade the library to the Golden Age, it would take 10,000 taels of gold, which was an extremely large asset.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the ratio of gold and silver exchange was eight to one, and today it fluctuates between nine to one to eleven to one depending on its fineness, and in most cases it can be considered to be ten to one.

In this way, if the main god library is to be upgraded, it will need 100,000 taels of silver, nearly 160,000 silver dollars, and Zhao Dagui suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

You know, just to earn five hundred taels of silver, he has been working hard for a whole month, and if he wants to earn one hundred thousand taels of silver as soon as possible, there are many difficulties.

"We can only wait until the British arrive, and the magic capital is opened. Zhao Dagui sighed, thinking to himself.

In the next few days, Zhao Dagui began to be busy with a big thing, that is, to find a house to rent in the county, and the three brothers and sisters of the Zhao family will move into the city to live in the future.

At this time, it is already September, the British are about to come to open the port, and the big plot of the land of China is about to unfold, Zhao Dagui does not want to miss this vigorous scene in Pudong.

No matter from what point of view, Sanlipu Village, where the Zhao family is located, is at most a novice village, and it is used to familiarize itself with the plot in the early stage, and the real big development is still in the county seat, or in the concession that will develop a few years later.

There is an annoying thing that Huo Daya can't be found.

After Zhao Dagui became rich, he originally wanted to repay Huo Daya's loan shark immediately, so as not to have another incident in the future, but he didn't expect to find that Huo Daya was missing at this time.

After inquiring carefully, it is said that this Huo Daya was moved by someone and went to Dinghai to do business, and it is estimated that it will take a while to come back.

This Huo Daya was originally a gangster, and before leaving, he found a place to hide the loan contract, and no one else knew it, so he could only wait for Huo Daya to come back before he could pay back the money.

The most embarrassing thing in this world is that he borrowed a loan shark, and he worked hard to earn money and was ready to pay it back, but the creditor disappeared, Zhao Dagui was very worried for a while, but he couldn't think about it.

Zhao Dagui went to the county seat of the magic capital, and deliberately went to the west of the east gate Yaojia Lane, a large family surnamed Gu rented a two-entry house next to the courtyard, clean and tidy with its own well, and a street shop available, compared to the time in the village is heaven and earth.

According to historical records, after the British arrived in the magic capital, they rented a house in the Gu family compound in the west Yaojia lane of the east gate, as the British consulate, Zhao Dagui felt that it was close to the consulate, and it would definitely be more convenient to do business in the future.

The house price in the magic capital is very cheap at this time, and it is even cheaper recently, Zhao Dagui rented this courtyard, there are two shops, seven or eight square meters, a two-story small building, plus a well and a stone mill, the annual rent is fifty yuan, which is very cost-effective.

According to historical records, the British rented the compound of Gu's family as a consulate, which had fifty or sixty houses, as well as four two-story small buildings, with their own wells and toilets, etc., and the annual rent was about 640 taels, which greatly satisfied the British consul Bafur and the staff of the foreign bank who went with him.

However, Zhao Dagui inquired carefully about the price, and knew that the British actually paid a lot more, and if it was rented by a local, it was estimated that about 300 taels would be able to rent the Gu family compound.

Zhao Xiaohu and Zhao Xiaomei went to the new home to see it once, and then they felt very satisfied, countless times stronger than the old house in Sanlipu.

After renting the house, Zhao Dagui did not rush to move, but asked someone to clean the house inside and out, and burned the plant ash with fresh straw, put it in water to steam, and then used the plant ash water to scrub again, which was regarded as disinfection.

The aqueous solution of plant ash was the easiest to obtain in ancient times, but only the plant ash burned from fresh straw had this effect, and it was recommended that the protagonists who traveled to ancient times should disinfect it in this way to avoid disease breeding.

After that, a series of major events took place, each of which was of great significance and had far-reaching significance for future generations, so that later scholars were very fond of studying the history of this period.

On September 15, the 23rd year of Daoguang, that is, on November 6, 1843 (it was too troublesome to use the Qing calendar at the same time, and the Western Yuan calendar was adopted later, and it is hereby announced), the three brothers and sisters of the Zhao family officially moved, from the Zhao family's hometown in Sanlipu Village to a courtyard next to the Gu family compound in the west of the east gate of the Modu County, which was later called the Zhao family courtyard.

In order to cook for the three siblings, Zhao Dagui specially hired a chef surnamed Ruan, and she was also the first employee hired by Zhao Dagui in his life;

Then, on the evening of November 8, 1843, the British consul in the magic capital, appointed by the Governor of Hong Kong, Butcher, took the paddle steamer "Madusa" to the magic capital, and anchored at the 16 Pu Daguan Wharf outside the county for the night.

According to mainstream scholars, Bafur arrived in Dinghai in Hong Kong aboard the Vixen, and then transferred to the Medusa, which had been converted from a warship to a commercial ship.

Of course, there are also scholars who believe that Bafur only took the Medosa to Wusong, and then transferred to the small steamer Huohe to reach the magic capital, which is a matter of opinion.

On November 9, 1843, Bafur brought his interpreter Mai Huatuo, surgeon and consular assistant Haier, and consular clerk Strachin ashore to visit Mujiu, the Qing Dynasty's Modu Daotai Palace, to discuss the opening of the port.

The two sides reached a series of agreements, many of which had a profound impact on later generations, and Gong Mujiu was later praised by the British as enlightened and elegant.

However, Bafur's request to rent a house in the county town of Modu as a consulate was rejected by Gong Mujiu because he was worried that the Chinese and foreign would live together and give birth to a lot of right and wrong.

After the negotiation, Bafur was upset, and led people to wander around the city of Modu County, when he was stopped by a Chinese businessman named Yao Shuping.

This old man Yao first put forward the suggestion of doing business, hoping that all the goods brought to the port by the British in the future would be represented by him (know the note: mighty, Uncle Yao), but Consul Bafur sternly refused;

After being rejected, Mr. Yao was not angry, and put forward a second business proposal, that is, he had a large residence in the section between the east gate and the west gate of Modu County, which could be lent to the British for rent.

Bafur happily accepted the offer, writing in a letter to Pu Ding Cha that day: "I have rented a house in the Magic City, in a modest location, with an annual rent of 400 yuan, and if I am ready to set up a consulate, I plan to move in tomorrow." ”

Gong Mujiu was very unhappy when he learned the news, but he had no choice but to pinch his nose and agree to the British renting a house in the county.

On November 10, 1843, Mujiu of the Modu Daotai Palace paid a courtesy return visit to the Medosa, and also specially boarded the Medosa, which was well received by the British.

On November 11, 1843, which was a very commemorative day, Zhao Dagui, who had been deliberately planning for a long time, went to the Yao family compound to visit Consul Bafur and his entourage, who had just settled here.

On this day, Zhao Dagui talked with Consul Bafur for a long time, got what he wanted, and then left satisfied.

On November 14, 1843, Bafour issued a notice to twenty-five British people (including merchants, missionaries and consular attachés) who were in the city at the time, and the British consulate was successfully established, and announced that the port would be officially opened from November 17 and that the British could trade freely with the Chinese.

It's just that after Bafur waited for the British to move into Yao's house and settle down, he found that his nightmare had just begun.

It turned out that the courtyard of the Yao family was relatively cramped, and they had to live with dozens of people from the Yao family, and there were more than 20 people such as missionaries and foreign merchants who went ashore with Bafur, and it was difficult to live comfortably.

This is still second, it didn't take long for these British people to find that a large number of Chinese came to Yao's house every day, watching them wash and eat, watching them work in the office, and even watching them go to the thatched house, some of them were bold, and even stretched out their hands to touch the knees of these foreigners, wondering if the knees of foreigners were born with a problem and could not bend down, so they could not kneel down and kowtow.

By chance, the venerable British consul also discovered that the Yao family's subordinates secretly collected admission money from outsiders, so that other Chinese could spend money to come in and see foreigners.

This act finally angered all the British, including the consul, and not long after, around February 1844, they rented a separate courtyard rented by a large family surnamed Gu at a high price of 600 yuan a year in Yaojia Lane, west of the east gate of the magic capital, and then moved there, unwilling to have any more dealings with the Yao family.