mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 1086: Chaos

When Porfirio Díaz stepped down, Francisco Madero, who was originally the most prestigious candidate for the new president of Mexico, had Zhao Chuanxin behead him and build a memorial for him.

Felix Dias was beheaded by Zhao Chuanxin on the spot because of his lack of knowledge about him.

Now, the winner is the "sensible" Victoriano Huerta.

He took the initiative to contact Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata and prayed for peace.

He promised the two that he would carry out the remainder of the San Luis Potosí Plan in order to gain their support for his ascension to power.

At this time, Zapata was approaching Mexico City from the south, while Pancho Villa was lurking outside Ciudad Juarez.

The combined power of the two should not be underestimated.

But the two men had their own calculations, and in the end Victoriano Huerta benefited, so they had no choice but to agree with Huerta.

When Huerta learned that Zhao Chuanxin led the Chili Corps to march into Veracruz State, he was both fearful and angry.

He sent a telegram to Quetshalan, asking Zhao Chuanxin why he attacked Atore.

Miguel Esteban, who was recovering from his injuries and guarding the base camp, replied: Because the rebels were rising in various places, Veracruz was also affected, and the mob took advantage of the situation to cause chaos, and countless citizens had their homes destroyed. Don John Constantine led his troops to quell the rebellion and stabilize the situation. Veracruz is still part of Mexico, but it will implement autonomy in the future to ensure a safe passage through the difficult times...

When Huerta received the news, he was furious and ordered Zapata to lead his troops to Quetzalan to intimidate Zhao Chuanxin.

Zapata did not carry out the order, but instead asked Huerta when the land would be returned to the farmers.

Huerta dismissed Zapata on the grounds that he would have power only after becoming president.

But the matter of intimidating Zhao Chuanxin was put on hold for the time being.

Hoover was arriving in Veracruz, Mexico, on a ship from South Africa.

Back then, he had one of his arms broken by Zhao Chuanxin. Intimidated by Zhao Chuanxin's threat, he promised that Zhao Chuanxin would summon him at any time in the future.

Some time ago, Zhao Chuanxin notified Hoover to come to Mexico. He did not dare to disobey and rushed over eagerly.

This future big boss of the United States was extremely humble in front of Zhao Chuanxin at this moment.

Hoover met Zhao Chuanxin in Atore.

It was a bit awkward at first, but Zhao Chuanxin walked up to him and patted his broken arm as if nothing had happened, saying, "Hu Hua, I heard that you have been doing very well all over the world in recent years and have made a lot of money?"

Hu Hua is Hoover's Chinese name.

He was startled, thinking that Zhao Chuanxin was after his wealth: "I work hard to make a living, but the money I earn is hard-earned, not much."

Hoover speaks fluent Chinese.

He is low-key, introverted, and even servile.

I just hope Zhao Chuanxin doesn't steal his wealth.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled meaningfully: "I know you have opened an engineering company and are engaged in mining consulting. I'm afraid you are worth one or two million dollars now, right?"

Hoover was even more afraid: "No, no, just tens of thousands of dollars of hard-earned money."

Zhao Chuanxin raised his eyebrows and said, "Huh? People call you 'the good doctor who cures diseases', but it seems that this title is not worth much money?"

"That's right, that's right." Hoover Chicken pecked at the rice and nodded.

"Then I feel relieved." Zhao Chuanxin patted his chest.

Hoover had a bad feeling: "Mr. Zhao, what do you mean by this?"

"Look, I'm planning to do some exploration in Veracruz state, and I need your help as a good doctor of the mines. Everyone says you have superb skills. But I didn't expect you to charge such a low commission, so I feel relieved."

"Ah this..."

Hoover was dumbfounded. In fact, his net worth was more than 2.6 million US dollars.

He is indeed very skilled.

He charges equally high fees.

But in order to conceal his wealth, he forced himself to lower the price, allowing Zhao Chuanxin to take advantage.

It's too late to change your tune now.

He smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhao, what kind of mine are you looking for?"

Zhao Chuanxin blew a smoke ring and said, "Oil!"

The reason for occupying Veracruz is oil!
Hankou Juanwang Technical College produces more and more cars.

Currently, most of the oil is imported from the Netherlands and needs to be processed to match the octane number required by the Volkswagen car.

Sakhalin also produces oil, but the north is occupied by Tsarist Russia. The Peacekeeping Agency and Tsarist Russia are in opposition to each other in the north and south. If Tsarist Russia discovers that there is oil there, it is estimated that the difficulty of retaking the other peninsula will be doubled.

Zhao Chuanxin had no choice but to start with the weak target, Mexico, since he had planned to do so a long time ago.

……

The railway protection movement was in full swing, and the advisory councils of various provinces continued to make requests to the Qing court.

The imperial cabinet established by the Qing court sent a letter to the advisory councils of each province - the power to promote or demote officials was the emperor's, and the councilors were not allowed to interfere.

Blanch!
Why set up a useless advisory council?

Many constitutionalists were greatly disappointed and flocked to the revolutionary camp.

Zhao Erfeng is a tough guy with an iron fist.

The number of members of the Railway Protection Association grew to 10 in less than half a month.

These people destroyed the tax department and police stations in some areas.

Zaifeng was angry.

He gave Zhao Erfeng an order to suppress the Railway Protection Movement.

Zhao Erfeng immediately arrested more than a dozen leaders of the Railway Protection Movement.

Tens of thousands of members of the Railway Protection Association petitioned for the release of the detainees.

Who is Zhao Erfeng? How could he be threatened like this?
His temperament is actually very similar to Zhao Chuanxin's. He's fine if you stroke his hair in a favorable way, but will get angry if you touch his hair.

It's a pity that he has Zhao Chuanxin's iron-blooded wrist, but not Zhao Chuanxin's strength.

Faced with tens of thousands of people, Zhao Erfeng remained calm and ordered his soldiers to open fire.

There was chaos all at once, more than 30 people died on the spot and dozens were injured.

As the incident became a big deal, Zhao Erfeng ordered the entire Chengdu to be under martial law and block the news.

But the Tong-Legend people invented the "hydrograph".

The water telegram was written on a wooden board, which was then painted with tung oil, wrapped in oil paper, and thrown into the river to float downstream.

In this way, they spread the news of the Chengdu massacre throughout southern and eastern Sichuan.

The people were completely enraged. They rose up in rebellion, armed themselves and laid siege to various parts of Sichuan, with Chengdu as their primary target.

Zaifeng was shocked when he learned about this and quickly dispatched troops.

The Hubei Army was the main force, and the Hubei New Army traveled day and night to Sichuan to suppress the rebellion.

As a result, Hubei's Wuhan-Chang was short of troops.

Sun Gongwu has been waiting for the opportunity for these years, and his eyes are glowing green.

How could he miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren immediately went to Hubei to guide the uprising and united the Literary Society and the Progress Society. At the joint meeting, the military commander was Jiang Yiwu, the chief of staff was Sun Wu, and the subordinate commander was Zhang Shuangxi who came from Lugang Town.

Sun Wu said: "Shuangxi, we plan to prepare bombs in the Russian Concession in Hankou. You and Zhao Tan Gong are very close friends, like brothers. Why not ask him to help me get in..."

Now Hankou Juanwang Technical College controls most of the Russian Concession, the entire British Concession, and the original Belgian Concession.

When Shuangxi heard this, he immediately felt disgusted.

It was because they were like brothers that he didn't want Zhao Chuanxin to get involved in this mess.

Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Yiwu said with a serious face: "Shuangxi, this opportunity is rare, and we must not miss it."

Shuangxi sighed: "Let me try."

He didn't even bother to disguise himself and went straight to find Liu Huaqiang.

Liu Huaqiang was happy after hearing this: "What's the big deal? As long as you ask, our principal will support you no matter what you want. It's just a bomb. You don't need to prepare it. I will contact the Juanwang Arms Factory and provide you with a batch of bombs and ammunition for free."

Shuangxi was unhappy.

I've been with the Tongmenghui for a long time, so it would be a lie to say that I don't have any feelings for it.

He was very conflicted as he wanted Sun Gongwu's rebellion to succeed, but at the same time he didn't want to delay Zhao Chuanxin's plan.

Liu Huaqiang seemed to see something was wrong and consoled him, "In Hankou, even if we make trouble at Juanwang Technical College, no one dares to cause trouble to us. You can rest assured."

Shuangxi then smiled and bowed to express his gratitude.

Jiang Yiwu and Sun Wu were delighted after hearing the news brought back by Shuangxi. They looked at Shuangxi with new eyes: "Zhao Tan Gong's power is so great. If he can join our alliance, Hankou can be conquered in the blink of an eye."

The two of them secretly glanced at Shuangxi's face and found that Shuangxi was smiling, but that was not a funny smile, it was a sneer.

This attempt was abandoned.

A few days later, Liu Huaqiang fulfilled his promise and provided them with 1908 rounds of ammunition, M lever-action rifles, and bombs.

Five large-scale transport trucks were also provided for use as baggage trains.

Jiang Yiwu and Sun Wu were shocked.

This is a free gift!

"Before the fight even starts, Shuangxi has already made a great contribution!" Sun Wu praised repeatedly.

Shuangxi pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

When the news reached Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren, they were also overjoyed.

Liu Huaqiang also provided shelter for the revolutionaries.

The Russian Concession Police Station seemed to have noticed something and wanted to investigate, so Liu Huaqiang gave an order and the newly established police station of Juanwang Technical College was dispatched.

Liu Huaqiang pointed at the nose of the Russian Concession patrolman and said, "Who the hell gave you the courage to come to our territory for investigation?" The other party was scared and left in disgrace.

Jiang Yiwu and Sun Wu watched the whole process upstairs and were shocked.

"Only Zhao Tan Gong's people dare to be so tough in front of foreigners!"

……

On the grassland, a secret meeting was held with 18 princes, led by Sanyin Noyan Khan Namnangsuren and Jebtsundamba.

"What? Independence? Rebellion?"

"No, are you crazy? Zhao Chuanxin is eyeing us covetously in Lubin Prefecture, and you still dare to do this?"

"I don't want to participate. I don't want to die!"

The new Torghut prince, Mishkedong Gulubu, said with a cold face: "You shouldn't even invite us to the meeting to plot. If this gets out, even if I haven't done anything out of line, I'm afraid Zhao Chuanxin won't let me go."

Namunangsulun took a sip from the golden wine cup and slapped it on the table. "Humph, we have sent a delegation to contact the Russian Foreign Minister Sachanov, and we will have news back soon. The arrow is on the string, and whoever disagrees will be a sinner of our Mongolia."

No matter how they threatened or lured them, most of the 18 princes and nobles present did not agree to participate in this matter. They were afraid of Zhao like a tiger.

Those who feared Zhao like a tiger were not only the princes and nobles of the grassland, but also the Tsar.

If Zhao Chuanxin had not appeared, Tsarist Russia's concern for the grasslands and areas outside the Great Wall would have increased day by day.

But it’s different with Zhao Chuanxin.

Handadorji and Chelinzimit swore to Sazanov: "We promise you that as soon as we return, we will sign a boundary agreement with Lubin Prefecture. It will never affect Lubin Prefecture and we will never give Lubin Prefecture an excuse to interfere..."

Foreign Minister Sazanov submitted a letter to the Russian court.

After much consideration by the Russian court and repeated negotiations by Nicholas II, a decision was finally reached - to add two companies of Cossack troops to the guard stationed in Kulun, but to act only as mediators. They would never support severing ties between the steppe and the Qing court, would never interfere in the affairs of Lubin Prefecture, and would never participate in the fighting if it broke out, but would continue to mediate.

After all, Nicholas II still coveted the grassland, but he did not dare to provoke Zhao Chuanxin, so he sent people to calm the situation.

He had to calm the situation, but he warned again and again that it would not work even if they cheered for Jebtsundamba and the others.

After leaving Kulun, the new Turgut prince Mishkedong Gulubu immediately went to Lubin Prefecture in person.

"General Manager Yao, General Manager Hu, General Manager Zhang, to be honest, I was tricked into going to the meeting because that day was Danshuk Day. But when I heard that they were planning to collude with Tsarist Russia and seek independence on the steppe, I came here without stopping to tell you."

Mishkedongulubu was respectful.

Yao Jia, Hu Da and Zhang Shouzeng looked normal.

It seems to have been expected.

Hu Da asked him: "How many troops will Tsarist Russia send?"

Mishkedongulubu shook his head: "Tsarist Russia is cautious about this and seems to have not made a decision yet."

Yao Jia smiled: "Our master is a great martial artist with a great reputation. Even Nicholas II wouldn't dare to act rashly."

Zhang Shouzeng asked, "Prince, before coming to Lubin Mansion, did you go to Kulun to inform the Kulun Minister Sanduo?"

Mishkedong Gulubu shook his head: "No, I came to Lubin Prefecture first."

Yao Jia and Zhang Shouzeng were extremely satisfied.

This person really knows how to behave.

Zhang Shouzeng praised: "Your Highness is wise and sensible, which is admirable. This matter is of great importance. I'm afraid Jebtsundamba has planned it long ago and has many followers. Your Highness, please don't make it public when you return. We will discuss this matter with the Minister in charge of Kulun."

……

Although the Chili Peppers were stirring up trouble in Mexico, Zhao Chuanxin did not stay in Mexico all the time.

Now he is flying in the sky and making a mobile phone with Nikola Tesla.

Zhao Chuanxin is responsible for expanding the holes in circuit boards, brushing copper, plating copper, etc.

Drilling is a delicate job, which is done by the black puppet craftsmen controlled by Xingyue.

The copper plating and copper brushing were completed by Zhao Chuanxin and Xingyue together.

Benjamin Goldberg stared at the circuit board in a trance.

This little thing solves the problem of machines becoming more and more sophisticated while circuits becoming more and more complicated.

He sighed: "It is always better to create new things than to keep patching up old things."

Zhao Chuanxin used the old god's crucible imprint to assist in copper plating. He threw the newly copper-plated board aside and said, "So, you should understand why I want to accept your junior brother as my apprentice."

Although Benjamin Goldberg was smart, it took him a while to understand what he said. He couldn't help but get angry: "Master, I don't agree with what you said."

"Then you keep your opinion."

Zhao Chuanxin made thirty boards.

The little mouse was responsible for taking the board to the laboratory so that Nikola Tesla could power it on and test it.

Not long after, the little mouse came back with ten boards and said, "These failed the inspection."

The little mouse worked as an assistant to Nikola Tesla. He was smart and gradually adapted to this role.

Benjamin Goldberg looked at the board and said, "It's pretty good. Why is it not qualified?"

Little Mouse scratched his head and said, "Mr. Ni said that it was probably because the shopkeeper smoked while making the boards that the work was reworked."

Benjamin Goldberg said, "Master, you should quit smoking soon."

Zhao Chuanxin held the cigarette in his mouth and shook his head, and the ashes fell onto the board.

He said: "Quitting smoking is harmful to your health."

Benjamin Goldberg stared, "Why? Isn't smoking harmful to health?"

"Because I found out that among your four mistresses, three of them mind the smell of cigarettes on me. As long as they do, they will make less trouble at night. Once you quit smoking, your body will soon become weak."

"..." Benjamin Goldberg thought of what happened in Tibet and said with empathy: "That's right."

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The days of flying in the sky are actually Zhao Chuanxin’s rare leisure time.

Invent things with Nikola Tesla and his apprentices, go for a walk outside, and build a house at the Peace Academy.

After dealing with the board, Zhao Chuanxin went out for a walk.

Tianshangfei was originally a small house standing in the desert. Now it is covered with endless green grass and trees, and the desert dust and hot wind are blocked.

Zhao Chuanxin was strolling with his hands behind his back when he saw Edward VII teasing a marmot.

"Hey, Albert, be careful of the plague."

Edward VII turned to look at Zhao Chuanxin, stood up and said cheerfully: "Zhao, before coming here, I never thought I could live past 68 years old. I have to thank you for this."

There were many reasons why Edward VII survived.

The first is that flying in the sky is not as damp and cold as in London, which is conducive to his recovery from pneumonia.

The second reason was that air transportation was not smooth and there were no carriages to travel in. King Edward VII had to ride a camel or simply walk on foot. He quickly lost weight.

Third, he couldn't indulge in lust even if he wanted to, because there were no lights and wine here, and he had to eat whatever Dunzi cooked.

Fourth, he has fewer social contacts and is not involved in intrigue.

Edward VII said, "I am going to Liangzhou City later, do you want to come with me?"

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head: "It's not peaceful outside recently, you'd better go out less."

Edward VII, oblivious to what was happening outside, asked, "What happened?"

"There's going to be a war."

Just as Zhao Chuanxin said.

On October 10, revolutionaries from the Eighth Engineering Battalion of the New Army fired the first shot of the Wuchang Uprising, seizing the Zhonghemen and Chuwangtai arsenals, and seizing tens of thousands of rifles, dozens of artillery pieces, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of bullets.

The people outside used the guns, ammunition and bombs provided by Liu Huaqiang and raised fire as a signal to attack at the same time and gather towards Chuwangtai.

There were three groups of troops in total. The first wave of attack was thwarted, so the second attack was launched in the early morning of October 10.

Shuangxi took the lead and led his vanguard battalion to fearlessly break through the Qing army's defense line and set fire to the area near the governor's office with gasoline.

The fire was blazing, Shuangxi hurriedly led his men to escape.

The troops near the Zhonghe Gate in Sheshan River launched artillery bombardment according to the fire lit by Shuangxi.

The Governor of Huguang, Rui Cheng, was shocked and quickly ordered his men to break the back wall and escape.

Shuangxi made another contribution.

However, Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Regiment stationed in Han, still led his troops in stubborn resistance.

Originally, the rebel army lacked a unified command. Shuangxi used his reputation to obtain weapons from the Juanwang Technical College, and led the vanguard battalion to victory in the first battle, gaining prestige. He then gathered troops from all directions to repeatedly attack the Eighth Regiment Headquarters.

At the same time, he asked the Hankou Arbitration Group to help blow up the Caohe Iron Bridge to block the Qing army's way south.

Before dawn, Shuangxi occupied the governor's office and the headquarters.

Zhang Biao led his men to withdraw from Wu-chang, and Shuangxi led the rebel army to occupy the entire Wu-chang.

During the day, the streets of Hankou were already filled with patrols of the revolutionary army.

Li Yuanhong, who was elected as the governor of the three towns of Wuhan and Han, shook Liu Huaqiang's hand and said, "Thank you for your help."

Liu Huaqiang likes this kind of highlight moment.

He said modestly: "It's all thanks to our principal's good teaching."

Li Yuanhong nodded solemnly: "The country will not forget Zhao Tan Gong, and the nation will not forget Zhao Tan Gong."

Liu Huaqiang was relieved: "We have received news that the Qing court has removed Ruicheng from his post and asked him to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence. Minister Lu Kun and Li Chang, who are currently practicing the Autumn Drills in Yongping, are leading the Hubei troops to come. Admiral Sa Zhenbing is also leading the Yangtze River Navy to assemble on the Hankou River. The battle situation for the defense is even more severe!"

Li Yuanhong was shocked.

This volume of Wang Technical College is indeed unfathomable. The Qing court may know about it first as soon as there is a breeze blowing through the grass.

(End of this chapter)