mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 974 This is my best student
Calderón Velazquez was impatient with the bumpy ride. Hearing this, his narrowed eyes straightened up and his majesty increased suddenly: "Murder? Doesn't that mean that what the crazy old man said is true? Then why didn't you say it just now?"

The head of the bodyguards had a serious expression. "Perfume mint is a herb. Who would use it in a stable? Horses don't like the smell. Although the stone just now blocked the bloodstains, they forgot to cover up the smell of blood. I guess there is blood under the stone. There are not many of us, and you are close. The people in the White House Tavern are too brave. I am worried that they will hurt you."

Calderón Velazquez suddenly felt frightened when he thought of the boy's calmness and serious nonsense.

If the bodyguard leader's guess was correct, then this group of bandits was truly so bold that they didn't even take him, the governor, seriously.

Suddenly, a nameless anger arose.

He thought again of the horse tied to the wooden post next to the stable. It looked so majestic.

If he remembered correctly, he had seen this horse at the hands of an American businessman and had long coveted it.

But the Americans are the clients in Mexico, and they want to take away the money they earn from them. When Diaz was in power and favored foreign-funded enterprises, he did not dare to offend these clients.

But if this horse falls into the hands of a bandit, haha...

As they were thinking, they arrived at Torik Manor.

Camilo Torric was surprised when he learned that Calderón Velázquez had arrived, and he quickly took people out to greet him.

The arrogant landlord in Quetshalan now turned into a qualified lackey, with a fawning face and respectfully greeted them outside the arch made of reeds and corn stalks. The only drawback was that the floats could not be used for the time being.

Although Calderón Velázquez thought Camilo Torique was a country bumpkin, he liked the grand occasion.

He got out of the car with a smile on his face and said to Camilo Torick: "Old man, you did a good job."

The two parties obviously knew each other for a long time.

Camilo Torick, who usually had a gloomy face, showed a hint of pride when he was praised by the governor.

These landlords, like the gentry in the country, participated in local infrastructure and public security.

At this time, Urquidi Gomez came hurriedly after hearing the news, and almost lost one of his shoes.

Camilo Torick glared at him with disdain: "Be careful with your words later."

Urquidi Gomez chuckled.

Governor Calderón Velázquez glanced at Urquidi Gómez and roughly understood that this was Camilo Torric's estate escort.

This kind of thing is very common in Mexico. There are landlords in every village and town, and every landlord has some bodyguards in his family. The bodyguards collude with the rural cavalry patrols to help them plunder the land.

The Diaz government plundered a large amount of land from Mexican farmers, who were mainly Indians and mixed-race Indians. Both the public land of the Indian communes and the land that the farmers had cultivated for generations were seized without compensation by government officials, landowners and land speculators because they could not provide evidence that complied with legal procedures.

The annexation of land reached an alarming level. More than 3000 million acres of land in Lower California belonged to four people. One-fifth of the land in the country was concentrated in the hands of 4 people. Today, there are almost 1 million farmers without land. Most of the farmers who were driven out of their homes became serfs of the big estate owners. On average, a serf could only receive 5 to 17 cents a day from his master, which was very bleak.

Camilo Torick first prepared fine wine and delicious food for the governor, choosing the best and most expensive ones.

Then I took Calderón Velázquez to see a shepherd's play, which was performed only at Christmas.

Calderón Velazquez enjoys the feeling of being valued.

While watching the play, he said to Camilo Torick: "Old man, although you have done a good job, you know that in Quetzalan, there is a group of blatant criminals."

This surprised Camilo Torick.

Could the governor be talking about Urquidi Gomez and others?
Could it be that he is trying to deceive himself?
Or was it that he didn't give the governor enough pomp and circumstance?

Camilo Torric's suspicion was justified. After all, in Quetzalan, apart from Urquidi Gomez and his gang who looked like bandits, there were really no bandits.

Calderón Velazquez was also a smart man and he could tell from his expression that Camilo Torique had misunderstood.

He smiled faintly, his eyes almost squeezed out of his fat face: "Old man, I'm talking about the White House Tavern at the west entrance of the town. Did you know that there are bandits hiding in it?"

Camilo Torick certainly didn't know, nor did he think, that the stranger and the young boy Aguilera Ida could form a bandit gang.

However, he would not refute and pretended not to know, saying: "I don't know about that. Usually, Quetshalan lives and works in peace and contentment, and the faces of the townspeople are always filled with happy smiles. I have never heard of anyone being killed by bandits."

Calderón Velazquez thought of the townspeople he had seen along the way. How could they live and work in peace and contentment? They were all skinny, with numb faces, and many of them were covered in wounds.

You call this living and working in peace and contentment?

Look at those houses, they are shabby and the people are dressed in rags. Do you call this a place where people can live and work in peace and contentment?

But he also didn't expose it: "Yes, when we came here, we met a farmer who worked for you. He said there were bandits in the White House Tavern. My bodyguard also said that the people in the White House Tavern killed someone."

Camilo Torick's face showed appropriate anger: "With the governor here, they dare to do whatever they want. It's really unreasonable. Mr. Governor, what do you want me to do?"

Calderón Velazquez said: "Send someone to find the cavalry police, and you will cooperate with them to catch the bandits. By the way, I saw that the bandits seem to have a horse, maybe it was stolen. I like it very much, and I am willing to pay for it."

Camilo Torick understood the meaning of the music: "Country horses are not worth much. If the governor likes them, he can take them away for just one peso."

"Oh, I didn't expect that the horses in Quetzalan are so cheap. It's really surprising." Calderón Velazquez said happily.

Urquidi Gómez sent someone to notify the mounted police and to gather his own team.

Camilo Torick secretly calculated that the cost of entertaining the governor, the governor's pistol bodyguards, a group of mounted patrol police, the shepherd's show, the floats, and the travel expenses given by the governor before his departure would probably be 4000 pesos for the next two days, which was a staggering cost.

But it's all worth it.

After watching the pastoral drama for a while, Calderón Velazquez said, "By the way, we have constant friction with the neighboring state of Veracruz. This time, I plan to increase the number of rural cavalry patrols, otherwise the people of Veracruz will always come to provoke us."

Diaz is in power and has his own unique way of winning people's hearts.

For example, bribing newspapers and educational institutions to endorse and promote their works.

In addition, there are still various forces remaining on the Mexican political stage, such as the Juárez faction, the Lerdo faction, the Porfirio faction, and so on.

Diaz then tried to sow discord among them, causing them to be at odds with each other and often have conflicts.

The conflict shifted away from Diaz, and Diaz then went on to divide and win over people, mediate the conflicts, and distribute the benefits.

He allowed local military and political leaders to be re-elected and even allowed official positions to be transferred to relatives and friends, which was simply outrageous.

The condition is that you must swear allegiance to him.

This gave rise to many governors and garrison generals who claimed to be kings. These people were not in harmony with each other and supervised each other, which led to frequent frictions. In serious cases, the rural cavalry patrols and the army would even fight each other.

This is roughly the situation in Mexico today.

As soon as Calderón Velazquez said this, Camilo Torric understood: "Mr. Governor, you are right. We should expand our forces and cannot put all our hopes on the military."

Mobilizing the army will cause a huge commotion.

But the rural cavalry patrols were originally bandits, so fighting each other was just like bandits fighting for territory, which was no big deal.

But Urquidi Gomez's men brought in the Rural Rangers police.

Camilo Torick secretly found the cavalry police and said, "Take a rest tonight. We will treat you to delicious food and drinks at the manor. Tomorrow, when you go to arrest the foreigners, you might as well arrest Miguel Esteban in the town first. He must be an accomplice of the foreign bandit forces. Remember, don't leave him alive, otherwise it will be difficult to get the land deed."

……

Zhao Chuanxin is very busy.

He is doing research and development with Xingyue in the glass-roofed studio.

The supplies looted by the Fearless Vanguard from Rune City need to be converted into combat power.

Anti-force rune fragments, based on the 49th singularity axiom - levitation.

Mainly used to offset gravity.

This was originally used to create hidden weapons. If you create a throwing knife and install the anti-force rune fragment, the throwing knife can continue to fly after being thrown out until the air resistance offsets the throwing force, or it will stop after hitting the target, and will never fall due to gravity.

Theoretically, as long as the force is strong enough, the flying knife can fly forever and out of the atmosphere...

Xingyue said: "If the anti-force rune fragments are installed on the hidden weapon, it would be a waste of resources."

The eyes of the black puppet craftsman have a microscopic effect. The silk processing structure of the anti-force rune fragment is increased from 8 silk processing structures to 256 silk processing structures. The rune fragment is controlled by the 256 silk processing structure and a low-level blue crystal is installed on a shoulder strap.

Xingyue named the newly created shoulder strap - reaction shoulder strap.

Zhao Chuanxin put on the reaction shoulder strap, kept his knees straight, and jumped lightly. He had a normal take-off height and landed as light as a feather.

Xingyue immediately calculated: "The 256 strands of silk processing structure of the anti-force shoulder strap can roughly offset 65% of your gravity."

Zhao Chuanxin was eager to try and wanted to go out and give it a try.

This degree of gravity compensation is almost the same as the effect of walking, running, and jumping on Mars.

The gravity on Mars is 62% lower than that on Earth, and the ratio of gravitational acceleration between Mars and Earth is roughly 0.38.

According to Xingyue's rough calculation, with the reaction shoulder straps, Zhao Chuanxin does not need the assistance of Desert Roots, Violence Armor, Chaos Armor and Xingyue. He can easily jump to a height of about three meters relying on his own explosive power.

And when falling, the acceleration of gravity is lower, so you won’t get hurt.

With the help of Desert Roots, Violence Armor, Chaos Armor and Stars and Moon, Zhao Chuanxin could easily climb over the highest wall on Earth.

Zhao Chuanxin first put away the reaction straps, then picked out two inky true vision crystals from the offerings of the God of Time and Space's believers, and worked with the black puppet craftsman to grind two sunglasses lenses to create a new pair of glasses.

Because the sun in Mexico is too strong.

Xingyue said: "The fabrics that Fearless Vanguard plundered from the Rune City fabric store are durable and breathable. I will sew you a seasonal windbreaker."

As for clothes, they must be designed by Zhao Chuanxin himself. He designed a gray-green fishtail windbreaker with a hood and a pair of straight-leg overalls of the same color.

The black puppet craftsman and the puppet slave worked together to sew it entirely by hand, which took a total of half an hour, with incredible efficiency.

He originally wanted to take a nap in the underground fortress, but then he remembered that the camel was still in the cabin, so Zhao Chuanxin teleported back to the cabin to sleep.

The next morning, he was awakened by the camel's mouth.

"Idiot, get up quickly and let me out. I'm starving." Zhao Chuanxin took out the "Code of the Old Gods" and saw Camel's voice on the cover.

Zhao Chuanxin opened the door for it while cursing.

The camel lowered its head and walked out of the door, then ran away.

It is true that one who eats the food of others will be grateful and one who receives the favor will be obliged to pay it back sooner or later.

The puppet servant prepared the meal and Zhao Chuanxin ate.

While he was having breakfast, the puppet servants polished his shoes and prepared clothes for him.

Then wash Zhao Chuanxin's hair.

Leave all the dirty, tiring and troublesome work to it.

Zhao Chuanxin just went out.

Zhao Chuanxin leaped more than two meters in the dense forest, grabbing the tree trunk and swinging down the hillside.

Although it looks steep, the landing speed is not that fast. After landing, my knees did not feel any discomfort.

This does not mean that the gravity Zhao Chuanxin is subjected to is small. It’s just that the shoulder straps bear part of the gravity and support it under his armpits, so it will not cause osteoporosis.

After feeling it for a while, Zhao Chuanxin returned to the government office of Lubin Prefecture to go to work.

Niu Hanzhang did not return to Jilin for the New Year.

He is planning to set up a sewage treatment plant to connect with the sewer infrastructure construction that will be carried out in Lubin Prefecture next year, and is also waiting for the wool processing machine assembly line.

Zhao Chuanxin was processing official documents in his office when Cui Fenghua knocked on the door and said, "Sir, Master Niu is here."

Nowadays, people still like to call him "Master Niu", but Niu Hanzhang actually doesn't like this name, as it sounds like he will never be able to get rid of the influence of his father.

Niu Hanzhang walked in and said, "Sir, the wool processing machine made by Hankou Juanwang Technical College has arrived. I have come to invite you to watch the trial run."

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up, he threw away the pen, and went to get his coat from the hanger: "Let's go."

In history, Niu Hanzhang liked to engage in speculative business, buying and selling soybean futures and speculating on Qiang Tie, but ended up losing everything.

In this life, he was put on the right track by Zhao Chuanxin and did some great things.

In the Niu family's wool workshop, the students from Hankou greeted Zhao Chuanxin excitedly and said, "Hello, President."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded: "You are here, but you didn't bring any gifts?"

student:"……"

He knew that the principal was humorous and was joking.

Niu Hanzhang felt embarrassed.

They have come from thousands of miles away, and you have the nerve to ask students for gifts?
Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Let's get started."

The student shouted, "Has the wool been graded?"

The worker hurried over, carrying a sack on his back: "Mr. Li, it's all divided."

The student retorted: "Don't call me a scholar. I'm not a scholar. I'm a student of Juanwang Technical College. Call me Li Tonglong."

The worker hastened to apologize.

These students are so amazing. They built such a complicated machine just by saying so.

The dirty wool blanket with a fishy smell is put into the washing machine. After the power is turned on, the machine rotates and sucks out the dust through the rotating mesh.

A large rotating fork feeds the wool into a trough of hot water mixed with detergent.

Workers then scoop out the wool and place it on a conveyor belt connected by wooden boards, which pours the wool into a steam dryer.

At this time, workers need to spread the wool with a fork.

Li Tonglong explained to his client Niu Hanzhang and the principal Zhao Chuanxin: "This machine is not big yet. It can only process more than 300 kilograms of wool per hour. If you can't wait, you can also take it outside to dry in good weather."

Niu Hanzhang's eyes lit up as he praised the machine: "Great, great! I wonder what kind of brain one has to have to create such an ingenious machine."

However, there is another problem, that is, the quality of dried wool varies, and this step will magnify the uneven quality of wool.

A worker who specializes in processing wool on the grassland curled his lips: "After all, machines are not as precise as people."

Li Tonglong was originally dark-skinned, and his face turned even darker red when he heard that.

Niu Hanzhang's face didn't look very good either.

At this time, Zhao Chuanxin must stand up for his students.

He sneered and said, "How can you handle so much wool with only a few workers? At this point, it is not impossible. All you need to do is build a box and mix the wool of different qualities. That will solve the problem. Is it that complicated?"

The worker thought about it for a moment and stopped talking.

Li Tonglong looked at the principal with gratitude.

It has to be the principal.

He said: "I will report the problem and our after-sales department will handle it."

He was taking notes in a small notebook.

But, he actually used a brush to write vertically from right to left.

Zhao Chuanxin frowned and said, "Use a pen or pencil next time. This is too laborious and time-consuming."

Li Tonglong scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Principal, I can't afford a fountain pen. I didn't think of using a pencil, but I will definitely use it next time."

Then the fan blades break up the wool, which falls like snowflakes. Then the wool is combed with rotating iron nails.

Li Tonglong warned: "Workers must not get their hands on this part. If their sleeves are caught in it, their arms and sleeves will be disabled."

Zhao Chuanxin told Niu Hanzhang: "We are all crossing the river by feeling the stones. You should write it down quickly and summarize it in a safety manual. Workers must work according to the rules and regulations in the safety manual."

Then there are rollers and turntables, which roll the wool into a coarser carded wool and remove unwanted short fibers.

Next, a series of machines will pull the carded wool into ropes, with workers helping to prevent the wool fibers from spreading, while other machines will press the ropes tightly together.

The next step is drawing the yarn. Drawing the yarn stage by stage will make the yarn strands thinner and thinner.

The fiber then becomes roving.

After going through the whole process, Niu Hanzhang was overwhelmed: "It's so ingenious, so ingenious!"

But the workers curled their lips and said: "It can't catch up with the delicate work we do with our hands."

Li Tonglong said: "The subsequent winding machines are still being made, which will stretch the fibers to increase strength and solve the current rough processing problem. Don't worry, the machines will be upgraded in the future. Customers who purchase the machines first will have priority for upgrades."

Zhao Chuanxin knew that this machine was too complicated and would encounter various problems in the future.

But this is no excuse to stand still.

The Roll King Technical Institute started out by manufacturing the Roll King M1908 lever-action rifle for Benjamin Goldberger and is now producing wool processing machines, and has gradually gotten on the right track.

After leaving the processing plant, Zhao Chuanxin asked Niu Hanzhang: "What do you think?"

Li Tonglong was nervously waiting for customer reviews.

Niu Hanzhang grinned: "This money is worth spending!"

Before this, he was afraid that Zhao Chuanxin would fool him.

Li Tonglong felt relieved.

Zhao Chuanxin said to Cui Fenghua: "This is my best student, Li... Li what's his name?"

Li Tonglong reminded: "Li Tonglong, courtesy name Zong Yao."

"Yes, my best student Li Tonglong has come all the way to our Lubin Mansion. You must entertain him well."

Cui Fenghua nodded hurriedly: "Yes, sir."

But I was wondering in my heart: I can’t even remember the name of my best student?

In a teahouse outside Lubin Mansion, Rebecca Levy was showing off her lipstick to Xiao Ling'e, Wu Xiangning and others: "You only think that my blood is rosy, but you don't know that I put on this..."

(End of this chapter)