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Chapter 172 Caught off guard

Zhao Chuanxin originally thought that only Hong Kong was affected by the disaster, but he did not expect that floods were also widespread in Jianghuai and other places. Originally this was a major grain-producing area, but this year there was no harvest.

There are displaced people everywhere, with nine empty houses and starvation everywhere.

An old woman with gray hair in rags saw Zhao Chuanxin and his group, who were well dressed, trembling on crutches, holding a broken bowl with gapped teeth, and gave it directly to Zhao Chuanxin. Kneel down.

"Good people are rewarded, so show your kindness."

After saying that, he kowtowed to Zhao Chuanxin.

The dirty, dark face was chapped by the wind and sun. The silver hair was scattered, dry and without a trace of luster, and was stained with soil debris when he kowtowed.

When he spoke, his lips were trembling with hunger.

The whole group was shocked.

When he turned his hand, Zhao Chuanxin found a steamed bun in his palm.

"Old lady, you take it and eat it first."

He knew it was inappropriate to do this, but he really couldn't bear to see people of his age kneeling down for him.

I don’t know how many years of life will be lost if I only get one steamed bun for kowtow.

When the old lady saw the fine white-faced steamed buns, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Zhao Chuanxin is a very particular person. He eats both fine and coarse grains. However, fine grains such as white flour must not contain a little bran. They must be ground until there is no lump and the gluten must be carefully screened.

This steamed bun is much more delicate than what most people eat.

"Thank you, thank you, good people will be rewarded"

The old lady was too dumb to say more good things, so she kept saying this sentence over and over again.

In addition to the old lady, there were more victims. When they saw Zhao Chuanxin taking out the white-faced steamed buns, they immediately became jealous and rushed forward to rob them.

The faces of Yinghua and the others turned pale.

They know how terrifying the rioters are.

He cursed Zhao Chuanxin in his heart for not having any social experience. At this time, he should either provide a large amount of food or stop meddling.

Gao Li suddenly took action, grabbed a man's braid, and kicked him in the calf. The man screamed and fell down.

Steady, accurate, fast, and perfectly performed by him.

Zhao Chuanxin took out his gun and fired the magazine into the air with a bang.

"I dare to snatch my things"

The crowd dispersed like a receding tide.

Everyone stared at the steamed buns in the old lady’s hand with fear and greed.

Zhao Chuanxin frowned and glanced around, "Hold on for a few days. I'll have people deliver food in a few days. Now whoever dares to snatch this old lady's buns, I'll kill them."

It’s not that I don’t understand, it just doesn’t matter.

Whoever has the gun is the biggest, this is the rule of the game in this era.

He gathered the people behind him, including Yinghua and the others.

"There is not enough food to support Hong Kong Island, and now it seems that the disaster situation in the mainland is not optimistic. It would be good for everyone to study and figure out what to do."

If it comes to foreign advanced technology or arms, Liu Guigui is very good at it.

When it comes to food, he is a layman.

Finally, it was Yinghua who spoke: "During the Daoguang period, the imperial court issued a decree that food imports were tax-free and could be shipped out of the port. The land in Siam is rich in rice, its value is cheap, and the journey is not far. Instead of us in the mainland, Purchasing, let the merchants make a profit from the process, why not go to Siam to purchase ourselves?"

Zhao Chuanxin turned to look at Liu Baoguo, "It's up to you to handle this matter. Do you dare to go to Siam?" ”

Liu Guobao has grown up so big that he can’t even think about going abroad one day.

Liu Baoguowei’s scalp felt numb at the thought of being alone overseas without any friends or even speaking the language fluently.

But he still said "dare, why not"

Since you have money, where can you pretend to be cool?

Let Liu To do something precious does not mean that one does not value his life and death.

After all, this Gaozu, who was gradually being led astray, is not his ancestor.

Nodding, Zhao Chuanxin said to Gao Li again, "Bring someone to accompany Gao Li and protect him." Good job. Mr. Lianzhi, please help contact a translator who understands Siamese and go with them." Yinghua was surprised at this. Mr. Zhao didn't treat him as an outsider at all. .

Zhao Chuanxin named the accompanying people from all walks of life one by one. Everyone has a task.

He was not stingy either. He paid for the carriage, horses, accommodation and meals, and generously allocated financial resources.

Yinghua shook a wad of silver coins wrapped in oil paper in her hand, and said to Liu Jiahui with a wry smile, "Mr. Zhao is a wonderful man. He looks like Meng Lang in his behavior, but he can stand up to him at critical moments."

< p> Along the way, he had to communicate with Liu Jiahui every day.

The purpose of Ta Kung Pao, which he has been writing for many years, has always been to improve public morals, improve people's wisdom, imitate European and Western scholarship, and inspire wisdom among our compatriots.

So I admire the avant-garde Liu Jiahui very much. As long as you are not blind, everyone can see his thoughts to some extent.

But Liu Jiahui didn't seem to be cold, because Yinghua had a wife and children.

Besides, she couldn't pretend to be someone else at this time, so she just smiled, "Captain Zhao is used to being lazy, but he has a good heart."

Zhao passed on his salary to Dayang. Freddy, the butler on the other side, was afraid that Werther would send a telegram asking him to buy grain from the Americas and ship it to China, especially Brazil, a major grain producer.

The Americas are also one of the largest production areas. Although the transportation process is long, it can just happen to catch up with the food supply here when it is unable to continue.

Maybe it will come in handy later.

After leaving the telegraph office, he met two men in suits and ties, one Japanese and one white.

Why can he recognize the Japanese at a glance

The traitor, Rendanhu, is a short man of less than 1.6 meters, with a typical small Japanese appearance.

In Shanghai, the Japanese are like the British dogs.

So, Zhao Chuanxin guessed that the white man next to himIt's British.

Sure enough, he spoke with a British accent, "There is no need to spread the news about natural disasters in China back to China, do your newspapers still need to inform local grain merchants?"

Japanese people have to speak like this Only when you raise your head can you face the other party. "No, this is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Our country's food has been in a state of tense balance for a long time, and any disturbance cannot be ignored. I am worried that natural disasters in China will affect Japan's food prices."

Two people. People were talking and entered the telegraph office.

There was a grudge before, but Zhao Chuanxin never avenged it.

When the Japanese assassinated him, he just protested in the newspaper. It was indifferent. Maybe both the great powers and the Qing court were watching his joke.

After hearing what the Japanese said, some thoughts flashed through his mind.

Japan’s “Meiji Restoration” was undoubtedly very successful.

After Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War, many people with lofty ideals in China rushed to study in Japan, wanting to imitate Japan and learn how to become a powerful country.

This trend of studying abroad has a wide impact.

But behind these successes, there are also foreshadowings of certain crises.

Zhao Chuanxin's mind was spinning, and he couldn't help but smile.

He said hello to Liu Jiahui, who was still staying in Shanghai, "You go to Hong Kong Island. Mr. Yinghua and others will accompany you, so we can take care of each other."

Liu Jiahui said in surprise, " Why don't you go?"

"No matter how many people go, we can't produce food out of thin air. I'll find a way from elsewhere.

By the way, Mr. Miuzhi, you know the Japanese translation. "

This supervision team's move to include people from all walks of life is a good step forward.

These people have some connections all over the world, especially Yinghua who runs Ta Kung Pao.

Many things depend on him.

Yinghua didn’t even know what to say.

I come to him for everything. I wanted to get close to Liu Jiahui in the past two days to see if there was any chance to sublimate their "charitable friendship", but I was too busy to say a few words with my feet hitting the back of my head.

He lost his initial enthusiasm and said angrily, "I don't know any Japanese translators here, but I know a few students studying abroad in Japan."

Originally, Zhao Chuanxin was not I planned to mention that I wanted to go to Japan,

but when I heard Yinghua said that he knew someone in Japan, he quickly said, "Okay, please contact Mr. Miuzhi and ask him to pick me up in Japan."< /p>

Yinghua ""

After leaving the customs, Zhao Chuanxin felt that he was busy all night long.

I don’t even have time to read newspapers and pay attention to the current situation in the country.

It wasn’t until he got on the passenger ship to Japan that he had time to relax on the deck and read the newspaper in the sea breeze.

I didn’t expect that there would be news about myself and the Lugang Town Charity Association in several newspapers.

In addition to the eulogies, there are also some voices from the people.

EverywhereSome students and young people called on Zhao Chuanxin to support this and that, and some even wanted him to expand his insurance team and accumulate armed forces.

Zhao Chuanxin sneered.

He is rich, has some means, and often likes to cause trouble.

But this does not mean that he is now capable of leading an upright army.

Do you think that anyone can be the commander-in-chief and anyone in the world can fight?

This is simply fantastic

Is it possible that everyone thinks that as long as they are a time traveler, Do you have the ability to shake things up?

Thinking too much.

Those who travel through time must personally go into battle to stir up the backbone of national rejuvenation

Who stipulates it

Is there anyone else who has published it in the newspaper? It is said that Zhao Chuanxin is rich and capable but does nothing. He vows that compared with revitalizing the country, disaster relief and other things are trivial. Guarding one's own one-third of an acre of land like a nail stuck among the ambitious Japanese is a recipe for disaster.

Excellent people are always easy to be misunderstood."

Suddenly there was a soft voice from behind, asking in a British accent, "Sir, what are you sighing about?"

< p>Zhao Chuanxin turned his head in surprise and saw a British woman wearing a white striped turtleneck shirt and an ankle-length skirt, holding an exaggerated lady's hat and looking at him curiously.

The charming eyes are closed shyly, the red lips are smiling, the figure is slightly plus size, and the blond hair is tied back.

Zhao Chuanxin is known as "a good judge of people". When he saw her, the keywords bond and aateur immediately popped up in his mind.

This is his natural talent that he usually hides very well.

Why?

Guo Xiaosi’s exclusive movements can attract the opposite sex at this time

Then the movements of looking up at the sky at 45 degrees will be much more. Shows show.

Zhao Chuanxin had a desolate expression, "I am sighing, although I am very handsome, but I cannot be proud.

Looking around, who is not Yushu Linfeng?"

Pfft, the woman covered her mouth and laughed, her body shaking wildly.

Zhao Chuanxin's pupils shrank, and he could faintly see dark waves surging under the loose clothes.

Supposedly Britain and France pride themselves on being fashionable at the moment, but the woman's clothes are too loose, so much so that Zhao Chuanxian almost ignored the lady's figure just now.

Damn it, how can a man with substance ignore his "inner" beauty just because of his sweet appearance?

Never be so superficial in the future

< p>"Sir, you are so humorous."

"Madam, I have been blown away by the sea breeze all the way. You are undoubtedly the most dazzling scenery so far."

In the eyes of women The smoke is flowing, "Is it true?"

The Asian man in front of me is unusually tall but not bloated at all, with rare skin.See the details. She couldn't say he was handsome, but the edges and contours of his face reminded her of the karst landforms of Guilin, Guangxi that she had visited in Guilin, China, after hundreds of millions of years of erosion.

Although it has the texture of a sculpture, what is washed out is not as generous as marble. Instead, it forms a visual enjoyment with the sharp and delicate facial features.

And the way he dresses is pleasing to the eye.

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes were blazing, "Really, don't you turn around and meet love?"

Leaning on the side of the boat with one elbow, he reached out and lowered his head to touch the smoke. The sea breeze blew away his thick and shiny hair. And the strong broken hair blew away.

Taking out a cigarette, he asked the other party, "Would you like one?"

The woman took the cigarette and Zhao Chuanxin lit it for her.

The woman exhaled smoke, held the cigarette elegantly next to her cheek, and said with a smile, "Are you showing love to me?

However, I have a husband, and he works at Kobe Suzuki Trading Company. , I am a Japanese. My name is Zena Keith.

Would you like to introduce yourself?”

At the moment, “skin tanning” is not popular among women in Britain and the United States. ". Zena Keith's skin was so white that Zhao Chuanxin felt that the corpse that had been drowned and soaked in water for three days was not as white as hers.

Zhao Chuanxin said that no matter whether she has a husband or not, she is still her brother’s stinky sister

Besides, her husband is Japanese.

"Ethan Zhao, male, I like you"

Zena Keith has never heard such "unfashionable" love words.

I laughed again and the ash was shaken off.

Zhao Chuanxin said in his heart that if you continue to laugh, he would like to see your smile tremble.

After laughing for a while, Zena Keith threw the few puffs of the cigarette into the sea and said, "It's too windy here. How about we find a place with less wind to chat."

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Just right.

“On the whole ship, only my room has the smallest wind

By the way, I’ll treat you to a glass of twenty-year-old whiskey”

When I was in the United States , Zhao Chuanxin is very familiar with this kind of thing.

At this time, there was a vague concept of openness in Europe and the United States.

It was very exciting.

The joke was that it was the beginning of the 20th century. Who couldn’t drive? Why?

In China, he behaves like a monk. This is entirely because of his mental disorder. He always feels that everyone he meets is several generations older than him. The better the relationship, the more so.

But he always welcomes any foreign girl.

No matter whether you are married or not, it is suitable for all ages.

Zhao Chuanxin's cabin was naturally first class, with the largest room, the best location, and a terrace outside.

Zena Keith was surprised.

I originally thought that Zhao Chuanxin just had a good skin, but now it seems that he must have a lot of money.

She was even more interested.

Pour in the wine and take a few sips, and you will be in high spirits.

The two chatted for a few words, and the rest of "making friends through force" fell into place naturally.

Zhao Chuanxin laughed and said, "Be careful, that sword will be very powerful when it penetrates."

It's really good, very good,

Every time it hits a critical hit, , Zena Keith's blood volume plummeted instantly

The boat is in good shape, and the ups and downs of the waves will naturally be felt

One person gave everything, and one person endured everything.

Even for Zhao Chuanxin, this car was caught off guard.

I don’t know how long it took, but on the deck, Zhao Chuanxin and Zena Keane were walking side by side.

A Japanese man about 1.7 meters tall came towards me, "Zena, where have you been? I've been looking for you for a long, long time." Please remember to bookmark it, the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft

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