Chapter 221 Jingwu Club and International Students
ps: This chapter is to make up for the last chapter of the bok choy stewed radish reward. I will also go to learn to drive tomorrow morning, so I won’t be able to update it in the morning. Please forgive me.
Steel smelting is the basic industry for making mechanical molds, lathes and other tools. In Han China, through the efforts of German technicians and the first two batches of graduates who returned to study abroad, Han Steel Plant digested the introduced smelting technologies such as the open-hearth steelmaking method. Subsequently,
, relying on a group of Chinese overseas students and scientific and technological talents introduced from the West, Li Mingyuan established a research institute named Han Royal Scientific Research, which was responsible for researching technological research in steel, electrical, mechanical and other aspects.
Abroad, international students studying smelting technology are mainly sent to three colleges: the Charlottenburg Smelting Institute in Germany, the Leoben University of Mining and Metallurgy in Austria, and the Zurich Institute of Steel in Switzerland. The three Chen brothers, like other international students, chose the university in Berlin, Germany.
Charlottenburg Smelting Academy serves as a study abroad school.
On March 12, 1878, the three brothers Chen Shituan and Yang Jiannian, who was studying at a college, took advantage of the college's holiday to visit the Mitte district in downtown Berlin.
Four people wearing black Western clothes were watching a fountain when they saw two short Asian men and three white men arguing about something, and a conflict was about to occur.
"Brother Chen, should we come forward and take a look?"
Yang Jianming among the four was the first to suggest.
"Forget it, they are Japanese, don't pay attention to them."
Chen Shituan shook his head, not wanting to interfere in the conflict between the Japanese and the Germans.
"Brother, the Japanese guy wearing the Western hat is Tanaka Naotaro from the nearby medical school. He helped to cure my injury last time. I can't repay the favor."
Chen Shiding, the youngest, objected.
"Since he has treated his third brother, we can't just sit back and watch. Let's go to the front and take a look."
Han is a country composed of Chinese immigrants. During the process of ocean migration, many people died of diseases during the journey. Moreover, the Chinese who had just arrived in South America were also prone to symptoms such as acclimatization. Therefore, it was important for doctors who could help the Chinese to treat their diseases.
He was very respected in Han Dynasty.
Chen Shituan mentioned that one of the two Japanese was a medical student and had helped his younger brother with medical treatment, and he quickly changed his attitude.
"Tanaka-kun, why did you have a conflict with the foreigners?"
Chen Shituan and three others separated the three white men from Tanaka Myotaro, and Chen Shiding stepped forward and asked.
"It's Mr. Chen." Tanaka Naotaro adjusted his glasses that were knocked crooked in the push just now. He looked up and saw the three Chen Shituan and three foreigners confronting each other. He bent down and bowed and said, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
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Chen Shiding was young at heart and couldn't stand the red tape of the Japanese. He helped the other party and said, "Stop talking, Tanaka-kun, why don't you guys have a conflict first?"
"When Sato-kun and I were walking on the street just now, we heard them insulting us as yellow-skinned monkeys. Sato-kun was so angry that he argued with them. But instead of apologizing, they took off Sato-kun's Western hat and threw it on
In the fountain..." After hearing what Tanaka Naotaro said, Chen Shiding felt a surge of anger in his heart.
"Tanaka-kun, let's go, let's seek justice for you together!"
In the 19th century, Chinese, Japanese and other East Asians were equally discriminated against by Western whites. Chen Shiding was insulted as a yellow-skinned monkey by German students in Charlottenburg. On that occasion, Chen Shiding could not hold back and had sex with the German students. As a result, he was
The opponent was injured, and it was that injury that made Chen Shiding meet Tanaka Naotaro.
The injury sustained in that fight has always been regarded as a shame by Chen Shiding. Now that he heard the four insulting words of yellow-skinned monkey, he could not suppress his anger and walked directly towards a white man nearby.
"Third brother, don't be impulsive!" Chen Shituan saw his brother's unkind expression and immediately stopped him and tried to dissuade him.
"Brother, foreigners bully others too much and refuse to retaliate. I can't bear to swallow this in my heart!" Chen Shiding looked at the three white men on one side with angry eyes and said unwillingly.
"Tian Zhong is very grateful for your generous help. If this trivial matter drags you down and offends foreigners, Tian Zhong will be uneasy. I hope Chen Jun will bear with you."
Tanaka Naotaro also spoke out to persuade.
Several people tried to persuade Chen Shiding not to be impulsive. Just when Chen Shiding was about to give up, the tallest foreigner pushed away Yang Jiannian who was blocking him and faced Chen Shiding. Tanaka Naotaro and others said contemptuously in German, "Yellow-skinned monkey!"
"Baga!" Naoya Sato, who was standing aside, yelled angrily and punched the tall man in the abdomen angrily.
"Pa" Sato Naoya's attack was blocked by the opponent. A contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of the tall foreigner's mouth. He quickly raised his right foot and kicked Sato Naoya three meters away.
The confrontation between several people attracted many passers-by to watch. After the tall foreigner kicked the Japanese Naoya Sato away, the crowd was even more excited.
The foreigners spoke insults again, and the encouragement and ridicule of the foreigners around them completely angered Chen Shiding and others. As the leader of the four, Chen Shituan put his father's lessons of moderation in the back of his mind. In anger, his clenched right hand trembled, and his eyes
Staring at the three arrogant foreigners with red eyes, he said in a deep voice in Chinese, "I want you to apologize!"
"Yellow-skinned monkey, go back to the woods! You are not welcome in Germany!"
The three provocative foreigners did not speak, but the crowd made noises.
"Ridiculous low-class people, look! How ridiculous they look in suits, really like monkeys wearing clothes to imitate civilized people!"
The yellow-skinned monkey was originally a satire on the Japanese. The Japanese were short in stature and good at learning like monkeys. Therefore, the first Japanese students who arrived in the West were called yellow-skinned monkeys by white people.
Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, it has won wars against Brazil and Argentina, and has received a certain degree of attention in Germany, which follows Darwin's Jungle Law. However, when the four Chen Shituan and two Japanese stood together, they were still attacked by the nearby Germans.
ridicule.
"I want you to apologize!" Chen Shituan said angrily, staring at the tall foreigner who insulted them.
"deridiot!"
The tall foreigner glanced at the frail-looking Chen Shituan and uttered an insulting word in German.
"Brother, I want to duel with him!"
The white people around him looked at them like animals, which made Chen Shiding extremely angry. While maintaining a trace of reason, Chen Shiding looked past his brother and coldly said in German, "I want to duel with you!"
Influenced by the knightly culture of the Middle Ages, men in Western countries such as Germany in the 19th century still had some influence on using duels to resolve disputes. One of the more famous ones is the Russian poet Pushkin who dueled with someone in 1837 and died in the end.
Chen Shiding's challenge to the tall foreigner to a duel aroused the emotions of the white people onlookers, and dozens of white people raised their voices to encourage the tall man to teach Chen Shiding a lesson.
There was no doubt that the tall man accepted Chen Shiding's challenge, but Chen Shituan and others could not change Chen Shiding's temper. At the same time, in order not to embarrass the country, they agreed with Chen Shiding's decision.
The surrounding white people made way for the two dueling men to open an open space, and Chen Shiding, who was steadily walking towards the center of the open space, regained his composure. The scars left on his face from the fight with foreigners three years ago had disappeared. At the same time, his thin body when he first arrived in Germany was not only
I have grown much taller and stronger than three years ago.
Clenching his hands into fists, he moved his right foot forward half a step, assuming a common fighting posture in later generations. Chen Shiding provocatively signaled for the opponent to strike first.
"Brother Chen, will Brother Shi Dingxian be okay?"
At the edge of the open space, Yang Jiannian looked at the tall foreigner who was half a head taller than Chen Shiding and said worriedly.
According to the standards of later generations, Chen Shiding's height was about 1.78 meters. In the 19th century, when the average height of Western men was 1.67 meters and the average height of Chinese men was 1.65 meters, the average height difference between Chinese and white people was not big. Later,
With the development of the Western Industrial Revolution, ordinary white people consumed more nutritious foods such as meat and beans, and the height of Western white people gradually became higher than that of Chinese people.
In 1878, at 1.78 meters, Chen Shiding was taller than most of the white Germans who were watching. However, the white people he challenged were relatively rare at the time, and were nearly 1.9 meters tall.
"Three years ago Shiding was injured in a fight with a foreigner. After recovering from his injury, he joined Master Wang's martial arts school Wu Yi Tang in Berlin.
Master Wang Zhengyi has profound martial arts skills and is highly valued by His Highness the King of Han. Shi Ding has studied martial arts with Master Wang for three years and should have learned something true about himself."
Wang Zhengyi was born in 1844 and immigrated to Han in April 1872.
Wang Zhengyi had not yet married when he immigrated to Han, and it was more than 20 years before he became famous for rescuing Tan Siping in 1898. As for the widely spread name of "Big Sword King Wu" in the future, it is now only circulated in a small area.
After accidentally discovering Wang Zhengyi's name on the mainland immigration list, Li Mingyuan came up with the idea of unifying Chinese martial arts schools and creating a dedicated martial arts culture.
To put it bluntly, traditional martial arts is the coordinated use of strength, speed and other comprehensive strengths. Some flashy martial arts moves in later generations not only reduced the interest of Chinese people in practicing martial arts and physical fitness, but also compressed the living space of Chinese martial arts spirit. Later generations of Japanese Kendo, Karate, South Korea
Taekwondo and others are very popular in mainland China. However, as a country with thousands of years of martial arts spirit, warriors and professional martial arts applications since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the development of local martial arts is in trouble.
In Li Mingyuan's eyes, the development of local martial arts is not to show off so-called martial arts, but to reshape the national spirit and pass on martial arts training as a spiritual culture of self-cultivation.
I had an idea in my mind. After Li Mingyuan convened Wang Zhengyi, Li Fenggang, Li San and other martial arts celebrities, Li Mingyuan made them agree to spend their money to teach their own martial arts in the name of reviving the Chinese civilization of Qin and Han Dynasties. At the same time, he created a set of practical martial arts based on practicality.
and performance integrated with the martial arts system.
After deleting useless moves and adding fighting skills commonly used by later generations based on Li Mingyuan's establishment, and comparing with each other to verify whether the new martial arts was reasonable, they adapted and adjusted it many times. After two years, everyone finally compiled a new martial arts system.
The new martial arts system includes four branches: boxing, swordsmanship, swordsmanship, and kick skills. Each branch has detailed rules for competition.
At the end of 1874, Li Mingyuan promoted the newly organized and complete martial arts system to the Han Dynasty, encouraging the people to practice martial arts and strengthen their bodies. One month later, the Jingwu Association was established to manage matters related to martial arts competitions and promotion.
In January 1875, Wang Zhengyi, with the support of Li Mingyuan, opened the Wuyi Hall, the first overseas branch of the Jingwu Association, in Berlin, Germany, with Wang Zhengyi as the director.
On the one hand, the purpose of establishing the Jingwu Association overseas is to change foreigners' understanding of the Chinese and establish the national image of Han in South America. At the same time, in addition to samurai who specialize in teaching students to learn martial arts, there are also intelligence officers responsible for collecting business, political and other information.
personnel.
Wuyi Hall is not far from the street where Chen Shiding had a conflict with white people. When Chen Shituan was trying to reassure others not to worry about his brother, Wang Zhengyi, the owner of Wuyi Hall, just arrived at the scene.
"Master Wang, do you think Brother Chen can defeat the tall foreigner?"
Next to Wang Zhengyi is the Chinese leader who is responsible for collecting intelligence in Germany.
"Mr. Huang, you might as well take a look first. You will know the results soon."
Wang Zhengyi smiled and said to Huang Yurun beside him.
Huang Yurun was a native of Mingxiang who defected to the Han State. He was a scholar who did not hold an official position when he was in Annan. After entering the Han government, he did not choose to serve in the Han State like others. Instead, he recommended himself and followed Wang Zhengyi to Germany.
Served as the head of intelligence of Han Dynasty in Germany.
Wang Zhengyi's face was calm. Seeing that he remained silent after finishing his sentence, Huang Yurun followed him and looked at the two people in the open space.
