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"Down with him! Down with him!" Jiannian said excitedly, waving his fists as he looked at Chen Shiding who had the upper hand on the stage.
"I have never seen Brother Chen Xian take action before, but I never thought that Brother Chen Xian's skills are so powerful! Brother Chen, I will definitely win this competition!"
In the open space, the tall foreigner struck first, hitting Chen Shiding in the face with his right hand, but the opponent flexibly dodged it. After evading the opponent's attack, Chen Shiding reached forward with both hands and used the inertia of the opponent's punch to lock his right hand. , at the same time, he stretched out his right leg, exerted force on his upper body and shoulders, grabbed the tall foreigner with both hands and dragged him forward.
"Bump", the tall foreigner's lower legs were caught by Chen Shiding's outstretched right leg, and his upper body was dragged forward by the opponent's force, and finally he fell heavily to the ground.
Real competitions often decide the winner in a short period of time. Chen Shiding was personally taught martial arts by Wang Zhengyi, but he did not inherit the opponent's tolerant and loyal character. After the tall foreigner fell to the ground, Chen Shiding decided to fight quickly. He stood up and stepped forward, pressed his right leg hard on the tall foreigner's back, raised his left hand and locked him to death. He held his head down with his right hand and pressed it to the ground. Regardless of the screams from the other man, he loudly said in Chinese: " Are you convinced? Are you convinced?"
Chen Shiding's action was completed in just one minute. Before the foreigners watching could react, the tall foreigner they were supporting had already been pushed to the ground by Chen Shiding.
The two companions of the tall foreigner stood in front of the crowd. When they saw their companion being knocked to the ground by others, they instinctively went to help, but they were stopped by Chen Shiyi and Yang Jiannian.
"Shiding. Just teach him a lesson. This is Germany. Don't make the matter a big deal."
Chen Shiding used his right hand hard and was about to press the tall foreigner's head to the ground, causing a violent collision with the ground when Wang Zhengyi reminded him loudly.
"Yes, master."
After studying martial arts with Wang Zhengyi for three years, Chen Shiding was very familiar with Wang Zhengyi's character, so he recognized Wang Zhengyi's voice. Chen Shiding reluctantly let go of the tall foreigner, threw an insulting Chinese word that the tall foreigner couldn't understand, and walked towards Wang Zhengyi. open.
"Master, when did you come?"
"Just arrived."
Wang Zhengyi uttered two words. When he saw the tall foreigner being helped up by two companions, his eyes turned to Chen Shiding and said with rare appreciation, "You did a good job today and did not embarrass Wu Yitang."
"It's all master who teaches me well."
Chen Shiding replied with a smile, and then introduced the few people who came over to Wang Zhengyi, "Master, this is my classmate Yang Jiannian, and this is my second brother Chen Shiyi..."
Wang Zhengyi met Chen Shituan several times, so Chen Shiding did not introduce him again, but introduced them one by one starting with Yang Jiannian.
"Master, this is Tanaka Naotaro. He has very good medical skills and has treated my injuries before."
When Chen Shiding introduced Tanaka Naotaro, the other party solemnly bowed to Wang Zhengyi and said respectfully, "Master Wang is very skilled in martial arts. The story of you defeating two foreign strongmen is widely spread among the students studying abroad in Berlin. Tanaka is lucky enough to see it today." Master Wang, I am very honored."
Defeating the two German strongmen who came to challenge him was what Wang Zhengyi was most proud of. When he heard the praise from Tanaka Naotaro, Wang Zhengyi showed a smile on his face and said, "I just taught two foreigners a lesson. It's not worth mentioning."
"Foreigners have always insulted the Japanese and Qing people. Your Excellency and Mr. Chen's public defeat of the foreigners not only boosted the morale of the East Asians, but also proved that the East Asians are not the inferior yellow-skinned monkeys that the foreigners say. Your Excellency deserves to be worshiped by Sato."
After Tanaka Naotaro finished speaking, Sato Naoya, who was a little embarrassed, opened his mouth to express his thanks.
"Sato-kun comes from a samurai family?"
When several people were introducing each other, Huang Yurun, who had been observing Naoya Sato and Naotaro Tanaka, suddenly spoke.
Sato Naoya lowered his head and looked at the samurai crest that was exposed outside his clothes due to the conflict just now, and replied: "My father is a samurai under the Mizusawa Domain. This crest is a token of the patriarch of the Sato family. In March 1876, my father died because of
After she died of illness, my mother left the tattoo in Naoya's hands, and after studying in Germany, Naoya has always carried the tattoo with her."
"Sato-kun comes from a samurai family. It must be very difficult to get the opportunity to study in Germany, right?"
"On the recommendation of Mr. Meng Takahashi, Naoya was selected from the Kyoto Military Academy to study abroad at the Berlin Military Academy last year to study engineering subjects."
Huang Yurun asked Naoya Sato several questions one after another, and did not end the conversation with Naoya Sato until the local police arrived and dispersed the onlookers.
"Why does Brother Huang keep asking questions about that Japanese named Sato Naoya?"
After separating from the three Chen brothers and others and returning to Wuyi Hall, Wang Zhengyi asked.
"I am asking about Sato Naoya not because I value him as a person, but because I want to understand the Japanese through him."
"Haha, when did Mr. Huang become interested in Japanese people?"
Wang Zhengyi laughed, feeling that Huang Yurun's answer was ridiculous.
China has always looked down on the Japanese. In 1878, although Japan had carried out the Meiji Restoration for ten years, because its national power was still developing, in the eyes of traditional Chinese such as Wang Zhengyi, Japan was still the backward and ignorant small country it had been before.
"Brother Wang, although the Japanese country is small, its population is nearly ten times that of the Han Dynasty. Before going to Germany, among the tasks assigned by the Lords of the Military Intelligence Department, I observed the activities of the Japanese people in Germany, the British Empire and other Western countries.
One of them."
Worried about the possible harm caused by the concentration of intelligence agencies in one department, Li Mingyuan split the intelligence agency into two departments: the Military Intelligence Department and the Royal Security and Protection Department.
The Military Intelligence Department is responsible for the collection of overseas national military intelligence and is affiliated with the General Staff of the Han State. The Royal Security Department is responsible for local defense and counterintelligence, directly under the leadership of Li Mingyuan, while the Taiping Society is affiliated with the General Staff and serves as a peripheral intelligence agency of the Han State.
Responsible for developing influence among overseas Chinese.
"Brother Huang, what did you discover from the Japanese?"
As soon as Wang Zhengyi said these words, he thought of Huang Yurun's identity and apologized, "Brother Huang is carrying a secret. If I made a mistake just now, I shouldn't have randomly inquired about the information. Brother Huang, please bear with me."
"I don't dare to divulge a word of the important information from the Military Intelligence Department, but I can talk to Brother Wang about some public information about Japan."
Wang Zhengyi is the owner of Wuyi Hall, and Huang Yurun needs his cover and assistance to collect intelligence. Therefore, Huang Yurun does not want to create a gap between the two because of some trivial matters.
"In 1873, Japan incorporated Ryukyu into Japan's internal affairs. In 1875, Japan sent troops to Ryukyu and ordered Ryukyu to honor Japan's Meiji era and no longer pay tribute to the Qing government. In 1876, Japan established police and judicial institutions in Ryukyu
, to directly rule the local area.
Ryukyu was a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Ryukyu fell into the hands of the Japanese. On the one hand, the Manchu Qing court was incompetent and did not send troops to stop the actions of the Japanese. On the other hand, it also showed that the Japanese had accumulated a certain strength after the Meiji Restoration.
No longer afraid of the threat from the Manchu Qing court."
Huang Yurun introduced Japan’s expansion operations in the Far East in recent years, and then said, “At the beginning of this year, the three ironclad ships ordered by the Japanese from the United Kingdom were all completed, and will soon be driven back to the Far East by the Japanese Navy. By then, Japan will be on the sea in the Far East.
The power will be greatly strengthened, and the maritime situation in the Far East will also change in favor of Japan.
Brother Wang, the Far East is the main area for obtaining immigrants in the country. According to Brother Wang, if the Japanese take advantage of the sea in the Far East, what impact will it have on Han's immigration movement?"
"A few years ago, Li Zhongtang established the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai and built several gunboats. At the beginning of this year, Li Zhongtang sent a group of officials to negotiate with foreigners about the purchase of ironclad ships. When Li Zhongtang and the foreigners reached an agreement to purchase warships, the warships were launched.
Returning to the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River, the Japanese naval warships should be defeated by Li Zhongtang's navy."
Starting from 1876, at the suggestion of Li Hongzhang, the Qing government began to think about purchasing Western warships. A group of Manchu officials arrived in Europe with the first batch of diplomats, and conducted warship inspections with great fanfare, making preliminary preparations for the large-scale purchase of ironclads.
It was during the trend of the Qing government purchasing warships that Wang Zhengyi heard the news after seeing more than ten Manchu Qing officials who visited Germany for inspection.