Chapter 222: Warship One
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"Down with him! Down with him! Jiannian looked at Chen Shiding, who was dominant on the stage, and waved his fist excitedly.
"I haven't seen Brother Chen Xian make a move, and I didn't expect Brother Chen Xian's skills to be so powerful! Brother Chen, Brother Ling has won this competition! ”
In the open space, the tall foreigner shot first, and hit Chen Shiding's face with his right hand but was dodged by the opponent's flexible sideways, after dodging the opponent's attack, Chen Shiding reached forward with both hands, and used the inertia of the opponent's punch attack to lock his right hand, and at the same time stretched out his right leg, his upper body and shoulders were forced, and the tall foreigner was dragged forward with both hands.
"Bump", the tall foreigner's lower legs were caught by Chen Shiding's outstretched right leg, and his upper body drifted forward in a hurry under the other party's drag, and finally fell heavily to the ground.
The real competition is often decided in a very short period of time, Chen Shiding was personally taught by Wang Zhengyi to teach martial arts, but did not inherit the other party's tolerant and righteous character, after the tall foreigner fell to the ground, Chen Shiding in line with the idea of a quick decision, got up and stepped forward, his right leg pressed on the back of the tall foreigner, the opponent's left hand was raised in reverse and buckled to death, the right hand held his head and pressed it to the ground, regardless of the other party's screams, and said loudly in Chinese, "Are you convinced!" Convinced or not! ”
Chen Shiding's action just now was completed in just one minute, and before the onlookers could react, the tall foreigner they supported had already been pressed to the ground by Chen Shiding.
The two companions of the tall foreigner stood in front of the crowd, and when they saw that their companions were knocked to the ground by others, they instinctively wanted to go up to help, but were stopped by Chen Shiyi and Yang Jiannian.
"Shiding. Just teach him a lesson, this is Germany. Don't make a big deal out of it. ”
Chen Shiding's right hand was forceful, and he was about to press the tall foreigner's head to the ground, and when he collided violently with the ground, Wang Zhengyi reminded loudly.
"Yes, master."
Following Wang Zhengyi to learn martial arts for three years, Chen Shiding was very familiar with the other party's character, so he recognized Wang Zhengyi's voice, Chen Shiding was a little unwilling to let go of the tall foreigner, lost a Chinese insulting word that the tall foreigner could not understand, and walked away towards Wang Zhengyi.
"Master, when did you come?"
"Just arrived."
Wang Zhengyi spit out two words in his mouth, and when he saw the tall foreigner being helped up by two companions, his eyes turned to Chen Shiding, and he said with rare appreciation, "You did a good job today, and you didn't disgrace Wuyitang." ”
"It's all taught by the master."
Chen Shiding replied with a smile, and then introduced the few people who rushed over to Wang Zhengyi, "Master, this is my classmate Yang Jiannian, this is my second brother Chen Shiyi......"
Wang Zhengyi has met Chen Shituan several times, so Chen Shiding did not introduce him again, but introduced them one by one from Yang Jiannian.
"Master, this is Tanaka Miantaro, he has good medical skills, and he once helped me treat my injuries."
When Chen Shiding introduced Tanaka Miantaro, the other party solemnly bowed to Wang Zhengyi and said respectfully, "Master Wang's martial arts are strong, and the matter of your defeat of two foreigners is very popular among students studying in Berlin. ”
Defeating two German Hercules who came to provoke was Wang Zhengyi's proudest thing, and hearing Tanaka Miantaro's praise, Wang Zhengyi said with a smile on his face, "It's just a lesson for two foreigners, it's not worth mentioning." ”
"Foreigners and ghosts have always bullied the Japanese and Qing people, and Your Excellency and Chen Jun's public defeat of foreigners not only greatly boosted the morale of East Asians, but also proved that East Asians are not low-grade yellow-skinned monkeys in the mouths of foreigners, and Your Excellency deserves to be worshiped by Sato."
After Tanaka Miantaro's words fell, Naoya Sato, who was a little embarrassed, opened his mouth to thank him.
"Sato-kun comes from a samurai family?"
When several people were introducing each other, Huang Yurun, who had been observing Naoya Sato and Mitaro Tanaka, suddenly spoke.
Naoya Sato looked down at the samurai tattoo that was exposed on the outside of his clothes because of the conflict just now, and replied: "My father is a samurai of the Mizusawa Domain, and this tattoo is a token of the patriarch of the Sato family, and in March 1876, my father died of illness, and my mother handed over the tattoo to the hands of Ichiya, and after studying in Germany, Naoya has always carried it with him." ”
"Sato-kun was born into a samurai family, so it must be very difficult to get the opportunity to study in Germany, right?"
"Recommended by Lord Montakahashi, Naoya was selected to study at the Military Academy in Berlin at the Kyoto Military Academy last year to study engineering subjects."
Huang Yurun asked Naoya Sato a few questions one after another, and waited until the local police arrived to disperse the crowd of onlookers before ending the conversation with Naoya Sato.
"Why does Brother Huang keep asking questions about that Dongying man named Naoya Sato?"
Separated from the three Chen brothers and others, and returned to Wuyi Hall, Wang Zhengyi asked.
"When I asked Naoya Sato, I didn't value him alone, but I wanted to get to know the Japanese through him."
"Hehe, when did Mr. Huang become interested in Dongying people?"
Wang Zhengyi smiled, feeling ridiculous about Huang Yurun's answer.
In 1878, although Japan carried out the Meiji Restoration for ten years, because its national strength was still developing, in the eyes of traditional Chinese such as Wang Zhengyi, Japan was still the backward and ignorant small country it used to be.
"Brother Wang, although the Dongying country is small, its population is nearly ten times that of the Han State, and before going to Germany, the Lords of the Military Intelligence Department arranged one of the tasks arranged by the Lords of the Military Intelligence Department to observe the activities of the Dongying people in Germany, the British Empire and other Western countries."
Concerned about the harm that could result from the concentration of intelligence agencies in one department, Li Mingyuan split the intelligence agency into two divisions: the Military Intelligence Department and the Royal Security Department.
The Military Intelligence Department is responsible for the collection of military intelligence from overseas countries and is subordinate to the General Staff of the Han Kingdom, the Royal Security Department is responsible for local security and counter-espionage, and is directly under the leadership of Li Mingyuan, while the Taiping Society is attached to the General Staff and is responsible for the task of developing influence among overseas Chinese as the peripheral intelligence agency of the Han State.
"What did Brother Huang find out from the Dongying people?"
As soon as Wang Zhengyi's words came out, he thought of Huang Yurun's identity, and said apologetically, "Brother Huang is confidential, if he made a mistake just now, he shouldn't ask for information indiscriminately, Brother Huang, please bear with me." ”
"I don't dare to divulge half a sentence of the critical information of the Military Intelligence Department, but some public information about Dongying can be talked to with Brother Wang."
Wang Zhengyi is the owner of Wuyi Hall, and Huang Yurun needs the other party's cover and assistance to collect intelligence, so Huang Yurun doesn't want to cause a gap between the two because of some trivial things.
"In 1873, Japan brought the Ryukyus into the orbit of Japan's internal affairs. In 1875, Japan sent troops to Ryukyu and ordered Ryukyu to honor Japan's Meiji era name and no longer pay tribute to the Qing government. In 1876, Japan established a police and judicial system in the Ryukyus to exercise direct rule over the region.
Ryukyu was a vassal state of the Manchu court, and Ryukyu fell into the hands of the Dongying people, on the one hand, the Manchu court was incompetent and did not send troops to stop the actions of the Dongying people, and on the other hand, it also showed that the Dongying people accumulated a certain strength through the Meiji Restoration and were no longer afraid of the threat of the Manchu court. ”
Huang Yurun introduced Japan's expansion in the Far East in recent years, and continued: "At the beginning of this year, all the three ironclad ships ordered by the Dongying people from Britain were completed, and soon they will be piloted back to the Far East by the Dongying Navy.
Brother Wang, the Far East is the main area for domestic immigration, according to Brother Wang, if the Dongying people occupy maritime superiority in the Far East, what impact will it have on the migration actions of the Han State? ”
"A few years ago, Li Zhongtang established the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai and built several gunboats, and at the beginning of this year, Li Zhongtang sent a group of officials to negotiate with the foreigners about the purchase of ironclad ships.
From 1876 onwards, at the suggestion of Li Hongzhang, the Qing government arose the idea of purchasing Western warships, and a group of Manchu officials arrived in Europe with the first batch of diplomatic officials to inspect warships with great fanfare, making preliminary preparations for the large-scale purchase of ironclad ships.