Chapter 221: Jingwu Society and International Students

ps: This chapter is to make up for the last bonus of the little cabbage stewed radish reward. There is also tomorrow morning to learn to drive, the morning can not be updated, everyone forgive me.

Iron and steel smelting is the basic industry for making mechanical molds, lathes and other tools, in the Han country, through the efforts of German technicians and the first two batches of students who returned to study abroad, the Han Iron and Steel Plant digested the introduction of open-hearth steelmaking and other smelting technology, and then, relying on a group of Chinese students and scientific and technological talents introduced from the West, Li Mingyuan established a research institute, named Han Royal Scientific Research, responsible for the study of steel, electrical, mechanical and other aspects of technical research.

In foreign countries, international students studying smelting technology are mainly sent to the Charlottenburg Metallurgical Institute in Germany, the Leobenzene University of Mining and Metallurgy in Austria, and the Zurich Iron and Steel Institute in Switzerland.

On March 12, 1878, the three Chen Shituan brothers and Yang Jiannian, who were studying at an academy, took advantage of the college's vacation to visit the Mitte district in downtown Berlin.

The four men, dressed in black Western-style clothes, were looking at a fountain when they saw two diminutive Asian men and three white men arguing about something and looking about to clash.

"Brother Chen, should we come forward and take a look?"

Yang Jianming, one of the four, was the first to propose.

"Forget it, the two of them are from Dongying, don't pay attention to them."

Chen Shituan shook his head, not wanting to meddle in the contradictions between the Japanese and the Germans.

"Big brother, that Toei man with a Western hat is Tanaka Mietaro from the nearby medical school, and he helped heal my last injury, so I can't repay it."

The youngest, Chen Shiding, objected.

"Since he helped the third brother see a doctor, we can't stand by and watch, let's go, let's go to the front and have a look."

Han is a country composed of Chinese immigrants, in the process of ocean migration, many people died of disease in the middle of the way, and the Chinese who have just arrived in South America are also prone to symptoms such as soil and water adaptation, so the doctors who can help the Chinese treat diseases are very respected in the Han country.

Chen Shituan mentioned that one of the two Japanese was a medical student and had helped his brother see a doctor, and he quickly changed his attitude.

"Tanaka-kun, why did you have a conflict with the foreigners?"

Chen Shituan separated the three whites from Tanaka Miantaro, and Chen Shiding stepped forward to ask.

"It's Chen Jun." Tanaka Mietaro helped down the glasses that had been touched crooked in the push just now, looked up and saw that Chen Shituan and the three foreigners were confronting each other, bent down and bowed, "I'm sorry, I've caused trouble to you." ”

Chen Shiding was a young man, and he couldn't stand the red tape of the Japanese, so he helped the other party up and said, "Don't talk about it, Tanaka-kun should first tell why you have a conflict, right?" ”

"When Sato-kun and I were walking on the street just now, we heard them insult us as yellow-skinned monkeys, and Sato-kun couldn't get angry and reason with them, but not only did they not apologize, but they also took off Sato-kun's Western hat and threw it in the fountain......" After listening to Tanaka Miantaro's words, Chen Shiding's heart welled up with anger.

"Tanaka-kun, let's go, let's get justice for you together!"

In the nineteenth century, the Chinese and the Japanese and other East Asians were discriminated against by white Westerners, and Chen Shiding was also insulted as a yellow-skinned monkey by German students in Charlottenburg.

The injury in that fight has always been regarded as a shame by Chen Shiding, and now when he heard the four insulting words of the yellow-skinned monkey, he couldn't suppress his anger and walked directly towards a white man nearby.

"Third brother, don't be impulsive!" Chen Shituan saw that his younger brother's face was not good, and immediately turned sideways to stop and dissuade him.

"Big brother, foreigners deceive people too much, and they don't take revenge, I can't swallow this breath in my heart!" Chen Shiding's eyes looked angrily at the three white men who were constantly provoking on the side, unwilling to speak.

"The gentlemen helped out with righteousness, Tanaka is very grateful, if you drag down the gentlemen to offend the foreigners because of this trivial matter, the center of the field is uneasy, and I hope that Chen Jun will forbear."

Tanaka Mitaro also spoke out to persuade him.

Several people persuaded Chen Shiding not to be impulsive, and just when Chen Shiding was about to give up, the tallest foreigner pushed away Yang Jiannian, who was blocking in front of him, and said contemptuously in German to Chen Shiding, Tanaka Miantaro and others, "Yellow-skinned monkey!" ”

"Yaga!" Naoya Sato, who was standing on the side, shouted angrily and angrily punched the tall man in the abdomen.

"Slap" Naoya Sato's attack was blocked by the other party, and the corner of the tall foreigner's mouth showed a contemptuous smile, quickly raised his right foot, and kicked Naoya Sato three meters away.

The confrontation attracted many passers-by, and the tall foreigner kicked the Japanese Naoya Sato into the air, causing a burst of agitation from the crowd.

The foreigners once again insulted, and the agitation and ridicule of the surrounding foreigners completely angered Chen Shiding and others. Among them, as the leader of the four, Chen Shituan put the lessons of his father's moderation in the back of his mind, and under the anger, his clenched right hand trembled, staring at the three foreigners with red eyes, and said in a deep voice in Chinese, "I want you to apologize!" ”

"Yellow-skinned monkey, get back into the woods! You are not welcome in Germany! ”

The three provocative foreigners did not speak, but there was a clamor in the crowd.

"Ridiculous inferior, look! How funny they look in suits, like monkeys who imitate civilized people in their clothes! ”

The yellow-skinned monkey was originally a satire on the Japanese, who were short in stature and at the same time good at learning like monkeys, so the first Japanese students to arrive in the West were called yellow-skinned monkeys by white people.

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, they have won wars against Brazil and Argentina, and have received a certain degree of attention in Germany, which follows Darwin's law of the jungle, but when Chen Shituan and the two Japanese stood together, they were still ridiculed by the nearby Germans.

"I want you to apologize!" Chen Shituan was furious, and his eyes kept staring at the tall foreigner who insulted them.

β€œder Idiot!”

The tall foreigner glanced at the weak-looking Chen Shituan and spat out an insulting word in German.

"Big brother, I'm going to duel with him!"

The animal-like eyes of the white people around him made Chen Shiding angry, and while maintaining a trace of sanity, Chen Shiding crossed his brother and coldly spit out in German, "I want to duel with you!" ”

Influenced by the chivalric culture of the Middle Ages, there are still some remnants of the influence of dueling disputes among men in Germany and other Western countries in the 19th century, the most famous of which is the Russian poet Pushkin who fought a duel in 1837 and finally lost his opponent's death.

Chen Shiding's duel challenge to the tall foreigner aroused the emotions of the onlookers, and dozens of whites spoke out to encourage the tall man to teach Chen Shiding a lesson.

Without the slightest doubt, the tall man accepted Chen Shiding's challenge, but Chen Shituan and others couldn't twist Chen Shiding's temperament, and at the same time, in order not to embarrass the country, they agreed with Chen Shiding's decision.

The two of the surrounding whites gave way to a clearing for the duel, and Chen Shiding, who was steadily walking towards the center of the clearing, returned to calm, the scar on his face disappeared from the fight with the foreigner three years ago, and at the same time, his thin body when he first arrived in Germany was not only much taller, but also much stronger than three years ago.

With both hands clenched into fists, his right foot moved forward half a step slightly, and he put on a common fighting posture in later generations, Chen Shiding defiantly signaled to the opponent to strike first.

"Brother Chen, will Brother Shi Dingxian be okay?"

At the edge of the clearing, Yang Jiannian looked at the tall foreigner who was half a head taller than Chen Shiding, and said worriedly.

Chen Shiding's height is about 1.78 meters according to the standard of later generations, in the nineteenth 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 gap between Chinese and white people was not large, and later with the development of the Western Industrial Revolution, ordinary white people consumed more meat, beans and other nutritious foods, and the height of Western whites gradually exceeded that of Chinese.

In 1878, Chen Shiding's height of 1.78 meters exceeded most of the white Germans on the spotter, but the white people he challenged were relatively rare at that time, nearly 1.9 meters tall.

"Three years ago, Shi Ding was injured in a fight with a foreigner, and after recovering from his injuries, he joined the Wuyi Hall, a martial arts hall opened by Master Wang in Berlin.

Master Wang Zhengyi's martial arts are profound, and he is deeply valued by His Royal Highness the King of Han. ”

Wang Zhengyi was born in 1844 and immigrated to the Han Kingdom in April 1872.

Wang Zhengyi had not yet married when he immigrated to the Han Kingdom, and it was still more than 20 years before he became widely known for his rescue of Tan Si in 1898.

Stumbling upon Wang Zhengyi's name in the list of mainland immigrants, Li Mingyuan came up with the idea of unifying the Chinese martial arts school and creating a single-minded martial arts culture.

Traditional martial arts to put it bluntly is the coordinated use of strength, speed and other comprehensive strength, some flashy martial arts moves in later generations not only reduced the interest of Chinese people in learning martial arts, but also compressed the living space of the Chinese martial arts spirit, later Japanese kendo, karate, South Korea's taekwondo, etc. are popular in the mainland, and as a country with thousands of years of martial spirit, samurai and professional martial arts have appeared since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, but 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 the so-called martial arts, but to reshape the national spirit and inherit martial arts training as a spiritual culture of self-cultivation.

I had an idea in my mind. After Li Mingyuan summoned Wang Zhengyi, Li Fenggang, Li San and other martial arts celebrities, Li Mingyuan's righteousness in reviving the Chinese civilization of the Qin and Han dynasties made them agree to teach their own martial arts, and at the same time, according to practicality, created a set of martial arts system that integrates actual combat and performance.

It took two years to delete useless moves, add combat skills commonly used in later generations according to Li Mingyuan's establishment, and compare them with each other to prove whether the new martial arts are reasonable.

The new martial arts system consists of four branches: boxing, swordfighting, swordsmanship, and leg skills, each with detailed rules for competition.

At the end of 1874, Li Mingyuan promoted the newly organized and perfect martial arts system to the Han Dynasty, encouraging the people to practice martial arts to strengthen their physical fitness.

In January 1875, Wang Zhengyi, with the support of Li Mingyuan, opened the first overseas branch of the Jingwu Society in Berlin, Germany, Wuyi Hall, with Wang Zhengyi as the owner.

On the one hand, the purpose of the establishment of the Jingwu Society overseas was to change the understanding of foreigners towards the Chinese and establish the national image of the Han Kingdom in South America, and at the same time, in addition to the samurai who specialized in teaching students to learn martial arts, there were also intelligence officers responsible for collecting commercial and political information.

Wuyi Hall is not far from the street where Chen Shiding clashed with the whites. While Chen Shituan was reassuring others not to worry about his younger brother, Wang Zhengyi, the owner of Wuyi Hall, had just arrived at the scene.

"Master Wang, do you think Brother Chen can defeat the tall foreigner?"

Wang Zhengyi is next to the Chinese humanist who is responsible for collecting intelligence in Germany.

"Mr. Huang might as well take a look first, and he will know the results soon."

Wang Zhengyi said to Huang Yurun beside him with a smile.

After entering the Han government, he did not choose to serve in the Han country like others, but Mao recommended himself and followed Wang Zhengyi to Germany to serve as the head of the Han intelligence in Germany.

Wang Zhengyi's face was calm, and Huang Yurun didn't say a word after seeing him finish speaking, and followed the other party to look at the two people on the clearing.