(PS: I must apologize to all friends, because of various circumstances, the pure wolf has been updated extremely abnormally these days, and yesterday it was even only updated with three thousand words, which will be two chapters in a row, and it is also a full day update on the 18th.) This is forced by life, and the 18th pure wolf has no chance to sit in front of the computer all day, and I ask for forgiveness from friends, the pure wolf will strive to return to the previous rhythm as soon as possible. ）

No matter how much he wailed, it was useless, Wu Chaoyue had already offended all the gangs in Shanghai by the old Wu family, and of course he didn't dare to offend the foreign priests who still regarded him as a friend, so although he knew that he was asking for trouble, Wu Chaoyue still went to the front hall to pick up guests, and the result was not surprising, Wu Chaoyue's front feet had just stepped into the living room, and more than 20 foreign priests immediately rushed up like flies seeing blood and surrounded Wu Chaoyue, shouting in various foreign languages and half-baked Chinese.

"Dear Wu, what's wrong? Why are all the dockers who memorized the Bible gone? Thousands of people, how can it be as if all of them are missing? ”

"Wu, where are so many dock workers who have already received the Bible? Why aren't they on the dock today? ”

"Wu, when I was entering the city just now, I recognized two dock workers who had heard the gospel, why did they run away when they saw me? Can't even call it anymore? Didn't they react yesterday when they heard me preach the gospel of the Lord on the docks? ”

"Chinese friends, tell me what happened? Why are the dock workers who were willing to memorize the Bible gone? And none of the remaining dock workers will ever memorize our Bible? ”

"Wu, there are two Western cargo ships on the dock, they are still waiting to load and unload the goods, where are your workers? Why don't you hurry up and memorize the Bible and work to earn money? Although the owners of the two ships promised to give only the workers we designated, what if there were no workers? ”

Listening to this series of questions, Wu Chaoyue, who was hanging his head, didn't know how to answer except for a wry smile. Finally calming himself down, Wu Chaoyue first waved his hand to silence a group of foreign priests, and then said in English: "Dear priests, I am very sorry that those dock workers who have memorized the Bible should not go to the docks again today, and even if they continue to work on the docks in the future, they should not dare to recite the Bible and listen to the Gospel anymore." So, you better tell your merchant marine friends to give jobs to others. ”

"Why?" More than two dozen fanatical priests were not happy when they heard this, and they rushed to ask, "Wu, why?" Why didn't the workers who had memorized the Bible dare to go to work on the docks again? Why don't you memorize the Bible anymore? Are they potential believers that we have managed to find? Many of them have developed a strong interest in our Catholic Church, right? ”

Wu Chaoyue smiled even more bitterly, first asked the priests to be quiet, and then briefly explained what had happened, and said: "Dear priests, I'm sorry, because those dock workers have been violently threatened by the underworld forces in Shanghai, and my gang friends have killed three companions and injured fifteen people in order to protect these workers, and nine people have been deliberately arrested by the Shanghai County Ya, who secretly shielded these underworld forces, and the arrested people are still tortured in prison. ”

It took a lot of effort for Wu Chaoyue to finally explain the situation in English, and also told these Western missionaries how powerful and terrifying the gang was that had existed in China for thousands of years, and directly told these foreign priests that it was precisely because of helping them to preach to the dock workers that the Twin Knives Society secretly controlled by their own family had been retaliated by other gangs by force, and they had paid a heavy price in the conflict.

With his help, more than 20 foreign priests finally understood Wu Chaoyue's introduction, and also understood how painful the old Wu family had to pay in this incident. But in this way, the priests were even more incomprehensible, and asked one after another: "Wu, the Shanghai gang is so brutal, why don't you Chinese government take care of it?" Doesn't your Chinese law punish these vicious thugs? ”

"Yes, dear Wu, wasn't your grandfather a Chinese official?" Fr. Martin asked a more crucial question: "Why didn't your grandfather use the power of the government to suppress these rioters?" ”

"He doesn't have the authority to intervene in local affairs." Wu Chaoyue's expression was even more helpless, so he had to give a general introduction to the powers of the comprador grandfather to the foreigners, and then said: "At present, the one who has the power to sanction these thugs in Shanghai is the magistrate of Shanghai, but unfortunately, Shanghai Yuan County Ling is the backer behind these thugs, so not only did he not stop these thugs, but on the contrary, he deliberately arrested the Chinese warriors who protected those dock workers. It's like some of your best police officers in the West, who accept bribes from criminals, deliberately connive at criminals to continue their crimes, and deliberately connive at criminals to retaliate against the victims who report crimes. ”

After listening to Wu Chaoyue's simple parable, the priests finally understood what Wu Chaoyue meant, and then more than 20 priests drew crosses on their chests, praying that God would bless the innocent dock workers and the Chinese warriors who were hurt to protect the dock workers. And Father Martin also apologized to Wu Chaoyue: "Dear Wu, I didn't expect this incident to cause you so much trouble, I apologize to you, it was us who caused you a burden." ”

Wu Chaoyue shook his head and said, "Mr. Martin, we are friends, there is no need to say such kind words, and I don't blame you." I just want to solve this matter quickly, and I only want to rescue those innocent Chinese warriors who have been arrested as soon as possible, and I also want to solve the current troubles as soon as possible, so I can't help you proselytize for the time being. ”

Martin nodded in disappointment, indicating that he understood Wu Chaoyue's distress, and then Martin asked, "Dear Wu, my Chinese friend, what can I do for you?" If I can help, please let me know and I'll do my best. ”

"Mr. Martin, you are not a Chinese official, so you can't help me."

Wu Chaoyue shook his head with a wry smile, but when he shook his head halfway, Wu Chaoyue suddenly paused, and such a thought quickly popped up in his heart, "How did I forget that method?" Forget all these big backers in front of you? ”

Then, before Wu Chaoyue could figure out what to do, the British missionary Maddox, who had never spoken, suddenly stood up and said viciously to Wu Chaoyue: "Wu, let's go, go to the concession!" I'll take you to our British Consul of Alle, and ask him to help you with these troubles! ”

Wu Chaoyue, who was working on this idea, was overjoyed when he heard this, and just wanted to nod, but Father Maddox said even more fiercely: "I want to ask Consul Ali Guo to drive the British warship directly into the Yangtze River like last time, and use the artillery of our British ** team to get justice for you!" ”

"Seek justice with warship artillery?" Wu Chaoyue almost didn't scream, and said in his heart that if Lao Tzu dared to do this, in the future history books, Lao Tzu would definitely not be a person!

"No way!" Fortunately, Father Luo Weilin stood up in time to oppose and said: "Maddos, in the last Qingpu incident, in order to avenge you and me, Consul Aliguo directly drove the warship to the city of Jiangning, and as a result, although the Chinese government compensated us for our losses, the Chinese hated us very much because of this incident, which made it more difficult for us to proselytize in China. If we do this again, it will not only make the Chinese misunderstand us even more, but may also bring more trouble to Wu! ”

"Already done that?" Wu Chaoyue, who did not learn and did not know how to learn, was even more dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked Luo Weilin what was going on, only to know that four years ago, Luo Weilin and Maddoth went to Qingpu County to preach, because of the language barrier and the local fishermen had a misunderstanding, and were injured by those fishermen with pennies, Maddox ran to the British consul in Shanghai to complain, Ali Guo immediately mobilized two warships into the Yangtze River without saying a word, and drove directly to the city of Nanjing, which is now called Jiangning, and took dozens of cannons to the city of Nanjing. forced the Liangjiang government at that time to give an explanation to Luo Weilin and Mai Dusi, and finally led to the landing of the top belt of the Qingpu County Order, and also caused the fishermen of the ten townships of Qingpu to raise 300 taels of silver to compensate Luo Weilin and Mai Dusi for making soup and medicine. (i.e. Tsing Po Lesson Plan)

After listening to Luo Weilin's introduction, I didn't expect Wu Chaoyue, who had such a big face as Luo Weilin and Madosi, to be almost a little tempted, but considering his descendants and the name evaluation in the history books, Wu Chaoyue still forcibly dispelled this very relieved thought, and after a little calculation, he said: "Dear Father and Priest, I have thought of a good way, if you can do me a favor, then those Chinese warriors who help you in your mission can not only be saved, In the future, there will certainly be no one to stop or sabotage your missionary work at the Shanghai docks. ”

"What's the best way?" When Father Zhongyang heard this, he was overjoyed, and rushed to say: "Wu, quickly tell me your good method, we will definitely help, we will definitely help!" ”

"Is it borrowing troops from our British?" The more short-tempered Maddox also hurriedly said: "The British Empire attaches the most importance to the safety and freedom of overseas nationals, as long as Luo Weilin and I make a request to the Consul of the Ali Kingdom, our British army will definitely not sit idly by!" ”

"No army, no borrowed soldiers." Wu Chaoyue hurriedly shook his head and said, "There is no need to use force and violence, I only need you to do one thing, and these troublesome problems can be resolved!" ”

"And what do you want us to do?" Maddox and the priests all rushed to ask.

"It's simple, just two words." Wu Chaoyue raised two fingers, and said with a cruel smile a word that has never appeared in this era, "Petition!" ”

"Petitioning?" All the priests were confused and asked, "Wu, what is a petition?" ”

"It's to find the government to complain, and find the government at all levels to sue directly!" Wu Chaoyue sneered and said: "As long as you come forward and find the Shanghai County Ya to sue those thugs who sabotage and obstruct your mission, and then find Chen Tinghuang, the prefect of Songjiang, and Yang Wending, the governor of Jiangsu, to sue Yuan Zubi, the prefect of Shanghai, for harboring the rioters and arresting the Chinese warriors who protect the workers in black and white, I am not afraid that he Yuan Zubi will not be unlucky, and I am not afraid that he Yuan Zubi will not obediently release people!" ”

It took a lot of effort for Wu Chaoyue to make Father Zhongyang understand what is called petitioning, what is called petitioning at a higher level, and how to accuse Yuan Zubi and the Shanghai gang he secretly supports, but after listening to it, Father Zhongyang was skeptical and asked: "Wu, is this useful?" If we have no evidence to accuse a Chinese official of embezzlement and bribery and shielding thugs, will the Chinese government believe it? ”

"I can find you the evidence!" Wu Chaoyue said quickly: "As long as you come forward to sue!" I can guarantee that after this matter is successful, no underworld forces will dare to obstruct your missionary work at the Shanghai dock in the future! ”

Seeing that Wu Chaoyue said so surely, the foreign priests were all moved, but there were also a few missionaries with a cautious personality who asked an absolute nonsense in worry because they didn't know much about China, "If we do this, will the Chinese government also arrest us?" ”

Wu Yue laughed when he heard this, and said with a big laugh: "Don't worry, no one knows better than me the virtues of these Qing officials, regardless of the former Qing Dynasty and the later Qing Dynasty, the Letters and Visits Bureau of the Beijing Office, they only dare to arrest the petitioning Chinese, and they have no courage to arrest you foreigners." ”

No foreign priest could understand the meaning of Wu Chaoyue's words, but all the priests roughly understood the basic meaning of Wu Chaoyue, although Maddox and a few foreign priests who were more anxious felt that it was too troublesome and a waste of time to do so, and it was far less simple and direct than directly requesting the consul of his country to send troops, but Father Luo Weilin, the founder of Renji Hospital and Union Hospital, agreed with Wu Chaoyue's method very much, and said: "Dear brothers in the church, what Wu said is the best way, we are here to preach in China. Instead of starting a war, we can build a good impression on the Chinese to abide by Chinese laws, and it will be easier to proselytize to the Chinese in the future. But if we start a war directly, then even if we succeed, it will only make the Chinese more afraid and hostile to us, and will not develop a sense of affection for us. ”

The relationship between Maddox and Luo Weilin is very good, and seeing that his friends have said so, Maddox can only nod and say: "Okay, just do it according to Wu's method, if it can't be successful, we will consider asking for help from this ** team." Wu, let's talk about how to do it, I'm willing to help you, this is also helping myself! ”

All the priests nodded one after another, all agreed to adopt Wu Chaoyue's method first, and all said that they would help to the end, Wu Chaoyue, who didn't want to be Wu Sangui, quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly thanked the foreigners for their help, and then explained the specific methods to the foreigners in detail, and also assigned tasks on the spot, so that the foreign priests acted separately............