The subtitle of this chapter: Duels

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"Brother Qingzhi, you're back, how is the situation?"

"Brother Hongji, fortunately, the British agreed."

"Hahaha, I'll just say they'll say yes."

Our Master Yuan took Major Cao's shoulders and walked into the living room, and said in a loud voice to the group of people inside: "My friends, the British have agreed to a duel!" ”

"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! ”

"Hahaha!"

"Bang Bang!"

In the small living room, cheers, laughter, and applause suddenly rang out.

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

Others opened a few bottles of champagne to celebrate.

Since the "great pressure" accepted this duel under the pressure of public opinion, Yuan Yanqian began to arrange the aftermath...... Well, that's the rest of the story.

"David, Lillian, are your film crew ready?"

The two filmmakers glanced at each other, and the big star said with a smile: "I just talked to Victor on the phone, and he is now on the train with personnel and equipment, and it is estimated that he will be there in the evening." ”

If you don't make a documentary about such a major news to record Master Yuan's heroic posture, noble spirit, and happy victory, how can you do it?

In the future, these will be all historical materials, important historical materials that will be passed down to the end of human civilization. So the first thing he asked the old man was about it.

"Good." He turned to Miss Pulitzer and asked, "Is the press conference scheduled after the duel?" ”

Emma smiled and said, "Neo, don't worry. My father and I must have made it right. ”

After the duel was completed, Yuan Yanqian naturally wanted to disclose the ins and outs of the duel in front of the media, so that the people of the United States could understand that he was not fighting for himself, but for justice and his motherland. Fighting for the people of Ireland, how could this opportunity to gain prestige be missed? Plus you can step on Britain hard by the way.

"Emma, thank your father for me." Then he asked, "Louie, John, are you ready for that $10,000 check?" ”

The two of them also laughed and said, "Neo, your Chinese friend Mr. Meng has helped us find a painter, and he is now in the process of making it." ”

The "check" they are talking about is not a real check, but a big "check" made of cardboard that was taken out of the winning ceremony in later generations. In these days, there was no laser printing, and it could only be drawn by hand.

At the press conference, our Master Yuan will donate $10,000 in the name of the winner to the producers of the film "Famine Orphan Girl...... Well, it's just right hand to left hand.

"Shoko, is the market open in New York?"

Luo Puxiang immediately nodded and said, "Okay, okay, we made preparations yesterday, Xiao Lu and Xiao Yang are quite reliable now." ”

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still a piece of meat, whether it is thousands of dollars or tens of thousands of dollars, and a small amount of money will not bite the hand.

Yuan Yanqian smiled and looked around at everyone, raised the wine glass in his hand proudly and said, "Friends, CHEERS!" ”

“CHEERS！”

"In the early morning of May 30, 1832, near Lake Glaselle, Paris, lay an unconscious young man, and the passing peasant, judging from the gunshot wound that he had been seriously wounded after a duel, carried the unknown young man to the hospital. At ten o'clock the next morning, the poor young man died, and the youngest and most creative mind in the history of mathematics stopped thinking. Later famous mathematicians said that his death delayed the development of mathematics by decades. Variste Galois died at the age of twenty. ”

"Many of history's illustrious figures like Galois have died in stupid duels, but some duels have added a lot of fun to history."

"France in 1808 staged a high-altitude duel. The Frenchman Gladepo and Pique had an argument over a dancer, which is actually a story of two boats. It was probably around the time that hot air balloons became popular, and the two finally decided to take a hot air balloon ride in a duel high in the sky. On May 3, in full view of everyone, two gentlemen each ascended to 2,000 feet in two hot air balloons. The two sides began to fire from 80 yards, and the unlucky Mr. Peake fired the first bullet, only to miss the target. Grandp's return shot effectively hit the balloon, which went out of control, the basket overturned, and Pique and his assistant fell from the sky and fell to their deaths in a house in Paris. ”

In 1843, there was a "billiards duel" in France, where two French gentlemen, Levant and Melfante, had a quarrel while playing billiards, and the two sides finally decided to duel by throwing billiards at a distance of 12 steps and taking turns throwing billiards at each other. Mr. Melfan was lucky to draw the first move, and he also let go of his cruel words: he wanted to kill Lefan with one blow. As a result, he was right, and the first billiard ball shot by Melfante, who had amazing arm strength, smashed straight into Lefante's forehead, and the latter was killed on the spot. However, Mr. Melfant, who was the victor, was not happy for long, and he was immediately arrested by the police who arrived, taken to court on charges of murder, and eventually imprisoned for the crime of injuring someone. ”

"In August 1892 in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, Princess Pauline Metternich and Countess Kielmannsegg had a dispute over how to place the vase for the upcoming concert, and the two sides decided to settle the matter by a duel. The duel was arranged, presided over and dealt with by Baroness Lubinska, who was well-known in the medical profession at the time (at a time when there were very few women). ”

"Before the duel began, the Baroness believed that the reason why many of the minor injuries caused by the duel often caused rot was that the tip of the sword had carried the strip of cloth into the garment. So, she made a "fashionable" suggestion: to prevent such danger, all clothing from the waist of both sides should be removed during the duel. It is said that this duel is the only one in history that shows the breasts, and it is also the first duel that is not bound by men, because all the people involved on both sides, including the two victims and the assistant, are women. ”

"On the day of the fateful decision, in the dueling arena, all etiquette was observed, including first trying to mediate. After mediation failed, the two ladies began a duel, and after a few feints and stabs, the princess's savage slash caused the countess to bleed a little from her nose. The princess, frightened by the sight of each other's bleeding, covered her cheeks with her hands in a feminine position. At that moment, the Countess suddenly lunged at the princess and stabbed her in the right forearm with a sword. Seeing the blood flowing again, the assistants on both sides fainted in fright. The valet and the coachman, who had been ordered to stand in the distance with their backs to the scene of the duel, heard the shouts and rushed to help. However, Baroness Lubinska, judging that they were more motivated by lust, beat them with her own umbrella and cried out: 'Look away, look away from you—you womanizers!' ’……”

"One of the most famous and interesting duels in history took place not in Europe, but in the Americas. However, the two sides of the duel were not Americans, the challenger was British Army Lieutenant Colonel Harold Alexander, and the challenge was accepted by the Chinese, Yuan Yanqi. They clashed at President Warren Harding's inaugural ball, and then met for a duel to settle their conflicts. ”

The duel caused an uproar in Washington, D.C., and throughout the United States, not only as newspapers rushed to call it the 'War of the Century' or the 'East-West War' or the 'Sino-British War,' but also that residents of Washington's neighborhoods, especially New Yorkers, rushed to Washington by car or train. So some people jokingly called it the 'duel carnival'. ”

"March 6, 1921, was a Sunday in March, and the weather was quite nice, and it was a wonderful day outing."

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Mr. Yuan Yanqi, surrounded by his friends, left the rosewood hotel where he was staying, got into the car that had been prepared a long time ago, and drove towards the dueling arena - Fort Myer Racecourse, Virginia. At the same time, Lieutenant Colonel Harold Alexander, accompanied by colleagues from the British Embassy in the United States and expatriates, embarked on this duel road"

They were followed by more than a hundred vehicles of all kinds, mostly journalists from major newspapers and a handful of do-gooders. But as the convoy moved forward, more and more vehicles joined in. In the end, the convoy was more than ten miles long. At the same time, several convoys drove from Washington to their destinations. According to incomplete statistics, more than 20,000 spectators attended on the day of the duel, including President Harding and his wife and many cabinet dignitaries. In addition, there are many celebrities and dignitaries. It's really empty. ”

"At about half past two in the afternoon, Yuan Yanqian and Lieutenant Colonel Harold Alexander, arrived at their destination, which was originally the training ground for the 4th Cavalry Battalion of Fort Myer. Because Mr. Yuan had a good relationship with Major Patton, who was then the commander of the 4th Battalion, the latter generously lent them the venue as a dueling arena. ”

"They had to wait there for a while because of the traffic jam that caused someone to be late. At three o'clock, the host of this duel, the First Class Military Attache of the Imperial Japanese Empire in the United States, Kichizaburo Osanomura, and the special lawyer of this duel, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, finally arrived at the scene. ”

The two sides signed various legal documents in the presence of several lawyers and nearly 30,000 spectators. Then Kichizaburo Nomura began to read out the rules of the duel as the host. And this set of rules was invented by Mr. Yuan Yanqian himself. ”

"Since many people borrowed this set of rules to duel in the future, it was called the 'Yuan Rule'......"

- Excerpt from "Duel Those Things"

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This broken book can be written so far, and it is inseparable from the support of patients...... Pure politeness, don't take it seriously. In fact, the main thing is that I have a strong character.

However, Murong was still very grateful to everyone for their support. Especially my alliance leader, and a few big guys who have always taken care of my little brother. Thank you all and I keep up the good work.