Chapter Seventy-Two: Before the Great War Begins
This world is a movie world after all, it is only similar to real history, but it is not exactly the same, for example, at this time in history, Huang Feihong himself is in his fifties, and now Huang Shaohong's soul is not even thirty years old when he wears this body, and he has not even married.
In addition, according to the real history, the Qing court at this time should have the upper hand in the court led by the xenophobic forces led by Duanjun Wang Zaiyi, and the foreigners were in the same situation.
But Huang Shaohong knows that in this movie world, this is not the case.
In addition to the inextricable quarrel between the Boxers and the foreigners, the relationship between the Qing court and the foreigners was still relatively harmonious on the surface, and even the 'Lion King Conference' initiated by Li Hongzhang specially invited the ministers of various countries to watch the ceremony.
However, even if there are some deviations, the main trend of history will not change, and the invasion of the capital by the Eight-Nation Coalition will not be inevitable after all.
So Huang Shaohong simply left Li Cunyi behind, and told the other party that it was impossible for foreigners to make trouble only in Tianjin, looking at the current form, foreign devils would definitely attack the capital, and he planned to fight with foreigners in the capital.
Listening to Huang Shaohong's thoughts, Li Cunyi and Wang Wu's eyes lit up, and the two of them hated foreign devils, so they naturally expressed their willingness to obey the president's dispatch.
Huang Shaohong calculated the date and couldn't help frowning, according to the plot of the movie, after one month, there will be the Lion King Conference, and another month after the Lion King Conference, in order to paralyze the Qing government, the Eight-Nation Alliance will send the Eight Nations Lions to challenge the Chinese Lion King, and that time is when the foreigners invade the capital.
There are still two months to go, and I haven't started much training on my side, if I don't have any preparation at all, I can't let the single knife Li Cunyi and the big knife Wang Wu fight with the foreigners' muskets with steel knives.
He simply revealed that he had purchased firearms from the British, and discussed the training with the two grandmasters.
Li Cunyi originally looked down on Western firearms, but when the old dragon head fought, he saw countless boxers fall beside him, among which the martial arts proficient people do not know how many, but under the enemy's firearms, they can't stop a small projectile, so he also changed his inherent opinion, and felt that foreigners' things also have merits.
As early as when the fifth king of the big sword intersected with Tan Sitong, his vision improved a lot, and he had also seen the power of Western firearms.
The three of them hit it off, and finally decided to add a 'firearms class' to the daily teaching of the 'Jingwu Sports Club'!
The firearms purchased by Huang Shaohong must not see the light of day before he acts, otherwise he will definitely cause trouble.
Moreover, of course, the content of the 'firearms class' cannot be live-ammunition shooting, and if the sound of firearms sounded in the capital division, it would be tantamount to an act of seeking death.
Therefore, I can only find a carpenter to make all parts of the breech gun out of wood according to the ratio of one to one, and then assemble them together for the trainees to use for daily training.
Huang Shaohong brought the militia brothers to teach the students some theoretical things, such as loading, aiming, and firing, these basic things must be mastered, and when the time comes, it will be troublesome for these students to use muskets as burning sticks.
As for the training of the quasi-head, Li Cunyi proposed to practice darts as the mainstay, and Wang Zhengyi also agreed, so as they said, it is reasonable and clear, hidden weapons and firearms all depend on the cooperation of hands and eyes, and naturally there are similarities.
Although Huang Shaohong felt that it was a bit nonsense, he didn't have any good way, so he could only agree, and when the time came, he would build more darts and firearms for these students to use.
As a result, after that, the 'Jingwu Sports Association' had an additional 'firearms class'.
Speaking of which, I have to explain that because the 'Jingwu Sports Association' is a free teaching, there are a large number of people who come to learn martial arts, and there are thousands of people registered alone.
Of course, due to the limitation of the venue, it is impossible for the Jingwu Society to accommodate so many people to learn martial arts at the same time.
Fortunately, many of these people have jobs, and Huang Shaohong divided the teaching into three time periods: morning class, afternoon class, and evening class according to the experience of cram schools in later generations, so that he could cope with so many students who signed up to learn martial arts.
Huang Shaohong means that the soldiers are noble but not too expensive, in addition to the disciples who belong to the martial arts world in the capital, a thousand reliable students will be selected to focus on training, but he doesn't bother to care about these things, and all of them are handed over to Li Cunyi and Wang Wu, who have experience in teaching disciples.
Zhao Tianba agreed to Huang Shaohong's request without thinking about it, and honestly took out 50,000 silver dollars and asked the 'Jingwu Sports Association' to help him win the lion gold medal.
Huang Shaohong handed over this matter to Yan Zhendong, Lao Yan wanted to get ahead all day long, and now he was full of ambition as vice president, and when he heard that he had another opportunity to be in the limelight, he naturally readily agreed.
During the preparation of the Lion King Conference, there were also two episodes, one was that the thirteenth aunt met a classmate when she studied in the UK, the Russian Du Wenqi, who is now the Russian envoy to China.
Du Wenqi had some interest in Aunt Thirteen, but Huang Shaohong didn't have any thoughts about Aunt Thirteen because he was soul piercing, and he didn't take this person as a threat at all.
However, he remembered that Du Wenqi wanted to assassinate Li Hongzhang, and he couldn't ignore this matter, and he absolutely couldn't let things develop out of his control before the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded the capital.
Another thing is that when Ghost Foot Seven was in the Guangdong Guild Hall, he was kicked by Huang Shaohong Foshan Wuying and broke seven or eight ribs, and was thrown directly on the street by Zhao Tianba, leaving him to fend for himself.
Later, when Huang Qiying heard about this, he couldn't stand it, so he asked Pork Rong to take Ghost Foot Seven to the Jingwu Association to help him heal his bones, and took the 'Eight Treasures Killing Soup' to save his life.
Ghost Feet Seven sensed Huang Qiying's life-saving grace, and simply stayed in the 'Jingwu Club' to help, no matter what hard work, he never complained.
Huang Shaohong saw his actions and knew that Ghost Foot Seven had tasted the warmth and coldness of human affection because of this injury, so his temperament had changed, and he was no longer as arrogant and crazy as before, so he included it in the Baozhilin portal and became his closed disciple, he is not too many such masters now.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed in a hurry, the Lion King Conference was held, and Yan Zhendong took a group of disciples, under the banner of Daping, and easily grabbed the lion king gold medal in his hand.
When the lion king conference was coming to an end, the Russian spy Du Wenqi, that is, the classmate of the thirteenth aunt, wanted to assassinate Li Hongzhang with a musket in the dark, but before he could shoot, he was taken away by Huang Shaohong who sent the lion king Xiuma.
At that time, many people saw this incident, but in the end, there was no trace, and this matter could only be closed.
After the Lion King Competition, Zhao Tianbale couldn't keep his mouth shut, and only spent money to get the Lion King Gold Medal, and gave his 'Daping Oil Factory' a name, and he didn't need to be the villain himself, although the commission of 50,000 silver dollars made him a little painful, but it was not worth mentioning compared with the benefits it brought.
According to him, the day after winning the gold medal, the oil of Daping was selected by the Empress Dowager Cixi, who was in a good mood, as the designated oil for the palace meal, and the news spread, and the orders from several surrounding provinces flew over like snowflakes.
Therefore, Zhao Tianba can be said to be grateful to Huang Shaohong, he knows that without the other party's nod, the Jingwu Association will take the lion king by himself, where can he still get his turn, and in gratitude, he gave another 10,000 silver dollars to express his gratitude.
At the end of the Lion King Conference, Huang Shaohong knew that time was imminent, so he asked Wang Wu and Li Cunyi to train the students and select people.
At this time, the Eight-Nation Alliance really formed the Eight-Nation Lion Team to challenge the Qing court, and the Qing court sent the 'Eight Banners General' Alan CD to take charge of this matter in order to maintain the national system.
Alan CD found the 'Jingwu Club' and wanted to invite Yan Zhendong, who won the gold medal of the Lion King, to go out of the mountain again to fight against the Lions of the Eight Nations.
As the president of the 'Jingwu Sports Association', Huang Shaohong categorically refused, joking, whether the Qing court is ashamed or not is it my business, that night is the period when the Eight-Nation Alliance Army invaded the capital, and our own manpower is not enough, how can we let Lao Yan go to work for your Qing court.