Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 220 Jingwu Association and International Students

ps: This chapter is to make up for the extra chapter for the reward from Xiaobaicaidengradish last time. And I have to learn how to drive tomorrow morning, so I can't update in the morning, please forgive me.

Steel smelting is a basic industry for making mechanical molds, lathes and other tools. In the Han Kingdom, through the efforts of German technicians and the first two groups of returned overseas students, the Han Kingdom Steel Plant digested the imported smelting technologies such as the open-hearth steelmaking method. Subsequently, relying on a group of Chinese students and scientific and technological talents introduced from the West, Li Mingyuan established an institute named Han Kingdom Royal Scientific Research, which was responsible for research on steel, electrical, mechanical and other technical aspects.

Abroad, international students studying smelting technology are mainly sent to three colleges: Charlottenburg Smeltery in Germany, Technical University of Mining and Metallurgy in Leoben, Austria, and Zurich Steel Institute in Switzerland. Like other international students, the three Chen brothers chose Charlottenburg Smeltery in Berlin, Germany as their study abroad institution.

On March 1878, , the three brothers of Chen Shituan and Yang Jiannian, who were studying at a college, took advantage of the college holiday to visit the Mitte district in the city center of Berlin.

The four men, dressed in black Western-style clothing, were watching a fountain when they saw two short Asian men and three white people arguing about something, and a conflict was about to break out.

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

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

"Forget it, they are both from Japan, no need to pay attention to them."

Chen Shituan shook his head, not wanting to get involved in the conflict between the Japanese and the Germans.

"Brother, that Japanese guy wearing a western hat is Tanaka Miaotaro from the nearby medical school. He helped me heal my injury last time, and I can't let him go unreturned."

The youngest, Chen Shiding, objected.

"Since he has treated my third brother, we can't just stand by and watch. Let's go to the front and take a look."

Han was a country made up of Chinese immigrants. During the process of ocean immigration, many people died of illness on the way, and the Chinese who had just arrived in South America were also prone to symptoms such as acclimatization. Therefore, doctors who could help Chinese cure diseases were highly respected in Han.

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

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

Chen Shituan and his two companions separated the three white men from Tanaka Miaotaro, and Chen Shiding stepped forward and asked.

"It's Mr. Chen." Tanaka Miaotaro adjusted his glasses that were knocked crooked in the scuffle, looked up and saw Chen Shituan and his two companions confronting three foreigners, bowed and said, "Sorry to trouble you all."

Chen Shiding was young and could not stand the Japanese red tape. He helped the other person up and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Tanaka-kun, why don't you tell me why you had a conflict?"

"Just now, when Sato-kun and I were walking on the street, we heard them insulting us as yellow monkeys. Sato-kun was so angry that he argued with them, but not only did they not apologize, they also took off Sato-kun's western hat and threw it into the fountain..." After hearing what Tanaka Miaotaro said, Chen Shiding was filled with anger.

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

In the 19th century, Chinese people, like Japanese and other East Asians, were discriminated against by Western white people. Chen Shiding was once insulted as a yellow monkey by German students in Charlottenburg. On that occasion, Chen Shiding could not help but fought with the German students, and was injured by the other party. It was also that injury that made Chen Shiding meet Tanaka Naotaro.

Chen Shiding had always regarded the injury from the fight as a disgrace. Now, when he heard the four insulting words "yellow monkey", he could not suppress his anger and walked directly towards a white man nearby.

"Third brother, don't be impulsive!" Seeing his brother's unfriendly face, Chen Shituan immediately stepped aside to stop him and dissuade him.

"Brother, the foreigners have gone too far and I cannot bear not to take revenge!" Chen Shiding looked angrily at the three white men who were constantly provoking him, and said unwillingly.

"Tanaka is very grateful for your help. If this little thing causes you to offend the foreigners, I will be very upset. I hope Mr. Chen will be patient and tolerant."

Tanaka Mietarou also advised.

Several people successively persuaded Chen Shiding not to be impulsive. Just when Chen Shiding was about to give up, the tallest foreigner pushed away Yang Jiannian who was blocking him and said contemptuously in German to Chen Shiding, Tanaka Miaotaro and others, "Yellow monkey!"

"Baka!" Naoya Sato, who was standing nearby, shouted angrily and punched the tall man in the abdomen angrily.

"Bang" Sato Naoya's attack was blocked by the opponent. The tall foreigner showed a contemptuous smile on his face, quickly raised his right foot, and kicked Sato Naoya three meters away.

The confrontation between the several people attracted a lot of onlookers. After the tall foreigner kicked the Japanese Sato Naoya away, it caused a lot of excitement among the crowd.

The foreigner insulted again, and the surrounding foreigners' incitement and ridicule completely angered Chen Shiding and others. As the leader of the four, Chen Shituan put his father's teachings of moderation behind his mind. In anger, his clenched right hand trembled, and his eyes were red as he stared at the three arrogant foreigners. He said in a deep voice in Chinese, "I want you to apologize!"

"Yellow monkey, go back to the woods! You are not welcome in Germany!"

The three provocative foreigners did not speak, but the crowd started to clamor.

"What ridiculous low-class people! Look at them! How ridiculous they look in their suits, just like monkeys wearing clothes to imitate civilized people!"

The term "yellow monkey" was originally a satire on the Japanese. The Japanese are short in stature and good at learning like monkeys. Therefore, the first Japanese students who arrived in the West were called "yellow monkeys" by the white people.

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, it has won wars against Brazil and Argentina, and has received a certain degree of attention in Germany, which follows Darwin's law of the jungle. However, when Chen Shituan and his four men stood together with two Japanese, they were still ridiculed by nearby Germans. "I want you to apologize!" Chen Shituan was furious, his eyes fixed on the tall foreigner who insulted them.

"der Idiot!"

The tall foreigner glanced at the frail-looking Chen Shituan and uttered an insulting word in German.

"Brother, I want to duel with him!"

Chen Shiding was furious at the white people around him who looked at him like animals. While keeping a trace of rationality, he walked past his brother and coldly said in German, "I want to duel with you!"

Influenced by the medieval chivalric culture, in the 1837th century, some men in Western countries such as Germany still had the influence of using duels to resolve disputes. Among them, the most famous one was the Russian poet Pushkin who dueled with someone in and was eventually defeated and died.

Chen Shiding's challenge to a duel against the tall foreigner aroused the emotions of the white people watching, and dozens of white people encouraged the tall foreigner to teach Chen Shiding a lesson.

Without any doubt, the tall man accepted Chen Shiding's challenge, but Chen Shituan and others could not change Chen Shiding's temper, and in order not to embarrass the country, they agreed with Chen Shiding's decision.

The white people around made way for the two dueling men, and Chen Shiding walked steadily towards the center of the open space with his expression calmed down. The scars on his face from the fight with the foreigners three years ago disappeared. At the same time, his thin body when he first arrived in Germany not only grew taller, but also became much stronger than three years ago.

With his hands clenched into fists and his right foot slightly moved forward half a step, Chen Shiding assumed a fighting stance that was common in later generations, and provocatively signaled his opponent to strike first.

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

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

According to later standards, Chen Shiding's height was about 1.78 meters. In the 19th 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 difference between Chinese and white people was not large. Later, with the development of the Western Industrial Revolution, ordinary white people consumed more nutritious foods such as meat and beans, and the height of Western white people gradually became taller than that of Chinese.

In 1878, Chen Shiding was meters tall, taller than most of the German white people watching. However, the white man he challenged was relatively rare at the time and was nearly meters tall.

“Three years ago, Shi Ding was injured in a fight with a foreigner. After recovering from his injuries, he joined Wu Yi Tang, a martial arts school opened by Master Wang in Berlin.

Master Wang Zhengyi is a master of martial arts and is highly regarded by His Royal Highness the King of Han. Shi Ding has studied martial arts with Master Wang for three years and should have learned something real.”

Wang Zhengyi was born in 1844 and immigrated to Hanguo in April 1872.

Wang Zhengyi had not yet started a family when he immigrated to Han State, and it was more than 1898 years before he became famous for rescuing Tan Sitong in . As for the widely known name of Wang Wu the Big Knife, it is now only circulated in a small circle.

After accidentally discovering Wang Zhengyi's name on the list of mainland immigrants, Li Mingyuan came up with the idea of ​​unifying Chinese martial arts schools and creating a dedicated martial arts culture.

To put it simply, traditional martial arts are the coordinated use of one's own comprehensive strength, such as power and speed. Some flashy martial arts moves in later generations not only reduced the Chinese people's interest in practicing martial arts to keep fit, but also compressed the living space of the Chinese martial arts spirit. Later, Japan's kendo, karate, South Korea's taekwondo, etc. became popular in the mainland. However, as a country with thousands of years of martial spirit, where warriors and professional martial arts appeared since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the development of local martial arts has fallen into a dilemma.

In Li Mingyuan's eyes, the development of local martial arts is not to show off so-called martial arts, but to reshape the national spirit and pass on martial arts training as a spiritual culture for self-cultivation.

After summoning Wang Zhengyi, Li Fenggang, Li San and other martial arts celebrities, Li Mingyuan used the righteous cause of reviving the Chinese civilization of the Qin and Han dynasties to make them agree to teach their martial arts. At the same time, based on practicality, he created a martial arts system that combines actual combat and performance.

They deleted useless moves, added fighting skills commonly used in later generations based on what Li Mingyuan had established, and conducted mutual competitions to verify whether the new martial arts were reasonable. After many adaptations and adjustments, it took two years for everyone to finally compile a new martial arts system.

The new martial arts system includes four major branches: boxing, swordsmanship, swordsmanship, and leg skills. Each branch has detailed rules for competition.

At the end of 1874, Li Mingyuan promoted the newly organized and improved martial arts system to the Han Kingdom, encouraging citizens to practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies and cultivate their character. A month later, the Jingwu Association was established to manage matters related to martial arts competitions and promotions.

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

The purpose of establishing the Jingwu Association overseas was, on the one hand, to change foreigners' perception of the Chinese and establish the national image of the Han country in South America. At the same time, in addition to warriors who specialized in teaching students martial arts, the association also had intelligence personnel responsible for collecting information on business, politics, etc.

Wuyi Hall was not far from the street where Chen Shiding had a conflict with the white people. When Chen Shituan was trying to reassure others not to worry about his 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?"

Beside Wang Zhengyi, there is a Chinese man who is responsible for collecting intelligence in Germany.

"Mr. Huang might as well take a look first. You will know the result soon."

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

Huang Yurun was a Mingxiang native who defected to the Han Kingdom. He was a scholar who did not hold an official position in Annan. After entering the Han government, he did not choose to serve in the Han country like other people. Instead, he recommended himself and followed Wang Zhengyi to Germany to serve as the head of intelligence for the Han Kingdom in Germany.

Wang Zhengyi's expression was calm. Huang Yurun saw that he said nothing after he finished speaking, so he followed him and looked at the two people in the open space.

(End of this chapter)