Chinese martial arts! Grandmaster

Chapter 101: Within seven steps, the gun is fast and accurate
I saw Chen Jie and Aunt Thirteen leaving.

Wang Liankui, who was standing next to Xu Shichang, hesitated for a moment and asked in confusion:
"Sir, what is so special about this Mr. Chen? Why do you think so highly of him?"

"There are only six 'Sergeant' badges in the Military Affairs Office, and you actually gave him one?"

To know,
The "sergeant" badge that Xu Shichang gave to Chen Jie was not simple.

In wartime, it can represent the Grand Council’s guard army of Tianjin. In other words, under special circumstances, the "waist badge" represents the Grand Council!

There are a total of six "Sergeant" badges in the entire Military Affairs Office.

Although Xu Shichang was the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of War in the Tianjin Wei Military Affairs Office, he held a high position and great power.

However, he had to register with the Military Affairs Office before he could give out a "sergeant" badge.

The military rank of the Daqian Dynasty adopted the 'new military system'!
They are:
[Soldier]: Private, Private First Class, Regular Soldier;
【Sergeant】：Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant;

【Xiaowei】: assistant Xiaowei, deputy Xiaowei, regular Xiaowei;
【Commander-in-Chief】: Assistant Commander-in-Chief, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief;
【Dutong】: assistant dutong, deputy dutong, chief dutong;
[General], [Great General]!
Among them, [General] and [Grand General] are honorary military ranks, equivalent to [Marshal] and [Grand Marshal]!
The commander-in-chief of the army group during wartime is called "Zhengdutong", which is equivalent to a general and an official of the first rank.

In general,

The one who serves as the [Zhengdutong] can be a [General] or a [Grand General]!
Xu Shichang seemed to see the doubt in Wang Liankui's heart, nodded, took out the "Cannon (Volume 1)" from his arms, handed it to Wang Liankui, and said:

"You are in charge of the military department's armoury, so you should know a lot about artillery. Take a look at this book first, and you will understand why I gave him a 'sergeant' badge!"

Wang Liankui took the book, opened it and took a look.

hiss--!
He was suddenly startled and couldn't help but gasp.

"My Lord, is this cannon--is it real, or--?"

“Is this the most advanced artillery technology in the West that has not yet been deployed to the military?”

"Firing fifteen rounds in one minute? The range is as high as fifteen kilometers! No, this is impossible! The barrel will definitely explode!"

As an official of the Grand Council, Wang Liankui, like Xu Shichang, had a detailed understanding of Western weapons.

and,

He was the official in charge of the arsenal. All the cannons and muskets that the Daqian Dynasty purchased from Western powers at a large cost of silver had to be inspected and accepted by him.

Just when he couldn't believe it.

Xu Shichang handed him another book, "Steelmaking and Cold Forging (Volume 1)", and said calmly:

"Look at this again and you'll understand!"

Wang Liankui quickly opened it and started reading.

After reading just one page, he was completely dumbfounded!

"Steelmaking and cold forging? I see! That's why we have been imitating Western artillery and muskets but have never succeeded."

"It exploded every time. It turns out that the core of all this is the steel."

"Sir! With the technology in this book "Steelmaking and Cold Forging", our steel smelting technology will soon catch up with the West, or even surpass it!"

Xu Shichang sighed and said, "Brother Lian Kui, now you understand why I gave him the badge, right?"

Wang Liankui looked up at Xu Shichang with a complicated expression and said respectfully, "Your Excellency has a keen eye for talent. I admire you!"

But then, Wang Liankui looked towards the direction of the capital, shook his head helplessly and sighed.

The capital city is now in chaos.

The war faction, the surrender faction, and the faction seeking peace and cession of territory are arguing endlessly!
Originally, before this, the "war faction" in the capital had the upper hand, so they launched the Beiyang Fleet to fight the Japanese in the East China Sea.

unfortunately,

After the Beiyang Fleet was completely defeated and annihilated.

The "war faction" was unable to recover and was dominated by the "surrender faction" and the "peace and cession of territory faction".

Xu Shichang was a senior official in charge of the "Westernization Movement", and it was very difficult for him to promote industrial reform again.

The reason is very realistic - no money!
In particular, the Japanese captured Lushun, opened the door to the Northeast, and marched straight in.

The blockade of Shanhaiguan at this time meant that the imperial court wanted to give up the Northeast.

Simultaneously,

Warships of Western powers were stationed in Tianjin and various ports along the southeast coast, watching covetously.

All major coastal cities were designated as concessions by Western powers, and the people lived in misery.

"Brother Lian Kui, I'm going to Beijing to look for the Sixth Prince. You will handle the affairs of the Tianjin Military Affairs Office for the time being!"

"Although the Westerners are gathering troops in Tianjin, they dare not act rashly for the time being. They are on guard against the Japanese!"

"You organize the conscription first. Everything else will be done when I come back!"

Xu Shichang gave an order.

Wang Liankui nodded and saluted, "Yes, sir!"

-

Half an hour later.

After Chen Jie and Aunt Thirteen came out of the Military Affairs Office, they returned to the refugee street they had been on before.

This street, which is full of refugees, is the only way from the post station to the Grand Council.

Chen Jie took out the badge and looked at it carefully in his hand.

"Aunt Thirteen, have you ever seen this badge before? Is this the kind of badge the guards use? It looks very delicate! I wonder what material it's made of?"

Thirteenth Aunt smiled and replied, "I haven't seen it! But the waist badges of the Military Affairs Office are usually carved from 'ivory' and are very precious!"

"I didn't expect that when you came to see Lord Xu this time, he actually gave you the 'waist badge' of the Military Affairs Office!"

"With this, you are now a registered 'soldier'!"

Chen Jie was stunned when he heard this.

"Ah? This makes him a 'soldier'? I didn't enlist in the army?"

Thirteenth Aunt explained: "Although you haven't joined the army, but with this 'Sergeant's Badge', you are already a member of the Military Affairs Office!"

Wow——!
Just when Chen Jie and Aunt Thirteen were discussing the "Sergeant" badge in their hands.

Suddenly, a lot of people gathered from not far away.

Chen Jie was slightly startled and put the badge away.

Then,

He held the pistol tightly in one hand and lifted the backpack with the other.

Ever since his 'Refining Spirit Realm' broke through to the 'Guarding Oneness' realm, his sensitivity to crisis has become more and more acute.

That's right,

At this moment he felt the crisis.

next moment,
I saw more than a dozen children gathered in front of the two of them.

Behind these children were many skinny adults, both men and women, blocking the road ahead.

The road was originally very wide and the ground was covered with some gravel.

but,

At this moment, the entire street was blocked.

Even the backs of Chen Jie and Aunt Thirteen were blocked by people.

The streets were filled with a pungent smell, like the smell of a sewer.

Swish!
Thirteenth Aunt unsheathed the scimitar in her hand and held it in front of her, blocking Chen Jie.

"What are you doing? Everyone, step back, or you won't blame me for being rude!"

boom!
Thirteenth Aunt exuded a fierce murderous intent.

The aura of a master who has reached the great perfection level of Bronze Skin and Bright Strength is extraordinary.

Any ordinary person who gets close to it can feel a suffocating atmosphere.

"Auntie, I'm hungry!"

"Auntie, I want to eat!"

"Uncle, please give me something to eat!"

"Uncle, save me, I'm so hungry!"

"—"

All the children begged pitifully.

They were all black, and some of the children had no clothes to wear.

The few children walking in the front, holding clay pots and broken bowls in their hands, looked at Chen Jie and Aunt Thirteen with anticipation.

Aunt Thirteen frowned and looked up at the people behind the children.

She snorted coldly:

"Get out of here! Otherwise, I will kill you all!"

Clang!
As soon as she finished speaking, the scimitar in Aunt Thirteen's hand made a cut.

These children look very pitiful. From their clear eyes, you can tell that they are indeed living a very difficult life.

but,

The adults behind the children had sharp eyes.

Their eyes were full of expectation and ruthlessness.

These poor kids are just being taken advantage of.

A tall and strong man with a striking scar on his face shouted at Aunt Thirteen and Chen Jie:

"Leave the silver dollar here, or you won't be able to leave here!"

Thirteenth Aunt and Chen Jie looked at each other, then turned around and said in a deep voice:

"We don't have silver dollars! The concession is in front of us. If you want silver dollars, why don't you go to the concession and rob them?"

The sturdy man snorted coldly and said, "Humph! If you dare to rob the concession, why would I say so much nonsense to you?"

"No silver? Do you think I'm blind?"

"When you passed by here before, I saw you take out the silver coins from that backpack with my own eyes."

"Stop talking nonsense, give us the silver dollars and we'll let you go immediately!"

"We don't ask for much, just half of what's in that backpack!"

Chen Jie clenched the gun in his hand and frowned slightly.

this moment,
He truly witnessed the evil of human nature!
Chen Jie said in a deep voice: "Are you going to rob?"

The scarred man snorted coldly and said, "We dare not! How dare we rob? We are just begging for your charity. Children, please beg this uncle!"

Wow——!
After hearing the order, the children rushed forward.

"Uncle! Give me some money to buy food, I'm so hungry!"

"Uncle, I haven't eaten for three days!"

"Uncle, please, give me something to eat."

"Auntie, I'm so hungry——!"

"—"

A dozen children surrounded Chen Jie and Aunt Thirteen on the street.

Chen Jie felt very conflicted when he saw this situation.

Children are innocent. Their clear eyes and skinny bodies make people feel very pitiful.

Thirteenth Aunt clenched the knife in her hand, pointed at the scarred man and said:
"Want to rob us? You're blind!"

"Humph! We have the silver coins, it depends on whether you have the life to take them."

At this moment, the murderous intent emanating from Aunt Thirteen was very strong, fierce and sharp.

As a master who has reached the great perfection level of Bronze Skin and Bright Strength, she is indeed very intimidating with a sword in her hand.

but,

The scarred burly man seemed to ignore Aunt Thirteen's knife.

He said calmly, "Kill them! These children won't live long anyway, so killing them all will be a clean and complete solution!"

"you--!"

Thirteenth Aunt was speechless for a moment, holding the knife in her hand, not knowing what to do.

"Kids, take the bag off him!"

The scarred man shouted.

As soon as the words fell, the children surrounding Chen Jie and Aunt Thirteen madly squeezed forward. They hugged Chen Jie's legs and cried pitifully:

"Uncle! Give us something to eat!"

"Uncle! Save us, I haven't eaten for three days."

"uncle!--"

Chen Jie held the gun and said fiercely:
"Stay away from me, everyone--!"

suddenly,
He saw a kid who actually grabbed a magazine from his waist and turned around to run.

Chen Jie immediately grabbed the child's hand and pushed him away.

but,

These kids are so hungry that they are not afraid of death at all.

They clung to Chen Jie, holding his legs tightly and not letting him leave.

At this time, several skinny adults squeezed over from the side.

Their target was clear: the backpack on Chen Jie's back.

Chen Jie's face turned cold, his eyes widened, and he shouted at the adults who had gathered around him:
"Get away from me, don't force me!"

At this moment, he couldn't help but want to shoot.

But at this time, there was a lot of noise around and no one paid attention to his roar.

Aunt Thirteen held the knife in her hand, not knowing what to do.

They definitely cannot kill anyone. The children around them are innocent. Aunt Thirteen cannot do it, and Chen Jie cannot do it either.

Chen Jie's legs were hugged by several children, and he couldn't do anything to hurt them.

Therefore,
He could only hold the gun and magazine tightly in his hands to prevent them from being snatched away by these people.

"Uncle! Give me the silver dollars, I want to eat!"

"uncle--!"

A little child clung to Chen Jie's legs tightly and begged pitifully.

at this time,

A thin middle-aged man took advantage of Chen Jie's attention on the child, grabbed Chen Jie's backpack, turned around and ran away.

"stop!"

Clang——!
Thirteenth Aunt swept her long sword across, ignoring the children around her, and chased after the thin middle-aged man.

Chen Jie couldn't help but yell, "Come back! Aunt Thirteen, come back——!"

There were only more than a hundred silver dollars and a few sets of clothes in the backpack, nothing else.

The scarface and the thin guy are obviously in the same group. The monk can run away, but the temple cannot!
As long as Scarface is caught, where can he run to?

but,

The surroundings were in chaos at this time, and Aunt Thirteen had no way of hearing Chen Jie's voice.

Whoosh-!
The thin middle-aged man was very fast and turned out to be a master.

Thirteenth Aunt chased after him and soon disappeared into the street.

Wow——!
As the thin middle-aged man and Aunt Thirteen disappeared, the children let go of Chen Jie's feet and the surroundings soon became quiet.

The scarred burly man saw the thin man take the bag and run away, and shouted at Chen Jie:

"Brother, I'm sorry! There's nothing we can do!"

"We lost too many of our brothers on the way from Shandong to Tianjin. They didn't die under the guns of the Japanese, but starved to death on the road!"

"Without food, we have no way to survive!"

"We went to the concession three times, and dozens of our brothers died. We couldn't get any money, let alone food."

"You are a good person. I am really sorry for offending you today!"

"Children, let's go--!"

throat--!
Chen Jie raised his hand and fired a shot, hitting Scarface's leg directly.

Pfft!
Scarface obviously didn't expect all this. He fell to the ground and trembled in pain.

"Go!? Where the hell are you going?"

Chen Jie took two steps forward, pointed a gun at the opponent's forehead, took a deep breath and said:
"If you kneel down and beg me, I'll pity you and give you silver dollars!"

"But you dared to rob me. I'm going to break one of your legs today. That's the price you pay for robbing me!"

"If it weren't for these children, I would have killed you today!"

"Come here, all of you. Take this bastard with you and get out of here before I change my mind!"

throat!
Chen Jie fired again at several adults who tried to dodge.

Wow——!
All the children who were frightened by the gunshots, led by some adults, knelt on the ground in an orderly manner and kowtowed to him.

Next,
The trembling refugees all around, including Scarface, whose leg was shot and disabled, scattered and quickly disappeared into the street.

Chen Jie stood there, feeling extremely depressed.

At that moment just now, he really couldn't help but shoot Scarface dead.

never mind!

Break one of his legs and teach him a lesson.

In this chaotic world, if we really want to kill Scarface, these kids won’t be able to survive.

Chen Jie kept trying to convince himself to be more open-minded.

He looked up at the street, waiting for Aunt Thirteen to come back.

but,

Ten minutes later, Aunt Thirteen didn't come back, and Chen Jie became worried.

"Is Aunt Thirteen going to be okay?"

He thought about it and walked towards the direction where Aunt Thirteen had just disappeared.

A moment later, Chen Jie disappeared into the street.

The sky gradually darkened, and before he knew it, Chen Jie had been walking forward for more than an hour.

Oops--!
Got the wrong way.

Originally he wanted to find Thirteenth Aunt, but after walking into an alley, he turned left and right and lost his sense of direction.

this moment,
Chen Jie felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have given silver coins to the refugees when he saw them entering the street.

Don't show off your wealth. The ancients were right!
If you don't give people silver dollars, you won't encounter these troubles.

Everyone has times when they are in trouble.

Although these people's actions were somewhat extreme, one could sense that they were truly desperate.

It is easy for anyone to go to extremes when they are hungry.

The only thing that made Chen Jie a little worried was that after Thirteenth Aunt chased after her, she seemed to have disappeared.

of course,

Chen Jie was not panicked, because Aunt Thirteen was a master who had reached the great perfection level of Ming Jin and had the ability to protect herself.

As for Chen Jie's own safety, he was not worried.

Not only does he have martial arts skills, he also has a gun and plenty of bullets. What is there to worry about?

Woohoo——!
A cold wind blew around, making Chen Jie feel a little cold.

The backpack containing several warm clothes was stolen.

This place is far away from the street and there are no people around.

Those refugees did not come here. It seems that this place is not far from the concession.

Since people in the concession would patrol at irregular intervals, if they saw refugees approaching, they would directly greet them with muskets.

The foreigners in the concessions are used to being domineering and overbearing.

Not to mention the refugees, even if some ordinary people provoked them, they would be killed by muskets.

Some Westerners even use the refugees to compete with each other in shooting skills to see who can kill more people.

In general,

The refugees didn't dare to approach the concession at all.

A moment later, Chen Jie arrived at the riverside.

I don’t know where Aunt Thirteen went.
Chen Jie saw some merchant ships docked by the river, with some lanterns hanging on the bows of the ships.

The words on the lanterns were actually Japanese characters.

"Why are you here? Is this the Japanese concession?!"

This is the Japanese Concession in the southeast of Tianjin City, and the boat dock of Xiaoliu Village!

Before coming to Tianjin, Chen Jie had already checked the map of the concession.

unlucky!

Chen Jie couldn't help but spit, then turned around and was about to leave.

suddenly.

The sound of fierce fighting could be heard not far away.

Clang, clang, clang—!
The crisp sound of swords colliding could be heard dozens of meters away from Chen Jie.

Chen Jie's first reaction was surprise, and then he found a place to hide his whereabouts.

He never thought that he would encounter a fight here.

So strong!

Chen Jie felt a fierce murderous intent sweeping around him.

They are definitely masters. Both sides in the fight are stronger than Aunt Thirteen. The flashing of swords and the shadows of sabers are shocking.

Iron bones and hidden strength!

That’s right, Chen Jie’s spiritual realm is ‘Guarding Oneness’ and he can sense the strength of the other party’s aura.

He held his breath and looked into the distance in the dim night.

Hey, why is it a woman?

I saw a woman holding a willow-leaf long sword in her hand, fighting fiercely with a man wearing Japanese samurai clothes.

Clang——!
The two men's swords collided head-on.

The Japanese man took five or six steps back, holding the samurai sword in his hand diagonally downward, and snorted in a stiff tone:

"Miss, leave your things here and I'll spare your life!"

Chen Jie narrowed his eyes after hearing it from a distance.

Oriental?
"How dare you come to our concession to steal military documents? How audacious!"

"Little girl, your swordsmanship is very strong. You have obviously broken through to the Iron Bone Dark Power realm. But after all, you are too young and your swordsmanship has not yet reached the level of perfection!"

"Keep fighting, you are no match for me!"

"Leave your stuff here and I'll let you go, how about that?"

The Japanese man in samurai uniform said in a deep voice.

The woman stepped back a few steps, tightened her grip on the scimitar in her hand, and snorted coldly:

"Tuzang Jinsan, you are just a dog of the Dongyang Yagyu family. This is our Daqian Dynasty!"

"You Japanese people came here and committed crimes. I will kill you today to avenge my Daqian soldiers!"

Chen Jie was not far away, holding the gun tightly in his hand.

For some reason, he felt a little nervous at this moment.

Don't let them find out!
The master of the Iron Bone Dark Strength realm has too strong aura.

With his own strength, facing a master at the Iron Bone Dark Strength realm, he would be killed instantly by the opponent.

I wonder if a master at the Iron Bone Dark Strength level can avoid bullets?

You definitely can't resist it!
The gun in Chen Jie's hand is of 9mm caliber and has a magazine of 33 rounds. At close range, even an adult tiger cannot get close to him.

The only thing to worry about is whether the other party can avoid the bullet?

The gun is fast from seven steps away, and the gun is fast and accurate within seven steps!
If I can’t figure it out tonight, I’ll have to test the truth of this sentence.

(End of this chapter)