Chapter 142 Night Kill

Wu Shuzhen is such a smart woman. Realizing that Hu Chuyuan has indescribable expectations for Pan Limei, she interestingly bypassed this topic.

She turned to talk to Hu Chuyuan about another thing.

A few days ago, she read the recent New York Times and read a story about China, saying that in the famine in Dezhou, Shandong Province, a wife had been accumulating scarce food in order to keep her husband and son alive. In the end, she starved to death, while her husband and son survived.

After listening to this story, Hu Chuyuan was vaguely touched.

Yes, how great a woman is. Although sometimes, she also makes you angry, puzzled, and confused, when she loves you, she can give up everything, including her most precious life.

He looked at Wu Shuzhen silently and smiled heartfully.

Wu Shuzhen also smiled, but she was a little sad.

After a while, she said, "Mr. Pulitzer is a person who knows how to grasp the interests of readers. He wrote this story very emotionally. Now, there are many families in the United States who are willing to adopt new Chinese children and support them to study in the United States. Mr. Rong means that he wants to take the opportunity to propose the fourth batch of plans for young children to stay in the United States. All funds are obtained through fundraising, and the National Chinese Association can also propose a fund.

"Yes!"

Hu Chuyuan agreed and paused for a moment. He said, "This time, in the name of the people only, don't buy it through the court, it will cause a lot of trouble. Funding is not a problem. I can set up a professional student aid foundation and spend 3 million US dollars a year to help Chinese study in the United States, and it can also be used to open multiple preparatory schools in the United States.

Wu Shuzhen smiled and said, "I also contribute 100,000 US dollars every year. Anyway, I am quite rich now!"

"Ha!"

Hu Chuyuan laughed out loud and let her do whatever she wanted.

He has too many things to be responsible for. If he has the energy to do these things, he will leave the matter to Wu Shuzhen, Fister Delano and Rong Kui, and invest 40 million US dollars in the name of the North American Wells Fargo Investment Bank to establish this North American Rich Country Student Aid Foundation.

Wu Shuzhen knew very well what kind of man Hu Chuyuan was and how many things he had to be responsible for, so she had almost no requirements. Although she was expected to enjoy a quiet midsummer holiday with Hu Chuyuan, she still hurriedly left Fuzhou with Fist and Albert.

Before leaving, she tirelessly told Chen Shanyuan and Pan Limei that they must take good care of Hu Chuyuan, and then left reluctantly.

A short come, a short gathering, a short walk, which made Hu Chuyuan a little sad.

There is no way. Who let him and Wu Shuzhen have their own careers?

The shadow of the Sino-French War is getting closer and closer, and Hu Chuyuan doesn't seem to have time to sigh. He silently squeezed out all his time and energy to rectify the Fujian Marine Division and the Xiang Army in other ways, adjust the fort at the mouth of the Min River, and speed up the production of gunboats.

In these days, with the help of the Frenchman Bai Laoyi and his technical team, Fuzhou Ship Administration built the cruiser Shengwu with a drainage tonnage of 2,750 tons, the same class as the dome cruiser Guangwu, carrying a torpedo ship.

This is the largest warship manufactured by Fuzhou Ship Administration Mawei Shipyard so far. Before that, using some equipment provided by the French and Armstrong's artillery, the shipyard has built the Minjiang and Zhijiang defense ships, which belong to the Weijiang class.

At the end of 1880, Bai Laoyi improved the Yangwu, replaced the new boiler and steam engine on the basis of the original hull, selected a new artillery, and imitated the new Yangwu to build two ships, which were specially used to suppress pirates.

So far, Fujian Marine Division currently has two Weikang-class second-class ironclad ships, five light dome cruisers, six offshore defense ships, three Yangwu-class wooden shell cruisers, six modified transport ships, fourteen gunboats, seven patrol boats, 25 torpedo boats, six torpedo boats, and twelve flat sand boats.

Most of the ships previously produced by Fujian Ship Administration have entered the service of the Yangtze River Marine Division. Only the three wooden cruisers, Chaowu, Feiyun and Ji'an, were transferred to Ningbo for garrison.

Weikang and Fukang are the current flagships of the Fujian Marine Division. Ye Zukui and Deng Shichang are respectively. The former is temporarily in charge of the position of admiral of the navy, while Ye Fu is the commander of Guangwu and leads the general rank. If Ye Zukui can't command, Guangwu will replace Weikang as the flagship to command the naval battle.

This is also a special change made by Hu Chuyuan's absorption of the Beiyang Marine Division.

Hu Chuyuan knows very well that the French navy is at least ten times the sum of the Fujian Marine Division and the Beiyang Marine Division in terms of the total tonnage of warships. The stronger the Fujian Marine Division, the stronger the expeditionary fleet sent by the French Navy.

Therefore, there is no future for the quantity and quality of battleships. Once the Battle of Mawei begins, it is the land-based fort that really determines the victory or defeat.

Hu Chuyuan didn't expect that just when he was thinking about how to calculate the French, some people were racking their minds to calculate him, and it was very dangerous.

After a few months of busy ship administration in Fuzhou, it gradually reached the late autumn of 1882.

Fuzhou in October is a quiet period. Under the tall banyan tree, the quiet breeze rushed into Fuzhou along the mouth of the river and poured into the ponytail.

That night, as usual, Hu Chuyuan wrote a letter to Wu Shuzhen, who was running a Jetta business in Shanghai. She talked about her missing feelings and talked about a few small things. By the way, they were going to get married at the end of the year.

He still supports Wu Shuzhen's own career, but he still hopes that Wu Shuzhen can temporarily let go and come to Fuzhou to live for a few years.

Under pressure from the court, he definitely can't live in Shanghai, so he can only hope that Wu Shuzhen can understand him and tolerate him.

He said that there are countless careers in life, but the best thing is actually the marriage of two people.

In a word, he hopes that Wu Shuzhen can understand his difficulties more.

When I finished writing the letter, it was very late.

That night, because of the brewing of this letter, Hu Chuyuan obviously slept a little late. After he put the envelope, he washed up and went to bed.

He lives in the backyard of the government house. Yan Shizhang lives in the east of the courtyard. Sometimes, Cheng Tinghua also lives here. Chen Shanyuan and Li Cunyi live in the west of the courtyard, surrounded by nursing homes, as well as maids, including Hu Rong.

Lying in **, Hu Chuyuan couldn't help but think nonsense. He thought that in case Wu Shuzhen didn't agree, she insisted on staying in Shanghai to run her own Jetta business, and instead asked him to resign and go north, what should he do?

Although this is almost impossible, especially in this era, few women are so selfish.

This is a good time when women are always willing to give everything for men.

Like the woman who is willing to die on hunger strike for her husband and son, she is just one of countless Chinese women.

Hu Chuyuan was thinking in a daze. When he was about to fall asleep, there was a shout from the east of the courtyard, and suddenly someone shouted, "Brother Tinghua, be careful of the secret."

Then, there was a sonorous sound of knives in the yard. In a crackling noise, someone suddenly kicked the door and rushed in.

Hu Chuyuan immediately took out a pair of Colt's revolvers from under the pillow, but found that the person who came in was Cheng Tinghua, followed by a blindfolded warrior in black - ninja.

Hu Chuyuan was shocked and suddenly noticed a sound behind the window. With a crack, someone bumped into the window.

Papa.

Hu Chuyuan was also a person who passed through the wind and waves and fired two shots against the other party, but the ninja in black seemed to have expected it. He flew strangely on the beam and was about to kill it again. Li Cunyi also rushed in and went up with a knife. Chen Shanyuan followed him and protected Hu Chuyuan to the corner of the wall.

The luxuriously decorated large bedroom instantly became a bloody killing place. Cheng Tinghua danced with an extremely heavy gossip knife. Unexpectedly, he dealt with the four ninjas in black with one person, and he was free to advance and retreat freely. The trend was like a wandering dragon, flying back and again among the four people.

He doesn't stick to it, but it seems that he can't do it if he wants to put him aside and attack Hu Chuyuan alone.

The killing sound outside is even louder. There are people fighting on the beam and under the roof, and there are people fighting on the roof. There are also continuous sound of gunfire and screams. It is impossible to distinguish whether it is an enemy or a friend.

Suddenly, a young man with a low stature man rushed in with a gun, like a dragon pounding his hole. He shouted fiercely and pierced the tip of the gun through a ninja with a crack.

The other three ninjas immediately pulled away, grabbed a strange thing and sprinkled it. Cheng Tinghua danced the gossip knife like a wind, and he almost stepped back seven or eight steps in an instant, blocking in front of Hu Chuyuan.

Crackling, a rustling sound, I don't know how many hidden weapons are blocked outside.

In this kind of chaotic war, Hu Chuyuan did not dare to shoot indiscriminately, so as not to hurt his own people.

Chen Shanyuan is a bold man. With good shooting skills, he took the opportunity to shoot with both hands at the same time. Hu Chuyuan's ears were about to burst. Two of the three ninjas who were about to continue to spread secret weapons died immediately. Both of them were shot in the face.

The other one was picked up by the beam by the young man at this moment... What a great strength, it can't be brute force. Anyway, there is someone else's own set of reputation, who actually shook a person to death and threw it on the beam more than three meters high.

"Shuwen, go and help your master. Here is me and Cunyi!"

Cheng Tinghua shouted coldly, and then rushed to help Li Cunyi with a knife. He turned around, grabbed the gap, and cut off someone else's leg with a stab.

The young man with a gun shouted, turned over and rushed back to the yard with a big gun.

When he went out with his forefoot, a scream suddenly broke out in the yard.

This man's kung fu is really frightening. It turns out that his gun is not a hard gun, but a soft gun of ash rod. It is long and heavy, but it is extremely bullet-like. As long as it is deep, the flies can pierced.

With the strength of the wrist and body, others can't dodge at all. No matter how fast others are, they can't be faster than the tip of the gun.

This kung fu looks simple, which is also a hard skill practiced for more than ten years.

There was still a constant sound of gunfire outside.

Hu Chuyuan is used to it. There are the gunfire of Mauser and the left wheel, as well as other gunfire. There is no doubt that there is another group of people trying to forcibly break through the defense line of their own soldiers and Xiang Yong outside the government.

There is no doubt that this is a large-scale raid, which is far from as simple as pirates.

What pirate dares to rush to the ship's government government, which is one level higher than the Taoist government's government, not to mention that there are nearly 7,000 people stationed in the nearby navy?

The scale of gunfire is getting bigger and bigger, with almost hundreds of people shooting at the same time.

How many people there are, Hu Chuyuan's heart is faintly numb.

In his government, there are still more than a dozen ninjas and assassins, all of which are extremely good. Even the young gunners and Li Shuwen of the eighth-level boxing faction can't be stabbed to death.

Li Shuwen's master Zhang Jingxing is also a master of the big gun. He cooperated with Li Shuwen left and right and interspersed in the middle of the courtyard. Wang Zhengyi was on the eaves. One person dealt with three people and cut down one next to him.

On the other side, Huang Shihai and Wang Zhongquan are a big gun, a long stick, and a master and apprentice teamed up to deal with the three assassins.

Suddenly, Wang Zhengyi jumped down from the eaves and shouted, "Brothers, be careful, the secret way is awesome."

Li Shuwen shouted, "Your Majesty, I'll help you!"

The one he rushed out was the most fierce and crackling. As soon as he started, he suddenly pierced an assassin like lightning.

It seems that other nurses can't fight with these assassins. They retreat to various mouths and corners and plotted others with revolvers, but others also hide some people in the corner.

The government is in chaos, but with the protection of Cheng Tinghua and Li Cunyi, plus Chen Shanyuan, Hu Chuyuan is not in danger for the time being.

The gunfire outside became more and more sporadic. After a while, the door opened, and dozens of Xiangyong rushed in. Because there was a close fight inside, everyone did not dare to shoot and injure their own people.

Wang Zhengyi and others immediately jumped downstairs and gave Xiang Yong and others a chance. A group of people immediately shot at the roof, banging, and I don't know if they had shot.

Taking advantage of the other party's turmoil, Cheng Tinghua cut down another assassin, worked together with Li Cunyi, and stabbed the last assassin in the room to death. Then he said to Li Cunyi, "Go and save Wang Wu. These people are a little poisonous, and they smell fishy!"

Li Cunyi hummed and rushed out. Cheng Tinghua also looked a little anxious, but he didn't rush out. He picked up these people's clothes with a knife, as if he wanted to find the antidote.

Gradually, the noise calmed down. Some people shouted in words, as if they were very angry. Then, even if they drew a knife and cut themselves, they didn't even have a chance to raise the knife, so they were shot by Xiang Yong's.

Even the last noise disappeared, and Li Cunyi returned to the house. He took the knife and Hu Chuyuan said, "Your Excellency, it has been cleared."

Hu Chuyuan asked, "Is Mr. Wang's condition okay? Is anyone else injured?"

Li Cunyi said, "The poisonous blood has been squeezed out and the golden sore medicine has been used. Master Zhang Jingxing is a master of the medicine. He said that the problem is not particularly big."

Hu Chuyuan breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where's Mr. Yan?"

Cheng Tinghua said, "It's nothing. I let my disciple Li Guangpu protect me. Although I'm here, I've been listening to it all the time, and I haven't heard any abnormal noise in the east of the courtyard."

Hu Chuyuan was skeptical and quickly walked out of the room. When he went to the east of the courtyard, he saw Yan Shizhang sitting on the edge of the bed smoking. Li Guangpu was guarding beside him with a gossip knife, and neither of them spoke.

Seeing Hu Chuyuan coming, the two of them got up.

Hu Chuyuan motioned them to sit down first, and then said to Yan Shizhang, "Mr. Yan is frightened again."

Yan Shizhang knocked on the cigarette pot helplessly and sighed, "Sir, we really poked the hornet's nest this time. I don't want to cure it. I think there will be a problem sooner or later."

Hu Chuyuan said that he still had something to deal with, so he asked Yan Shizhang to rest first and wait until tomorrow.

Walking back to the yard, Hu Chuyuan had to praise in his heart. Cheng Tinghua fought with several assassins here, and his ears could listen to the East Courtyard. This ability was really awesome.

After thanking everyone, he returned to the hall to sit. Li Cunyi took people outside to count. There were still more than a hundred pirates dressed up outside, but it seemed to be more like a gunman team composed of Japanese ronin, and many people were wearing oriental knives.

Before the ronin gunmen attacked, twenty-seven ninjas and assassins had touched into the government in advance and divided into six groups. Originally, they could have made an appointment to do it together. The core two groups sneaked into the vicinity of Hu Chuyuan, and the other four groups were outsourced in the yard.

According to estimates, their tactics should be that the core two groups should start first. Once they fail, the other four groups will forcibly rush in. If it really doesn't work, the gunmen will be responsible for rushing inward.

The problem was with Cheng Tinghua. Cheng Tinghua's ears were smart. He heard someone walking on the eaves from 17 or eight meters away. He woke up King Wu of the big knife. Wang Wu went upstairs to intercept him, and Cheng Tinghua came to protect Hu Chuyuan.

The front guard of the Yamen is still very strict. These people are extremely likely to have landed from the relatively remote Wuzhu Port area, or have been ambushed to Fuzhou for a long time and entered Mawei Long Beach from the Tingjiang River.

So many people have groped near the government, but they are still not noticed. It can be seen that they all have certain skills and are almost proficient in assassination. Or the ninja leads the way ahead and removes the sentry all the way.

Why did Hu Chuyuan still sleep? He immediately asked someone to check. These people were quite fierce. Even if he didn't kill him on the spot, he soon committed suicide. He either had a caesarean section or wiped his neck. He died tragically.

Some of them were directly knocked unconscious. At that time, they were tied to the pillar and splashed with water to check.

At present, there are no other people who are proficient in Japanese. They can only call Pan Limei over and ask questions. Those assassins only shout "Long live the Empire" and "Long live the Emperor" and so on. Otherwise, they will scold "China people don't deserve the Central Plains" and so on.

Noticing that he couldn't ask for a name, Hu Chuyuan asked Pan Limei to go back. Then, he held his own gun and killed him one after another.

I don't know why Hu Chuyuan doesn't have any special sense of abnormality.

Some people say that the first murder is very disgusting and destroys his heart... He basically didn't, and he even felt relieved, because these people have long been worse than death, and even the most basic self of life has been lost, and it's better to die.

After killing people, Hu Chuyuan called Chen Shanyuan over and asked him to do something, find three Fuzhou people who are proficient in Japanese, and then pretend to be assassins. He must suffer a little, but the reward is absolutely not low.

As for the specific information, first secretly search from the translation agency to make up for all the details. Anyway, it is to insist that it is to do it myself.

But who did you want to say that?

It is said that the emperor... saying it is equivalent to saying it in vain, and the Qing court may be timid.

(to be continued)