Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 122: Retreat is imminent
After solving the problem with Master Jin Guang, Wang Yi returned to the inn where he had stayed before in the provincial capital, stayed there for one night, slept until he woke up naturally, had breakfast, and then bought a train ticket back to Beijing. After nearly five days of journey, he finally returned to the capital and the Four Cities Tour.

With Wang Yi's return to Sichengjiaohang, this covert substitution operation came to an end.

The deal between him and Mr. Lan was made by Mr. Lan the day Mr. Lan learned that Ambassador Saito of the Japanese Embassy had died inexplicably. The two rickshaw companies in the capital were all transferred to the name of the Four City Foot Company. Liang Ting, the grandmaster of mechanical machinery, also took the opportunity to push out the rickshaws that he and several disciples of the Mojin Rougu Sect had handcrafted. There were not many, only twenty.

However, the appearance of these twenty human-powered tricycles also made the name of the Sicheng Foot Trade more famous in the capital.

It is more labor-saving than ordinary rickshaws. It can go wherever rickshaws can go, and it can also carry both people and goods.

During the half month since Wang Yi and You Baiyun left Beijing in disguise, the owner of a bicycle shop had already come to inquire about the price of the human-powered tricycles that Sichengjiaohang had launched, in order to see if he could buy one to copy.

It's not that they don't want to get one back by other means, but they also have to weigh the consequences of angering the young master of Sichengjiaohang because of a human-powered tricycle.

Anyone who can run a car in Beijing, even if they are not under the management of Mr. Lan, a nobleman in Beijing, has shares in Mr. Lan. They are all well-informed people. They all know that the young master was in the embassy in Dongjiaomin Lane. He didn't take it seriously and defeated the eight foreigners. Such a big man wants to use tricks to make a profit? They don't think they are as strong as the eight foreigners. Even Marshal Zhang in Beijing treats him as a guest of honor. Forget it, just spend the money.

Unfortunately, there are only twenty of these rickshaws in the Sichengjiao Line at present, and they are numbered and equipped with Liang Ting’s special anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft measures. They are not for sale.

I can’t sell it. Let me take a look. Can I ask a skilled craftsman to make a replica of it?

We can't find a master of mechanisms like you, Liang Ting, but we can still spend money to find a lesser master.

The masters can indeed imitate it, but the human-powered tricycle itself is a variant of the bicycle, and some of the key parts have to be rubbed by hand for some masters. If the cost cannot be reduced, it is no problem to spend money to build one for personal use, but this is meaningless to them. Even if they know that the Sichengjiaohang must have ways to reduce costs, they have no choice but to give up and get to know them first. Maybe when they really open the business, they can also get a taste of the soup.

Liang Ting was indeed able to use his mechanical skills to set up a production line, but opening a production line for human-powered tricycles in the Republic of China was undoubtedly giving money to warlords and foreigners, so Wang Yi rejected the idea at the time.

This kind of production line is not going to be opened now. Once this thing is launched, it will be unstoppable. Patent protection is not feasible during the Republic of China. It is better to treat it as a luxury product for the time being and sell it to some dignitaries in the capital, slowly making the city foot rickshaw famous. This kind of product does not require too much technology, but depends entirely on industrial capacity. It is nothing more than selling a product that is rare and expensive.

If Wang Yi really wants to expand the market, he must at least wait for a reliable partner. Otherwise, this product can only be circulated in Beijing at best, and may even have to compete with the same products imitated by foreigners for the market.

However, these things are not what Wang Yi needs to consider at the moment. What he needs to consider now is the impact of his trip out of Beijing.

This time when he left Beijing with the Japanese business delegation, he actually had an unexpected gain in Shanghai. He gave a warning to the Shanghai tycoon, Boss Du, and also informed the people who should be notified about what might happen in the future.

Wang Yi didn't know the real name of the big boss named Li Qiang, but as a progressive young man, he was able to organize an armed parade in Shanghai and connect with one of the three. His message was effective. With his intelligence, he knew that the internal party struggles in the Northern Expedition Army were very cruel and they were almost pushed to the edge. However, no one expected that the bald man was so cruel and killed people more cruelly than the powers.

Now that he has given a reminder and taken precautions, coupled with a warning to Boss Du, perhaps the losses from the incident that occurred in Shanghai a year later, that is, in the 16th year of the Republic of China, can be minimized. This is all he can do.

After finishing what needs to be done, the rest is Wang Yi's own business.

The Spring Festival of the 15th year of the Republic of China passed quickly.

Marshal Zhang, who was elected as the commander-in-chief of the fifteen provinces in the capital, was also very busy, constantly deploying troops and preparing to deal with the Northern Expedition after the New Year.

He didn't have time to take care of Wang Yi, because he knew very well that in this kind of civil war with the Northern Expedition Army, extraordinary masters like Wang Yi would not die. Even the Gao family and the Chu Ma lineage around him clearly told Marshal Zhang that all they could do was to ensure a dignified exit for Marshal Zhang and his family when the game was over.

As for how to exit with dignity, it is nothing more than sending a notice to the whole country to resign, and then retreating to the outside of the Great Wall to wait for negotiations.

Not to mention that Wang Yi had given him the assurance at the time that no one in the capital would be able to use any tricks to attack him, and he had no way and could not do anything else.

Meanwhile, Wang Yi followed the modern holiday practice and gave all the workers in the foot trade a long holiday from the 29th day of the lunar year to the 7th day of the lunar year before returning to work. Although other trades in the capital did not do the same, he did not care.

During the long holiday for the footmen, Wang Yi also locked himself in the study. Apart from his daily activities, he verified with Master Jin Guang and wrote down a rough outline of the three ways of protecting the way based on the white Qi emitted during the three-level reverse life exercise.

These three methods were named by Wang Yi respectively: drawing a line on the ground to make a prison, shrinking the land into an inch and dividing the river into land.

The division of the river into land corresponds to the last technique he has learned, Space Cutting. He uses his own true Qi to transform it into a Qi blade, which is hidden in the space, contained but not released.

These three methods can only be said to have very high upper limits and guaranteed lower limits, and each one is interconnected. If you are not familiar with the three levels of reverse birth, and cannot learn to escape your own true qi in the reverse birth state into the void and connect it with yourself, then everything will be in vain. Moreover, each method can only be practiced after successfully breaking through the second level of the three levels of reverse birth. This not only prevents abuse, but also allows the Sanyi disciples who have reached the second level of reverse birth to have an additional self-defense method when walking in the world. Because Wang Yi knew very well that even with Zuo Ruotong, a master of the generation, personally teaching, there were only a dozen or twenty disciples in the entire Sanyi Sect who could successfully break through the second level of the three levels of reverse birth. Including the early ones, the number would not exceed thirty. Even with such a number, it was already the most prosperous period of Sanyi Sect.

With such a large number and because they were too well protected by Zuo Rutong, many members of the Sanyi Sect did not have a deep understanding of the dangers of the martial world. Even an old senior like Si Chong made a mistake in dealing with the Quanxing Sect members. Without Wang Yi's reminder, they might be surrounded and killed by the Quanxing Sect members one day.

Relying on the broken limbs brought about by the triple rebirth to reconnect these, to be honest, in Wang Yi's opinion, it is not as practical as drawing a circle on the ground to make a prison or shrinking the earth into an inch.

As for shrinking the distance into an inch, this was the third method that Wang Yi realized after mutual confirmation with Master Jin Guang and after receiving his advice.

Different from the Jin Dun Liu Guang technique which starts from a distance of hundreds of miles, the Shu Di Cheng Inch technique is better at teleporting over short distances.

The principle is still the same. In the state of reverse life, one's own true Qi is allowed to vibrate at the same frequency as the surrounding void. Coupled with the repair function of reverse life itself, the true Qi around the body that escapes into the void can directly protect itself, and it can forcibly escape into the void, thereby performing a short-distance displacement.

Needless to say, the advantages are that the threshold for practice is lowered, and any Sanyi disciple who has reached the second level of Reverse Life can practice it. Once learned, there is no pre-casting swing, and it can be used as soon as Reverse Life is activated. It is similar to the Fire Escape of the Huode Sect, and both use one's own true Qi as the medium, but the Huode Sect has to set a fire, which makes a lot of noise and is difficult to guard against. The white Qi emitted in the Reverse Life state is relatively secretive, and most people will not pay too much attention to the white Qi emitted in the Reverse Life state.

As for the disadvantages, they are also obvious. You can't bring others with you, you can only use it by yourself. And the number of times you can use it is linked to your own true qi. The maximum distance is only ten miles. If you want to exceed this limit, you have to advance to the third level. But when you reach the third level, you have reached the level of innate qi that theoretically returns to the innate from the acquired, so it seems meaningless to use this shrinking the earth into an inch.

After writing down the key points of practicing the three methods of protecting the Dao, Wang Yi put the letter, which was more than ten pages long, into an envelope, sealed it with beeswax, and handed it to Liu Wei, the young owner of Jianghu Inn, who had been waiting outside the study.

They didn't have a long holiday like me, after all, they were in the restaurant business, and the New Year was the busiest time. Liu Wei was not a diligent person either, and seeing Wang Yi giving his footmen a long holiday, he found an excuse to come over and slack off, but Wang Yi would not let go of such a laborer, and in a moment he was all over the city, and his body movement skills were not necessarily worse than the shrinking the earth into an inch that he had just realized.

"Brother Liu, please go to the Sanyi Gate in person and hand this letter to the left gate chief in person."

Liu Wei took the thick stack of letters and couldn't help feeling curious. It was the first time he saw Wang Yi write such a thick stack of letters and asked him to do some work.

"Brother Wang Yi, it's not cheap for me to do this job personally. This letter is very important, right?"

"It's not important, and I won't ask you to deliver it in person."

"Why don't you go there yourself?"

"Everyone is staring at me. Besides, when it comes to credibility, everyone in the martial arts world knows your reputation in this regard. Your delivery of the letter will not arouse suspicion from those who are interested. As for whether you peeked during the process, if you did, there would be no Jianghu Xiaozhan in the martial arts world now."

"You are a very open-minded person, but you must prepare the money for my trip. I will ask you to pay me back when I come back."

"Don't worry, good wine, delicious food and a big red envelope are all prepared for you. You will be indispensable when I come back. If I don't finish this meal with you, I can't concentrate on my retreat."

Liu Wei caught the key words and raised his eyebrows when looking at Wang Yi.

"You want to go into seclusion? You want to go into seclusion at your age?"

"It's not like I'm in seclusion. I'm just looking for an excuse to avoid the disturbances from the outside world and to make those who have ulterior motives stop thinking about it."

"That's a good excuse. No wonder you were able to hide under the Ghost Hand King's nose for so many years. Okay, I won't ask any more questions. At most, this letter will be delivered to the left chief of the Trinity Sect in three days. Apart from you and the left chief, no one else will know the contents of the letter. Just wait for my good news."

"In that case, I would like to thank you, Brother Liu."

After putting Wang Yi's letter into his sleeve, Liu Wei also left the mansion at Sichengjiaoxing.

Wang Yi also closed the door and sat in the study looking at the calendar for the 17th year of the Republic of China. He looked at the month that he had circled in red and muttered to himself.

"If I don't ask you to help me with this matter first, what if I fail to fulfill the cause and effect? ​​Wouldn't that make me feel ashamed of Master Zuo's kindness in teaching me the skills? I'll do my best and leave the rest to fate..."

(End of this chapter)