The day after Prince Heinrich arrived in Qingdao, Xia Bohai, chairman of the East China Government, personally met with the prince.

The two sides held talks in a friendly and friendly atmosphere. Xia Bohai first welcomed His Excellency the Prince's visit to Qingdao again on behalf of the East China government, and wished the Prince a smooth and pleasant visit to Qingdao, and also expressed his greetings to His Majesty William II, the German Emperor.

Prince Heinrich expressed his gratitude to Chairman Xia for his greetings and concerns, and also conveyed the respect of His Majesty William II to Chairman Xia, and also presented Chairman Xia with a precious star medal on behalf of the German emperor. Chairman Xia also happily accepted this precious gift.

Then the two sides exchanged views on topics of common concern. Xia Bohai said that China and Germany are countries with a long history and culture, and have been oppressed and bullied by foreign forces in history, and have experienced suffering. Now Germany has achieved national independence through its own efforts, got rid of its oppressed and enslaved status, and embarked on the road of national prosperity and development. China is also striving to strive for national independence and escape from its semi-feudal and semi-colonial status. Germany is worthy of learning in the struggle for national independence, prosperity and development, etc. It is hoped that China and Germany can join hands to establish a good cooperative relationship and jointly play a role in maintaining regional peace, resisting colonial oppression, opposing imperialism, and hegemony.

Prince Heinrich said that China is a country with a long history, a long culture and beautiful scenery, and the German government has always supported China's cause of national independence. Although Germany also participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance that invaded China last year, it was caused by a series of diplomatic mistakes and poor communication between each other. However, the attitude of the German government did not change, and once again expressed its apology for this war.

Xia Bohai said that the past will be allowed to pass, and China and Germany should still look forward. Germany has developed industry, advanced science and technology, while China has rich resources and vast land and abundant resources, so China and Germany should have extensive space for cooperation.

Prince Heinrich strongly agreed with Xia Bohai's view and said that his visit to Qingdao this time was to hope to cooperate extensively with China, mainly with the East China government.

So Xia Bohai introduced the five-year plan of the East China government and his determination to build industrialization and modernization to Prince Heinrich, and welcomed German companies to participate in the five-year plan of the East China government on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. The East China government will also provide a good investment environment, entrepreneurial opportunities, and service guarantees for German companies that come to China to invest.

After hearing Xia Bohai's introduction, Prince Heinrich was very happy and said that Germany attaches great importance to its relations with the East China government, is satisfied with the previous cooperation between the two sides, and is very interested in the five-year plan of the East China government. He will definitely report to the country and actively mobilize domestic German companies to invest in Qingdao, strive to participate in the five-year plan of the East China government, and try his best to help the East China government achieve modernization and industrialization as soon as possible.

After the talks, Xia Bohai also held a special banquet to entertain Prince Heinrich.

After the polite reception, Qin Zheng and Prince Heinrich began to hold substantive talks afterwards. Within three days, the two sides reached a series of agreements on commercial and economic cooperation.

Germany first abolished the Tianjin Consulate and set up a consulate in Qingdao. The first consul was Qin Moman, the former German Consul in Tianjin. The East China government should also choose a business representative in Germany as soon as possible and return to Germany with Prince Heinrich.

Secondly, Germany guarantees respect for the rights of the East China government and widely participates in the five-year plan of the East China government. The East China government will provide good conditions for German investment companies in China in terms of taxation, subsidies, etc.

Finally, the two sides reached an agreement that in the next five years, the two sides will complete a total trade volume of 50 million German marks, about 150 million taels of silver. The East China government will export pigs, tung oil, wood, minerals and other commodities to Germany; and Germany will export machinery, equipment, accessories, high-quality steel and other commodities to the East China government, and will provide preferential tax rates for import and export goods.

It can be said that this series of commercial and economic cooperation agreements are needed by each. Germany opened up the Chinese market for its industrial products and obtained a source of resources. Before it completed industrialization, the East China government opened up a channel for advanced machinery and equipment and a companion to cooperate with the company, and at the same time it also defended part of its own industrial products, which was the market for light industrial products.

After the talks, Prince Heinrich immediately sent the initially negotiated agreement back to the country and asked William II to confirm. Two days later, Prince Heinrich received a domestic call back call. William II and the German government were very satisfied with the agreement. Although the five-year trade volume of 50 million German marks is calculated based on the total import and export trade, it is really nothing to the current economic scale of Germany, but it has finally opened up China and even the Far East market. For Germany, whose domestic market is increasingly saturated, it is crucial to open a new market.

The five-year plan formulated by the East China government made Germany even more shocked. According to Germany's domestic assessment, if Germany continues to occupy Qingdao, it will take at least 20 years to complete the plan. This is not because Germany's lack of execution capabilities, but because Germany only occupies Qingdao, while the time travelers occupy the entire Shandong Province. Therefore, the power of time travelers to mobilize is far stronger than that of the German forces in China. Therefore, in terms of trade volume between China and Germany, it has far exceeded that of Germany's occupation of Qingdao.

After the five-year plan of the East China government is completed, both the industrialization level and the economic scale will reach a major level, so the trade volume between Germany and the East China government can be further developed.

Of course, Germany also knows that once the industrialization level of the East China government increases, it will inevitably become a strong political entity in the Far East and will even replace it with the Qing Dynasty. This is definitely not good news for Britain, France, Russia, the United States and Japan, countries with huge interests in the Far East, because they have huge interests in China, but it has no impact on Germany, because Germany has almost no power in the Far East. On the contrary, it can also cause some congestion to other countries.

Next, the East China government arranged for Prince Heinrich to visit Qingdao Shipyard, which happened to be the start of construction of the second large dock in the shipyard. Qin Zheng and Prince Heinrich together shoveled the first shovel of soil. However, the excavator used by the time traveler then left a deep impression on Prince Heinrich. The excavation efficiency was too high. If Germany also had such a machine, it would definitely greatly improve the engineering efficiency. It was learned that there were not many such machines from overseas Chinese, so it was obviously transferred unintentionally.

During lunch, Qin Zheng said to Prince Heinrich: "Prince, I have arranged for you to visit the shipyard today to tell you that we are looking for a partner and hope to build 4 6,000-ton large protective cruisers and 2 7,000-ton medium-sized armored cruisers in the next two years."

After hearing this, Prince Heinrich's eyes suddenly shone. Because the profit of building warships is huge, it can also drive the development of a large number of related supporting industries. So he said: "Mr. Speaker, I don't know how you plan to cooperate? Should you customize it in other countries, or prepare to purchase materials, accessories, and assemble it yourself."

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "There are both ways of cooperation. We provide the design drawings and performance parameters of the warship. Of course, for the specific construction details, you can negotiate. First, build two large protective cruisers on the partner, and the other two large protective cruisers will be built in Qingdao. The partner should arrange the shipbuilding engineering and technical personnel to provide guidance. The materials, equipment, accessories, etc. required are imported from the partner, but without affecting the performance of the warship, all materials and equipment that can be found in China should be purchased in China."

"After the construction of the two large protective cruisers is completed, if we are satisfied with the early cooperation, we can cooperate to build two medium-sized armored cruisers. The cooperation method is the same as building two large protective cruisers. We provide drawings, one is built by the partner and the other is built in Qingdao, and the partner provides technical guidance. I wonder if Germany is interested in participating in this plan."

After hearing this, Prince Heinrich immediately began to calculate urgently. He was very clear about the world market price of warships in this era. The market price of two large 6,000-ton protective cruisers and a 7,000-ton medium-armored cruiser were about 3 million German marks. Although the other three warships were built in Qingdao, most of the materials and accessories would definitely be imported from the partners. Therefore, these three warships can obtain orders of at least half the price. Therefore, the total value of this transaction is about 450 German marks. Of course, Germany will not let go of such a big business.

So Prince Heinrich immediately said: "Mr. Speaker, the answer is naturally yes. We in Germany have the best shipyards, the best engineers and workers in the world, and you have excellent warship design capabilities, so our cooperation will be the best combination. Therefore, I hope that the East China Government can consider cooperation with Germany and ensure that Germany will provide the best services to the East China Government."

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "Personally, I hope to cooperate with Germany, but we also have our system. Such large projects must be carried out in the form of open tender. Of course, I also believe that the strength of German shipyards will not be afraid of competing with shipyards in other countries."

Prince Heinrich immediately said: "That is of course, our German shipyards are the best, and of course they will not be afraid of competition."
Chapter completed!