After the bidding was over, the Crossing and the two German shipyards immediately negotiated the contract. Although the price had been determined, there were still many contract details that needed to be negotiated, such as the start-up date, payment method, mid-term settlement, supporting subcontracted equipment, weapons, the rights and obligations of both parties, dispute handling, breach of contract handling, as well as the start time of the shipbuilding in Qingdao, how much help Germany provides, etc., and of course, there are also the differences in the Chinese and German translations.

After five days of negotiation, the two sides settled the details of the contract one by one, and included the Chinese-German translation of the word and sentence. It was finally confirmed that the two warships built in Germany should start construction before June 30 and be delivered to the East China government's ship pickup personnel before March 1, 1903. The East China government can send a supervision team with a number of less than 20 people to Germany to participate in the supervision of ship building throughout the process. After January 1, 1903, a delegation of ship pickups within 300 people can be sent to Germany to participate in the sea test and acceptance of warships. For the two warships built in Qingdao, the German side promised to send a delegation of ship builders with a number of no less than 60 people, including no less than 5 senior engineers, and the first batch of required materials and equipment arrived in Qingdao, officially started construction, and delivered on May 30, 1903.

The East China government also promised to provide German workers with a comfortable living environment, ensure that they provide single-room housing for engineers, and workers provide double-room housing, and arrange special Western chefs to be responsible for their diet, and also equipped them with 2 German translators and 3 English translators. Among the time travelers, there are some Western chefs, and there are Western restaurants on the three passenger boats, so making Western food is not a problem. Moreover, others are here to help themselves improve their shipbuilding skills, so of course they have to take good care of their daily life in Qingdao.

However, there are not many people who can speak German among time travelers, and many people who can speak English are not very different. The middle class in Germany basically knows English, so it is also useful to use English translation.

The Crossover then signed another joint cooperation development contract with the Kiel Shipyard. The two parties will jointly develop the integrated fire control system of the warship. The Crossover mainly provides technology and ideas, and the Kiel Shipyard is responsible for manufacturing and testing, as well as R&D expenses.

According to the contract, the two parties will develop a total of two types of fire control systems. One is a comprehensive fire control system installed on battleships and large armored cruisers, which can fully control the fire control shooting units of the accused warships. It is also stipulated that this type of fire control system can only be installed on warships of the East China government and Germany, and cannot be sold to the outside world, nor can it be installed on foreign trade warships; the other is a comprehensive fire control system installed on secondary warships below 10,000 tons, which is a simplified version of the fire control system and can be sold to the outside world, and the profits are divided by 4:6 on both parties. And once the opening is successful, Germany should help the East China government to establish a factory for the production of comprehensive fire control systems in Qingdao and provide the required machinery and equipment.

The proposal of the time traveler to jointly develop the integrated fire control system of warships is very appealing to Germany. In fact, Germany's optical sighting equipment is quite advanced in this era, because Germany has a high-tech enterprise specializing in the manufacturing of optical systems, measuring instruments and equipment like Carl Zeiss, but the trend of naval warfare is that the combat distance is constantly expanding. The UK has been conducting artillery training of 7,000 meters. In this case, optical sighting equipment alone cannot adapt to the needs of naval warfare, and a comprehensive fire control system that integrates sighting, measurement, calculation of advance or delay has become the target of a naval power.

Britain, which has always been leading in naval technology, has begun to develop a comprehensive fire control system for warships. However, Germany is still a novice in this regard. With the technical support provided by time travelers, it is naturally better. Germany still has considerable confidence in the technology of time travelers. The German Navy believes that this technology is enough to make up for the profits abandoned in order to win this shipbuilding contract. On the one hand, it can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the German Navy, which cannot be bought back no matter how much; on the other hand, once the finished product is available, there is no need to worry about selling it to the outside world, and the commercial prospects are almost limitless. And the cooperation between the Kiel Shipyard and the East China government is also a compensation for this shipyard.

In addition, the time traveler also proposed to Germany that he hoped to cooperate with German companies in the technical development and development of internal combustion engines and steam turbines, and signed an intention contract. Germany promised to fully support relevant German companies in cooperation with time travelers.

In fact, Germany is not very concerned about the technology of developing internal combustion engines and steam turbines, because these two technologies are still in the initial stage at this time. Except for a very small number of people, most people still cannot see the development prospects of these two technologies, and it is not even known whether these two paths can be understood. After all, Germany is now the world's leading power. Whether it is the second-rise, three-rise reciprocating steam engine technology, or the water pipe boiler technology, they are the best in the world, so they are not very interested in developing new power machines.

Moreover, internal combustion engines and steam turbines are fueled by fuel, but German domestic and foreign colonies lack oil resources, so Germany subconsciously dismantled the technology of developing these two power machines. However, the East China government proposed to develop the technology of internal combustion engines and steam turbines, which means that overseas Chinese are optimistic about these two technologies, so Germany dare not underestimate them. So they also took a mentality of going with the flow and asked overseas Chinese to negotiate with domestic German companies. The government was only responsible for pulling the line for both sides and supporting them in policy, but participating. In this way, if the development is successful, even if the success of private enterprises is of course beneficial to Germany. If the development fails, Germany will not lose.

As late-knowers, of course, they know that the two technologies of internal combustion engines and steam turbines are not too much praise, because this is the development trend of power machines in the next century.

Internal combustion engines are the general term for diesel engines, gasoline engines, fuel turbines, and jet engines, which can almost cover all power fields such as automobiles, trains, aircraft, ships, and even aerospace. In the old time and space, Germany made huge contributions to the development of internal combustion engines, which can be seen only from the names closely connected to internal combustion engines such as Otto, Daimler, Benz, and Diesel.

Although it is only the early stage of the development of internal combustion engines, Germany is undoubtedly one step ahead, so time travelers will certainly not miss this free-ride opportunity. Of course, time travelers master the technological development trends and principles of internal combustion engines. This is also the cooperative capital of time travelers. On the one hand, they use German technology to improve their industrial technology level and enable themselves to achieve leapfrog development; on the other hand, they are also striving to occupy certain original shares in world-renowned large companies in the future, and they will be able to obtain great benefits in the future.

Although the famous Daimler-Benz company had not been established at this time, the two founders of the automobile, Gottlieb Daimler, had passed away, but Daimler Automobile Company had been established, and although Carl Fritrich Benz was established, the Mercedes-Benz company had not been established yet. Therefore, if the time traveler could make a thrust at this time, it might lead to the early appearance of Daimler-Benz company.

Steam turbines were the main driving force for navigation in the old time and space with the emergence of dreadnoughts. Even in the era of the traversers, although the navigation power was mainly diesel engines and steam turbines, steam turbines were still extremely competitive in the power selection of super-large ships. China's first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, and the United States' Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, were all powered by steam turbines.

However, in the old time and space, Germany made great achievements in internal combustion engines, but it was not good at steam turbines. After the UK launched the dreadnought powered by steam turbines, the first two-stage dreadnought built by Germany still used reciprocating steam engines as powered by reciprocating steam engines. Although the steam turbine was finally installed on the third-stage dreadnought, it was actually the Parsons Curtis steam turbine of the United Kingdom. In 1910, even the United States built its own steam turbine, Brown Curtis steam turbine, while Germany has never achieved anything in steam turbines. All the dreadnoughts built were installed British steam turbines.

It was not until before World War II that Germany developed its own steam turbine, the Blom Foss Steam Turbine, which was first installed on the Hippel-class heavy cruiser. However, due to unstable performance, the German-class pocket battleship built later was equipped with diesel engines and the Schänhorst-class battleship was equipped with the Brown Beauvery steam turbine made in Switzerland. It was not until the construction of the Bismarck that the performance of the Blom Foss Steam Turbine matured and was able to be installed on the largest super battleship ever in Germany.

Germany has not made great achievements in steam turbines, mainly because it lacks understanding of the development of steam turbines and does not pay enough attention to it in the early stage. After all, steam turbines are not larger or smaller than internal combustion engines. They are used on large ships. The cost level of a single unit is higher, not something that Daimler and Benz can afford to play in small factories. In 1897, Charles Parsons, the inventor of the steam turbine, installed a steam turbine for the first time on a 44.5-ton boat, the Turpanya, to make it run out.

The amazing speed of 34.5 knots won the order from the British Admiralty and agreed to install steam turbines on the two destroyers Viper and Cobra. However, in the contract, the British Admiralty established punitive terms: if the speed of these two warships does not reach 30 knots, Parsons will be fined 100,000 pounds. As a result, both destroyers actually ran an amazing speed of 37 knots, which made the British Admiralty determined to install steam turbines on the newly built USS Dreadnought battleship.

Germany did not have time to test it, because after the appearance of the dreadnought, Germany was busy with the shipbuilding competition with Britain and had no extra funds and energy to invest in the development of steam turbines. Germany was defeated in World War I and was not allowed to build more than 10,000 tons of warships, and naturally there was no need for steam turbines. Therefore, the research and development was very slow. It was not until the head of state came to power that it accelerated the development of steam turbines. Unfortunately, there was not much time left for Germany at this time.
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