Although the price has been determined, there are still many contract details to be negotiated, such as the start and completion date, payment method, interim settlement, supporting subcontracted equipment and weapons, the rights and obligations of both parties, dispute resolution, breach of contract handling, and the start time of the construction of the ship in Qingdao, how much help Germany will provide, etc., and of course, the difference between Chinese and German translations.

After another 5 days of negotiations, the two sides were able to finalize the details of the contract clause by clause, including the words and sentences in the Chinese-German translation. It was finally decided that the construction of the two warships to be built in Germany should start before 30 June, and before 1 March 1903, they should be handed over to the East China Government's ship-receiving personnel, and the East China Government could send a supervision team of no more than 20 people to Germany to participate in the supervision of the ship-building throughout the process, and after 1 January 1903, it could send a ship-receiving delegation of up to 300 people to Germany to participate in the sea trials and acceptance of the warships. For the two warships to be built in Qingdao, the German side promised to send a delegation of no less than 60 shipbuilders, including no less than five senior engineers, and the first batch of materials and equipment needed to arrive in Qingdao before September 30, 1903, and officially start construction and deliver them on May 30, 1903.

The East China government also promised to provide a comfortable living environment for German workers, guaranteeing that engineers would be provided with single rooms and workers would be provided with double rooms, and that a special Western chef would be in charge of their meals, as well as two German interpreters and three English interpreters. Among the traversers, there are some Western food chefs, and there are Western restaurants on the three Ro-Ro passenger ships, so it is not a problem to cook Western food, and others are here to help them improve their shipbuilding skills, of course, they have to take care of their life in Qingdao.

However, there are not many people who can speak German among the travelers, and there are many people who can speak English, and there is not much difference between German and English, and most of the middle class in Germany can speak English, so it is also useful to have an English translator.

Subsequently, the traverser and the Kiel shipyard signed another joint development contract, the two sides will jointly develop the integrated fire control system of warships, with the traverser mainly providing technology and ideas, and the Kiel shipyard will be responsible for manufacturing and testing, as well as research and development costs.

According to the contract, the two sides 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 and firing units of the warships, and at the same time stipulates that this type of fire control system can only be installed on the 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; and the other is a comprehensive fire control system installed on second-class warships of less than 10,000 tons, which can be regarded as a simplified version of the fire control system, and can be sold to the outside world at the same time, and the profits are divided between the two sides at a ratio of 4:6。 And once the opening is successful, Germany should help the East China government to build a factory in Qingdao to produce integrated fire control systems and provide the necessary machinery and equipment.

In fact, Germany's optical sighting equipment is quite advanced in this era, because Germany has a high-tech enterprise such as Carl Zeiss that specializes in manufacturing optical systems, measuring instruments, and equipment, but the trend of the development of naval warfare is that the engagement distance is constantly expanding, and Britain has been conducting gunnery training at 7,000 meters. An integrated fire control system that calculates the amount of advance or delay has become the goal of the naval powers.

Britain, which has always maintained a leading position in naval technology, has already begun to develop an integrated fire control system for warships at this time, but Germany is still a novice in this regard, and it is naturally better to have the technical support of the traverser, and Germany still has considerable confidence in the technology of the traverser. The German Admiralty believes that this technology alone is sufficient to make up for the profits given up in order to win the shipbuilding contract; on the one hand, it can greatly increase the combat strength of the German Navy, which cannot be bought back by any amount of money; on the other hand, once the finished product is available, it will not worry about selling it to the outside world, and its commercial future is almost limitless. The cooperation between the Kiel Shipyard and the East China government is also a compensation for this shipyard.

In addition, the traverser also proposed to Germany that it hoped to cooperate with German companies in the technical research and development of internal combustion engines and steam turbines, and also signed a contract of intent, and Germany promised to fully support the cooperation between relevant enterprises in Germany and the traverser.

In fact, Germany is not very concerned about the development of internal combustion engines and steam turbine technology, because these two technologies are still in their infancy at this time, except for a very small number of people, most people can not see the development prospects of these two technologies, and even whether these two roads can go through is unknown, after all, Germany is now the world's leading in terms of power, whether it is two-rise, three-rise reciprocating steam engine technology, or water-tube boiler technology, are the best in the world, so there is little interest in the development of new power machines.

Moreover, the internal combustion engine and steam turbine are fueled by oil, but Germany and foreign colonies lack oil resources, so subconsciously Germany has an instinctive dismantling of the technology for the development of these two power machines. However, the East China government's proposal to develop the technology of internal combustion engine and steam turbine shows that overseas Chinese are optimistic about these two technologies, so the German side does not dare to take it lightly. Therefore, I also have a mentality of pushing the boat with the current, and let overseas Chinese go to negotiate with domestic enterprises in Germany, and the government is only responsible for pulling the line for both sides and supporting them in policy, but they also participate. In this way, if the development is successful, even if it is the success of private enterprises, of course, it will be beneficial to Germany, and if the development fails, Germany has no loss.

As a posterior, of course, the traverser knows that the two technologies of internal combustion engine and steam turbine cannot be overstated, no matter what praise they give, because this is the development trend of power machines in the next hundred years.

Internal combustion engine is a general term for diesel engines, gasoline engines, gas turbines, and jet engines, which can cover almost all power fields such as automobiles, trains, airplanes, ships, and even aerospace. In the old time and space, Germany made a huge contribution to the development of the internal combustion engine, which can be seen from the names closely related to the internal combustion engine, such as Otto, Daimler, Benz, and Diesel.

Although it is still only the early stage of the development of the internal combustion engine, but Germany is undoubtedly one step ahead, so the traverser will certainly not miss this opportunity to take a free ride, of course, the traverser has mastered the technical development trend and principle of the internal combustion engine, which is also the cooperative capital of the traverser, on the one hand, by virtue of the German technology to improve their industrial technology level, so that they can achieve leapfrog development; on the other hand, it is also to strive to occupy a certain original stake in the world-renowned large companies in the future, and will be able to obtain great benefits in the future.

Although at this time, the famous Daimler-Benz company has not yet been established, but the two founders of the automobile, Gottlieb Daimler, have died, but Daimler has already been established, and Carl Fritledge Benz has not yet established Mercedes-Benz, so if the traverser can intervene at this time, it may lead to the early emergence of Daimler-Benz.

The steam turbine in the old time and space is with the emergence of dreadnoughts, become the main power of navigation in a hundred years, even in the era of the traverser, although the navigation power is based on diesel engines, gas turbines, but steam turbines in the choice of power for super-large ships, still have great competitiveness, China's first aircraft carrier Liaoning, and the United States' Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are powered by steam turbines.

However, in the old time and space, Germany has made great achievements in internal combustion engines, but it is lackluster in terms of steam turbines, after Britain launched the dreadnoughts powered by steam turbines, the first two stages of dreadnoughts built by Germany are still powered by reciprocating steam engines, although steam turbines are finally installed on the third stage dreadnoughts, but they are actually British Parsons-Curtis steam turbines. In 1910, even the United States built its own steam turbine, the Brown-Curtis steam turbine, while Germany never achieved anything in steam turbines, and all the dreadnoughts built were 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 Hipper-class heavy cruisers, but due to the unstable performance, the diesel engines were installed on the Deutschland-class pocket battleships built later, and the Swiss-made Brown-Beauweri steam turbines were installed on the Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers, and it was not until the construction of the Bismarck battleship that the performance of the Blom-Foss steam turbines matured and was installed on the largest super-battleship ever built in Germany。

After all, steam turbines are not larger or smaller than internal combustion engines, and they are used on large ships, and the cost of a single unit is high, which is not something that small factories and workshops like Daimler and Benz can afford. In 1897, Charles Parsons, the inventor of the steam turbine, installed a steam turbine for the first time on a 44.5-ton dinghy "Turbonia", making it run an astonishing speed of 34.5 knots, before winning an order from the British Admiralty to install steam turbines on two destroyers, the Viper and the Cobra, but in the contract, the British Admiralty made a punitive clause: if the two warships could not reach a speed of 30 knots, Parsons would be fined 100,000 pounds. As a result, both destroyers ran an astonishing speed of 37 knots, which made the British Admiralty decide to install steam turbines on the newly built battleship Dreadnought.

Germany did not have time to test, because after the appearance of dreadnoughts, Germany was busy with the British shipbuilding competition, and there was no extra money and energy to invest in the research and development of steam turbines, and Germany was defeated in World War I, and it was not allowed to build more warships of more than 10,000 tons, so naturally there was no need for steam turbines, so the research and development was also very slow, and it was not until the Führer came to power that the research and development of steam turbines was accelerated, but unfortunately there was not much time left for Germany at this time.

However, Britain and Germany have not yet started the shipbuilding competition, and Germany still has sufficient funds and energy for the research and development of steam turbines, in fact, Britain has just begun the research and development of steam turbines, and Germany still has a lot of time, and with Germany's strong industrial base and technology, as long as there is enough funds and support, the development of steam turbines is not a difficult task. The object of cooperation is, of course, the Blom-Foss shipyard.