At a time when European countries are actively negotiating to form a multinational coalition to expand the scale of the war in China. The traverser is also not idle, and is trying to break down the alliance of the Eight-Nation Alliance through diplomatic means to consolidate his victory.

Judging from the content of the telegrams and exchanges between the consulates and the countries in Tianjin, the travelers already knew that the British took the lead and the European countries were negotiating the organization of a multinational coalition. Although the time-traveler is not afraid of the multinational alliance, because the interests of this multinational alliance cannot be reconciled at all, if it is possible to stop the war, it is better not to fight as much as possible. After all, now that the strategic goal of the time-traveler has been achieved, it will take time to consolidate and develop itself, so it naturally does not want the war to continue.

However, before the traverser launched the Shandong Campaign, such a situation was also expected, after all, this time the traverser challenged the two major powers of Britain and Germany at the same time, and the other party would definitely have a strong reaction, otherwise it would not be possible to explain to the country. Moreover, the traverser has already thought of a countermeasure, using economic interests to pull the Long Law and the United States is only the first step, and the main target of the next crossing is Germany.

The day after Zhang Peilun politely declined the invitation to visit Tianjin, Li Sanjie, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Tianjin New Area Government, officially summoned Qin Moman, the German Consul General in Tianjin.

And after receiving Li Sanjie's notice of appointment, Qin Moman was also a little confused, because since the traverser captured Tianjin, although the consulates in Tianjin were still preserved, the traverser did not have more contact with the consulates of various countries, let alone took the initiative to recruit a certain consul. Some time ago, the traverser conducted a project bidding, which was directly facing businessmen from various countries, and did not have any contact with the consulates of various countries. Now I suddenly offered to summon myself, and I don't know what was going on. It is even more intriguing that after the traversers successively captured Weihaiwei and Qingdao, they had completely broken with other countries, and the countries were negotiating to organize a multinational coalition.

However, as a diplomat, of course Qin Moman couldn't refuse the invitation of the traverser, and he really wanted to know what was the matter with the traverser looking for him, so Qin Moman immediately came to the Tianjin New District Government Administration Building, and after explaining his intention to the guards, the guards immediately took him to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The two sides met, and after the routine politeness, Qin Moman first entered the topic and said, "Mr. Minister, I don't know what is the matter with you inviting me to come." ”

Li Sanjie said: "Mr. Consul, we have some projects that we hope to fully cooperate with your government, so I hope that Mr. Consul can convey our intentions to your government." ”

Qin Mo couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, he frowned, and said with a serious face: "Your Excellency, I don't think that our German Empire and you can have anything to cooperate with, because your aggression against Qingdao has seriously offended the dignity and interests of our country, which is absolutely unacceptable to our country, unless you can return Qingdao to our country and compensate for our country's losses, we can talk about other cooperation." ”

Li Sanjie's face also became serious, and he said: "This is absolutely impossible, because Qingdao was originally my Chinese territory, which was invaded and occupied by you, and we are just recovering the lost territory......

"No, no, no, no, no......" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Qin Moman and said: "Your Excellency, we did not occupy Qingdao, but signed a formal agreement with the Qing government, and it was the government of the Qing State that voluntarily gave the Jindao concession to our country, so all our country's power in Qingdao has a legal basis, on the contrary, your behavior is aggression, and it is a contempt for international law and international norms." ”

Li Sanjie sneered and said: "Mr. Consul, we are all politicians, so there is no need to talk about these false scenes, your country has indeed signed a formal agreement with the Qing government to lease Qingdao, but you and I both know that this agreement is signed by your country first dispatched troops and fleets to occupy Qingdao, and then threatened the Qing government with guns, and I don't want to discuss international law with Mr. Consul now. International norms, but there is one thing that Mr. Consul must understand that we are not the Qing government, and the land recovered by the soldiers at the front with their blood will never be ceded at the negotiating table. ”

Qin Moman's face changed greatly, he stood up suddenly, and said, "Well, I also need Mr. Minister to understand that what our German Empire lost from the battlefield will definitely be recaptured on the battlefield." We, the German Empire, will re-attack with our armies, and our iron-blooded soldiers will crush your army and retake Qingdao. ”

Li Sanjie smiled and said: "I don't deny the combat effectiveness of the German army, but our people's army is also not vegetarian, and regardless of the victory or defeat after the resumption of the war, if you want to start a war again, I am afraid that the strength of your navy is a little overwhelmed, without the assistance of the navy, how can your country's iron-blooded army land in Qingdao?"

Qin Mo listened to it, and couldn't help blushing, what Li Sanjie said was indeed the truth, but of course he knew that countries were negotiating to organize a multinational coalition, and at that time, the German army would land in Qingdao with the help of the navies of other countries, but this was a confidential matter, of course, it couldn't be said nonsense, so he could only hold back.

At this time, Li Sanjie said: "Therefore, if your country wants to send troops to Qingdao, the only hope is that all countries will form a coalition again, and then rely on the naval strength of other countries to send the German army to Qingdao, or your country is negotiating with other countries to organize the matter of the coalition again." ”

Qin Mo was stunned for a moment, was this news the reasoning of overseas Chinese, or did they hear something?

Although Qin Moman still didn't speak, Li Sanjie still continued: "But I think that it is not necessarily beneficial for your country to rely on the naval strength of other countries to send troops to Qingdao!"

Qin Moman's heart was also a little curious, and he didn't know what reason Li Sanjie could say to prove that it would be disadvantageous to Germany to land in Qingdao by borrowing the navy of other countries, so he sat back in his chair and said, "I want to hear what kind of unfavorable method your reason is." ”

Li Sanjie smiled and said: "Let's ignore it first, the newly formed coalition will definitely be able to win, but your country can only rely on the navies of other countries to send troops to Qingdao, which itself is subject to others, even if you can recapture Qingdao, but I am afraid that you will have to share Qingdao's interests with other countries, and it will also have a significant impact on your country's international reputation, so that the world can see that your country can only keep its overseas colonies by relying on the help of other countries." ”

Qin Moman was silent again, because what Li Sanjie said was indeed not wrong, why did Britain use the navy to help Germany transport troops, of course, it was for benefits, and the benefits that Germany could give were only to share the interests of Qingdao with Britain. And of course Qin Moman knew the character of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, if Germany really had to rely on the help of Britain to keep it as its colony, the emperor would definitely feel disgraced. But Qin Moman was also thinking in his heart that whether it was to give up Qingdao's interests or lose face, it was better than completely losing Jingdao.

At this time, Li Sanjie said again: "Having said so much, Mr. Consul doesn't want to hear about the cooperation plan we proposed to your country?"

Qin Moman thought for a while, finally nodded, and said, "Okay, let Mr. Minister tell me, what kind of cooperation do you want to carry out with my country?"

Li Sanjie said with a smile: "In addition to the sovereignty of Qingdao can not be transferred to your country, we can carry out extensive cooperation with your country in other aspects, for example, your country still has many unfinished projects in Qingdao, such as ship repair plant, Jiaoji railway, Sifang locomotive factory and other projects, we can still complete it in a cooperative way, of course, the form of cooperation, capital contribution, equity, and benefit distribution can be negotiated in detail, and your country can also be in Tianjin, Other investments, such as infrastructure, mining, factories, etc., can be discussed, and we will provide you with all kinds of facilitation. But your country must abide by the laws we have made, and there can be no more privileges for tenants. ”

Qin Moman thought about it seriously, it should be said that these conditions put forward by overseas Chinese are indeed very beneficial to Germany, although Germany has lost its privileges in Qingdao, but if it can establish comprehensive cooperation with overseas Chinese, it is actually a good result. Because judging from the performance of overseas Chinese in Tianjin, they are obviously more civilized and open than the Qing court, and they do not exclude foreign countries, but in fact they are a more suitable collaborator than the Qing court.

Since the first industrial revolution, the mechanization of production has made it possible to produce industrial products in large quantities, but at the same time the demand for various resources has increased dramatically. However, the European countries that led the first industrial revolution were all small, with small populations, lack of resources, and insufficient consumption power in their domestic markets, so they needed to develop a large number of colonies, dumping their own industrial products on the one hand, and extracting resources from the colonies on the other.

Relatively speaking, Germany's land and population are relatively large in Europe, and after the Franco-Prussian War, it received an indemnity of 5 billion francs from France, and ceded most of Alsace-Lorraine, which has rich coal resources, so Germany's resources, population, and domestic market are strong in Europe, which is enough to support Germany to complete industrialization and achieve national rise without a large number of overseas colonies.

However, at this time, Germany's domestic market and resources were almost at the limit, so Germany now urgently needed to expand its overseas colonies to meet its needs for further development. But at this time, the land of the world was basically divided, and Germany could only rely on force to fight for the colonies it needed.

Although Germany has now lost Qingdao, it is acceptable to Germany if the conditions put forward by the overseas Chinese are followed. Although the Qing Dynasty was weak, it was also stupid, and the Qing Dynasty was too wasteful to communicate with the Qing Dynasty, at least cooperate with the overseas Chinese, and there was no need to worry about the Boxer Rebellion. Just accepting the conditions of overseas Chinese in this way is too aggrieved and too embarrassing for Germany.