Armstrong's second plan is: displacement of 6,600 tons, length of 132 meters, width: 16 meters, draft: 6.3 meters, power output of 22,000 horsepower, expected speed of 23-24 knots, cruising range of 14 knots / 4,000 nautical miles; the armor is 60 mm thick at the top of the dome arc, 100 mm thick at the port, and the waterline armor is 52 meters long and 80 mm thick; the shipboard armament is 1 single 203 mm caliber 40 times the distance main gun, 6 twin 152 mm caliber 45 times the distance secondary guns, arranged on the left and right sides, 6 twin 100 mm caliber 45 times the distance naval guns, 12 Haqikaisi 47 mm caliber machine guns, 400-500 crew members.

The second scheme of the Vickers shipyard is: displacement of 6850 tons, length of 134.5 meters, width: 16.5 meters, draft: 6.4 meters, power output of 22000 horsepower, expected speed of 23-24 knots, cruising range of 12 knots / 4,500 nautical miles; armor is dome arc thickness of 60 mm, port thickness of 100 mm, waterline armor length of 55 meters, thickness of 75 mm; shipboard armament is 1 twin 203 mm caliber 40 times the distance main gun, 4 twin 152 mm caliber 45 times the distance secondary guns, divided into port and port side arrangement; 6 twin 100 mm caliber 45 times the distance naval guns, 12 Haqikais 47 mm caliber machine guns, crew 450-550 people.

Overall, the performance data of these two schemes are basically similar, the appearance size and displacement are slightly larger than the first scheme proposed by the traverser, the speed is about 1 knot slower, but the firepower is significantly higher by a grade, and the armor, by the waterline with armor is basically the lowest limit, the biggest gap is in the waterline with armor height, Armstrong's plan is 1.8 meters, while the Vickers shipyard scheme is only 1.6 meters, and the first scheme of the waterline with armor is 56 meters long, the total height is 2.4 meters, divided into two layers, the lower layer of 1.6 meters is 100 mm thick, and the upper layer of 0.8 meters is 75 mm thick. The difference in this point is extremely obvious, after all, the total weight is there, a 200 mm naval gun weighs more than two 155 mm naval guns, so after installing a large-caliber main gun, it can only weaken the armor.

To put it simply, Armstrong's and Vickers shipyards' plans are to sacrifice armor protection in exchange for maximum firepower, and in terms of firepower alone, these two plans are enough to fight against armored cruisers;

However, the traverser's positioning of this type of warship is cruise, escort, breaking diplomatic relations, and attacking rather than sea engagement, so it does not pursue maximum firepower, and the speed difference is 1. 2 knots is acceptable, but because the traverser uses an optimized ship design that conforms to hydrodynamics, it can reduce drag, and can achieve greater speed with less power, and the weight saved is mainly used to strengthen defense, so that if you encounter a warship of the same level at sea, first, it will ensure that it will not be sunk, and secondly, it can quickly get out of the battlefield instead of fighting it.

For example, when meeting with the Armstrong Company and the Vickers shipyard scheme ship type, although it is inferior to the opponent in terms of firepower, it is due to the strong armor, and although the power of the 155 mm main gun is not as good as the 200 mm main gun, it is better than the fast rate of fire, and the continuity of firepower is stronger than that of the other party.

In addition, the traverser also wanted to use this ship construction to test his own warship design theory, so naturally he would not use the British plan. The quotations of the two British manufacturers for the first plan are almost sky-high, so the exit has actually become a foregone conclusion.

Compared with Britain, Germany's offer is the lowest, because according to the international shipbuilding price of this era, the price of such a warship should be between 2.5 million and 2.6 million taels of silver, so it can be said that the quotations of all parties, except for the French quotation is slightly higher, the quotations of other parties are also within a reasonable range, Britain actually takes the second plan as the main plan, and the 2.35 million taels of silver quoted by Germany is almost close to the shipbuilding price of the German military in China, which can be said to have pushed the profit value to the lowest. This is also the result of the German government's demand, not only to win this single shipbuilding contract, but also to use this shipbuilding to cooperate with overseas Chinese again.

It turned out that the last time the two sides cooperated, the German Navy modified the design of the Braunschweig-class battleships, expanded the tonnage to 14,200 tons, and the main gun was replaced with a 305 mm caliber, and four 240 mm secondary guns were added, so the firepower of the whole ship was greatly improved, coupled with the newly developed Krupp armor, the defense was stronger, and the overall combat strength has surpassed the British Majesty-class battleships.

However, Britain continued to build the more powerful Dreadnought-class and the faster Duncan-class battleships. Although Germany had no intention of competing with British shipbuilding at this time, it still hoped that the next type of German-class battleship would be more powerful, but the German Admiralty also realized that the biggest gap between German and British warships was in the design concept of warships, rather than the level of craftsmanship, so Germany hoped that overseas Chinese could assist themselves in designing the next type of battleship in an all-round way.

In addition, Germany is now vigorously building battleships and large armored cruisers, but the development of small and medium-sized auxiliary warships such as large protective cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers is not large, and since 1899, when Germany built the last Lufthansa of the Queen Louise-class protective cruisers, there has been no large protective cruisers. In fact, for a land power country like Germany that is not well positioned to go to sea, protective cruisers are still of great use, because in the foreseeable future, the strength of the German navy is still far inferior to that of Britain, so the ocean-going battle is still one of the main combat modes of the German navy.

Although large armored cruisers can also be used to break the battle at sea, but the cost of large armored cruisers is high, and there is considerable firepower and protection, and it is obviously overkill to break the diplomatic relations, and Germany's large armored cruisers pay attention to protection, and have the task of assisting battleships in decisive battles at sea, unlike Britain, because there are a large number of battleships used for decisive battles at sea, large armored cruisers can focus on escorting, breaking diplomatic relations or counter-breaking engagements.

And a large protective cruiser with high speed, long range, and a certain amount of firepower and protection is perfectly suitable for breaking an engagement. Therefore, this type of protective cruiser designed by the Traverser is also exactly what Germany needs. That is why Germany had included these two additional conditions in its proposals.

Of course, in addition to the cooperation of the Navy, the Qingdao Arsenal has imitated 75mm field rapid-fire guns, grenadiers, Mortars and other samples were handed over to Germany, and after the German War Department tried them, it was very satisfied with the performance of these weapons, and demanded that the country immediately produce them in large quantities and make a wide range of equipment for use by the armed forces at all levels, and this also made the German staff officers realize that there are probably other good things in the overseas Chinese, so they also advocated cooperating with the overseas Chinese, taking advantage of the fact that the overseas Chinese have not yet developed it, and get more useful military technology from the overseas Chinese. On the other hand, Germany also needed to use the Shandong region to expand its commercial interests and access resources in the Far East.

Therefore, during his stay in Qingdao, Prince Heinrich and the East China Government held many talks and consultations, and the two sides have reached a technical cooperation agreement in principle, which will strengthen technical cooperation in the areas of internal combustion engines, steam turbines, shipboard fire control systems, and military technology, and jointly develop new technologies, and Germany also plans to increase investment in Shandong, and the East China Government has also agreed to provide necessary help to the design of German warships. In this case, Germany quoted such an ultra-low price.

In this way, the consortium formed by the two German shipyards also won the bid with an indisputable advantage, while the other few also lost without saying anything, after all, no one could offer such a low price.

However, in order to take care of the emotions of other parties, so as not to let several other shipbuilders return empty-handed, after all, the East China government still hopes to maintain economic exchanges with all parties, so the traverser proposed to other manufacturers to order a batch of machinery and equipment, or to build ports and wharves for the East China government, after all, the East China government has now obtained the shipping rights from Tianjin to Shanghai, and there are a large number of ports and wharves to be built.

Britain and France politely refused to sell machinery and equipment to the East China government, because they knew very well that in this bidding, the East China government insisted that the two warships be built in Qingdao, that is, to develop its own ship-building capabilities, and with these machinery and equipment, the East China government's ship-building capacity can be greatly improved, Britain and France are both old imperialist countries, and they are also leading countries in science and technology in this era, and they are very cautious about the need for technology, because it is a key construction technology, so they will never sell these machinery and equipment to the East China government.

The United States and Italy do not have this scruples, the United States is an emerging country, and Italy can only be regarded as a second-rate power, and the science and technology of the two countries can only be regarded as second-rate.

As a result, after negotiations, the East China Government not only ordered a batch of machinery and equipment from the two countries, but also ordered two 5,000-ton passenger and cargo dual-purpose transport ships from the two countries, with a contract value of more than 2 million taels of silver, and at the same time agreed on the intention to cooperate in the next step of building a port wharf. But the representatives of Britain and France could only go home empty-handed.