However, the Japanese government welcomes the large influx of Chinese students, and has formulated some convenient policies to facilitate the study and life of Chinese students in Japan.

Of course, the Japanese Government does not want to be kind enough to train talented people for China, but has its own plans; first, the arrival of a large number of Chinese students can promote consumption in Japan and increase Japan's income; second, the Japanese Government can also foster anti-Qing forces among Chinese students; if it can be used by Japan, it will naturally be very good to be able to cultivate a leading party; even if it is not a leading party, it can be put back to the Qing court when necessary, and it can also be used as its own bargaining chip; therefore, the Japanese government not only does not restrict the activities of anti-Qing groups, but also provides convenience for them, and even gives some support and help to some influential anti-Qing groupsAfter the failure of the Wuxu Reform, the Japanese government took in Kang Youwei, Liang Qiliang, and others, allowing them to organize royalist associations overseas, and some Japanese dignitaries established personal friendships with the more prestigious groups of leaders. For example, Dr. Sun's establishment of the Xingzhong Society has received some Japanese funding, and Dr. Sun himself has good personal friendships with many Japanese dignitaries.

Of course, although the Japanese government carried a lot of private goods in the treatment of Chinese students, it was objectively conducive to the development of the revolutionary forces at that time, and many revolutionaries were able to escape the pursuit and persecution of the Chunting court in Japan, and because Japan was very close to China, once something happened, they could rush back to China within a few days.

However, on the whole, the quality of Japanese students is far inferior to that of European and American students, and most of the masters of the Republic of China or scientists in the old time and space were born in Europe and the United States, on the one hand, because most of the Japanese students are self-funded, and they are uneven, anyway, as long as they have money, they can go abroad, and there are many of them who only want to go abroad for a layer of gold, and the starting point is poor, and the achievements will naturally not be high; on the other hand, the Japanese education level of this era, from its middle and high-end education level, is indeed not very good.

First of all, Japan's first-class universities basically do not accept international students from middle schools, but are accepted by second- and third-rate universities, and in terms of disciplines, the humanities, arts, medicine, and culture are the main ones open to Chinese students, while the disciplines of science and engineering, physics, and mechanical engineering are strictly restricted; and the restrictions on studying military affairs are even greater, and Chinese and Japanese students are taught separately, and many important things are not taught at all, and even if they are taught, there are many fallacies. The so-called "Jiang Baili won the imperial saber of the Japanese emperor with the first place in graduation during his study in Japan" is just a false legend, not a fact at all.

In addition to these reasons, Chinese students themselves also have considerable responsibility, because most of the self-financed students are well-off and willing to spend money, and the culture of China and Japan is similar, and the customs and habits of Chinese students in Japan adapt quickly.

Of course, in any case, the overall quality of Japanese students studying abroad in China was still very high in this era, and there was indeed no shortage of patriotic and enthusiastic young people, otherwise Japan would not have become a base for anti-Qing revolutionaries. Moreover, there is no contradiction between sleeping flowers and willows and dry revolutions, and the group of shizi who launched the Meiji Restoration in Japan were almost like this. Therefore, Japan is indeed a rich mine of human resources for the travelers.

Now there happens to be Xia Siqing, a person who has been to Japan and has some friendship with the anti-Qing group, so he can start this plan first.

Xia Si was so painful that he didn't think much about it, he now had a good impression of the East China government, and he also wanted to do something for the East China government, and Xia Si also thought that if the East China government could join forces with the Japanese anti-Qing groups to start an incident and jointly negotiate the great cause, he also readily agreed. Moreover, Xia Sipain is a person who is quick to act, so he immediately left for Japan, and Hua Dongzheng did not do much to keep it, but he still gave Xia Sipain 2,000 taels of silver as his activity funds in Japan.

However, there was no direct flight between the East China government and Japan, so the East China government first sent Xia Si to Shanghai, and the Shanghai New Area arranged for him to take a boat to Japan.

A few days after Xia Sizhi left Shandong, the East China Government welcomed a new batch of guests, a fleet from Germany, with a total of 12 cargo ships, seven of which were loaded with materials and equipment for building warships in Qingdao, as well as workers who came to Qingdao to help the East China Government build ships, while the other five were machinery and equipment ordered from the East China Government.

Originally, according to the contract signed between the East China Government and the Kiel shipyard and the Blom-Forss shipyard in Germany, two warships were to be built in Qingdao, and the two shipyards formed an engineering team, and purchased the first batch of materials, and sent them to Qingdao together with other cargo ships to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

The work of the East China Government's commercial delegation in Germany and the delegation supervising the construction of ships in Germany during this period was also transmitted by telegram to Qingdao, and it should be said that the work in Germany was progressing very smoothly. Of course, this is what the Germans have always been reliable, and this time and space is no exception.

As early as after the representatives of the two shipyards successfully bid in Qingdao, in Germany, they began to arrange slipways, organize factories, prepare materials and construction equipment, etc., and even ordered a batch of supporting equipment. Therefore, after the representatives of the two shipyards returned to Germany, the shipyard engineers spent a week familiarizing themselves with the drawings, drawing up the construction schedule, etc., first laying the first keel at the Kiel shipyard, and temporarily named the Qingdao type cruiser, project code ship No. 01, and five days later the Blom-Foss shipyard also officially started construction, project code ship No. 02.

At this time, the German Navy Technical Department also did a test, although the design drawings of this type of warship were sold in Germany, but the performance of this type of warship was still half convinced, so it was hoped that this type of warship would be built in a scale of 1:10, and a model ship would be built, because the total length of this type of warship was nearly 130 meters, and the model built in a scale of 1:10 was 13 meters long, and it was equipped with a small engine, which could be used to test whether its performance was as good as overseas Chinese said. The Naval Technical Department also suggested that the Victoria Queen Louise-class protective cruisers be used for comparison.

The Victoria Queen Louise-class protective cruiser is the latest class of large protective cruisers built by Germany, with a length of 110 meters, a width of 17.4 meters, and a displacement of 6,700 tons, but the power is only 10,000 horsepower, so the speed is only 19 knots. And it didn't cost much money to build these two models.

The German Admiralty also notified the East China Government of this decision to supervise the shipbuilding delegation, hoping that the delegation would also participate in the test. And this request was also supported by the delegation, after all, the performance data of this type of warship is only simulated by the computer, and if you can build a model to test it, you will have a bottom in mind. The work on the construction of the model was left to the Kiel shipyards, as it was at the Kiel shipyard that the Victoria Louise-class protective cruisers were built.

It has to be said that the work efficiency of the Germans is indeed very high, and it only took two weeks to build two model ships, using wooden iron hulls, and diesel engines for power, and also installing a 47-mm Haqikes gun in the bow. Of course, it's just that the exterior is similar, and the internal structure is not done. Each model ship is operated by 4 people, and is named Qingdao Model Ship and Queen Model Ship respectively.

The Kiel shipyard has its own test tank, which can resemble artificial waves roughly equivalent to Category 5 sea conditions. The test is based on the three grades of no-load, semi-full load and full load, and the speed, seaworthiness, seaworthiness, roll and other values under different sea conditions. The German Admiralty and the East China Government supervised the shipbuilding delegation to participate in the test.

The first test is in the 0-1 level of sea conditions, this level of sea conditions can be regarded as normal weather, almost no impact on navigation, so the main test is speed, and the speed of the Qingdao model ship in the three states is obviously much faster than the queen model ship, almost a complete victory. However, when firing guns, the roll of the Qingdao model ship is much larger, because it is in the unloaded state.

Then test the 2-3 level sea state, this level of sea conditions can only be regarded as a small level, of course, there is still a lot of impact on the two model ships that are only more than 10 meters, basically can not fire, but the seaworthiness and seaworthiness of the Qingdao model ship are significantly stronger than the queen model ship, but the roll degree in the unloaded state is still larger than the queen model ship, but the difference in the full load state will be significantly reduced.

Finally, the 4-level sea state test, this level of sea conditions is not big, but the model ship of more than 10 meters has been very dangerous, if it is not good, it will capsize, the queen model ship in this sea state, the unloaded state only lasted less than 5 minutes before the wave hit the bow and sank on the side, but the Qingdao model ship was able to hold on for nearly 15 minutes, and even several times the bow buried waves, but immediately able to jump out of the waves, showing a strong seakeeping; the queen model ship can only be exempted from strong persistence to more than 15 minutes in the fully loaded state, and the Qingdao model ship can resist the wind and waves of this class of sea conditions in the semi-full load state。

Originally, the test was over at this time, but at the request of the East China government to supervise the ship-building delegation, the Qingdao model ship carried out another 5-level sea state test in a fully loaded state, mainly to see the limit of the Qingdao model ship, although in this test, the Qingdao model ship did not even hold on to 2 minutes, but two consecutive bow buried waves were broken out, only to the third time, was overturned by the waves and sunk. This is much better than expected, because in the 5th sea state, the average small sailboat will not go to sea.

And the results of this test also made the German side very satisfied, in addition to the roll degree, the Qingdao model ship did show an overwhelming advantage in other aspects, and the weakness of the roll degree is not insurmountable, because this is a 1:10 model test, after magnification, you can greatly reduce the roll degree, at least in the 5-6 level of sea state will not have much impact, and once the sea state is greater than 6 levels, it is basically considered unsuitable for engagement. Therefore, even if the roll is larger, it will not have much effect.