After the performance, Prince Heinrich brought the princess and all the members of the mission to the backstage to see the performers. Because compared with China in this era, European countries still have more respect for art workers, not to mention that in the final Hanfu display, the four leading actors are all veterans, Prince Heinrich knows that in East China, the patriarch is equivalent to the status of a nobleman, so it is reasonable to take the initiative to visit.

When they came backstage, the veterans who starred in the four beauties had not yet changed their clothes and makeup, and Prince Heinrich and his wife shook hands with them one by one, took a group photo, and finally came to a group photo. And the princess's wife also agreed with Jiang Yi that she would go to the Wuren Group early tomorrow morning to try on clothes and makeup.

Later, Li Songchen accompanied Prince Mu's wife and all the members of the mission to take a turn in the shopping center, so that everyone could see the rich commodities in the shopping center, as well as this centralized, large-scale, shopping, leisure, entertainment, and catering business model.

At noon, Li Songchen set up a feast to entertain the German guests, so that the Germans could taste the taste of Chinese food. In the afternoon, members of the German mission were arranged to watch films.

Prince Heinrich has seen no less than 20 movies in East China for more than 1 year, but the other members of the German mission have seen the movie for the first time, and the effect of the movie once again shocked the members of the mission, because both the picture effect and the sound effect are so realistic, it is almost like a real thing.

In short, the experience of this day left a very deep impression on the members of the German mission, so much so that many years later, when it comes to this visit to China, everyone is still frowning and talking about it.

The next day, the mission also began its official work, and the princess and lady came to the Wu Ren Group as scheduled, selected and tried on clothes, and was accompanied by Jiang Yi to shop in the shopping mall and taste various Chinese delicacies. Of course, during this time, the princess and wife were not all shopping, trying clothes, eating and drinking, but also participated in many social activities, visiting hospitals, schools, attending church mass, etc., in fact, they also lived a very rich life.

The German mission, on the other hand, held pre-visit consultations with officials sent from Qingdao in East China, and each proposed to the other side a rescue for the visit, so as to understand the other side's expectations and objectives for the visit, as well as its own responses, so as to evaluate the results of the visit.

The demands put forward by the German side were: It hopes to conclude an alliance with East China, strengthen military cooperation and exchanges between the two sides, and hopes that East China will send someone to serve as an adviser to the German navy.

The demands put forward by East China are: strengthening the deepening of cooperation and exchanges between the two sides in the political, economic, military, and cultural fields, establishing partnerships, introducing some advanced technologies from Germany, mainly including the manufacturing technology of large-caliber artillery, case-hardened carburized steel plate technology, Zeiss optical technology, and ammonia synthesis technology, and exchanging part of Borneo's areas with some of Germany's colonies in Africa.

After receiving the other party's requests, both parties immediately evaluated the requests.

The German mission discussed for two days in a row, and held that these demands put forward by East China were basically acceptable, and there was no contradiction with the demands put forward by Germany, because once the two sides concluded an alliance, then they would inevitably strengthen all-round deepening cooperation and exchanges, and this would not be harmful to Germany, because the two sides would strengthen economic and trade cooperation, export German industrial products, open up the market in the Far East, and develop the economy would be of great benefit.

However, Germany is a little unsure of what it means to establish a partnership, because the Germans are the first time to encounter this word in diplomacy, of course, from the word to understand, to no malice, "partner" is "companion" and can even be said to be "good friend" meaning, so it can refer to the two countries to conclude friendly relations, of course, this is a few levels worse than the conclusion of an alliance, but this may be a kind of temptation in East China, after all, the establishment of alliance relations is not achieved overnight.

As for East China's first hope to introduce some advanced technology from Germany, it is not a big problem, after all, these technologies are not insurmountable, Germany is just one step ahead of other countries, generally speaking, as long as it continues to invest in research and development, 5-10 years can basically be developed, not to mention that these technologies are not only in Germany, other countries can also provide, so as long as the price is right, it can be sold to East China.

And East China ** hoped that part of Borneo would be exchanged for part of Germany's colonies in Africa, which Germany really did not expect, but Germany was happy to accept this exchange.

Germany was a new empire that occupied few colonies, mainly concentrated in Africa, including Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Cameroon, Togo, Namibia and other places; In Asia, it includes Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Caroline, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, New Guinea, and parts of Sulawesi and Java, of which parts of Sulawesi and Java have just been received from the Netherlands as a reward for mediating between East China and the Netherlands.

However, on the whole, except for parts of Sulawesi and Java, the value of the other German colonies is not great, and since they are in Asia, they are basically some remote desert islands, and there is basically no development value. Because Sulawesi and Java have been operating in the Netherlands for many years, they have been fully developed and have relatively mature trade routes. If Germany can obtain a colony on Borneo, it can form an island area with Sulawesi and Java for development, and rely on the power of East China to develop the colonial economy.

In the end, therefore, the German mission's assessment of these demands in East China was optimistic about the results of this visit, and even if it could not reach a consensus on the conclusion of an alliance immediately, at least it would allow the two sides to establish a friendly relationship and lay a good foundation for further alliances. The German mission sent the results of the assessment back home, and soon the reply from the country basically agreed with the mission's assessment, and the visit could be carried out in accordance with the conclusions of the assessment. However, as for the conclusion of the alliance, the German mission was still required to do its best.

After receiving the reply from China, Prince Heinrich also breathed a sigh of relief, at this time the German mission had stayed in Shanghai for 9 days, and the princess and wife during this time, bought a large number of items, only 16 sets of clothes, which were the last four beauties on display that day, all ordered a set, and other items also porcelain, embroidery, wood carving and other handicrafts. So the prince also hurriedly proposed to Li Songchen that he hoped to leave for Qingdao immediately, otherwise the princess didn't know how many things she would buy.

So Li Songchen immediately reported to Qingdao the request of the German mission.

During this period, Qingdao also made a careful assessment of the German side's demands. In fact, the German side's demands are basically expected in East China. Of course, this is not very difficult to predict, Bi Jing is now in the form of the British, French and Russian Triple Entente, while Germany has only Austria-Hungary as a hardcore ally, and the other ally, Italy, is still in a state of uncertainty and cannot be trusted, and is also deeply caught in the strategic dilemma of fighting on two fronts. And Germany wants to get rid of this strategic dilemma, that is, to conclude a military alliance with East China, and use East China to contain Russia, so that Germany can go all out to deal with Britain and France in the west, although it is still one enemy and two enemies, but because it only has to deal with one side, the pressure can still be greatly reduced, not to mention that Britain is a naval power, and the army is not to worry.

But for East China, although the relationship with Germany is good, and the cooperation is also deepening, there is no need to tie up their own interests with Germany, first of all, the power of East China is now formed, and there is a war in Asia, even if the wart is a joint effort between Japan and Russia, East China is enough to deal with it by its own strength, and does not need the strength of Germany; Germany could be given the necessary help, but there was no need to take advantage of Germany's fire. Therefore, East China ** proposed to Germany the establishment of a partnership, not an alliance.

Although East China has not yet made a decision on what position will be taken in the First World War in the future, one thing is basically certain, as far as possible not to intervene in this war, after all, in the next 10 years, or even 20 years, even if East China has completed the reunification of the country, it should still develop the economy, The development of industrialization, enhance the country's comprehensive strength as the main national policy, as far as possible not to get involved in external wars, even due to some factors, have to start a war, but it is only limited to the Asian region, and the competition for the European region, of course, East China does not need to directly intervene.

With the exception of an alliance, all other claims of Germany were acceptable. Because it is not difficult to strengthen military cooperation and exchanges, or to send people to serve as Germany's naval advisers, it is also beneficial to East China, and it belongs to the scope of providing necessary help to Germany, as long as it is not dragged into the war by Germany.

Although the main goal of East China is still at home, not abroad, not to mention the distant African continent, but in the long run, sooner or later we will have to take this step, so now it is just to set up a foothold on the African continent and plan for the future.

An official visit can take place even if both sides have a full understanding of each other's claims and have made adequate assessments. Therefore, after receiving Li Songchen's report, the Qingdao side immediately asked Li Songchen to arrange a ship to send the German mission out of Shanghai and to Qingdao.