The results of the tests convinced the German Admiralty that it was decided to make some changes to the drawings and immediately start building Germany's own large protective cruisers.

For Germany, such a cruiser with fast speed, seaworthiness, seaworthiness, and not bad defense is used to break diplomatic relations at sea, no matter how suitable, and Germany is currently lacking such a first-class warship, although the Victoria Louise-class protective cruiser has built 5 units, but the performance is not satisfactory to the German Admiralty, not to mention that in the battle in China, three of these 5 warships were sunk by traversers, and one was captured, which also needs to be replenished, so the Qingdao-type cruiser can just make up for it.

After consultations, the German Admiralty made the following demands to the East China Government: A twin-mounted 200-millimeter gun should be added to the bow and stern of the ship to strengthen the firepower of the entire ship; the ship's outboard drift should be reduced to less than 10 degrees to reduce the roll degree; and the armor thickness should be appropriately increased. The speed can be reduced to 23-24 knots, the tonnage can be enlarged to 7000-7500 tons, the power can be increased to 24000 horsepower, and the range requirements can reach more than 5000 nautical miles. If these requirements can be met, then this type of cruiser will be able to counter the first-class protected cruisers currently being built by the British, which is extremely important for the development of the German Navy.

The East China government also has a business team in Germany, which is responsible for negotiating and signing contracts with German manufacturers, as well as other business cooperation and procurement negotiations. During the bidding period in Qingdao, the East China Government and the Kiel Shipyard reached an agreement on the joint development of a shipboard integrated fire control system, and an agreement was reached with the Blom-Foss shipyard to cooperate in the development of a steam turbine.

However, the issue of principle has been basically negotiated in Qingdao, and the East China Government only provides technology and ideas, and the development and research expenses are mainly borne by the two shipyards; while the technical products are successfully developed, the results are shared by both sides, and the two shipyards will assist the East China Government in building two factories in Qingdao and provide corresponding equipment and training, and this cost will be paid by the East China Government; and in terms of sales, the double loss will only be divided into profits when selling to third parties, and if there are only domestic sales of their own, no profit sharing will be made.

It should be said that such conditions are very favorable to the two shipyards in Germany, although they have to bear the cost of development and development, but everyone knows that the development of new products and new technologies, technology and ideas are the most important, not to mention that once the development is successful, the profits obtained are by no means comparable to the development costs in the early stage. Moreover, through the previous cooperation with overseas Chinese, as well as the test results of warships, it has been proved that the technology of overseas Chinese is still reliable.

Moreover, Germany is not the United Kingdom, and the foreign trade volume of shipbuilding is not high, so after the successful development of these two technologies, the main customers are still in Germany, which is the German military, and the domestic sales are not profit-sharing, which also greatly protects the interests of the two shipyards.

However, the two shipyards also put forward a request, that is, only after the official appearance of the research and development results, they will go to Qingdao to help the East China government build factories, and the official results are marked by the order contract. The main reason is that the research and development of new technologies is not completed in a short period of time, not just a few samples, but also a large number of tests, adjustments, and mass production, but the technology is in the hands of overseas Chinese, and it cannot be said that a few samples are successful.

The East China government had no objection to this, but only put forward the condition that before that, the East China government had the right of first refusal to buy from the two shipyards, and the price could not be higher than the purchase price of the German military.

In fact, the overall industrial base of the East China government is too poor, and the steam turbine is definitely a cutting-edge technology in this era, and the shipborne integrated fire control system has no high standards in terms of process technology, but Guan Jian's technology is optical equipment, that is, glass, and in this regard, Germany has a Kwai Si company, which is the top level in both this time and space and the old time and space, and from this point of view, the shipboard integrated fire control system is more difficult.

In the past two or three years, even if the factory is opened in Qingdao, there is not much significance, even if the factory is opened, all the supporting facilities are not, everything still depends on imports, and all they can do is assembly, so it is best to wait until the completion of the five-year plan of the East China Government, and it is not too late to build a factory with a certain industrial base, and you can also take these two technologies as the leader, and then improve the supporting facilities to enhance your own industrial level. Until then, as long as you can guarantee that you can buy it in Germany.

After research, the top management of the two shipyards also agreed to the conditions of the East China government, so the two sides officially signed a contract and officially began a new round of cooperation.

The team led by Dirk Wesley, 56 years old, is one of the chief engineers of the Kiel shipyard and has 37 years of shipbuilding experience. In addition, there are 5 engineers, 12 assistant engineers and 48 skilled workers.

The engineers of Germany were arranged in the Prince Heinrich Hotel in Qingdao, where the chief engineer and engineer lived in a suite, with a separate bedroom and living room, the assistant engineer lived in a single room, and the skilled worker lived in a double room.

The East China government has also made full preparations and set up a working group for the shipbuilding project, headed by Li Ya, deputy political commissar of the Taihu warship, because he knows German; the deputy leader of the group is called Lu Jianqin, a technician who specializes in mechanics among the traversers, and there is also a German from the country who has crossed the ship. At the same time, six traversers were also arranged to be responsible for video recording and audio recording. In principle, all the work of the Germans should be videotaped, and all the meetings and discussions should be recorded, as a reference for future reference.

In addition, 84 people were carefully selected from the workers of the shipyard, all of whom have a certain cultural foundation, can not only write and calculate, but also have a little knowledge of machinery and physics, as the main workers involved in the construction of warships, and are also the technical workers trained by the shipyard. They had been organized, trained, and taught German, and now the workers had some knowledge of German and could do a little bit of baptism.

In the evening, Qingdao Shipyard, on behalf of the East China government, held a grand welcome banquet for the German engineering team. All the engineers and technicians of both sides attended, and it was also an official meeting. Li Ya can communicate with the Germans in German, while Lu Jianqin does not know German, but his English is good, and most of the Germans can speak English, so there is no big problem in communicating between the two sides, and what the Germans did not expect is that there are still their own compatriots among overseas Chinese? Of course, Riddle also made up a set of falsehoods about his life experience to fool the past.

So the two sides staggered their cups and drank happily, and the Germans basically tasted Chinese food for the first time, and let them float on the sea for 4 or 50 days, and the birds were about to fade out of their mouths, and the Hans feasted happily, and they all ate so much that they almost swallowed their tongues.

However, the Germans were really rigorous and conscientious, and early the next morning, Wesley asked the Chinese side to inspect the equipment environment of the Qingdao shipyard so that he could have a good idea. After all, building a warship is not a simple matter, even if it is only a protective cruiser, in terms of equipment requirements, it is not much different from building a battleship. Wesley also did a lot of homework before leaving, knowing that although the overseas Chinese had a very high level of science and technology, the industrial base of the East China government was very poor, so he didn't know where the hardware level of the East China government was.

The machinery and equipment of Qingdao shipyard are purchased from Germany, and a small number of equipment are brought by the crossing, such as two 100-ton gantry cranes, and the layout planning of the factory area is also the original plan of Germany, but after the traverser took over, a super-large dock was excavated, and the Kunming ship has been docked to accept maintenance.

Accompanied by the Chinese personnel, the German personnel and his entourage took a circle around the Qingdao shipyard and were very satisfied with the shipyard's hardware facilities, believing that they fully met the requirements for building these two warships. Therefore, Wesley also has a bottom in his heart, as long as he has enough equipment, it will be much easier, and he also has full confidence to build these two warships well.

Subsequently, the two sides began to negotiate the construction schedule, construction organization, personnel management, and other matters for the construction of warships. Before Wesley left Germany, the construction of the two warships in Germany had already begun, and the construction schedule, construction organization, personnel management and other documents had of course been prepared, and Wesley also brought a copy to Qingdao.

However, Wesley also knew that the preparation of these organizational plans was based on German conditions, and this was not Germany, first of all, according to the contract, the materials, equipment, accessories, etc., which could be purchased in China, were purchased in China, and only those that could not be purchased in China were purchased from Germany. Of course, the Germans brought a batch of materials with the ship, which can ensure the use of 2-3 months after the start of construction, but it is also necessary for the Chinese side to open a list of items purchased in China, and then the German side will test the quality and performance to determine whether it can be used, and if it can be used, it is necessary to place an order immediately, and if it cannot be used, it is necessary to buy from Germany, but also to order the goods quickly, after all, the supply cycle of purchasing from Germany is very long; followed by the quality of the workers of the Chinese side, which is also another important reason for affecting the construction; again, this is the construction of two warships, so how to arrange the construction, whether the two warships start construction at the same time, or build one by one, so the original organizational plan can only be used as a referenceIt must be reformulated in light of the actual situation of the East China government.