The total import and export trade between Han and Germany has increased year by year, and German capital in Han has also been welcomed and supported by the government, but due to the gap in national strength between the two countries and the weak position of the Chinese community in the Western-dominated international community, the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries is not completely equal.

Heavy industrial products such as steel, machinery, and lathe manufacturing with German background are allowed to enter the local market of South America, while the dominant industries of the Han country, such as chemicals, electric power, pharmaceuticals and other fields, are subject to varying degrees of restrictions, and it is difficult to obtain the same treatment as German goods.

In addition to inequality in the fields of industry, economy and trade, the Han State also suffered from unequal treatment in the field of world politics and diplomacy.

At the Berlin Conference in 1884, Germany, as the host country, used the betrayal of Han China's colonial interests in the Congo River Valley as a bargaining chip, and took advantage of the colonial contradictions of European countries in Africa to steal benefits for Germany's own colonial cause.

Cooperation and exchanges between countries are based on interests, and Han and Germany initially concluded economic cooperation because of interests, but even if they understand this truth, the young Zhuang soldiers represented by Xu Zhixuan and others still cannot forgive the betrayal of the Germans, yes, in Xu Zhixuan's eyes, the performance of the Germans in the Berlin Conference is a betrayal of the friendship between Han and Germany, which is a shameful act.

Although the Han side purchased the much-needed industrial equipment from the Germans, and used the hired German technicians and experts to lay the foundation for industrialization, behind all this was the money earned by the hard work of all the Han people, and the Germans did not see the face of friendship and exempted the Han from the cost of purchasing machinery and hiring technicians.

Not to mention the friendship between countries, in the personal aspect, the Han Emperor Li Mingyuan successively saved the lives of the German prince and the current German emperor Frederick III.

Although the German royal family pursued these two policies in the name of the friendship between the two royal families, the main reason for the Germans to do so was the benefits to the German side.

Although nearly five years have passed since the Berlin Conference, the influence of the Berlin Conference has not dissipated, and a colonial division of interests led by the European powers has made the Han people recognize the essence of the European powers.

The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest!

After successively experiencing the anti-Chinese trend and the true face of Western countries revealed by the Berlin Conference, the little Eastern Confucianism that remained in Xu Zhixuan's body completely disappeared!

Only when the country is strong can it win the respect of Western countries, and the humiliation imposed on the Han people in South America by the Berlin Conference can only be washed away with the iron blood and bravery of the soldiers!

There was a kind of shameful blood suppressed in his heart, so during the whole process of accompanying the German officer training group to Xinjingfu, although Xu Zhixuan maintained respect and etiquette for the Germans on his face, he never took the initiative to talk to them in fields other than military and military technology. …………

On April 2, 1889, after a week's trek, Baron Roberts, head of the German Officers' Training Corps and German Minister to Han, arrived in Xinjing as scheduled.

In the old palace of Xinjingfu, the first thing Baron Roberts, the German minister, said was to explain to the Han side about the Berlin Conference five years ago: "Before the Berlin Conference, His Majesty Wilhelm I and His Excellency Chancellor Bismarck both wanted to invite the Han Kingdom and His Majesty the Han Emperor to send a diplomatic mission to Berlin to participate in the conference as representatives of interested countries in the African region, but because of the strong opposition of the four countries of Great Britain, France, Belgium and Italy, His Majesty Wilhelm I and His Excellency Chancellor Bismarck had no choice but to abandon their plans to invite representatives of Han to the meeting.

Five years ago, the German Empire unified Germany through the Franco-Prussian War, but the strength of France was still not fundamentally damaged, and in international events concerning the European continent, it was difficult for the German Empire to pass a resolution inviting Han to participate in the conference under the unanimous opposition of the British Empire, the French Republic, the Kingdom of Belgium, and the Kingdom of Italy.

Although the Berlin Conference was held at the initiative of the German Empire, the German Empire could not spare the opinions of the British Empire, the French Republic, and other countries to dominate the direction and agenda of the conference. ”

"His Majesty Wilhelm I and His Excellency Count Bismarck are responsible for the citizens of the German Empire, and I can understand what your country did in the first place."

Five years have passed since the Berlin Conference, and it is not beneficial to the interests of the Han state to dwell on a matter that has been going on for a long time, except for the quickness of the tongue to satisfy consciousness.

Li Mingyuan had no intention of holding on to the Berlin Conference, but it was a question that had to be raised to take advantage of the opportunity of the Germans to take the initiative to come to the door and win due respect for the Han students.

Germany is the main destination for Han students, excluding the students who have returned from school, after 1886, the average number of Han students living in Germany every year is more than 10,000, and the increasing number of Han students gradually disperse into universities in different regions of Germany, and in this process, although with the improvement of Han national strength, especially the strength of science and technology, the impression of Han students in the eyes of teachers in German colleges and universities has gradually improved, but also because of the increase in the number of international students, Some white German civilians who have experienced the brainwashing of Western industrial civilization and the stimulation of German reunification are full of discrimination and hatred towards Chinese students entering their countries.

They still think that Han students are the same as before, just some cunning and cowardly inferior people who know how to cheat and cheat, and are not worthy of stepping into the land inhabited by white people.

In Berlin, Frankfurt and other places where Chinese students gather, incidents of radical whites deliberately bullying Chinese students occur from time to time.

The Han Legation in Germany has repeatedly protested to the German side about similar incidents, but the results have been far from satisfactory. Radical white Germans who caused trouble were often released after being caught only a few days in prison or given only minor punishments, while Han Chinese students who were bullied often did not receive the compensation they deserved.

As a first-generation international student who has opened his eyes to the world, it is difficult to avoid similar unfair treatment, but if he can use the support of the state in exchange for more fair treatment for international students, Li Mingyuan is still willing to make further attempts.

Li Mingyuan informed the German minister of the situation reported by the Han Legation in Germany and the International Student Affairs Office, and then stopped speaking and quietly waited for the other party's reply.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but I personally regret the injustice suffered by Han students in the territory of the German Empire."

The German minister bowed and apologized, then stood up and explained: "The Chinese and the Germans have suffered the same thing, and both nations have suffered hardships and tribulations. The people of Germany have also experienced the suffering of being bullied and humiliated by other countries because of the division of the country.

Although there are some misunderstandings about your students in Germany today, I believe that as long as the two sides understand and communicate more, some of the previous unpleasant misunderstandings will disappear. ”…………