"Dear Helena, I'm sorry for taking so long to write to you.

As you know, in April this year, the United States promulgated a discriminatory bill against the Chinese, and all Chinese students studying abroad, including those studying in Germany, have been subjected to varying degrees of discriminatory treatment.

The German Empire is a revered country, and I myself have no hatred for it, but you have also encountered that many white Germans still have a kind of discrimination against Chinese students, and when I walked with you on the campus of the University of Berlin, I always encountered a lot of hostility from white male classmates!

You are a quiet, beautiful good girl, I am lucky to be able to walk with you, remember the promise I made to you last year? After graduation, I would like to invite you to my home country, Han in the southern part of South America, to the savannah de la Plata, riding a tall and sturdy pampas horse, along the Paraná River, all the way to experience the grassland scenery at sunset.

My home is on the edge of the Pampas, in a small village near the Paraná River, my father was a retired veteran, and my mother was a kind mother, and when I was young, I used to take my younger siblings with herds of cattle and sheep to the woods by the river to drink.

The river near the village is so clear that it has not been polluted by industry, and my younger siblings and I sometimes lean down to take a few sips of water when we are thirsty outside the village.

The small village is quiet and beautiful, and the Chinese people there are hardworking and kind, and if you want to visit the South American Han country, they will definitely welcome you, after all, you are a lovely and beautiful girl. ……

Four days ago, my classmates and I read a news in the newspaper that the Han country had made breakthrough achievements in the fields of hydroelectric power and electric lighting, and that the lies of the Americans slandering the Chinese were not convincing in the face of the local scientific and technological achievements.

Although the Americans stubbornly implement the policy of discrimination and expulsion of Chinese, there is an old saying in our Han country, everyone must respect those who respect themselves, and men should strive for self-improvement, and only by constantly improving themselves and working hard to learn scientific and technological knowledge can they win the independence of the country and the nation and win the respect of the motherland from Western countries.

Dear Helena, in my home country there are many children of the same age as your younger siblings, who are in the grade of education, but because of the huge amount of work involved in the introduction and translation of Western science textbooks, many children who like to read are not able to absorb many types of scientific knowledge at the best age like their peers in Germany.

Helena, I heard from you last year that your father was an enlightened and erudite university professor, so I would like your help to arrange a meeting between me and your father, and then, with the most sincere attitude, I will ask your father to recommend some materials suitable for students at different stages, and of course, in addition to this, I will also guarantee with the honor of a Han boy that I will definitely show your father my heart and persuade him to fulfill two young people who like each other. ”

Carefully put the written letter in the envelope, Pan Mingzhong walked out of the door to deliver the letter under the jealous eyes of several roommates in the dormitory, and when he sent the letter and returned to the dormitory again, he saw that there were two more people in the dormitory.

"How's Yaoxun and Jifu doing?"

"The patriotic enthusiasm of the students is very high, and I contacted 12 schools in Germany that accept Chinese students, and more than 800 students are willing to adopt our suggestions, and although nearly 1,700 students did not agree to follow us to act, they are also divided into seven or eight teams, according to different plans, and plan to use their free time to strengthen the study of scientific and technological knowledge."

"It's good to be able to reach more than 800 people."

Pan Mingzhong nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Shi Jinyong and asked

"Brother Jin Yong, how are things going in the factory? How many companies are willing to accept Chinese students for internship in factories? ”

"The situation is very bad, and the factories and enterprises that are willing to accept Chinese students are mainly companies in the emerging electrical, chemical and other fields such as Siemens, Deutsche Electric, and Bayer.

In heavy industries such as steel, metal smelting, and machinery, there are only seven companies that are willing to accept Chinese students for internships. ”

"Krupp, the Ruhr Coal and Iron Group, and the Volken shipyard rejected our application for an internship?"

"Yes, the mid-level staff of the three companies we met all said that they had enough employees and did not need extra interns."

"Could it be that because of our Chinese identity, these German ministers are prejudiced against us?"

"There is definitely bias, but when I asked more than a dozen German employees, I found that most of them were in a similar situation to those in the middle of the company, many of them had overcapacity, they couldn't find buyers for their products, and some companies had laid off one-twentieth of their employees because of the loss of profits."

Shi Jinyong explained.

"What then? There are less than 200 people who can go to Germany for an internship as a minister, so don't the remaining 500 or so classmates care? ”

"Germany's economy seems to be in a bit of a recession this year, and it is difficult for us international students to find suitable internship opportunities for all students by relying on our international students alone, so we should ask the Legation in Germany for help and ask Minister Hu to help us contact companies that are willing to accept interns."

Tan Yaoxun suggested.

"The internship in the factory is to better serve the country, and Master Hu should think of a way for us."

Shi Jinyong, Cao Jifu and others nodded, all thinking that Tan Yaoxun's suggestion was feasible.

"Okay, everyone has no opinions, then Brother Mingzhong and I will go to visit Minister Hu first, and wait until the matter is done, and then discuss the follow-up internship arrangements with the students."

"We have no opinion, Brother Tan and Brother Pan go and come back quickly." …………

At the Han Legation in Germany, Hu Jingde, who had been officially appointed Minister to Germany for less than a year, sat at his desk and looked up at the clock on the wall from time to time.

Hu Yade was the third son of Hu Yaji, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Han Dynasty, and was born in 1848 at the age of 35.

Born in the Han Dynasty, Hu Yade rushed to Germany in 1880 to take up the post of deputy envoy to Germany, for fear that something would go wrong during his tenure, delay the overall development of the country's diplomacy, and ruin his career and future.

"Have you received a telegram from His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederick?"

Hu Jingde couldn't bear his anxious mood and asked the assistant beside him.

"I haven't received it yet, if I receive a telegram from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the telegraph room will transfer it to the office as soon as possible according to the instructions given by the minister."

"You go and urge again, let the telegraph room verify carefully, don't waste time."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The assistant felt Hu Jingde's anxious mood, did not say half a word of complaint, and faithfully carried out the instructions given by the other party.

The wait was tedious and long, and after an hour, the telegraph room finally received a telegram from the German Imperial Palace.

"Your Excellency, Crown Prince Frederick replied, and after the intervention and persuasion of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Princess, Volkeng Shipyard relented and promised to send ship experts and mechanics to assist our technicians in the construction of two 3,500-ton armored cruisers at the local Xinjing Shipyard!"

With Hu Jingde's permission, the assistant couldn't wait to say what was on the telegram.

"What else? Are the Germans willing to open up to us, to license the relevant technology of armored cruisers? ”

"In addition to the horizontal three-cylinder reciprocating steam engine as a power plant, which needs to be exchanged for the mastery of three-stage expansion steam engine technology, Volkeng Shipyard is willing to transfer to the mainland the core technology of armored warships such as circular coal-fired boilers, searchlights with an illumination of 8,000 candles and 20,000 candles, 70 kilowatt generators for ships, and 150 mm caliber naval guns."

"The Germans still did not relent" on the issue of technical licensing of 305-mm naval guns?"

"His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederick euphemistically explained that the 305-mm gun is the core technology of Germany and will not be spread to the outside world."

"The larger the caliber of the artillery, the greater the rifling pressure, the shorter the life of the artillery, the 305 mm gun is almost the largest caliber naval gun at present, and it does need more effort and preparation if the Germans want to license the technology to the mainland."

The purpose of the Han government was to persuade the German side to agree to build two armored cruisers on the mainland, and Hu Jingde used the relationship between Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Victoria to make Volkeng Shipyard give in, and promised to open up and authorize the core technology of warship construction and supporting, which has been regarded as exceeding the target, as for the 305 mm main gun, although it has not been completed, it is not a pity.

After considering it, Hu Jingde showed a smile on his face that had fulfilled his wishes, and ordered: "Let the telegraph operator send a telegram back, and say that the Han side is very grateful to Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Victoria for their help, and next Sunday, I will go to the palace with Dr. He Lianchen He to visit the crown prince, the crown princess, and all the princes......"

"Yes, Your Excellency......

The Han side was able to establish a high personal relationship with Crown Prince Frederick and Princess Victoria, thanks to a chance event, in 1879, Prince Waldemar, the youngest son of Prince Frederick and Princess Victoria, suffered from diphtheria, and the European medical community at that time was not very clear about the pathogenesis and treatment methods of diphtheria, so it eventually led to the death of the prince from a disease that could have been cured.

What is slightly different from history is that when the officials stationed abroad reported the major events that happened in Germany back to their homeland as usual, Li Mingyuan used the knowledge of diphtheria in later generations, and at the same time cooperated with the research of famous Chinese medicine doctors such as He Lianchen and Cai Xiaoxiang, and arranged Chinese medicinal materials with certain antibacterial properties, such as northern bean root, honeysuckle, forsythia, fat sea, burdock root, wheat winter, light bamboo leaves, loquat leaves, etc., in a certain proportion to replace some of the functions of penicillin.

At the same time, diphtheria should avoid spicy and irritating food, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, avoid fish, shrimp and crab and other seafood products, not overwork, not stay up late, should rest on time to strengthen exercise, enhance physical fitness and improve immunity and other diseases and contraindications and suggestions that are matched with the prescription, after Li Mingyuan and the German royal family directly telegraphed to Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Victoria, in the face of the dilemma that the famous Western doctors in European countries were helpless, and Prince Valmad's condition did not improve. The German crown prince and the crown princess of Germany, who loved their son, accepted Li Mingyuan's suggestion with the mentality of not giving up any kind of treatment, and according to the traditional Chinese medicine treatment plan given by the Han side, taking traditional Chinese medicine on time, paying attention to rest, and dietary taboos, after two months of slow treatment, there were finally surprising results in the European medical community, and Prince Valmad recovered under the careful care of taking Chinese medicine and He Lianchen.

Affected by the private senses of the two and the objective needs of Han and Germany at the national level, the students studying in Germany and the technical exchanges and economic cooperation between the two countries can show a state of continuous enhancement.

The successful treatment of Prince Valmad's diphtheria and the publication of the pathogenesis and treatment of diphtheria not only won the gratitude of Crown Prince Frederick and Princess Victoria, but also justified the name of the Han medical community.

Since 1879, the impression of the Han medical community in Western countries has gradually changed, and the number of doctors who travel to and from South America and European countries for medical exchanges has gradually increased.