According to the annual development plan of the German Confederation, halfway through 1921, Germany finally emerged from the post-war predicament, and now, the people's lives have been well improved, and the employment rate has continued to rise, which is due to the decisions of Eric's upper management, and it is also very important to have a relationship with the expansion of German business abroad.

The discussion of military aid to China continued into the evening, and when it was just getting dark, the Hansa Felt Palace rang out with a series of crisp gunshots, single, pointed, and bursting, one after another, so that the frightened birds returning at night in the green willows were frightened, and fled in flocks towards the bright lights. Eric, Brauchitsch, Max, Stresemann, and even Armar all got past the addiction to playing with guns. Eric clutched a handful of MG21s in both hands and raved from start to finish.

Rundstedt saw that everyone admired the MG21 assault gun very much, and his heart was also happy, but Attorney General Max seemed not happy, because he has always opposed the federal government's export of weapons technology to foreign countries, and the rifle is not left aside for the time being, but although those Krupp mountain guns are outdated in Europe, they may be unattainable good things for China.

Stresemann and Armar were not opposed to sending the mountain cannons to China, and although Almar was very disgusted with John Knight, it did not hinder his loyalty to President Eric. Since the Krupp mountain cannon is an obsolete product in the region, then it is not a valuable thing, and technology is for transcendence, not for storage. As a result, many people began to count Max's backwardness in thinking, which made Max very embarrassed, and he didn't say anything more.

Brauchitsch looked at Yarmar, meaning to ask him to make some concessions in front of the president.

"Your Excellency, give me a good word, how much money do you agree to take for Huaxia military aid, we can't stay in the presidential palace overnight, and we will wait for you to speak now." Stresemann simply made the point clear.

"I agree to follow Minister Hans Luther's E-class layout, but you must first give me a report on the plan, or I don't know how many marks I should come up with." Yarma finally relented.

"This is just like what the Minister of Finance of the world's second largest economy said, with confidence and courage! I also respect Minister Hans Luther's opinion that the budget should be based on the E-level plan, so that the German Federal Government can appear to be in charge. In the end, it was Eric who made the final decision.

The next day, Yarma personally sent someone to inform John Knight, the chief negotiator of Huaxia, expressing his willingness to continue the negotiations, and separately agreed on a time for the negotiations. At the same time, those old cabinet members who relied on the old and sold the old and the vigorous and resolute young Zhuang faction once again gathered at the Prime Minister's Office to discuss the details of China's military assistance. Eric did not go to participate, these are trivial things, now that the tone has been set, it is estimated that there will be no other variables, and as president, the development of Germany is the focus of Eric's attention.

Iraq and Saudi Arabia are two countries through which the German oil pipeline passes through the Balkans, and a large number of German workers are now working on the pipeline's foundation pits. Amazingly, the work is also being started in the newly incorporated areas of the country, particularly in the Balkans, where the work is progressing quickly and slowly, but the construction process is very smooth. The project of the century, which stretched from the port of Venice to northern Europe, required a great deal of manpower and material resources for the excavation of the foundation pits and the installation of oil pipelines, which Hans Luther and Yarma often inquired about and solved practical problems in due course.

This winding oil pipeline cost the workers blood and sweat, and also broke the hearts of the German government, because this pipeline can bring prosperity and hope to the German Confederation, and can also bring considerable economic income to the countries along the Balkan Peninsula, which can be said to be beneficial to the people. However, because it is extraordinary, it also brings great difficulty to the construction, even after the successful splicing, can not immediately transport oil, engineering designers also need to consider the cold and hot zone, the geological fragile section, the altitude fluctuations, the pump pressure along the way, the solidification change of high concentration of oil stains, the durability of pipeline materials and other issues.

Eric was in the presidential palace, but his heart was all over the country, and he even stayed up all night for the oil pipeline in the Balkans, but fortunately Hans and Yarma were in charge, otherwise he would not have time to carry out the development plan of the navy. Because oil is the lifeblood of the country's economy, the efficiency and cost of relying on sea transportation alone is too great, and it requires a strong naval escort, which is not only a waste of manpower and material resources, but also cannot meet domestic needs. In wartime, as long as the enemy blocks a few straits, the fatal weakness will be revealed. Of course, it is even more impossible to transport by land, and in the absence of a direct train, the idea is simply a dream.

The reason why Eric did not participate in the detailed meeting on military aid to China was, on the one hand, because he had said that he had the experience of living in China and tried to avoid suspicion; On the other hand, the Balkan oil pipeline is always worrying and laborious; Third, although the current war against Greece did not involve much of the government's energy, it also reflected the shortcomings of Germany's defense foundation, first of all, the issue of sea supremacy.

Before Yarma and Hans went to the chancellery for a meeting, Eric reiterated by phone the need to speed up the implementation of military aid to China, and then shift the focus to the issue of oil pipelines. After explaining these things, he hurriedly drove to the Admiralty to inspect them.

Now, the northern outlet to the sea is under the surveillance of the British, and the outlet of the Mediterranean Sea is also cruising with multinational warships, and in the face of such a dilemma, Eric has no choice but to put the navy at the height of economic development.

In the eyes of its neighbors, Germany is a land power country after all, and after the emergence of the air force, although it can rely on fighters to quickly counterattack to make up for the shortcomings of the navy, it still cannot fill the gap between Britain and Germany without the heavy fist of the navy.

These gaps do not all come from defense technology, but from the accumulation of talents and the abundance of various branches of the armed forces, for which Eric has quietly conducted many simulations. If there was a war between Britain and Germany, Britain could recruit almost ten times as many sailors as Germany, and they would be able to fight at any time, which was the advantage of military accumulation and sea supremacy.

The German navy has been congenitally deficient since the imperial era, and has not received enough attention, and now to vigorously develop the navy, eliminate technical and economic problems, the training of soldiers is also difficult, although several veterans who once had opinions on Eric began to make a comeback, but after all, they still cannot compete with Britain, the United States and other countries. Everything had to start from scratch, and external factors could be ignored, but the internal divisions in Germany could not be ignored, making Eric's work very awkward.

When the global era came, the navies of various countries occupied extremely important positions, and Germany faltered and remained absent, which was unacceptable to Eric.