【3rd Update】

In September last year, Cao Xuwen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, arrived in Berlin, Germany, by airship, in order to reach a cooperation between China and Germany. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, due to the peace negotiations between the Chinese Empire and Britain and France, the progress of cooperation negotiations between the Chinese Empire and Germany was greatly slowed down, and it was only after the signing of the "Sino-British Armistice Agreement" and the "Sino-French Armistice Agreement" that Cao Xuwen led the Chinese Imperial delegation to continue all-round cooperation negotiations with the German side.

The signing of the Sino-British Armistice Agreement and the Sino-French Armistice Agreement greatly increased the status of the Chinese Empire in the world, equal to the world's first-class powers such as Britain, France, and Germany. Therefore, the Chinese Empire and Germany launched all-round cooperation and negotiations on an equal footing.

The Chinese Empire and Germany had a common enemy, and at the same time the other had what they needed, and this was the basis for cooperation between the two countries.

As an upstart in the Western world, Germany's national strength is increasing, the root of all this is the development of German industry, Germany's industrial development speed is the fastest in Western countries, Germany's industrial production technology is also the most advanced, although the German shipbuilding industry started slowly, but Germany's shipbuilding technology is not much worse than Britain and France, Germany has a naval fleet that is constantly strengthening.

It's just that Germany, as an upstart, started late, at this time, most of the areas in the world that can be colonized are occupied by old empires such as Britain and France, and Germany has few colonies, and Germany, which has rapid industrial development, lacks industrial raw materials and a dumping ground for goods, resulting in a decline in the development of German industry.

On the other hand, the Chinese Empire was obviously Germany's best partner, providing Germany with a place to supply raw materials and dump goods, which was the idea of the Germans.

However, before these, the Germans valued the weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire the most, and in the eyes of the Germans, the Chinese Empire was able to defeat the Four-Nation Alliance, relying on advanced weapons and equipment, and Germany also needed to equip its army with advanced weapons and equipment.

Other weapons are nothing, what the Germans want most is the Chinese Empire's airship manufacturing technology, if Germany has airships, Germany can break through the naval blockade of Britain and France, which is definitely a huge surprise for Germany.

Airship is the trump card of the Chinese Empire, only the Chinese Empire in the world can create such a powerful airship, Germany also knows that it is unrealistic to buy airships and even airship technology from the Chinese Empire, but just with the mentality of trying to buy from the Chinese Empire, Cao Xuwen directly refused.

Germany is also a Caucasian country, and it is possible to strike a backhand at the Chinese Empire at any time, so that the world will become a Caucasian world again, even if Germany does not betray the Chinese Empire, once the Chinese Empire gives the airship technology to Germany, no matter how strictly Germany adheres to the technology, there is a chance that it will be acquired by Britain and France.

Seeing that the purchase of airships failed, the Germans asked the Chinese Empire for other weapons and equipment, and the Zhonghua Type 1 rifle, heavy machine gun, 60-mm mortar, and 75-mm field gun all entered the eyes of the Germans.

These four weapons are currently the most advanced weapons in the world, and if the German army is equipped with these four weapons on a large scale, it will certainly greatly enhance the strength of the German army.

These four weapons equipped by the Chinese Empire became famous all over the world with the defeat of the Chinese Empire against the Four-Nation Alliance, and all countries tried to acquire these four weapons, study them, and imitate them, and Germany also had this idea.

The Chinese Empire could not avoid some internal moths, because of the temptation of money, secretly sold the scrapped weapons in the warehouse to Western countries, maybe it will not be long before Western countries can produce similar weapons, of course, there are still many gaps with the origin of the Chinese Empire.

Now there is such an opportunity, Germany directly asks the Chinese Empire for the technology of these four weapons, and the Chinese Empire agrees to Germany's request after thinking about it, and the technology of these four weapons is relatively low, and it is easy to imitate them, so it is better to regard the weapons technology as a condition for cooperation between China and Germany.

In addition, the Chinese Empire also gave Germany a promise: when Britain and France built large airships, and Germany could not build them, the Chinese Empire would sell airship technology to Germany.

Germany's demands on the Chinese Empire were mainly on two points, one was weapons technology, and the other was trade between the two countries.

On the other hand, the Chinese Empire's requirements for Germany also had two main points, one was to let Germany help the Chinese Empire develop its shipbuilding industry, and the other was to purchase a large amount of machinery and equipment from Germany to speed up the industrial development of the Chinese Empire, which could also be regarded as trade between the two countries.

These are the four main cooperation projects between the Chinese Empire and Germany, and the other smaller cooperation projects are more and take up a lot of time, so that the "Sino-German Cooperation Agreement" was officially signed after the Spring Festival of the first year of Xinghua, and Cao Xuwen and the members of the delegation spent a Spring Festival abroad for the first time.

It stands to reason that the Chinese Empire and Germany had a common enemy, and that the two should have been like the "Treaty of Alliance" established by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, but in the end the two countries signed only a cooperation agreement and became partners, not allies.

Germany obviously has its own considerations, this time the Chinese Empire carried out airship deterrence against Britain and France, forcing the two countries to sign an armistice agreement with the Chinese Empire, in the eyes of Germany, this is just drinking to quench thirst, the humiliation brought by the Chinese Empire to Britain and France, and Britain and France will definitely wage war against the Chinese Empire in the future.

Germany did not want to sign an alliance with the Chinese Empire now, and when Britain and France launched a war against the Chinese Empire in the future, Germany would also be dragged into the quagmire of war.

On the side of the Chinese Empire, even if Germany is willing to sign an alliance with the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire will not agree, as the ruler of the Chinese Empire, Yan Xueyi thought of the First World War, this world war is inevitable, Yan Xueyi does not want the Chinese Empire to be dragged into this protracted war quagmire by Germany.

The signing of the Sino-German Cooperation Agreement represents a new level in Sino-German relations, and businessmen from both countries will drive ships to trade between the two countries.

This is an opportunity for both China and Germany, as they can reap sufficient benefits from the Sino-German Cooperation Agreement to allow them to develop rapidly.

However, in the Sino-German Cooperation Agreement, the Chinese Empire will pay less than it gains, and the Chinese Empire will become a supplier of raw materials and a dumping ground for commodities for Germany, but in the future, after the industrial development of the Chinese Empire has reached a certain level, this situation will change, and the goods produced by the Chinese Empire will drive German goods out of the market of the Chinese Empire, and even sell their own goods to the Germans.