"Mr. von Schleyer, there's a Dr. David from Hamburg outside, who says he has a very important letter to hand over to you personally?"

Dr. David from Hamburg? Schleier stopped pouring the wine and searched for the name in his mind a few times before he remembered a little impression, as if he had met once a year. "Oh! I remember, it was the young man with blond hair and round face! One let him in. ”

"Yes!"

Ten minutes later, Schleier sat in his office chair and looked at Dr. David standing in front of him with a strange expression, "Mr. David, you said that a Chinese official with a yellow monkey asked you to send this letter marked confidential?" ”

"That's true, Mr. von Schleyer, please be sure to take a look at it first, and I would like to correct one more point, in my opinion, Lord Qin is very wise!"

"Oh! It seems to me that only pure Aryans deserve the word wisdom, Mr. David, are you still in the Church Hospital? ”

"Mr. von Schleier, I just got a new job to serve this Mr. Qin!"

Hearing this, Schleier couldn't help laughing, "Mr. David, could it be that this Mr. Qin hired you to deliver a letter for him?" ”

Hearing Schleier's laughter, David was obviously a little unhappy, but here he was just an ordinary German, and Mr. von Schleier was the vice consul of the consulate in Guangzhou and a diplomat of the German government, so he had to maintain a calm expression and explained: "Of course not, Mr. Qin hired me to teach Western medicine!" ”

Although David concealed learning magical Chinese medicine from Qin Kai for the sake of face, but this initiative to hire Western medicine and spread Western medicine has also surprised Schleier a little, the development of Western medicine in China in this era is not smooth, from most of the high-level to the bottom of the Qing Dynasty government, Western medicine is not trusted, in addition to the treaty port Western medicine and some markets, in other places, Chinese still trust the local medical skills.

He pondered for a moment, but he was a little more interested in this Chinese official surnamed Qin, he opened the thick envelope, and looked at the so-called secrets inside, naturally he didn't have much expectation in his heart, in a closed and lifeless country, to obtain information of great significance to his country! Idiots shouldn't have such stupid thoughts.

At this time, Dr. David, who was sitting on one side with some unhappiness in his heart, was thinking about whether this vice-consul von Schleier, who had a noble name, was not interested in Lord Qin, whether he should persuade a few words, even if he could not meet today, he should try to make an appointment.

However, he immediately observed that Mr. von Schleier's contemptuous smile had condensed, and at the moment he opened the envelope, he hastily flipped through the blank papers inside, and after looking down for a moment, the expression on his face was even more joyful and worried, thinking that he was making a difficult decision.

Finally, Schleier stood up, came to David's side, and said with a smile: "Dear David, I apologize to you for your recklessness just now, this Mr. Qin obviously has a great background, this information is very timely for the German Empire, thank you for your dedication to the country!" Can you tell me about how you got to know this Mr. Qin? ”

Qin Kai took a nap in the carriage outside at this time, Huang Xing and Sun Xiang were taken care of, if Dr. David appeared, remind him in time, this time he was naturally prepared, and sending it to the German consulate was one of the achievements of his and two students' recent busyness, the design of the most famous British ironclad battleship "Warrior" in this era, although now, this "Warrior" is a little outdated.

In the border war between the Russians and the Turks that just ended a year ago, the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck made a difficult choice, the situation of confrontation between the German, Austrian, and Russian Three Emperors Alliance, which was quite strong before the war, and Britain and France, because Germany favored the British and Austrian positions in the Russian-Turkish post-war negotiations, the victory won by the Russian Bear on the battlefield was deprived of most of it at the negotiating table, the Three Emperors Alliance was completely broken, and the Russian Bear did it alone.

At this time, the situation in Europe is even more complicated, the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, which have been unified for only 8 years, barely maintain an alliance, but the former powerful Austro-Hungarian Empire has been dilapidated, and Britain is undoubtedly the first sea power, with overwhelming naval strength, and the first European land power Russia Xiong has just been annoyed, as the nominal first army power, Germany Yali is very large, and the next-door neighbor France can talk day and night about the shame of the Franco-Prussian War. ,

The German Empire went from land to sea, that was already the unanimous idea of the iron-blooded Chancellor and Kaiser Wilhelm, France on land may not be significant, but Britain with strong ships and guns is definitely the ubiquitous threat, and this is a heavy gift that the other party cannot accept, and now it depends on how the other party reacts.

Damn David ran into the consulate for half an hour, Qin Kai took a nap, and only then did he see someone inside accompanying David out.

Dr. David was obviously quite happy, although Mr. Schleyer's attitude of first and then respecting was a little surprising, but this can fully show how correct his choice was this time, Schleier did not get any useful information from David, Qin Kai hired him for only one day, and David really knew very little about his employer.

Accompanied by the guards and Dr. David, Qin Kai was quickly ushered to a lavishly decorated living room, where Schleier personally waited at the door of the hall to show his solemnity. For such a formal meeting, Qin Kai didn't have any special feelings, but the German vice consul with the noble von Schleier surname was excited at this time.

Originally, the consul of the Guangzhou Consulate, Old Miller, returned to China for health reasons, and the position of consul has been vacant for half a year, but there is no news of his promotion.

After a period of greetings and politeness, Dr. David, Huang Xing, and Sun Xiang were naturally left in the living room to taste the German delicacy, and Qin Kai followed Schleier to the small hall on the side to start the topic.

"Mr. Qin, what do you want?" Schleier asked cordially as he stood in front of the wine cabinet, his Chinese language skills were obviously fully qualified for communication.

"Bordeaux Wine Bar, it would be better if there was Raphael!" Qin Kai replied with a smile, this Raphael red wine is the best of French red wines.

"I didn't expect Mr. Qin to know so much about red wine, French red wine is really good, but it is too strong, and it is not suitable for rigorous and excellent Germans, why don't you taste our German Danfil red wine?" Schleier was surprised by the other party's understanding of red wine, and it seems that this Chinese does have some origins.

"Totally agree, Mr. von Schleier is a German nobleman, right?" Qin Kai soon began to have the right to speak, he was here to negotiate the conditions, but he couldn't follow the other party's words, not to mention that his hole cards looked very powerful.

"It seems that Mr. Qin knows a lot about Europe!" Schleier walked over slowly with a goblet.

Qin Kai got up and took the wine glass very gentlemanly, gently shook the wine in the glass, and said with a smile: "Danfil red wine is really good, the taste of blackberries and cherries is indeed a first-class wine, as far as I think French red wine is much worse than it, but compared to Sogra whiskey, it seems that there is still some heat!" ”

Qin Kai raised his glass to greet the other party, Schleier naturally understood Qin Kai's voice, the Franco-Prussian War achieved the reputation of the German army's first army in Europe, and Kaiser Wilhelm announced the reunification of Germany in Paris, the capital of the enemy country, but the naval prestige of the empire that never sets for a hundred years is not something that Germany can surpass in one fell swoop after only 8 years of unification.

Schleier also raised his glass when he thought of this, "Dear Mr. Qin, the drawings you sent have shown me your sincerity, what requirements do you have, and how much cooperation can you provide for our German Empire?" ”

Qin Kai stood up and came to a world map hanging on the wall without saying a word, "Mr. Schleier, I have my own channels to get what you are interested in, what I need is funds and German technical support, this first drawing just shows my sincerity, and the next drawing must be more interesting to the Kaiser and Prime Minister Bismarck!" ”

Schleier was secretly surprised in his heart, but his face was filled with professional composure, this Warrior ironclad ship was already a ship type ten years ago, of course, after this drawing was sent to China, the mature technology of the British would definitely be absorbed by the German Volkeng shipyard, so as to improve the level of German warship manufacturing, but in the past ten years, naval technology has indeed advanced by leaps and bounds, so although the value of this drawing is amazing, it cannot attract the absolute attention of the high-level.

"Dear Mr. Qin, can the next drawing reveal some details, which is also convenient for me to ask for instructions in China, you say yes!" Schleier has completely put down the shelf, and in the face of the amazing political achievements and exploits sent to the door, who can refuse! He suddenly found that he had one foot on the road to official service, and it seemed that he should soon be able to obtain the position worthy of the noble surname von Schleier. ,

Qin Kai took a sip of the wine glass, and said unhurriedly: "A full set of detailed drawings of the Inflecil White Ironclad Ship."

Hearing this, even Schleyer, who thought he was extremely capable of controlling zhì, also had a sudden change in his face, he raised his wine glass, drank it all, and at the moment of drinking, he tried his best to calm down his sudden mood, and in European newspapers, this "Infleczeil" ironclad ship, which is known as a milestone in the history of warships, appeared quite a few times.

Three years ago, when the "Infleczeil" ironclad ship was launched, the whole of Europe was shaken, this masterpiece that opened the era of giant ships and cannons, with "the latest, thickest armor, the largest caliber artillery ......" a number of honors of the British main battleship, so that the second European navy that has always expected to compete with Britain can only let out a resentful moan.

In order to ensure the leading position of this warship, the "Inflecze" ironclad ship is still being equipped with new weapons, and the entire refit period in real history has spanned two years later. The value of this to the German shipbuilding industry and navy is no longer possible to measure in terms of money, and Schleier's brain has long been running at full capacity, and the value of this is still impossible to sort out.

He finally thought about it, this can only be explained in two words - "priceless", Qin Kai standing on the side didn't mean to disturb his thinking, just looked at the world map by himself, the world map of this era, Qin Kai obviously didn't study it carefully, but the world's oceans and coastal continents are marked with the colors of the British and French colonies, which makes him very depressed, why haven't we traveled to the Age of Discovery!

At this time, Schleier's blunt reply came from his ears, "Dear Mr. Qin, this is indeed very important information, but with my many years of diplomatic experience, the German government can pay 1.2 million marks for these drawings, I don't know if it is in line with your wishes?" ”

1.2 million marks, that is, about 200,000 taels of silver, Qin Kai secretly calculated, for this drawing, the Germans know his value better than him, a person who travels through in the future, since it is a bargain, then sit on the ground and start the price!

"Dear Mr. Schleier, you know the value of this better than me, and I don't know if there is any intention to cooperate in the future?" Qin Kai showed a hideous face, and there was a trace of unhappiness in his tone.

"Dear Mr. Qin, of course we will remember your contribution to the German Empire, and of course we need more support from you in the future, do you think this remuneration is too low?" Schleier took the opportunity to turn back and pour the wine to settle down, he couldn't afford to hurt himself in this business, so he thought about his career first, and then considered saving money for the empire.

"Low! It's too low! You're buying this important piece of information like cabbage, Mr. von Schleier! Qin Kai pretended to be sad and indignant, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, this play will be performed enough, "Do you know how many secret channels these news have to be obtained through guò, 3 million taels of silver, no less!" ”

This price immediately thundered von Schleyer, who was born in the aristocracy, but the matter of sitting on the ground and starting the price, the diplomat is naturally an expert in this way, and the two of them each held wine glasses around the wine table to start the negotiation table, after nearly an hour of bargaining, and finally Qin Kai released the killer weapon, he agreed to pay 10% of the commission, as von Schleier's remuneration in the intelligence transaction, and finally the two sides agreed to a deal of 9 million marks.

Von Schleier was very satisfied with the results of this bargain, after all, thanks to his own efforts, he obtained a priceless intelligence channel and an astonishing amount of information for a mere 9 million marks, and of course he also obtained a very good profit, of course, the cautious Germans agreed to identify the first "Warrior" drawings before the second transaction.

After that, Qin Kai declined Schleier's dinner to celebrate the success of the cooperation, and for the Germans, he only had that trace of respect from a technical point of view.

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