"Your Excellency the Governor, the Germans feel that China is difficult to communicate and contact, and they are full of vigilance and resistance to the Germans, but why don't the Chinese find it difficult for the Germans to communicate and contact, and think that the Germans are also full of vigilance and resistance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Your Excellency the Governor, you don't have to deny that this is the truth, in fact, there is an invisible gap between the Chinese and the Germans in Qingdao, which separates the Chinese from the Germans. With all due respect, if the Germans allow this chasm to spread, your interests in China will always be confined to Tsingtao and will never be able to expand! ”

"Your Excellency, this is understandable. China and Germany are thousands of miles apart, and there is nothing in common in terms of ethnicity, history, language and culture, and it would be absurd to expect the two sides to sit together and drink tea and talk at once. ”

Yang Chao's Ye Shike was slightly uncomfortable, twisted his body, but became serious, and motioned for Yang Chao to sit down, just now he didn't let Yang Chao sit, just stood in front of him, it seemed that he was only going to listen to a few suggestions casually, but now he was serious and solemn, and solemnly invited Yang Chao to sit opposite him and talk to him.

Yang Chao sat down, sat very upright, and his image was very decent.

"Chinese do not identify with the Germans, the Germans also do not identify with the Chinese, plus cultural differences naturally cannot trust each other, the two sides contradict each other is actually a natural phenomenon!"

Yang Chao concluded that the current situation of Chinese unwillingness to stay in the German barracks is explained that the problem of cultural differences cannot be well solved by future generations, let alone the current era, Yeshke deeply agrees.

But Yeshk had a question, a very incomprehensible question: "But why is the Huayong battalion of the British completely organized, although some people have escaped, but there are very few such serious phenomena as Huayonglian." ”

One has to admire the experience of the British in governing the colonies, which is not something that an upstart like the German devils can learn. The British-trained Huayong Battalion was not only brave in battle, commended by the Queen, but also extremely loyal, even shooting and killing his own countryman in order to protect the land surveyed by the British engineer.

Of course, these are all aftermaths, and they haven't happened yet, but Yang Chao happened to know some details, because when he went to the UK, he accidentally saw relevant historical materials in a memorial hall and learned some of them.

Yang Chao's time has not been in vain these days, in addition to doing daily translation work, he is also very attentive to the situation in various parts of Shandong.

The Hua Yong Battalion formed by the British naturally inquired about it, and the skill of ruling the locals with the locals had long been carried forward to the level of art by the British, who had ruled Hong Kong for more than half a century, and knew far more about the Chinese than the Germans, and had a more flexible management of the colony.

In the Huayong battalion of the British, except for the senior officers above the company level, the junior officers were all Chinese, and the soldiers were paid high salaries, and the officers never withheld them, and the monthly military salary was eight taels of silver, and the officers could reach 12 taels.

In contrast, the Germans, who assigned German officers to the class, did not have any trust in the Chinese at all, and the racial discrimination was very serious, not only did they think that the Chinese did not have any leadership ability, but also had a great difference in material treatment, although the treatment of Chinese soldiers could be on par with the British Huayong Battalion, but the treatment of German officers was more generous. Even the food and accommodation are all different, so the fundamental contrast between the smaller German Huayong Company and the British Huayong Battalion is on the psychological level of the soldiers.

British officers can make a big fuss according to the customs of the Chinese, even if it is pretended, it is enough to make the soldiers have a sense of trust, but the Germans have no consideration in this regard at all, and completely copy the German army model, Yang Chao heard one thing, a soldier has a relative died, and the Germans did not approve him to go home for funeral.

In fact, the Germans are very clear about these differences, but they just can't do it, racism is not so easy to solve, and when you need to look at the problem from the perspective of the world, they do much worse than the British.

But Yang Chao couldn't tell Ye Shikeming, because that would stab Ye Shike's colonial mentality, and it would be useless.

So Yang Chao avoided the important and said lightly: "Therefore, mutual trust should be increased most of all, and German officers need to respect the customs of the Chinese and not be too rigid on irrelevant issues." ”

Yeshk nodded.

Suddenly, he pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Yang, I don't know if you are interested in being a consultant in Huayong Lianzhong, you can rest assured that we can increase your salary a little and give you the treatment corresponding to your status." ”

Yang Chao pretended to think about it, and then said: "I am happy to serve you, serve Germany." ”

After saying this disgusting sentence, Yang Chao's identity changed to that of a special adviser in the German Huayong battalion, directly responsible to the company commander, and at the same time had the power to give feedback directly to the governor on the Huayong issue.

Yang Chao went to Huayonglian to report on the same day.

The German Huayong Company is subordinate to the third battalion of the Qingdao Marine Corps, formed and commanded by Captain von Falkenhain, who was born in a German nobleman, graduated from the Berlin Military Academy, worked as a consultant in the Qing army, and is a Chinese expert who is proficient in China's national conditions, and has also participated in the formation of the Huayong Battalion of the Weihaiwei British Army, and there is no problem in ability, but he still can't stop the wave of soldiers fleeing one after another.

In particular, he returned to China last year, served in the General Staff, and his military rank was promoted from captain to major, but he was soon sent back to China because of the tension in China.

Falkenhayne has a neat beard and meticulous military uniform, but his face is not good, and his eyes are drooping, he is really exhausted, and he has worked hard for this Hua Yonglian.

He confirmed the legitimacy of Yang Chao's appointment documents, signed the documents brought by Hans, and shook hands with Yang Chao briefly.

"Welcome to join us, Mr. Yang!"

Falkenhayn said listlessly, he actually had no hope at all, he thought that Hua Yonglian's problem was not in his leadership ability at all, it was a dead knot that could not be solved, unless the German Qingdao authorities were willing to completely learn and imitate the British, otherwise there would be no way to form a similar army, Falkenhayn himself did not care, but it was impossible to make other officers give up the superiority of the Germans, or even only give up corporal punishment of soldiers.

In the German army, corporal punishment was still full of corporal punishment, and in the Chinese army, it was impossible to abandon this method, and those officers would never be able to socialize with the soldiers cordially, blend in, or even let them put away their disgusted eyes and train.

To solve all this, it depends on one Chinese? How can it be!

They walked into a small European-style building and sat in a large office, which was Falkenhayne's office, but now a desk was added, Yang Chao's desk, and from now on this is the office shared by the two of them.

"Mr. Major, is there a roster for every soldier?"

Yang Chao directly entered the working state and asked directly.

Falkenhayn nodded and saw Yang Chao shrugging his shoulders and squeezing his eyes, and he shouted a little impatiently: "Captain Werner!" ”

An officer dressed neatly in a German military uniform walked in, he didn't know Yang Chao, he glanced at it casually, and then gave a military salute to Falkenhayne: "Major!" ”

Falkenhayn glanced at Yang Chao: "Go and show the roster of all the soldiers to our esteemed consultant." ”

Captain Werner did not say a word, saluted again, and walked out, soon with a large stack of information.

All of them are the materials of Chinese soldiers, a total of 120 infantry and 20 cavalry, but now there are only about 70 people who are really still in the barracks, and it can be said that nearly half of them have escaped.

Yang Chao sat at his desk and began to check slowly, one by one, these soldiers were all peasant children from nearby villages and towns, and the farthest ones were only Gaomi soldiers.

The records of the Germans are very detailed, from height and weight to their place of origin and residence, age, and even when and when they escaped from the barracks, they are clearly recorded, but because this is China, they cannot arrest these soldiers as deserters, otherwise the antagonistic relationship with the Chinese will definitely be exacerbated.

Watching Yang Chao carefully check the information, and not only recorded some situations with a pen, although he did not have hope for Yang Chao, but Falkenhayn still felt that this Chinese seemed to be different from the lazy Chinese he had seen, seeing that time passed little by little, and when it was time to get off work, he couldn't help but kindly remind Yang Chao.

"Hey, Mr. Yang, I advise you not to waste your strength, it's completely useless. Perhaps the British are right, there is no one in the world except the British who can train the Chinese into qualified soldiers. ”

Hearing this, although Falkenhayn was well-intentioned, Yang Chao was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, what except for the British, no one can train the Chinese into soldiers, the Chinese themselves can.

Suppressing his unhappiness, Yang Chao asked Falkenhayn with a smile instead: "So Mr. Major is admitting that the Germans are inferior to the British?" ”

Seeing that his kindness was ridiculed, Falkenhayn was not angry: "You can watch it if you like." But to tell you, it's completely useless. ”

After saying that, he left the office.

Yang Chao continued to look at the information, and after browsing them all, Yang Chao put away the information and already had a specific plan in his heart.

After going to the barracks cafeteria for a meal, Yang Chao found Falkenhayne again and asked Falkenhayne to take him to the Huayong military camp.

Falkenhayn was already disappointed with these Chinese soldiers, and he directly asked Captain Werner to take Yang Chao over.

Hua Yong's barracks is the barracks of the Qing army in the past, dilapidated brick and wood houses, the camp is full of a musty smell, but the beds are very neat, which is required by the Germans.

There are five or six people in each class and one barracks, ranging from five or six to seven or eight people, and they are obviously not fully staffed.

"This is the new Mr. Advisor!"

Every time he arrived at a barracks, Captain Warner introduced it so bluntly, without superfluous nonsense, and his tone was cold.

And the Chinese soldier on the opposite side did not look much better than Werner, and he also looked cold, without any expression.

"It's a serious problem!"

Yang Chao secretly said in his heart, this is not like a collective at all!