Mümmer, the German minister stationed in China.

It was the Minister Plenipotentiary sent by the Kaiser to negotiate the Xinchou Treaty with the Qing court and be responsible for signing the treaty, and because the Qing court had not yet paid the first indemnity, plus the customs, and other subsequent things that were offset in kind, Mumo still remained in the Qing court and lived in the German consular district in the capital.

On this day, Mu Mo, who had just had lunch, was planning to take a beautiful nap, and then go out to meet his old friend or something.

As a result, he didn't expect that Mu Mo received a letter from Wang Sirui.

For Wang Sirui, Mu Mo hated and loved, anyway, even he couldn't tell whether it should be hate or love?

At first, there was tremendous pressure on Mumo, not only from within the country, but also from the coalition countries.

After signing that agreement, it was called a shameful agreement by Mumo. But later, when they signed the second agreement, Mumo stood up and did something that made all the powers applaud.

That's right, the 450 million taels of reparations, this amount was proposed by the German Mummer on his own initiative, and it quickly won the support of other countries, which also made other countries slightly less resentful of Mummer and Germany.

However, after learning the news that Wang Sirui was not dead, Mu Mo's mood became nervous again, Wang Sirui did not die, which is not good news for the Germans.

With Wang Sirui's flawed character, think about the fact that when the coalition army entered the city, the number of German troops was not the largest, but their military discipline was notoriously poor, and at that time Wang Sirui even threatened not to take prisoners of the German army.

At this time, Wang Sirui came to find him, what could it be for?

Mu Mo couldn't think clearly for a while, but after thinking about it carefully, Mu Mo still agreed, canceled his nap time, and decided to go to Wang Sirui in person.

The embassy area can be all foreigners, and according to the previous regulations, Chinese are not allowed to enter. If Wang Sirui is allowed to enter the German embassy area like this, it will inevitably make Germany fall into the target of public criticism again, so Mu Mo can only put down his body and go to Wang Sirui, just to avoid causing too much trouble to Germany.

No one seems to think that Wang Sirui is wrong with the fact that he has lived in the barracks for a long time, because for now, Wang Sirui does need to be more fully protected.

At the moment of entering the barracks, even the German Mumo, who had strong technology and productivity, was taken aback by the configuration in Wang Sirui's army.

Although he had already had a certain understanding of Wang Sirui's strength, it was only now that he realized that their previous understanding was wrong.

"Welcome, old friend!" In front of a gate in the barracks, Wang Sirui stood outside the door and greeted him with a smile.

"Friend, I think I have a little difficulty accepting your hospitality for a while." Wang Sirui's attitude made Mu Mo suddenly lose confidence in his heart, Wang Sirui's abnormal attitude made Mu Mo a little nervous, but as a diplomat, Mu Mo is still relatively quick in his ability to deal with things.

"I think you'll get used to it soon." Wang Sirui shook Mu Mo's hand with a smile, and then pulled Mu Mo into the house.

After entering the room, Wang Sirui directly poured a cup of tea for Mu Mo and put it in front of Mu Mo, with a slightly regretful expression on his face, "I'm sorry, I only have tea here, so please don't dislike it." ”

"In fact, I like your tea so much that I have even ordered some tea with the intention of offering it to our Emperor Majesty." Mu Mo said, before Wang Sirui didn't say his purpose, anyway, Mu Mo had already planned to spend it with him like this, saying good things, who wouldn't?

Although Mu Mo took the initiative to come to the door this time, in fact, the initiative was still in Mu Mo's hands, so Mu Mo was not in a hurry at all.

"I know a powerful tea merchant, I think he should have some of the best tea leaves in China, if you don't find it troublesome, you can help me send some to His Majesty Wilhelm II." Wang Sirui continued.

"That's great, I think His Majesty the Emperor will like this gift very much."

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Subsequently, Wang Sirui talked nonsense with Mu Mo again, talking nonsense from all over the world.

It's just that Wang Sirui is a little disappointed that he is still a little fresh meat in front of Mu Mo after all, and in some aspects, he is not Mu Mo's opponent after all.

And for every time he asks a question, Mu Mo can always skillfully avoid the focus of the question, and talk nonsense with Wang Sirui, so that Wang Sirui ignores the core content of his question.

The two talked like this for about ten minutes, and Wang Sirui still didn't try to find any answers he wanted from Mu Mo.

As a result, Wang Sirui's straight personality was once again perfectly brought into play, and he didn't plan to waste time with Mu Mo.

"Your Excellency, I have been studying the question of the world pattern for some time, and between the distant Europe and the Far East, I have found a very interesting similarity." Wang Sirui said.

"Oh? If you believe me, I'd like to hear your new discoveries. Mu Mo said with interest, he knew that the main topic had come, so he didn't answer Wang Sirui's words indiscriminately.

"In the Far East, to the north of us there is Russia, and they are always eyeing our lands, and they do not even hide their aims. In Europe, to the west of Germany is France, and the French have great power, not only in terms of industry, but also in their army, which has caused the Germans to complain. This is the first point of similarity.

To the east of us, Japan is like a checkpoint, stuck in our throats. The British, on the other hand, had some resemblance to the Japanese, and they were similarly stuck in the throat of the Germans.

The British, who claim to be the empire on which the sun never sets, occupy too much land and too many resources in the world, and if Germany wants to rise, it is necessary to break the existing situation.

On our side, on the contrary, we have resources, all kinds of resources, but we suffer from the complacency of the imperial court, which leads to too much of our own technology, but the development of technology is not something that can be done overnight, so I thought of a shortcut. Wang Sirui directly stated his purpose, although he did not say it explicitly, but it was no different from what he said.

After listening to Wang Sirui's words, Mu Mo's eyes suddenly lit up, if he didn't understand the meaning of Wang Sirui's words, then he, the foreign minister, would be in vain.

What do Germans lack most? Steel and grain, as for oil and so on, I won't talk about it now, it's a vain to talk about it, and oil has not yet been widely used.

And the most important thing in China is steel and grain, although the grain is relatively not rich, but as long as they can squeeze out a little, then it will be enough for the Germans.

To put it bluntly, Wang Sirui has only one purpose, to exchange the resources needed by the Germans for the technology of the Germans.

Mu Mo was still silently considering the feasibility of this deal in his heart, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem to be too harmful to the Germans, and the only thing to worry about was the fear that Wang Sirui would leak their technology.

But again, with the R&D capabilities of the Germans, the current technology will soon be revolutionized, as long as it is not shared in real time, then it will not be too much of a problem.

The Germans, on the other hand, had access to large quantities of steel and rare metals, and they could arm more armies and build more warships in just a few years, providing a reliable backing for their future development.

"It's tempting, but I can't guarantee that the technology belongs to the factories in Germany, and I don't know if our Emperor will agree to the plan." Although Moummer has approved of the deal in his heart, he must also fight for every benefit of Germany as much as possible.

"What we want is not really too important for Germany, I just want the design drawings of the Mauser 1898 rifle and the corresponding technology, the corresponding technology of the Mauser pistol, the technology of steel smelting, and the corresponding technology of the KRUPP cannon and the corresponding technology of Carl Zeiss. In addition, Germany needed unconditional assistance to give us an artillery production line. Wang Sirui said what he wanted in one breath, and Mu Mo on the side was also a little shocked.

Now the German Army has become so disgusted with the Commission 1888 rifle that almost everyone wants to be able to replace it, and the replacement is none other than the Mauser 1898 rifle. Although Wang Sirui only asked for drawings and technology, it represented the most advanced technology of the Germans after all.

It doesn't matter if the steel smelting technology is given, if you give it, you will give it, anyway, the technology of all countries in the world is similar now, and Germany can find it from other places if you don't give it to him.

However, the technology and production line of this Krupp cannon made Mu Mo a little reluctant, although European countries have not yet implemented a heavy artillery embargo policy on the Qing court, but no one has thought of selling these technologies.

And the technology of Carl Zeiss in the back, this is also very easy to say, but the condition of the Krupp cannon makes Murmo feel a little difficult.

Wang Sirui looked at Mu Mo, who was struggling in his heart, and then threw out his own conditions: "Germany will be allowed to build a steel plant with an annual output of 500,000 tons in Shandong, and in return, Germany only needs to pay the wages and freight of iron miners, and the deadline is five years after the steel plant is put into operation." In the same way, we will sell all kinds of rare resources that Germany needs at cost price. ”

"No, half a million tons is too little." Mulmer shook his head fiercely, only 500,000 tons of steel production a year, which could not meet the needs of Germany, now Germany's steel production is second only to the United States, ranking second in the world, with an annual output of about 6.65 million tons (1900 data), 500,000 tons is less than a fraction of Germany's existing output.

Thinking of this, Mumo put forward his own conditions: "At least a steel plant with an annual output of four million tons will do." ”

"My bottom line is a million tons."

"Two million tons, if you can agree, I can guarantee that your request will be agreed to by His Majesty William." Mulmer said that the deal is really cost-effective, Germany only needs to come up with the existing technology, if it can be exchanged for 10 million tons of steel, overall Germany still makes a lot of money.

"I hope Your Excellency doesn't disappoint your old friend!" (To be continued.) )