When Bateman saw the eyes of the others, he knew that this intention had been successful, and he asked, "Your Excellency the Emperor, I am afraid that you have summoned us here, I am afraid that it is not just such a thing, right?" ”

Wilhelm II nodded with satisfaction, Bateman was the prime minister he was very satisfied with, he understood what he meant best, he just made a start, he understood, and said calmly: "Yes, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Water Resources, and other departments, you can count that in the next year or two, as long as the bulk construction within our country can save time and cost, it will be handed over to the people of the Northwest to do, and the Ministry of Industry, to count the contradiction between the labor force and the soldiers, as long as the war starts, this will inevitably have problems, It's better for us to hire some Northwest workers in advance, according to Mumer's report, the strength of Northwest workers is good! ”

Bateman nodded, Wilhelm II's idea, in fact, coincided with him, when he saw the report before, the first thought was that within the scope of the rules, a large number of workers in the Northwest were employed, construction workers were needed, factory workers were also needed, the Northwest was not the same as before, the old and backward empire, in just a few years, the emergence of a large number of industrial products proved that the Northwest has a group of skilled workers in industry, especially those military orders, strong production capacity, Even a third of the needs of the German military reserve were met.

Other important ministers are also eye-catching, inexpensive Chinese workers, but as a substitute for the current shortage of workers, some of the registered and even planned construction plans have come out, especially the Kiel Canal and a large number of railway projects, which are simply icing on the cake.

In the end, the statistics were made to Batemann, there are a total of 12 railways, more than 6,800 kilometers, most of which are double-track, or even three-line construction, and a small number of them are more difficult construction, and the total investment may require 700 million marks, that is, 120 million US dollars.

This is a great improvement, such a huge plan, so that the important ministers on the scene a little commotion, the Minister of Finance was about to speak, but was stopped by Bateman, he said calmly: "This fund, can be discussed by the northwest advance, Germany can be repaid with orders in a few years!" ”

Bateman's words turned stone into gold, and suddenly made all the problems, for a while, not a problem at all, Yang Yuanzhao and Mu Mo and others, in Qingdao reached a preliminary intention, will order a large number of shipyard machinery, including docks, large machinery including 400 million US dollars, machine equipment, different from raw materials, the cost is clear, the profit margin is not high, the profit margin of the machine itself is quite high, even if this money is gross profit, you can also get 40 percent of the income, plus 400 million US dollars to promote the industrial chain, The resulting benefits are definitely several times this, and the most important thing is that these manufactured goods do not occupy Germany's strategic resources.

Although the dock and the machine will occupy a part of the steel, but will not affect the process of Germany's preparation for war, what Germany lacks is weapons, is a battleship, there is no shortage of docks, in the arms race for several years, the production capacity of the dock is already excessive, with German workers and ports, can not support, continue the crazy expansion of the dock, this part of the production capacity must find an export, the previous preparation, is to switch to other components, now there is no need to adjust, direct production dock, In exchange for the advance and construction of important large-scale projects in the Northwest to Germany, this can be said to be an absolute empty glove white wolf, and even the Northwest will gladly agree, the same is to spend money, the same is to buy equipment, as long as Germany makes certain concessions, so that the Northwest can obtain some equipment that is impossible to obtain, it should be able to exchange for a small support in this regard.

Many important ministers were shocked by Bateman's idea, this is simply a genius idea, without spending a penny, a force, but easily obtained the support of manpower, as long as the necessary logistical support is guaranteed, maybe in a year or two, Germany will play a huge change, when the time comes, maybe a German division can play the role of one and a half, or even two divisions, once the war naturally formed east-west line can be through the guò internal smooth and powerful railway network, mutual mobilization.

After a whole day of closed-door meetings, it only took about 2 hours to decide on the strategy, and then, the main thing was to confirm the project, and even because it was possible to obtain the mat from the northwest, some of the projects that had been overinvested before and were rejected were also taken out, and in the end, the total amount of the final project reached 2.35 billion marks, almost reaching 500 million US dollars, basically, it was similar to the number of contracts to be signed by Yang Yuanzhao, only slightly more.

Wilhelm II looked at the memo that had been finally recorded, and his heart was glad that a huge construction plan that would increase the strength of the entire German Empire was about to be born here, and he did not think that this plan would not succeed, the Northwest had enough productivity and efficiency, and enough money, and at that time, Germany would have spent less than half, or even less, to get these vital projects, and there was no better idea than this. The telegram was sent again, just at the last time of the port, when the Suez Canal was about to be opened, and this time it had not only the signature of Wilhelm II, but also the signatures of the ministers of the various government departments, which was basically equivalent to the official document jiàn.

The waves of the Red Sea, the five warships slowly entered the port, because of the advance report, they did not have to wait for the passage, but before entering the Suez Canal, they needed to replenish some necessary supplies, add coal and water, after the Guò Suez Canal, they would sail directly to the Mediterranean, perhaps in the southern port of Italy to make a short stop, and then they would pass through the Strait of Gibraltar and go directly to Germany.

After entering the port, Mulmer immediately found the German intelligence station stationed near the Suez Canal, and also got a secret message, not as expected, Wilhelm II agreed to his proposal, behind his initiative, a lot of things added to the vinegar, a total investment of 2.3 billion marks, almost in recent years, the government has invested all, obviously, the northwest as a rare opportunity.

In this way, will the northwest accept it, how much does it cost to build the Baghdad Railway, most of the raw materials are produced in the northwest, I think he has part of the profits, as for the Basra port, it is the surrounding 30 square kilometers that belong to the northwest to build, now, it is all a domestic project in Germany, not to mention the Kiel Canal, what is the matter with those railways, Mu Mo smiled bitterly, and together with Spee, he found Yang Yuanzhao and handed over the telegram plan to him, the matter of the Kiel Canal, he didn't have time to tell Yang Yuanzhao, now, There are so many more, let's let Yang Yuanzhao see it for himself.

Yang Yuanzhao is immersed in his own world, the ocean voyage of this era, after the initial curiosity, more is boring, after Malacca, Yang Yuanzhao except for a small part of the time, will look at the scenery on the deck, change the brain, look at the rest of the time, are placed on the all-in-one machine, the all-in-one machine is stored in a large number of raw materials, other work on the ship can not be done, but the research of materials and sample making, but can continue, under full concentration, can do 3-40,000 copies of materials a day, He also followed the research results of Northwest Materials Science to add and prepare materials around a certain frequency.

30,000 a day, after coming from Malacca, almost 10 days, is 300,000, unfortunately, materials science, destined to be boring and lucky, the super armor steel he made before, seems to have exhausted his good luck, more than 300,000 copies of materials, only 3 parts of the materials are harvested, the best of which only reached about 7 percent of the armor steel, if it is not used in other aspects, it is also a waste, the remaining 2, is also a breakthrough in another aspect, For example, high temperature resistance, high humidity resistance, and so on.

When Mu Mo came over, Yang Yuanzhao had just finished making the 30,860th material, and he felt extremely depressed when he found nothing, and he was about to come out to the deck to relax, when he met Mu Mo who crashed in.

Mu Mo took out a telegram and briefly introduced the Kaiser's request, Yang Yuanzhao was taken aback, he didn't expect that Mu Mo would do so many things, he knew that the Kiel Canal was famous and was one of the important canals and water transportation channels in Germany, and other railway plans were not very clear, I am afraid that it was the wings of his butterfly, and it should not have been built during the First World War. Obviously, Wilhelm II saw his generosity and the north-west of the Middle East, and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to solve the two major projects of his country's railway and the Kiel Canal in one fell swoop.

Yang Yuanzhao knew very well that in the First World War, Germany was absolutely weak, whether it was Austria-Hungary, Turkey, or Italy, not only did they not help Germany, but they dragged their feet in different ways, Germany was equivalent to carrying Britain and France in naval battles, resisting Britain, France and Russia in land battles, and if the United States joined later, it was almost single-handedly fighting against the entire capitalist world.

In this case, no matter how strong and well-prepared, it is not an opponent at all, not to mention that the First World War broke out very suddenly, Germany almost rushed into battle and was dragged into the war by Austria-Hungary, that is to say, in a sense, a more greatly strengthened Germany should not be exaggerated, it will make the First World War more intense, weaken the capitalist countries from a greater extent, and give China a chance to rise.

It only took 5 minutes, Yang Yuanzhao figured it out, and then made a decision, isn't it a $500 million advance, which will be repaid in a year or two, and it is not that he will not give money, with this bonus, Germany will save a lot of labor, and the potential and mobilization capacity of future wars will also be strengthened, why not do it, the most important thing is that Germany is obviously asking for people, in this case, if you don't get some benefits, you will be sorry for the identity of the traverser. R1152