According to the arrangement of the German side, tomorrow we will leave for Berlin to meet with the German Emperor Wilhelm II to discuss the German, Sino, and Russian alliances, compared with the kind-hearted Germans, the Russians are a white-eyed wolf, in order to compete with Britain for the Indian Ocean, in Europe can only please the Germans, all of this is actually Guan Xuqing can see more clearly, but it is still necessary to improve relations with Russia through the Germans, after all, now I really can't afford to provoke this group of northern wolves

Although I knew that this was only a temporary relief of relations with Russia, I still had to go, otherwise when we used troops against Japan, Russia would come out to make trouble, and the Qing Dynasty would not be able to bear it

Finally the train to Berlin stopped, this time it was the German Emperor Wilhelm II who greeted Guan Xuqing at the train station, which Guan Xuqing did not expect that Germany would not have such a grand welcome to welcome a guest, and this time it was actually a guest from Asia

The Qing Dynasty has close cooperation with Germany in many fields, including the contract with the Wilhelm Navy Yard worth 1 billion marks for the construction of ships, the contract with Krupp for the purchase of arms worth 300 million marks, the contract with the Mauser factory, the Liverpot plant and the Grusen plant for the purchase of equipment worth 200 million marks, the contract with Siemens for laying telegraph lines in 13 provinces in China and the contract for the construction of 10 high-steam locomotives, etc., and so on. German industry had shrunk by at least two-thirds, so even the German emperor did not dare not take this guest of the Far East seriously

What's more, today's Qing Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty of 20 years ago, and even Germany needs to introduce the technology of hand grenades and mortars from the Qing Dynasty, and even needs to learn from the Qing Dynasty how to improve Saxon ironclad ships

You know, "Zhenyuan" and "Dingyuan" are all produced in Germany and sold in the Qing Dynasty, but now the Qing Dynasty has modified these two ironclad ships to be much stronger than Germany's own two Saxon ironclad ships, especially after changing the main gun and part of the protective ironclad, saving space and installing a power steam engine, today's voyage can already reach 17.4, which is only 15.5 faster than the German Saxon ironclad ship

Moreover, the German troops in the Far East now need the continuous logistics support of the Qing Dynasty

After finally waiting for Alexander III of Russia, the summit meeting of the three countries officially began, Alexander III has always been angry about the treachery of the Qing Dynasty three years ago, turned around and stabbed himself, but Wilhelm II has always played the role of peacemaker in the middle, hoping to form a three-** alliance

Guan Xuqing actually knew very well in his heart that Russia was currently powerless to fight Germany, so he hoped to form an alliance with Germany but did not want to let go of the Qing Dynasty, so the two-day meeting actually did not negotiate anything at all, and the only thing that made Alexander III feel rewarded was that he finally figured out that the Qing Dynasty was really powerless to harass them during this time

However, Germany was unable to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, and the mood it showed could even be described as lost

"The Chinese naval soldiers are also very professional, they have completed the anchoring, depth fixing and other work in just a few minutes, the ship's ground noose, ammunition, and fire extinguishing equipment are all placed in a very standardized manner, so that they can enter the combat state in the shortest time, although they do not want to admit it, but the quality of these Chinese naval forces is indeed not inferior to our excellent soldiers, and I also very doubtful that in the Far East and the Pacific, there is a fleet that can threaten them, if we can make the Chinese our firm allies, Then our colonies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific will be like gold coins in a bank safe, and we will be completely safe, without having to spend a lot of military money to maintain peace in our distant colonies, as we do now, and leave our coastal defenses completely undefended," the local German media reported

At the end of the two-day meeting, Guan Xuqing returned to Wilhelmshamn, although as expected could not negotiate anything under the intervention of Russia, but the ability of the Qing Dynasty had already impressed Germany, and no country could refuse such a massive order

Just as he was returning to the station, he saw those brocade guards with serious faces and suddenly thought of something, so he could take this opportunity to take this opportunity to take a good look at these courtiers who he had studied in Germany for so many years and would be reused in the future

Guan Xuqing, who originally planned to return to China tomorrow, suddenly changed his mind and said to Zhang Yu beside him: "Inform Zhenyuan, leave tonight, I want to see what ability that madman Wang has to enter my cabin under your strict defense."

"Chirp" Zhang Yu still has that cold face

At around 2 o'clock in the morning, Guan Xuqing and his entourage hurriedly boarded the Zhenyuan under the cover of night, and in the eyes of outsiders, they left Germany ahead of schedule because the Triple Alliance was not negotiated

But only Guan Xuqing himself knew that this was just to test the abilities of Wang Feng, who studied special operations here, and Zhao Bingjun, who studied spy techniques

In such a sudden early departure, and under the cover of the nervous and neat guard of the Royal Forest Army, everything seemed very clean and neat, just when all the accompanying officials were waiting to board the Zhenyuan, Guan Xuqing had already entered his cabin, and the Zhenyuan slowly left the dock, everything seemed to be very fast, not to mention that a stranger entered the Zhenyuan, even a mouse to board the Zhenyuan is estimated to take a lot of time

Just as Guan Xu was thinking about it, there was a commotion outside the door, and Zhang Yu's voice filled the corridor outside the entire cabin

"What's the matter?" Guan Xuqing walked out of the cabin and asked

Zhang Yu said with an embarrassed face: "Back to the emperor, maybe that Wang Feng has already boarded the Zhenyuan, and the brother who just patrolled found on the deck that the two brothers in charge of the second company of the Royal Forest Army passed out there."

"Oh? Hehe, it's a little interesting to search for me, search him for me, and there will be a reward" Guan Xuqing said excitedly

"Chirp" Zhang Yu turned to the other Royal Forest Soldiers and said: "Leave one squad in the third row for me to guard the cabin, and the others will follow me."

Guan Xuqing slowly returned to the cabin, it seemed that he really couldn't underestimate Zhao Bingjun, who had studied in Germany in the past few years, and he temporarily decided to leave Germany early, and it took less than two hours from the decision to board the Zhenyuan

Being able to grasp first-hand information and inform Wang Feng in such a short period of time is indeed not simple, and Wang Feng is not bad, I don't know what means actually let him get mixed with the warship, which is not easy, but Zhang Yu's purposeful defense also makes it impossible for Wang Feng to enter the cabin where Guan Xuqing lives, after all, he is only one person, and there are nearly 200 people on the ship, and there are nearly 200 people in the Imperial Forest Army on the ship, he will not be able to enter Guan Xuqing's cabin no matter what, if he really does it, I really don't know whether to say that his ability is strong, or that the Royal Forest Army is too weak