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Kaiser Wilhelm II nodded and agreed with Chancellor Hohenlohe Chillingsffister's statement. talking, he sharply said to Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm: "Friedrich! You remember, China is not a subordinate of Germany, we are just allies. An already strong China does not need to look at our faces. On the contrary, we in Germany still have a lot to rely on China. The Chinese have already occupied the entire Pacific and the Far East, and their situation is much better than that of Germany, which is surrounded on all sides. Therefore, I do not want what you said to be spread and affect the intimate relations between Germany and China! ”

"Yes, Father, I see!" Despite the great dissatisfaction, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm had no choice but to admit it. It's just that he is becoming more and more dissatisfied with China. In his view, China is nothing more than a lackey propped up by Germany, and now that China is strong, it will be able to disobey the words of its master, which makes him very angry. In addition, he was very jealous of the benefits that China had gained in the last war. If Germany had such a vast territory and so many war reparations, Germany would have developed into the world's first power long ago.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty's words are very correct. Now China is already a big country on an equal footing with Germany. Among other things, the Navy has eight more advanced battleships under construction in China. At the very least, we must maintain good relations with China before we get those eight advanced battleships! Secretary of the Navy Alfred von Tirpitz also said.

Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm nodded, those eight battleships. It was Germany that exchanged cutting-edge industrial technology with China. Now, the industrial technology has been handed over to China, and Germany has not yet got its hands on the battleship, and if China turns its face and does not recognize people because of the relationship between the two countries, then Germany will lose a lot. With the current strength of the Chinese Navy, if you add eight powerful battleships, there is really no need to be afraid of Germany. After all. Germany's navy is just getting started, and compared with the Chinese navy, which has experienced several major wars, the gap is still obvious.

Seeing Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm's watch, Wilhelm II nodded with satisfaction. Although he is now in the prime of life. However, no effort has been spared in cultivating successors. The future of Germany, in addition to being in his hands, is very much on the horizon and requires the efforts of his successors.

"Your Majesty, how do we need to position our relationship with China?" Prime Minister Hornlowe Chillings Pfister asked. Although Germany also has a foreign ministry. But now there is no foreign minister. The Federal Foreign Office was established in 1870 to assume the foreign policy of the North German Confederation and from 1871 to the foreign policy of the German Empire. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was initially headed by the State Secretary (not called Minister), while the German Chancellor retained responsibility for foreign affairs. At first under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is divided into two departments: political affairs, economic, legal and consular affairs. After Bismarck's ouster in 1890, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added a department for colonial affairs, which was generally managed by the German Chancellor himself and was accountable only to the Kaiser.

"For China. We have to win over Germany's future development. It has a very big effect. However, since the Chinese are unwilling to join the Allies, we do not need to force it. On the contrary, if the Chinese join the allies, it will be more troublesome for us. Wilhelm II said with a smile. Now, the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy are dominated by Germany. And once China joins in, it will inevitably compete with Germany for the leadership of the Allies. Therefore, the fact that China did not join the Allies was a good thing for Germany.

"Well, Your Majesty. If a major war breaks out next time, how will the obligations and interests between us and China be divided? The Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, Count Alfred von Schlieffen, replied. His previous plan was for the German Army to attack France with all its might, strive to defeat France in a short time, and then confront Britain across the sea. And now, the German navy is also developing rapidly, and in the next few years, it will even have the strength to directly challenge the British navy, which makes him believe that it is not impossible to make changes to the plan, and even rely on the navy to completely defeat the British. As for the Eastern Front, Russia is already weakened, and only a small number of troops can contain Russia. If we join forces with China, we may be able to defeat Russia. However, after the defeat of Russia, China and Germany will meet. Now the whole of Asia is about to belong to China, and Germany absolutely does not want to see Chinese forces invade Europe. Therefore, how to deal with this problem is very headache.

"That's going to be said later! Anyway, it is still a long time before the outbreak of the Great War. However, I also think that leaving a buffer zone between China and Germany is very beneficial for both of our countries! Kaiser Wilhelm II said. If Russia had known each other, it might have been possible to maintain a heavily weakened Russia after the war as a buffer between China and Germany. After Germany unified the whole of Europe and had great power, it fought a decisive battle with China and became the ruler of the whole world. Until then, it is better not to break out into conflict between Germany and China.

Everyone else agrees. Although, China's territory is now more than twice the size of the whole of Europe. However, the size of the country does not equal the strength of the country. How the whole of Europe unites to form a single country is powerful enough to sweep the whole world. And what Germany has to do is to gain the whole of Europe at the lowest cost in the next war. Once it occupied the whole of Europe, Germany had the power to occupy the whole world.

"By the way, Your Majesty, the Chinese's new warship in service this time seems to have very good performance. Does the German Navy need to equip this class of warships? "said the Secretary of the Navy Alfred von Tirpitz.

"Your Excellency the Secretary of the Navy, this new type of battleship of the Chinese, named 'Battlecruiser', is a kind of battleship between battleship and cruiser. Possess great firepower and speed. It's just that this kind of battleship has relatively weak armor and is not suitable for large-scale decisive battles at sea. This time I returned to Germany from England on this battleship. Personally, I think that the performance of this type of battleship is very good. Especially when we are facing an opponent like Britain, equipping this kind of warship will help us defeat Britain. "Kaiser Wilhelm II told what he knew about the confidence of the 'White Rise-class' battlecruisers. In particular, the function of this kind of warship is mainly used to carry out operations to break diplomatic relations and blockade countries like Britain that have been trading at sea since the strictest time, which has a huge effect.

After the German Navy Minister Alfred von Tirpitz took the boat, his eyes couldn't help but shine. If the German Navy could blockade Britain, it would be very easy to defeat Britain.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, then we must get the design drawings of this kind of battlecruiser, and then build a batch of battlecruisers!" German Navy Minister Alfred von Tirpitz said immediately.

"The Chinese have agreed to transfer the design drawings to us, but they want our new explosives production technology!" Wilhelm II said.

"Your Majesty, since this kind of battlecruiser is so useful, then we can exchange with them!" This was stated by the Chief of the German General Staff, Count Alfred von Schlieffen.

The others nodded their heads.

"Since everyone agrees, then let's trade with the Chinese!" Kaiser Wilhelm II said.

In the afternoon, Kaiser Wilhelm II's special train arrived in Potsdam. In the evening of the same day, Wilhelm II held a grand welcome ball for the arrival of Wang Yuze and his wife at Sanssouci Palace. The atmosphere was very warm, and although these Germans were usually very old-fashioned, they were still very open at the ball. As the youngest emperor in the world, Wang Yuze was naturally invited by many German noblewomen.

In the next two days, Wang Yuze and his wife were both touring Potsdam and Berlin, while Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang and Defense Minister Jiang Xingguo had already completed negotiations with the Russian side and reached an agreement on the Chinese side to exchange the production technology of new explosives with Russia with a complete set of drawings of the 'Baiqi-class' battlecruiser. This is very beneficial for both China and Germany. China has new explosives technology, which can make weapons more powerful. And Germany had battlecruisers, and Germany also had a magic weapon against Britain. If a few battlecruisers cut off Britain's overseas lines of communication, Britain would most likely become an island. Coupled with the submarine technology that Germany has acquired from China, it does not seem to be too much of a problem to blockade the British Isles.

If the deal between China and Germany is a crisis for Britain. The intelligence obtained from China by the five intelligence departments is undoubtedly a major crisis directly related to the fate of Britain. When this information reached the British Admiralty Sir Fisher on the afternoon of 24 February, he knocked over the coffee cup in his hand in a frustration. Then, Sir Fisher did not have time to pay attention to this, and immediately asked for a car to be prepared, and rushed to the Prime Minister's Office to report the relevant situation to Prime Minister Arthur Belfour.

"These damned yellow-skinned monkeys, and those Germanic people, how dare they do this! Four 'Nassau-class' battleships, four 'Helgoland-class' battleships, plus eight German-built battleships, that's sixteen! Enough to defeat the Royal Navy! Sir Fisher thought in horror.