Qin Yu took a boat from Dover through the Strait of Dover to Calais in France, and then took a train to Paris, this time without taking Erin, who was called back to Germany by her father.

France is a country that considers itself to be highly democratic, since the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War and the loss of the first power on the European continent, France has never wanted to regain its position as the hegemon of the European continent, France's economy ranks fourth behind the United States, Germany, and Britain, and its military ranks third behind Britain and Germany, and the French are very arrogant, especially looking down on the Orientals.

The main thing for Qin Yu to come to France is to make money, and the French love romance and fashion the most, so it is a good place for Qin Yu to make money.

After Qin Yu arrived in Paris, he began to understand the fashion of Paris, he wanted to buy a fashion company, and finally acquired a medium-sized clothing company, the boss is called Damigao, the company management is very good, and the interests are good.

After Qin Yu acquired this company, it was renamed Estee Lauder, specializing in the design of a lot of erotic underwear and belts, shoes, hats, clothing and a lot of perfumes, skin care products, etc., a few months Estee Lauder began to be popular in France, and then popular in Europe and the United States, and Qin Yu was called the most outstanding fashion designer by the French.

During this period, he came into contact with a lot of French nobles and big businessmen, and also reached a series of cooperation, and finally ordered three battleships in the name of the family and Pan Asia, Qin Yu asked Da Migao to move the headquarters of Estee Lauder to the United States, he did not want Estee Lauder to be destroyed in World War I.

Qin Yu observed that the loan sharks in France were very strict, and the lives of the people at the bottom were also miserable. Because the capitalists in France were inclined to usury, the industry was greatly restricted, so the strength of France was much less than before.

Qin Yu also bought several sets of steel-making machines in France, and will follow Qin Yu back to China after half a year, Qin Yu stayed in France for more than three months and then left France, and finally he spent three months returning to Germany through Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary.

After returning to Germany, Qin Yu went to inspect his company, and the shipyard had produced five U-2 submarines, which were built by Germany after 1906 on the basis of the U-1, with a double-hull, powered by a Kotting-style kerosene engine, and two launch tubes. In the First World War, German submarines sank 5,906 merchant ships, with a total tonnage of more than 13.2 million tons, most of which were sunk by U-series submarines, which were sunk by U-series submarines with their excellent underwater mobility and combat capabilities, while in World War II Germany also used U-series submarines, but they were more advanced.

It was discovered by German intelligence when Qin Yu's shipyard was manufacturing submarines, but the military did not pay much attention to them, and it was not until the Sino-Japanese War that they began to pay attention to the combat capabilities of submarines. Qin Yu's Donghua Automobile has already built military three-wheeled motorcycles and armored vehicles, but they are all simple versions.

The weapons company has produced a small number of semi-automatic rifles and a large number of Maxim heavy machine guns, as well as a series of mortars and a series of weapons, which have been loaded for Qin Yu to take back to China, and semi-automatic rifles have begun to be sold to Germany.

Qin Yu was found in the study by Erin's father after the inspection, Erin's father was called Youde, Youde: "I heard that you are going back to China, right?" ”

"Hmm"

"You and Erin are going to get married in Germany, and after we get married, Erin will go back to China with you, and I believe you will protect her."

"Okay, I'm most relieved that Erin is still by my side, as for the wedding date, you decide, by the way, I want to meet His Majesty Wilhelm before leaving Germany, this will trouble you." Although Qin Yu really wanted to return to China to get married, he obviously couldn't get his father-in-law's permission so he reluctantly agreed, and he was very sorry that his mother couldn't come.

Youde said excitedly: "I can arrange this for you." ”

A month later, Qin Yu and Irene entered the palace of marriage, on the wedding day, the Queen of the Netherlands sent the prince to congratulate, the German royal family also sent people to congratulate, and a series of merchants and aristocrats from Germany also came to participate, and Qin Yu also bid farewell to the virgin ranks that night.

At this time, a major event occurred in the Qing Dynasty, the Shanghai stock market crashed in 1908, and corpses were floating everywhere on the Huangpu River, and the fishermen who fished for the corpses also made a lot of money, because the Qing government said that a certain amount of money would be given for each corpse fished.

The people in Qin Yutong Guò obtained nearly 30 million taels of silver in this stock market crash, and Qin's firm also began to buy those bankrupt factories and workshops at low prices, establishing Qin's firm's position as China's largest firm in one fell swoop, with influence throughout the country and one of the best in Asia.

A few days before returning to China, Qin Yu received a notice from his father-in-law asking Qin Yu to meet the Kaiser, and Qin Yu soon came to the German imperial palace - Sanssouci Palace. After Qin Yu passed the security check, he was taken to the main hall of Sanssouci Palace, and after entering the main hall, Qin Yu saw the famous madman in history - Wilhelm II, wearing an officer's helmet on his head, wearing a military uniform of the supreme commander of the German army, his eyes exuded an inexplicable light and his face was stern and his face was very intimidating, but Qin Yu was not affected by him but continued to look at a few people next to Wilhelm II, Qin Yu only knew Schlieffen and Moltke, and the rest did not know, what a big battle.

In fact, I don't blame Wilhelm II for being so grand, but I blame Qin Yu for making them have to pay attention to it over the years, first the "Schlieffen" plan, then the rapid graduation, the table in school, and the drawings of the British Intrepid battleship, as well as a series of actions in Europe that surprised Germany.

Qin Yu bent down and bowed: "See the great William, I have seen all the generals." ”

Wilhelm II waved his hand and said, "You are Qin Yu, it's really not simple, what's the matter with me?" ”

"I'd like to talk to you about a huge collaboration." Qin Yu looked at Wilhelm II and said.

Wilhelm II straightened up and nodded for Qin Yu to continue, and the generals began to listen carefully.

Qin Yu: "Presumably, Your Majesty also knows my actions in Europe, and I clearly tell you that these are all prepared for me to return to China, and I am now ready to cooperate with Germany, that is, to form an alliance." ”

"What are you going to use to form an alliance with us?"

"With my family and my future, I will obtain the rights of the Qing Kingdom in the shortest possible time after returning to China, and I believe that Germany will like to have a strong ally in the Far East."

Wilhelm II raised his eyebrows and asked: "I'm afraid these are not enough, what benefits can I gain?" ”

"My family's influence can be said to be second only to the Qing government, and Germany does not have enough colonies overseas, raw materials are quite scarce, if the war comes, Germany will inevitably be defeated because of the consumption of this shortcoming, my Chinese raw materials can be provided to Germany, and then it can also contain the British and French armies in the Far East."

Wilhelm II and the generals fell into silence, obviously thinking about it, and after a while, Wilhelm II: "What you said makes me very excited, but now you haven't shown your strength, wait until you have more strength before we talk about forming an alliance, and now I can cooperate with you for the time being." ”

Wilhelm II's words were expected by Qin Yu, and then he put forward his own request: "I have already thought of this, then cooperate first, I need your advanced machines, technology and workers, I want Your Majesty to help me find about five hundred retired German officers, I need them to help train soldiers, and we will provide you with a large number of raw materials." ”

"Officers, I can help you find them, as for the machine and technology, as long as it does not involve core interests, it can be sold to you, and the workers can provide it in large quantities."

Wilhelm II thought to himself: Using our officers to train soldiers, machines, technology, etc., can bring Qin Yu's forces close to Germany, and can also make money and reduce unemployment, so why not.

After Qin Yu finalized the cooperation with Germany, he prepared to return to China, bringing a large number of weapons and machines, as well as five hundred retired German officers.