"Etel, it's so you're here, and I've wasted 10 minutes looking for you." A deep voice sounded faintly in the background, mixed with a hint of displeasure in it. Qingying has traveled through half a year and is very familiar with this voice; He turned around, shrugged his shoulders at his cheap father, spread his hands, and said, "I don't know what my father is looking for me for?" ”

Outside, Wilhelm II, dressed in the uniform of a British field marshal and with his hands behind his back, walked up the stone path. In addition to the navy, the emperor's greatest hobby was to collect all the military uniforms of various countries in different eras, and it is said that he already had more than 1,000 pieces of clothing in his private wardry, and almost all the representative military uniforms of various countries in each period were collected. For Wilhelm II's unique fetishes, Qingying is no stranger; He leaned slightly to make way for Wilhelm II.

"Smack." A stack of rolls of paper slapped on Qingying's head, making a loud noise. Qing Ying's head hurt, Fang Fu exclaimed, and a stack of white papers had been stuffed into his hand. Seeing him like that, Wilhelm II couldn't help but snort and said, "Although you made a lot of mistakes in the answer sheet, you still met my bottom line requirements." I will do what I say, and I will never break my word! When do you want to go, and have you planned your trip? ”

Qingying was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "I have already planned, I can set off as soon as I pack up!" First to London, then across the ocean to German West Africa, then to Qingguo, then across Siberia to St. Petersburg, and from there back to Berlin! ”

Wilhelm II's brows gradually furrowed, and he said slowly: "Qingguo? Etter, you either have to wait for a year or two, or don't go to Qingguo and take a different route. Now that chaos has appeared over there, the Qing Kingdom and Japan are estimated to be at war. ”

Seeing Qingying's confused and puzzled face, Wilhelm II gave him a brief explanation.

The ruling clique on the Korean Peninsula expropriated and extorted extravagance, and the increasingly huge military and government expenditures and the endless increase in royal expenses have further emptied the DPRK's treasury and increased its deficit sharply. In 1889, due to Japanese plundering and natural disasters, Korea partially implemented the "grain prevention order", which banned the export of soybeans and rice to Japan. The Japanese, however, threatened with force to force the North Korean government to immediately repeal the anti-grain ban and extort a large amount of reparations. Ignoring the interests of the Korean people and succumbing to Japanese pressure, the Korean feudal ruling clique immediately abolished the grain defense order and paid more than 110,000 yuan in compensation. The Korean rulers' acts of arrogance and extravagance at home and compromise with the outside world and betrayal of the country have greatly intensified the class contradictions between the landlord class and the peasant class. On February 15, 1894, the Donglin Party uprising broke out in North Korea, and in just 50 days, Donghak Daoists from all over Korea also rose up one after another, and the Donghak Army was unprecedentedly large, covering three-fifths of the land of Korea and having more than 100,000 armed forces.

"Although Korea was a vassal of the Qing court, Japan began to expand its armaments and warfare on a large scale ten years ago, and it was determined to win Korea for a long time. The uprising of the Donghak Party, which led to chaos in Korea, was the best opportunity for Japan to get involved in the region. For the Qing state, Korea was not only their domain for hundreds of years, but also their gateway and barrier to the northeast, and they would never sit idly by and watch Japan annex this region. According to the analysis of the General Staff, there must almost be a battle between Qing and Japan! Wilhelm II did not miss any opportunity to teach Qingying about international affairs, and after saying this, he deliberately gave Qingying a few minutes to think before he said, "So, you better choose another route." Otherwise, after two years, it's not too late for you to go back when you're older. ”

These two proposals of Wilhelm II, Qingying will definitely not think about it. The Sino-Japanese War is about to break out in less than 3 months, and after this village, where can you go to find this shop? Before this, Qingying had already made preparations, he pretended to think for a while, and said, "Father, I still have to go to Qingguo!" ”

Wilhelm II's face sank, and his voice became cold: "Ettel, do you think that war is a game of mud played by children? At present, the scale of the war cannot be determined, if the Qing country is affected by the war, no one cares what your identity is, and you are no different from ants in the eyes of those rebels! Besides, what's so good about a place like the Qing Kingdom? Listen to me, either change the time or change the itinerary! ”

"Father, I seem to remember that the Qing Kingdom has not purchased weapons from Germany for a long time, right?" Qingying did not pick up Wilhelm II's words, but suddenly changed the subject.

Although he didn't know why Lu Dao Qingying would suddenly bring up this topic, Wilhelm II still nodded and said, "What you said is absolutely right. The last batch of warships ordered by the Qing State to Germany dates back to the reign of the Holy Emperor; By the time I ascended the throne, they had not placed any orders for the Empire's shipyards. Not only that, since a few years ago, the Qing State has not even purchased guns and ammunition from our country, and the empire's military factories are very unhappy. But does this have anything to do with your going to Qing State? ”

Qingying put his head a little heavier and said affirmatively: "Of course it matters." Now that the war between the Qing and Japan is imminent, why don't we take the opportunity to sell warships to them and open up the arms sales market to the Qing again? If I go with him, it will show my German sincerity even more! This kind of handing over the faucet when there is a fire, they will definitely not shirk it. Therefore, although the situation over there is turbulent, it is very beneficial in terms of arms sales! As for safety, I'm not a fool, and if the war reaches the interior of the Qing Kingdom, I will naturally leave that area early. ”

Hearing Qingying's words, Wilhelm II's expression suddenly became solemn. He rarely raised his gloved left hand, slowly pushed it flat, signaling that he had a question to think about, and asked Qingying not to say anything more.

The spring breeze is warm and warm. The white and lilac cornflowers dance and sway, showing the world their unique elegance. Qingying was confident and in a happy mood, he didn't care about Wilhelm II, who was silent on the side, but began to take care of the scenery and enjoy the flowers by himself.

Wilhelm II carefully savored what Qingying had just said, frowned, and said nothing. In his opinion, what Qing Ying explained in those few sentences just now was not worth mentioning at all; But the key point is a series of problems that have arisen since then.

Taking advantage of the tension between the two sides, how many warships were sold to the Qing court? Oh, Lord Almighty, how many marks did you earn? With the financial resources of the Qing court, there was nothing to buy at all; Compared with Germany's huge annual fiscal revenues, Wilhelm II did not see such a small profit at all. What's more, in terms of the purchasing power of naval ships alone, he alone can almost be worth the entire mite clearance.

With assets worth more than 2 billion marks (about 100 million pounds), 22 million marks of net income goes into William's personal account every year, which is more than enough to build a battleship. In contrast, the pitiful amount of money that Mites Qing gives to the Navy every year is really not on the table. However, through Qingying's seemingly petty business of buying and selling, Wilhelm II, who had been in charge of the empire for many years, found a way to get rich.

At present, with the rapid development of German productivity, the digestion of German goods in Central Europe has become increasingly saturated; If we want to grow the economy by leaps and bounds, we must open up new markets. For this reason, Wilhelm II began to vigorously develop maritime trade from the day he ascended the throne, and sold German goods to the Americas and some second-rate European countries such as Sweden and Portugal by sea. Although the German maritime trade was now beginning to take shape, the ambitious Wilhelm II was not satisfied; He also wanted to open up more overseas markets to increase the empire's economic output.

Of course, you can't make a lot of money selling warships to the Qing Kingdom, but what if you sell goods to the Qing Kingdom?

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Yesterday was the graduation ceremony of the autumn moon.,Wasted a lot of time.,Today's double more compensation~~~Ask for collection and recommendation~~