Chapter 129: The German Minister
"Your Excellency Governor, the German Minister to China has sent a message to our Taiwan Friendship Liaison Office with Foreign Countries, saying that in about three days, the German Minister to China, Hai Jing, will come to Taiwan to meet with Lord Wang, and I hope you can meet with Lord Wang!"
The Liaison Office for Friendship with Foreign Countries is actually Taiwan's diplomatic department, but with a different name, and this Liaison Office for Friendship with Foreign Countries is currently held by a middle-aged man named Yao Wendong. This Yao Wendong is probably in his forties, but he is a very experienced person. He is the same as Wang Guorui, he is a donor class, that is, he spends money to buy officials. Since then, he has held various positions, trained in many positions, and later served as a diplomatic officer in Japan. Later, he asserted that Japan would inevitably threaten China, and he collected all kinds of information about Japan, the number of Japanese regular army reservists, the types and models of naval ships, etc., which he collected to the mainland, and that year was ten years before the First Sino-Japanese War. But at that time, he was not taken seriously, so he was busy in vain.
When Taiwan resisted Japan, he served as a lobbyist for Taiwan, but he was not able to bring support to Taiwan. However, later, with the help of Wang Guorui, Taiwan took the initiative to defeat the Japanese army, and he did not have much success. But he is not to blame for this, at that time, the international situation in Taiwan was unclear, the British also supported Japan, and the Manchu central court also gave up Taiwan, and it was normal for foreigners not to support it.
As for the establishment of a special administrative region in Taiwan later, he took the initiative to come to Wang Guorui and recommended himself and asked Wang Guorui to give him a position. And Wang Guorui took a look at his resume, this resume is not simple, not only has he spent in many positions, but also has a very strategic vision, and he has a correct understanding of the ambitions of the Japanese ten years ago. And served as a diplomat. In addition, some intelligence collection and analysis skills are also very good, so that they can be fully qualified to be the leader of a diplomatic department. This kind of knowledge of various subjects, and can be familiar with foreign countries, have strategic vision, and even have a certain ability to gather intelligence, plus have many years of experience as an official. This is simply a "foreign minister" sent from heaven! Therefore, Wang Guorui immediately appointed him as the director of the Department of Friendship and Liaison with Foreign Countries to take charge of Taiwan's foreign affairs department.
"Let's meet!" Wang Guorui said.
Three days later, just after moving to the Governor's Palace in Taipei, Wang Guorui met with the German minister Hai Jing.
"Minister Haijing, why are you here with me?" Wang Guorui asked.
And Minister Haijing immediately said: "Governor Wang, congratulations on your defeat of the Japanese army this time. And the Japanese army is a student of our German army, you can defeat our German army, this is really not easy! I have heard from many Japanese military officers that your army's operational thinking in Taiwan has progressed. The weapons are advanced, and there is a super female warrior, which is compared to our German road bureau year after year. ”
"Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief!" Wang Guorui thought in his heart.
"Governor Wang, we shouldn't have bothered about the war between you and Japan, and although they are our students, we are two countries after all, and we Germany have no idea of directly intervening in foreign disputes. But. We've heard a lot of Japanese officers say that you're in the process of fighting them. Quite a few of our German rifles were used. And this rifle is being studied even by us in Germany, but it is actually installed here with you? However, I would like to say that although we do not have these rifles installed, there are many spare parts that we have also applied for patents, as for you, ......"
Haijing went around for a long time, that is, this patent issue, what Haijing said about the meaning of the patent, that is, the Germans applied for a patent. If you don't have the permission of the Germans, you can't use it casually. And no matter how Wang Guorui produced it, it must not have been authorized by the Germans. In this way, the rifles produced by Wang Guorui are also in violation of the international patent bill, so this Haijing came to find Wang Guorui's bad luck.
And Wang Guorui immediately realized that this was a trouble. This patent issue cannot be bypassed in the international community, because after all, this patent can be said to have influenced the entire era of the industrial revolution. Even the entire development of human civilization is related to the patent bill. Because of patents, scientists and engineers can obtain wealth through research, and with the stimulus of wealth, they can continue to invest in research, which further stimulates scientific development and social progress. And Wang Guorui also has to admit that this patent bill of foreign devils is indeed a good thing, and China should learn from it.
However, Wang Guorui's production of this German rifle did not obtain the authorization of the Germans, which is tantamount to infringement. This patent is a very important issue, if Wang Guorui does not comply with the provisions of this patent now, then Wang Guorui will apply for a patent for any new technology in Taiwan in the future, and all countries will not recognize this patent at that time. Patents are mutually recognized, if Wang Guorui does not recognize foreign patents, then the foreign devils will also report and report, and do not recognize Wang Guorui's patents, so Wang Guorui's loss is not small. What's more, if the provisions of patents are broken, then the bad habit of disrespecting the results of scientific research will inevitably be set off in your own country in the future, and it will be a great blow to those scientists at that time. Once such a trend is formed, it will be a little difficult for Wang Guorui to develop scientific research in his territory.
"This grandson is not good!" Wang Guorui complained in his heart.
Wang Guorui organized the language in his heart, and then said: "We express our deep apologies to the Germans for this matter. As for the damage caused to you Germans this time, then I am willing to compensate for it. However, our Taiwan region has just gone through a major war and is very poor. Therefore, we really can't come up with the money, and since we in Taiwan can't compensate us, then ask Minister Haijing to punish us in accordance with international law. I am the mastermind of this matter, please ask Minister Haijing to punish me, I am willing to accept the judgment of the Germans! ”
"Shameless!" Hai Jing was stunned in his heart.
Wang Guorui said so much, in the final analysis, it is a sentence, there is no money, there is a life. Wang Guorui naturally couldn't take the initiative to compensate these Germans with money, because if he was willing to pay, it would be a lion opening his mouth by the Germans. Therefore, in order to avoid losses, they can all accept punishments. And since Wang Guorui, the governor of Taiwan, is the mastermind, he should be sentenced if he is tried according to German law. But after all, Wang Guorui is an official of another country, and they are also the leaders of a region, so it is not easy to pull Wang Guorui to trial!
After all, Wang Guorui has tens of thousands of troops under him, and the firepower of this tens of thousands of troops is not weak, so Haijing has to obey. He learned about Wang Guorui's firepower from the army, and even the German Army was going to be beaten down with such fierce firepower. Let's not talk about the Chinese army's Su zhì, let's just say that this firepower is completely pressing down on the German army, and there is no problem.
Therefore, unless the Germans are willing to send hundreds of thousands of troops across the country to "capture" Wang Guorui, they will not be able to take Wang Guorui away at all. But will the Germans come to Wang Guorui's bad luck for the so-called patent fee? So, this is fundamentally an unsolvable problem. Therefore, Wang Guorui's so-called acceptance of trial is nonsense. And Wang Guorui just wants to rely on this money, anyway, Wang Guorui doesn't want money, there is a life, you can do it. But the Germans really have no way to deal with him, after all, it is impossible for the Germans to fight Taiwan for a patent fee.
Wang Guorui has long understood the problem here, so naturally he chose this method to repay the debt. Anyway, Wang Guorui didn't want to bear it, it was because the Germans didn't come to pursue him, so it was like this. And Hai Jing also doubted that this Wang Guorui was still not the leader of a region, and he was so fluent. People.
"Well, well, we don't have the idea of asking Taiwan for these royalties. However, we have heard from the officers of the Japanese army that you have a lot of good things in Taiwan! For example, those light artillery pieces can hit the trenches directly. In addition, you fought with the Japanese army in the trenches, but you created a new mode of warfare. And the combat system you invented, as well as all kinds of weapons, are enough to advance the entire world war mode for decades! And yours light artillery, as well as all kinds of advanced weapons, we have all heard about it. Therefore, I have come to ask Governor Wang for his permission to authorize us to produce this light submachine gun, and that light artillery. ”
Of course, Wang Guorui knows that these foreign devils are unprofitable and can't afford to be early, how can he look down on his own small Taiwan? It's not that Taiwan has a good point here, and it's a good thing for the Germans to look up to. The Germans are currently the number one army in the world and must be very interested in the change of army tactics and weapons. When the Taiwanese army was fighting the Japanese army, a number of advanced weapons emerged, and there were many advanced tactics, which made the Germans feel that they were lagging behind. There were quite a few German officers in Japan who served as instructors, so the Germans quickly learned the tactics of the Taiwanese army, so of course they came to learn from it. In fact, the armies of all countries in the world are more fond of learning, and if they know that they are lagging behind, they will definitely improve. Especially in Europe, where competition is fierce, it is even more important to learn what new weapons and new tactics come out. And only the kind of Manchu government with a brain in water would be so stubborn and unwilling to forge ahead. (To be continued......)