After finishing his conversation with Tycho, Xu Jie spent two nights perfecting his plan. In the current situation, if Xu Jie wants to join the Italian delegation to Beiyang, he will have to wait at least until the X-class tour design is completed, and this can only be done with Bryn's consent. As for the Beiyang side, with Xue Fucheng's arrangement, I believe that Li Hongzhang will express goodwill to the Italian delegation. Although Beiyang was not equipped with any Italian equipment before this. After all, neither Lao Li nor his think tanks are proficient in technology, and in terms of equipment procurement, Lao Li still relies on those diplomats who are away all the year round. The only thing that worries Xu Jie is Beiyang's funding. According to historical development, Master Weng's excerpt to stop the purchase of warships will definitely be up, and now Xu Jie's purpose is to get a sum of money for Beiyang before King Alcohol is still in the Prime Minister's Yamen to see if he can come up again. It would be too difficult to wait until that Master Weng came forward and Cixi's "Please Stop Buying Ship Machinery and Cut Yongying Fold" was born and then ask for money. Therefore, in the past two days, Xu Jie wrote a letter to Xue Fucheng, the main content of which was to ask him to find a way to raise money. On the other hand, it is to ask Xue Fucheng to arrange a contact person who can be stationed in Italy, so as to facilitate the contact between Xue Fucheng and Xu Jie.

If the fundraising mentioned in Xu Jie's letter to Xue Fucheng was done with the idea of trying it out, then Xu Jie's meeting with Garin was a real financial preparation.

"You mean that there will be a financial crisis in the North Ocean in the near future, which will affect the plan to order warships from Italy?" Garin raised her eyebrows slightly.

"After all, the cost of 600,000 pounds and the cost of nearly 800 people are not a small number, and the amount of this purchase will exceed the sum of the two ironclad ships ordered by Beiyang in Dingzhen that year. I'm not sure if there will be a financial crisis, but there will be a financial hole. Xu Jie replied.

"And in your eyes, I'm the one who bridges the loopholes? Very nice plan. Garin sneered.

"We just take what we need, I need your financial support, and you need a chance to meddle in Beiyang. That's all. Xu Jie looked at Garin, who had a somewhat gloomy face, and said, "You will definitely not lose money in this deal." ”

"I need a guarantee." Garin said coldly.

"I can open an account in your bank and deposit all the money I've earned so far and probably will make in the future into this account if you don't make the expected profit. The money is yours. Xu Jie took a deep breath and said. Prior to this, Xu Jie had also considered whether to tell Beiyang's current predicament to Sù Gailin, after all, this news was likely to make the deal stillborn. But if you don't tell us, once the situation really reaches the point where there is no money available, there will be no turnaround. If Gaylin is notified now, at least the two sides can work together.

"What the hell can you sue me for? The wealth he had worked so hard to accumulate was actually used in this desperate deal? Garin asked with interest.

"Like you, for the sake of an ideal, relatively speaking, you are already a British nobleman, but it is even more unbelievable that you want to restore a country that has disappeared for a thousand years." Xu Jie smiled bitterly.

"I'm very happy today." After a moment of silence, Garin burst out laughing.

"Why?" Xu Jie asked puzzled.

"Because I have finally found someone like me, who has a lot of wealth and does not enjoy life, but invests his limited energy and money in a hopeless cause. And these two people can still work together, isn't this God's arrangement? Garin said with a smile.

"Maybe. However, I believe that what we have done will not be in vain. God is fair, and since he has arranged for such two people and arranged for such two people to work together, I don't think God will let his carefully arranged people and things go in vain. Xu Jie faced Garin's difficult humor.

After finishing the meeting with Gaylin and arranging liaison personnel with Xue Fucheng, Xu Jie and his party finally embarked on a cruise to Germany. After passing through the changeable North Sea, they finally arrived at another destination of their trip, the port of Kiel in Germany. Compared with the enthusiasm of the British, the German side was much colder. After all, there is a two-way exchange between Britain and Italy, each taking what he needs, while Xu Jie and others came to Germany just to buy some products. In the eyes of the Germans, Xu Jie and others were just businessmen. Naturally, you don't have to put too much effort into borrowing. Unexpectedly, in this seemingly simple reception, Xu Jie's contact with certain people not only had a huge impact on later generations, but also changed the direction of history to a certain extent.

"Hello, Dear Mr. Xu. Are you satisfied with the environment? If you need anything, you can call my adjutant or contact me directly, my name is Alfred von Tirpitz. A naval officer with a Prussian beard said.

"Hello, it's my pleasure to meet you." Although Xu Jie had already deduced from the many portraits and photos of the founder of the High Seas Fleet in his previous life that the German in front of him was Tirpitz himself, he still unconsciously used honorifics when answering. For Tirpitz himself, although his efforts did not make the German Navy really go to the ocean, his ability did make Xu Jie admire.

"You're so gracious. It's an honor to meet a design master like you. Tirpitz said flatteredly. It is no wonder that Tirpitz in 1889 was merely a colonel.