Located 126 kilometres from Berlin and crossed by the railway from Berlin to East Prussia, Szczecin has been one of the most important and powerful seaports on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea since the 12th century and the birthplace of Tsarina Catherine II.

Since it is an important seaport, the shipbuilding industry must have been very developed, but the most famous of them is the Volken shipyard.

The plant is located on the banks of the Oder River, the plant covers an area of 100 hectares, and has nine large and small docks in the shipyard, the most notable of which is the third and fourth docks, which are being built here is the Saxon Improved class, the Calm 2 ship.

On this day, Liu Buyun got up early in the morning, and after exercising, he happened to see Wei Han who came with him.

"Brother Ji Qian, get up so early."

Wei Han, who was stopped by Liu Buyun, looked at the sweat stains on his shirt and said with a smile. "Where am I early, or your Zixiang is early, this has been practiced."

"No way, it's all used to it, and it's uncomfortable if you don't practice for a day."

The two chatted for a while and then dispersed, and after each washed up, they started a new day's work.

That's right, the two of them are the people in charge of receiving the two warships, of which Liu Buyun is responsible for leading the selected naval officers and soldiers to familiarize themselves with the two warships, while Wei Han is responsible for supervising the construction of the warships.

So they need to go to the Volkeng shipyard every day to keep an eye on, and they don't dare to relax at all.

When the two felt that the Volkeng shipyard was in the shipyard, they found that the atmosphere in the shipyard was very wrong today, and the workers in the shipyard were busy cleaning, and not many people went to work.

Both of them knew some German, and when they saw this, they immediately pulled over to a person in charge and asked. "What's going on?"

"There are big people coming to inspect today."

The news they got from the shipyard personnel didn't make them pay much attention. It was not that they had never met the big German figures, and they remembered that when they first came, they were received by the German Vice-Minister of the Navy.

But it didn't take long for them to realize how naïve they were. Several carriages, accompanied by the escorts, arrived at the shipyard. Magu Gilbert, who was the head of the shipyard, immediately greeted him with people.

"I've seen His Royal Highness, and I've seen His Majesty Carlo."

It was the eldest grandson of the emperor and the king, which surprised the two of them a little.

That's right, these were Wilhelm II and Carlo, who got out of the carriage and talked to the Gilbert for a while. Carlo's sharp eyes saw two oriental faces standing beside him, so he pointed to them and asked. "Is this the representative of the Qing Kingdom?"

"Yes, Your Majesty King Carlo, they are Liu Hewei, the representative of the Qing State in the factory."

"May I invite them over, we are just going to visit the warship they have built, how can we do this without the consent of the master?"

"Of course, there is no problem."

So Liu Buyun and Wei Han saw Gilbert, the head of the shipyard, waving his hand and shouting loudly at them. "Liu, Wei, please come over for a while."

The two who were inexplicably called to the front of them were wide-eyed and a little incredulous when they heard that an Italian king and the emperor's eldest grandson planned to go to the warship built for them, but Liu Buyun reacted quickly. Immediately replied. "Of course, there is no problem with this, and it is a great honor for our country to let the two of you visit the warship."

Although Liu Buyun's German was stumbling, everyone still understood it, so Carlo then replied. "Thank you for your permission."

So after joining the two Qing representatives, the group walked towards the No. 3 and No. 4 docks.

"This is the Saxony Improved Class 1 and 2 ships we built for Qingguo, the hull of the first ship has been completed and is ready to be launched and outfitted, and the hull of the second ship has also been built 85% and is expected to be launched in three months."

Arriving at the dock, Gilbert briefed the two distinguished guests on the current situation of the two warships.

Looking at the two unfinished warships, Carlo asked, "Can we go up and have a look?" ”

Gilbert immediately replied after looking at Liu Buyun and Wei Han. "Absolutely."

So the group boarded the No. 1 Dingyuan ship, which was already ready to be launched, and stood on the deck that had not yet been painted, and Gilbert continued to diligently introduce its performance to the two.

"The ship has a standard displacement of 7,220 tons, a full load displacement of 7,670 tons, and uses a three-cylinder reciprocating steam engine. Twin-propeller propulsion, equipped with eight boilers. The main guns are 4 305mm breech guns made by Krupp, and the secondary guns are 2 Krupp 150mm breech guns......"

Gilbert then introduced the fish, speedboats, and armor of the warship. Although Gilbert said it in a big way, it doesn't change the fact that it is a second-class ironclad. Among them, the design of the main guns of the two ships is very unreasonable, and its equipment is equipped with 305 retired guns, all of which are installed on the foredeck, although the left and right staggered design is adopted, but it does not meet the needs of future naval warfare at all.

This reduces the accuracy of its firepower against the rear, making it difficult for ships of this class to deal with enemies going around the rear. Of course, this is also Carlo's perspective from later generations, in this era, there has not been a large-scale naval battle of ironclad ships, and it is normal for designers not to know what ironclad ships need.

"Your country's warship construction technology is not inferior to our country at all, and I believe that in the future, we will definitely see the German fleet soaring above the ocean."

Wilhelm II, of course, knew that Carlo was saying this to himself, but it was good to listen to this compliment, he would not take it seriously. You must know that Italy has built 10,000-ton first-class armored ships, while Germany does not have that capability at present.

"Carlo, you have an overreputation, the current strength of the German Navy is not able to do this."

Carlo's conversation with Wilhelm II, others can not interject, can only serve as a background board, of course, the background board has two more Chinese figures.

Of course, Carlo and Wilhelm II came to the Volkeng shipyard, and it was impossible to leave after seeing the Calm 2 ship, and they still had to see the others more or less, so the industrious Lord Gilbert took the two of them to the other part of the shipyard.

As for Liu Buyun and Wei Han, they naturally didn't follow.

Looking at the group of people who were far away, Liu Buyun always felt that something was wrong, so he opened his mouth to ask Wei Han. "Ji Qian, why do you say that the eldest grandson of the Kaiser brought the King of Italy to see the second ship of Calming?"

Wei Han, who also didn't come up with a reason, opened his mouth to suggest to him. "Zixiang, how do I know about this problem, why don't you report it to Lord Zhongtang?"

"Lord Zhongtang is so busy, how dare you work the boss for this little thing."

Liu Buyun shook his head like a tinkling drum, he wouldn't report it, maybe this is someone else's interest, just take a look?

Well, this Lord Liu is the truth.