African Nationhood

September 1908 was the golden season in Germany, the best time of autumn in Germany.

During this season, the German landscape is picturesquely decorated with colorful autumn leaves.

"Woo~~~"

The "Handu" cruise ship slowly docked, and then a group of Chinese people crowded at the gangway waiting to disembark.

Qin Laosi and his party got off the cruise ship and arrived at the Port of Hamburg. They looked up and felt fresh. Is this a powerful country in Europe?

He was a member of the business delegation to Germany organized by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Since he made his first pot of gold by making tofu, his development in the food industry has become smoother.

Later, Qin Laosi relied on the freshness of the vegetables and the materials he used to win the favor of the "military supply", and he completely embarked on the "money road", and his connections and influence also expanded accordingly.

He heard that China was organizing a group of industrial and commercial representatives to go to Germany for inspection, so he asked for connections to join the delegation.

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The original intention of establishing this delegation was to provide low-interest loans from Germany. How to spend the money requires careful planning.

This money cannot simply be spent on low-end industrial categories. This money must be used to introduce higher-level industrial technologies.

Domestic private owners who have been trained are limited by their own conditions and have limited knowledge and quality. They lack a lot in business development and planning.

Therefore, Shi Jinyongcai suggested to Ouyang Geng that he conduct an inspection trip to allow domestic private owners to see the world and increase their knowledge.

Even if these representatives do not work on projects during this inspection, it is always beneficial to go out and see the world.

Ouyang Geng naturally agreed with this suggestion, so he approved the Ministry of Industry and Commerce's plan.

……

Now that he has arrived in Germany, there are blond and blue-eyed foreigners everywhere, speaking a language he does not understand. Naturally, his mood is very different and he is even more excited.

"My mother, come here, what kind of place is this?

This place is actually more elegant than our hot spring city (today’s Windhoek, Namibia). Look at the cars here and the foreigners and girls here, tsk tsk~”

The speaker was a thin man, older than Qin Laosi, but his eyes never left the foreign woman passing nearby.

"Let me tell you, these foreign girls are so exciting. I have played with them once in Jinshan Town."

When Qin Laosi heard this guy bragging, a look of disgust appeared on his face.

Even though he doesn't have much strength, he still likes to brag. He makes a big deal out of everything he says.

What do foreign girls do? He played with them until he vomited.

"Boss Wang Xiaohaiwang, can you please stop being embarrassed?

That person here is no better than you. If you don’t understand, just talk less and watch carefully. "

Wang Xiaohai is the owner of a cotton spinning factory and earns more than 100,000 yuan a year. He is indeed the smallest in this business group.

After being taught a lesson by Qin Laosi, Wang Xiaohai didn't fight back and just smiled.

Seeing that the bosses around him were glaring at him, he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

……

Most of Qin Laosi's group of people are from the Namib region, and the businessmen from the Matabeleland region are the real big bosses.

They can only count as one of their fingers. The reason why they can follow this time is mainly the civil servants of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Seeing that they are willing to invest in expanding the scale, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has relaxed restrictions.

During this inspection trip to Germany, they will visit a series of industrial machinery factories in Germany including steel, electric power, machine tools, ships, food and agricultural machinery.

The intention of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is not only to let domestic private businessmen see the gap between South China and foreign industrial powers, but also to let everyone see the way forward.

After all, you can only make progress by watching more and learning more. Blindly working behind closed doors will only make you more and more confused.

……

"Dear business representatives of the delegation, please follow my order and gather here. I want to announce some precautions to you."

Qin Laosi and others immediately leaned towards the leader who spoke obediently.

This time the delegation was led by Vice Premier Shi Jinyong, and he was only required to explain minor matters to the members.

“Everyone, listen up, officials from Hamburg, Germany will send someone to pick us up when we get here, and we will stay at a hotel in Hamburg.

No one is allowed to act at will during your stay. If you have something to do, you must ask me for leave. You can only act after getting my permission.

In addition, don’t take too many belongings with you. The security conditions here are not very good. If you are robbed, just give your belongings to the other party directly. Don’t risk your life for money, remember? "

After hearing this, everyone answered in unison: "Remember." After Wang Xiaohai answered, he couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "There are fucking robbers. Although our hot spring city is a little behind here, there is no robbery. "

Qin Laosi glared at him, "Can you speak less?"

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Not long after, many carriages came to pick up the Nanhua delegation. As the carriages passed through the streets of Hamburg, they were no longer in the mood to appreciate the foreign scenery.

There is nothing new here after seeing many things. Although they have more buildings than those in Nanhua.

But the spirit of the citizens here is no better than that of Nanhua citizens. They see more beggars and poor people here.

Nanhua has basically eliminated poverty, and everyone has work and food to eat.

When they arrived at the hotel, everyone went to their rooms to rest as instructed by the team leader. Unfortunately, Qin Laosi was assigned a room with Wang Xiaohai.

When he arrived at the room, Wang Xiaohai looked at the room of more than ten square meters and couldn't help but murmur.

"The conditions here are too bad. The Germans are really stingy, so why can't they get us a high-end hotel?"

Qin Laosi also felt that the reception conditions here were too poor. His house in Hot Spring City was spacious and bright, but the conditions were much better than here.

"This is an official reception. If you come alone, you won't be able to enjoy it."

The two of them sat alone in the room for a while, and then Wang Xiaohai couldn't sit still and tried to say: "Boss Qin, why don't we go out and find a place to eat something good later? This hotel is so shabby, and the designated food is not good." no."

Qin Laosi shook his head, "Don't act recklessly. You didn't hear the team leader say it's not safe here. You'd better stay here and eat."

Wang Xiaohai could only follow the advice and wait for the food in the hotel.

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Today's meal was not bad, including sauerkraut stewed pork, beer and bread. After eating, everyone felt that the taste here was similar to that in Nanhua, and they all felt that life here was not bad.

The next day, a group of them took a carriage and visited the Hamburg Shipyard.

On the way to the Hamburg Shipyard, the delegation leader asked the accompanying German guide to share something about Hamburg with the delegation, and he acted as a translator.

German guides are naturally happy to share this with foreigners as part of their national pride.

"Hamburg is a large city and port in the northern part of the German Empire, located at the mouth of the Elbe, Alster and Biele rivers.

The Port of Hamburg is a world-class port and the gateway to the world for our German Federation.

Hamburg's transportation is very developed, with rivers crisscrossing the city and more than a thousand bridges.

The shipyard we are going to visit today is called Falken Shipyard. The shipyard was founded in 1851 and was the first shipyard in Germany capable of building iron-hulled ships.

The shipyard of Falcon was renamed Stettin-Valken in 1856 due to a change of owners.

For better development, Falcon Shipyard also built locomotives before. In 1867, Falcon Shipyard began building warships.

In 1880, the Falcon shipyard had its first floating dock, which was destroyed by fire in 1883.

From 1895 to 1897, the Falcon shipyard underwent a large-scale expansion.

Today, Falcon Shipyard has more than 7000 workers.

Last year, in order to meet the needs of building large ships, Falcon Shipyard placed the shipbuilding dock directly in the factory in the Port of Hamburg. "

After finishing speaking, the German guide thought of something again and added: "When everyone arrives inside the shipyard, gentlemen, please don't leave my sight.

Because the work inside the shipyard is very busy, our visit will have an impact on the factory workers.

If people wander around and delay the progress of the factory, the factory owner will complain to the city government about me. "

Hearing what the Germans said, Wang Xiaohai couldn't help but mutter: "We are guests, shouldn't we be more hospitable and considerate when we get here?

There are rules and regulations, if I had known that I would suffer these foreign crimes when I went out, I would not have come. "

Qin Laosi glared at this guy and threatened: "If you want to go back, I will go to Vice Premier Shi and ask him to let you go."

Hearing what Qin Laosi said, Wang Xiaohai immediately got scared and said with a smile: "No, Boss Qin, don't take it seriously, I was just talking casually.

You also know that I have a bad mouth and can't stop talking! "

Qin Laosi snorted and then stopped paying attention to this guy.

A large factory building appeared in front of them, and Falcon Shipyard arrived. (End of chapter)