African Nationhood

The inspection team processed the ideas of the inspection team into a paper and submitted it to Vice Premier Shi Jinyong.

After reading the paper, Shi Jinyong exclaimed that these businessmen were not simple and saw the problem very accurately.

Shi Jinyong asked the team leader to make statistics on the companies or ideas that everyone intended to invest in, and then submit them.

The leader of the inspection team took the order and left. Shi Jinyong made some preparations and visited State Secretary Otto von Denet.

"buckle"

"Please come in."

Otto von Denet, State Secretary, is the State Secretary in charge of commerce.

In the cabinet of the German Confederation, the prime minister is responsible only for the emperor and is responsible for the imperial government, while the state secretary is responsible for a single aspect and is responsible only for the prime minister.

Therefore, State Secretary Denet was only responsible for commercial affairs, and Shi Jinyong only asked him to pass the news when he came to visit him.

Regarding the submarine and the new engine, the German Prime Minister must be interviewed.

"Hello Vice Premier Shi, what do you want from me?"

"His Excellency, State Secretary Denet, I would like to meet with His Excellency Bernhard von Bülow, Prime Minister of your country. Can you please pass the message?"

State Secretary Denet nodded, "I can pass the message for you, but do I know why you want to contact the Prime Minister?"

"This is about military cooperation. I wonder if you have the authority to know?"

State Secretary Denet immediately shook his head, "Please stop talking, I will inform you immediately."

……

Shi Jinyong was quickly notified that the Prime Minister wanted to see him.

The meeting took place at the prime minister's official residence on Dawelheim Street in Berlin. Shi Jinyong immediately took the Crown car to Berlin.

After a long journey, the tired Shi Jinyong and his entourage arrived at the prime minister's official residence in Berlin.

After some inspections, Shi Jinyong met the white-haired German Prime Minister.

The prime minister is handsome and has a determined gaze.

The first time he saw Shi Jinyong, he smiled and said, "Welcome, my African Chinese friend."

Shi Jinyong chuckled and said, "Thank you for your enthusiasm."

"Please take a seat, Mr. Vice Prime Minister.

I have been looking forward to your arrival for a long time. What good news do you have for me? "

"I would like to discuss some military deals with you. We have recently developed a new type of submarine."

Hearing what Shi Jinyong said, Prime Minister Billo was a little surprised, "Submarine? Can you solve the problem of gasoline volatilization?"

Shi Jinyong nodded, "Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we have developed a new type of engine that can use diesel instead of gasoline."

"diesel fuel?"

“It is one of the by-products of petroleum refining, and we extracted this oil very early.

The new engine is powerful and the heat efficiency ratio of oil is higher than that of gasoline. This kind of internal combustion engine has great prospects.

We can license the patent for this internal combustion engine to your country, and then exchange some issues about warship manufacturing from your country. "

Prime Minister Biro finished listening to Shi Jinyong's topic and asked, "If this new internal combustion engine is really as good as you said, why haven't you announced it for so long?"

"Because this new engine has a problem that cannot be solved, we have been looking for ways to solve this problem."

Hearing this, Prime Minister Billo also became interested, "Oh, what's the problem?"

"I can't tell you this issue yet. I can show you a video of this new engine. Do you have a movie projector here? If not, I can show you the photos.

At the same time, you can also send a telegram to the German consul George von Hertling in Hanking (Pretoria) and ask him to personally test the power of the new engine in Hanking. "

Prime Minister Biro smiled and nodded, "You have said so, I must see this new engine first."

Soon Prime Minister Biro saw images of submarines, motor boats and prototypes equipped with diesel engines in his official residence.

After viewing the video materials, Prime Minister Biro said goodbye to Shi Jinyong very cautiously. After sending Shi Jinyong away, he immediately contacted the German consul in Africa and asked him to quickly go to Nanhua to confirm the authenticity of the new engine.

George von Hertling did not waste any time and quickly contacted the South China Cabinet. Accompanied by an officer from the Navy Department, he personally experienced the submersible and surface navigation of the new submarine.

After boarding the improved motor boat "Liu Bei" to experience it, the German consul immediately replied to Prime Minister Bülow and highly praised the performance of the submarine equipped with a diesel engine.

After confirming that Nanhua had a new engine that could solve the hidden danger of gasoline evaporation in submarines, Prime Minister Biro immediately invited Shi Jinyong.

When they met again, both parties felt more relaxed.

"What do you want?"

“We need all confidential information related to warships, such as core information on high-carbon armor hull and naval gun design, etc. Here is a list of the technologies we need.

In exchange, we will hand over the latest engine data to your country and provide you with a prototype of the latest diesel engine. "

Prime Minister Biro shook his head, "Our country needs your submarine prototype."

Shi Jinyong also shook his head at this request.

"This won't work. We can't promise your country. This is related to our military secrets."

Hearing that Shi Jinyong rejected his request, Prime Minister Biro was not angry. He asked instead: "Under what conditions are you willing to exchange prototype submarines?"

Shi Jinyong thought for a while and said: "Let's get a loan. We need a lot of loans. Give us another 10 billion low-interest loans."

Prime Minister Bilo was a little surprised by this request, "You, you need so many loans, what do you want to do?"

Shi Jinyong chuckled, "Of course we need to build large shipyards and heavy artillery factories. We need to build 3-ton battleships.

How about your country using this loan to help us build a large shipyard? "

Prime Minister Biro welcomed South China's request. Since the beginning of the new century, all European powers have inevitably fallen into the quagmire of economic crisis.

Britain has begun to erect tariff barriers to prevent foreign goods from entering the British market.

Therefore, Germany seized this opportunity and exported ferrous metals vigorously. Germany's national power is rapidly increasing.

The British could only be anxious about this situation. The British could not sit back and watch Germany overtake them, so they put down their arrogant heads and came to Germany to form an alliance.

After Prime Minister Biro came to power, he did not accept the olive branch from the British. The British had no choice but to find Germany's enemies, France and Russia, to form an alliance.

……

Although Germany's economic situation is now better than that of Britain, they learned through spy investigation that Britain provided a large amount of aid to build industries in South China, which led to greater growth in Britain's economy.

Such a good opportunity makes the Germans jealous, and now that Nanhua has come to visit them, they cannot let go of such a good thing.

It is a good thing to stimulate the rapid growth of Germany's domestic real economy by aiding the construction of Nanhua.

"Okay, but besides the shipyard and artillery factory, what else do you want?"

Shi Jinyong chuckled: "There is no rush in this matter, we need to be patient.

Let’s discuss the core secrets about the warship first. As for the submarine and engine, we both need to sign a secret agreement, and we cannot disclose the secrets of the new internal combustion engine and the new submarine casually. "

Prime Minister Bilo was even more happy, "Well, your request is very good, and this is exactly what I want to say."

As a result, after many days of negotiation, the two sides formally signed the "Chinese-Germany: Berlin Secret Treaty".

1. China and Germany reached an equal deal on the confidential information of German warships and the patents of the new internal combustion engine of the South China Dominion.

2. Both parties must strictly keep each other's confidentiality and shall not disclose it to third parties at will. In addition, the South China Autonomous Region's new engine patent shall not be published within five years.

3. In addition, the South China Dominion donated a prototype submarine equipped with a new engine to the German Federation.

4. In return for Nanhua’s gift of a new type of submarine, the German Federation granted the Nanhua Dominion a low-interest loan of 10 billion German marks. The interest was still 10% and the term was years. The two parties agreed that the loan could be repaid in a lump sum upon maturity.

5. The low-interest loan granted to Nanhua by the German Federation can only be used to purchase German technology and mechanical products and cannot be used in other countries.

6. Enterprises assisted by the German Federation must provide enough technical personnel to teach workers and engineers in the South China Autonomous Territory to ensure that South China workers and technical personnel can fully learn.

...(End of chapter)