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After listening to Shen Wanqing's proposal, Fade Chen glanced at Shen Wanqing and Lin Yuan with a smirk, and said, "Go ahead, I don't know anything about the navy."

Lin Yuan then went to discuss with Xu Jingcheng, Xu Jingcheng hesitated after hearing Lin Yuan's proposal, and said: "I have been to the Vulcan shipyard before, but that was more than ten years ago, the current shipyard may Things have changed! I don’t know if those people I have dealt with are still there?”

Lin Yuan said: "Whether it is the design or manufacture of ships, years of experience are required. For shipyards, experienced designers and workers are more precious than gold. How can the shipyard let these people go? Don't worry, Those people you know are definitely still there."

Xu Jingcheng nodded and said, "That's good, but what reason do we have to go? That kind of place is not a park, and it's definitely not something you can enter if you want!"

Lin Yuan said: "I want to see how their naval technology has improved, so I want to see their products, so let's go in the name of buying warships."

Xu Jingcheng shook his head again and again, and said: "This is not possible. There are many procedures to purchase a warship. The first is the note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oh, in our Qing Dynasty, it is the official letter from the Prime Minister's Office of State Affairs."

Lin Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Why did you forget again, besides being the governor of the three eastern provinces, I am also the prime minister and the minister of national affairs, isn't it just a diplomatic note? I can just write you one now."

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he asked his attendants to take out paper, pens and official seals. Lin Yuan took the pen and wrote. Xu Jingcheng stretched out his hand to hold him down, and said, "No way! According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, diplomatic notes must be Submit it to His Majesty for approval, you will lose your head if you do this!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It's okay, don't you know that the emperor is far away?" After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he let Xu Jingcheng watch in panic, waved his hand to finish writing the diplomatic note, then stamped his seal, and said: " It’s fine with this, we’ll make up for other things later.”

Xu Jingcheng nodded, and took the note written by Lin Yuan to the German official in charge. At this time, a German official came to greet them. Xu Jingcheng said that he wanted to go to the shipyard. The German official heard that the Chinese wanted to Buying a warship, he immediately agreed readily. He waved and called a follower, whispered a few words, and the follower nodded and left.

For this trip to Europe, Lin Yuan has been learning German by himself, and has achieved some success, so he asked the official, "Why did that entourage go?"

The German official replied: "There is still a distance from the shipyard. It would take us three hours to walk there, so I asked him to pick up a car."

Shen Wanqing asked quietly from the side: "What did you talk to him about?"

Lin Yuan said: "He wants to get us a car and take us there."

Shen Wanqing said: "Are there already cars in this era?"

Lin Yuan said: "Of course, but it's still very primitive. If we also build a bunch of cars and buy them in their country, we will guarantee that none of their cars will be sold!" There was a roar, and a three-wheeled car came in front of them.

The German official pointed with his finger and said proudly: "This is our latest invention in Germany - the car. It takes three hours to walk, and it only takes two to ten minutes to sit on it."

Several people got into the car, Xu Jingcheng said enviously: "Look at their technology, we don't know when the Qing Dynasty will be able to produce such a thing."

Shen Wanqing muttered softly: "Never again, who would produce such an ugly and outdated thing?"

Xu Jingcheng glanced at Shen Wanqing in surprise, thinking that he had heard it wrong, so he didn't think too much. They went all the way and arrived at the Vulken shipyard, but they were stopped at the gate. The official said: " This is a Chinese envoy who wants to come to the factory to buy warships, why don't you call out the manager of the trade department?"

The worker guarding the door said: "Our manager in charge of trade is not here. He has already gone to Berlin. Even if you go in, it is useless."

The German officials chatted with the janitor for a few more words, and came back and said to Lin Yuan and Xu Jingcheng: "I just learned that our emperor, His Majesty Wilhelm II, is going to hold a technical exposition, and the shipyard is also required to participate, so the trade department of the shipyard The main person in charge has already rushed to Berlin, if you want to buy a warship, let’s talk about it in Berlin.”

Lin Yuan was still not reconciled, so he asked, "Can we go inside the factory and have a look?"

The German official said: "The shipyard has regulations, and no one else is allowed to enter the factory without the company of personnel in the factory."

At this time Xu Jingcheng asked: "What's going on? You are going to hold a technology expo, didn't you get the news?"

The German official looked embarrassed and said helplessly: "I really don't know about this matter. In fact, my position is very low. People usually don't tell me about this kind of thing."

Lin Yuan asked: "That's not right? A technology expo is going to be held, and all the high-level executives of the shipyard will be recruited. The movement of this kind of expo will definitely not be small. How could you not know?"

The official said helplessly: "I really don't know. Maybe this decision was made after I left Berlin, that is, more than half a month ago."

Shen Wanqing whispered to Lin Yuan: "Why do I feel that the German emperor is not very reliable for holding a technology expo so hastily?"

Lin Yuan said in a low voice: "You guessed it right, the current Kaiser of Germany is Wilhelm II. During his reign, he vigorously built up the navy, and Germany's military strength has improved by leaps and bounds since he was in power. At this time, Germany began to expand abroad, and this emperor is a very capable emperor, but what does this emperor say?"

Speaking of this, Lin Yuan hesitated, and Shen Wanqing asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?"

Lin Yuan said: "He is indeed very talented, which is much better than Nicholas II, but he is a very complicated emperor. On the one hand, he behaves self-willed and domineering in front of others, and on the other hand, he is actually sensitive behind others. , timid and nervous, on the one hand, he can speak eloquently and inspire people's emotions, even Bismarck is willing to bow down, on the other hand, he is full of nonsense, and once he opens his mouth, no one will know what he said at the end .”

"There are even more amazing things. On the one hand, he is superstitious in mysterious spiritualism and worships mysterious things; on the other hand, he worships science and technology. He is also a very vain emperor. To hold a masquerade ball, I had my guards change their uniforms 16 times in 37 years."

Shen Wanqing nodded, and said, "I understand that none of these emperors is a good thing."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "Hush down!"

At this moment, Xu Jingcheng looked back at Shen Wanqing. He had obviously heard her words. He couldn't get angry, so he suppressed the anger in his heart. Everyone got on the train again and arrived in Berlin at noon. After getting off the train, someone came up and said to Lin Yuan, "Our Emperor is hosting a welcome luncheon for you at the Capitol."