Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 202 German-American Relations
rick.After Heinz disembarked from Tianjin, he came directly to the capital in a carriage.Although the road was bumpy, he didn't feel tired. On the contrary, he became quite interested in the vibrant Qing Dynasty.

Just after the carriage entered the capital, Rick.Heinz suddenly wanted to get a close and comprehensive understanding of this ancient oriental capital.

"Don't rush to the airship manufacturing factory, let's go around the capital." Rick.Heinz sat down and said.

"Okay, sir." The driver promised softly.

The carriage took Heinz around the capital aimlessly, because this time he came with the German business cooperation group.Therefore, the concealment is extremely strong, and all the officials of the Qing Dynasty did not know that Germany sent a cabinet minister to make a surprise inspection of the progress of the airship's manufacturing.

After the carriage entered the western suburbs of the capital, Heinze saw a strange scene from the window.A group of Qing people with braids are discussing something around two foreigners, and behind them is a giant parked. This thing made of unknown materials looks like an eagle flying in the sky, and it is very popular nowadays. A bicycle has three wheels, and there is a seat in the middle that can accommodate one person.

"Stop, what are they doing?" Heinze called out loudly.

"It's Your Excellency." The coachman skillfully controlled the carriage and stopped steadily.

Before the carriage stopped, Heinze couldn't wait to jump down.But before they got close to them, two Qing soldiers in navy blue military uniforms pulled Heinze down.

"Stop, what are you doing?" A soldier said to Heinze, holding a rifle made in Hanyang made by the Qing Dynasty.

Heinze raised his hands and said helplessly in German: "Oh, don't be like this, I'm just passing by, I want to go in and see what they are doing?"

The two soldiers did not understand German, looked at each other, and continued to warn loudly: "Leave quickly, the military is important, idlers are not allowed to enter."

At this time, the driver and interpreter who was driving came hurriedly.He stopped between Heinze and the two soldiers, and said in standard Chinese: "Don't get me wrong, this is a businessman from Germany, Mr. Heinze. He happened to pass by here, and he was very interested in the big bird parked there." Interested, just wanted to find out."

A soldier saw a foreigner who could speak Chinese coming, and heard that the other party was a German, so he immediately put down his raised rifle.At this time, the Qing Dynasty and Germany were very strong allies, so the tone of the soldiers suddenly became polite.

"Tell this Mr. Heinze that this is an important military site and no one can be allowed in. Please leave immediately!"

When the interpreter told Heinze about this, he frowned deeply, trying to justify himself.But never spoke.

After a long time, he said to the coachman, "Ask them, who are those two foreigners?"

"Mr. Heinze asked, are those two Germans also? Can we have a chat with them?" the coachman said to the soldiers.

A soldier said with a smile: "No, it's Americans. You don't have a common language. Leave quickly, or it will be difficult for our commander to see it."

"Okay, let's go." Heinze said coldly after getting the driver's translation, then turned and left.

American?Heinze, who returned to the carriage, recalled the words of the Qing soldiers.When did the Qing people invite American technicians to the capital?What are they developing there?Could it be that the Qing Dynasty sold our German airship technology to the United States?Or what kind of technical support did the Americans provide for Qing to develop new weapons?
A series of problems could not be explained, which made Heinze no longer continue to visit this ancient oriental capital.

"Go directly to the airship factory." Heinze said to the coachman.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The coachman replied driving the carriage.

Not long after, Heinze arrived at the airship factory jointly opened by China and Germany.

After the visit, Heinze had to lament the rich human resources of the Qing Dynasty.There are too many labor forces in the Qing Dynasty. There are more than 1 Qing workers in an airship manufacturing plant.Although they only receive a salary of ten silver dollars per month, this is already a very large fortune for them.

You know, only ten years ago.The per capita annual income of the Qing Dynasty was only one tael of silver, which is ten silver dollars today.Today, an ordinary worker can receive ten silver dollars a month.

According to the food price at that time, a catty of rice only cost two cents.A penny can buy five catties of rice, one silver dollar can buy fifty catties of rice, and ten silver dollars can buy five hundred catties of rice.

And the price of pork is only two taels of money per catty. One silver dollar can buy five catties of pork, and ten silver dollars can buy ten catties of pork.

So at that time, there were many cities with heavy industrial manufacturing factories on the southeast coast and the capital.The living standards of the people have undergone earth-shaking changes in the past ten years, and they have no worries about food and clothing.There will be no more famines etc.

Only a few poor provinces in the northwest have not yet solved the problem of food and clothing.Abundant human resources ensured the vigorous development of the manufacturing industry in the Qing Dynasty. While capital and technology were guaranteed, the productivity was almost three times that of Germany.

In just a few months since the establishment of the airship factory, nearly 100 airships have been produced.At this time, a large number of airship pilots in the Qing Dynasty had not yet passed the training.The airship was just neatly parked in the empty base without any test flight.But it can be seen from the appearance that the quality of these airships is very high.

"Mr. Heinze? ​​It's a surprise. Why are you here? It's amazing to see you here!" German Manhami, the technical director of the airship factory, gave Heinze a hug excitedly.

"Haha, yes. I was ordered by His Majesty to come here to see the progress of the airship." Heinze blinked and continued, "I didn't inform the Qing Dynasty this time, so I ask you to protect my identity." Keep it a secret. Your Majesty doesn't want the Qing people to know that I'm here!"

"Oh, I understand. But Your Majesty is still worrying too much. As you can see, the Qing people here are really hardworking. And they are not inferior to us Germans at all, and they are very capable of learning." Manhami was happy Said.

"Your Excellency, you know that there is a large research base like this in the western suburbs of the capital. They are researching a new type of weapon, and there are a large number of soldiers like here, and two American technicians lead a group of Qing people .Do you know about this?" Heinze said, frowning.

"I've seen it, but I don't know it's an American. I don't know what they are studying, but it doesn't seem to have much to do with our airship." Manhami made no secret of his indifference.

Heinze was a little angry at Manhami's reaction, and said coldly: "We should know more about our allies, and we can't wait for them to create advanced weapons like grenades and mortars before buying them. .”

"Your Excellency is overthinking. The Qing people only have some technical ability in light weapons. Others can be ignored, but you are right. Since two American technicians are helping the Qing Dynasty to develop it, then I believe the United States must know about it. We can put pressure on the United States to jointly participate in the development." Manhami proposed.

After hearing this, Heinze's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself: Yes, Germany can also participate in the development by putting pressure on the United States.This is much more direct than going to propose to the Qing Dynasty.

They all firmly believed that the Qing Dynasty did not have the ability or technology to develop large-scale offensive weapons, and the United States must be behind it.

That night, Heinze told Wilhelm II in Berlin all the power generation he saw in the capital of the Qing Dynasty.It might not have occurred to him that the United States had no idea that any technicians had come to the Qing Dynasty, let alone what weapons they were developing with the Qing Dynasty.

The relationship between Germany and the United States may undergo subtle changes because of what the Wright brothers did in the Qing Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)