The tense year of Jianyuan 3985, that is, 1885 AD, passed like this.

Media around the world breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. According to the fate of China and Britain fighting every five years, it has been ten years since the last Sino-British war.

In the last five years, just when the whole world believed that China and Britain were about to start war, the British Empire unexpectedly chose to remain silent. This was directly related to the severe destruction of the British Empire's military power in the last war. It took time to recover.

Now the second five years have passed, and just when the whole world believes that China and Britain will inevitably go to war, the British Empire chose to do not resist, exchange space for time, and exchange the huge British Empire colonies for respite.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the alliance between Britain, the United States and Japan. If the British Empire itself confronts the Chinese Empire, then the war will break out. However, after the alliance between Britain, the United States and Japan, especially the United States, the United States and the United States, had a huge economic output and industrial strength surpassed the British Empire, second only to the Chinese Empire. The combined economic output of Britain, the United States and Japan was almost the same as that of the Chinese Empire. In this way, the possibility of the war breaking out will become smaller, because neither side will gamble. The greater the family and the greater the business, the more they cannot afford to lose. This is an eternal rule. Without full confidence, neither side will easily detonate a full-scale war.

For this reason, the Chinese Empire made small fuss, gradually eroding the overseas colonies of the British Empire and squeezing the living space of the British, American and Japanese alliance.

Faced with such small actions, the British, American and Japanese alliance could only stare at me. As long as I was not prepared to go to war with the Chinese Empire in full swing, I had to tolerate it.

However, an interview speech by Zhang Junzu, an authoritative military expert from the Chinese Empire, pointed out the benefits and disadvantages of this situation, which hit the nail on the head.

"Military alliances help maintain a delicate balance between great powers and powerful powers, and help prevent small-frequency wars from breaking out, which is a benefit for the whole world. Mutual compromise between great powers will create a peaceful and prosperous scene in a short time. But this is an illusion, a brief peaceful and prosperous life."

Director Zhang pointed out: "In order to obtain short-term peace, great powers have to sacrifice some small interests. For example, in order to gain strategic breathing time, the British Empire had to give up Papua, Solomon Islands and New Zealand. In order to break free from the quagmire of the Cuban battlefield, the United States transferred Cuba to the Chinese Empire, which was actually a loss. Small interests similar to losses were exchanged for peace in a short time, but with the continuous accumulation of these small interests and contradictions, it will break out in a concentrated manner in ten or twenty years. Once the next war breaks out, it will be unprecedented and a great disaster in human history."

The content of this interview was published on the headlines of the Central Daily News, attracting the high attention and attention of military strategists from all over the world.

Even Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister of the German Empire, publicly praised the views of the Zhangji Office, saying that people of all countries need to cherish the short-term peace and prosperity in front of them.

The second French Empire emperor Napoleon III also took the opportunity to show his face in front of the world, saying that the large-scale arms race between the navy and army of countries around the world will break out in the future and will become a catastrophe for mankind. I hope that all countries can pay attention to it. Emperor Napoleon III of France suggested that an international conference be held, and the heads of various countries should negotiate together to end the arms race and avoid war.

For the German Empire, they couldn't wait because with the arrival of the second fifth year, China and Britain did not break out as expected. The British Empire made concessions to the Chinese Empire step by step, and a large number of colonies made the Chinese Empire cheaper, which made the German Empire very unhappy. I thought that taking advantage of the Chinese Empire and the British Empire to start a war with the British Empire, the German Empire snatched the British Empire's colonies, but now it's ruined. The German Empire had to rely on its own strength to compete for colonies with the British Empire in Africa, and the demand for naval power was imminent.

At the same time, the German Empire had Bismarck, the shrewd prime minister. Seeing that the Chinese Empire was reluctant to build fearless battleships for the German Navy, there must be something wrong with this, and it must be the killer technology of the Chinese Empire. Therefore, Germany must obtain this technology as soon as possible.

This time, Earl Tarl brought Germany's hope, but prepared a lot of gifts to the Chinese Empire. He was mentally prepared to be ruthlessly killed by the Chinese Empire, so he brought giants from various industries from the German Empire to buy them in large quantities, which was actually to give money to the Chinese Empire. He hoped that when the Chinese Empire was happy, he would take care of the German Empire.

With this feeling, Count Tal and his delegation transferred to the airship of the Chinese Empire Tourism Company, flew directly from Berlin to Baghdad, and then took the World Railway to cross the western region of the Chinese Empire with more than 10 million square kilometers, and finally went directly to the capital Beijing.

At the Beijing Railway Station, the German Empire special train slowly stopped.

In order to show the friendship of the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire sent the second prince and Admiral Lin Jiyun to welcome Count Tar and his group.

The second prince was just named King of Yan, serving as the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue of the Chinese Empire and the second minister of the Duzhi Department. This time the German Empire delegation came to "spend money", so the second prince is very suitable for both his identity and position.

As for Lin Jiyun, although he was only a general, no one in the Chinese Empire has obtained the title of marshal, so the general is the highest military rank, which is comparable to the marshal of the German Empire.

The principle of reciprocity must be adopted when choosing diplomatic personnel. If the official title is higher than the other party, it means raising the other party. Generally, it means small countries welcome big countries. If the official title is lower than the other party, it means looking down on the other party. Generally, it means strong countries welcome weak countries.

The Chinese Empire sent a prince and a navy to welcome the German delegation, which gave the German Empire enough face.

Of course, it is still the power of money. If the German Empire delegation wants to visit China, it must greet the Chinese Empire in advance and obtain permission from the Chinese Empire before it can visit. There is a lot of knowledge. One of the important ones is that the purpose of the German delegation visiting China must be informed of the Chinese Empire. Therefore, before the Tarr delegation arrived at the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire already knew their purpose.

It is the real reason why the second prince personally welcomes it.

"I am worthy of being His Highness, King Yan, and I am able to hold an important position in the Ministry of Revenue at a young age. I heard that the prince fought pirates in the Strait of Malacca and made great achievements!"

Wow haha!

The second prince was very happy. That time, when the pirate mission in Malacca was fought, three royal brothers fought wits and courage. Especially when they were fighting to sink the pirate warship, the British were crying and crying. Later, people all over the world knew how the three princes fought pirates at that time and became the world's "celebrity" for a while.

"I dare not be accused of it! As the marshal of the German Empire, Earl Tar is worth learning from in many places! If you have time, I hope you will give me some advice!"

The two praised each other and happily completed the welcoming ceremony.

The capital railway station was built in the suburbs because the Chinese Emperor Li Weiguo was reluctant to demolish the city gate walls. You should know that in the 21st century, most of the famous city gate walls were demolished, which was a serious trampling on and disrespect for history and culture.

Now that Li Weiguo has become the emperor, this kind of thing is obviously not allowed to happen. The train station can only be built in the suburbs outside the city.

Therefore, the distance between the train station and the Empire Hotel we were staying at was relatively far.

However, the Chinese Empire has a special welcoming fleet, the world's top and most luxurious Chinese-branded sedan, carrying Tarr and his group of people on the road. There are motorcycle teams in front, back, left and right, and red and blue warning lights flash alternately, which is quite grand and cool!

Sitting on the comfortable sofa in the car, Earl Taal and other members of the German delegation were surprised. This kind of luxury car had never been in Germany before, and even the rich people in the delegation could not buy it even if they had money.

"This time, you must buy such a luxury Chinese sedan and return to China, so that the bosses of those competing companies will be envious and jealous!" A great businessman from the German Empire said excitedly, stroking everything in the car, as obsessed as a woman who caressed him.

"I've entered the city! Look outside quickly! It's so prosperous!"

"Wow, there are high-rise buildings on both sides of the road, one is taller than the other, the lowest is six or seven floors, and the highest row of buildings may have fifty or sixty floors!"

"Look at the sign above, it's Beiyang Weapon Group! The world's top 500 companies ranked first, so it must be their main building. It's really rich and powerful!"

"It is said that the world's tallest building is also in Beijing, with 88 stories high!"

"That must be the imperial bank of the Chinese Empire! It is the richest bank in the world. The gold reserves alone are as high as 8,000 tons. The financial centers of the world are located in Beijing, and they control one-quarter of the world's financial wealth!"

"Oh, it's such an eye-opening. Have you noticed it! Every time you pass an intersection, there are traffic lights around you! Vehicles are allowed to drive when the light is green!"

"I've seen it long ago! Tell you how prosperous the Chinese Empire is, you don't have to look at the skyscrapers, just look at the number of vehicles and pedestrians on the streets! In Berlin, it's the most prosperous city in the empire, with an average of one thousand people owning one car! And in the Chinese Empire, you will find that there are more cars here than people!"

There are more cars than people, which is enough to show the economic prosperity of the Chinese Empire, the wealthy people's lives, and the unparalleled industrial strength of the Chinese Empire.

"I thought the German Empire was already very powerful, but when I came to the Chinese Empire, I realized that the Chinese Empire was truly powerful, and it was simply too strong!"

Tarle immediately said with emotion that this time he came to the Chinese Empire, he had already opened his eyes as soon as he entered the city. Thinking about the next task, he was a little nervous, not sure whether the investment projects and funds he brought could enter the eyes of the Chinese Empire. What should he do if the Chinese Empire felt that the Germans were stingy?

With a nervous mood, Tal entered the Imperial Hotel.
Chapter completed!