After the performance, Prince Heinrich brought the princess and all members of the mission to visit the performers. Because compared with China in this era, European countries still respect artistic workers more; not to mention that in the final Hanfu display, the four leading actors were all veterans. Prince Heinrich knew that in East China, veterans were equivalent to the status of aristocrats, so they should take the initiative to visit them, both in terms of emotion and reason.

When he came backstage, the veterans who played the four beauties had not changed their clothes and makeup. Prince Heinrich and his wife shook hands with them one by one, took photos with them, and finally took a big photo. The princess and wife also agreed with Jiang Yi that they would go to Wuren Group to try out makeup tomorrow morning.

Then Li Songchen accompanied Prince Mu and his wife and all members of the delegation to walk around the shopping center, allowing everyone to see the rich products in the shopping center, as well as this centralized, large-scale, shopping, leisure, entertainment and catering business model.

At noon, Li Songchen held a feast to entertain German guests, so that Germans could enjoy the taste of Chinese food. In the afternoon, members of the German mission were arranged to watch the movie.

Prince Heinrich has watched no less than 20 movies in East China for more than a year, but other members of the German mission saw the movie for the first time, and the effects of the movie once again shocked the members of the mission, because both the screen effects and the sound effects were too realistic, just like they were real.

In short, the experience of this day left a profound impression on the members of the German mission, so many years later, when talking about this visit to China, everyone was still flirting with relish.

The next day, the delegation also started formal work, and the princess came to Wuren Group as promised to select and try on clothes. Jiang Yi was accompanied by shopping in the shopping center, and paid for various Chinese delicacies. Of course, during this period, the princess did not only shop, wear fittings, eat and drink, and also participated in many social activities, visiting hospitals, schools, attending church mass activities, etc., and actually had a very rich life.

The German mission and officials sent by Qingdao from East China negotiated before the visit, and each proposed to the other party about the rescue of the visit to understand the other party's expected goals for the visit and their own responses to evaluate the results of the visit.

The German side proposed the truth: hope to form an alliance with East China **; strengthen military cooperation and exchanges between the two sides; hope that East China ** can send people to serve as German naval consultants.

The literacy proposed by East China **: strengthening the deepening of cooperation and exchanges between the two sides in politics, economy, military, culture, etc.; establishing partnerships; introducing some advanced technologies from Germany, mainly including manufacturing technology of large-caliber artillery, surface hardened carburized steel plate technology, Zeiss optical technology, synthetic ammonia technology, etc.; using some areas on Borneo to exchange some German colonial areas in Africa.

After receiving the other party's request, both parties immediately evaluated the requests.

The German mission discussed for two consecutive days and believed that the claims proposed by East China ** are basically acceptable and are not inconsistent with the claims proposed by Germany, because once the two sides have reached an alliance, they will inevitably strengthen all-round deepening of cooperation and exchanges, which is not bad for Germany. In addition, the two sides have strengthened economic and trade cooperation, exported German industrial products, opened up the market in the Far East, and developed the economy.

However, Germany is somewhat unsure about what it means to establish a partnership, because it was the first time that the Germans encountered this word in diplomacy. Of course, from the word aspect to the lack of malice, "partner" is "companion" or "companion" can be said to mean "good friend". Therefore, it can refer to the formation of friendly relations between the two countries. Of course, this is several levels worse than forming an alliance, but this may be a test of East China. After all, the establishment of alliance relations is not achieved overnight.

As for East China's hope to introduce some advanced technologies from Germany, it is not a big problem. After all, these technologies are not something that cannot be surpassed, and Germany is just one step ahead of other countries. Generally speaking, as long as it continues to invest in research and development, it can basically be developed in 5-10 years. Moreover, these technologies are not only available in Germany, and other countries can also provide them. Therefore, as long as the price is appropriate, they can be sold to East China.

East China ** hoped that some areas of Borneo would be exchanged for some colonial areas of Germany in Africa. Germany did not expect it, but Germany was willing to accept this exchange.

Germany is an emerging empire, occupying not many colonies, mainly concentrated in Africa, including later Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Cameroon, Togo, Namibia and other places; in Asia, it includes Samoa, Solomon Islands, Carolina Islands, Nauru, Marshall Islands, New Guinea, and some areas of Sulawesi and Java, among which Sulawesi and Java were just obtained from the Netherlands, as a reward for mediating the East China ** and the Netherlands.

However, in general, except for parts of Sulawesi and Java, other German colonies are not of great value. Since they are basically some deserted islands in Asia, they basically have little value for development, and they can only be considered a win or no. Because Sulawesi and Java have been operated by the Netherlands for many years, have been fully developed and have relatively mature trade routes. If Germany can obtain a colony in Borneo, it can form an island area with Sulawesi and Java for development, and rely on the power of East China ** to develop the colonial economy.

So in the end, the German mission was optimistic about the results of these claims in East China **. Even if the consensus on the conclusion of the alliance could not be reached immediately, it would at least allow the two sides to establish a friendly relationship and lay a good foundation for further alliance formation. The German mission sent the results of the assessment back to the country, and soon responded to the domestic response, basically agreed to the mission's assessment, and the visit could be carried out according to the conclusion of the assessment. However, for the conclusion of the alliance, Germany still required the mission to do its best to strive for it.

After receiving the domestic reply, Prince Heinrich breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the German delegation had stayed in Shanghai for 9 days. During this period, the princess bought a large number of items, including 16 sets of clothes alone. Because of the clothing of the four beauties last displayed that day, all of them were ordered, and other items were porcelain, embroidery, wood carvings and other handicrafts. So the prince hurriedly proposed to Li Songchen, hoping to leave for Qingdao immediately, otherwise the princess would not know how much they would buy.

So Li Songchen immediately reported the request of the German mission to Qingdao.

During this period, Qingdao also conducted a serious assessment of the claims put forward by Germany. In fact, Germany's claims are basically expected by the East China ***. Of course, this is not difficult to predict. Bijing has now formed a three-country agreement between Britain, France and Russia, and Germany is only the hard-core ally of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and another ally, Italy, is still in a difficult position and cannot trust it, and is deeply trapped in a strategic dilemma of fighting on both sides. Germany wants to get rid of this strategic dilemma, to form a military alliance with the East China ** and use the East China ** to restrain Russia, so that Germany can fight with Britain and France in the west with all its strength. Although it is still against two sides, the pressure can still be greatly reduced because it only uses one side to deal with it. Moreover, Britain is a naval power and the army is not worth worrying about.

But for East China, although the relationship with Germany is good now and the cooperation is deepening, there is no need to tie itself to Germany's interests. First of all, the power of East China has become a powerful force and a war broke out in Asia. Even if the war between Japan and Russia is a joint force, East China is enough to deal with it with its own strength and does not need Germany's strength. As for the war in Europe, no matter who wins and who loses, it actually has little interest to East China. East China can provide Germany with necessary help, but there is no need to win the fire. Therefore, East China has proposed to Germany to establish a peer relationship rather than an alliance.

Although East China has not yet made any decision on the position of the First World War that will take in the future, one thing is basically certain that we should not intervene in this war as much as possible. After all, in the next 10 years or even within 20 years, even if East China has completed national reunification, it should still focus on developing the economy, developing industrialization, and enhancing the country's comprehensive strength as the main national policy. We should try not to intervene in external wars as much as possible. Even if we have to launch a war due to certain factors, it is only limited to Asia. For the competition for Europe, East China will of course not need to intervene directly.

In addition to alliances, Germany's other claims are acceptable. Because it is not difficult to strengthen military cooperation and exchanges or to send people to serve as German naval consultants, it is also beneficial to East China. It is within the scope of providing necessary assistance to Germany, as long as it is not dragged into the war by Germany.

The East China ** proposed to exchange some of Borneo for some of Germany's colonial areas in Africa, which was an early layout. Although the main goal of East China ** is still at home, not abroad, let alone the distant African continent, in the long run, we will take this step sooner or later, so now we are just setting up a foothold on the African continent and making plans for the future.
Chapter completed!