Germany did not participate in the pressure on Russia at the meeting, but did not support Russia. After all, it is still Germany's enemy in a sense. Because the main target of the French-Russian alliance is Germany.

However, after the meeting, Germany also realized that the Eight-Nation Alliance was in name only, and it was impossible for the multi-Nation Alliance to be successfully formed. Germany's hope of regaining Qingdao was completely lost because Germany lacked a strong navy, so if it did not form a multi-Nation Alliance, Germany would not be able to regain Qingdao again.

In fact, the hopelessness of regaining Qingdao was that Germany put aside its fear of gains and losses, and could judge the current situation with a broader perspective and find the most favorable action for itself. Since Qingdao cannot be regained, there will be no obstacles in cooperation with overseas Chinese. Being able to obtain a full set of drawings of British majestic battleships, old man star battleships, and Cresey-class armored cruisers is also a big gain for Germany. On the other hand, since the emergence of overseas Chinese, they have shown strong combat effectiveness on both sea and land lines, which shows that they should have unique features in military industry. Therefore, Germany and overseas Chinese still have a lot of room for cooperation in military affairs.

In addition, overseas Chinese have expressed their hope to carry out extensive cooperation with Germany. The construction projects carried out by Germany in Qingdao can be completed in the form of cooperation between the two parties. At the same time, Germany is also welcome to invest in the occupied areas of overseas Chinese. If what overseas Chinese are saying is true, then Germany can also minimize the losses of losing Qingdao, because not only can the projects that have been invested and built to recover costs, but also can use the power of overseas Chinese to expand its commercial space in China.

Although Germany cannot have the privilege of renters, China's vast market, as well as the enlightened attitude and professional behavior of overseas Chinese, can become a market that digests a considerable portion of Germany's increasingly large industrial products within their ruling areas, which is originally one of the goals of seizing the colonies.

On the other hand, Russia is now under pressure from Britain, the United States, France and Japan. Although it has completely destroyed the overall Eight-Nation Alliance, it is also good news for Germany.

Although the Russian-French alliance was mainly targeting Germany, Germany treated Russia and France separately. France was Germany's old enemy, and it was impossible for the two countries to reconcile whether in history, national psychology or geopolitics. Therefore, Germany's strategy to suppress France was to do its best, and it was not considered to improve the relationship between Germany and France. Russia was different. Germany and Russia had no grudges in history, and there was no too much geopolitical contradiction. On the contrary, when fighting against Napoleon, the two sides had cooperated. Of course, there was no German Empire at that time, and it was Prussia that represented Germany.

After the unification of Germany, in order to isolate and attack France, the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck planned an alliance formed by the German Empire, the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire in 1873. It was known in history as the "Three Emperors Alliance". By 1887, the alliance collapsed due to the intensification of conflicts between Russia and Austria in the Balkans. Then Russia and France quickly approached and signed the Russian-French alliance in 1892.

But Germany has always maintained a relatively good relationship with Russia. Therefore, Germany's attitude towards Russia is to do everything, destroy the Russian-French alliance, and strive to restore the Three Emperors Alliance. After German Emperor William II succeeded to the throne, he regarded destroying the Russian-French alliance and restoring the Three Emperors Alliance as an important step to break Germany's diplomatic isolation. Now Britain, the United States, France, Japan and other countries put pressure on Russia, allowing Germany to see hope of restoring the Three Emperors Alliance.

After understanding these relationships, William II was naturally very happy, so he immediately generated a power to Qingdao, saying that he would send special envoys to Qingdao to hold talks with overseas Chinese. At the same time, he would pay close attention to the situation in the Far East and find a suitable opportunity to incite a fire from it. It would be best to instigate Russia to fight a war in the Far East, so that Germany would have the opportunity to take advantage of it.

After dealing with these things, William II returned to his harem and thought quietly, and realized that all this was obtained after Germany lost Qingdao. Is it difficult to get that Germany is destined not to get Qingdao?

Through the knowledge that the time travelers listened to the telegrams of various countries between Tianjin and Shanghai, they basically knew that, coupled with the drastic change in attitude of the German government, it is not difficult to judge that the Eight-Nation Alliance has already split and basically cannot form a new multi-national coalition. For a considerable period of time, time travelers will not face a major war. This is naturally good news for time travelers. Although time travelers are not afraid of war, it is best not to fight. After all, what time travelers need most now is time for peaceful development, so as to transform the advanced technology mastered by time travelers into productivity.

After handling the appraisal drawings, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun and Wang Yunpeng should have returned to Tianjin immediately to negotiate the next plan of the time traveler. But now the war crisis has basically been lifted, so there is no need to be so urgent. After some negotiation between the two sides, the three of them simply stayed in Qingdao for a while, arranged everything in Qingdao and then returned to Tianjin. It is December, and the three of them stayed in Qingdao until the end of the month. After returning to Tianjin, they will directly attend the year-end summary meeting.

So the three and Qin Moman respectively generated electricity and responded to the German government, saying that the Tianjin New District Government welcomed the visit of German envoys and hoped to carry out extensive cooperation with Germany on an equal basis.

Then Qin Moman returned to Tianjin alone, and the appraisal team was immediately disbanded. The team members returned to the temporary concentration camp and continued to be imprisoned. Of course, except for Marshal Wadesi, Major General Falkenheis, Major General Ger, Major General Schwartzhoff and other few general-level prisoners, the rest of the German prisoners were all the same as the Eight-Nation Alliance prisoners in Tianjin. Their main job was to continue to excavate the dock. After all, the time travelers did not have enough supplies to support the prisoners.

At this time, the time travelers had captured Qingdao for five or six days, and the basic order in Qingdao was restored. In addition to military figures, German merchants, engineers and technicians were all released. However, they were prohibited from leaving Qingdao, but they continued to complete various engineering projects carried out by Germany in Qingdao.

Now some projects such as arsenals, ship repair factories, and Sifang Locomotive Factory have entered the middle and late stages. Jiaoji Road is also being laid, and a batch of production machinery and equipment has been transported from Germany. If the machinery and equipment are assembled, production can be started, at least part of the work can be started, and there is no need for technical support from Germany.

In fact, in terms of technology, time travelers do not need any help. There are many engineering and mechanical technicians among time travelers. Although the technology of this era is completely different from the technology mastered by time travelers, the basic principles are still similar. Even if you learn it again, you will get started quickly. What time travelers lack most is mainly machinery and equipment. It is difficult to build machines out of thin air, but it is easy to use machinery and equipment to produce other machines.

But this does not mean that the technical workers of this group of German engineers are no longer important. After all, the number of time travelers is limited, and engineering and mechanical technicians are even more limited. This group of German engineers and technical workers can basically represent the best production technology of this era. Therefore, for time travelers who are currently in urgent need of skilled industrial workers, this group of German engineers and technical workers still have a considerable role.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of these German engineers and technical workers, the travelers not only return all their private property, but also said that after the reopening, their wages and benefits will be increased by 10%. After the travelers negotiate with the German government, they can allow them to return home freely.

First, it is a man-made killing. I am a fish, my life and life are in the hands of time travelers, so I can't obey orders honestly; second, the conditions offered by time travelers are indeed very attractive. Although the income of these workers in Germany can be basically considered a white-collar worker class, after all, who will not be able to get over money? It is of course a good thing to increase the salary by 10%. Although some people doubt whether the time travelers really keep their word, many engineering projects have started as scheduled.

In fact, the start of these engineering projects also plays a major role in stabilizing the situation in Qingdao, because a large number of locals are working for the Germans to earn income to support their families. After the time travelers occupied Qingdao, these engineering projects were suspended, and these locals also lost their source of income. If the project continues for a long time, it will inevitably become the cause of turmoil. Now that the project is reopened, the time travelers also encourage locals to work in these engineering projects. This is not only to complete and put into production as soon as possible, but also hope to take this opportunity to cultivate a group of skilled industrial workers.

Of course, the re-opened engineering projects will be managed by time travelers, including the wages of local workers being paid by time travelers, while the Germans can only pay for technology. Of course, time travelers will not be as harsh as Germans. Not only will the wages be increased to a certain extent, but the quality of the food provided by lunch is much better.

However, compared with the wages of German engineers and technical workers, the wages of local workers are still pitifully low. After all, most people have no education and no skills, and they simply work hard. Time travelers do not run welfare institutions. Therefore, the wages of these local workers cannot be as high as there. What they lack the least in China is people.

However, in this regard, time travelers also plan to open employee night schools to provide literacy education for local workers so that workers can master certain cultural knowledge. Only in this way can workers improve their professional skills and reach the level of industrial workers required by time travelers. At the same time, in order to encourage workers to participate in employee night school academics, workers' wages are linked with the cultural knowledge they have mastered.
Chapter completed!