Of course, the marriage issue of time travelers is left to the Tianjin side to worry about, and Qin Zheng’s main task is to meet with the German envoy.

On the second day after the 1st Battalion and the 5th Battalion left Qingdao, a German merchant ship Medice arrived at Qingdao Port, and the German envoy was on the merchant ship. Because the German envoy secretly visited Qingdao this time, the crossing did not hold any welcome ceremony. Qin Zheng did not even show his face, and only asked the staff at the dock to take the German envoy to the Qingdao command center, which was the original German Jiaoao Governor's Office.

After the German envoy came to the Qingdao command center, the former German Governor Ye Shike was responsible for receiving them, and arranged a room in the command center for the envoy to change his clothes. Because the German envoy dressed up as an ordinary businessman, when he went to Qingdao to hold talks with time travelers, he naturally had to change into formal clothes.

When the German envoy changed his clothes and makeup, the envoy's name and identity documents were sent to Qin Zheng first, which was also a routine procedure for diplomatic affairs. Qin Zheng was shocked when he saw the name and identity of the German envoy. It turned out that Germany sent two envoys this time, Prince Albert William Heinrich (a1berti1he1mheinrich), and the deputy envoy was the German Navy Minister, Alfred vontirpitz.

These two people are very famous in history, and in this era, Germany and even the whole world are all big figures.

Prince Heinrich is the younger brother of German Emperor William II. He is deeply trusted by William II. He joined the German Navy at the age of 15. He started a three-year global trip at the age of 16. He visited the United States as a member of the German royal family at the age of 20. He was accustomed to being capricious, speaks and acts without restraint, and has a irritable personality. Prince Heinrich is a humble person, cheerful person, and has good social skills, which made him warmly welcomed by the public wherever he goes.

Moreover, this prince has a close relationship with Qingdao. In short, it was Prince Heinrich's third time to come to Qingdao. However, the prince's first two visits to Qingdao were not a good thing.

The first time was in December 1897. Prince Heinrich came to Qingdao as the commander of the reinforcement army that Germany sent troops to occupy Qingdao. This time, Prince Heinrich stayed in China for more than a year, participated in the negotiations between Germany and the Qing court, signed the Jiaoao Concession Treaty, and personally presided over a series of projects in Qingdao, such as the Naval Club (also known as the Naval Hotel), Heinrich Street (Guangxi Road) and Ilena Street (Hunan Road) named after him and his wife, and the monument of German commander Navev Dietrich who led the invasion of Qingdao. In May 1898, he was summoned by Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu. This was also the first time the Qing court met with members of the European palace.

Prince Heinrich came to Qingdao for the second time in the autumn of 1899. His main event was to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Jiaoji Railway. The prince dug the first shovel of soil and wished the project a smooth progress. In September of this year, the Prince Heinrich Hotel, invested and built by the German Mandel Company in Shanghai and named after the prince, officially opened and became the most famous hotel in Qingdao.

Although the other Tirpitz was the deputy envoy, his historical fame and status in the old time and space were much higher than that of Prince Heinrich. He was the main figure who dominated the German naval strategy and construction in the early 20th century. Because Tirpitz advocated that Germany should develop a strong ocean navy and compete with Britain for world hegemony with the idea of ​​German Emperor William II, who was deeply influenced by the Mahan strategy, he was deeply trusted by the German Emperor and received full support from the German Emperor. From 1897 after Tirpitz became the German Navy Minister to 1916, for 20 years, no matter how the German politicians changed, Tirpitz always stood firm, so he won the title of "Forever Tirpitz".

It is precisely because of Tirpitz's unremitting work and courageous ambition that before the war in the old time and space, Germany established a powerful maritime force that could compete with the Royal British Navy, and was therefore called the father of the German High Seas Fleet.

However, this also led to the naval shipbuilding competition between Britain and Germany for more than 10 years in the early 20th century. In a sense, this naval shipbuilding competition was also one of the reasons for the outbreak of World War I. Tirpitz and then British Navy Secretary Fisher were the direct leaders of this naval shipbuilding competition. The battle between the two also led the naval development of this era and left a brilliant mark in naval history.

Qin Zheng is born in the navy and is naturally familiar with this history. To him, Tirpitz and Fisher are both predecessors in the naval world. Of course, at this time, Tirpitz had just taken office and the German naval strength was still very weak; while another protagonist, Fisher, has not officially appeared, and the British-German naval competition has not yet begun, Qin Zheng did not expect Tirpitz to come to Qingdao as a member of the German envoy. Therefore, despite Qin Zheng's calmness, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

On the other hand, Qin Zheng once calculated that the heavier the German envoy this time, the more it expressed Germany's importance to this visit to Qingdao. Whether it was Prince Heinrich or Tirpitz, they were all important figures in Germany, and they were the right-hand man of German Emperor William II. They said that they would stomp their feet and the whole of Germany would tremble, which was not an exaggeration. This also shows that Germany's attention to this visit to Qingdao is far above the estimates of time travelers.

In fact, the time traveler was in the game and completely underestimated the importance of Germany's drawings of the three British ships provided by the time traveler. After the results of the last drawing appraisal were passed to Germany, King William II and Tirpitz both realized that a once-in-a-lifetime great opportunity was placed in front of Germany, because Britain was the country with the highest level of warship design and construction in this era. It is generally believed that it should be 5-10 years ahead of other countries. Germany's naval construction aims at Britain. Therefore, if the drawings of these three British ships can be obtained, it will be of great significance to improve the design and construction level of German warships. At the same time, it can also make targeted designs based on the advantages and disadvantages of the British ships. In the future competition between Britain and Germany, Germany will undoubtedly occupy a very favorable position.

However, although Tirpitz has courage and ambition, he is also a cautious person. He does not believe in the results of drawing identification. After all, the people who identify drawings are all elites in the German navy, but he is always worried that he has not seen the drawings with his own eyes. Moreover, Tirpitz also knows that these three drawings are not for free. Germany needs to pay a considerable price, at least he will never want to own Qingdao again.

Tirpitz certainly knew the importance of Qingdao to Germany's expansion of the Far East power. In fact, Germany occupied Qingdao, Tirpitz played a considerable role in it. At that time, William II just wanted to have a foothold in China, and Qingdao was a place that Tirpitz personally appointed. Although Germany does not have the power to retake Qingdao now, relying on the power of the Eight-Nation Alliance, there is still a slight chance. Therefore, weighing the pros and cons, Tirpitz proposed to William II that he hoped to go to Qingdao in person and appraise these three sets of drawings again.

William II's considerations are a little deeper than Tirpitz. Since overseas Chinese can obtain the drawings of these three types of warships from the UK, it shows that overseas Chinese have quite strong intelligence detection and collection capabilities in the UK, and that overseas Chinese can defeat the German Far East Fleet, it shows that overseas Chinese have their own advantages in naval construction, at least stronger than Germany. The possibility of reclaiming Qingdao is not high. Therefore, if a cooperative relationship is established with overseas Chinese, Germany can minimize the losses and obtain at least three sets of British ship drawings, which is a considerable gain.

Although William II absolutely trusts Tirpitz, he also knows that Tirpitz is a soldier after all, not a diplomat, so it is too difficult for him to negotiate. To maximize Germany's interests, diplomatic means are needed. Although Prince Heinrich is also a soldier, he completed the task very successfully on several trips to Germany, proving that he has considerable ability in diplomacy. In addition, Prince Inrich in Shanghai is William II's younger brother after all, and knows what William II needs and can make a decision during negotiations. So William II made a decision to let Prince Heinrich be the regular envoy and Tirpitz as the deputy envoy, and secretly visit Qingdao together. Tirpitz is mainly responsible for appraising the drawings, negotiating with overseas Chinese, negotiating detailed cooperation details, and finally signing the contract is all the tasks of Prince Heinrich.

After making such an arrangement, Pitts and Prince Heinrich dressed up as merchants, left Germany and came to Qingdao.

About an hour later, Prince Heinrich and Tipitz changed their clothes and accompanied Ye Shike to the reception room. At this time, Qin Zhengji was waiting for them in the reception room, and came to the door of the reception room to welcome the two German envoys.

Prince Heinrich and Tippitz were both in military uniforms, but in comparison, Prince Heinrich was tall and slightly thin, with dark brown eyes, steady eyes, and short beards under his chin. Because he had been wandering on the sea for a long time and was bathed in the sun, his skin was covered with a healthy brown color. Years of royal education gave the prince a noble but friendly elegant temperament.

Tirpitz looks fatter. Although she is wearing a navy top hat, she can still be seen as bald, with bright eyes, firm and courageous. From his signature two-length beard, she hangs all the way to his chest, she adds a bit of majesty to him, just like the legendary sea god Poseidon, but compared with Prince Heinrich, Tirpitz has a more military temperament.
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