In fact, after Prince Heinrich's telegram was sent to Germany, it aroused great response in Germany. First of all, several German Vulkeng shipyards, Kiel Navy Shipyard, Brom-Foth Shipyard, etc. all showed great interest in this order. After all, Germany did not have many shipbuilding contracts. The most recent big order was the Yakumo armored cruiser built by the Vulkeng shipyard for Japan in 1898, and the main gun was purchased from the British Amsteron Company, which made the Germans a little embarrassed because the world recognized that the best gunmaking company was the German Knuber Company.

In fact, in this era, Japanese warships were basically purchased from Britain. In the Sixteenth Fleet, only two armored cruisers were purchased from countries other than Britain. One was to order the Yagum armored cruiser from Germany, and the other was the Yuma armored cruiser purchased from France. The purchase contracts of these two warships had greater political significance than practical significance. It turned out that after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the contradiction between Japan and Russia was increasingly intensified. The interference between Russia, Germany and France was led by Russia. Japan also knew that it was impossible to fight against Russia, Germany and France at the same time. Therefore, when forming the Sixty-Six Fleet, it ordered an armored cruiser from Germany and France, indicating that Japan was only targeting Russia and still wanted to have a good relationship with Germany and France.

This time, the crossover will build two protective cruisers and one armored cruiser. Even if the three warships built in Qingdao are still a large contract, so all German shipyards will naturally not miss this business opportunity. Moreover, after this cooperation, there is a high possibility that there will be subsequent shipbuilding contracts. After all, what overseas Chinese are now building only protective cruisers and medium-sized armored cruisers, and they will definitely build large armored cruisers or battleships in the future.

The German Navy was also very interested in the shipbuilding plan of the time traveler. After learning the news, Navy Secretary Tirpitz immediately entered the palace to meet William II, demanding that the government do its best to help the German shipyard and win the shipbuilding contract for overseas Chinese.

The early cooperation with overseas Chinese allowed Germany to obtain a complete set of drawings of British majestic battleships, old man star battleships, and Cresey-class armored cruisers. The German Navy was able to learn the concept of a second-class main gun from overseas Chinese. At this time, it was already making great gains. At this time, it was already modifying the structure of the Brunswick-class battleship under construction and installing a second-class main gun; and the next type of German-class battleship under design increased the displacement and added the design of a second-class main gun. The navy also agreed that after the completion of these two types of 10 battleships, Germany will be able to greatly shorten the gap with the British navy, and catch up with the British main battleship in terms of single-ship combat effectiveness.

However, this time, overseas Chinese built their own ships. Tirpitz has also seen the excellent performance of overseas Chinese warships in Qingdao. Now he has the opportunity to get close to the warships designed by overseas Chinese. Although they are just large protective cruisers, it is also an excellent opportunity. Because the appearance of the 6,000-ton protective cruiser is similar to that of the 10,000-ton armored cruiser and 12,000-ton battleship.

Tirpitz even believed that if these two protective cruisers really show excellent performance after they are built, they would immediately copy or buy their designs. After all, Germany has considerable shortcomings in large protective cruisers. And these designs can also be applied to large armored cruisers and battleships, and even overseas Chinese are invited to design warships for Germany.

So William II then called Prince Heinrich, asking him to stay in Qingdao for the time being, maintain communication with overseas Chinese, and do his best to assist German shipyards to obtain orders.

Three days later, the German Consul in Qingdao officially received a bidding announcement from the Naval Command of the East China Government. At the same time, the time traveler also sent the bidding announcement to the British, French and American Consulates in Tianjin, and officially launched the shipbuilding bidding procedure.

According to the provisions of the bidding documents, the bid deadline is before 5 pm on April 30, 1902 Qingdao time. Before that, shipyards that intend to participate in the bidding can come to Qingdao to collect the bidding documents and drawings, and make bidding quotations. The bid will be officially opened on May 1 to determine the winning shipyard. The winning bid is divided into price, construction period, quality, and other four factors, accounting for 5:2:2:1. The comprehensive bid evaluation method is adopted. Those who do not win the bid if the lowest price wins. At the same time, shipyards in the same country are also allowed to form a consortium bid.

It is the end of January, and there are more than three months left before April 30, and it takes about two months to get from Europe to Qingdao. Therefore, the manufacturers participating in the bidding still have enough time to formulate bid prices and bid documents. Consortium bidding is a very common phenomenon in the old time and space, which is conducive to manufacturers learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, reducing risks and saving costs.

Now only Germany has abolished the Tianjin Consulate and established a new Consulate in Qingdao. Other countries still rely on the consulates located in Tianjin to maintain communication with time travelers. Of course, this is not because the countries intend to neglect, but because the East China government has not moved to Qingdao for a long time and has not yet designated a location for the consulate area for each country. Germany is just an exception. After all, Germany has ruled in Qingdao for nearly two years and there are still some industries in Qingdao. Qin Moman temporarily rented rooms in Prince Heinrich's Hotel as a temporary office location for the consulate. Other countries obviously do not have this condition.

After receiving the bidding announcement issued by the East China Government, the consuls of Britain, France and the United States did not dare to hesitate and immediately sent a power to the domestic market for notification. This was a huge shipbuilding contract, and this was one of the responsibilities of the consuls of various countries.

Not long after, Britain, France and the United States responded to the East China government through consular consultations and expressed that they would send manufacturers to participate in the bidding. After all, such large international warship orders are rare in this era. Good things like the "Six Six Fleet" like Japan are even more unanswered. Therefore, major shipbuilders around the world are unwilling to give up this opportunity.

At this moment, Tianjin sent a report to Qingdao, which turned out that Yuan Shikai, the new governor of Zhili of the Qing court, notified the Tianjin government that he hoped to negotiate with Tianjin to deliver the old city of Tianjin. At the same time, he also asked the time travelers to send people to Shanghai to deliver the new district, and negotiate with the Shipbuilding Merchants and Swire Co., Ltd. on shipping matters.

Before Qin Zheng went to Xi'an, he had a secret agreement with Li Hongzhang. The travelers exchanged a piece of land in Shanghai with the Qing court to establish a new Shanghai area; while the Qing court had the right to ship the shipping management rights and exchanged the canal transportation to the travelers. The official movement could freely pass through the Tianjin port. As well as a series of rules for the two sides to get along with each other in the Tongzhi period of Tianjin, including the demolition of the city in Tianjin, the number of troops and police officers, weapons, etc.

At this time, Cixi, Guangxu and his party finally returned to Beijing. Although the property in the palace, including the palace maids, were plundered by time travelers, only Ruoda Palace and a group of eunuchs were left, they still returned to Beijing and the power center of Qingting. Cixi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Prince Qing and Li Hongzhang, who were left behind in Beijing, also prepared a grand welcome ceremony for Cixi, which finally made the old lady happy.

After the Qing court celebrated for three days, it officially announced the list of the new military ministers of the Qing court: Prince Qing Yili was the leader of the military aircraft and the minister of Beiyang. The rest were Li Hongzhang, who also served as the walking in the office of the Prime Minister's Office; Ronglu also served as the Minister of War and the general rule of the Five Army of the Wuwei; Wang Wenshao, Zhang Zhidong, Zhao Shuqiao, Rongqing, and Tieliang, a total of eight people, and four people each occupied by Manchu and Han Dynasty.

Except for Ronglu, Wang Wenshao and Zhao Shuqiao, the other five people entered the military aircraft for the first time. Of course, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong were both old ministers of the Qing court, and they were both capable and qualified to enter the military aircraft. The Qing court also used good intentions to transfer the two into the Military Affairs Office at the same time, because they had always been in disagreement, so they entered the Military Affairs Office at the same time, which also made them control each other to prevent one side from becoming bigger.

In addition, Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi are the main behind-the-scenes promoters of Southeast Mutual Protection. Without one person, it is basically impossible to promote Southeast Mutual Protection. Although the Qing court has officially affirmed the correctness of Southeast Mutual Protection, deep in Cixi's heart, it is impossible for these governors and governors to have no grudges. Therefore, transferring Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong into the capital was also to let them leave their own acre of land, leaving only one Liu Kunyi, one is that the Military Affairs Office does not have so many positions; the other is that all the three giants of Southeast Mutual Protection are transferred from the place, which is too obvious.

The Military Aircraft Department was headed by the prince, and it became a common practice since the Tongzhi period. The original military aircraft leader, Prince Li Shiduo, did not want to do it anymore, so it was natural for Prince Qing to become the military aircraft leader.

Among the eight military ministers, only Rong Qing and Tie Liang are truly newcomers, and these two were recommended by Rong Lu.

Rongqing was a native of Zhenghuang Banner, Mongolia. He was 43 years old. In 1899, he became the Shandong academician and met Yuan Shikai, then the governor of Shandong. He was highly appreciated by Yuan Shikai. The two became increasingly close. Rongqing also met more prominent people through Yuan. After the Gengzi Rebellion, Cixi and Guangxu fled to Xi'an. Rongqing was entrusted with important tasks to assist Prince Qing in handling the affairs of the reign of the bureau. He also met Ronglu through Prince Qing and eventually became Ronglu's secret party. This time, Ronglu was elected by Ronglu, and studied and walked as the Minister of Personnel and the Military Affairs Office. This was the title of official position given to the senior military affairs minister.

Tieliang was younger, only 38 years old, a man of the Manchurian Inlaid White Banner. He was originally a member of the Ronglu Shogunate. He assisted Ronglu in handling various military affairs. He claimed to be aware of the army and was deeply trusted by Ronglu. Ronglu recommended him to the Ministry of War and was appointed as the Minister of War. He also organized the Beijing Banner Training Army. He is now also a member of the Military Affairs Office to study and walk.
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