"Etel, it turns out that you are here, I have wasted 10 minutes of time for you." A thick voice sounded faintly behind, mixed with a hint of displeasure. Qingying traveled through half a year and was very familiar with this voice. He turned around, shrugged at his cheap father, spread his hands, and said, "I wonder what is my father looking for me?"

More than a meter away, William II walked over from the stone path with his hands behind his back. Apart from the navy, the emperor's biggest hobby was to collect all military uniforms from various countries in different eras. It is said that his private cloak had more than 1,000 pieces of clothing, and almost all representative military uniforms from various countries in various periods were collected. Qingying was no longer surprised by William II's unique habits; he turned sideways and made a way for William II.

"Bang." A pile of paper was slapped on Qingying's head, making a boss's voice. Qingying's head hurt, and Fang Fu exclaimed in surprise, and a stack of white paper was stuffed into his hand. Seeing him like that, William II couldn't help but snorted, saying, "Although you were a lot wrong in the answer sheet, you have barely reached my bottom line requirements. I will keep my words in mind and will never break my promise! When do you want to set out and have your itinerary planned?"

Qingying was stunned and then said happily: "I have planned it. I can set it off immediately after packing it up! First, go to London, then cross the ocean to German West Africa, then stop by Qing, then cross Siberia to St. Petersburg, and finally return to Berlin from there!"

William II gradually frowned and said slowly: "Qing Kingdom? Etel, you either wait for a year or two, or don't go to Qing Kingdom and change the route. Now chaos has emerged. Qing Kingdom and Japan are probably going to fight."

Seeing Qingying's face full of confusion and confusion, William II explained it briefly to him.

It turned out that the ruling group on the Korean Peninsula was levied and bribed, arrogant and extravagant, increasingly huge military and political expenses, endless increase in royal expenses, etc., which made the North Korean treasury empty and the deficit soared. In 1889, due to the frequent plunder and natural disasters, some North Korea implemented the "Groutine Order", prohibiting the export of soybeans and rice to Japan. However, the Japanese threatened with force and forced the North Korean government to immediately abolish the Groutine Order and extorted a large amount of compensation. The feudal ruling group of North Korea held the interests of the North Korean people.

Gu succumbed to Japan's pressure, immediately abolished the Gugu Order and paid more than 110,000 yuan in compensation. The Korean rulers' behavior of being arrogant, extravagant, and compromised and stolen from the outside, greatly intensified the class contradiction between the landlord class and the peasant class. On February 15, 1894, the Donglin Party Uprising broke out. In just 50 days, Dongxue Taoist disciples from all over North Korea also rose up one after another. The Dongxue Army was unprecedentedly grand, sweeping three-fifths of the land in North Korea and possessing more than 100,000 armed forces.

"Although North Korea is a vassal of the Qing court, Japan began to expand its military and prepare for war ten years ago, and it was determined to win. The uprising of the Dongxue Party this time, which led to chaos in North Korea. It was the best opportunity for Japan to get involved in this area. For the Qing Dynasty, North Korea was not only their vassal for hundreds of years, but also its gateway and barrier in the Northeast region. It would never sit idly by and watch Japan annex this area. According to the analysis of the General Staff, there will be almost a battle between the Qing and Japan!" William II did not miss any opportunity to teach international affairs to Qingying. After saying this, he deliberately gave Qingying a few minutes of thinking time, and then said, "So, you should choose another route. Otherwise, it would not be too late to go after two years when you grow up."

Qingying would definitely not even think about these two proposals from William II. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 will break out in less than three months. After passing this village, where can I find this store? Before that, Qingying had already been prepared. He pretended to think for a while and said, "Father, I still have to go to Qing Kingdom!"

William II's face darkened and his voice became cold: "Etel, do you think war is a game for children to play mud? The scale of the war is still undecided. If the Qing Dynasty was affected by the war, no one cares about your identity. In the eyes of those rioters, you are no different from ants! Besides, what's good about the Qing Dynasty? Listen to me, either change the time or change the itinerary!"

"Father, I seem to remember that the Qing Dynasty has not purchased weapons from Germany for a long time, right?" Qingying did not take over William II's words, but suddenly changed the topic.

Although he didn't know why Qingying suddenly raised this topic, William II nodded and said, "You are right. The group of warships ordered by the Qing Dynasty to Germany last time dated back to the reign of the Holy Emperor; when I ascended the throne, they did not place any orders from the empire's shipyard. Not only that, since the previous few years, the Qing Dynasty has not even purchased guns, cannons and ammunition from our country, which has made the empire's military factory very unhappy. But does this have anything to do with your going to the Qing Dynasty?"

Qing Ying was a little heavy and said with certainty: "Of course it's related. Now that the Qing Dynasty and Japan are about to fight, why don't we take the opportunity to sell warships to them and open the arms market for the Qing Dynasty again? If I go with me, it will show my sincerity of Germany! They will definitely not refuse this act of handing out a faucet when a fire occurs. Therefore, although the situation there is turbulent, it is very beneficial to the sale of arms! As for the issue of safety, I am not a fool. If the war has burned into the inland of the Qing Dynasty, I will naturally leave that area in advance."

Hearing Qingying's words, William II's expression suddenly became more serious. He rarely raised the left hand wearing gloves, slowly pushed it, indicating that he had any questions to think about it and told Qingying not to say anything more.

The spring breeze blows on his face, warm and warm. The white and lilac cornflowers dance and sway, showing the world their unique charm. Qingying is confident and in a happy mood. Instead of caring about William II, who is pondering on the side, he began to savor the scenery and enjoy the flowers on his own.

William II carefully savored what Qingying said just now, and kept his eyebrows locked in his mouth without saying a word. In his opinion, what Qingying explained in the few words just now was not worth mentioning at all; but the key point was the series of problems that arose after this.

Taking advantage of the tense bilateral situation, he sold several warships to the Qing court. Oh, the omnipotent master was at the top, so how many marks could he earn? With the financial resources of the Qing court, he could not buy anything at all. Compared with Germany's huge annual fiscal revenue every year, William II did not look down on such a little profit. What's more, from the purchasing ability of naval ships alone, he could almost be worth the entire mite.

This rich man who was full of money and didn't know that the hungry man had a hungry man. With assets worth more than 2 billion marks (about 100 million pounds), he entered William's personal account every year with a net income of 22 million marks. It was more than enough to use this money to build a battleship. In contrast, the pitiful fund that Mi Qingqing gave to the navy every year was really unfamiliar. However, through Qingying's seemingly petty trading business, William II, who had been in charge of the imperial power for many years, found a path to becoming rich.

At present, with the rapid rise of Germany's productivity, the digestion of German goods in Central and Europe has become increasingly saturated; if we want to achieve leapfrog economic growth, we must open up new markets. To this end, William II began to vigorously develop maritime trade since the day of his ascension, and sold German goods to American countries and some second-rate European countries such as Sweden and Portugal. Although Germany's maritime trade has begun to reach its scale, the ambitious William II is not satisfied with this; he also wants to open up more overseas markets to increase the empire's economic output.

Although selling warships to the Qing Dynasty cannot make a lot of money, what if it is selling goods to the Qing Dynasty?

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Chapter completed!