On January 3, the Ottoman Ambassador to Germany, Ildirai Akman, came to the apartment and visited the visiting group.

Although the Ottoman Empire ambassador expressed a warm attitude towards the visiting delegation at the Christmas dinner, Xu Jichao and Li Sanjie still did not think that he would come to visit in person. After all, the East China ** and the Ottoman Empire have no diplomatic relations, and before that, the two sides had no contact at all, and they did not even have economic and trade exchanges. It can be said that they were a complete first acquaintance.

However, when ceremonies are given to others, there must be something to ask for. Both of them know this truth. Therefore, there must be something wrong with the visit of the Ottoman ambassador. Of course, what is the specific matter can only be known after meeting and talking.

So the two invited Ackerman into the reception room of the apartment and sat down with guests. Xu Jichao said: "Mr. Ambassador, our conditions here are very simple, so we are sorry for the inadequate reception."

Ackerman hurriedly said, "There is a good place, there, this is very good."

Xu Jichao said again: "I wonder if the ambassador is here to visit today. Are there any advice?"

Ackerman said: "I came for the friendship between the two countries. Our Ottoman Empire and China have had a long history of exchanges, so our friendship has been witnessed by history. All the Sudans of our Ottoman Empire regard China as friends. This time, the East China *** sent a mission to Germany was just an opportunity, hoping to communicate with the East China ***."

Xu Jichao also nodded and said, "Yes, China and the Ottoman Empire are both countries with a long history, and they have been dating for a long time. At the beginning of its establishment, our East China** of China hoped to exchange with the Ottoman Empire, but because of other things, I didn't expect the Ottoman Empire to have such ideas."

In fact, Xu Jichao did not know the exchanges between the Ottoman Empire and China in history. However, China's history was too long and it maintained foreign exchanges for most of the time in history. Even though it was the Ming Dynasty that was forbidden from the sea and the Qing Dynasty that closed the country, it only closed the sea exchanges, but it still maintained a certain degree of foreign exchanges on land. It is generally believed that the Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299, almost during the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, it is not surprising that there were exchanges with the Ottoman Empire in Chinese history. As long as there were exchanges, it could be said to be a historical friendship.

When Ackerman heard this, he was very happy and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes! Yes! Our friendship has been tested by history. Now we should establish friendly national relations, help each other, support each other, and jointly respond to the challenges of hostile forces."

Speaking of this, Xu Jichao almost understood the other party's intention to visit, so he followed the other party's words and said: "Yes! China and the Ottoman Empire have created their own splendid cultures in history and have their own glory. However, in the past 100 years, due to their respective reasons, they have gradually lagged behind the world tide, and have been bullied by imperialist and hegemonic countries, cede land and pay compensation, lose power and humiliation, and endured great humiliation. Therefore, we should unite with the enemy and work together."

Ackerman's expression was also quite excited and said, "Yes, our Ottoman Empire was indeed bullied by European countries. Because it was Russia, it not only occupied a large amount of our land, but also did not know how to satisfy it. It was still eyeing us, which was really our greatest threat."

Xu Jichao said: "Yes, Russia has always been arrogant and rude internationally and is extremely greedy for land. They not only occupied a large amount of Ottoman territory, but also robbed us China. Before our return, Russia had occupied more than 1.7 million square kilometers of our country's land. Although we successfully regained part of the territory in last year's Far East War, a large amount of land is still occupied by Russia, and Russia is still planning to invade and divide our Mongolian region. Therefore, we still cannot be taken lightly against Russia."

Ackerman said: "Although it is a little late, I still want to represent the Ottoman Empire and Sultan Abdul Hamid II to congratulate the victory of the Far East War. This is a major victory of anti-colonial and anti-hegemony. We also believe that under the leadership of the East China **, the Ministry of Encyclopedia, which was occupied by Russia will definitely recover the Ministry of Encyclopedia, which was invaded by Russia."

Xu Jichao said: "Thank you to the Ottoman Empire and also to His Majesty Sultan."

Ackerman said again: "Although East China defeated Russia in last year's war, causing heavy damage to Russia, Russia is still very powerful and is a huge threat to our Ottoman Empire. Moreover, they were frustrated in the Far East and will inevitably turn the spearhead of expansion to the West. Russia has always been eyeing our Bosphorus Strait, trying to open the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, once Russia recovers its vitality, it will inevitably use force to us. Here I sincerely hope that friends in the East will give us the necessary help." As he said that, Ackerman stood up and bowed deeply to Xu Jichao.

Xu Jichao and Li Sanjie also hurriedly stood up and bowed. Xu Jichao said: "Mr. Ambassador, our China is deeply suffering from invasion and colonization. Therefore, we have always been supportive of the struggle against colonization, anti-aggression, anti-oppression, and pursuit of national independence in other countries. We will do our best to help the Ottoman Empire, resist aggression and oppression, and safeguard national sovereignty."

Ackerman nodded. Of course, he knew that Xu Jichao's statement was just a diplomatic word and could not be taken seriously. But this was the first time that both sides had contacted. It was good that East China ** could have such an attitude. To truly get help from East China **, it still needed to have further contact, exchange and exchange of interests. Over the past few decades, the Ottoman Empire has been dealing with several major powers such as Britain, France and Russia. Of course, it is known that historical friendships, common values ​​and so on are unreliable. The alliance between countries is only two words, interests.

So what benefits can the Ottoman Empire give to East China? Ackerman believes that there is still some, that is, both sides are facing the threat of Russia, so this is the basis for cooperation between the two sides and even the joint alliance.

Of course, it is too early to talk about joint alliances and alliances, and it needs to be done step by step. The first thing to do is to establish normal diplomatic relations as soon as possible. Only after the establishment of diplomatic relations can the two sides engage in normal exchanges without using other platforms. This is also the domestic opinion of the Ottoman Empire.

So Ackerman said: "On behalf of the Ottoman Empire, I will formally send you an invitation. I hope that the delegation from East China's visit to Germany will be able to visit the Ottoman Empire after the visit to Germany, and discuss the communication methods, channels, and issues of negotiations between us. We will definitely give you the highest courtesy." As he said that, Ackerman took out a formal diplomatic document from his briefcase and handed it to Xu Jichao.

Xu Jichao frowned, reached out to take the document, and said, "I have accepted this document first, but I cannot give the Ambassador an accurate reply to the Ambassador if I accept the invitation from the Ottoman Empire. This requires me to ask the domestic ** for instructions. Only by obtaining domestic authorization can I accept the invitation from the Ottoman Empire."

Ackerman said: "Of course, we can understand it, but when asking Mr. Envoy to report to the country, you must indicate that the Ottoman Empire sincerely invited the delegation to visit, and sincerely hope to have friendly exchanges with the East China **."

Xu Jichao said: "Okay, I will report this kind of intention to the country truthfully, Mr. Ambassador."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Akerman stood up and said goodbye to leave. Xu Jichao and Li Sanjie also sent Akerman out of the apartment, and then turned back.

Li Sanjie smiled and said, "It seems that we have become a hot commodity. So many countries have invited us to visit!"

Xu Jichao said: "As it said, face is fought on the battlefield. If we had not won the victory of the Far East War and allowed the Ottoman Empire to see that we were strong enough to fight against Russia, would they respectfully invite us to visit!"

Li Sanjie also nodded and said, "Yes! Now I can really understand the feeling of being truly proud after the war of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea in the old time and space." He paused and said, "Do you want to send the telegram back to Qingdao immediately!"

Xu Jichao thought about it, shook his head, and said, "Print the telegram first, but don't rush to send it back. Tomorrow we will communicate with Germany first. After all, we are on other people's territory, and now Germany is developing relations with the Ottoman Empire, so we must tell Germany that trade negotiations will start tomorrow. After the results are achieved, we will send them back together."

Before the New Year's Day holiday, the trade negotiations between East China and Germany had entered the moment of Guanzhong, and both sides basically showed their trump card. East China has agreed to increase the quota of 8 minerals exported to Germany by 65%, and the quota of 20 minerals by 45%. The quota of 36 minerals by 25%, including a total of 73 minerals, which can be said to have made considerable concessions.

However, East China has many requirements. In addition to requiring Germany to relax the export of high-tech and high-tech commodities, it also requires Germany to approve the transfer of 17 technologies including large-caliber artillery manufacturing, special steel, surface carburizing and hardening armor, small water pipe boilers, artificial synthetic ammonia, Zeiss optical products, etc.
Chapter completed!