When Chen Qimei and others were conspiring in the Qingdao Concession, Wei Lixian and Lao Naixuan were also conspiring on the Lixian Academy on Shanghai Road in the Concession (now Qingdao No. 9 Middle School). Unlike the people of the Tongmenghui who shouted to fight and kill, Wei Lixian, a German missionary and sinologist, was just telling a different marriage to Lao Naixuan, the legitimate Qing Dynasty.

"Master Lao," Wei Lixian's Chinese is a bit weird, but he can finally understand it. "In the current form of China, I think the restoration is difficult to succeed unless... unless there is a family member who has not yet married and marry a German princess, of course, the princess may be better. If so, then His Majesty the Emperor will have enough reason to intervene in China's affairs. Even if he does not intervene, then you will be safe in Shandong. Master Lao, I also heard that Yuan Shikai, Tianjin, will be assassinated by Yuan Shikai, was very angry. If Lord Yuan's subordinates can participate in the restoration, then success is very hopeful..."

Wei Lixian seemed to have thought about restoration for a long time. As soon as he spoke about the marriage plan, Lao Naixuan's heart was in conflict. But although he thought of those vain foreign women, Lao Naixuan, who was just trembling, he did not marry him anyway, and after he was discomfort, he agreed: "But the prince who is promoting this matter has become a marriage now, so..."

"Master Lao, I am not allowed." Wei Lixian emphasized: "Whether in accordance with God's will or taking into account the dignity of the royal family, the princess cannot be a concubine. And I also want to make it clear that this is just my plan. It is still unclear whether such a method will be effective. The relationship between China and Germany is still in the temptation area. No one has yet to think about how to interact with each other."

"Oh..." Lao Naixuan was speechless when he twisted his beard and wanted to be the emperor. Since Guangxu died, he had always believed that he was the lord of Aisin Gioro's revival. But he was over thirty years old and his wife had already married him, unless... he thought about this, so he didn't say much and stood up and said goodbye.

The restoration was not advocated by Lao Naixuan. At first, the restoration was Prince Gong Fu Wei. He was only pulled into the water later. When he made great contributions, he and Duan Fang were imprisoned for several months after confiscating their property. When the Min King finally ordered the imperial edict, all the old men from the Qing Dynasty were released. Like other old people, he did not go to Tianjin where Yuan Shikai was located, but went to Qingdao.

In Qingdao, where people are living in many places, they will naturally discuss something when they discuss too much. Sun Wen, the revolutionary party, understood that if the revolution is successful, they must have the support of foreigners. The same is true for restoration. If they want to succeed, they must also have foreign support. You can look at the countries all over the country. The United States and Russia were bribed by the Revival Association and stood completely on their side; Britain and the law are one, and Britain naturally hopes that the country will be stable for its own business and tolerate the Revival Association. Only Japan and Germany have some hope, but Japan wants South Manchuria. It is the land of the ancestors and cannot be abandoned easily. Therefore, the best target can only be Germany.

However, Germany also has problems with Germany. During the Restoration Association, German officials helped them train their troops to fight. Now the Germans have been awarded titles, the highest being the duke, and the other several are the earls. Although these people have been proclaimed that they had left German nationality ten years ago, they are still Germans after all. What Launathan hopes is that the rebels dare not rely on Germany among the two major international forces, which is the hope for restoration. With the promise of Sino-German alliance after the restoration, Launathan came to see Wei Lixian, hoping to join the line through Wei Lixian and the German consul or even the emperor, but he did not expect that this line would actually be a marriage.

Lao Naixuan returned to the apartment. Liu Tingchen, who had been waiting in the flower hall, quickly stood up and said, "Sir Lao, what do the foreigners say?"

Liu Tingchen is the assistant minister of the school department. It is unknown why he restored Lao Naixuan. Nowadays, there are too many people with milk who are mothers. He respects these hopes for restoration. He said at the moment: "Youyun, this German is not sure. The revival will be of great potential now. If they want them to support us, the general method will not work."

"A general method?" Liu Tingchen also heard his outrageous words and hurriedly said, "Then what extraordinary method is needed to support our restoration. You can't cede Shandong to them, right?"

"Ceal the land?" Lao Naixuan shook his head, "If you want to ced the land, how can we cut so many foreigners? The way Master Wei Lixian is to marry, but you know that foreigners want to be wives but not concubines, but King Gong has already gotten married. This matter...hey."

"Do you have to be a full wife?" Liu Tingchen thought, "Do you have to divorce your wife?"

Seeing that Liu Tingchen said what he thought, Lao Naixuan said: "If this matter is spread, if you marry a foreigner in order to restore the throne, then... the Qingliu people will denounce it. The best way is to find a royal family who has not been married to marry the Germans, and then Prince Gong is the regent, so that it is a thing of the past, both etiquette and favor."

Lau Naixuan's proposal was a plan for both worlds, but Liu Tingchen knew that it would never be possible with King Gong's nature. A few years ago, Guangxi was stabbed and Guangxu came back. King Gong was not only displeased when he heard the news, but also seriously ill for several days - he just hoped that Guangxu would succeed the throne if he died. But it was good that Guangxu died until the night the revolutionary party sieges the city, and the world changed its color the next day after his death, which made people too late to ascend the throne. Now he is finally ready to restore the throne, but he wants to find a son and nephew as the emperor. How could this little King Gong agree?

"Master Lao, I'd better go back and discuss with everyone. Should I go back and discuss it as the Germans said? "Liu Tingchen himself was undecided, so he had to go back to report to Pu Wei before talking. However, when he accompanied Lao Naixuan to Pu Wei's apartment, he found that King Gong was no longer there. After inquiring about the place, he was shocked and said, "What! Go to see the revolutionary party?"

"That's right." Hu Sijing, the former Guangdong Censor, said naturally: "The revolutionary party also has something wrong with Fuxing. Now the Sun Wen-song whom Prince Gong went to see will be in power with Fuxing. Some time ago, Yuan Shikai was said to have killed them. If Yang Jingcheng could be killed, then the big thing would be accomplished!"

"Yes! That's right!" Zheng Xiaoxu, former deputy speaker of the parliament, also said. "No matter whether the Germans support us or not, Yang Jingcheng should be killed. Once he dies, the thieves will have no master. That big thing can be accomplished. If someone raises his arms and shouts, the world will be settled."

Zheng Xiaoxu has always been a good friend of the Japanese. When Luo Naixun saw that he didn't care about the Germans in his words, he hurriedly asked, "Sir Zheng, is it a Japanese who have contacted him?"

"That's right!" Zheng Xiaoxu looked gloomy. "Jifu (Shengyun) has already gone to Japan. Now the Revival Association has had a bad relationship with the Japanese. Everyone says that there must be a war between the two countries. We just take this opportunity to achieve our wish."

"Brother Su Kan, this is based on the Japanese to restore the throne. I'm afraid they are ambitions." Lao Naixuan said. "For the best solution now, I'd better ask the Germans for help. Although I have to pay them for the success, I don't want to cede the land."

"Brother Ji Xuan Da Miao. I have to ask for help from others, and I always give people good benefits. The Japanese have agreed and don't cut off my entire land. They only have some privileges." Zheng Xiaoxu said. "Instead of being occupied by the rebels, it's better to lead a friendly country to help me restore the rebellion. The De people now have a relationship with the rebels**. Brother Ji Xuan, Wei Lixian didn't tell you that their prince Henry is coming, right?"

"Prince Henry?" Launayen had never heard of this. "Isn't this Prince Henry the younger brother of the German emperor?"

"That's right! Since you don't know, then you can say that the virtues are hopeless to help me." Zheng Xiaoxu sighed and said, "Now, in order to win over the countries, the rebels are constantly selling their rights. This is for oil mines and the railways, and they do everything they can to gain support from foreigners. But they are very evil to the Japanese. They don't say anything, and often cause some trouble. The Japanese see that the rebels will become a confidant in the future. Only then are willing to help us complete this plan of restoration. This is also considered a loss of the east corner and a muddle of the mud."

Zheng Xiaoxu said so much, but Lao Naixuan didn't listen to a word. The younger brother of the German emperor, Prince Henry, came to China in his early years. The main reason was that he first occupied Jiaoji and came to stabilize Jiaoao. Now that this person comes again, he must have a good relationship with the Fuxinghui and others. Once he makes good relationship, he will not support his restoration. Therefore, he couldn't help saying: "It seems that in this game, it can only be achieved by the Japanese."

"That's true!" Zheng Xiaoxu said happily, and even more excited, he scratched his bald head: "There is no one else for the people who have given up on the Japanese! The despotics should let go first. If they do not recognize the rioters, it will not be too late for us to contact them again. What we have to do now is to contact the old party and accumulate strength. When the time comes, we can do things."

"Yes. Yes. Now that Yuan thief has gone, his subordinates are in panic, and many people have other thoughts. As long as the contact is right and the official position is granted, it will still attract a lot of people." Hu Sijing said. "Another..., Chen Boyan's second son is the governor of Shandong. If he can tell this, then the great event will be expected."

Chen Boyan was the son of Chen Sanli, the famous minister of the reform. He was known as the fourth son of the reform, together with Tan Sitong, Xu Renzhu and Tao Jucun. During the recession of Wuxu, he was dismissed from his post with his father. When Guangxu was reborn, he was appointed as the Minister of Rites. However, he resigned from his post because of the struggle for plagiarism. His son Hengke, Rongke and Yinke went to Japan in his early years. During his time in Japan, the third son returned to Shanghai to recuperate, and the eldest son and the second son graduated several years later. While studying in the east, the second son Rongke joined the Revival Society, and was later one of the representatives of the Revival Society. Later, Hangzhou was surrendered for everything and was sentenced to death. Due to family relations, he was sentenced to ten years in prison. He did not expect that the revival society had taken over the world and immediately became a new crown in the new dynasty.

Most of the people in the Revival Society were young. Chen Rongge came from a famous family of officials. In addition, the school he studied was the Department of Finance and Commerce of Tokyo Imperial University, so he was naturally entrusted with important tasks as soon as he was released from prison. Perhaps the Revival Society wanted to win over Chen Sanli and other former Qing ministers, but this purpose was not achieved. Moreover, his current governor of Shandong happened to be the key to restoration. Therefore, everyone close to King Gong attached great importance to lobbying Chen Rongge, hoping that he could abide by ethics and respect his father's orders.

Hu Sijing and Zheng Xiaoxu said the matter so beautifully, but Lao Naixuan just didn't believe it. His former master Duan Fang and others kept a distance from the restoration. This was still an old minister. No matter how much Chen Rongke respected his father's order, he would not sell the revival and would turn to Xiao Gong. But at this time he didn't want to pour cold water from everyone, and just said, "It's so good, so good." But he thought about the matter of Prince Henry of the Despotics again, thinking that if he could meet this person, even if he was not successful, he could leave a way for the future. But how could he meet Prince Henry? When did he pass by Qingdao?

When Launayen was thinking about Prince Henry, in the Governor General of the Qingdao Concession, Wei Lixian was reporting to Governor General Alfred Mail Valdik of the Zongshe Party to Governor General Alfred Mail Valdik. Valdik was born in the Navy and was previously the chief of staff of the Far East Fleet. After the previous Governor General Truber was taken away by Tirpitz, he became the fourth Governor General of Jiaoao.

"Mr. Governor, I think we should support them. This will be of great help to the Empire's cause in the Far East. William and his team only have the resentment of His Majesty the Emperor. With them in it, it is difficult for them to form an alliance between China and Germany." Wei Lixian said.

"No! No! Richard, this is not what the Emperor thinks." Valdik corrected him: "With Duke William here, even if this country does not form an alliance with the Empire, it will at least not take the Empire as an enemy. As for the Governor of Jiaoao, what we are most worried about is that China will completely turn to Britain and France. As for Russia, I don't think they will have any good results with it. In Manchuria, if you want to suppress Japan, you must make good friends with the United States and Russia. Revival will do exactly this. Do you know that Prince Henry is already on the way to China. No. It should be that he is about to arrive, and the Empire is likely to have a big business with China."

"Big business?" Wei Lixian asked. He remembered that the current Chinese government was not much different from the previous government. The difference was that the government used to borrow money to pay compensation, but now the government borrowed money to shop. It is said that they borrowed 800 million marks, and they used 400 million to buy American goods. "Governor, are you talking about setting up a shipyard with the Chinese in Qingdao? Yes. There are also an arsenal?"

"Not exactly!" Valdike said. "The specific business is only known only when Prince Henry and Yang Jingcheng meet. I believe this is a big business. He will arrive the day after tomorrow."

The business with Germany is indeed very big. So big that the new government had to give Britain a railway loan to balance the relationship between the two countries. The United States, France, Russia, Germany, and Britain all received a lot of benefits. Only the Fujian Railway that Japan asked for was not followed, which made the Japanese change their minds. Not only did they support Sun Wen, but they also began to support the Zongshe Party. However, these were all expected by Yang Rui. There were so many yellow belts and red belts in the Qing Dynasty. Now that they became ordinary people, they would naturally think about restoration. Using the restoration to suppress those opposition forces was the plan set by Liu Boyuan and Yang Rui before. Therefore, when the report from Shandong was transmitted to the capital, Yang Rui was not surprised. Only Chen Rongke thought about transferring his post but resigning was beyond his expectations.

On the one hand, his father was pursuing each other, and on the other hand, the revolution must perform his duties. Chen Rongge's situation was also difficult, but Yang Rui was not good enough to transfer him away now. Once this happens, Shandong will be alarmed. The final solution is to let someone secretly take over Chen Rongge's position, but he still did not transfer him himself, so that the matter in Shandong will be temporarily stabilized.

After dealing with the affairs of the Zongshe Party, the next big thing was that Prince Henry of Germany came to China. When he invited the Germans, Yang Rui did not expect William to send Henry to come in person, but he thought of Henry's resume in the Far East and his professionalism, there was indeed no more suitable candidate than him. So, before the new American minister Rui Enshi arrived in China, Prince Henry of Germany arrived first.

After being grandly received by Zhu Kuansu in the Forbidden City and awarded the first-class medal, Prince Henry went to the Prime Minister's Office to talk to Yang Rui. It is reported that when Guangxu met foreign envoys, the first person to shake hands was Prince Henry. Now Guangxu is no longer, and the world is changed to the master, Zhu Kuansu can't shake hands. I don't know what the tall, thin and capable German feels in his heart, but seeing his serious expression, Yang Rui knew that even if he asked, he would not answer. According to the information in all aspects, the Germans still really favored the princes and princes of the Qing Dynasty. During the Boxern period, the German minister Clinder was killed, and William was extremely angry, but when the Qing Dynasty sent Zaifeng to Germany to apologize, William was very polite to him and taught him a set of skills of governing the country. There is no need to mention the events of the Qing Dynasty and the Revival Society later... Yang Rui only felt that the Germans were too lucky and always stood on the side of the loser.

"Your Highness has worked so hard for thousands of miles." Yang Rui began to be polite after the two sides met, but he did not use German, and his words were translated into various things.

"Prime Minister, it is my honor to come to China again." Prince Henry said meticulously. Then he suddenly laughed and showed a side that the Germans did not have. "Under your leadership, it is a great miracle that China can change like this."

Listening to the German compliment, Yang Rui understood why William sent him here, and said politely: "Without the help of German friends, we would not have achieved what we have today. So, personally, we are extremely kind to Germany." Yang Rui has already used German to see him like this, and he also retreated obediently. "However, judging from China's current situation, being too close to Germany will only put the country in crisis, which is something that His Majesty the Emperor and I don't want to see."

"Get close to Germany... in the crisis..." Henry thought about Yang Rui's words carefully, and did not speak for a moment, and then thought of something, saying: "His Majesty the Emperor of our country wants me to bring me greetings to you. Your Majesty hopes that the friendship between Germany and China will last forever."

"Of course, this is what I hope." Yang Rui said, and then directly inserted the topic into the main topic. "This time I want to come to China with Your Excellency the Prince, hoping that the two countries can have closer cooperation in military industry."

"Yes, I fully understand this." Prince Henry nodded and said, "Mr. Krupp has sent his eldest son to China with me. You will fully support the military upgrade plan mentioned by the Minister to China."

"That's good!" Krupp sent a heavyweight figure to come. Yang Rui knew that the military industry system has been almost sorted out now, but the domestic military production is too small. The original factories of the Qing Dynasty, plus the Arsenal Factory 1 and 2, run by the Fuxing Association, have integrated the annual production of less than 50,000 rifles and less than 500 artillery pieces. The production capacity of guns is insufficient, and the ammunition is also insufficient. The annual output of bullets is 5,000,000, and the artillery shells are less than 200,000. Based on the 500,000 troops, each bullet is only 100 rounds per year, and the artillery shells are even fewer. Each gun only has eighty rounds per year. This is only counted as the army, and the navy does not count.

According to the estimates of the General Logistics Department, the production of rifles will double to reach a scale of 100,000 units, and the artillery will also double to produce more than a thousand units per year. In terms of ammunition, the production of bullets will also double to reach a scale of 90 million to 100 million rounds per year. The combined production of artillery shells, the army and the navy will reach an annual output of 3 million or even 5 million rounds, so that such a military industry can fight against the outside world. In terms of military industry layout, there are seven arsenals in the northeast, one in Shanxi, one in Lanzhou, one in Hubei, one in Sichuan, one in Nanjing, and one in Guangdong. All of these seven factories must have the ability to produce guns and cannons.

If you want to reach this scale, the hardware investment is estimated to reach 20 million taels, which is just an increase. It has not included the renewal of the equipment of the original old factory. If you want to completely renew the military equipment, the investment will exceed 30 million taels. This is just an arsenal. China does not have nickel ore now. Those from the Mining Department strike. Yang Rui only entrusts foreigners to find ore. Once a nickel ore is found, it will be a huge sum of money to open a nickel ore and a smelter. In addition, the bullets used for rifles are still round-headed bullets. If you want to produce pointed-headed bullets, you don’t know how much the Germans charge. Although the army currently chooses the Mauser Type 96 7mm caliber firearm, which is not the same as the 7.92mm in Germany, it is a pointed bullet after all, and even Germany was completely replaced seven years ago.

After thinking about military affairs, Yang Rui thought of another major event. After thinking about it, he said: "Your Highness, in addition to ordering a large number of military production equipment, our country also wants to customize a batch of ships in your country. It is said that your country's ships are extremely busy now, and we are very worried that it will affect the delivery time of the ship."

"No! Your Excellency Prime Minister, we promise to complete China's orders on time. The ships ordered by your country were now close to completion." Military equipment is just a one-time business. If you weren't worried that you wouldn't sell them, the Germans wouldn't want to sell them at all. Military industry is like this, but ships are different. Building ships is more money than buying military equipment. So when Henry heard Yang Rui say he wanted to build a ship, his eyes suddenly shining. He tried his best to be reserved and asked carefully: "What ships do your country want to order?"
Chapter completed!