"The Empire values China very much. Frankly speaking, with China's current strength, even if they stood on the dynasty's side, the help they could provide to the dynasty was very limited.”Minister Harhausen said.
Yuan Baocen, Tang Shaochuan, and Liang Yifu's expressions were ugly.
Wasn't the reason why China had become like this because of these foreigners? If it weren't for their repeated invasions, how could China have fallen to such a state?
Of course, it was ultimately because of China itself. Being behind meant being beaten up. It was normal for China to be beaten up when it was behind the West.
What they could do was probably to do their best to make China develop and become stronger so that the tragedy of the past would not happen again.
"Minister, that would be great.”Yuan Baocen and the others were very happy.
"Then, Second Young Master, Milords, what kind of help does your country hope that the German Empire will provide?”Minister Harhausen asked.
Yuan Baocen glanced at Tang Shaochuan, indicating for him to tell her what they had discussed earlier.
"Minister, first of all, we need a large loan. Whether it was industrial development or military development, they all needed a lot of money. Right now, our government is in need of money. It would be best if the German Empire could provide us with a loan.”Tang Shaochuan said.
" I don't know." Minister Harhausen nodded." How much loan does your government need?"”
Tang Shaochuan suppressed his excitement and said,""At least 2 billion Mark!"
"Two billion Mark?" Minister Harhausen's hand trembled, and he almost dropped the coffee in his hand.
He looked at Tang Shaochuan as if he was eating for free.
One had to know that China's current annual financial income was only 100 million taels of silver. Converted to Mark, it was only 500 million Mark.
"Minister, of course we know that this is a large sum of money. However, our country has been extremely weak for a long time. Without a large amount of capital investment, it will be difficult to improve in a short period of time. With the current international situation so tense, a war would probably break out soon. Besides, with this loan, other than paying us a portion in cash, the rest can be used to purchase military equipment and industrial machinery from the country. In other words, the money had returned to the hands of the country. Moreover, it could also greatly promote the economy of the country.”Yuan Baocen said.
"Second Young Master, that's true, but this loan is too large. I'm afraid the country won't agree to it. I'll report to the country, but I don't know how much the country will agree to give you.”Harrison believed that even if Germany decided to support China, it would be impossible to provide so many loans to China at once.
"Alright, I believe that the wise Emperor will definitely make the right choice.”Yuan Baocen silently flattered him.
"Your Excellency, we hope that the German Empire can provide us with machinery for the development of the military industry. Send engineers and technicians to guide us so that our military industry can be built and run as soon as possible. "In this way, once the war breaks out, we will have enough strength to participate in the war and not be controlled by others.”Tang Shaoyi continued.
" Yes," Minister Harhausen nodded." I will report this to my country." If the country decided to support China, it should not be a problem.”
China was too far away from China, and their navy was not as strong as the Ying Royal Navy.
Once the war broke out, China would definitely be sealed off, and they would no longer be able to provide support to China. They would have to rely on China's own strength to continue the war.
As long as the higher-ups of Germany were not stupid, they knew that they had to give China the strength to continue the war.
"In addition, we hope that the country can help us build the heavy industries that are compatible with the military industry, such as steel, non-metallic smelting, machinery manufacturing, train head manufacturing, and chemical engineering. Of course, we don't have money. All the expenses will require the country to provide us with a loan.”
"Alright, I'll convey your intentions to the country.”replied Minister Harhausen.
"Minister, if possible, you can also export a batch of Longsong Cannons to us. It would be best if you could help us build a shipyard. Don't forget, the Far East still had an ally from the Ying Country. Once the war breaks out, they will definitely attack us.”
Yuan Baocen made a final request.
After Japan defeated Russia, the Japanese Navy was the most powerful existence in the entire Far East. Even the Ying Country's Royal Navy's Far East Fleet was far inferior.
As for the Chinese navy, after the 1894 - 1895 naval battle, it had long since ceased to exist in name only.
However, as a country with a long coastline, it was obviously impossible for China to not have a navy.
Even if developing a navy was far more difficult than developing an army, he still had to find a way to start building a navy. Only then would China have a chance to defeat Japan.
Otherwise, no matter how strong China's army was, they couldn't possibly swim to Japan, right?
Of course, in a short period of time, China's navy was obviously unable to compete with Japan's navy. However, Yuan Baocen had already thought it through. He could use submarines and other non-symmetrical operations to make the Japanese navy pay the price.
"Alright, I will convey Second Young Master's request to the country.”Harrison didn't decline.
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