Expedition to Europe

After a long talk with Qin Zhiyuan, William III finally got the idea. After leaving the Penglai Island Palace, William III immediately sent a telegram to German Prime Minister Prince Marx who stayed in the country, asking Prince Marx to start negotiations with the Americans immediately.

Just as Qin Zhiyuan designed, William III's demands focused on two aspects. On the one hand, he asked the United States to increase its loan strength, and on the other hand, he asked France and Belgium to withdraw their troops from the Ruhr area.

After the World War, France and Belgium occupied the Ruhr area of ​​Germany, which is the most important industrial area in Germany. If the Ruhr area cannot be taken back, there is no way to talk about the revival of Germany.

The Americans fully agreed with the change of attitude of the Germans. US Secretary of State Charles Hughes even sent a telegram to Qin Zhiyuan, thanking Qin Zhiyuan for his efforts in Germany's acceptance of the "Dawes Plan" and inviting Lan Fang to join the "Dawes Plan".

The United States tasted the sweetness in the process of participating in the negotiations between Lan Fang and Yemen, and now wants to repeat the old trick.

However, it is estimated that Charles Hughes will hit a snag. Germany is not Yemen. It is not easy to cut meat from Germany. Germany is too far away from Lan Fang, and Qin Zhiyuan has no interest in Germany. Germany now has so little land, but there are nearly 60 million Germans living there. It is too crowded. Qin Zhiyuan does not want the Chinese to be sardines.

However, facing the olive branch handed over by the Americans, Lan Fang is not easy to refuse. After all, Lan Fang and the United States have just established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. The relationship between the two countries is in the honeymoon period. At this time, strengthening cooperation is the right thing to do. So Qin Zhiyuan accepted Charles Hughes' invitation and agreed to provide Germany with part of the loan, but he was not prepared to participate in the negotiations with Germany.

This negotiation is destined to become a joke. The Americans will definitely not be able to achieve their goals and get compensation smoothly, so Lan Fang has no need to wade into this muddy water.

While preparing to cooperate with the "Dawes Plan" to provide Germany with part of the loan, Lan Fang also has its own "aid plan to Germany".

Lan Fang's aid to Germany mainly provides materials, technology, equipment, and human support.

Qin Zhiyuan didn't plan to give money. The Americans were going to control Germany's finance. Qin Zhiyuan's giving money was equivalent to sending food to the Americans. Qin Zhiyuan would definitely not do such a stupid thing.

The materials that Lan Fang was going to provide to Germany were mainly food and industrial raw materials. Rice and canned food were indispensable. Qin Zhiyuan had to at least ensure that the Germans would not starve to death, so that they would have the strength to ensure Germany's national construction. Steel and oil were also listed. These things were actually things that were explicitly banned from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles. Germany could solve part of the steel problem because of the Ruhr area, but there was no reserve of oil.

Lan Fang's oil was really inexhaustible. The Daqing Oilfield alone was enough to meet Lan Fang's domestic needs. The oil produced by the New Baku Oilfield could be used for export. There was no problem in taking out a part to support Germany.

As for the "embargo", it was a term that appeared just after the end of the World War, and it had never been seriously implemented. The things that Lan Fang transported to Germany had long broken through the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. Except for the French, no one thought this was a problem.

The French were obviously a little short of breath when facing Lan Fang, who made the French "treacherous" first!

In addition to materials, the human resources of equipment are also easy to solve. After Lan Fang completed the first five-year plan ahead of schedule, the second five-year plan put forward higher requirements for industry. In order to complete the plan with quality and quantity, Lan Fang's factory has now begun the replacement and renewal of the industry. A large number of machines in the factory are facing elimination, which can be used to support Germany.

Interestingly, a large part of these machines were originally obtained by Lan Fang from Germany, and now they are returned to the Germans, which can be regarded as returning to their original owners.

Human resources are even less of a problem. After the end of the World War, German industry faced difficulties. Many engineers, technicians, and even skilled workers were facing unemployment. Lan Fang extended an olive branch to those Germans who were about to lose their jobs. Because of the guidance of the German government, many Germans came to Lan Fang and worked for Lan Fang's national construction, playing a big role in this process.

Germany also has patriotic education, so although the living conditions in Lan Fang are better, there are still many Germans who have not joined Lan Fang nationality. They are all ready to return to Germany at the right time and contribute their own strength to Germany's revival.

Qin Zhiyuan did not object to such a choice. Loyalty is the most beautiful quality of human beings. Even if the object of loyalty is not Lan Fang, these "loyalties" are worthy of recognition.

So Qin Zhiyuan did not mean to stop those Germans from returning to Germany. On the contrary, because of the current situation in Germany, Qin Zhiyuan was ready to send a group of Lan Fang nationality technicians to Germany to help Germany rebuild its industrial system.

What Qin Zhiyuan felt most proud of was "technical support".

I don't know since when, Chinese people have been associated with derogatory words such as "ignorance" and "backwardness", as if the five thousand years of civilization history had never existed. Most of the Chinese, who are ahead of the world, began to become unconfident, and even when mentioning the glorious history, they felt a little "ashamed of their ancestors".

Lan Fang started from nothing, and now has the world's leading technical strength in some aspects. Whether it is cars or airplanes, or biology and chemistry, Lan Fang has something to show for it. Now it can provide technical assistance to Germany, which really makes Qin Zhiyuan feel excited.

If "rigorous" is the characteristic of Germans, then "precision" is the synonym of German industrial products. Germans have a special quality. Even a nut that is inconspicuous can be made exquisite by Germans. In this respect, Lan Fang is actually not as good as Germans.

Lan Fang's industrial products are actually very "Soviet" in some aspects. The "Soviet" industry was very extreme back then. Simple ones were very simple, and complex ones were very complex. "Big, thick and black" and "strong and durable" were the characteristics of Soviet industrial products at the time, and now they are also part of the characteristics of Lan Fang's industrial products.

The reason why I say part is that not all products are "big, thick and black" and "strong and durable". Only some Lan Fang industrial products have these characteristics, such as washbasins and teacups used by people who do not have high requirements for the quality of life. These durable products are "strong and durable" is the most important quality. After all, the current objective world is not developed, and materials are not rich enough, at least not as rich as in the 21st century. "Have" and "have not" are the most urgent problems to be solved, and "good" or "bad" is a problem to be solved in the future.

Of course, there is no "Soviet Union" in this world, so this has become the Lan Fang style.

No matter what stage, people always have classes, and there are also people in Lan Fang who have high requirements for the quality of life. Therefore, in response to the needs of this part of people, the qualities of another part of Lan Fang's industrial products are "fine workmanship" and "excellent quality".

For example, for products with relatively high technological content such as cars and airplanes, because of their high added value, Lan Fang industrial people have also spent more time and effort. Just the color of a car has consumed countless efforts of Lan Fang researchers.

These efforts are worth it. As far as the world is concerned, most of Lan Fang's products for export belong to the second category, so the characteristics of Lan Fang products are "fine workmanship" and "excellent quality", which is also the goal that Qin Zhiyuan has been pursuing tirelessly.

There is a reward for every effort. The hard work of Qin Zhiyuan and countless Lan Fang researchers has made Lan Fang products popular all over the world. The "Coconut City Expo" some time ago is the best annotation.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @book/bar!

At the "Coconut City Expo", the total transaction volume exceeded 13 billion Lanfang yuan, of which 70% of the orders came from Europe and the United States, which simply made Lanfang industrialists ecstatic. Even if all factories worked overtime, it would take until April next year to complete these orders.

In Qin Zhiyuan's plan, next year's "Coconut City Expo" will be held in April, which means that new orders will come one after another just after the old orders are produced, and there are additional orders from old customers, so now almost all Lanfang factories are expanding their scale to have stronger production capacity and prepare to meet the wave of orders from all over the world.

In William III's request, Lanfang will provide Germany with a series of technical support, including the automotive industry, biotechnology, chemical industry, etc. These aspects are basically not directly related to the military, but they are closely related. This is also an industry that the "Versailles Treaty" did not involve. Germany can now conduct research and production in this area.

Qin Zhiyuan accepted part of William III's request. For automobiles and penicillin, Qin Zhiyuan can help Germany build factories and authorize Germany to produce them, charging the lowest patent fees. But Qin Zhiyuan was reserved about the patent transfer.

The patents in Qin Zhiyuan's hands were all low-cost and high-profit patents, and the profits made many countries envious and jealous.

Qin Zhiyuan enjoyed this envy and jealousy, and he was not going to be a saint. No matter which country, even the Republic of China, if they wanted to set up a factory for production, they had to pay patent fees to Lan Fang. So far, except for sharing the patent of penicillin with France, Qin Zhiyuan had never transferred any patents. If Qin Zhiyuan transferred the patents related to automobiles, penicillin, and nylon to the Germans, it would definitely make many countries re-evaluate the relationship between Lan Fang and Germany.

That would be more trouble than gain.

Even so, it was enough to satisfy William III. It can be said that so far, William III's purpose of this trip has been achieved more than half.

One day in early September, Qin Zhiyuan received a report from Gao Hongshi that William III went to find Einstein.

This immediately aroused Qin Zhiyuan's vigilance.