There is indeed a reason why Li Han did not attend the establishment ceremony of the Western Stock Exchange!

Out of importance to finance, it was impossible for him not to participate in the establishment of this stock exchange.&&& However, today he happened to have two visits at the same time, which made him unable to even go away, so he had to temporarily notify Zhang Meisheng to wait for him. As for the outside world, he could only apologize, because compared to the stock exchange, the two groups of people who came to visit him today are very important.

Let’s talk about the first group of visitors, Franz, the German Consul in Hankou. The old fox was once the German ambassador to the United States. Although he was a civil servant, he was not unfamiliar with military affairs because he was born in a noble family of Junker. In addition, he had many military officers around him. Therefore, the German mission in China, especially Hankou and Beijing, has been closely watching the situation of the Republic of China. Over the past year, the Germans have gained too much benefit from Li Han. Just now, the Germans are waving a ship of strategic materials that cannot be bought in Europe, which is enough to make the Germans realize the importance of the Republic of China and Li Han to Germany. Therefore, he received an order at the beginning of the war in the Republic of China, and it is necessary to keep Li Han and his power, even if he offended the British.

The situation in the Republic of China, the old fox Franz, was always staring at the situation in the Republic of China, but unexpectedly, just when Li Han showed a trace of defeat, the situation changed. The planes in the western part of the Anhui battlefield could not only carry a large number of bombs to bomb ground buildings, but also had an aircraft that only needed one person to control flights, but also could lead the shooting without cooperation. This really shocked Franz and a group of German military officers. They obviously thought that if Germany mastered this weapon of war, the sky in Europe would definitely belong to the German eagle in the future. Immediately after the news and what happened in the Anhui battlefield returned to China, the instructions were sent from Germany in the past two days, ordering Franz and others to give him some more benefits. In any case, it was necessary to obtain exclusively the aircraft manufacturing technology mastered by Li Han's west before Britain, France and other countries!

Immediately, I was waiting for the Germans to come to him for slaughter. He had held the card of the plane for a long time and had not been shown out just to get a chance to get enough benefits from Germany, Austria and other countries. This time, I was forced to open this card in advance, exposing it to foreigners and Japanese, and attracted the attention of hostile forces in advance. If he did not take the opportunity to get enough benefits, he would have spent the young people fighting in various battlefields in vain and willing to sacrifice their lives for the Republic of China. Therefore, just as he was leaving, the secret room suddenly spread.

When the German Consortium in Hankou sent a German envoy Franz to visit him, he had to temporarily change his itinerary. The two had already met several times on the transfer of aircraft technology. Li Han put forward some of the views, such as hoping that Germany could provide support from at least 500 university professors who were proficient in metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, and chemical engineering, or selling an engine production line, two machine guns and 75 heavy artillery production lines to the Republic of China, and providing some alloy technology. The talks were suspended.

Now that Franz comes to visit him on his own initiative, it must be that Germany's opinions have been conveyed elsewhere. The obvious importance of negotiations with the Germans is still established on the current stock exchange. Li Han naturally knows how to make choices in this multiple-choice question.

The Germans were very enthusiastic about Li Han's two novel fighter jets. This was probably related to the fact that they had been trying to compete for leadership in the European continent, but were constrained by the three major armies of France, Germany and Austria on land, and the sea had to face the overwhelming advantage of the Royal Navy from the British. On land, Germany did not have the strength to sweep the three major powers at the same time, and the navy could not defeat Britain in a short time. Now Li Han will give the opportunity to become the overlord of the European sky to the Germans, and they naturally seized this opportunity. Therefore, the negotiations between the two sides can be said to be the most comfortable time since Li Han dealt with Germany and Austria and other countries. Facing his request, Germany basically accepted it completely except for a few, which really made Li Han excited.

In fact, Li Han's requirements are not high. He proposed to transfer the two aircraft that the military government is now equipped with, "Qihang" and "Raptor", and provide Germany with ten prototypes of additional weapons. The requirements are also very simple. In addition to hoping that Germany can provide support from at least 500 university professors who are proficient in metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, and chemical engineering, and for example, selling an engine production line, two machine guns and 75 heavy artillery production lines to the Republic of China, and providing some alloy technology, there are only requirements for purchasing 20 "Kap" improved class 220 tons and twin torpedo tube submarines from Germany!

Although Li Han even mastered several aircraft manufacturing technologies that he mastered were epoch-making, they actually did not have any technical barriers. However, because of the restrictions on imagination, these ideas still exist in the brains and drawings of some aircraft design madmen. Only a few demons actually created them. Therefore, except for the hope that Germany would open up some metallurgical technologies to him and hope that Germany would provide a batch of advanced intelligence, the rest were purchased with money and loans.

In China, whether it is Hanyang Iron and Steel or Sichuan Arsenal, they do not have the technology to produce machine guns in industrial production, especially water-cooled machine guns equipped by Germany. There is no way, one is that the industrial foundation is weak, but the quality of steel is not up to standard, and the third is that there is a lack of sufficient technical workers. Therefore, although the military government has achieved self-production of guns and has begun to gradually eliminate the world-famous manufacturing in the army and unified it into a gun, in terms of machine guns, except for a few hand-assembled parts, most of them have to rely on external procurement. The same is true for artillery, 75 howitzers and cannons in the world, only a very small number of military powers in the world mastered manufacturing technology, and it is a pity that the Republic of China was excluded. Hanyang Arsenal originally had the strength to manufacture small cannons with caliber of less than 60, and its production technology was still at the beginning of this century, with 37 rapid-fire machine guns, 6

The 027-caliber rapid-fire gun was only able to be produced by itself after receiving technical assistance from Germany and Austria. Therefore, for the 75 gun, which was popularized as a basic firepower in World War I and II, it was a coveted of the manufacturing technology and production line of Germany and Austria. Unfortunately, after negotiations with the two countries before, both countries were worried that once the Republic of China could produce itself, it would affect the export of their own products, so they flatly refused to provide him with technical support and refused to sell the production line to him. This time, after getting such a good opportunity, how could Li Han not grasp it well! Finally, after Li Han agreed to further expand the prospecting power of Germany in the ruling area, Germany nodded and agreed to sell him a set of Krupp second-hand production line that was put into production in 1909, and at the same time agreed to assist him with a group of relevant technical personnel.

As for why you want to purchase submarines from Germany, the reason is that Wuchang's self-produced submarines have many problems. So far, Li Han has invested nearly 6 million yuan in funds and has only created a few micro-submarines with a capacity of 150 tons. Except for one that completed the shallow water navigation from Wuchang to Daye section, the rest of the ships either sink or floated halfway due to various accidents! Considering the fact that the Jiangfang Fleet has no power to fight back unless it relies on the dock to defend the fortress, the distrust of the navy in Germany,

This led to a serious lag in the production of submarines in China. In order to increase Germany's strength as much as possible before World War I, Li Han pondered for a long time and finally decided to use orders to stimulate the upgrading of German submarine manufacturing technology. He hoped that when World War I broke out, Germany would have a stronger submarine production capacity than history, so that unlimited submarine warfare would cause a greater blow to the Allies. Therefore, when the intelligence department's personnel in Germany were sent back to Germany to develop the "Kap" improved class submarine but were forced to stop production due to the lack of attention of the navy, he had this plan in his mind!

Li Han has done all his strength to make German war machine oil. He is not worried about the issue of Germany winning in the first battle, and there is no possibility at all. He has to face the four comprehensive strengths of Britain, France, Russia and the United States and the countries under him at the same time. Before the war begins, Germany will inevitably fail. Even under the influence of Li Han, he has some advantages in the sky and the seabed in a short time, but the advantages from technology are not obvious in Germany. Just like in World War II, Germany's ordnance advantages were mostly in the Soviet Union. In the end, it was not because the advantages were not obvious, but the production volume of the Soviet Union was not.

After reaching an agreement with Germany, Li Han's mood suddenly improved a lot. He had just sent away the German Consul Franz, but he had no choice but to rest. Under the guidance of the adjutant, he met with another group of guests who had arrived behind Franz, a group of guests he had never imagined.

The reception desk of the military government station is a newly built Western-style building. When Li Han arrived, a drama called Dingjunshan was being played in the reception desk.

Chinese films were born in recent years. Dingjunshan is the first domestic film. It was filmed by Fengtai Photo Studio and starred by Tan Xinpei, a famous Peking Opera actor in the Republic of China. Although Li Han seemed very boring to Li Han, when he arrived, he heard a loud shout from the reception desk from a distance. The owner of the voice heard that he was not young last year, and he probably should be in his forties or fifties. After waiting before the reception desk, he nodded and walked into the reception desk.

Several people in the house were watching the boats excitedly. When they started to urge the projectionist to play the video again, a guard had already walked into the tea room, stood to the side of the door, and shouted: "The commander-in-chief is here!"

Although Li Han was deprived of the position of inspector of the five western provinces by the central government, he didn't care, but he had to give himself a title. So he tried hard and finally made a fussy title of "Commander-in-Chief of Defense of Seven Provinces". He didn't care either, and nodded with a smile, so he called the following group of subordinates who were used to his "inspector-in-Chief" at a loss.

The reception room immediately became quiet. The few people who were sitting in the room who were watching the show immediately stood up and all went to meet the door.

"Sorry, I'm really sorry. I've been talking to the De Envoy for a while. I hope you don't blame Yi for his negligence. How many gentlemen can enjoy it?"

Li Han clasped his fists into the reception room, first buried himself for a while, and then greeted several people with a smile. The few people naturally replied repeatedly, and shook hands with him, and they shook hands with him.

After seeing him, the leader of a man with an old face said: "The Commander-in-Chief is busy with military affairs, but we are a little rude when we suddenly disturb you. I hope the Commander-in-Chief will not be disgusted!"
Chapter completed!