Although it was not a formal visit during its stay in Shanghai, Prince Heinrich decided to carry out some social activities in Shanghai, first to express his friendship and kindness to the East China **; secondly, it also allowed the members of the German delegation to have a basic understanding of the East China ***.

Because most of the members of the German delegation came to China for the first time, and there are only a handful of people who have been to the East China **. Although they all know that the East China ** achieved victory in the Far East War and defeated the four powerful countries of Britain, France, Japan and Russia, in the consciousness of most members of the German delegation, the East China ** and the Qingting are still synonymous with poverty, backwardness, ignorance, and barbarism, and there is also a sense of superiority to China from the bottom of their hearts.

But Prince Heinrich knew that the East China delegation was not what these German delegation members imagined, and if this visit was conducted with such a mentality, it would be difficult to succeed, let alone form an alliance with the East China delegation. Therefore, he also wanted to give the German delegation a new understanding of the East China delegation in Shanghai. This would be more helpful to the visit.

Of course, Li Songchen had no objection to this. He also hoped to fully demonstrate the emerging appearance of East China ** to the German delegation, and was also willing to enter extensive exchanges with the German delegation, because East China ** also attaches great importance to this visit. Although there is no intention to form an alliance with Germany, he also hopes to further strengthen cooperation and exchanges between the two sides, and use Germany's mature technology and industries to accelerate the industrialization of East China **. As Shanghai's development, cooperation with Germany is largely more needed.

At this time, East China ** occupied Shanghai for more than a year, and the social economy had basically been completely restored. The confiscated assets of Britain and France in the Shanghai Concession were also taken over. Except for a small amount of closure, most of them started to operate again. The takeover of these assets was generally divided into three parts. One part was taken over by East China **, mainly banks and public service enterprises, such as parks, power plants, water plants, etc.; the other part was subscribed by veterans, of course, the price of this part was lower, basically calculated at the cost price, and the other part was subscribed by merchants from the United States, Germany, Italy and Austria. After all, most of the industries of Britain and France in the Shanghai Concession are excellent assets. As long as they take over and operate well, they will never lose money.

Due to its good foundation in Shanghai, convenient waterway traffic, and emotional factors from the old time and space, East China ** has also focused on building Shanghai into a modern industrial metropolis. Therefore, in the second five-year plan of East China **, Shanghai has a very important position, with a total of 6 141 engineering projects, namely the Jiangnan Shipyard, Jiangnan Machinery Factory, Shanghai Port, Steel Plant, Shanghai Highway Network and Huangpu River Bridge transformed by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. It is also the single city with the largest number of 141 engineering projects.

Among them, Jiangnan Shipyard and Jiangnan Machinery Factory are all the first projects in the 141 projects, and they are basically heading for the largest similar factories in East China. The actual construction cycle has exceeded the scope of this five-year plan. However, such large-scale industrial construction is often divided into several stages, and after a part of the construction is completed, part of it can be put into production and operation. Of course, the production and operation are put into production within this five-year plan.

Shanghai ports, highway networks and Huangpu River Bridge are all infrastructure construction. Although there is no profit point, it can promote the overall development of other industries in Shanghai. Only the construction of steel plants has caused great controversy within the East China **. Although in the old time and space, Shanghai had China Baowu Steel Group Co., Ltd., the largest joint steel enterprise in China, the construction of Shanghai Baosteel itself has great controversy. First, there are no large iron ore and coal mines around Shanghai, and they need to be transported from other places. Although Shanghai has the convenience of water transportation, the cost is still greatly increased. Secondly, the geological conditions in Shanghai are poor. If a steel enterprise is built, the foundation needs to be reinforced, which increases the cost of building a factory.

However, there are many advantages in the construction of Shanghai Baosteel. First, the steel gap in Shanghai was very large at that time, and a large amount of finished steel was needed to purchase from other places every year. If there was a steel plant locally, it would save a lot of money; secondly, when Shanghai was building Shanghai Baosteel, China had already begun to import iron ore from abroad, and the advantages of Shanghai's superior port conditions could be fully utilized, and imported iron ore would no longer have to be transported to the inland, which invisibly saved a lot of money.

However, in this era, the unfavorable conditions for building a steel plant in Shanghai are still there, but the advantages are not obvious. Although steel in Shanghai is purchased from other places, the overall demand is not large; and now East China will not purchase iron ore from foreign countries in a short period of time. At this time, the opinions of Shanghai, represented by Li Songchen, played a decisive role.

Shanghai City agrees to establish steel plants in Shanghai. On the one hand, although Shanghai has little demand for steel now, with the full implementation of the Second Five-Year Plan and the gradual implementation of the 141 Project, the demand for steel will definitely increase significantly; and the development of East China will inevitably gradually change the economic pattern of exporting minerals, and change it to export industrial products and import mineral products. Therefore, establishing steel plants in Shanghai can also be said to be an early layout; in addition, steel enterprises can be regarded as high-tech industries in this era, and Shanghai is one of the highest educational areas in China at present. Establishing steel plants in Shanghai can also make full use of Shanghai's talent advantages; as for whether the scale of the steel plants is like the old time and space, it is determined by the development of East China and Shanghai. After all, a super-large steel enterprise cannot be built in a short time.

In addition to the 141 project, Shanghai also plans to invest and build 16 small projects on its own during the Second Five-Year Plan period. These projects include renovating and expanding the original factory and enterprises in Shanghai, as well as supporting projects with 6 141 project projects; and Shanghai's own needs. Of course, Shanghai's fiscal revenue is sufficient to ensure that Shanghai is carrying out the construction of these 16 small projects.

In this five-year cycle, the successful completion of 6 141 projects, 16 small projects, or at least the five-year plan is inseparable from Germany's support. After all, Germany is one of the countries with the highest industrialization achievements and the most developed science and technology in this era. If this visit, the East China ** can reach an in-depth cooperation agreement with Germany, Shanghai can introduce complete sets of machinery and equipment from Germany. Mature technology can not only speed up the completion of the five-year plan, but also avoid many detours. Of course, not only Shanghai, but other cities in East China ** can also benefit from the cooperation between East China ** and Germany. Therefore, it is necessary for Shanghai to express the friendship and sincerity of East China ** to Germany to Germany, which has also been recognized by Qingdao.

Therefore, Shanghai ** also formulated a detailed activity arrangement for the German mission. At the same time, Li Songchen also selected 12 people from the veterans in Shanghai to be responsible for accompanying the German mission, including 6 staff and civilian personnel. On the one hand, this shows that East China ** attaches great importance to the German mission; on the other hand, there are very few local naturalized people who can engage in foreign exchanges in East China **. At least there are very few naturalized people who know foreign languages, and foreign exchanges require knowledge and experience. It is not enough to only know foreign languages. Therefore, there are really no suitable people to find, so you can only find them from the veterans.

The elders can basically deal with them in English, and there are many Germans, so basic communication is not a problem. After 6 or 7 years of experience, most elders have basically seen big scenes, and their communication skills have made great progress, so of course they can handle them freely. Originally, time travelers have a kind of confidence to be constrained and have the confidence of the winners of East China, and can fully show the spirit of the elders to the Germans.

Shanghai is a single city with the second only to Qingdao in East China, with a total of about 160 people, including 45 staff members and 12 in the military; the number of other permanent seniors is about 100, mainly those engaged in education and enterprise management; there are also about 300 veterans who will live in Shanghai for at least 3 months within a year. Therefore, it is of course not difficult to find 12 people from them.

However, the first stop of the German mission's social activities in Shanghai was to go to church to worship. Germany regarded itself as the heir of the Holy Roman Empire and was very pious to the Catholic Church. Although the theocracy had basically withdrawn from politics in this era and was only a simple religion, the German royal family still maintained considerable respect for the church. The mission sailed at sea for two and a half months. Although everyone on the ship also carried out some worship activities, they were not in the church. Therefore, after getting ashore, the first thing everyone did was to find a church first, do a week, and make up for the missing classes.

Of course, East China ** expressed respect for the religious beliefs of the guests. Of course, it was not difficult to find a church in Shanghai. So Li Songchen arranged to choose the Holy Trinity Church in Shanghai for the German guests to worship.
Chapter completed!