Just as European countries were actively negotiating to form a multi-national coalition and expanding the scale of the war in China, the time travelers were also not idle, and were working hard to break down the alliance of the Eight-Nation Alliance through diplomatic means and consolidate their own victory.

From the content of telecommunications between consulates and countries in Tianjin, the travelers have known that, led by the United Kingdom, European countries are negotiating and organizing multinational coalition forces. Although travelers are not afraid of multinational coalition forces, because the interests of these multinational countries cannot be coordinated at all, if wars can be stopped, it is better not to fight as much as possible. After all, the travelers' strategic goal has been achieved now, and it takes time to consolidate and develop themselves, so naturally they do not want the war to continue.

However, before the time travelers launched the Shandong Battle, they also expected such a situation. After all, this time travelers challenged the two powerful countries of Britain and Germany at the same time, and the other side would definitely have a strong reaction, otherwise they would not be able to explain it to the country. Moreover, the time travelers had already thought of a response and used economic interests to pull the Long Method. The United States was just the first step, and the main goal of the next time travel was Germany.

Just the day after Zhang Peilun politely declined the invitation to visit Tianjin, Li Sanjie, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Tianjin New District Government, officially recruited Qin Moman, the German Consul General in Tianjin.

After receiving the notice of Li Sanjie's call, Qin Moman was a little confused because since the time travelers captured Tianjin, although they still protected the consulates in Tianjin, the time travelers did not have more contact with consulates of various countries, and had never taken the initiative to recruit a consulate. Some time travelers were bidding for projects, directly facing merchants from various countries, and did not have any connections with consulates of various countries. Now they suddenly proposed to recruit themselves, and I don't know what was going on. Because it was because after the time travelers successively captured Weihaiwei and Qingdao, they had completely broken up with other countries, and the subtleties of countries being negotiated and organized by multiple countries, it was even more intriguing.

However, as a diplomat, Qin Moman certainly could not refuse the time traveler's call, and he did want to know what the time traveler had to find him, so Qin Moman immediately came to the administrative building of the Tianjin New District Government and explained the purpose of the guards, the guards immediately took him to the Foreign Affairs Department.

After meeting and having a routine politeness, Qin Moman first entered the topic and said, "Mr. Minister, I don't know what happened if you are asking me to come."

Li Sanjie said: "Mr. Consul, we have some projects that we hope to cooperate fully with your government, so we hope that Mr. Consul can convey our intentions to your government."

Qin Moman couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this. He frowned and said with a serious expression: "Your Excellency, I don't think that our German Empire and you can have anything to cooperate with, because your invasion of Qingdao has seriously offended our country's dignity and interests. This is absolutely unacceptable for our country. Unless you can return Qingdao to our country and compensate our country for losses, you can discuss other cooperation."

Li Sanjie's face also became serious and said, "This is absolutely impossible, because Qingdao is the territory of China and was occupied by you. We are just taking back the lost territory..."

"No, no, no, no, no..." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qin Moman and said, "Your Excellency, we did not invade Qingdao, but signed a formal agreement with the Qing government. The Qing government voluntarily gave the Concession of the Island to our country. Therefore, all our powers in Qingdao are based on legal basis. On the contrary, your behavior is invasion, and it is a contempt for international law and international norms."

Li Sanjie sneered and said, "Mr. Consul, we are all politicians, so there is no need to mention these false scenes. Your country has indeed signed a formal agreement with the Qing government and leased Qingdao. But you and I know that this agreement was first sent out an army and fleet to invade Qingdao, and then threatened the Qing government with guns and cannons. I don't want to discuss international law and international norms with the Consul. But there is one thing that the Consul must understand that we are not the Qing government, and the land recovered by the soldiers in front with blood will never be ceded at the negotiating table."

Qin Moman's face changed drastically, and he stood up suddenly and said, "Okay, I also need the Minister to understand that what we lost from the battlefield will definitely be taken back on the battlefield. Our German Empire will send troops to attack again, and our iron-blooded soldiers will crush your troops and then retake them back to Qingdao."

Li Sanjie smiled and said, "I don't deny the combat effectiveness of the German team, but our People's Army is not a vegetarian. Moreover, regardless of the outcome after the re-start, if you want to start a war again, your navy may not be able to achieve the strength of your country's navy. Without the assistance of the navy, how can your country's iron-blooded army land in Qingdao?"

Qin Moman couldn't help but blush when he heard this. What Li Sanjie said was indeed true, but of course he knew that various countries were negotiating and organizing multinational coalition forces. At that time, the German army used the navies of other countries to land in Qingdao. However, this was a secret matter, so of course we could not talk nonsense, so we could only hold it in.

At this time, Li Sanjie said again: "So your country wants to send its army to Qingdao. The only hope is that each country will form a coalition again, and then rely on the naval forces of other countries to send the German army to Qingdao, or that your country is negotiating with other countries to organize the coalition again."

Qin Moman was stunned. Was this news a reasoning from overseas Chinese, or was it that they heard some news?

Although Qin Moman still didn't say anything, Li Sanjie continued: "But I think that your country will not necessarily benefit your country by relying on the naval power of other countries to send troops to Qingdao!"

Qin Moman was also a little curious. He didn't know what reason Li Sanjie could say to prove that it was unfavorable for Germany to borrow the navy of other countries to land in Qingdao. So he sat back on the chair and said, "I want to hear it. What is the unfavorable law for your reasons."

Li Sanjie smiled and said, "Let's not talk about it first. The newly formed coalition will definitely win. However, only by relying on the navies of other countries can your army be sent to Qingdao. This is itself subject to the control. Even if you can retake Qingdao, you may have to share Qingdao's interests with other countries, and it will have a significant impact on your country's international reputation. Let the whole world see that your country can only protect its overseas colonies with the help of other countries."

Qin Moman fell silent again because Li Sanjie was indeed right. Why should Britain use the navy to help Germany transport troops? Of course, it is necessary to have the benefits. The only benefit that Germany can give is to share Qingdao's interests with Britain. Moreover, Qin Moman certainly knew the character of German Emperor William II. If Germany really had to rely on the help of Britain to protect itself as its own colony, the emperor would definitely feel that it would be a shame. But Qin Moman was also thinking in his heart that whether it was giving up Qingdao's interests or losing face, it would be better than completely losing Jingdao.

At this time, Li Sanjie said again: "After saying so much, the Consul does not want to listen to it. Do we propose a cooperation plan to your country?"

Qin Moman thought about it, finally nodded and said, "Okay, let the Minister tell me what kind of cooperation do you hope to carry out with our country?"

Li Sanjie laughed and said, "Except for the sovereignty of Qingdao that cannot be transferred to your country, we can carry out extensive cooperation with your country in other aspects. For example, your country has many unfinished projects in Qingdao, such as ship repair factory, Jiaoji Railway, Sifang Locomotive Factory, etc. We can still complete it through cooperation. Of course, the form of cooperation, investment, equity, and interest distribution can be negotiated in detail. In addition, your country can also attack various other investments in Tianjin and Shandong, such as infrastructure construction, mining, setting up factories, etc., and we will provide your country with various convenient conditions. However, your country must respect the laws we have formulated and cannot have the privileges of breeders."

Qin Moman thought about it seriously and said that these conditions proposed by overseas Chinese are indeed very beneficial to Germany. Although Germany has lost its privileges in Qingdao, it is actually a good result if it can establish comprehensive cooperation with overseas Chinese. Because judging from the performance of overseas Chinese in Tianjin, they are obviously more civilized and open than the Qing court, and they do not dismiss foreign countries. They are actually a more suitable collaborator than the Qing court.

Since the First Industrial Revolution, due to production mechanization, industrial products can be produced in large quantities, but the demand for various resources has also increased significantly. However, the European countries leading the First Industrial Revolution have narrow territory, small population, lack of resources, and insufficient consumption capacity in the domestic market. Therefore, a large number of colonies are needed to open up, on the one hand, dump their own industrial products, and on the other hand, they also extract resources from the colonies.

Relatively speaking, Germany's territory and population are relatively large in Europe. After the French-Prussian War, it received 5 billion francs of compensation from France and cut off most of the Alsace-Lorraine, which has rich coal mine resources. Therefore, Germany's resources, population and domestic market are strong in Europe, which is enough to support Germany to complete industrialization without a large number of overseas colonies and achieve national rise.

However, at this time, Germany's domestic market and resources were almost at its limit, so Germany now urgently needed to expand its overseas colonies to meet its needs for further development. But at this time, the land in the world was basically divided, and Germany could only rely on force to compete for the colonies it needed.
Chapter completed!