February 3, 1691, sunny, Berlin.

Han Xi, who was recently appointed ambassador of the East Coast Republic of China to Brandenburg-Prussia, was meeting the gray-haired Dell Fringer in the embassy. He was a cavalryman and was the Grand Marshal of the Prussian Army and had a high prestige.

Marshal Dell Fringer is 84 years old this year. In history, he lived to be 90 years old. It is said that he is still in good spirits and died peacefully in his sleep. It can be seen that his health is strong. The marshal himself is naturally that he commanded the Prussian army at the age of 70 to break through the sunset. He was getting worse than the Swedish army every year, and eventually forced him to withdraw from the Oder River, near the estuary of the Elbe River.

It is worth mentioning that Dell Fringer was a Swedish, but he had served in Prussia for many years, just like many of his fellow Swedish people who served in Moscow. It was actually very common for serving foreign monarchs in this era, especially in backward countries, who usually gained honors and status that were unattainable in their own country. Take Marshal Dell Fringer as an example, who won the title of Viscount in Brandenburg-Prussia. Although he was just a court noble who paid annuity to earn income by paying annuity for the king, it was also quite good.

Marshal Dell Fringer has now withdrawn from the military and has no government position. However, he retained the position of the private consultant of the Grand Duke Friedrich III, and often went to and from the palace to help his monarch handle some less easy-to-handle affairs, such as the contact of the East Coast Ambassador Han Xi.

Han Xi is in his early thirties and is the grandson of Han Xiangdong, the former director of the Tahitian Management Committee who served as a member of the Central Executive Committee. His father was a bureau-level cadre in the Ministry of Materials. His reputation was not prominent, and his family's hope of pursuing politics was basically entrusted to the third generation of Han Xi. He did not go to the Corps Fort like many children from the courtyard, but entered the Capital Diplomacy Academy, a school run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After studying for several years, he first worked in the department and started as a clerk. After accumulating a certain amount of credit and rank, he was lucky. He happened to meet the country establishing diplomatic relations with the Brandenburg-Prussia Principality, so he took office and came to Berlin as an ambassador. This was a leap in his life.

Speaking of the establishment of an ambassador-level relationship with Prussia, there is also a behind-the-scenes game. As we all know, because of the Dutch relationship, there has been only business connections between the East Coast and Prussia for many years, and there has been no ambassadors like France, England, and Spain. This has both the average Prussian market capacity and the respect for the Dutch. However, when the Van Boyningen government came to power and the Dutch government was facing a strong threat from France, the power of the East Coast began to slowly penetrate the Baltic basin. Not only did they improve their relations with Poland, but their products re-entered the Swedish market (of course, they must also go through Dutch agents), but also established ambassador-level diplomatic relations with Prussia, which was very unusual.

Some people may ask, why do people in the East Coast favor this country? You should know that Prussia is only a medium-sized country in the continental region, with an area of ​​just over 110,000 square kilometers and a population of 1.5 million, which is similar to the Kingdom of Portugal (only limited to mainland Europe). However, in terms of economy, it is far worse than Portugal, a pioneer of navigation with a vast colony. Strictly speaking, the status of the two in Europe is still a bit different. One is a decent person who is comfortable and comfortable in business and profitable, and the other is a fight against this and that all day for commissions. Betray this and that society is not a world.

Oh, well, now let’s formally answer why the East Coast people favor Prussia so much, rather than Sweden, Poland, Denmark or other Baltic countries. In fact, the answer is very simple, that is, an old cadre must invest diplomatic resources in Prussia as soon as possible, gradually control its commercial market, and then affect the military and diplomacy, and serve the interests of the East Coast Republic of China.

To put it bluntly, an old cadre surnamed Li from a diplomatic front is very optimistic about this country, believing that its development potential is great, and it can be called an important pawn for East Coast people to influence Central Europe in the future. He even listed some facts for this to prove that Brandenburg-Prussia is very enterprising: when the Hohenzollern family first entered the Brandenburg Mark more than 200 years ago, the territory of this country was only 29,000 square kilometers. Then almost every generation of monarchs increased the number of territory in various ways. By the end of the reign of Frederick William, who had just passed away, the land area had increased to 110,836 square kilometers, which shows how hard it was.

Military this country is also impressive. When Frederick William just succeeded to the throne, the country was in chaos: Brandenburg was ravaged by the Swedes, Klever was robbed by the Spanish and Dutch, and Prussia was invaded by many parties, so he decided to establish a new army unit. The initially only had a few thousand people, and then quickly expanded to 18,000 people, and now it is believed that it has exceeded 30,000 people. You must know that this is a force composed of long-term military officers and soldiers. It is very remarkable for Prussia, which has a population of only 1.5 million and has not had a very proud development of industry and commerce. It can even be said to be a military force.

But they don’t care! They just want to build a large-scale army to realize their ambitions!

Of course, compared with military and territorial achievements, outsiders may not have noticed the achievements of the Prussians in the political system, but in the eyes of the East Coast people, it is really like the pattern on their palms, and the slightest bit is revealed. The reason is not complicated, that is, both are highly centralized systems, so they naturally have a "intimacy".

After the Thirty Years of War, the Central European region was almost white. Especially in the repeatedly contested North Germany, the losses were even more heavy. Almost half of the men died in war or fled abroad, and the place was deserted. Under such circumstances, Frederi William, who succeeded the throne, established a very thorough centralized monarchy in Brandenburg. Such a political system has developed to this day, which has given the office a high prestige and power, and the army is in their hands. Junker and the nobles are dealt with, and many privileges are deprived. The strength of the principality has developed to a new stage.

The State Intelligence Administration on the East Coast has been collecting information from countries in continental Europe for many years, including Brandenburg-Prussian. In fact, those intelligence analysts have a good evaluation of this country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepted their evaluation, and under Li Qing's strong push, it is not surprising that the relationship between the East Coast and this country has developed rapidly.

Today, Marshal Dell Fringer came to the newly completed East Coast Embassy, ​​and was actually here to discuss a series of business cooperation issues. First of all, the first cooperation was naturally related to the military cooperation. To be more precise, it was about hiring East Coast Army officers to help teach modern army technical and tactical knowledge and train a certain number of officers to improve the strength of Prussian army as soon as possible; secondly, the Prussians also wanted to import some machines that produce military equipment to improve their independent military production capacity; finally, the Prussians also wanted to send some noble Junker children to the East Coast to study, with the post being tentatively set at 30 people to increase their knowledge and learn various affairs of world-class countries.

In return, the Prussians would sign a series of business agreements with the East Coast people to fully open up their own markets so that the East Coast people could sell large quantities of industrial and tropical goods. In addition, because they had some money at hand (the "thug commission" received from the Dutch people), they decided to expand the two most important cities in China, Berlin and Potsdam, and entrust a considerable portion of the business to the East Coast people, which is another considerable business.

Han Xi listened carefully to Marshal Dell Fringer's introduction to the expansion plan of the two cities and learned that this includes two brand new palaces, a castle, a large church, a summer resort, a large private garden, a villa group, a Bodhi tree boulevard and a military fortress with 13 bastions. In addition, they also planned to renovate the water supply and drainage facilities in the old Berlin city, because the Europeans were relatively backward in this regard, so they planned to fully ask the East Coast people to be responsible for the design and construction of water plants, water transportation pipelines, and sewage pipelines.

Overall, these are already an incredible infrastructure business. Even if the East Coast people are thousands of miles apart, they can only be responsible for designing, supervising parts, or providing some metal building materials, arts and crafts and important devices, which can ensure a profit of nearly one million yuan. It is really good, which shows the sincerity of the Prussians.

Business has always been a lubricant for personal opinion, corporate opinion and even national opinion. Seeing that the Prussians were so well-informed, they gave this big gift package as soon as they came up (almost squandered all the money they had worked hard from the Dutch, and even paid a lot of it). He was also a little happy, so he repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Marshal Dell Fringer and expressed his appreciation for his trust in the East Coast Republic. He also stated that the East Coast Republic of China is a civilized and advanced country, and they are willing to maintain healthy, positive relationships with new and old friends, including Brandenburg-Prussia, to seek development together, and create a new future.

Marshal Dell Fringer was also quite satisfied. As the East Coast people continued to show their strength in Europe, especially their huge influence on the United Provinces of the old-fashioned power, the "fascination" of Brandenburg-Prussian monarchs and ministers in this new continental country reached a new level. They were descendants of the Teutonic Knights with the Principality of Courland, and they had a lot of contact with each other and had a close connection, so their understanding of the East Coast may be much stronger than that of ordinary European countries.

To be honest, they were still quite excited about getting the opportunity to cooperate with the East Coast. Even if the East Coast people liked them just to treat them as chess pieces, it didn't matter. In today's world, it's good to be a valuable chess piece. Brandenburg-Prussia has been a chess piece for the Poles, Swedes, Dutch, Austrians, and French. What's wrong with that? At least, the East Coast is now the most powerful country in the world, right?

So, the cooperation between Dong and Pudong was almost over in such a friendly atmosphere. After seeing off Marshal Dell Fringer, Han Xi excitedly returned to his office, made a cup of matte, and then started writing quickly. I believe that at this moment, both Envoy Zeita from Cadiz and the local Foreign Ministry would be very interested in this news, right?
Chapter completed!