It's a small town not far from London, but it's a paradise with no sign of war.

Outside the town are patches of freshly cultivated land, where winter barley has just been planted and farmers are using traditional irrigation methods to provide water. Zhou Hexuan and Ma Jue strolled along the edge of the town, looking up at the busy scene, something that would not have happened a year ago.

The empire, on which the sun never sets, now faces the same problem as China – a severe shortage of food during the war.

As early as 1914, Britain's colonies were 111 times larger than the mainland, and they had to rely on the colonies for most of their food. At that time, the food produced in Britain was only enough to feed 36% of the British people, and there was abandoned land everywhere. Far from improving, this situation worsened, with the amount of arable land in Britain falling by 45% at the beginning of World War II compared to the period of World War I.

When Britain's coastline was blocked by German planes and submarines, an embarrassing situation arose, and Britain's grain reserves could hardly support it until the end of next year.

As a result, the British government began to reward land reclamation and greatly increase the price of agricultural products. As a result, farmers and herdsmen have switched to growing grain, and even some urban residents have spontaneously gone to the suburbs to open up wasteland, and it is estimated that the food shortage in Britain will be alleviated to a certain extent next year.

But self-sufficiency was certainly not enough, and it took Britain 15 years to develop agriculture after World War II to finally reverse the signs of decline in its agriculture and gradually modernize its agriculture – half a century later than the United States.

Zhou Hexuan pointed to the newly cultivated land outside the town and said: "Britain, whose coastline is blocked by Germany, is in many cases even worse than China. Many farmers and herders in Britain don't even know how to grow food anymore, they can only grow cotton and raise cattle and sheep. If Germany could achieve a total naval blockade, within a year, 50% of the British people would starve to death. ”

"So miserable?" Ma Jue was very surprised.

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Of course it is impossible, Germany does not have the ability to completely blockade Britain." But this was enough to make the British government anxious, and every month the Germans bombed and sank several grain freighters. ”

Ma Jue looked at Zhou Hexuan with adoring eyes: "Sir, how do you know everything?" Well, I mean, I didn't see you looking up information in the library, and you even know about food production in the UK. ”

"This can be speculated by reading the newspaper. The British government has recently enacted a series of laws to revitalize agriculture, and the price of agricultural products has increased far more than other commodities, and those speculators who speculate on grain have all made a fortune. Judging from the rate of increase in the price of agricultural products alone, Britain has risen more exaggerated than China, at least China can barely stabilize food prices in the first half of the all-out war of resistance. Zhou Hexuan explained a few words casually.

"Then I should watch more economic news in the future." Ma Jue smiled.

Ma Jue's dream as a teenager was to be a writer, and she studied politics as an undergraduate in accordance with her father's orders, and went to the United Kingdom to study and get a doctorate in law. According to his father's original intention, the status of women in China is too low, and he hopes that the Ma Jue sisters can do something to fight for women's rights.

But Ma Jue is obviously not suitable to be a politician and social activist, and the domestic situation makes her not even want to be a lawyer, so it is better to be a university teacher while following Zhou Hexuan to gain knowledge.

Affected by the family environment, Ma Jue has the temperament of an independent intellectual woman, but she is still a little woman in her bones, and she just wants to find a beloved man to spend her life in peace.

In the distance, large beech leaves are golden, some with red tinges, which contrasts sharply with the green meadows, and the bright sun shines down, giving people a classical and subtle amazement. Ma Jue was in a particularly comfortable mood, and couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect that Britain also has such a beautiful scenery." ”

"The natural scenery of Britain is only autumn to see." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sun was obscured by clouds, and the sky was only left with low, dark clouds.

Ma Jue giggled, "It's going to rain again." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Let's go back." ”

Autumn in the UK is indeed beautiful, but unfortunately there is also a lot of autumn rain, it should be said that there is a lot of rain all year round.

The two of them hurried back to the town, and within a few minutes of walking, it began to rain. It's the kind of drizzle that just wet clothes, not as lingering as the drizzle in the south of China, but it's just right, and the scenery in the rain is like a cold-toned oil painting.

Zhou Hexuan was afraid that Ma Jue would catch a cold, so he took off his coat and put it on her head.

"Thank you, sir." Ma Jue smiled sweetly, and subconsciously leaned his body towards Zhou Hexuan.

This should be a matter of course, Zhou Hexuan put his arm around Ma Jue's shoulders and walked in the drizzle to enjoy the scenery of the fields. The most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, Ma Jue is a 30-year-old girl, and Zhou Hexuan doesn't want to delay her youth anymore.

The two formalized their relationship in this way, there was no vigor, everything was in plain sight.

During the Republic of China, there were indeed many vigorous loves, but more often they went straight to the theme and moisturized things silently, the most typical of which were Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang.

The first time Qian Zhongshu saw Yang Jiang was when he went to the Tsinghua girls' dormitory with his cousin Sun Lingzhi, and the two looked at each other at that time. As a result, Sun Lingzhi said to Qian Zhongshu: "Yang Jiang has a boyfriend (referring to Fei Xiaotong)." He said to Yang Jiang again: "My cousin is already engaged to Miss Ye's family." ”

Qian Zhongshu didn't believe in evil at all, and quietly wrote a letter to ask Yang Jiang to meet.

This is the second time the two have met, and they haven't talked a few words before before Qian Zhongshu said, "I'm not engaged." ”

Yang Jiang said: "I don't have a boyfriend either. ”

So, the two officially fell in love...... I'm afraid this can make countless single dogs dumbfounded, and it seems too simple and smooth.

"Jingle bell!"

A bicycle sped by, and the wheels threw up the wet mud, which accidentally splashed on Zhou Hexuan's pants.

It was Turing who was riding, with messy hair, a stubble face, and casually dressed clothes. If you look closer, you can even see that his fingernails are black, not at all like a member of the wartime intelligence agency, but more like a pure sling who can't find a job.

Turing lived in a hotel in the town, cycled three miles to Bletchley Gardens every day, and occasionally helped out with the hotel's bar after work. Except for his boss and colleagues, no one knew Turing's true identity, including his family.

Back at the inn, Turing leaned his bicycle against the door, entered the door and said to the boss, "Uncle Brooke, how is business today?" ”

The boss smiled: "It's still the same, more and more people are coming from London." ”

On the ground floor of the inn is a small bar, with a bar counter to be exact. Turing washed his hands casually, didn't change his clothes, and went to the bar to help the proprietress with chores, and became a bartender for free, in return for eating with the boss's family.

The proprietress was a bucket-waisted aunt, and she persuaded in a serious voice: "Alain, you are a smart and handsome young man, you can't be idle all the time like this, it's time to find a serious job to support yourself." ”

"I'm looking." Turing laughed.

At this time, Turing had just joined the British Black Room, and was still in the stage of being despised by traditional code-breaking experts. Because he was only a mathematician and did not even know German, according to the old idea, he was not in the slightest help in deciphering the German code.

"Man, two glasses of cider, warm up." Zhou Hexuan took Ma Jue to the bar.

Turing responded, "Okay, please wait. ”

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