Port of London.

An ocean liner docked slowly, and moments later, several Chinese appeared on the dock.

Guo Taiqi, the new Chinese minister to the United Kingdom, stretched out his hand to pick up the drizzle falling in the sky, looked at the misty city of London, and said with emotion: "London is worthy of being the fog capital. ”

The embassy staff who was in charge of picking up the ship stepped forward to greet him: "This is Mr. Guo Taiqi Guo?" ”

"I'm Guo Taiqi." Guo Taiqi replied.

The staff said: "Mr. Guo, my name is Chen Diansheng, and I am an officer of the Secretariat of the Chinese Embassy in the UK. ”

"The contemptible person has just arrived, and I asked Secretary Guo to lead the way." Guo Taiqi clenched his fists and said.

Why did Zhou Hexuan stay in London for two months without contacting the Chinese embassy in the UK? Quite simply, there is no vacancy for the post of Chinese Minister to the UK.

The last Chinese plenipotentiary representative to the League of Nations and minister to Britain was Shi Zhaoji, who actively appealed to the League of Nations after the outbreak of the September 18 Incident. The League of Nations resolution was ridiculous, and it did not distinguish between the aggressor and the invaded, and adopted the position of fighting 50 boards each, and at the same time warned the Chinese and Japanese governments that they were demanding that both sides avoid the escalation of the situation and seek a way to withdraw their troops on their own.

Shi Zhaoji could only continue to appeal, and the League of Nations once again made a resolution of "stopping the conflict and withdrawing troops from both sides", not only demanding that Japan withdraw its troops, but also demanding that China stop attacking the Kwantung Army.

The attitude of the League of Nations gave Shi Zhaoji a headache, and the Nanjing government's approach made Shi Zhaoji even more angry.

At the end of November, the Nanjing government ordered Shi Zhaoji to take action and request that the League of Nations and Jinzhou be designated as a neutral zone. Then, in early December, the Nanjing Government sent another directive, saying that the "Jinzhou Neutral Zone" proposal was unacceptable, and that if the Japanese army continued to attack Jinzhou, China would adopt the method of self-defense.

The Nanjing government's foreign policy is inconsistent, so how can the diplomats in charge of this matter deal with it?

Shi Zhaoji was overwhelmed, and while he actively sought international help, he also had to deal with protests from patriots. As a result, what he was waiting for was Chang Kaishen's announcement to leave the field, the central officials were busy with the power struggle, and Shi Zhaoji himself was injured by patriotic students in Paris.

Disheartened, Shi Zhaoji chose to resign as a representative of the League of Nations (replaced by Yan Huiqing), and then resigned as the Chinese minister to Britain (reappointed as minister to the United States).

After the post of Chinese minister to Britain was vacant for several months, Guo Taiqi was not appointed as the new Chinese minister to Britain until an armistice was reached between China and Japan on the Battle of Songhu.

The car sent by the embassy was passing through the drizzle, and Guo Taiqi, who was about to show his strength in the UK, couldn't wait to say: "Secretary Chen, what is the current situation in the UK, you can tell me about it." ”

"The political situation in the UK is very chaotic right now, and since the Labour Party came to power last year, it has been governed by a coalition cabinet. The coalition cabinet is a multi-party government, and the various factions compete for power and profit, which can be described as a group of dragons without a leader. ”

"No wonder Mr. Zhizhi (Shi Zhaoji) wants to resign voluntarily, the world is difficult!" Guo Taiqi smiled bitterly and sighed.

Not to mention the inconsistencies in the foreign policy of the Chinese government, and the British government is a coalition cabinet with many orders, and diplomats are afraid of encountering such a situation. In such a situation, Guo Taiqi does not want to gain the support of Britain at all, he must have a good relationship with all factions in the British cabinet, so as to slowly open up the situation little by little.

Chen Diansheng suddenly said: "Mr. Guo, I suggest that after you take up your post, you should visit Mr. Zhou first. ”

"Which Mr. Zhou?" Guo Taiqi was stunned.

"Mr. Zhou Hexuan." Chen Diansheng explained.

"It's him." Guo Taiqi laughed.

Guo Taiqi met Zhou Hexuan at the national disaster meeting a few months ago. He not only participated in the national crisis meeting, but also served as the chief representative of the Nanjing government in the Sino-Japanese armistice negotiations in his capacity as vice minister of foreign affairs of China.

Guo Taiqi asked: "Is Mr. Zhou very influential in the UK?" ”

Chen Diansheng said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou has become famous in the UK, and everyone in London knows and knows about it. It is said that he was also a close friend of Prince Albert of the United Kingdom, and formed a lifelong confidant with Master George Bernard Shaw. If Mr. Guo wants to quickly open up the situation in the UK, it is better to ask Mr. Zhou to introduce him and get to know more British celebrities and dignitaries. ”

"Famous in the UK?" Guo Taiqi sighed, "Mr. Zhou is worthy of being an international celebrity, if he helps, my trip should be much easier." ”

Guo Taiqi belongs to Wang Zhaoming's lineage and also participated in the anti-Chiang government in Guangzhou last year. Although he is also a compromising diplomat, the basic bottom line is still there, and he did not secretly collude with the Japanese before the September 18 incident, and he really wants to do things this time as minister to Britain.

After arriving at the embassy in the UK, Guo Taiqi did not have time to rest, so he quickly went to work and learned about the basic situation of the embassy. It turned out that what he inherited was a mess, and the former minister had greatly offended the British Conservative Party due to problems such as the withdrawal of consular jurisdiction, and the Labour Party, which he had befriended, was divided and in opposition.

In the whole of the United Kingdom, no one takes the Chinese embassy seriously at all. Guo Taiqi, the foreign minister, wanted to meet with the British foreign secretary, but the other party procrastinated and always said that he was not available.

Two days later, Guo Taiqi put aside all kinds of trivial affairs and went to the hotel to visit Zhou Hexuan.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou is out." Said the waiter at the hotel.

Guo Taiqi was not discouraged and asked, "Can I wait for his mother here?" ”

The waiter smiled whimsically, "Of course you can, but you need to pay for a room." ”

"Yes," Guo Taiqi didn't care about the room money, and specially gave the waiter some tips, he instructed, "I will stay in the guest room, as long as Mr. Zhou comes back, please be sure to let me know as soon as possible." ”

What is Zhou Hexuan doing?

He was in a lab at University College London.

Zhou Hexuan found a biochemist named Delenn Aldrich and funded the other party's laboratory, and Aldrich led his students to conduct research on "Hundred Waves and Multiple Breaths".

"Hundred waves of multi-breath" was synthesized by a German chemist half a year ago and published a paper in an academic journal, and the synthesis of this substance is not complicated.

Zhou Hexuan directly said to Delen Aldrich that Bailang Duoxi can kill streptococcus, and hopes that it can be used to develop new drugs. Aldrich was skeptical, but for the sake of money, he led the students to carry out the experiment.

Aldrich first did a few test-tube experiments, but nothing came of it.

Zhou Hexuan was a little confused by the results of the experiment, he really didn't know anything about medicine, and he could remember that sulfonamides could kill streptococcus bacteria.

Just when Aldrich was about to give up, Zhou Hexuan suggested that the mice be infected with streptococcus and directly administer drugs to the mice to see if the animal in vivo experiment had any effect.

Aldrich was particularly angry, thinking that Zhou Hexuan was blindly commanding, so he simply picked on his son and quit.

Zhou Hexuan had to come up with another £500 and asked for a live animal experiment. For the sake of the pound's face, Professor Aldrich compromised and let Zhou Hexuan, a layman, guide the insider.

You can see the results of the experiment today.

Aldrich sat in front of the microscope and rubbed his eyes vigorously, already dazzled by himself, and looked down again to take a closer look. After a long time, Aldrich looked up at Zhou Hexuan, and said in surprise and confusion: "How can this be, how can this be?" Obviously it has no effect in the test tube test, why is the blood-soluble streptococcus in the blood of the mice killed? ”

Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking: If the test-tube experiment had an effect, sulfonamides had been developed more than 20 years ago.

This is a regrettable and beautiful mistake, because sulfonamides do not work in test tubes and must be sterilized inside living organisms, so they have been ignored by scientists for many years.

Aldrich checked several other mice, and finally confirmed the results of the experiment, he excitedly shook Zhou Hexuan's hand and said: "Zhou, this is a great discovery, this is a medical progress that belongs to all mankind!" Perhaps, we can win the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this discovery! ”