The Purple Quartz incident, of course, Zhou Nan knew that this was the last head-to-head battle between Britain and China.

British imperialism saw that China was no longer a lamb to be slaughtered, and from then on did not dare to provoke China again.

But at this time, of course, he had to pretend that he didn't know anything, and glanced at Etinny, who had just arrived, and smiled: "Etinny, you need to exercise more." Major Anderson, why don't we talk while we walk, and you can also help me explain the situation. ”

Anderson dragged half a position back, followed Zhou Nan to the Sennar Villa, and introduced: "We have the permission of the Blue Party government, and the British warships have the right to legally sail in the Yangtze River to carry out peace missions. The frigate Purple Quartz sailed from Shanghai to Nanjing yesterday Asian time, but fought the Red Party in Yangzhou waters. Subsequently, the Mate, the London, and the Black Swan fought again with the Red Party during the rescue process, each causing serious casualties. ”

"The Conservatives were shocked and saw this as a serious provocation to the British Empire, and Churchill MPs even wanted to use aircraft carriers in retaliation. But the current Labour government believes that a negotiated solution to the crisis can be achieved. There is currently no unity of opinion within Congress. However, His Majesty the King does not think it is time for Britain to be drawn into another war, and he wishes to be able to use your strength to defuse this crisis. ”

Zhou Nan glanced at him and asked with a smile: "If my information is not wrong, yesterday should be a critical moment when the negotiations between the Red Party and the Blue Party broke down and launched the battle to cross the river." When the Red Party crossed the river, the Purple Quartz frigate broke into the battlefield, which should be the fault of the Purple Quartz! ”

Anderson's face was ashamed, and he said with a smile: "I don't know much about the specific situation, but in terms of the Far East Fleet, I have not paid much attention to the orders of the Labor government. ”

Zhou Nan was well aware that the British army today was mainly controlled by the aristocracy and the Conservatives. Although the Labour government is the ruling party, they really have nothing to do about the army.

Back at the Sennar Villa, Stolko had already prepared the war report and the British military intelligence in the Far East that he had collected some time ago.

Focusing on whether Zhou Nan should be involved in this diplomatic and military dispute, Storko also conducted a comprehensive analysis.

Zhou Nan was actually just using this information to recall the process and result of this incident, and the first time he heard about it, he had already decided to get involved.

He knows the situation in China very well, although it is now a million-strong army, but there is not even a modern warship in the country.

The Purple Quartz ran aground, and the steering gear was damaged, but there was nothing to do about the warship parked in the river.

In the end, although the warship was nominally controlled, the Purple Quartz finally sailed away from the Yangtze River and fled after a simple repair.

The matter went back and forth for months, and neither side came up with any benefit.

And this time, he can also take this opportunity to return to China directly to contact the Red Party, and secondly, he can help the Red Party ask for a little war dividend.

The only question now is whether the Red Party will accept him as mediator.

He thought for a moment, then interrupted Stolko's analysis and said, "Major Anderson, you can reply to the country, and I will carefully consider serving as this mediator." But I need to get in touch with the Red before I can get back to you. I guess your council is still arguing, so you don't care about these hours, right? ”

Anderson understood what Zhou Nan meant, stood up and put on his hat, gave a military salute and said, "In that case, I will take my leave first, and I will wait for your news at Fulton's house in the town." ”

For the sake of secrecy, Anderson did not live in four hotels on the outskirts of the farm, but rented the Folleton family's house.

Let Slooney send him out, Zhou Nan beckoned Ettinny and Stolko to come to the door as well, and whispered to Ettinney: "You personally go to No. 19 Commercial Street, find that Boss Zhang, and then take him to the stable...... No, meet me in the woods where I was looking for morels. ”

Etinny nodded, and was about to leave, but Zhou Nan stopped him again, "You ask Popler to open the small door next to the Western Museum and let him in from there without anyone noticing." ”

This Boss Zhang is a contact person known to Zhou Nan, who has been living in Paris, and when he came to the commercial street to rent a house, he was investigated to have close ties with the Red Party.

After being found out by Zhou Nan, he did not hide his identity, and sold Zhou Nan ten antiques from China to raise a large amount of foreign exchange.

Zhou Nan needs such a communication channel, so he has been protecting him. As long as he doesn't seek his own death and doesn't do illegal things in Switzerland, others will know his identity and have nothing to do with him.

In fact, half of the 120 shops on the high street were rented by spies from various countries. These people Zhou Nan didn't mean to touch them, because he didn't play intrigue at all, and he was not afraid of anyone's investigation.

In addition to dealing with the Japanese, he is an upright conspiracy, and many things are on the table, and he doesn't care about the evaluation of him from all walks of life.

After Etinny left, Zhou Nan beckoned Stolco to go north with him.

"Jonas, now that you have decided to be the mediator, what conditions are you going to make to the British?"

"I don't need any benefits personally, just let the British pay for my fuel and stopovers. However, how to put forward conditions for my motherland is a bit difficult. The British want face, and the Red Party also wants face, and when both want face, it is not easy for me as an intermediary to do so. ”

Stolko said with a smile: "The face of the Red Party needs to prove the strength of the country, and the face of the British needs to be a decent result, so there is still room for mediation in the middle." ”

Zhou Nan nodded and smiled: "What conditions do you think should be put forward to the British?" ”

"How about recognizing the new government?"

Zhou Nan shook his head, leaned over and folded a blade of grass and said: "The Labor government originally approved of communism, and the reason why they opposed the Soviet Union was because the Soviet Union went the wrong way and regarded human life as grass in my hands. Even if I don't come forward, as long as the Red Party doesn't directly sink the Purple Quartz, they will recognize the new government. ”

Stolko nodded, and it was also because of this that he went from a staunch communist fighter, a student of the great mentor, to a centrist.

After thinking about it for a while, he said: "It's just a Purple Quartz, the conditions are too harsh, and the British will not agree." ”

"What if it's diplomatic relations?"

Stolko pondered for a moment before saying, "You can fight for it, but there is not much hope." ”

Zhou Nan sighed and said, "Do your best!" ”

At the north end of Jonas Farm, the completion of two museums, plus the completion of a low-cost hotel invested by Zhou Nan, and the commercial street, directly formed a siege of Jonas Farm.

Along these buildings, a five-meter-high steel wire fence was built at Zhounan's expense, enclosing the farm, leaving only an entrance and exit next to the convention center.

In this way, there will be no wild deer running into the farm in the future. However, the protection of the farm has also been improved, which relieves Popler of the pressure.

Zhou Nan's role in the partition of India and Pakistan, the partition of Burma, and the issue of Japanese reparations has become known to more and more people as time passes.

This has also led to a lot increase in his enemies, and now Zhou Nan generally does not dare to appear in public.

Jonas Farm is not only the target of attention of many enemies, but also the target of spies from various countries, and the pressure of security work is much more than in the past.

Zhou Nan is also unwilling to joke with his own life, no matter how high his kung fu is, he is afraid of bullets!

Vivien Leigh and his wife had returned to the main house with the morels they had picked, and Wittgenstein had changed places and sat on a large rock by the lake in a daze.

Zhou Nan and Stolco waited here in the woods for a while, and Etinny led Boss Zhang down the hillside one foot at a time.

When he was on the way, Etinny had already told him in detail about what happened, so when he saw Zhou Nan, he said directly: "Mr. Zhou, I have heard Mr. Etinny tell him what happened, although I haven't gotten the news yet, but I can send the information back to China." It's just that we don't know what you think specifically and what your personal positioning is for yourself, and only when we understand these can we make a decision. ”

Zhou Nan said without hesitation: "Whether it is emotionally or stance, of course I am towards my motherland, and this will never change." I, Zhou Nan, will never be an imperialist eagle dog, a sword and gun against my own people, and I will not be a traitor. ”

He nodded and said, "If you want to make this matter clear to China, you need a long telegram, and I'm afraid I will have to borrow your private radio station to send messages." ”

This is not to save money, mainly because the radio station in Zhou Nan's home is connected to the signal tower on Rigi Mountain by the government, and can be sent directly to any place on the earth, which is a function that ordinary low-power radio stations do not have.

And this Boss Zhang, even if there is a radio, it can't be a high-power radio, which is tantamount to telling others that I am an informant and a spy, so come and arrest me.

Information transmitted through other channels may be stolen. Although various obstacles to translation have been deliberately set up in today's messages, they can still be interpreted if they are attentive.

When he came to Sennar's villa, Boss Zhang muttered alone for a long time, and then it took more than an hour to compile a telegram with more than 1,000 letters and let the telegraph operator send it.

The wait lasted for more than five hours, and it was not until about two o'clock in the afternoon that the other party replied with a message.

After Boss Zhang's translation, he interpreted the general meaning, that is, he recognized Zhou Nan's identity as a mediator in China.

Zhou Nan said to Etinny with some excitement: "Tell Anderson immediately, let him return to China, and arrange someone to come and discuss with us!" ”