"We face the world with kindness, but we can't expect everyone to be kind to us. They are not the only ones who use despicable means for a noble end, and they will always be there. ”

Stolko said with some shame: "Jonas, this time I didn't do my job meticulously, and I didn't find out the conspiracy behind the other party's friendship. Thanks to your quick mind, you discovered their plot before I did. ”

Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "Stolko, it's not your fault. To be precise, they are not a conspiracy this time, but a means to maximize profits. We can contribute to philanthropy, but we can't be forced by means of moral kidnapping. ”

"Moral kidnapping...... This word is used very well, and I personally think that you should publish such an article in a newspaper. In his notebook, Stolko wrote these two words and said: "The spirit of humanitarianism should be a kind of sympathy and action that comes from nature, and must not be influenced by any external force, otherwise this spirit of charity will lose its original purity and become a disgusting exchange of interests." ”

Zhou Nan said self-deprecatingly: "I'm doing the exchange of interests that I hate the most. ”

"We were forced by moral kidnapping, if you hadn't found out earlier, I can't imagine facing such a bad situation in the future, and the good reputation we have built for you during this time will probably be affected."

Zhou Nan shook his head and said: "Actually, I didn't lose much, the humanitarian single book, sold in my name, I can't sell too much, but if it is in the name of the Red Cross, it will affect the whole world, so although pure charity has become an exchange of interests, but this time I actually took a big advantage...... Pierre, stop the car. ”

Pierre answered, slowly parked the car on the side of the road, and looked back at Zhou Nan with some curiosity.

Zhou Nan pushed open the car door and looked at the farmer who was throwing rice in a field on the side of the road, this was the first time he had seen rice planting in a few years in Europe.

It's already June, but the climate in Switzerland is cold, so it's time to plant seedlings.

Melissa, who was in the car behind, rolled down the glass and asked through the window, "Jonas, what are you going to do?" ”

"Melissa, stay in the car, I'll take a look at the rice planting and leave."

Stolko got out of the car and handed over an umbrella. The rain is not heavy, it belongs to the drizzle, a burst of rain clouds drifting by, maybe the rain will stop.

Zhou Nan did not take the umbrella, but followed a path on the side of the road to the tractor of the farmer who was throwing seedlings.

The motorcade of reporters who followed also stopped, and many of them had already set up their cameras from a distance of about 10 meters.

When the farmer saw the convoy stop, he stopped his work with some curiosity, and a bearded farmer approached him. Although Zhou Nan is an Oriental, because the formation is too large and Zhou Nan is well-dressed, he still shows great respect.

"Sir...... Ah, you're Jonas Week! ”

Zhou Nan didn't expect to be recognized here, and asked with some surprise: "Do you know me?" ”

He gave a thumbs up and smiled, "Of course, there aren't many Orientals in Switzerland, and your long hair is special." Jonas, you are our pride! ”

Zhou Nan looked at the carriage of the tractor and asked, "Can I take a look?" Are you planting rice? ”

"Of course, it's an honor to meet you."

In the compartment of the tractor, there is also half a car of seedlings that are already 30 centimeters high. The roots of the seedlings do not have much soil and are densely connected.

Zhou Nan's hometown did not grow rice, but he had seen rice cultivation in other places, and knew that rice seedlings were usually raised in greenhouses before being transplanted into paddy fields.

However, the seedlings he saw in China were generally only a dozen centimeters or twenty centimeters high, but these seedlings had already passed the seedling stage.

"What kind of rice is this?"

The farmer said a word, but Zhou Nan didn't understand it, not because of the accent, but because Zhou Nan's French was still limited to ordinary communication.

Storko came over and said that Zhou Nan finally understood that this should be a japonica rice variety in early rice.

Knowing that it was japonica rice, Zhou Nan laughed happily, because japonica rice and glutinous rice are the best raw materials for making rice wine.

Glutinous rice can make sweet wine with a lower degree, while japonica rice can make rice wine with a higher degree.

Originally, he saw very little rice cultivation in Europe, and although there was rice sold in the market, the amount was not large, and it was all refined.

Now that he can encounter rice cultivation, it means that there is no shortage of raw materials in Europe, so that when he is free, he will be able to make some unique rice wine.

Although Zhou Nan has a good amount of alcohol, he doesn't like white wine, beer, red wine, and foreign wine.

The white wine is spicy, the beer is bitter, the red wine is dry, the foreign wine is spicy, and as for the fruit wine, he thinks it is too sweet.

Only the rice wine he brews himself is his favorite drink.

The low-alcohol rice wine is sweet and fragrant, and the high-alcohol rice wine has a long aftertaste. In another life, he brewed several large vats of rice wine in the Taoist temple, which was very popular in the Taoist temple.

It's just that because it is all handmade and the industrial method is not used, the output is not high, and it is not easy to store, so it is difficult to spread.

Zhou Nan learned about the current yield, the growing season of rice in Switzerland, and left the farmer the address of his home. After the rice was ripe, he sent himself a few hundred catties and paid a little deposit.

When Zhou Nan left, the reporters immediately surrounded the farmer, asked more details, and hurriedly drove after him.

They are already thinking in their hearts, a cultural master, who is still paying attention to the development of agriculture.

Zhou Nan's mind was not so complicated, he just saw the cultivation of rice rarely, so he came down to take a look. But after getting in the car, he thought about this year's cold winter.

The winter of '46 to '47 was a rare winter in Europe. The opening of the Iron Curtain has made it impossible for grain from Eastern Europe to be transported to Western Europe, and under normal circumstances, the food gap in Western Europe is not too big, and it will be over after a while.

But Western Europe is now in ruins, and agriculture has not yet recovered to half of its original output. The United States only helped France and the Netherlands with food aid, and Germany, only in the American occupation zone could still have some assistance.

But now in the French occupation zone and the British occupation zone, they do not have enough food for themselves, how can they come to the aid of Germany.

According to later records, in the British and French territories, the Germans had less than 1,800 kcal of food per day, and when winter came, countless Germans died in the cold.

Many old people in Germany, for the sake of their children, left all the food they received for their children, and starved to death.

When he saw these records, although it was history, Zhou Nan's heart was extremely uncomfortable, not to mention, he was living in this era now.

"Stolko, you used to live in the Soviet Union, do you still have contact with that?"

"Most of my friends were liquidated after the death of their mentor, but there are still a few who are in high positions, but our philosophies are completely different now."

Zhou Nan thought for a while, but still said: "At present, in Europe, only the granary of Eastern Europe can have some grain surplus, so I am considering whether it is possible to establish a grain supply channel between Eastern and Western Europe." ”

As soon as Stolko heard it, he understood that among the assistants around Zhou Nan now, he was the only one who had connections in the East and was familiar with the situation over there. Zhou Nan is telling him this now, of course, he wants to leave this matter to him to do.

Stolko shook his head and said, "Jonas, we can only do what we can, this matter is too big, and I am afraid that it will cause a strong reaction from all sides." ”

"But there are some things that we should do, and we have to work in that direction, aren't they?"

Stolko pondered for a while and said, "But we don't have much money. ”

Zhou Nan pondered for a while and said: "I want to give the Oriental copyright of my book directly to the Soviets, so that I should be able to exchange it for a batch of grain." We're going to Italy next week, and you'll be able to get in touch about it. ”

At present, the contradictions between the Eastern and Western camps are getting bigger and bigger, and the curtain of the Cold War has slowly opened. Zhou Nan's book can get royalties in the Western camp, but it is more difficult in the East. Even if he did, I'm afraid he would just give three melons and two dates casually, because it was impossible for Zhou Nan to investigate the publishing market over there.

If you can exchange the copyright for a little food, it can also save some more people.

He sighed and said, "If you insist, of course I will follow your instructions." ”

Zhou Nan looked out the window, looking out the window at the beautiful hills and pastures of Switzerland, the stability and tranquility here are intoxicating. But in the north, less than 200 kilometers away, it is a miserable hell on earth.

It's not that easy to do, the food may be easy to get, but transportation will be a big problem. If you want to transport Ukrainian grain to Germany, the main thing is a political issue.

Although the Iron Curtain has not yet been officially opened, it will be far more difficult than Zhou Nan imagined to bypass the fierce secret fighting between the two sides and transport grain to Germany.

But Zhou Nan had to do it, because he was not only for the Germans, but more importantly, he wanted to establish a stable supply channel, because there would be countless compatriots who would also need such assistance in the future.

In the fifties and sixties, food supplies around the world were very scarce, only the United States and Canada, Argentina had surplus food in the world, and even the granary Ukraine, due to some political reasons, had a shortage of food supply for several years in between.

Zhou Nan let out a long sigh, this kind of thing, his ability is really limited.

The car passed through the city of Lucerne, past Megan, and around the long bay, and finally returned to its home, which had been gone for almost a month.

Seeing the familiar pasture and the beautiful environment around him, Zhou Nan's heart completely relaxed.

No matter what time it is, a warm home is not only a harbor for the body, but also a harbor for the soul.

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