The second summer is over and dissipated. It's really dark, but it's very cloudy. "The temperature is not high, the air is humid and cold, and you can even smell the ocean."

This is Tianjin Dagu, right by the sea, is the most important port in Tianjin, the industrial products manufactured by Chinese factories and the coal and ore mined from the mines are exported from here to the world, and the port of Shanghai in the south, Tianjin Dagu Port plays a pivotal role in China's foreign trade.

Since the end of the Northeast Asian War, China's central government has taken advantage of the storm to defeat Japan and take advantage of the whirlwind of the European war to sign new trade treaties and maritime treaties with various countries in one breath, and completely reclaim the right to manage the customs and the right to divert water from the port, and according to the provisions of these new Sino-foreign treaties, China's territorial waters are not allowed to be invaded by warships of any country at will. Therefore, the current Dagu Port, like the Shanghai Port, Qingdao Port, Dalian Port, and Guangzhou Port, can hardly see foreign ships in peacetime, and only when foreign ships pay a friendly visit to China, can one or two foreign ships flying foreign flags and Chinese flags be seen at the port berths.

At present, there are only two foreign warships moored in Dagu Port, one is a US auxiliary ship and the other is a British destroyer, and these two warships are stationed in Dagu Port in the name of "friendly visits", but in fact, only the US ** ship is a visit, and the British Navy destroyer actually undertakes a diplomatic mission and is responsible for shuttling back and forth between China's Dagu Port and Japan's Yokohama Port. Now, the British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, is on the foredeck of this British destroyer, and he has just left the cabin and is about to go ashore, and he is accompanied by several Japanese officials, in addition to some British diplomats, and several Japanese officials, all of whom have rushed to Dagu with Zhu Erdian from Japan, and are on this British Navy destroyer.

The British Navy destroyer had just found a mooring half an hour earlier, and after it had carefully stopped in the mist, the passengers on board could not wait to disembark, and on the dock, there were already several cars waiting for them, all of which had been sent by the British Consulate in Tianjin, and several of them were made in China.

As the British ambassador to China, the reason why Zhu Erdian went to Japan was to act on orders, and it was the British Foreign Secretary who gave the order, and according to the order of the Foreign Secretary, Zhu Erdian had to go to Japan in person to discuss the current situation in the South Seas and New Guinea with the British ambassador to Japan. He also met with the British ambassador to Japan with the leading figures of the Japanese Government and Cabinet in order to reach an understanding and to avoid a rift in the friendly relations between Britain and Japan because of the situation in New Guinea.

With the Sumatra Incident and the disputes between Japan, Australia, and the Netherlands over the New Guinea issue, the whole Southeast Asian region began to present a chaotic situation, and this situation seems to be uncontrollable by the strength of one country alone, so the British government believes that it is necessary to seek multinational cooperation on the situation in Southeast Asia, among which the two most important countries, one is China, and the other is Japan.

At the beginning, the original intention of the establishment of the Far East Peace Commission was only to resolve the dispute between China and Japan over the anti-Japanese guerrilla war in Korea, but later, with the end of the "Northeast Asia Crisis", this international organization tried to play the role of the arbiter of the Far East, but due to the indifference of Britain and the indifferent position of France, the Far East Peace Commission did not play any key role in the end, neither to avoid the Northeast Asian war between China and Japan. Nor did it avoid the turmoil in the South Seas, where the international organization seemed more and more like a joke, waiting for the official announcement of its dissolution.

But now, as the situation in Southeast Asia continues to be turbulent, the British Government's view of the Far East Peace Commission has also changed, and in the British Government's view, when Britain is bogged down in a European war and has no time to look eastward, it is clear that the Far East Peace Commission will be able to avoid further deterioration of the situation in Southeast Asia, and it seems that it can leave a good impression on all the members of the organization, so the British Government has decided to change its indifferent position. Instead, the Far East Peace Committee was supported to play a role in stabilizing the situation in the Far East, so the British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, went to Tokyo, Japan, met with the British ambassador to Japan, and called on the Japanese minister and other senior cabinet officials in an attempt to win them over the British government's current position.

However, the support of the Japanese government alone is far from sufficient, and if the Chinese government does not cooperate, the Far East Peace Commission will still not be able to play its due role, and it is precisely for this reason that after the end of his visit to Japan, Zhu Erdian hurried back to China, and also brought several special envoys of the Japanese government, and prepared to go to Beijing with them to meet the president who was about to return to Beijing.

According to newspaper reports, the president, Fang; Erguang tomorrow by train every time so. Zhu Erdian had to rush to Qibeizhu as soon as possible so that he could arrive at the train station on time to welcome the president, who had returned from his inspection.

Soon, Jurdian and his entourage left the deck of the British cruiser, landed at the dock, and got into the cars sent by the consulate.

Zhu Erdian deliberately chose a Chinese-made car, and in addition to a Japanese embassy who sat in the car with him, there was also a Japanese politician named Nishihara Kamezo, who was a close confidant of Japan's new prime minister, Terauchi Masashi, and was also the think tank of Terauchi Masatsu.

Zhu Erdian knew the status of Nishihara Kamezo in the temple's mind, and it was precisely because of this that he strongly invited Nishihara Kamezo to ride in the same car with him.

"Huh? Is this a Chinese-made sedan? ”

Nishihara Kamesani sat in the car and immediately noticed the dashboard in front of the driver, with Chinese written on it.

Zhu Erdian understood what the Japanese were sighing, so he nodded, also very emotional.

"Now, Mr. Nishihara, you can understand the feelings of the Chinese towards Germany, right? Without German technical assistance, the Chinese would not have been able to build Chinese cars so quickly, and although at present, Chinese-made cars are still mainly produced by copying and purchasing technology patents, but with the current degree of industrial progress, I fully believe that it will not be long before China's automobile industry will far surpass that of any country in the Far East. It is with the help of Germany that the Chinese have their own industrial system, although it is still very weak, but after all, this industrial system is a complete set of modern systems, relying on this small modern industrial system, China's factories can completely manufacture all modern machinery and equipment, so the Chinese are still unwilling to participate in this European war that affects the world, they think. To help the Entente was to betray Sino-German friendship. ”

Zhu Erdian said this tactfully, so as not to irritate the nerves of the Japanese, but Nishihara Kamezo could also understand what the British diplomat was saying, that is, if Japan did not catch up, it might not be long before China's industrial achievements would completely overshadow the dazzling light of the Japanese Restoration.

However, in my opinion, the Chinese government is only using Germany to exhibit industry, and the so-called "Sino-German friendship" can only deceive ordinary citizens, and the Chinese president obviously knows very well what he needs, what he needs is not international friendship, but practical interests, and the reason why he is reluctant to get involved in the war in Europe is not only for fear of affecting the industrial exhibition, but also for other purposes. ”

Nishihara Kamezo said tentatively, this is to touch the bottom of the British government.

"Purposeless? What do you think is the purpose? Zhu Erdian also began to test the position of the Japanese government.

"I think it's the Russian Civil War. Now that the Russian civil war has broken out, His Majesty the Tsar of the Russian Empire will not accept the terms of abdication proposed by the Provisional Government. And the Provisional Government is not willing to compromise, so not only will the Russian civil war not subside. And it will intensify until the winner is decided, but it will take time, and perhaps the Chinese president intends to use this time to seek benefits from the Russians. ”

"What benefits?"

"Historically, the Russian Empire has occupied many Chinese territories, and this process of invasion was very easy, and it did not even use too much force to achieve the goal of occupying the territory. At the same time, the Chinese newspapers are advocating for the repossession of northern Xinjiang, and I think this may be a signal from the Chinese government that they may want to use the Russian civil war to regain territories that have been lost for some years. I heard that the commander of the Far East Army appointed by His Majesty the Tsar of the Russian Empire was a Chinese, and I heard that he had been a bandit in those years, and according to the relevant information obtained by the Japanese Empire, China's military intelligence agencies hired a large number of bandits who crisscrossed Manchuria to spy on intelligence and control the situation at the bottom of society.

"You mean, the commander of the Far Eastern Army is a spy for China?"

Zhu Erdian was stunned for a moment, he really never considered this, he always thought that the Chinese commander of the Far Eastern Army might just be a lackey of the Russian court's god Rasputin, without too deep a background.

"It's not impossible. You must know that since the United Front came to power, China's military intelligence organs have been formally established and have been very efficient, and the Japanese Government is very wary of this. ”

After all, this topic is not suitable for in-depth discussion, and if it is discussed in depth, it may involve some of the tricks of the Japanese intelligence agencies, and many of these hooks are aimed at British allies, and moreover, the main task of Nishihara Kamezo in China this time is not to slander China, but to show goodwill to China, so this topic is indeed not suitable for further discussion.

In international wrestling, the most important thing is to pay attention to skill, and what should be slandered must be slandered, and what should be avoided must be avoided, and this principle must never be shaken.