Chapter 204: The Purple Quartz

Yang Feng gave Comrade Li a problem this time.

Obviously, he could not refuse, not only the current friendly relationship between the two sides, but most importantly, it was too beneficial to him.

If Xinhua wants to achieve industrialization, it must buy a lot of things from outside, even if it is from the Soviet Union, Big Brother will not give it away for free, he sees this very clearly, he has to pay, gold, dollars, rubles, but he has none of these three, as an agricultural country that can't even eat, if you want to save some foreign exchange, how difficult it is, and Yang Feng's trade, but can bring him a steady stream of rubles.

Of course, he would not think that Yang Feng was just selling a few down jackets, once the opening was opened from him, a large number of daily necessities from Nanyang would continue to pour into the Soviet Union, and he would also get a steady stream of rubles, which would become machinery and equipment from the Soviet Union to Xinhua, and then help Xinhua enter the industrial age as quickly as possible.

And his contribution can almost be said to be zero, because he buys all kinds of raw materials in China, and he uses the yuan he prints, and that thing turns up the printing press, and he can print as much as he wants, and there is no cost at all, which can almost be described as an empty glove white wolf.

But this will leave a dark spot in Stalin's heart, even if he acquiesces to this trade, and this dark spot will gradually expand as the volume of trade gradually increases.

This is also inevitable.

In his heart, Xinhua will become the second Tito.

But after thinking about it, he still couldn't resist this kind of confusion, and the vast majority of Xinhua leadership. They are also inclined to accept this kind of cooperation. After all, their benefits are all too obvious.

But how to test the reaction of the Soviet Union. This requires some brains, because this kind of thing cannot be made clear, only mutual acquiescence.

"This is not difficult, I will give you a batch of goods, you first add your trademark to it, in the name of your products, try to export it to the Soviet Union, if it can pass through the Soviet customs. Then there must be no problem, Beria is not a fool, this kind of thing cannot be hidden from his ears and eyes, if this batch of goods can enter the supply and marketing system of the Soviet Union, and be placed in the department stores of Moscow, then we can just let our hands go. ”

Yang Feng said to Lao Pan, who came in a hurry by plane.

At this time, he already had a direct flight route to Beiping, a constellation specially designed to travel between the two places, but he rarely flies, and when he passed through the Minhua-controlled area, Nanjing only pretended not to see it. The Xinhua army has been on the Yangtze River, and none of those guys in Nanjing want to cause trouble because of such a trivial matter.

Lao Pan nodded immediately. That's what they envisioned.

"Evelyn, where are they now?"

Yang Feng asked casually.

Evelyn and a group of reporters are still covering in the north, and under the arrangement of the Xinhua side, they not only interviewed many high-level Xinhua officials, including Comrade Li, but also sent out a number of reports to the outside world through the communication equipment of the Ming Tombs.

This is all the more so when the pets of the future continue to arrive, and even ordinary people in Europe know that the country's first real parliament is about to start.

"Miss Clement and her entourage went to Yangzhou the day before yesterday, saying that they were going to the front line for interviews, but you don't have to worry, we arranged a battalion to provide protection for them."

Lao Pan said with a smile.

This group of reporters has helped them a lot, because of their propaganda, Xinhua's image in the international community has increased a lot, especially in Europe, because most of the reports are through the Ming Imperial Radio Station, and they have won the favor of a large number of ordinary people.

Yang Feng nodded, and at this time, Hu Hao hurriedly walked in, looked at Lao Pan, and said directly to Yang Feng: "Führer, there was an artillery battle between the river crossing unit of the Xinhua Army and the British frigate Purple Quartz, and it is said that the Purple Quartz was damaged and stranded. ”

"Huh?"

Yang Feng was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Lao Pan deeply.

"Mr. Pan, this is really not the right time!"

He said lightly.

It was not timely, for the British government had just agreed to the sale of the four tribal-class destroyers, and now that the four destroyers had entered the shipyard to remove the turrets and make the necessary repairs, according to the timetable provided by the British, the four destroyers would be able to sail from Britain in a maximum of three months, and it would be difficult for him, the middleman, to do so if there were some twists and turns.

"Your Excellency, I remember that the front command had already issued a warning, asking all foreign ships on the Yangtze River to leave before today, why did the British warships still pass?"

Lao Pan said with a frown.

Yang Feng shrugged his shoulders and motioned for this You ask me, who will I ask?

"Your Excellency, as far as I know, the Purple Quartz is going to Nanjing, replacing the mate that was there before, to provide protection for our nationals, I think you should know that in the past two years, it was also because of the incident between the two sides that a large number of Western expatriates in Nanjing were killed and women were raped, in order to avoid such a tragedy from happening again, it is completely necessary for us to send warships there, and we have an agreement with the Minhua government before, and we can sail freely."

Two hours later, Jensen, who was summoned by Yang Feng, took the telegram he had just received from Hong Kong and said very righteously.

"Mr. Jensen, the events of twenty-seven years were the work of a small number of ruffians and local hooligans, and had nothing to do with the Northern Expeditionary Army, and now, I can assure you and your government that our army is a well-disciplined army, and there will never be any harassment of foreign nationals, but the Purple Quartz intruding into our combat zone in disregard of our warnings is a complete provocation."

Lao Pan said with the Beiping telegram he had just received.

"Führer, this is a telegram just sent by Miss Clement, she and the press corps were on the scene to interview, it was the Purple Quartz who ignored the warning of the Xinhua Army and continued to sail in the direction of Nanjing, and in the second warning of the Xinhua Army, it was the Purple Quartz that first opened fire on the artillery positions of the Xinhua Army on the shore."

And at this time, Hu Hao also rushed to speak with a telegram.

Three telegrams were placed in front of Yang Feng at the same time.

"Evelyn went to the front? What nonsense, what is she doing there? Injured or not? Hurry up and let them leave, it's going to be a war, what are they going to do! ”

Yang Feng said with a gloomy face.

He really didn't expect such an accident.

"Not good!" Jensen's face suddenly changed and he said, "The Companion is rushing to reinforcements. ”

"Your Excellency, no matter who is right or wrong in this matter, I formally ask you to stop the belligerence immediately!"

Yang Feng said unceremoniously.

Well, in fact, there is no need for him to warn, after receiving a telegram from Jensen and learning that the national press corps led by Evelyn was covering in the Xinhua Army on the front line, the British Far East Fleet Command immediately issued an order to the Mate, which was rushing to reinforce the Partner, prohibiting the exchange of fire with the Xinhua Army, and the cruiser London, which was rushing from Hong Kong for reinforcements, also received an order to temporarily stay in Shanghai and prohibit entering the combat area of the Xinhua Army.

At the same time, the Xinhua Army on the front line of crossing the river also received an order from Beiping that it was not allowed to fire again unless the British warships provoked again.

Originally, there were two artillery battles in history, and the Purple Quartz incident came to an abrupt end, and of course, there was a long period of diplomatic bargaining, which had nothing to do with Yang Feng.

On the same day, Evelyn and the press corps boarded the Purple Quartz and reported on the whole incident, according to the reports they sent, this incident can only be regarded as an overreaction of the crew on the Purple Quartz, because the two successive shelling of the Xinhua Army were warning in nature, and the target was far in front of the bow, and the Purple Quartz did not think that the Xinhua Army dared to shell them directly, so the fire was also to scare them.

It turned out to be tragic, they really beat them.

To put it bluntly, the sun never sets on the British sailors, and the old brains of the empire are troubled.

Of course, how the two sides are diplomatically arguing, this does not need Yang Feng to care, everyone has a theoretical basis for this matter, the British government has so far recognized the people, and the two sides also have diplomatic relations, according to their previous agreement, the British warship does have the right to navigate on the Yangtze River, so the British government will not admit its mistake for this.

Xinhua has already issued an advance warning, and you still don't deserve to be beaten, so Xinhua is not wrong, in the final analysis, this is a matter of cognition, and this matter is not clear diplomatically.

The stranded Purple Quartz continued to stay there anyway, and Xinhua also humanely allowed them to buy supplies, and also sent a team of soldiers and medical personnel to help them treat the wounded, in short, this is just a trivial matter, although there are some radical voices in Britain, but because of the presence of reporters from their own country, the vast majority of British media still think that this is just a misunderstanding, and the millions of troops on both sides of the strait are ready to start the final decisive battle.

If a pro-Prussian warship ran to the English Channel during the Normandy landings, not to mention only dozens of dead and wounded, I am afraid that there would be no need to warn that it would have been bombarded to the point that there would be no scum left, and people would have warned at least many times, or you would take the initiative to fight back, in the final analysis, it was just an accident, and it was not worth making a big fuss.

Of course, they also knew that the British Empire no longer had the courage to make a big move.

The British government did not even mention the refusal to sell the four destroyers, and they were reluctant to do this good business, not to mention that even if these four destroyers appeared in the Xinhua Navy, it had nothing to do with them directly.

There is nothing to say about the next thing, Zhongshan is pale and yellow, millions of heroes have crossed the river, the bald man's Yangtze River defense line has been defeated like a mountain, and the army of the first lucky general of the Republic of China has planted the red flag on the presidential palace, and the country has completely changed hands.

And Yang Feng is also facing a very serious problem. (To be continued.) )