As the celebratory ball was about to begin, Prince Albert finally showed up.

With him came a handsome young man. Prince Albert introduced with a smile on his face: "Ladies, ...... first Gentlemen, stand beside me...... This is a good friend of Mr. Hitler, and he is a German ...... Germany's most talented young architect. Seashell...... Mr. Bertold-Hermann Speer! ”

Hitler's friend?

Zhou Hexuan was extremely surprised, and instantly remembered the identity of this guy.

Bertall Speer, Hitler's friend and imperial architect, served as Germany's Minister of Armaments and Wartime Production during World War II.

Many historians believe that Speer was somehow more important to wartime Germany than Hitler, Hillem, Goering, Gobert, and the generals and marshals, because it was Speer who was in fact running the huge war machine.

Among the core leadership of the Nazis, Speer was the youngest, and even he was seven years younger than Zhou Hexuan. He was only a civil architect, but because of Hitler's friendship, he quickly rose to prominence in German politics.

This is a very strange and contradictory man, he did not have any experience in factory management, but after serving as German Minister of Armaments, he adopted a series of reform measures to greatly increase the productivity of German military factories, providing important material support for Hitler's expansion plan. And when Hitler went into a madness, Speer tried to assassinate Hitler and stopped Hitler's order to destroy German infrastructure at the end of the war. But when Hitler was at the end of his rope, he risked his life and flew to Berlin, which was about to fall, to visit Hitler and encourage Hitler not to give up and to persevere to the end.

Even historians specializing in World War II can't figure out whether Speer was an innocent good Nazi or Hitler's greatest accomplice.

At this moment, what surprised Zhou Hexuan the most was that the British politicians, aristocrats and scholars who participated in the ball actually shook hands with Speer enthusiastically one by one. They unabashedly showed respect and adoration for Nazi Germany and Hitler, and a moment ago, they chanted slogans for world peace.

Even George Bernard Shaw and Toynbee were extremely enthusiastic about Speer's arrival, and praised a series of policies after Hitler came to power.

Zhou Hexuan suddenly couldn't understand it, how sick is Britain at this time?

But one thing is certain, Edward will not lose the throne of king in the future because he supports the Nazis, because the entire British ruling class supports the Nazis.

George Bernard Shaw even openly expressed the following statement: "Some people are useless animals living in the world...... I call on chemists to invent a humane gas that will kill people quickly and painlessly. In this way, death will become humane rather than cruel. ”

Isn't it very Nazi? It fits perfectly with Hitler's approach to the Jews.

It is hard to imagine that George Bernard Shaw was actually an anti-war activist who took the initiative to stand up and condemn Japan's attack on China.

Accompanied by Prince Albert, Speer walked up to Zhou Hexuan and said respectfully: "Hello Mr. Zhou, I salute you on behalf of the Führer!" ”

Zhou Hexuan joked: "Then should I raise my right arm and reply: Hi, Hitler!" ”

"Hahaha, Mr. Zhou is really humorous," Speer laughed, "if you have time, Mr. Zhou can go to Germany, and His Excellency the Führer will be happy to meet you." Without a doubt, you are his second favorite writer. ”

Zhou Hexuan was a little flattered and asked, "Then who is Mr. Hitler's first favorite writer?" ”

"Karl Mai, a German explorer," Speer said, "has a collection of more than 10,000 books in the Führer's Berlin study." Two of these works have been kept on his desk for a long time, so that he can easily flip through them at any time. One is Carl Mai's "Desert Tracking" and the other is Mr. Zhou's "The Rise of Great Powers". ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled strangely and said, "That's really mine...... Honoured. ”

"This is how the Führer commented on both works," Speer said, imitating Hitler's tone: "I read 'Desert Tracking' and was completely stunned, and immediately immersed in the world of Karl Mai. He added that my favorite historical book was The Rise of Great Powers, which made my blood boil and inspired me to fight for Germany. ”

"......" Zhou Hexuan was completely speechless, it turned out that "The Rise of a Great Power" was still inspirational literature.

Hitler was a lover of reading and book collecting, and he read a wide variety of books, including famous books, military works, architectural design, modern art, nutrition, astrology, and so on. He made annotations while reading, and often yelled at his mistress Eva, who disturbed his reading: "Get out!" Keep me absolutely quiet! ”

Hitler liked Desert Tracking for the simple reason that it showed a vast world of the unknown, and Hitler was keen to conquer the unknown. He liked The Rise of the Great Powers as well, in which the rise and fall of the great powers gave Hitler all sorts of imaginations that he wanted to make Germany the most powerful empire possible.

"Doesn't it clear to your Excellency the Führer that I am anti-Nazi?" Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but ask.

"Of course he knew," said Speer, in a fanatical tone, "that Mr. Zhou, in The Rise of Great Powers: Germany, prophesied the emergence of the Third Reich, which His Excellency liked very much. However, he did not agree with the solution of the inevitable defeat of Germany in the book, and believed that victory ultimately belonged to Germany. The Führer is great, he has the ambition to break some difficulties, and under his leadership, Germany will move towards an even more brilliant future! The Führer also said that he would love to talk to you and ask you to revise the last part of the German chapter. If you don't change it, he will prove it to you. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "I am suddenly a little interested in meeting Mr. Hitler." ”

"That's best," said Speer, "if Monsieur Zhou wishes to go to Berlin, the Führer will award you the Order of the Reich Chancellor, as he said to me personally." ”

"That's getting more and more interesting." Zhou Hexuan laughed.

The dance party is always so boring, Zhou Hexuan is injured, and he can't dance yet, so he can only sit on the sofa and drink drinks. The people who chatted with him around him changed from one to another, and the topic was nothing more than literature.

There are even a few aristocrats who talk about Shakespeare's plays in front of Zhou Hexuan, just to show their literary heritage and artistic taste.

After Prince Albert drank a few glasses of red wine, he hooked his shoulders and talked nonsense with Zhou Hexuan. At first, he talked about literature and art, but gradually he talked about the old king's illness, and said that his brother was not worried and was confused by a married woman.

George Bernard Shaw also gathered a group of people to talk about the art of drama with the Nobel Prize winner in physics, and from time to time made everyone laugh with humorous conversations.

After dancing two dances, Toynbee ran over to Zhou Hexuan and told him that he was going to Germany to receive a medal, and hoped that Zhou Hexuan would accompany him because "Historical Research" was a work co-authored by the two of them.

"I'll go check it out, the Führer is interesting." Zhou Hexuan drank red wine and said.