When Dr. Haim Weizmann came out of the cabin of the cruise ship, he looked at the city not far away, Andong is not entirely familiar to the world, but it seems to be as prosperous as Shanghai, which arrived three days earlier, but the urban area is a little smaller.

"Anton is the fief of the Duke and one of the industrial cities in Liaodong......," said Luo Jialing, the wife of Hartung, who was traveling with her, but she spoke Chinese, and the accompanying general immediately translated these words into English, while Einstein, a professor and great scientist at Tongji University Hall on the other side, was only an observer.

"Very beautiful!" Weizmann nodded. Then the general said, "Sir, Mr. Kaufman is down there. ”

Abraham Josephinevich Kaufman, president of the Far Eastern Jewish Association and president of the Zionist Congress, was a Russian doctor who came to Harbin in 1912. During the Sino-Russian war and the Russian Revolution, the Chinese government accepted a large number of Russian propertied people and technical researchers based on the two principles of wealth and talent. Jews make up a large part of these people, making Harbin the most Jewish city in the country.

Next to an extended Audi van, a gray-suited Kaufmann and his party were waving at the dock, and Weizmann waved in response. They had spoken on telegrams - after receiving news from the East, Weizmann immediately contacted the Far Eastern Jewish Association, and the telegram was Kaufmann.

"Thank God!" After the men disembarked, Kaufmann greeted the lady and then hugged Weizmann and Einstein, and it was evident that he was very excited. "We'll stay in Anton first, and then we'll wait for His Excellency the Duke to summon us." He said.

"Of course." Weizmann glanced at Rogaring and Einstein and had no objection to Kaufmann's arrangement. In order not to cause concern. He and Kaufman did not meet in Shanghai, and when he did, he only stayed in Hartung Gardens to meet guests, and did not make any appearances.

After getting into Kaufmann's car and leaving the docks, Weizmann noticed that the biggest difference between this place and Shanghai was that the streets were full of luxury goods that only the wealthy of Europe had—motorcycles, and the drivers were mostly peasants, judging by their clothing. He even saw a huge iron cage strapped to the back seat of a motorcycle, full of live chickens and ducks. From time to time, these motorcycles occupy the lanes of the car, forcing drivers to avoid slowing down. "Oh my God!" Weizmann was subverted by common sense and had to shout.

Kaufmann, who knows the Northeast very well, was not surprised by Weizmann's surprise, and he laughed: "Chinese motorcycles are very, very cheap, and the most luxurious models do not exceed 100 Chinese yuan, so that farmers can afford to buy them." If the United States is a big car country, then China is a big country of bicycles and motorcycles. Three years ago, it was said that more than four million motorcycles were produced, and the Harbin Chamber of Commerce often exported motorcycles to Russia, and the Russians liked this kind of thing very much. ”

"I just...... I haven't seen it in Shanghai. "Kaufman is not a merchant and does not know what price and quantity represent. He was just subverted of common sense - motorcycles used to be a grade of bicycles in China, but in Europe and the United States, they are more expensive than ordinary cars, and they are often found in racing tracks.

"In order to protect the taxi industry, the Shanghai Listing Council strictly regulates motorcycles in urban areas. But the suburbs are different, and the inland cities are different. There are a lot of motorcycles in every urban area. Luo Jialing, who was in the same car, interjected on the side, as a sponsor of the Patriotic Society, she has a high reputation not only in Shanghai, but also in the whole country.

"It's a vibrant country." Albert Einstein had no trouble sailing, "There are too many misunderstandings about her, and most of those who defame her have never been to China." ”

Albert Einstein accepted the offer from Tongji University, and was eventually saved from being removed by the stumbling block program. Although he regularly makes academic visits around the world, there is no place where he supports his research as much as Shanghai, and where there are as many things that attract him as Shanghai. When the German Nazi government wanted him and offered a reward for his head, the Chinese government negotiated with the German government to cancel his reward. This experience strengthened his conviction that the Jews must be restored. At this time, Yang Rui happened to release goodwill and invited him to go to Tonghua with Weizmann, so he also came.

On the way, everyone talked about their feelings about the country, but when they arrived at the hotel, they found a row of cars from the Duke's Palace parked outside the hotel, and the eldest son of the Duke, Yang Wuming, was waiting.

"I'm sorry I can't come to the dock to greet you in person." Yang Wuming greeted Luo Jialing on behalf of his mother, and then said politely.

"You're welcome, thank you very much for coming, my lord." Weizmann has the consciousness of stealth, after all, the stakes are too high.

"I'm not an adult." Yang Wuming corrected with a smile. "Please get in the car, my father is already waiting in Tonghua."

Weizmann and the others thought that they would have to wait for Anton for a day before they were received by Yang Rui, and they didn't want Yang Rui to send their eldest son to greet them as soon as they got off the boat, and they immediately looked excited. They quickly got into the car, but unlike before, he, Kaufman, and Yang were in the same car, and Einstein and Luo Jialing were in the back car.

"Your Excellency has come thousands of miles away, and it is really hard." In the car, Yang Wuming greeted Weizmann in English, but like Cheng Ying, his English was American.

"I can't imagine it......" I didn't expect Yang Wuming's English to be so fluent, Weizmann and Kaufmann were surprised, they couldn't imagine that Yang Jingcheng's son could speak English, and this language had long been removed from school textbooks. Yes," Weizmann said, "but every time I think of my compatriots, I feel like I'm not doing enough." ”

"My father also greatly admired the unity of the Jewish people." Yang Wuming smiled and expressed his kindness, "He believes that the Jewish people are an indomitable people, and when he traveled to Europe last year, he expressed his incomprehension of the German government's approach. ”

Yang's nameless remarks filled the hearts of both Weizmann and Kaufmann with gratitude, especially Weizmann, who thanked God for the goodwill of the land for Jews at a time when the whole world was ostracizing them.

Anton to Tonghua is a high-speed route, the car is driving extremely smoothly on the highway, and before you know it, an hour has passed, but the car suddenly began to slow down, and Yang Wuming said sorry, opened the electric window, and looked out the window. Put your palms together. Weizmann thought that he had arrived in Tonghua, but when he saw Yang Wuming like this, he felt wrong, and when he saw Kaufman also making a cross on his chest and reciting scriptures, he also said God reverently.

The car moved slowly, and the straight highway made an abrupt turn. In the distance of the fence is a white mausoleum made of marble, in front of which stands a stone monument, but it is too far away to see what is written on it.

"I'm sorry. May I ask ...... this?" Weizmann asked softly as the car sped off again.

"It's a mausoleum for the martyrs of the last war." Yang Wuming's answer was unexpected, he thought it was the cemetery of some nobleman, or the clansman of the Duke, but Yang Wuming said that it was just a martyr's tomb. I don't understand why the highway doesn't avoid the mausoleum.

"In the second year of the Chinese Shenwu, that is, in 1913 in the Jesus calendar, we broke out a full-scale war with Japan, and the battlefield was in this area. Although it was a long trench like the later European wars, it was mountainous after all, and both sides sent small teams through the defense line to destroy the enemy. There was a Japanese army that had infiltrated here, but was intercepted by our search team .......

No one survived at the end of the battle. So no one knows that they all died here until this highway was built. From a rational point of view. The remains should be removed, but my father thought that they should be buried in place so as not to disturb the dead too much, and asked the highway to bypass the cemetery for one kilometer and strictly prohibit honking in this section. ”

"The Duke is truly merciful." Although Kaufman guessed that it was a martyr's tomb, he didn't want to have such a story behind it. Another cross was drawn on his chest. Treating the dead well and the dead who sacrificed for the sake of the community, no matter what the cost, is always admirable.

"No, sir, it's the soldiers who give too much. Especially in the last war. Yang was nameless and corrected. He then opened the door, and the Duke's Palace arrived.

The architecture of the Duke of Tonghua is still in the oriental style, but the difference is that most of the buildings are cut into stone instead of wooden structures, and unlike the Jiangnan garden, there is no such complicated layout, but as simple, capable and tidy as a military camp. After a short rest at the lodgings, at dinner time, Weizmann met the Duke.

"Please! Ladies and gentlemen. In the bright and spacious Jushan Building, Yang Rui smiled at this group of guests who came from afar, his eyes turned on Einstein, and Cheng Ying and Luo Jialing held hands together, they have known each other for a long time, and their interests are also similar." Ladies and gentlemen, this is a family feast, so don't be too restrained. ”

Chopsticks are used for Chinese dining, but every time a foreign guest comes to the Guogong Mansion, a set of knives and forks is prepared for the guest. Yang Rui watched Einstein start to use chopsticks, but finally abandoned chopsticks and used knives and forks, and he asked with an interesting smile: "Mr. Einstein, is it more difficult to use chopsticks than to solve mathematical problems?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, that's exactly what I think." Einstein used a knife and fork very neatly, he loved Chinese food, but chopsticks are difficult to use, and some Chinese dishes are inconvenient to use with knives and forks, which is a troublesome thing for him, just like chili peppers.

"Hehe......" Yang Rui chuckled. Although Einstein did not become a Chinese citizen, at least he liked to live in Shanghai and eat Chinese food, which was worth making Yang Rui happy, he raised his glass after laughing and said: "Everyone, although the grave situation has brought us together here, we still have to pray for peace." I propose: a toast to permanent world peace and to harmony between nations. ”

The Jews praised Yang Rui's proposal from the heart, but in Cheng Ying's view, it was a harsh thing to spit out peace from a man's mouth, and you must know that Yang Rui never left the military map when he got along with her. However, of course, she would not question her husband's proposal in public, and after a hasty meal, she invited Luo Jialing away.

There was only one table of men left in the banquet hall, and the Chinese habit was to talk about things at the dinner table, and to use wine to pass three rounds of food and five flavors, Yang Rui asked Weizmann: "Mr. Weizmann, what is the situation in Europe?" ”

Yang Rui asked in general terms, but Weizmann was detailed, he said: "The situation in Europe is not good, and after the signing of the Anglo-German naval agreement, the German Nazi government is even more invincible, and they are planning to enact a new law to persecute the Jews with dignity......"

The British did not sign naval treaties with China and Japan, but signed naval treaties with Britain and France, which was entirely to help Germany avoid the arms restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, in the hope that it would suppress France. But at this time Goering did not march into the Rhine demilitarized zone, he was less Hitler, less sharp, bold, and cunning.

"And what are you going to do now?" Yang Rui asked again. He didn't say what he wanted, he wanted to hear what Weizmann had planned.

"Your Excellency, we hope to establish a Jewish state in the Palestinian region." Weizmann said that he remembered the last big war. In order to better engage in wartime shipping business and obtain the support of Britain and the United States, China, like Britain, also expressed the hope that the Jewish people would establish their own 'national homeland' in the Palestinian areas, but at that time, the diplomatic secretary who wrote to Lord Rothschild, Xie Zantai, was already in the past, and he hoped that Yang Rui would continue to support the establishment of the Jewish state in the Palestinian areas.

"But that's British territory." Yang Rui shook his head and said, "If the British don't agree." Your new nation will not be built. ”

"Your ......Excellency" was forced by Yang Rui, Weizmann looked embarrassed, this is indeed the case, originally he hoped that Britain could help the Jews to establish a state, but Britain hindered the Arabs and restricted the immigration of Jews to the Middle East. There are some issues at the moment, but we believe they will eventually be resolved. ”

"Isn't there anywhere else? Mr. Weizmann, must you want Palestine? Seeing his appearance, Yang Rui still had expectations for the British, so he had to start testing.

"Nope. Excellency. Weizmann shook his head stubbornly, while Kaufmann and Einstein saw different things. Palestine is the Lord's Promised Land, and we can only re-establish our state in Palestine. ”

"Okay." Yang Rui nodded, and he said: "The last time I traveled through Europe, the senior monk who accompanied me told me that in a few years, Europe will be full of rivers of blood and corpses, and at least one of the three dead will be Jews. ”

Yang Rui said that Weizmann was a little dumbfounded. The predictions of Chinese Buddhist priests are known to the world, and Einstein could not explain why the monks were able to accurately predict the earthquake and the 1931 flood. When they recovered from the shock and wanted to ask why. Yang Rui added: "They did not die on the battlefield, but in the concentration camp.

At present, it is only China and Japan that are suppressing the Nazi forces in Europe, and preventing Italy from annexing Abyssinia is a very successful suppression, and other countries, even Soviet Russia, have their own strategic calculations in Europe, so they cannot be completely relied on. But now we're in trouble. There is no doubt that if there is a war in the Pacific, then there will also be a war in Europe that has lost its suppression, at least as I felt in Europe last year. During and even before the war, countless Jews would be imprisoned in concentration camps by the Nazis. Tortured to death in the end......"

"It's horrible!" Weizmann said, trembling and drawing a cross on his chest. Even if Yang Rui didn't say the specific number of deaths, the three of them still trembled and prayed in a whisper.

After they finished praying, Yang Ruicai said: "The founding of the country is a matter of the future, and how to avoid this catastrophe is the matter of the moment." The best way is not to have a war in the whole world, but this ......" Yang Rui glanced at Weizmann, shook his head and said: "Your news is not much behind me, I know that this is inevitable." Since war in Asia cannot be avoided, the Nazis in Europe, who have lost their suppression in Asia, will also take the opportunity to start a war......"

Yang Rui didn't say what he could do to help the Jews, let alone what he wanted. After thinking about it, he continued: "For a people, the number of ethnic groups is the most important thing. Europe is a gathering place for Jews, and if the Jews in Europe are slaughtered, then the Jewish population of the world will decline on a large scale, and it is impossible to restore the country because the population is too small. ”

"Your Excellency, I want to go to Europe, to the United States, and do everything I can to prevent the war." Weizmann said excitedly. He knew what concentration camps were, and there were now several concentration camps in Germany, and they were all ******.

"History is irreversible, Mr. Weizmann. War is the will of all people, and it is a continuation of the last world war, and it cannot be avoided by the efforts of a few people and countries. Yang Rui said.

After Yang Rui finished speaking, he was silent about this matter, and seeing him like this, Weizmann, who is proficient in international politics, knocked on the side and said: "Your Excellency, I heard that the Americans are preparing for a war......

"Do you still want to hear about this?" Yang Rui smiled, "This is something that can be seen, and everyone knows what the Americans are doing." ”

"Is war as inevitable as it is in Europe?" Weizmann asked. He believed Yang Rui's reasoning just now - there was a war in Europe after a war in Asia, but he still wanted to avoid war.

"If someone wants to monopolize the entire Pacific, war is inevitable." Yang Rui said. "The current trend is towards war. In the end, I don't know if someone can save everything. I would love to see world peace, but hope is often only in fantasy, and reality is always cruel. ”

"Your Excellency, I hope you can help us." Weizmann saw that Yang Rui did not get to the point, so he had to make a request straight to the point.

"For example......" Yang Rui looked at him and smiled, he wanted to be begged rather than begged by others.

"I hope that your army university will accept a group of Jewish officers and provide them with internships......" Weizmann pleaded. Although during the First World War, the Jews wanted to use force and set up one or several Jewish divisions, but the cunning British did not agree, but set up several mixed divisions, including not only Jews but also Arabs. But unlike the British, China has no interests in the Near East, and China's army is known to the world as an excellent army that can keep up with the German army, so after acknowledging Yang Rui's goodwill, the first thought of the Zionists about China was to send officers and learn from her army.

"I also hope that you and the Japanese government will continue to condemn and suppress the Nazis in Europe; If there is a war and my compatriots are persecuted by the Nazis, I beg you and the Chinese government to help them......," Weizmann added, "and I ultimately hope that you and the Chinese government will support us in establishing a Jewish state in Palestine." ”

Since the hope of recovering the country was pinned on the British, Weizmann's demand at this time naturally had many reservations, China was not important to him, and he could not imagine the scale of the death of the Jews in the concentration camps, as for the prophecy that Yang Rui had just said, it was only a prophecy.

Under the gaze of everyone, Yang Rui slowly spoke: "What Mr. Weizmann said is too broad, and some things are difficult for me and this country to do. For example, the last one, China cannot go to war with Britain and help you recover after occupying Pakistan; We and Japan want peace in Europe, but when we have to face war ourselves, it is impossible to send troops to East Africa as we did last time, even if the Germans go to war again, such as attacking Poland or France.

As for helping the Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis, of course I would like to, but that help will be limited, especially in the context of the war going on in China itself. It is possible to recruit and train Jewish officers, but there are two basic requirements, the first is that they cannot help China's enemies in the next war after graduation, and the second is that this can only be done in secret, and the number of them must not be too large, otherwise the Nazis will have to go around preaching that the Jews want to rule the world......"

Yang Rui's last words made everyone in the audience laugh, and the three Jews were grateful for the ease with which he agreed to these conditions. After the banquet, Yang looked at Yang Rui in the study in confusion, "Father, is this the end of the conversation?" We didn't say anything. ”

"Pretty much." Yang Rui nodded, "People don't want you to help, what else can you say." ”

"But what about the Holocaust?" Yang Wuming believed in his father's prophecy, so he said again.

"Who would believe what didn't happen?" Yang Rui said. "They thought we were begging them to convince the United States not to go to war. Wait slowly, one day he'll come back. ”

Hearing Yang Rui say this, Yang Wuming was not wrong to think about it, and at this time at Weizmann's residence, he was also discussing Yang Rui's intentions with Kaufman, and they didn't believe that this meeting was because Yang Rui passed through Europe and released goodwill on a whim.

"Does the Duke want us to persuade the Americans to stop the war?" Kaufman asked.

"That doesn't seem to be the case." Weizmann wondered. "But I couldn't find a reason for him to help us. There will always be a reason, is it money, Abraham? ”

Although the Zionist organization had little money and was running a deficit year after year, Weizmann still thought about money. But Kaufman reminded him, "Your Excellency the Duke is rich and does not need extra money. However, when China accepted compatriots from Russia 20 years ago, it only allowed people with property or talent to enter the country......"

"Property, talent?" Thinking of Einstein who traveled with him this time, Weizmann immediately understood a little, he thought of those compatriots who were persecuted by the Nazis in German universities, for whom China might be a good place for immigrants, but ......, he thought of the Asian war on the bow, and hesitated. (To be continued.) )