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Chapter 954: Spring in Saigon (Fourth update, please subscribe)

People rush around all day just to feed themselves; not everyone has the leisure time to enjoy life in a club.

After all, in this world, there are always people who enjoy life, and there are always people who move forward with heavy burdens.

Even as the deputy general manager of Industrial Bank, Liang Changjie still had to work hard to make a living. After he had just finalized a deal with Emperor Bao Dai and finished his work at hand, Liang Changjie took the first flight to Saigon.

Flying from Chang'an to Saigon is very convenient and only takes more than an hour.

Soon, Liang Changjie and his party arrived in Saigon at around seven in the morning, and then took a car into the city of Saigon.

Saigon was prosperous in the five or six years.

In fact, the entire South Vietnam was experiencing a positive and upward prosperity, even though the country was divided into North and South with the end of the Geneva Conference.

But South Vietnam did not need to consider the threat of war. After all, the peace treaty was guaranteed by a great power. Even people fled from the north every day. Their arrival not only brought labor to the development of the city, but also brought funds.

This further promoted the development of Saigon, making the city full of vitality.

It was also the first time for Liang Changjie to come here, and he could still feel the vitality of the city... There were such pedestrians everywhere on the island, and they were rushing to work. From this point of view, the Vietnamese were obviously different from other Southeast Asians. They were more diligent and hardworking. They were very similar to the Tang people, equally hardworking and hardworking.

It seems that the Saigon of the past five or six years has infinite possibilities. At least now it is South Vietnam. Many people fantasize about it, and some even optimistically think that Nanyang today is South Vietnam tomorrow.

All the prosperity and hope of this country seem to be integrated into one city, and that city is Saigon.

Saigon is home to all kinds of people. Although there are successful people who run factories and engage in business and trade, there are more low-class people who work hard for food all day long.

However, the good development prospects, the almost unreal fantasy, and the prosperity of the city are enough to bring hope to people. For this reason, a steady stream of people flock to this city every day.

At first glance, Saigon seems to have real potential for development!

The fertile Mekong Delta provided sufficient food for the urbanization of South Vietnam - the export of three to four million tons of rice each year brought sufficient funds for its economic development.

A population of more than 10 million, coupled with the continuous influx of labor into the city, also provides sufficient labor for its economic development.

In addition, the factories and trade opened by Tangshan merchants in Saigon further prospered the local economy.

Based on all this, both President Ngo Dinh Diem and ordinary South Vietnamese people were full of confidence in the future.

Even when Liang Changjie and his party were driving into Saigon, he saw a slogan on a roadside billboard - "Nanyang's today is our tomorrow". The words on the billboard were written in Vietnamese letters and Chinese characters respectively.

“Are there Chinese characters in Saigon?”

Liang Changjie asked curiously.

"Mr. Liang, it's like this. Since there are hundreds of thousands of Chinese people in Saigon, it's normal to use Chinese characters. In addition, to be in the upper class, one must be able to speak both French and Chinese. Moreover, Vietnam was the last country to abolish the imperial examination system, which was not abolished until 04. To take the imperial examination, one had to write in Chinese. Even in , when the Vietnamese imperial examination system added French and Latinized Vietnamese as examination subjects, it still retained Chinese as the main subject. Although the status of Chinese characters has declined, its influence is still great. Even in the past few decades, "Latinized Vietnamese" has quickly come from behind and eroded the territory of Chinese and Chinese characters. However, Chinese and Chinese characters are still used by many people."

Wang Dexing, general manager of the Vietnam branch of Industrial Bank, has been in Southwest China for six years and has witnessed the resurgence of Chinese characters. "In the past few years, with the increasing economic and trade exchanges and people-to-people exchanges between Southeast Asia and South Vietnam, the number of people in South Vietnam who are learning Chinese and Chinese characters for employment, business or interest has increased significantly. Many schools now offer Chinese courses. Chinese, like French, is highly valued by the government!"

After that, Wang Dexing explained specifically.

"After all, compared to studying in France, going to Southeast Asia is not only closer, but also cheaper. If you are an overseas student, not only can you be exempted from tuition, you can even get a food subsidy. So now Chinese has shown signs of recovering."

Wang Dexing's explanation made Liang Changjie nodded and said.

"This is the inevitability of the rise of Southeast Asia. Historically, Vietnam itself is a member of the Chinese cultural circle. Even in terms of race, Vietnamese are descendants of the Han people. In modern times, the Qing Dynasty misled the country, causing the decline of China's influence, which led to the decline of the influence of Chinese characters. Now that Southeast Asia has risen, they have naturally started to learn Chinese characters and speak Chinese again."

The spread of a language is often equated with the strength of a country, just like the widespread popularity of English in the world. Without the strength of Britain and the United States, how could English become the world's circulating language?
The resurgence of Mandarin in this region is essentially due to the expansion of Nanyang's influence, which is why people are willing to learn Mandarin.

"Mr. Liang is right. I heard that South Korea has withdrawn its declaration to abolish Chinese characters and has implemented Chinese character education in elementary schools. Chinese characters are also a test subject. In South Korea now, speaking Chinese is even more fashionable than English."

The reason why Wang Dexing knows so much is because...his wife is Korean. Naturally, she knows the changes that have taken place in Korea in recent years.

South Korea is now similar to Japan - going to Southeast Asia is also the most popular thing in South Korea, and whether or not one can speak Chinese has long been a topic of conversation for most Koreans after dinner.

Being able to speak Chinese has even become something that many people show off. Under such circumstances, the revival of Chinese in Korea is very fast.

"Yes, this is all thanks to the country's influence and economic development, which has enhanced the influence of Southeast Asia. Many people in Japan are learning Chinese, and Siam has also started to implement Chinese character education in elementary schools this year."

Many changes are like this, they are silent and gradual. In silence, everything is slowly changing.

"In a dozen years, we won't need to bring interpreters when we visit these places. This is the benefit of a strong country!"

With a sigh, Liang Changjie looked out the window. The vehicles passing by were mostly made in Southeast Asia, and the roadside signs were basically written in Chinese characters. Those shops might be opened by Tang people, but there must be local people's shops among them. In comparison, Latin letters were rare.

“This is proof of the country’s prosperity!”

"Yes, it was because of the prosperity and strength of Nanyang that they picked up Chinese characters again, and tried to strengthen economic ties with Nanyang in this way, so as to achieve national prosperity. By the way, President Wu has a set of policies. Since he came to power, he has not only started to implement land reform, the government has confiscated all abandoned land and redistributed the land to farmers, but also set land limits for landlords. Excess land must be sold to the government, and the government will resell the land to farmers in need; it is stipulated that farmers and landlords must sign a land use contract, indicating the rental amount. While carrying out land reform, a number of economic development plans have been formulated, and these plans are used to promote the economic development of South Vietnam. In order to reduce dependence on imported goods, according to him, it is necessary to follow the example of Nanyang and implement industrialization with export as the axis."

Liang Changjie was no stranger to this kind of reform. Even in Siam, the consultants sent from Nanyang were helping them to carry out the reform, and land reform was the most important part of it. Only through the distribution of land could the countryside be stabilized. Only when the people in the countryside were stable could the political situation be stable, and then the country could devote itself to economic construction. This was the case throughout Asia, but the methods were different.

"At present, South Vietnam's economic development is very good. We have conducted an analysis and found that its economic development speed is second only to Southeast Asia, Japan and the Philippines. From an economic point of view, there is great potential for development here!"

Liang Changjie still agrees with Wang Dexing's judgment. After all, some things are obvious progress, he said.

"Now many countries are looking to Nanyang as a model and learning from it. They are trying to develop themselves by emulating Nanyang. This may be a challenge for us, but it is also an opportunity! An opportunity to further expand our influence here."

Businessmen also have their own goals. For Liang Changjie, his goal is very simple, which is to expand the market by expanding his influence here and thus seek more profits.

After all, for businessmen, profit is the most important thing. As for political influence, that is something politicians need to consider and has nothing to do with him.

(End of this chapter)