Capital Datang

"Hey, the man with the coconut wrapped around his head is so interesting, he can actually make snakes dance!" Yanyan, who looked a little thin, pointed to a Tianzhu man by the roadside with excitement.From her appearance, one can tell that Wang Kuang's family education must be very strict, and Yanyan must rarely go out, otherwise she should have seen this kind of entertainer from Tianzhu when she was in Keelung.

Chou Chou was not interested in the snake charmers from Tianzhu, instead, he ran to a small stall on the other side of the street, bought three bunches of candied haws, and then made two bunches for himself.Li Yin looked greedy, and tricked her into taking a bunch of them with sweet words, and then ate candied haws with the two little girls without any image.

When he was about to go out before, he was stopped by two little girls, Chouchou and Yanyan, and when they knew that Li Yin was going out, they immediately quarreled and wanted to go, but Li Yin couldn't resist them, and finally had to agree to let them go too. Bring it, and the three of them are traveling in casual clothes, and there is no obvious guard around them, but how many are in the dark, even Li Yin himself doesn't know.

Among them, Yanyan was naturally very happy after seeing her father Wang Kuang, but unfortunately Wang Kuang couldn't get away from Li Yin's arrival and had no time to accompany her daughter, so Yanyan stayed with Chouchou for the time being.

Now Li Yin and the others are walking on Malacca Street in the Lion City. This street is just located on the central axis of the Lion City. The layout of the entire Lion City is a bit special, because it does not have city walls like Keelung or Tainan, but is modeled on Chang'an. In the traditional city layout, the entire city faces south, forming a rectangle, surrounded by a tall city wall, and there are many cannons erected on the city wall. It can be said that the defense force is very strong.Capital Datang 565

The reason for this is mainly because Malacca is now controlled by Li Yin.But it is already the outermost layer of Li Yin's sphere of influence, and Jinzhou across the strait has not been fully occupied.Except for some coastal areas, the interior is still dominated by the natives.Only relying on the not-too-wide Maliu Strait cannot stop the enemy's attack, so the security issue has been considered at the beginning of the construction of the Lion City.

However, although Malacca uses the same urban layout as Chang'an, the city implements the same policy of opening up business as Tainan and Keelung, and as long as it is not attacked by the enemy, there is no curfew in the city, and there is no curfew on Malacca Street. Like Zhuque Avenue in Chang'an, shops are not allowed to open on both sides of the street, although the policy has been liberalized a lot later.But there are still many bans.

On both sides of Malacca Street, there are all kinds of shops. At night, the lights are brightly lit. Compared with the daytime, the number of pedestrians on the street has not decreased, but has increased a lot. This is mainly because of the Lion City. The climate is so hot that some people are reluctant to go to the streets during the day, but when the temperature cools down a little at night, they all flock to the streets at once.This is the formation of the strange phenomenon of the Lion City.

Li Yin finished eating the candied haws quickly, and then took Chouchou and Yanyan to his side one by one in each hand, so as not to be scattered by the pedestrians on the street.Although he knew that there were many guards in plain clothes around him, but out of a father's instinct, he was still unwilling to let his daughter out of his sight.

Li Min's biggest impression of the night market in Lion City is only two words.That's noisy, Han people only account for one-third of the streets.The rest are all foreigners with different hair colors and skins, among which Persians are the most.As far as Li Yin knew, the Persians in the Lion City accounted for one-fifth of the total population, second only to the Han, and were the second largest ethnic group in the Lion City.In fact, not only in the Lion City, but also in the coastal areas of Taiwan and the Tang Dynasty, and even in Chang'an, which is far inland, there are many Persians who have settled down.

The reason for this situation is mainly because the Sassanid Dynasty now ruling Persia is unable to resist the attack of the big cannibals. Especially in recent years, the emerging big cannibals have gradually improved various domestic systems, and their strength has continued to rise. And because of their religious fanaticism, they have unparalleled enthusiasm for expansion, and the first goal is naturally Persia, which stands in front of them, but the original powerful Persia is already old, although the previous wars against Rome were often victorious, But in the face of the tyrannical cannibals, they have been defeated one after another. If there is no miracle, it is estimated that the period of national subjugation is not far away.

It is precisely because of this situation that many Persians have begun to flee the country. These people took their families and belongings through the Western Regions and entered the Tang Dynasty along the Silk Road. However, more people chose to go to sea, because the Persians The navigation industry is also relatively good. In the past, Persian maritime merchants often arrived in the south of Datang.

However, many of these Persians who went to sea chose to go to Tianzhu first. After all, it was the closest to Persia, but soon they discovered that apart from a relatively stable Jieri Dynasty, other places in Tianzhu were also in turmoil. Therefore, many Persians People went on the road again, traveling thousands of miles to Datang, the hardships involved can definitely be compared with Tang monks to learn Buddhist scriptures, and after these people arrived in Lion City, they found that this place has become the territory of a prince of Datang. Since then, it is already the territory of Datang, and with the prosperous business in Lion City, the rich Hu people like them are treated equally in the city, so many people choose to settle here, and of course many people go to more Safe Taiwan and even Datang.

Looking at the Persians who kept passing by in front of him, Li Yin couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. Speaking of which, these Persians believed in Zoroastrianism, but it was a pity that after the big cannibals invaded, they forced these Persians to convert to Islam. Zoroastrianism died out in Central Asia, but a branch that spread to the Central Plains was extremely prosperous. After absorbing some teachings of Buddhism and Taoism, it became a religion with strong influence in the Central Plains, such as Mingjiao, White Lotus, and even Boxers in the late Qing Dynasty. Wait, they are all Zoroastrians.

However, Li Yin immediately thought of another thing. If the Persians were subjugated, Dashi would become the overlord of West Asia, and Li Zhen and Li Yun would probably have unified Tianzhu by then, and the south of Dashi would be It borders Tianzhu, but with Li Zhen's temperament, I am afraid that he will never be willing to see such a strong enemy as Dashi beside him, and it happens that the east of Dashi borders Datang, and then the three kingdoms will stand together , plus the Eastern Roman Empire on the Mediterranean coast, I am afraid that the situation in Asia as a whole will become very interesting.

"Ah! Father, look, that building is so tall!" At this moment, Chou Chou suddenly pointed to a tall building not far away and shouted.

Li Yin took a look at the surrounding environment, and then looked at the tall building, and suddenly realized that he had unknowingly walked to the end of Malacca Street. Now they are in the square in front of the Governor's Mansion in the Lion City, and that The tall building that Chou Chou refers to is built next to the square, next to the Governor's Mansion, but it is much taller than the Governor's Mansion, it looks like it has six floors.This kind of high-rise building can be known without asking, it must be built with high-quality reinforced concrete.

"Let's go, my father will take you to have a look." Li Yin also felt that this high-rise building is extraordinary, and the height is second. The main reason is that the area of ​​this building is not small. Such a huge building does not know what it is for ?

Hearing Li Yin's words, Chouchou and Yanyan applauded.In the square they were in, the front of the high-rise building was the busiest. Children naturally liked to go to lively places, so they were so happy.

Li Yin took the two little girls and walked through the crowd to the gate of the high-rise building. At this time, Li Yin discovered that there was a huge stone standing in front of the gate of the high-rise building. It seemed that words were carved on it. , Li Yin could clearly see that the words "Ocean Trade Center" were written on it.

After seeing the name of this building, Li Yin immediately had a flash of inspiration, and finally remembered what this building was for, and he even personally agreed to the establishment of this building.

In fact, the construction of this sea trade center was not long after it was completed. At the beginning, Li Yin transferred Wang Kuang from Linyi to Lion City. As a result, Wang Kuang immediately suggested to Li Yin that he should build a sea trade center in Lion City as soon as he took office. The trade center is dedicated to providing some convenient commercial services for maritime merchants, such as negotiating business, buyers looking for sellers, sellers looking for buyers, and so on.

After all, Lion City is a port city, and there is no commodity output in the city. The whole city depends on the seaport for food.Most of the sea merchants transported their goods to the Lion City, and most of them just regarded it as a resting port, but there were also some merchants who sold their goods here for various reasons, which also caused some merchants who needed goods to sell their goods here. Live temporarily in the city and buy from merchants who sell goods.

However, there is a problem, that is, sometimes some sea merchants urgently need to sell goods, but they cannot find buyers, and sometimes some buyers search for urgently needed goods all over the city, but cannot find sellers.Capital Datang 565

Faced with this situation, it also attracts more businessmen to trade in the Lion City. After investigation, Wang Kuang, who is also a businessman, proposed such a plan for a sea trade center. The information of the goods is posted here, and when other merchants see it, then the personnel of the center will contact them, and the two parties will meet and negotiate at that time, so that the time for completing a transaction can be shortened as much as possible, and both buyers and sellers It's a great thing.

For Wang Kuang's genius idea, Li Yin immediately agreed, and he even decided that if the operation of the Maritime Trade Center is successful in Lion City, then one will be built in Keelung, Tainan and other places, and it will be OK. The exchange of information with the Lion City will create a strong business network at that time. I believe this move will definitely further stimulate the prosperity of business.

However, although Li Yin personally approved the construction of the Sea Trade Center, he is not very clear about its internal operation method. Originally, Li Yin planned to visit the Sea Trade Center when he came to the Lion City this time, but now Just happened to be here, so why not just go in and have a look, seeing how lively the front of this building is, I believe that the inside of this newly built business center should also be very lively!

Thinking of this, Li Yin pulled Chouchou and Yanyan, and was about to go in, but what Li Yin didn't expect was that he was blocked at the door again? (to be continued...)