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Text Chapter 565 Night View of the Lion City

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    "Hey, that person with a coconut wrapped around his head is really interesting. He can actually make snakes dance!" Yanyan, who looked a little thin, pointed at a Tianzhu man on the roadside with excitement.  Judging from her appearance, one can tell that Wang Kuang's tutoring must be very strict, and Yanyan must rarely go out, otherwise she would have seen this kind of busker from Tianzhu when she was in Keelung.

    Chou Chou was not interested in the snake-charming Tianzhu people. Instead, he ran to a stall on the other side of the street and bought three bunches of candied haws, and then he made two bunches of Yanyan.  Li Min looked greedy and deceived a bunch of them from her with sweet words, and then gnawed the candied haws with the two little girls without any image.

    When he was about to go out, he was stopped by two little girls, Chou Chou and Yan Yan. When they knew that Li Min was going out, they immediately argued and wanted to go. As a result, Li Min couldn't win over them, and finally had to agree to let them go too.  Take them with you, and the three of them are traveling in casual clothes. There is no visible guard around them, but how many are secretly there, even Li Min himself doesn't know.

    Yanyan was naturally very happy after seeing her father Wang Kuang. Unfortunately, Li Min's arrival made Wang Kuang unable to get away and had no time to spend with her daughter, so Yanyan still stayed with Chou Chou for the time being.

    Now Li Min and the others are walking on Malacca Street in the Lion City. This street is 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 after Chang'an.  In the traditional city layout, the entire city faces south and is in the shape of a rectangle. There are tall city walls on the periphery. There are also many artillery mounted on the city walls. It can be said that the defense force is very strong.

    The reason for this is mainly because Malacca is now controlled by Li Min.  But it is already the outermost layer of Li Min's sphere of influence, and Jinzhou across the strait has not been completely occupied.  Except for some coastal areas, the interior is still dominated by natives.  The Malliu Strait, which is not too wide, cannot stop the enemy's attack. Therefore, safety issues were already taken into consideration when the Lion City was first built.

    However, although Malacca uses the same urban layout as Chang'an, the city implements the same open business policy as Tainan and Keelung. Moreover, as long as it is not attacked by the enemy, there is no curfew in the city, and there are no curfews on Malacca Street.  Like Zhuque Street in Chang'an, shops were not allowed to open on both sides of the street, although the policy was later relaxed.  But there are still many bans.

    On both sides of Malacca Street, there are all kinds of shops, which are brightly lit at night. Compared with the daytime, the number of pedestrians on the street has not decreased, but has increased a lot. This is mainly because the climate of the Lion City is hot, and some people  They didn't want to go to the streets, but waited until the temperature dropped a bit at night, and then they all rushed out to the streets at once.  This is how the strange phenomenon of Lion City was formed.

    Li Min quickly finished chewing the candied haws, and then held Chou Chou and Yan Yan close to him one by one to prevent them from being crowded out by pedestrians on the street.  Although he knew that there were many guards in civilian clothes around him, out of a father's instinct, he still did not want to let his daughter out of his sight.

    There are two words that impressed Li Min the most about the night market in Lion City.  It was noisy, and Han Chinese only accounted for at most one-third of the streets.  The rest are all foreigners with different hair colors and skins, among whom Persians are the most numerous.  As far as Li Min knows, the Persians in Lion City account for one-fifth of the total population, and are the second largest ethnic group in Lion City after the Han people.  In fact, many Persians settled not only in the Lion City, but also in the coastal areas of Taiwan and Datang, and even in Chang'an as far inland as possible.

    The reason for this situation is mainly because the Sasanian dynasty that currently rules Persia is unable to resist the attack of the cannibals. Especially in recent years, the newly emerged cannibals have gradually improved various domestic systems and their strength has increased repeatedly.  And because of their religious fanaticism, they had unparalleled enthusiasm for expansion, and the first target was naturally Persia, which stood in front of them. However, the originally powerful Persia was already very old. Although it had often won victories in previous wars against Rome,  But in the face of the tyrannical cannibal, they were defeated one after another. If no miracle happened, it is estimated that the end of the country is not far away.

    Seeing this situation, many Persians have begun to flee from 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 of the Persians'  The navigation industry is also relatively good, and Persian merchants often arrived in the south of the Tang Dynasty in the past.

    However, many of these Persians who went to sea first chose to go to Tianzhu. After all, it was the closest to Persia. However, they soon discovered that except for the Harsha Dynasty, which was relatively stable, other places in Tianzhu were also in chaos. Therefore, many Persians went to Tianzhu again.  On the road, traveling thousands of miles to the Tang Dynasty, the hardships can definitely be compared with Monk Tang's pilgrimage for Buddhist scriptures. However, after these people arrived in Lion City, they found that this place had become the territory of a prince of the Tang Dynasty. In their view, this was just  Already the Tang Dynasty?The territory, coupled with the prosperous commerce of Lion City, the city also treats the wealthy Hu people like them equally, so many people choose to settle here. Of course, many people go to safer Taiwan or even the Tang Dynasty.  .

    Looking at the Persians who kept walking in front of him, Li Min couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Speaking of which, these Persians believed in Zoroastrianism. It was a pity that when the cannibals invaded, they forced these Persians to convert to Islam. As a result, later  Zoroastrianism died out in Central Asia, but the branch that was introduced to the Central Plains became extremely prosperous. After absorbing some teachings from Buddhism and Taoism, it became a religion with strong influence in the Central Plains, such as Mingjiao, White Lotus, and even the Boxer Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty.  Wait, they are actually Zoroastrianism.

    But Li Min then 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. By then, the south of Dashi would be  It borders Tianzhu, but with Li Zhen's temperament, I am afraid that he will never want to see such a strong enemy as Dashi beside him, and the east of Dashi is also bordered by the Tang Dynasty. When the time comes, the three kingdoms will be in full force.  In the Eastern Roman Empire on the Mediterranean coast, the situation in Asia as a whole may 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 Min looked at the surrounding environment, then looked at the tall building, and then suddenly realized that he had unknowingly reached the end of Malacca Street. They were now in the square in front of the Governor's Office in Lion City, and that  The tall building Chou Chou pointed to was built next to the square, close to the governor's mansion, but it was much taller than the governor's mansion. It looked like it had six floors.  You don't need to ask to know that this kind of tall building must be made of reinforced concrete.

    "Let's go, my father will take you to see it." Li Min also felt that this tall building was very impressive, and the height was second to none. The main reason was that the area of ????this building was not small. I don't know what the purpose of such a huge building was.  ?

    Hearing Li Min¡¯s words, Chou Chou and Yan Yan both clapped their hands and applauded.  In the square they were in, the one in front of the tall building was the most lively. Children naturally like to go to lively places, so they are so happy.

    Li Min led the two little girls and walked through the crowd to the gate of the tall building. Only then did Li Min discover that there was a huge stone standing in front of the gate of the tall building. There seemed to be characters carved on it. With the bright lights on both sides,  , Li Min could clearly see that the four characters written on it were "Sea Trade Center".

    After Li Min saw the name of this building, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, and he finally remembered what this building was for. He even personally agreed to the establishment of this building.

    This sea trade center was actually built not long ago. Li Min transferred Wang Kuang from Linyi to Lion City. As soon as he arrived, Wang Kuang immediately suggested to Li Min that he should build a sea trade center in Lion City.  The trade center specializes in providing some convenient commercial services for maritime merchants, such as business negotiations, buyers finding sellers, sellers finding buyers, etc.

    After all, Lion City is a port city, and there is not much product output in the city. The entire city relies on the seaport for food.  Most of the maritime merchants who arrived in the Lion City when transporting goods just used this place as a resting port. However, some merchants sold their goods here for various reasons. This also caused some merchants who needed goods to sell them here.  Live temporarily in the city and buy from merchants who sell goods.

    But there is a problem, that is, sometimes some maritime merchants are in urgent need of goods but cannot find buyers, and sometimes some buyers are looking for urgently needed goods all over the city but cannot find sellers.

    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. Both buyers and sellers can transfer their needs or take action.  The goods information is hung here, and when other merchants see it, the center personnel will contact them, and then the two parties will meet to discuss. This can shorten the time for completing a transaction as much as possible, which is convenient for both buyers and sellers.  It's a great thing.

    Li Min immediately agreed to Wang Kuang's genius idea. He even decided that if the operation of the Sea Trade Center was successful in the Lion City, he would build one in Keelung and Tainan, and it would be OK.  Information exchange with the Lion City will create a strong business network. I believe this move will definitely further stimulate business prosperity.

    However, although Li Min personally approved the construction of the Sea Trade Center, he was not very clear about its internal operations. Originally, Li Min planned to visit the Sea Trade Center when he came to the Lion City this time, but now  If you just happened to be here, you might as well go in and take a look. Seeing how busy the front of the building is, I believe that the inside of this recently built business center should also be very lively!

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