"Brunei is a country with crude oil and natural gas as the main economic pillars, and in Southeast Asia, it ranks second only to Indonesia in terms of oil reserves and production, and its per capita GDP is very high, making it a very rich country," Lao Liu said. ”

Zhou Sen nodded, "We didn't know much about Brunei before, I saw many celebrities travel to Brunei, and I also felt that this country was quite mysterious. ”

Lao Liu nodded, "Yes, there are not many people in China who can go abroad, except for those business elites, successful people, who can do some international trade business, and they can often take planes and run all over the world, and their horizons are relatively broad." ”

"There are still most of the domestic people, although their economic income has increased, they are richer than before, and they can travel abroad, but there are still many domestic people who rarely have the opportunity to go abroad, and they have no opportunity to go abroad to have a look!"

Zhou Sen nodded, "Yes, the most impressive thing is that when Shanghai held the World Expo, many people from many cities across the country rushed to Shanghai to participate in the World Expo, and lined up outside many foreign exhibition halls in order to go in and have a look." ”

"I went to see such a spectacular scene, and I also deeply felt that the Chinese people want to understand the strong desire of the world, and we also hope that through our program, the domestic people can better understand the countries along the 'Belt and Road'. ”

Lao Liu nodded, "The Belt and Road Initiative is China's wisdom, which is very remarkable, China has passed on friendship and influenced the world, and we don't know much about the countries along the Belt and Road, so after Dean Zhang told me, I am also very much in favor of Lao Zhou to shoot this program and conduct a field trip." ”

"I was sent to work in Brunei five years ago, and I still have a very good impression of Brunei, although the country is not big, but it is relatively rich!"

"Brunei's floating villages are more famous, and today I would like to introduce to you the floating villages of Brunei, known as the Venice of the East. ”

Zhou Sen said: "Speaking of Venice, I have also been there, or very emotional, it is all a water city, almost all transportation is by boat, the city buildings are in the water, there is also a unique scenery, when we go to Venice, take a speedboat, shuttle under the bridge, listen to the boatman uncle tell us about the customs of Venice, or feel quite fresh." ”

Lao Liu smiled, "Yes, I have also been to Venice, Venice is more famous, almost everyone knows when it comes to Venice, the water village in Brunei is similar to Venice, below, I will take everyone to enjoy the style of the water village!"

"Looking at this kind of scenery, it is quite emotional, I would like to first introduce the history of the water villages, these labyrinthine floating villages on the river 500 years ago, the Magellanan expedition to Brunei for the first time left a deep impression. ”

"When it comes to Magellan's expedition, some people may not be familiar with it, so I will briefly introduce it to you!"

"Magellan's circumnavigation of the world is a great achievement in the history of world navigation, and it was the expedition team led by the Portuguese seafaring explorer Magellan, who successfully circumnavigated the world not only opened up new routes, but also proved that the earth is round, and the earth is a round sphere. ”

Born into a family of clumsy knights in northern Portugal, Magellan entered the royal palace at the age of ten as an attendant to the queen, and later had the opportunity to travel the world and start a good story. ”

Zhou Sen smiled, "It's not easy to travel around the world and go on an expedition, and it's not easy for our Chinese Zheng He to go to the West, at that time, the ocean was still unknown, and it was really not easy to risk his life to go to sea!"

Lao Liu said: "Anyone who can leave a strong mark in history, these famous figures, have overcome difficulties that ordinary people can't overcome, and they are worthy of admiration." ”

Zhou Sen said: "The ancient Chinese believed that the sky was round and the earth was round, the ancient Babylonians believed that the earth was round, and the earth was surrounded by rivers, and the ancient Europeans believed that the earth was a plane and the end of the sea was a bottomless pit. ”

Lao Liu said: "On the map drawn by the ancient Greeks, a giant was drawn at the end of the sea, and the giant held a street sign in his hand, which said stop here, do not go any further, and some ancient Greek philosophers believed that the earth was spherical. ”

"Most people in Europe in the 15th century thought that the earth was flat, and the end of the ocean was a bottomless abyss, and to explore, it was really a big adventure, and no one dared to risk with their own lives, only Magellan was brave enough to try, which required a lot of courage. ”

"To complete a round-the-world trip, you really need to be very well prepared, if you encounter bad weather, typhoons or thunderstorms at sea, there is a risk of shipwreckage and death at any time. ”

"It is not easy to finally complete the round-the-world journey with courage and perseverance and prove that the earth is round!"

At that time, when Magellan's expedition team came to the water village in Brunei, he also felt that the scenery here was very amazing, and described the scene here in his later travelogue, at that time, exploring the world and exploring the unknown has become a navigator's dream. ”

"For Magellan, this is really a miracle, tourists can take a water taxi, along the Brunei River to see the local characteristics of this place, in Brunei tourism if you feel too quiet and feel lonely, you can go to the water village for a walk, life here is full of fun, lively children, housekeeping women, like a scene of leisurely life. ”

Today, standing here, Lao Liu is full of emotion, after centuries of floating cities still retain their former appearance, a variety of water houses supported by stone pillars and made of wooden planks are scattered on both sides of the Brunei River.

"Although hundreds of years have passed, it still retains the style of this place!" Lao Liu said.

The Brunei River flows next to the city of Bandar Seri Begawan, creating a wide bay on which the floating villages are located, and these floating houses are very large and old in appearance, but the residents enjoy all the modern facilities.

Liu Dazhuang asked Lao Liu, "How did they build their houses on the water? After so many years on the water, won't the sea water rot and mold the houses?"

Lao Liu said: "are after year after year of experience accumulation, gradually groped out, at the beginning is also inexperienced, in the sea need to lay a foundation, in fact, there are islands, islands have a foundation, so can build a water village, the underwater part of the foundation is made of special materials, waterproof, firm, not easy to mold, sometimes with steel bars, stainless steel some modern building materials." ”

"After laying a solid foundation, it is easy to build a good water building with modern construction methods of cement and steel bars, and after the construction is completed, it can be inhabited, after hundreds of years, the experience is getting richer and richer, and the current style has been formed, which is still very beautiful!"

"Well, it does have a special charm!" Zhou Sen nodded.

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