Zhao Xiaoyao shook his hand: "Okay, I promise you to go back and make up for your geographical knowledge, so that you will not be willing to sell me." ”

"You should have had this kind of mental consciousness a long time ago. Chen Yuyue said: "I have been telling you for several years that we must understand the topographical characteristics of all countries in the world, and if we want to gain a foothold in a place, we must first understand the topographical characteristics of a place, otherwise it will be difficult to mix." ”

"I understand now. Zhao Xiaoyao nodded: "Tell me quickly, otherwise I will really be like a fool for a while." ”

"The Red River Delta is an alluvial plain of about 15,000 square kilometers formed by the Red River and its tributary, the Taiping River, in the northern part of the country, protected by the drivers of the canals. Chai Badou said lightly.

Zhao Xiaoyao was stunned for a moment: "So big......? If such a good place is used well, it will definitely be able to develop into a large-scale industrial base, and it will definitely become a super metropolis comparable to the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta. ”

"If the Indochina Peninsula had not been bewitched by the invaders to become independent because of the soft eggs of the Qing Dynasty at the beginning, the entire southwest of China would probably be several times richer than it is now, and it would never be worse than the major provinces along the southeast coast. Chen Yuyue was a little pity.

Chen Yuyue has his own opinions.

He just felt that because of the independence of Guyue, the function of the Red River to communicate with the inland of China was artificially weakened, which directly led to the loss of the outlet of the Red River Delta to the sea in the entire southwest of China.

It is because of this that the development speed of the southwest after the reform and opening up is not as fast as that of the southern provinces with sea areas.

"We in China have been ruling for nearly a thousand years since the Great Qin set up Xiang County, but we didn't expect to lose the Red River Delta in the end. Chai Badou smiled a little self-deprecatingly.

"After all, there are many, many reasons for historical problems. Chen Yuyue shrugged his shoulders, this is not one reason, the people of Yue have always insisted on "justice" from ancient times to the present.

Throughout the history of China, all the Central Plains dynasties did not have as stable control over the Yue Kingdom as in other border areas, as well as the present-day Chaoguo Peninsula.

In fact, there is a tradition in China that as long as the Central Plains is stable, it will definitely solve the problems in the surrounding areas, so it has never stopped sending troops to the Yue Dynasty Peninsula.

This is the royal road to the development of ancient empires, there is no bullying or not bullying, in exchange for any country is the same when it is strong.

It was only from the time of the Ming Dynasty that the imperial power directly gave up on this kind of difficult place to conquer, and instead used a suzerain-vassal relationship to maintain, and then to the Sino-French War in the Qing Dynasty, the suzerain-vassal relationship was broken before the independence of the Yue State.

"It's all about being weak and incompetent. Zhao Xiaoyao suddenly said: "Otherwise, you can't lose it." ”

"I can't say that, I think the Qing Dynasty has opened its eyes to the world, knowing that the relationship between the suzerains and vassals does not conform to international law, and the Yue Kingdom itself belongs to the periphery, and it is very difficult to govern it, and it is a burden not to throw it away. Chen Yu said.

Chai Badou nodded and agreed: "This is like when Tsarist Russia invaded and occupied most of our large areas of territory in China, most of which were concentrated in the northwest, which itself was an area where China was not well controlled, and Sakhalin Island in the northeast, maybe there was no garrison at the beginning. For example, the Outer Northeast is a little bit better managed, but after all, it is still difficult to control across the Heilongjiang River and the Outer Xing'an Mountains, and it can't be blamed entirely on the Qing Dynasty. ”

"In fact, the Song Dynasty was out of control of the Yue Kingdom, it should be that the navy in the late Tang Dynasty still controlled the Yue Kingdom, and the Great Song Dynasty was weak in national strength and military weakness, and even the army and weapons were poor and could not be controlled. Chen Yuyue said: "Although the army was huge at that time, Yue Fei, Di Qing, and Cao Bin were all thunderous generals, as well as the legendary Guo Jing and Guo Daxia, but the Song Dynasty's external record was really strange. ”

"How strange is it?" Zhao Xiaoyao looked at Chen Yuyue curiously.

"There is a story recorded in the compilation of the Northern Alliance of the Three Dynasties, where 2,000 Song troops went to raid 17 Jin people, but they failed miserably, with more than half of them killed and wounded. Chen Yuyue said helplessly.

Although these historical things cannot be fully believed, many things are not groundless, and may be exaggerated, but there must be many things that have more and fewer failures to have these records.

"Is there such a dish?" Zhao Xiaoyao sighed.

"There are many reasons, not from the military industry, the history of the Song Dynasty has its own records, saying that the weapons made by the Beijing division are not sharp. Chen Yuyue said: "It is not an exaggeration to say that the weapons of the Song Dynasty can only be made into weapons, all of them are unusable, the iron blade is not rigid, the tendons are not solid, and they are not refined and easy to use." ”

Chai Badou also has an understanding of the history of the Song Dynasty: "That's right, there are a lot of weapons in the Great Song Dynasty, but they are all indiscriminate and useless, so the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty is weak, and it can't take down the Red River Delta. ”

"Besides, Gu Yue is also a tasteless piece of food in history, and it is a pity to abandon it, the flood is serious, and disaster relief is needed if it is flooded at every turn, and it is far from the political center, sparsely populated, and dysentery is rampant. Chen Yuyue added: "So there are many reasons for history. ”

"Brother, how do you know that Gu Yueguo is rampant with miasma? This is all right?" Zhao Xiaoyao was stunned.

"Think about it yourself, why were those who were demoted to the south of Liangguang Lingnan during the Tang and Song dynasties?" Chen Yuyue said: "Is it because this side is sparsely populated and dysentery is rampant, and it is tantamount to fending for itself, at that time, this Red River Delta was not what it is now, it can be said to be a wild place." ”

Zhao Xiaoyao couldn't help but give a thumbs up, today he really admired these two brothers.

Regarding these things such as history, geography, etc., Zhao Xiaoyao is really not interested at all, so he is a weakness in this regard.

"It's okay if you don't know history, but you must make up for this geography. Chai Badou patted Zhao Xiaoyao on the shoulder: "Otherwise, how can you take on overseas tasks alone in the future?"

When Chai Badou said this, Chen Yuyue and Zhao Xiaoyao couldn't help but look up at him.

This is a casual remark, and it can be seen that Chai Badou has great hopes for the Huishen Sword troops, otherwise he would not have brought these up.

Chai Badou also realized that what he said just now had stimulated the nerves of Chen Yuyue and Zhao Xiaoyao, so he changed the topic and said: "You look at the positioning of their ferry, and sure enough, it began to approach the sea area of the Red River Delta, it seems that we guessed well." ”

"These bastards just want to get as close to the border as fast as possible. Zhao Xiaoyao said: "This is the first time to return to China after entering the Yue Kingdom." ”

"It seems that the land of their own country is still firmly under their feet, which is the same for them as it is for us. Chen Yuyue smiled slightly.

Chai Badou also smiled: "Okay, let's not be distracted, we are getting closer and closer to Yueguo, we should also be more vigilant, we must be careful to deal with ......"

"Yes!" Zhao Xiaoyao replied confidently.