Chapter 16: A Visit to Luocheng
This telegram is "five A" grade, and it was sent by Lingyu from Vietzhen.
Could it be that the hostility has changed? If it is not a big deal, Lingyu will generally use carrier pigeons to contact Xu Tianyi, which is the tradition of the Long Dai tribe.
Yingya sat alone in the car and quickly translated. Xu Tian, who came to see him off in person, held the telegram in one hand, and his face changed sharply after just one glance. But she quickly restrained herself, and calmly handed the telegram to Yu Songyuan and Zheng Shuwen.
Yu Songyuan accurately captured the change in Xu Tianyi's expression, he took the telegram, and saw that this was another telegram that had not been signed, "The Flying Eagle Jungle Warriors will increase to eight people." A Delta squad of 12 members of Army M stationed in Siam will enter the Golden Triangle area from Chiang Rai after the 15th. ”
Twelve-man jungle squad, what is Delta going to do?
Yu Songyuan handed the telegram to Zheng Shuwen, but he suddenly smiled, "Mr. Xu, don't worry, don't you have confidence in the sharp knife?" Our squad has fought Spatesnaz, Vampels, Seals, and Delta directly, so there's no fuss. Zhong M is still in the honeymoon phase, and they dare not take the initiative to attack us. But if they attack, we'll take the opportunity to test our jungle warfare training! ”
Hearing him say this, Xu Tianyi felt very bitter in his heart, but a smile bloomed on his face, and he smiled brightly.
She is like a kind mother, sending her children on a journey. She started with Yu Songyuan, hugged the five team members tightly one by one, and kissed them goodbye with a smile. She firmly admonished each member of the team, "Take care of yourself, the motherland is waiting for the news of your victory, and Naga is waiting for your victorious return!" ”
The brothers lined up and saluted their dear Mr. Xu, "We'll see you in Lancang!" ”
Long Ji, Ying Ya and the four princesses also kissed goodbye to Xu Tian one by one. Everyone boarded the car, and a huge convoy of four BJ212 off-road vehicles and a Jiefang brand truck drove slowly along the bumpy No. 6 Highway, crossing the border between Annam and Lancang, and slowly driving towards Muzhou County in Annam.
Highway 6, like Highway 9, is an important transportation route connecting Annan and Lancang. The trucks of the Bahang Forest Farm of the Longdai tribe were carrying truckloads of red sour logs from Lancang to Annam. The mountain roads are narrow, and Longji's convoy needs to avoid or overtake the passing of trucks from time to time, and the speed is very slow.
After the convoy disappeared into the dense forest of the Changshan Mountains, Xu Tianyi returned to the ship and began to return to the riverside base. She got into her cabin, and then she covered her mouth and wept bitterly......
She called out over and over again in her heart, "Dear comrades-in-arms, the motherland thanks you!" I, Xu Tianyi, really want to fight with you and avenge my lover! I am waiting for you and wish you all a safe return......"
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When Longji crossed the border line with his convoy, the boundary monument stood crookedly and lonely, and there were not even soldiers standing guard on the border line, which shows that the relationship between Lancang and Annam is good. Highway No. 6 from Banbahang to Muzhou is a potholed gravel dirt road, but the rainy season has passed, the road is very dry, although it is very bumpy, from time to time there are large potholes, but overall the driving is quite smooth.
There is a phenomenon that has caught everyone's attention. The vast majority of Naga trucks, which deliver the red acid sticks to the processing plant in Annam, only have a few vehicles loaded with some goods on the way back, and the rest are mostly empty. On the lead car, Lin Tao muttered regretfully, "It's too expensive to empty the car on the return trip, Brother Long can't do business in the end, and he should expand the trade field!" ”
Lin Zhumin scoffed, "Worry about it, Brother Long and his family are carefully conditioned by Mr. Xu, and they are definitely better at business than you and me!" ”
When I arrived at Muzhou, it was only past nine o'clock. The convoy continued south along Route 6 and arrived at Heping City at noon. Longji chose a restaurant called "Red Wood Show", and everyone came in to eat.
Long Ji and Yu Songyuan were all dressed in collarless shirts, purple vests, and shiny leather shoes. Yingya, Zheng Shuwen, and the four princesses wore golden delicate shirts and tube skirts, all of which were radiant. Especially Zheng Shuwen, who put on a pair of small glasses, looks very bookish. Tribal warriors with pistols at their waists accompanied them majestically.
Soon, I heard that the chief of the Long Dai tribe was dining at the hotel with his wife and four princesses, and the hotel manager Ruan Muxiu came over with a wine glass to toast. After a while, the director and secretary of the Heping City Trade Bureau and the director and secretary of the Tourism Bureau also rushed over "after hearing the news". What was supposed to be a light meal turned out to be a formal feast, and I ate it until two o'clock in the afternoon before I could continue my journey.
In fact, Long Ji visited Annan with his wife Yingya and the princesses, and the news was deliberately released by Long Ji.
Starting from Heping, it passes through Hedong City to Luocheng, the capital of Annam. This section of the road is in relatively good condition and the road is smooth. At six o'clock in the evening, the convoy entered the Jiangwu Hotel next to Jiangwu Lake in Luocheng City. After the motorcade entered the hotel, the deputy director of the Annan Luo City Tourism Bureau and a counselor of the Lancang Embassy in Annan were waiting and greeted them early in the morning.
It turned out that the hotel was personally booked by the director of the Heping Municipal Tourism Bureau.
It was a standard 3 star hotel and one of the most upscale hotels in Los Angeles at the time. Access to the hotel room was in very good condition. After a brief wash, Long Ji took Yingya to the conference room to meet with the deputy director of the Luocheng Tourism Bureau. Television and radio stations, newspapers, and foreign news agencies stationed in Luocheng all carried news reports.
After the meeting, it was a formal banquet.
As the leader and mother of the Dragon Dai clan, Long Ji and Yingya have seen the world. They are both polite and generous. It not only shows the "brotherhood" between Annan and Lancang, but also loses no time in showing the demeanor of Lancang as a traditional mountain tribe with a modern atmosphere and a strong economy.
In the next three days, accompanied by the deputy director of the Annam Tourism Bureau and the counselor of the embassy, Longji and Yingya took a group of people to visit the main scenic spots in Luocheng one by one.
Luocheng is a famous historical and cultural city, located in the northwest of the Red River Delta, at the confluence of the right bank of the Red River and the Suli River. Whether from the south to the north, or from the interior to the coast, Luocheng is a must-pass place, and its geographical location is very important, and it is the political, economic and cultural center of Annam.
Luocheng has the largest river port in the north, where several railways and highways intersect, and is the main hub of the northern highway. In the suburbs, there are Noi Bai Airport and Jialin Airport, with convenient water, land and air transportation. Located in the subtropics, the geographical location is very superior, close to the ocean (Beibu Gulf), the climate is pleasant, the four seasons are like spring, the rainfall is abundant, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the flowers are in full bloom, and it is known as the "Spring City of Hundred Flowers".
Accompanied by officials from the Tourism Bureau, Longji and his entourage visited the Na Thanh History Museum and Hoan Kiem Lake.
Founded in 1926, this museum is located in the center of Nam, and is a place to store and display the precious historical relics of the Annam people. The museum has a rich collection of Neolithic objects, tools from the Dong Son period, bronze drums excavated from the jade thread and temple gate periods, relics of the Cham people, stone pillars, pottery and sculptures of Guanyin Bodhisattva with a thousand hands and thousands of eyes, ornate crowns and costumes of the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century, and so on.
Hoan Kiem Lake is also located in the center of the city and is known as the No. 1 Scenic Area of Na Thanh.
The lake is 700 meters long from north to north and 200 meters wide from east to west. The shores of the lake are surrounded by verdant trees and shade. The water of the lake is as clear as a mirror, elegant and quiet, with an average depth of about 1.5 meters. There are Yushan Temple and Turtle Pagoda in the lake. The Turtle Tower is located on the turtle hill in the southern lake, and the shadow of the blue tower reflects each other. Yushan Temple in the northern lake, worship Buddhism and Annam folk gods, there is a vermilion wooden structure of the "Xu Bridge" to connect this temple with the shore, and there is a towering pen tower at the head of the bridge.
The tour guide is a beautiful female college student carefully selected by the tourism office, and she enthusiastically introduces the origin of the name of Hoan Kiem Lake.
Legend has it that in 1418, Li Dynasty Taizu, Annam national hero Li Li launched a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty before the Blue Mountain Uprising, in the lake to catch a sword, engraved with the word "Shuntian", 10 years later has been called the emperor Li Li boat tour of the water army lake, suddenly saw a golden turtle surfaced, swam to the side of the boat, Li Li pulled out the sword to cut off, the golden turtle mouth with a sword dived into the water. Li Li ordered people to drain the water to find the sword, but there were no swords and turtles in the water, and people said that this was the golden turtle to return the sword, and the name of the lake was changed to Huanjian Lake.
In the evening of the same day, Yongji and Yingya solemnly invited the entourage of the Luocheng Tourism Bureau at the famous Luocheng Hotel. The director and secretary of the Luocheng Tourism Bureau, the Lancang ambassador to Annan and other officials were all invited to attend the banquet.
The next day, they browsed Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh's former residence, West Lake, and watched a water puppet show. In the evening, it was the official banquet of the Lancang Embassy. After a large number of ceremonial banquets were over, Longji and Yingya took everyone to visit the bustling and lively streets such as Peach Street, Sugar Street, and Tongchun Market to observe the secular people's feelings.
As a capital city, Luocheng is well built. The street is almost wide and straight, with Hoan Kiem Lake as the center, radiating to all sides, and the streets are lined with tall trees that grow all year round. This urban layout is a natural formation of thousands of years of history. Compared to a modern metropolis like Luocheng, Lancang's Vienna is like a small village.
What is incompatible with the atmosphere of this modern city is that on the streets of Luocheng, all kinds of military vehicles are rampant, and all social vehicles must avoid them. The war on the northern border is raging, and the capital is also shrouded in a faint atmosphere of war. No matter what historical attractions the beautiful tour guide girl introduces, she always has to involve China in the end.
"A history of Annam is a history of a weak and small nation constantly fighting against its evil neighbors in the north. Annam is a martial nation, and in history, we have defeated the enslavement, encroachment, and attack of our evil neighbors in the north again and again. In modern times, we have defeated France, country M and China, and have become the 'world's third military power' in Southeast Asia......."
"Didn't the Chinese help you defeat France and country M?" Mei Xue really couldn't listen to it anymore.
"No, that's deceptive propaganda by the Chinese. In fact, Chinese are colonizers, conspirators, and let us fight proxy wars for them......" said the tour guide girl eloquently.
The costumes of the people of Luocheng are also very distinctive, and the men mostly wear suits, which are similar to Viential. However, the women all wore narrow-sleeved robes with white colors, which was very different from the tube skirts worn by Vientiane and even the entire Lancang women.
Almost all the women in Luocheng wear Ao Dai, which is worthy of the national uniform of the Annam woman, showing the physical beauty of the Annam woman.