The European powers are working hard, and Datang naturally has no reason to be idle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, Datang has been maintaining a very high development rate from beginning to end, and the number of new cities can reach 30-40 every year, some of which are larger, with a population of more than 30,000 at the beginning, and some are more like towns, with a population of only a few thousand, but they are scattered across the vast land of Datang, connected by transportation lines, and constantly consolidating the national foundation of Datang.

Most of the functions and industries of the towns are relatively simple, but thanks to the rapid circulation of Datang's commerce, although these cities may be remote and relatively young, most of them can get all kinds of normal life materials, buy cars, buy all kinds of household appliances, not to mention all kinds of daily necessities.

This is Datang's regional development strategy that prioritizes transportation and commerce and provides support for the city, and the development and planning of the city are highly planned. Through a well-established transportation and commercial network, Datang is able to connect resources from all over the world, concentrate raw materials and industrial processed products in larger industrial areas, and develop better and newer products, which in turn flow into every part of the country's body through the "blood vessels".

At this time, Datang already had a population of more than 20 million, of which 10 million lived in Jiazhou, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, which were no different from the metropolises of the United States. With more and more land development around Los Angeles, apartment buildings over 20 floors are being built year after year, and the middle class with thicker backgrounds tend to choose to buy single homes in some non-industrial and commercial areas. After immigrating for more than seven years, as long as there are no bad habits, the hard-working families have basically become the middle class, and they often have several adult or underage children, and the adult children have graduated and entered the workplace, and they are relatively financially well-off, have a house and a car, and have developmental entertainment consumption every year.

Undoubtedly, the regional differences in the whole Datang are more significant, the whole Datang looks at the mainland, the local looks at the West Coast, and the West Coast looks at Los Angeles. Luodu is naturally the most prosperous place in Datang. More than 20 years of urban history, although it may not seem like a long time, has already made the city the world's largest metropolis.

But it cannot be denied that even in many overseas territories of Datang, there has been great development and progress over the years.

Donghui overseas consulate is also an overseas consulate that has joined Datang for more than ten years. Although due to the location problem, this overseas consulate has not received a large number of population immigration and investment, although tens of thousands of Chinese have come here in the past ten years, but compared with other overseas consulates, it is much more inconspicuous. For example, the Mexican Special Administrative Region with a policy tilt only became part of the Tang Dynasty in 1789, but at this time, the Chinese population in Mexico was close to 400,000, and it would not take long to achieve an absolute advantage.

Donghui is another matter, the ethnic composition here is complex, each has its own rules, and the terrain in some areas is not good, so it is difficult to reach the government decree. Some towns along the river and along the lines of communication along the coast have undergone major changes, such as Chittagong, which has become a pearl of the Indian Ocean for more than a decade under the rule of the Tang people.

The city, even in another dimension, is much taller than Chittagong under Bangladeshi rule. With neat streets, clusters of buildings, and a modern port area, although the city is certainly not as large as the densely populated Bangladesh of the 21st century, the level of development and civilization is obviously much higher.

The dark-skinned Muhite wiped the sweat from his head and glanced down at the Longines watch on his wrist. The watch was a luxury item that he had bought after saving up for several months, and although it was not as good as the one of his Chinese manager, it was enough to show that he was not an ordinary Bengali who was poor.

The beggar on the side of the street, hunched over and in ragged clothes, flattered Muhit, who was walking, said flatteringly: "Good business, sir, enjoy your food." ”

Muhit waved his hand in disgust and said, "Don't be an eyesore here, be careful that I accuse the police officer of your harassment." ”

The beggar retreated in fear, and Muhit continued to walk forward with great strides, and after walking a few steps, Muhit was a little remorseful, and his heart should have spoken in Chinese just now, so that he would appear to have more status and status. Soon he felt upset again, and he had heard from his Chinese employees in the company that there were no beggars on the streets of Los Angeles, and that the city would take all the beggars away, take them in, teach them some life skills, and send them to some other place to emigrate. If they are disabled, there will be a special agency to support them.

Obviously, there will be no such good benefits and standards in Donghui, and Muhit himself is a Bengali, he knows very well how lazy those mud-legged people are, and many people would rather come to Chittagong to beg for food than take the initiative to sign up for an agricultural cooperative to get a contracted field to support themselves.

Muhit had never been to Los Angeles, but he was quite eager to live there. He fell in love with the youngest daughter of a local Bengali official, who was of a high caste and had very white skin, and he thought that the girl's skin was like milk, and she was very beautiful. More than ten years ago, a dark-skinned low-caste like him didn't dare to raise his head to look at others. Even the upper castes stepped on their shadows and felt dirty.

Thinking of this, Muhit is especially grateful to his father, who passed away three years ago. His father was also a mud-legged man, when the Tang army invaded here, he became a guide for the Tang people, and he was also clever, and later became a civil servant. This gave his dad the money to send Muhit to a local Chinese school in Chittagong. At school, he was bullied by his high-caste classmates, and the Don teacher punished those classmates. Slowly, the environment changed. In Donghui, caste still has a huge influence, but people from the lower castes can also get ahead through their ingenuity and hard work.

Just like him, Muhit, is a student who has completed secondary school, but unfortunately Donghui does not have a university, otherwise he can continue to study. Even so, he is also a "high intellectual" in Donghui. After graduating, he joined a large company with a very good income and became a complete top class. And those high-caste people back then, many people were not so happy.

Muhit hopes that after he is promoted, he will be able to marry the girl he dreams of, and then take her to Los Angeles for his honeymoon. This is definitely quite a face-saving thing, of course the girl's parents dislike him, but fortunately, the girl is his classmate and a person who has received a new education, which can be regarded as a happy relationship. He could have left his hometown with his girl, his company was very large, he had branches in many parts of the country, and he could be transferred to those places.

To make this dream a reality, Muhit must work harder.

When he came to the bottom of the company building, Muhit bumped into his colleague Zhang Qubin. Zhang Qubin shouted: "Lao Mu, why did you come, our customers are already waiting." ”

Muhit said in surprise: "Didn't you say three o'clock in the afternoon, there are still twenty minutes left." ”

Zhang Qubin spoke Mandarin with a Sichuan flavor and said: "These Britons have to make big moves in India, and it is not surprising that they are active. The manager doesn't plan to see them in person, it seems that he is going to have a symposium with the deputy mayor, and he will leave this matter to the two of us, we have to come on, if the negotiation is completed, the price has an advantage for us, the manager promised us a commission. ”

When Muhit heard the word commission, his heart was full of joy. Those who do their job rarely get a commission on sales. Basically, the state is strictly regulated, and since it is a state-owned enterprise, the profits are all from the state, and there are other political meanings, so there are very few times when sales can be flexible.

Muhit glanced up at the company's signboard, and the black letters in Song style looked extremely serious - Donghui Agency of North Industries Group.

Yes, Muhit sells arms.

The two men went upstairs and entered the small parlor where the British merchants were waiting. A middle-aged British man dressed as an aristocrat, stood up to greet him when the door was opened, and when he saw Muhit's chocolate-colored skin, he was visibly uneasy.

But he didn't say anything, just slandered himself. The man's name was Southend, a head of the British East India Company, a minority shareholder, and his brother was in the House of Lords.

As for the situation in the colonies of the Tang people, Southend was already a little surprised. In the British colonies, of course, some locals will be wooed, but most of them are called by slaves, and they will not have too high a status at all. It is the kings of those princely states that are also the characters of the British. However, the Tang people were more tolerant of the locals, and the Tang people opened local schools, which naturally taught Chinese, and they did not exclude studying with the local children. Moreover, at least on the surface, the locals have obvious discriminatory policies compared to the Chinese in terms of job opportunities and government positions.

Southend thinks that the Tang people have lost their status as a superior people, which makes people laugh. However, he had to restrain his discriminatory mentality, because he knew that the inferior person in front of him obviously had a certain right to decide, and if he was angered and caused the business to fall through, it would obviously be a blow to the strategy of the East India Company.

Muhit has seen a lot of such expressions and attitudes, but he is also used to being petty, at least not to cause chaos in the company. He was glad that he was a Don and not an Englishman, or rather, a British colony.

It is not that the Tang people do not have a sense of superiority, and this sense of superiority is sometimes quite strong. However, the temperament of the Tang people is more gentle, and some educated people will not discriminate against others openly, which is a big taboo in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the Tang people recognize the efforts and achievements of others, even if they are not Han Chinese, if your efforts and achievements are recognized, they will also admire you and are willing to associate with you.

Obviously, the Europeans are not yet able to do this. (To be continued.) )