"Hey, that guy with a coconut wrapped around his head is so funny that he can really make a snake dance!" Yanyan, who looked a little thin, pointed to a Tianzhu Daoist on the side of the road with an excited face. Just by looking at her appearance, you can know that Wang Guo's tutor must be very strict, and Yanyan must rarely go out, otherwise when she was in Keelung, she should have seen this kind of Tianzhu artist.

Chouchou was not interested in the snake charmer, but ran to a stall on the other side of the street, bought three strings of sugar gourds, and then two strings of Yanyan himself. Li Su looked greedy, deceived a bunch from her hand with rhetoric, and then gnawed on the sugar gourd with the two little girls without any image.

When he was about to go out before, he was stopped by the two little girls, Chouchou and Yanyan, and when they knew that Li Su was going out, they immediately quarreled to go, but Li Su couldn't resist them, and finally had to agree to bring them with him, and the three of them were traveling in civilian clothes, and there was no one on the surface of the guard, but how many were in secret, even Li Su himself didn't know.

Among them, Yanyan was naturally very happy after seeing her father Wang Guo, but unfortunately Li Yu's arrival made Wang Guo unable to get away at all, and she had no time to accompany her daughter, so Yanyan was still with Chouchou for the time being.

Now they are walking on the Malacca Street in the Lion City, which is just located on the central axis of the Lion City, and the layout of the whole Lion City is somewhat special, because it does not have a city wall like Keelung or Tainan, but imitates the traditional urban layout of Chang'an, the whole city sits in the north and faces south, presents a rectangle, and there are tall city walls on the periphery, and there are a lot of artillery erected on the city walls, which can be said to be very powerful.

The reason why this is so is mainly because Malacca is now in the hands of Li Su. But it was already the outermost layer of Li Su's sphere of influence, and Jinzhou, which was across the strait, was not completely occupied. With the exception of some coastal areas, the interior is also the domain of the natives. The Maliu Strait, which is not too wide, alone cannot stop the enemy's attack, so the Lion City was built with security in mind.

However, although Malacca uses the same urban layout as Chang'an, the city implements the same policy of opening up to business as Tainan and Keelung, and as long as it is not attacked by the enemy, there is no curfew in the city, and Malacca Street is not like Chang'an's Suzaku Street, where shops are not allowed to open on both sides of the street, although the policy has been liberalized a lot. But the bans are still many.

On both sides of Malacca Street, there are all kinds of shops, and at night they are brightly lit, and the number of pedestrians on the street has increased rather than decreased compared to the daytime, mainly because of the hot climate in the Lion City, some people are reluctant to go out on the streets during the day, and wait until the temperature drops down a little at night, and all of them flock to the streets at once. This is the peculiar phenomenon of the Lion City.

Li Su quickly finished nibbling on the sugar gourd, and then took Chouchou and Yanyan to his side one by one, so as not to be scattered by pedestrians on the street. Although he knew that there were many guards in civilian clothes around him, out of the instinct of a father, he was still reluctant to let his daughter out of his sight.

The biggest impression of the night market in the Lion City is just two words. It was noisy, and the streets were only one-third Han Chinese at most. The rest were all aliens with very different hair colors and skins, and the Persians were the most numerous. As far as Li Su knows, the Persians in the Lion City account for one-fifth of the total population, second only to the Han in number, and are the second largest ethnic group in the Lion City. In fact, not only the Lion City, but also the coastal areas of Taiwan and the Tang Dynasty, and even Chang'an, far inland, have many Persians settled.

The reason for this situation is mainly because the Sassanid Dynasty, which now rules Persia, is unable to resist the attack of the Great Cannibals, especially in recent years, the emerging Great Eclipse has gradually improved various domestic systems, and its strength has risen repeatedly, and because of religious fanaticism, they have an unparalleled enthusiasm for expansion, and the first target is naturally Persia in front of them, and the original powerful Persia is already old, although the previous wars against Rome have often been victorious, but in the face of the powerful Great Cannibals, They have been defeated and retreated one after another, and if there is no miracle, it is estimated that the period of death is not far away.

It is precisely seeing this situation that many Persians have begun to flee from the country, and these people have taken their families and belongings through the Western Regions and entered the Tang Dynasty along the Silk Road, but more people choose to go to sea, because the Persian navigation industry is also relatively good, and there are often Persian maritime merchants who have arrived in the south of the Tang Dynasty in the past.

However, many of these Persians who went to sea chose to go to Tianzhu first, after all, it was the closest to Persia, but they soon found that Tianzhu was in addition to a relatively stable dynasty, and other places were also in turmoil, so many Persians went on the road again, not far to the Tang Dynasty, the hardships can definitely be compared with the Tang monks to learn scriptures, and these people arrived in the Lion City, found that it has become the territory of a prince of the Tang Dynasty, which in their opinion, is already the land of the Tang Dynasty, plus the Lion City's business is developed, The city also treats these wealthy Hu people equally, so many people choose to settle here, and of course, many people go to the safer Taiwan or even the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at the Persians who kept walking in front of him, Li Su couldn't help but feel a little emotional, speaking of which these Persians believed in Zoroastrianism, but it was a pity that when the Great Cannibals invaded, they forced these Persians to convert to Islam, and as a result, Zoroastrianism later died out in Central Asia, but it was introduced into the Central Plains of a very prosperous one, absorbing some of the teachings of Buddhism and Taoism, and becoming a religion with strong influence in the Central Plains, such as Mingjiao, White Lotus, and even the Boxers in the late Qing Dynasty, etc., in fact, Zoroastrianism.

However, Li Su then thought of one more thing, if the Persians die, then Da Shi will become the overlord of West Asia, and Li Zhen and Li Yun are likely to have unified Tianzhu by then, and then the south of Da Shi will border Tianzhu, but with Li Zhen's temperament, I am afraid he will never want to see such a strong enemy as Da Shi by his side, and it just so happens that the east of Da Shi borders on the Tang Dynasty, and then these three kingdoms will be together, plus the Eastern Roman Empire on the Mediterranean coast, I am afraid that the situation in the whole of Asia will become very interesting.

"Yikes! Father, look, that building is so high! At this moment, Chou Chou suddenly pointed to a tall building not far away and shouted.

Li Su looked at the surrounding environment, and then looked at the tall building, and then suddenly realized that he had unknowingly walked to the end of Malacca Street, and now they were in the square in front of the Lion City Thorn Mansion, and the tall building that the ugly finger pointed to was built next to the square, close to the Thorn Mansion, but it was much taller than the Thorn Mansion, and it looked like it had six floors. You don't need to ask about this kind of high-rise building, it must be built of reinforced concrete.

"Go, and take you to see it for the Father." Li Su also felt that this high-rise building was extraordinary, and the height was secondary, mainly because the area of this building was not small, and such a huge building, I don't know what it was for?

Hearing Li Su's words, Chouchou and Yanyan both applauded. In the square where they are located, the high-rise building is the most lively, and children naturally like to drill into the lively place, so they are so happy.

Li Su led the two little girls through the crowd to the gate of the high-rise building, and then Li Su found that there was a huge stone standing in front of the gate of the high-rise building, which seemed to be carved with words.

After Li Su saw the name of this building, a flash of inspiration immediately flashed in his mind, and he finally remembered what this building was for, and even the establishment of this building was agreed to by him personally.

In fact, not long after the construction of this sea trade center was completed, Li Su transferred Wang Guo from Linyi to the Lion City, but as soon as he arrived, Wang Guo immediately suggested to Li Su that a sea trade center should be built in the Lion City, specifically for the maritime merchants to provide some convenient services in business, such as business talks, buyers looking for sellers, sellers looking for buyers, and so on.

After all, the Lion City is a port city, and there is no commodity output in the city, and the whole city depends on the harbor for food. Most of the maritime merchants who arrived in the Lion City with goods were only used as a port of rest, but there were also some merchants who sold their goods here for various reasons, which also led to some merchants who needed goods to live in the city temporarily and buy from those who sold their goods.

However, there is a problem, that is, sometimes some maritime merchants urgently need to sell goods, but they can't find buyers, and sometimes some buyers are all over the city looking for urgently needed goods, but they can't find sellers.

In the face of this situation, but also to attract more businessmen to trade in the Lion City, Wang Guo, who is also a businessman, after investigation, put forward such a plan for the sea trade center, buyers and sellers can hang the information of the goods they need or sell here, and wait until other businessmen see it, and then the center personnel will contact them, and then the two parties will meet and negotiate, so as to shorten the time for the completion of a transaction as much as possible, which is a great thing for buyers and sellers.

Li Yu immediately agreed to Wang Guo's genius idea, and even decided that if the operation of the Sea Trade Center was successful in the Lion City, it would also be built in Keelung and Tainan, and it could also exchange information with the Lion City, and then build a strong business network, I believe that this move will definitely further stimulate the prosperity of commerce.

However, although the sea trade center was personally approved by Li Su to build, but for its internal operation, it is not very clear, originally Li Su planned to come to the Lion City this time, must come to the sea trade center to visit, but now just walk here, then simply go in and take a look, see the front of this building so lively, I believe that this business center has not been built for a long time, it should also be very lively!

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