Siam has always been the breadbasket of Southeast Asia. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The superior climate and abundant rainfall make Siam naturally have the advantage of developing agriculture, and the rice produced here is famous all over the world, and the Siamese people do not need to risk their lives to go to the mines, do not need to go to work from 9 to 5, only need to cultivate a dozen acres of land at home, and can live a life that is envied and hated by the people of neighboring countries.

Because of the compromise between Britain and France, Siam was once the only country in Southeast Asia to remain independent, if there is no note in the previous sentence, this is an achievement worthy of the pride of Siamese people, but in fact, everyone knows that Siam can maintain independence not because of how powerful a country like Lan Fang is, nor because of how indomitable the will of the people like Switzerland, but purely because Britain and France are not eye-catching, which has allowed Siam to survive to this day.

From the point of view of the British and the French, attacking Siam is almost certainly a loss-making business, Siam does not have any resources that can be obtained, even if there is, it has not yet been explored, the only commendable thing in the country is rice, but rice is not without substitutes, the British and French are not very accustomed to eating rice, so the current Siam is chicken ribs for the British and French, and Siam's only role is to act as a buffer zone between the British and French colonies.

Before Leothai came to the Far East, this pattern had existed for nearly a hundred years, even to the point where it should have been, and Siam was forgotten in the corners of the world at a time when the rest of the world was at war for colonies.

But living in this world, no country can be alone, either to enslave others, or to be enslaved by others, this situation still exists even in the 21st century, but then those "enslavement" means will be more hidden, not like the current red fruit.

The current king of Siam is 33-year-old Rama VI, who also has a Chinese name of Zheng Bao, and is the 29th of the 77 children of the fifth king.

If Julie knew how many brothers and sisters King Rama VI had, she would be grateful to Qin Zhiyuan for being a person.

If Rama VI had shown a certain degree of pro-China, Qin Zhiyuan would not have thought of targeting Siam, but the fact is that since Rama VI ascended the throne thirteen years ago, Rama VI has pursued policies that restrict the political rights of the Chinese, suppress the Chinese economy, and prevent the spread of Chinese culture.

How can Qin Zhiyuan endure this!

Speaking of Southeast Asian countries, Siam has the largest proportion of Chinese or ethnic Chinese, and nearly 500,000 of Siam's more than 6 million people are Chinese or Chinese, which is the largest ethnic group except for the Thai people, and should obtain a social status that matches the population base.

Before Rama VI, the social status of the Chinese in Siam was not bad, although they were not superior, they were not deliberately suppressed, and they were basically treated as nationals.

After Rama VI came to power, perhaps because the situation in the Qing Empire was deteriorating, or because some careerists could provoke, the social status of the Chinese in Siam was deteriorating, and the economic level was also suppressed.

After the establishment of Lanfang, as the only country in Southeast Asia with Chinese as the main body, many Chinese from Siam went to Lanfang to seek a living, and after seeing the strength of Lanfang, these immigrants from Siam demanded to return to Siam More and more loudly, and finally contributed to Qin Zhiyuan's attack on Siam.

After entering into a cooperation agreement with Leotai, the attack on Siam can be said to be a natural one and can be launched at any time.

Of course, this still needs an opportunity, or a reason, and it can't be like Qin Zhiyuan said, just for the sake of a reason that "rice is delicious" to launch a war to destroy the country, that is really unreasonable.

Pardo, a very inconspicuous small city on the Malay Peninsula, many people may not be able to find this place even with a map, but if you talk about the location of Pardo, it is the Kra Isthmus that many keyboard warriors have in mind in the 21st century.

There's no doubt how important the location of the Kra Isthmus is, and if a canal were to be dug here, the Straits of Malacca would be a chicken rib.

Qin Zhiyuan doesn't care about the Kra Isthmus, not to mention whether there is a need to excavate, the current Lion City is not the anti-China pioneer Singapore of later generations, in the process of Lan Fang's founding of the country, the Chinese in the Lion City gave Lan Fang the help they could, asking for money to give money, asking people to give people, no matter from any aspect, Qin Zhiyuan has no reason and necessity for targeting the Lion City.

Pado is a small city, and like other cities in Siam, Pado is home to a large number of Chinese, and the ratio of Thai people is about ten to one, of course Thai people are ten. At the same time, like many Southeast Asian regions, the intelligence and hard work of the Chinese have allowed the Chinese to have a relatively wealthy life, which makes many Thai people envious and jealous.

Yongding Village is a small village in Pado, a village founded by the Chinese, because the first generation of Chinese came from Fujian, the Republic of China, so they used the name of their hometown as the name of their new home.

Yongding Village does not have a nominal village head, the Zheng family is a big household in Yongding Village, and Zheng Hanxue, the patriarch of the Zheng family, is the principal in the customary sense.

The Zheng family is a large family with a population of nearly 1,000 people, and is quite influential in the local area of Pado, and the local Chinese in Pado have always been the head of the Zheng family, and Zheng Hanxue is quite prestigious in the local area of Pado, and even the local magistrates in Siam want to do something, they have to discuss with Zheng Hanxue first.

But that was only before, since Rama VI succeeded to the throne, the status of the Chinese in Siam has deteriorated, and the same is true here in Pado, where the magistrates have levied more and more taxes on Chinese villages.

On this day, Zheng Hanxue came back from Pardo, and as soon as he arrived home, he held a meeting in the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is a special place in the Chinese gathering area, which is not only a sacrificial hall for ancestors, but also a meeting room for discussing family affairs, and a torture hall for enforcing family laws. Since King Rama VI came to power, the Zheng ancestral hall has assumed more and more functions as conference rooms, but it is a pity that there are more and more gloomy situations, and there are fewer and fewer times to gather together.

Zheng Hanxue is in his fifties, thin, elegant temperament, wearing a long shirt with a very literati temperament, speaking very slowly, biting the text and spitting words very clearly, giving people the feeling of being calm and reliable, but in recent years, this feeling has become less and less, with more and more gray hair on the sideburns, Zheng Hanxue gives people the feeling that they are becoming more and more powerless: "--From the next season, our land tax and human tax will be increased by one percent, and it was originally this season to be added. ”

Zheng Han learned to speak slowly, and after finishing speaking, he leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes silently, his expression was tired, and there was indescribable sadness between his eyebrows.

Siam's agricultural tax was originally only a land tax, but after King Rama VI came to power, Siam began to levy a poll tax on the Chinese, which was only for the Chinese, and the Thai did not have to pay. This distinction is not only reflected in the agricultural tax, but also in the commercial tax, and there are no less than 100 kinds of taxes in Siam, most of which are set up for the Chinese.

"Another tax increase? This fucking doesn't let people live, I just added it half a year ago, and now I want to add it again, are we going to give them some food that we have worked so hard to grow, and they are willing? "Immediately, there was an urgent scolding.

"Didn't you say a while ago that you want to cut taxes? How did it become a tax hike again? "The old ones want to get to the bottom of it.

Regarding this tax cut, this is still because of the rise of Lanfang.

Lanfang is a country composed mainly of Chinese, since its establishment, Lanfang's aggressiveness has made the surrounding countries cautious in the treatment of the Chinese, God knows if it will be because of a trivial matter, the "irritable" Lanfang people will hold on, so in the treatment of the Chinese, whether it is the British, the French, or the Americans, they have all relaxed, not to mention Siam.

It is estimated that Rama VI also knew that his various policies against the Chinese had aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Chinese in Siam, so some time ago, Rama VI said that he would cancel some taxes on the Chinese, and at the same time relax the restrictions on the Chinese, which alleviated the dissatisfaction of the Chinese in Siam to a certain extent, but he did not expect that Rama VI's words were still in his ears, and now what he is waiting for is a tax increase, which makes Zheng Hanxue and them really disappointed.

"What else can I do, yin and yang are violated! Even if the king decrees to reduce taxes, when we get to this place, I am afraid that it is already the year of the monkey, and the emperor is far away, and these local officials who have been fattened by us will be willing to reduce taxes? "Some people are weird, although they didn't say it explicitly, there are still complaints from Zheng Hanxue.

"Don't talk about the past, now it's about it, what do you all think?" Zheng Hanxue opened his eyes and slowly scanned the audience, all the anger, doubts and yin and yang weirdness disappeared immediately, in terms of authority, Zheng Hanxue still has enough authority.

"What can you say? Either hand over and continue to endure the exploitation of those dog officials, or don't hand over, and then wait for the officers and soldiers to come and encircle and suppress them-" The appropriate yin and yang immediately replied.

"Don't pay! After handing over this time and next time, we can't bear it anymore! "There are those who advocate toughness.

"Let's delay it first, and then let's gather all the patriarchs of our Pardo to discuss together, if we can come together, the Siamese people may not dare to do anything." This is the old man's weight.

"Yes, yes, Lan Fang won't let the Siamese people bully us-" Others want to use external forces.

"Alas—if only Brother Feng were still around." Someone in the corner suddenly mentioned it.

Brother Feng, this is Zheng Hanxue's eldest son Zheng Lingfeng, three years ago, Lan Fang just played the banner of the founding of the country, Zheng Lingfeng went to Lanfang to participate in the battle of Lanfang despite Zheng Hanxue's obstruction, and now the name "Brother Fenger" is taboo in Yongding Village, and no one dares to mention it.

"Don't mention that brute!" Zheng Hanxue was really furious.

"Daddy, daddy--big brother is back-" The voice of Zheng Hanxue's youngest son suddenly came from outside the ancestral hall.

Zheng Hanxue suddenly stood up from the chair, and the range of movement was so great that he brought the chair down, and the hand that grabbed the crutches trembled slightly!

This is a son, don't look at the mouth scolding "beasts", saying that you don't care about it is fake.

(To be continued.) )