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Chen Liang came to Ha Long Bay today, and he was with Jiang Kui at this time.

In addition to direct shipments to Kaohsiung, the Taiwan Song Dynasty Haimao also built a coal transshipment port on Qiongzhou Island, and Guangzhou also benefited from this, at least one-third of the coal was transported to Guangzhou, and Guangzhou's well-off people are now also popular to burn coal.

Lin Guizhi and his ilk, who were originally pirates, have now turned into maritime logistics, and of course, the main business is to transport coal. As coal transportation became busier and busier, Lin Guizhi and his ilk also continued to recruit troops in Guangdong and Guangxi, and also bought ships to expand their fleet, seeing that their strength was expanding rapidly.

The humble town of Halong Bay suddenly became a busy and lively port in Annam, and slowly, the popularity of the coal mining and logistics industries led to a variety of industries, including the service industry, and the main part of the service industry is, of course, the sex industry.

However, in the eyes of Annam's officialdom and cultural intellectuals, in addition to the signs of Ha Long Bay taking the lead in building a small Quanzhou, the most worthy of special mention is the Ha Long Bay Confucius Institute with Jiang Kui as the mountain chief, with this Confucius Institute, Ha Long Bay is worthy of the title of "Little China". Nowadays, Jiang Kui's respect for Cheng Dù can almost be regarded as the highest standard in Annan, in the intellectual circles of Annan, Jiang Kui seems to be more influential than King Li Longhan, and Li Longhan is also happy to be vassally elegant, and does not care that his limelight is stolen by Jiang Kui.

With Jiang Kui, the original Confucian of the Great Song Dynasty, the threshold of the Confucius Institute was immediately raised to an unimaginable height, so that the Annan students all wanted to squeeze into the Confucius Institute presided over by Jiang Kui, but unfortunately, in the end, they could only take one out of thirty, and one entrance exam turned away the vast majority of Annan students who were eager to worship under the great Confucian Jiang Kui. Some of them retreated, but others made up their minds to enter the Confucius Institute, so they became "Bay Drifters" one by one, and they all hoped to be admitted to the Confucius Institute in the coming year.

This time, Halong Bay will be more lively. Today's Halong Bay can be described as prosperous in commerce and culture, and at the same time, prostitutes are also very prosperous.

Jiang Kui was very happy with Chen Liang's arrival, and when he arrived in Annan, Jiang Kui felt like he had arrived in a cultural desert. The arrival of Chen Liang made Jiang Kui feel like he had met a bosom friend in the mountains and rivers today, revealing joy from the depths of his heart, and the spirit was like a different person.

"Brother Tongfu, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your demeanor is better than before."

Chen Liang looked at Jiang Kui and said with a smile:

"Brother Yaozhang, you are in Annan, live like a fairy! I heard that Brother Yao Zhang is almost the same status as Annan's national teacher, hehe, congratulations! ”

Chen Liang then changed his words and said with a smile:

"Brother Yaozhang, shouldn't it be a place of pleasure, don't think about it!"

Jiang Kui smiled and said:

"It's fun here, well, it's okay." , Jiang Kui in the past was adrift, looking down, and often didn't know where the next meal was. In comparison, after arriving in Ha Long Bay, at this time and that time, now you want to have a status, you want to have a blockage, and there are beautiful women in Annam, who said that this is not a paradise!

That is, he will be lonely spiritually, but Chen Liang is here, and he finally has someone to talk to and communicate with.

"Brother Tongfu, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy with your son, today we will drink once, I will let them choose the best singer here, sing and dance lightly, sing and sing about wine, and sell eternal sorrow with you."

Chen Liang laughed:

"Haha! I like the beauty of Annam. It's just that I came this time because I have something to do, and when I finish my business, it's not too late to get drunk with Brother Yaozhang. ”

Jiang Kuixin said, when did Chen Liang change his sex, it's a miracle! So he asked:

"Brother Tongfu, what does it need to be like this! Brother Tongfu can even endure wine, which can really be called a miracle. ”

Chen Liang immediately put away his smile and got down to business.

It turned out that Mao Geng came to a flying pigeon a few days ago, which was about the purchase of shellac (comfrey), in this era, shellac is too important in the industry, Mao Geng does not want the supply of shellac to be monopolized by big food merchants, so he hopes that Chen Liang will open up another channel to buy shellac in Tianzhu and real wax.

Because the Great Song Dynasty used shellac as a medicinal material, and the trade between real wax and the Great Song Dynasty was close, the price of shellac of real wax was also coaxed by merchants to a very high point. Chen Liang heard that the shellac over there in Tianzhu is cheaper, and the color of the shellac is better.

Chen Liang came to Halong Bay this time to organize forces to buy shellac in Tianzhu.

"Is comfrey so important? I just know Jibei over there in Tianzhu, oh, that's cotton, Tianzhu's cotton is good, I know. Mao Geng wants so much comfrey! I don't know what to do with it. ”

Jiang Kui had doubts, and Chen Liang actually had them, but Chen Liang believed in Mao Geng, so he said solemnly:

"I don't know about this, but since Yi Sheng has opened his mouth, it means that this comfrey mushroom --- this shellac are really important, no matter what kind of use he uses it, I think there must be a reason for Yi Sheng. For this request made by Brother Yi Sheng, we must do our best to fulfill it no matter what. ”

"But, Brother Tongfu, I can't help."

"Brother Yaozhang, in fact, you can also help, of course, I didn't mean that I want you to go to Tianzhu, hehe, I don't want you to go to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, but the group of pirates you accepted, I am ready to mobilize them and let them help Song San and occupy the Nakra Isthmus."

"Kra Isthmus?" , Jiang Kui was confused, and asked Lin Gui and them to help Song San, but what is the Kra Isthmus, and what does it have to do with Tianzhu?

Chen Liang had no choice but to patiently talk to Jiang Kui about the Kra Isthmus.

The name Kra Isthmus was mentioned when Mao Geng introduced the geography of the Southeast Peninsula to Chen Liang when he was in Penghu.

As for why Mao Geng specifically mentioned the Kra Isthmus, it is also due to the previous life Mao Geng Qinpao Military Forum, in a certain military forum, there is a post discussing the plan to dig the Kra Canal in the Kra Isthmus of the Malay Peninsula, this topic is very eye-catching for a while, and the following post says everything.

The Kra Isthmus on the Malay Peninsula is no more than 56 kilometers wide at its narrowest point, and if a canal is dug out, it can connect the Gulf of Thailand with the Indian Ocean. Once the Kra Canal is opened, there will be no detours through the Strait of Malacca, and the distance between the Pacific and Indian Oceans will be shortened by at least about 12oo kilometers, saving 2 to 5 days for large ships, or about $30,000 per voyage.

1,200 kilometers, for later generations of diesel-powered ships still take several more days, in the era of sailboats, it is likely to take more than ten or twenty days, if there is a storm or something, it is entirely possible to spend an extra month.

In the conversation with Chen Liang that day, Mao Geng said the same. Mao Geng believes that there were such good construction conditions in later generations, and it is said that the highest slope of the Kra Isthmus is only 75 meters above sea level, but it only ended up with the end of "always arguing, never implementing", and this touted "Oriental Panama Canal" was only lip service in the end. Mao Geng felt that maybe this was providence, so he never thought that the Kra Canal could be dug in this era.

But when he heard Chen Liang's ears, he felt very different, only more than 100 miles wide, Chen Liang felt that digging a canal was not a big project. The length of the Grand Canal is more than 4,000 miles, and Wu Wangfu has passed 3oo miles at the starting point of digging the canal, which is more than 1,600 years ago. Compared with the Grand Canal, digging a canal of more than 100 miles is a hair!

Later, Qu Laisan volunteered to go west, and Chen Liang also happily let him go, just to contain the real wax in the west direction. However, Chen Liang did not forget to tell him that the area he was going to had a narrow 6 places from east to west, which was worth noting, because a canal could be dug to connect the east and west coasts.

Qu Lai San traveled all the way west to the Malay Peninsula, and while trading with the natives there, he began to look for a place to live.

Three months ago, Qu Laisan found the narrowest section of the 6 places. It did not belong to Srivijaya nor to True Wax or Burma, and the natives there seemed to live more primitively, so Qu Laisan began to try to exchange material goods for land. As the major shareholder of Huaxi Construction Company, Qu Jiatong's strength is now extraordinary, and Qu Laisan's money offensive has continued to work, and the exchange of materials for land has been unprecedentedly smooth. Today's Qu Laisan is almost about to occupy the entire territory across the east and west coasts.

Qu Laisan, also known as Song San, has always had a close relationship with Chen Liang, and Chen Liang feels that Qu Laisan is still very capable of arrogating, and it is really gratifying that he can establish a foothold over there and occupy territory so quickly. Mao Geng wants to open up a new channel for the purchase of Tianzhu shellac, and in Chen Liang's view, it seems that taking a shortcut to the territory occupied by Qu Laisan is the best choice.

"Brother Yaozhang, Song San's side, everything is ready, take a shortcut to Tianzhu to buy shellac, it seems that it can be achieved at any time. This road must be opened no matter what, however, there are some deficiencies in the hands of Song San's subordinates, and Lin Gui's people don't have to be crowded in your Xialong Bay, wouldn't it be good to transfer some people to Song San's side! Open up this road, go to Tianzhu to buy shellac, well, you can also buy cotton goods, and if you do it well, you can also exchange trade. I'm sure there's a chance for them to make a fortune when they go there. ”