Chapter 129 Conversation with Lao Zhu (two chapters in one)

Nha Trang is the capital of Khanh Hoa Province and has the most developed economy in the province.

Vietnam has an area of ​​only 329,000 square kilometers, but is divided into 58 provinces.

Therefore, the areas of provinces are very small. For example, Khanh Hoa Province has an area of ​​only 4,200 square kilometers, which is about the same area as a county in China. It is so large, but it is divided into 3 cities and 5 counties.

So the area of ​​a county is about 500 square kilometers.

Moreover, the place names here are easy to overlap with those in China, such as Taiyuan Province, Henan Province, Laizhou Province, Xining Province...

Does this sound familiar?

The reason is actually simple. The northern part of Vietnam was ruled by China for more than a thousand years. It belonged to China from the Western Han Dynasty and did not become independent until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

It is precisely because of this that Vietnam is deeply influenced by Confucian culture. Chopsticks are used to eat. High school students are called scholars, and those who pass the university entrance examination are called successful. If you get a doctorate, you are a Jinshi.

The name of the Vietnam Academy of Sciences is Hanlin Academy, which is a bit specious.

It is estimated that in China, the ancient name of the Academy of Sciences can only be Qintianyuan, which is responsible for science and technology.

The Hanlin Academy is famous for its literary works, and the Academy of Social Sciences is more or less the same name.

Vietnam's advantage is that its land is a long strip from north to south, with the sea from beginning to end, so it is very convenient to develop maritime trade.

In addition, it occupies most of the Red River Delta Plain and the Mekong Delta Plain. In terms of geographical advantages, it is much stronger than the Bangzi Kingdom and even stronger than Japan.

However, this is only potential and is far from being developed.

When Li Zhuo was visiting Nha Trang City, he felt that it was like an ordinary tourist city in China. Relatively speaking, there were many high-rise buildings on the seaside side, while the urban construction in other places was much worse.

It was a rare visit to a foreign country, and Li Zhuo was very relaxed. He bought a pair of yellow beach shorts, a floral shirt often worn by Vietnamese men, and a pair of sandals.

This is a tropical area where it is hot and humid all year round. Almost all Vietnamese men wear slippers.

Li Zhuo also wanted to, but he had to walk and there was no other way.

He and Ruan Yuzhu were drinking coconut juice and walking casually on the beach.

Ruan Yuzhu is 17cm tall. She did not wear a mask when she went out today. She wore a white embroidered dress, a sun hat and a pair of light-colored flip-flops.

Her face is close to an apple face, and she looks bright and majestic. The key is that she has a good figure and is plump. It is difficult for ordinary people to look like this.

When she is not smiling, she looks no different from domestic girls. When she smiles, her unique tropical style is revealed.

When Li Zhuo met her for the first time in the hotel lobby this morning, he was amazed by her.

I had already guessed that she was a beauty, but I didn't expect that she was so beautiful.

Li Zhuo gave her a thumbs up.

And after she met Li Zhuo, her first sentence was also a joke:

"You look good in this outfit, like a pro-max-plus-high-end version of a Vietnamese man..."

At this moment, the two of them were walking on the long beach, and soon attracted a group of onlookers.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a group of Vietnamese children selling things, all in their teens, who came around Li Zhuo and asked him to buy things.

"Want to buy flowers? It's just right for my sister who is traveling with me." A girl said in Chinese.

Everyone who sells things here, no matter adults or children, cannot speak Chinese. Guess the reason.

"Brother, I have all kinds of chocolates here. Can you buy them for your sister?" said a boy carrying a bamboo basket.

"I have sparkling pearl flowers here, brother and sister will definitely like them..." another girl said.

……

Ruan Yuzhu stopped them and said in Chinese:

"Sister is a local, so don't surround him."

Then she spoke a few sentences in Vietnamese, and the children dispersed as soon as they heard her pure accent.

She then told Li Zhuo:

"Don't mind, there are always many children selling things around tourists..."

According to her explanation, many families in Vietnam are not well-off and generally have four or five children. The older children usually go out to make money to support the family.

Of course, there are also some who just want to get more money from tourists, so be careful when you encounter them.

"I originally wanted to buy flowers for you," Li Zhuo waved to the flower girl who had not gone far, "come here."

There is no girl who doesn’t love flowers. Ruan Yuzhu was very happy to hear this.

The little girl ran over happily, and Li Zhuo bought all the yellow tulips in her hand and gave them to Ruan Yuzhu.

It's something that's easy to do, can make your friends happy, and doesn't cost a lot of money, so why not do it?

Ruan Yuzhu happily followed him holding tulips, and the two of them walked to a car dealership to rent a car.

Most of the cars in Vietnam are imported and expensive, and most of them are Japanese cars.

However, Li Zhuo did not dare to rent a car with such thin skin and big stuffing, for fear of being beaten to death on the road.

He walked around the car and selected a Mercedes-Benz e300. This car is definitely a luxury car in Vietnam, because the guide price has reached 2.83 billion VND, which is about 880,000 yuan. If it lands, it will probably reach 1 million.<

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This price...

in the country, it is estimated that the legs sold in 4S stores are all discounted.

Li Zhuo finally rented the car.

His domestic driver's license cannot be used, but he can take the translation to the Transportation Bureau for notarization and change it to a Vietnamese driver's license.

Because Ruan Yuzhu has a driver's license, she is also willing to test drive this luxury car, so Li Zhuo saves himself the trouble.

Ruan Yuzhu drove the car happily and came out of the car dealership.

Li Zhuo said that he didn't want to see the scenery, but the local customs and customs, thinking that this could represent the local characteristics.

Ruan Yuzhu agreed with his opinion, so under his command, she set off from Nha Trang, got on the highway and drove southwest.

After passing Yanqing County, further south is Qingshan County.

If Nha Trang can still be considered prosperous, then the further south you go, the closer it gets to an ordinary countryside.

The roads have also become worse. At first, they were smooth cement roads, and then they became somewhat uneven cement roads.

It's a bit like the roads in northern counties at the beginning of the century. They are full of potholes and lack maintenance, and oil stains can often be seen on the roads.

However, there are exceptions, and the roads in some places are very well built.

When Li Zhuo asked about the reason, Ruan Yuzhu understood better and explained:

"This kind of road is built by multinational companies who set up factories on one side, and it is built by themselves to facilitate the transportation of goods."

That’s right.

It sounds like a long distance from Nha Trang to Qingshan County, but in fact it is only a drive of fifty or sixty kilometers.

Qingshan County makes a living by growing rice, and the villages are surrounded by paddy fields.

The styles of houses in the villages I passed by seemed not much different from those in Guizhou Province.

If there is any difference, it would be that the houses are all very low and have a bit of a shabby feel, just like the rural areas in the mainland of China about ten years ago.

There are also a lot of motorcycles. Groups of young men riding motorcycles, holding cigarettes in their mouths, speeding along the road, enjoying the pleasure of overtaking their Mercedes-Benz e300.

When I saw a woman in the driver's seat, she screamed excitedly, making the motorcycle driving even more romantic.

It looks a lot like the young boys who killed Matt in rural areas in China more than ten years ago, and in order to show their individuality, they all dyed their hair yellow.

Ruan Yuzhu smiled, and then stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The group of will-o'-the-wisp teenagers instantly ate the car exhaust, and all of them were disgraced.

After getting rid of Xiao Huangmao, many durian trees appeared one after another in the villages they passed.

This tree grows very tall, and the tallest Li Zhuo is estimated to be close to 20 meters.

Now is the first durian picking season, and fruit farmers and workers are picking durians.

The workers who climbed to a high place used a knife to cut off the roots of the durians and then threw them down.

There are workers picking up bags under the tree.

The durians here are very big, and they are all green with a little yellow, which feels good.

Seeing Li Zhuo's interest, Ruan Yuzhu explained:

"Qingshan County is the largest durian producing area in Vietnam, and the durians produced are of relatively good quality. Many of them are exported to the mainland. Maybe you have eaten durians produced here."

When Li Zhuo heard what she said, he asked her to stop the car on the side of the road.

Afterwards, he got out of the car with his mobile phone and took a video of workers picking durians.

Ruan Yuzhu also got out of the car at this time and stood beside him laughing.

A pair of handsome men and beautiful women are leaning against the car, which is very eye-catching.

The owner of the orchard is an old man about sixty years old. He is a very nice person. When he noticed that they were watching, he took the initiative to say hello and said something.
To be continued...