Siam, Lin Youde kept fanning the wind with a pu fan, and said to the colleague in front of him: "Brother Chen, you said that Siam in your era has become a tourist mecca, and more than a million Chinese people come here every year. ”

The colleague's name is Chen Mo, twenty years old, he was also a member of the volunteers to aid Africa before the crossing, he is a little fat, but he is quite similar to Lin Youde, and now works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said: "In Thailand in the 21st century, there are many places to play, and most people go to Thailand to be demons or something, and now there is no such thing as a ladyboy in Siam." ”

Lin Youde shuddered, obviously he had heard about what a shemale was. In the East Asian cultural circle, all countries have a history and culture of eunuch service, and Thailand is no exception, and it is generally said that the ladyboy originated from the huge American soldiers stationed in Siam after World War II who had a huge sexual demand, and some poor families dressed boys as girls, or did some other processing, so that they could serve the American army. Due to the openness of Thai social culture, the tradition of ladyboys has been preserved.

The two official figures from Datang naturally did not come to Siam to enjoy the scenery and waters. A 3,000-ton freighter sailed into the Chao Phraya River and docked at the Thonburi Terminal on the east bank of the river. This small city is like the capital of the Kingdom of Siam, because in 1767, the real capital of Siam, "Ayutthaya", was destroyed by the Burmese army, and the Siamese military general Dasin led the army to fight against the Burmese army and finally won the victory.

Taksin moved the capital to Thonburi, and was subsequently proclaimed king by his subordinates, which is the Thonburi Dynasty in Thai history, the Thonburi Dynasty did not last long, but during his reign, Taksin expelled the Burmese invaders, completed the unification of Siam, and made some contributions to the development of the country. So he became one of the five emperors in Thai history.

Of course, Chinese are better known to Daxin because he is half Chinese, and his father, Zheng Yong, was an immigrant from Chaoshan who later married a Siamese woman. After Zheng Yong's death, his son was adopted by the Siamese minister, received a traditional Siamese education, and later trained to become an outstanding military general. He fought bravely during the Burma invasion and was respected.

Mr. Liang Qichao, who likes to put gold on the face of the countrymen in later generations. Marsh is also listed as one of the great men of Chinese colonization. Unlike the great men who said that they "wiped out small indigenous tribes and became chiefs", or "led a group of immigrants to build up an underworld organization", Zheng Xin (Tak Shin) was a real king, and his Thonburi dynasty once ruled the whole of Siam, and Cambodia and Laos and other places were also his sphere of influence, the definitive hegemony of Indochina, otherwise he would not be respected by the Thais as one of the five emperors.

It's just that Zheng Xin is not a Chinese colonialist in the strict sense. His father died relatively early and did not give him much Chinese education, and he grew up with the education of the local aristocracy like ordinary Siamese people. The point is, regardless of his ancestry, Zheng Xin was born and raised in Ayutthaya and never arrived in China during his lifetime.

Although Zheng Xin was once very eager to establish relations with the Manchus. At that time, Zheng Xin was in great need of sulfur and other materials from China, and the production of metal products in Siam was also very small, and Zheng Xin hoped to establish relations with the Manchu Qing in order to obtain various materials for the development of Siam.

Chinese tend to have a strong sense of national pride and a peculiar friendliness. You must know that not all people with Chinese blood will get close to China, and the typical example is the Philippine president with Chinese blood in the 21st century, who did nothing during his reign except to work with China.

Lin Youde and Chen Mo are both smart people, and they will never find things easy because the King of Siam is a Chinese. To put it simply, Lin Youde and Chen Mo came to Siam to do "human trafficking" business. Thailand has always been an important destination for Chinese people going overseas. Compared with the barren and barren Borneo and the Philippines, where the Spanish are domineering, the overall environment here in Thailand is more friendly to the Chinese, and this is a Buddhist cultural circle, if the Chinese believe in Buddhism, they will not be treated harshly in Thailand. Moreover, the Chinese tend to have a lot of excellent production skills and culture, and they are more easily respected in Thailand.

Therefore, Thailand's 60 million people in later generations, of which 8 million are Chinese, if you count those with Chinese ancestry, one-third of Thailand's population has Chinese ancestry, including Thaksin Yingluck, two politicians who have been prime ministers of Thailand, are of Thai Chinese ancestry.

At this time, the number of Siamese Chinese is naturally not so large, but there are definitely more than Borneo Chinese. The lack of population in the Tang Dynasty is really trying to break his head to get people back, in fact, the Chinese themselves are very good colonizers, with endurance and hard work, even if they don't consider the issue of ethnic origin, the first choice for choosing immigrants is also Chinese.

Now basically the colonies of the world are relatively short of manpower, and the colonies of New Spain are not short of manpower, mainly because the Spaniards have not built well on this land, and the local Indian population is indeed relatively large. The British spared no effort in the triangular trade, selling black slaves to the Americas. Naturally, the Tang people would not sell their compatriots as slaves, first, they would not hunt slaves, second, all immigrants would be free people, and third, they would receive a lot of money and land.

It can be said that for every labor force obtained by the Tang people, the cost paid was more than ten times that of a black slave labor force obtained by the British. Of course, the British were making money from the slave trade, and the black slaves captured by a primitive tribe were by no means as productive and efficient as the more intelligent and ingenious Chinese immigrants. In addition, after a generation of training, Chinese immigrants will soon integrate into the Tang Dynasty society, while black slaves are constantly fighting against fate, even after they are liberated, they are also discriminated against by society, and even in the 21st century, racial contradictions are still one of the main social contradictions in the United States. In the long run, Datang has paid more energy and money to get labor, but it is more stable, and the returns generated in the future will be even greater.

Of course, everything depends on how De and Chen Mo play in front of Zheng Xin, the king. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )