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Chapter 765 Chapter 765· Vientiane is close at hand
"Before I was going to come here some time ago, I read two books on purpose, one of which was "History of Laos" and the other was "History of Thailand". Of course, I just glanced at these two books As a reference here, but still let me come to these three views, of course, only my own views.

The first one I think should be to avoid security threats.

After learning about the history of Laos, I can see that the capital of Laos was moved to avoid the threat of the enemy country, and it was also moved from Luang Prabang in the north and the center of the country.

At that time, Laos had two main threats, one was Myanmar and the other was Vietnam, and I seem to be able to see this from history. Laos was very afraid of Myanmar in ancient times, and moved its capital to Vientiane just to avoid Myanmar. attack.

In modern times, it has become afraid of Vietnam, so Vientiane is far away from Myanmar and Vietnam, which is undoubtedly the safest.

So don’t be afraid of Thailand next door. That’s because it’s not considered a threat to Laos for the time being. The two countries even have a little relationship. Of course, the relationship is in quotation marks, so the capital is built on the border of Thailand, which is the most appropriate. .

As for the so-called "relative" relationship I just mentioned, interested friends can go to find out where this country was once ruled. "

Almost all the time it was an RV driving along the International Highway 13. After shaking off the tails behind his buttocks, Zhang Yang started to set the speed at 120 yards, and then drove at a constant speed.

Along Highway 13, from the starting point to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, the first half is a winding and rugged mountain road. The road condition is still very poor, almost as if it has experienced a catastrophe. Pickup trucks and engineering vehicles are speeding past, filling the sky of dust.

This frightened Zhang Yang, who had opened the window to blow the cool wind before, and quickly closed the window, and had no time to open the window to enjoy the natural scenery along the way. I am afraid that such road conditions will hardly improve in the past three years.

But after the window is closed, it is still about the scenery after the window is closed. If you don’t look at the dust in the sky, if you just take a certain section of Route 13 as an example.

It can be said that although the topography of Laos is very unfriendly to the people here, it has to be said that the topography is complex, but it has brought a lot of beautiful scenery that has not been developed and destroyed, but all of this has to be selective Look, after all, the closer it is to the human gathering place, the more serious the damage to the dust and environment will be.

And Zhang Yang, who was chatting with the people in the live broadcast room, also took advantage of some bumpy roads and dusty roads to answer questions for the fans in the live broadcast room and He Xiaoman who was sitting next to him.

"Then let's talk about the second point, the second point is because of the needs of development.

When we looked at the satellite map here before, we could see it. In addition, we can also see that the whole country of Laos is mostly mountainous. The mountainous area is sparsely populated. The main economic belt is the Mekong River Plain located in the border area of ​​Thailand. The river basin is now densely populated and is the economic lifeline of Laos.

And here can only rely on Thailand for development, because Thailand has a developed economy and can meet all trade needs of Laos.

The development of Laos has always relied on trade with Thailand, and the capital is located in Vientiane. This is undoubtedly a direct promotion of the development of trade between Laos and Thailand, and the prosperity of Laos. This is also very important. It is also necessary to strengthen the construction of the capital.

The next third point is actually a more important point in my opinion, that is, there is no suitable place.

As I just said, Laos is basically poor and poor, especially the vast majority of the land is mountainous and plain, which is long and narrow. Although the scenery in some places is really good, it is difficult for people to enter. What's more, the city is built, and after the city is built, the traffic has to be sorted out. Not every country is like our "infrastructure maniac".

Therefore, if Laos wants to build a capital, it must be in the Mekong River Basin, but here, Vientiane is no different from other cities.

If it is moved to the northern and central mountainous areas, the entire construction cost and transportation cost will be very high, and the construction of the capital will undoubtedly be a waste of money and people. The capital is safe, but it cannot effectively manage the whole country.

So there is really no suitable place. Fortunately, the relationship between Laos and Thailand has always been 'very good', making it 'impossible' for Thailand to attack Laos compared to other neighbors. This also ensures the safety of Vientiane, which is not necessary at all. The capital has been moved.

Of course, these are just some of my opinions, and there must be discrepancies, but I guess they are almost the same. "

After more than five hours of easy and pleasant long-distance trek, Zhang Yang solved his lunch near noon, and finally drove to the Arc de Triomphe in Vientiane. A place for a short break in the afternoon.

Vientiane, she is a city that has experienced many vicissitudes. It was inhabited as early as the 9th century. So far, Vientiane has experienced 3 times of massacres and 3 times of glory. The colonial rule of the French and the old Communists did not gradually return to normal until the 90s, and the economy began to improve.

Even though Vientiane is separated from Thailand by just the Mekong River, the traffic isn't as bad as Bangkok, the humidity isn't as unbearable as Singapore, and the city isn't as congested as Jakarta.

As a French colony in the past, when I stopped the car and looked at the surrounding buildings, almost all of them were in a strong French architectural style, and it is not difficult to imagine that the eating habits here must be more French, of course, this is just It is limited to big cities, but in rural areas and some small towns, it should still be similar to Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries.

About 160 meters to the east of the Arc de Triomphe, there is a small parking lot. Zhang Yang parked the car here, ignoring the curious onlookers outside the car, and directly closed all the open windows, and then followed He Xiaoman together. I got up and went to the living room, sat on the sofa and admired the Arc de Triomphe that seemed so close in the distance.

"Husband, is this the capital of Laos? But why doesn't it look like it to me?"

Snuggled against Zhang Yang's normal, leaning his head on his shoulder, He Xiaoman looked at the surrounding buildings with some doubts, and then asked Zhang Yang, for these countries in Southeast Asia, Laos, there is really no Among He Xiaoman's top tourist destinations.

At this time, He Xiaoman's question is not what the fans in the live broadcast room want to know. After all, they have not seen any high-rise buildings that should exist in the capital of a country. On the contrary, this city looks more like It is a tourist city, and it seems to be very quiet.

"If this is really the capital of Laos, it can really be said to be the least capital like a capital!"

"It's not just French-style architecture. I just drove the RV all the way, and I seem to have seen several other styles of architecture, and there are also several countries."

"But I have to say that I originally planned to put the next annual vacation itinerary in Thailand, but after seeing this Vientiane, I came up with the idea of ​​coming here to have fun."

"Compared to the cities we saw along the way, this place is really suitable for tourism, especially because it is close to the Mekong River."

"The Mekong River?!! Hehe, the anchor has come to such a place, you have to be careful!"

"Then this is basically close to the border between Laos and Thailand. Brother Yang has been strolling in Vientiane for a few days, so he plans to leave here directly?"

(End of this chapter)