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As he experienced complex ethnic relations in the Northern Bureau, the backward frontier areas, including participating in the Sino-Soviet War, allowed him to grow rapidly and learned many things that he did not learn in books.The actual situation, combined with my own knowledge, of course, the performance is much better.

"Then let him go. It's not easy to beat a young cadre to death. Since he performed well in the Northern Bureau, let him have a chance. But before he goes, Vice Chairman Wang told him about the current situation in the Mekong region. The situation in various countries. Of course, it also includes the current situation in Southeast Asia and the world situation. Let him not have anything to do in his new position. Restrain his cheap sympathy in the Mekong River."

"Yes."

"Also, the countries in Southeast Asia are short of daily necessities due to the war, and domestic prices are soaring. As long as we start to build Vientiane, this place will inevitably become the trade center of the Mekong River and the material center of the countries around the Mekong River. A large number of commodities from our country will flow here , and then transported from here to various places. So I need to send a person in charge of material distribution here. Vice Chairman Li (Li Jishen) and the Material Committee will discuss with the Material Committee to set up the Mekong Branch of the Material Committee in Vientiane.”

"Yes."

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On June 1941, 6, Luang Phibun Somkham ended his visit to China and left Beijing.

Luang Phibun Songkhram left Thailand for 19 days and stayed in China for 16 days.During these 16 days, Luang Phibun Songkhram discussed many issues with the Chinese government.Because the negotiations involved more and more content, Luang Phibun Songkham finally made many bigwigs in Thailand go north to participate in the negotiations.Because the negotiation of some issues requires professional knowledge, Luang Phibun Songkham is not very clear.

It's the same as Duan Xun not specifically participating in the negotiations.Except that Duan Xun has no time and energy to discuss specific issues, many negotiations will involve many professional issues, which requires professionals to do professional things.And many things, the specific situation of Duan Xun is not yet clear to the front-line staff, so it is the right way to hand over this kind of negotiation to the front-line staff.So at the last moment, many political leaders in Thailand came to Beijing to participate in the Sino-Thailand negotiations.

Soon China and Thailand signed a lot of various contracts.

The most basic contract is of course the "China-Thailand Friendship Treaty", which is political and general.This treaty was signed by Duan Xun himself and Luang Phibun Songkham, and it is a guiding treaty between China and Thailand.All treaties signed after that, as well as future negotiations between China and Thailand, must be based on the "China-Thailand Friendship Treaty".The two sides emphasized the historical friendship between the two countries in the treaty and agreed to continue this friendship.

After that, the diplomatic relations between China and Thailand were upgraded from semi-diplomatic relations to formal diplomatic relations, that is to say, they exchanged ambassadors.Before that, China was stationed in Thailand as a consul. After this negotiation, China and Thailand decided to upgrade their diplomatic relations.Consulates on both sides have been turned into embassies.

Although this treaty was signed, and it is a basic treaty for the relationship between the two parties, it is still a relatively general thing.

In fact, there are not many specific clauses in it, and more things in the general direction.It is like determining the communication mechanism between the two parties, determining the ambassadorial relationship between the two parties, and determining the time for high-level meetings between the two parties.

On a deeper level, China wants to extend its hand into Southeast Asia and restore China's special power in Asian countries.Thailand wants to establish a "Great Thailand" and become a regional bully. These specific issues have not been discussed.However, when the two parties agreed to meet next time, they could talk about more and more detailed things.

The "China-Thailand Friendship Treaty" is a relatively general treaty, but the following treaties are very detailed cooperation projects.Because of the "China-Thailand Friendship Treaty", the subsequent negotiations went much smoother.

The first signing between China and Thailand is the "China-Thailand Trade Agreement".In this treaty, many new rules were formulated for the trade between the two parties.Mainly to promote trade between the two countries.

Of course, the most important thing is to solve the current domestic problems in Thailand.

China promised to help Thailand solve the stranded agricultural products, and sell daily necessities to Thailand at preferential prices below market prices, helping Thailand stabilize domestic prices.Moreover, in this trade agreement, Thailand recognizes the Chinese renminbi as the legal currency for trade between the two parties, and the trade settlement between the two parties uses renminbi.And it is exclusive, which means that China-Thailand trade only uses RMB, and no other currency is used.And in order to promote the rapid trade settlement between the two parties, China officially gave OCBC Bank the right to settle overseas RMB.

The Vientiane City has become the RMB settlement city between China and Thailand.

The materials exported from Thailand are not sent directly to China, but first sent to Vientiane, and then settled in Vientiane.The trading company on the Chinese side settled in RMB, and the Thai side received RMB.Then Thailand uses these RMB to directly purchase Chinese materials in Vientiane City.China will turn Vientiane City into a large trade center, a large product distribution center, and Chinese products will be shipped to Vientiane.With the RMB in hand, Thailand can directly buy Chinese daily necessities in Vientiane City without going to China.

In this way, the status of Vientiane City will be greatly improved.

There will be countless trading companies flooding here, and countless passenger ships and cargo ships will come to Vientiane, which of course will bring countless funds.So even if it is not specially built by China, MixC will become the core city of the Mekong region, the regional economic center, trade center, and financial center.

In order to facilitate the circulation of RMB, OCBC Bank will set up a Vientiane branch in Vientiane to be responsible for RMB settlement.

After the signing of the "China-Thailand Trade Agreement", China and Thailand then signed the "China-Thailand Loan Agreement".Thailand borrowed RMB 5 million from Chinese commercial banks, not in foreign exchange, but directly in RMB.

This is the second local currency loan in Chinese history.

The first was a loan to the North Korean government, which they used to issue a new currency.This is the second time, and the scale is not small, a one-time loan of 5 million yuan.Luang Phibun Songkham borrowed 5 million from China, which can be said to have caused a sensation in Thailand.The Thai government is short of money, and domestic prices are soaring. It can be said that both the ruling and opposition parties in Thailand are full of complaints.Now Luang Phibun Somkham has borrowed 5 million RMB from China, nearly [-] million US dollars of funds, which immediately stabilized Luang Phibun Somkham’s position in Thailand.

This kind of thing is very common.

After the founding of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai started, Duan Qirui and the others behind, once they had no money, the army below began to be disobedient.But as long as they got the loan successfully and had money in their hands, all the warlords immediately posted up.

Sun Yat-sen is not the case.

After the Revolution of [-], how many people waited for Sun Yat-sen to return home with huge sums of money.Because no matter who you are, you have to eat, and you have to spend money to eat.So money is a very real thing.This is the case with Luang Phibun Somkham.

Being able to borrow so much money is a skill.Not only was the money borrowed, but there were no too harsh conditions on the Chinese side, and the interest rate was also very common.On the whole, Luang Phibun Songkham's loan has been unanimously praised by the government and the opposition in Thailand.

After signing the "China-Thailand Loan Agreement", China and Thailand immediately signed the "Sino-Thailand Military Cooperation Treaty".

China sold 400 tanks to Thailand, including 240 light tanks, 120 medium tanks, and 40 heavy tanks.Moreover, officers of the tank unit were dispatched to help Thailand form the first Thai tank division.

400 tanks, and 40 heavy tanks.Currently in Asia, there are several countries that can equip tank divisions with 400 tanks.As long as Thailand completes the formation of the first tank division, the strength of the Thai army can immediately rise to the next level.At that time, even Japan dare not underestimate the Thai Army.

There is also the sale of 270 aircraft to Thailand.

Among them, 120 are trainer planes, which are handed over to the aviation school to be established in Thailand.China will send people to help Thailand set up an aviation school and help them train pilots.Of the remaining aircraft, 70 were fighters, 20 were bombers, and 60 were transports.Of course, it is a transport aircraft, and many of them are to be converted into passenger aircraft for use by Thai government personnel.

With these aircraft, Thailand was able to form two air divisions.

Of course, it is not enough to have tanks and planes. China also sold more than 200 cannons to Thailand.These include 30 heavy guns with a diameter of more than 150mm.In addition to these weapons and equipment, China also promised to sell Thailand ten patrol boats for patrolling the Mekong River.These weapons and equipment were purchased by Thailand with loans from China.

At the same time, Thailand will send 120 young military officers to Chinese military academies for a one-year short-term study.

In fact, Luang Phibun Songkham's ambitions are more than that.He even hopes that Thailand can build its own arsenal, at least to be self-sufficient in guns and ammunition.But now the Thai government doesn't have that much money, so it's just one of his ideas.However, China has promised Luang Phibun Songkham that as long as the situation eases, China will help Thailand build a military factory.

The last one signed was the Mekong Cooperation Agreement.

In order to maintain the safety of the Mekong River, China and Thailand are preparing to set up a Sino-Thai Mekong joint force in Vientiane, and appointed Wang Kai as the commander of the joint force. The size of the joint force initially stipulated in the "Mekong Cooperation Agreement" is a brigade of army troops, equipped with 20 reconnaissance aircraft and 20 patrol boats.

Of course, wherever there are these troops in Thailand, they are actually sent by China.Luang Phibun Somkham is a smart man who knows that the so-called Mekong River patrol is proposed by China in order to control the Mekong River.So for this joint force, everything is dominated by China.

Anyway, the determined scale is one thing, and how many people it will become is another.Just like the two sides set up an early warning mechanism for the safety of the Mekong River.Therefore, 20 reconnaissance planes were matched.But it is a reconnaissance plane, but Duan Xun is planning to deploy air forces and fighter jets in Vientiane.

Fighter planes can also be used as reconnaissance planes.

As for the final negotiations, Luang Phibun Songkham did not participate.Instead, he followed some people from the Chinese government to investigate the situation in China.I didn't go very far, mainly in the cities around Beijing. I went to Tangshan, Tianjin, and Baoding to see how China is built and how China develops.

After the signing of various agreements, Luang Phibun Songkham decided to return to China.But he didn't take all of them, and he kept some people in China.Luang Phibun Songchen knew that China was also bullied by foreign powers decades ago.But China is so powerful now, Luang Phibun Songkham also wants to know how China develops.

Japan is still in a strong position, whether it is in the Pacific Ocean or in Myanmar, it has an advantage.But Duan Xun has already started playing chess and has begun to deploy to Southeast Asia.The cooperation with Thailand can be regarded as a substantive step taken by China.

When Duan Xun was considering how to strengthen China's influence in Southeast Asia, he received a telegram from Europe.

"Teacher, how do you reply?"

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"Teacher, how do you reply?"

"Tell me about the specific situation."

When China and Thailand were negotiating and preparing to use the Mekong River to intervene in countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, the persecution of Jews broke out again in Europe.Europe immediately notified the country.

Liu Xiang found Duan Xun with a telegram.

"Teacher, it was Niels Bohr who contacted our embassy. Otherwise, we would not have known about it."

"Nils Bohr? Is that the guy who won the Nobel Prize in Physics and founded the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen?"

Duan Xun came alive.

Niels Bohr, this is a master of physics.As long as you study physics, there is no one who does not know Niels Bohr.Even as long as you are slightly interested in physics, if you don't know Bohr, it's just a joke.