South America is a place with many scenic spots, and there are many people who travel to South America every year.

When you arrive in South America, one place you have to go is the Iguazu Falls. As one of the three largest waterfalls in the world, Iguazu Falls has long become the business card of South America. Every year, more than two million tourists come here to admire the waterfall.

Yang Jing had seen Niagara Falls, one of the world’s three largest waterfalls before, but he had never seen the other two waterfalls at the junction of Zambia and Zimbabwe, the Victoria Falls and the Iguazu Falls.

Victoria Falls is far away in Africa. When you can go, it depends on the situation. But the Iguazu Falls is on the edge of Paraguay, and the straight-line distance from Asuncion is less than 300 kilometers. Compared to Huaxia, which is thousands of miles away, it is almost equivalent to standing at the gate of the Iguazu Falls. .

If you don't go over and take a look, you really feel a little sorry for yourself.

Although Grid has been to many scenic spots in the world before, she has never seen the Iguazu Falls, so she is also very happy to appreciate the widest waterfall in the world.

Both the boss and the proprietress wanted to go, so naturally these bodyguards didn't say anything.

Just leave.

From Asunción to the Iguazu Falls, you don’t even need to take a plane. For a distance of 300 kilometers, the plane even has to descend without climbing, which is not troublesome enough. Therefore, Yang Jing and the others decided to drive to Dongfang City and enjoy the scenery of the tropical rain forest along the way.

The car rental service in the small town of Ita is still relatively prosperous. Chris and the others did not take much effort to rent four silver-white Mercedes-Benz G.

After driving out of the small town of Ita, go straight to Highway 1, and then drive eastward to Baraguari and then northeast, into Highway 2, and then to Colonel Oviedo, then onto Highway 7, and continue all the way You can reach Dongfang City by heading east.

Yang Jing and the others drove there in less than six hours for a distance of three hundred kilometers. Of course, this is in Paraguay. It is quite good to have such a road in the tropical rain forest that can drive at a speed of 60 or 70 kilometers per hour. If it is in China, it will take three hours to travel at a high speed of 300 kilometers...

However, the road conditions on this road are not bad, but this road is very similar to Huaxia 20 years ago. There are many toll stations and toll sections, which made Yang Jing and the others very annoyed.

You said that this is not a highway, so what to charge...

It's so poor!

When approaching Dongfang City, there was a sudden downpour of rain in the sky. The rain was so heavy that even the wipers on the car could not be brushed properly. In desperation, the convoy had to find a spacious place on the side of the road and stopped. Then a group of people sat in the car dumbfounded and watched this rare spectacle-the eastern half of the sky was shining brightly, while the western half of the sky was covered with dark clouds.

This scene of heavy rain under the bright sun reminds Yang Jing of a famous song once sung by his little brother Qi Qin-"Sun Rain".

The heavy rain came and went quickly. After more than ten minutes, it was as if an invisible big hand turned off an invisible faucet. The heavy rain that was pouring down the previous moment suddenly stopped, and then the sky The dark clouds have also turned into white clouds with different images...

Bruno said with a smile: "This kind of rain is very common in tropical areas. Have you seen the classic movie "Forrest Gump"?"

Grid and Yang Jing nodded, and Bruno continued: "There is a set of scenes in the movie, which are about A-Gump's time in Vietnam. The movie introduces all kinds of strange heavy rains in Vietnam in the form of a narration. Gan said that in Vietnam, there is rain from top to bottom, rain from sideways, and rain from bottom to top, right, right... Actually, that's all true. In tropical rain forests, You can often encounter this kind of unreasonable heavy rain."

Grid smiled and said, "I remember that set of shots. It's so interesting. I like Forrest Gump played by Tom Hanks."

Yang Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Daughter-in-law, do you think it feels good for you to guard your fiance and say such things?"

Grid laughed, "So you will be jealous too..."

Bruno, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and Clark who was driving, shut up immediately.

When it rained, the convoy had already traveled to a position almost 30 kilometers away from Dongfang City, so when the convoy continued to move forward not much, they saw houses gradually appearing on both sides of the road.

This is already the suburb of Dongfang City.

Bruno has been here before, so he is very familiar with it. After seeing the young couple no longer play with each other, Bruno started the introduction again.

"Boss, go further and you will enter Oriental City. Oriental City is the second largest city in Paraguay, with a population of almost 400,000. Before the 1960s, this was just a border town close to Brazil. However, in the 1960s, the Paraguayan government designated this area as a free trade zone. The preferential policies caused a large number of foreign businessmen to flock here, and Dongfang City slowly prospered. Because Dongfang City is a tax-free city, it is now Dongfang City. The city is almost a super-large market. Many businessmen from Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and other countries gather here. Oh, yes, there are many Chinese people here. The Wandao people are the most, and there are also merchants from the Chinese mainland. Little. Boss, Sophia, we can go to the largest Qiaotou market in Dongfang City in a while. You will definitely meet Chinese fellows there."

Hearing Bruno said so, Grid was intrigued, and she asked: "Are there really many Chinese people here?"

Bruno nodded and said: "That's for sure. Huaxia people are really hardworking. When I came here more than ten years ago, there were already many Chinese people who opened supermarkets and restaurants. At that time, 70% of the people in Qiaotou market The supermarkets in China are all opened by Huaxia people. Because the products from Huaxia are not only of high quality, but also cheap, they are very popular among people in South America. Therefore, the supermarkets opened by Huaxia people here are very, very popular."

Yang Jing smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, no matter where we go, we Chinese people can make a fortune in the local area. The most industrious, intelligent and hardworking nation in the world is not just casual talk."

While talking, the convoy had already drove into the outskirts of Dongfang City, and the houses on both sides of the road began to become densely packed, and looking into the distance, even if it was more than 20 kilometers apart, you could see the tall buildings in the center of the city. . In contrast, Dongfang City has more high-rise buildings than Songsen.

The No. 7 highway that traverses the entire Oriental City is the main street of Oriental City. This road that starts in the town of Colonel Oviedo will pass through Astami on the Paraná River after crossing the Oriental City. The De Bridge, the bridge known as the "Bridge of Friendship", enters the territory of Brazil.

The bridgehead market Bruno mentioned before, as the name suggests, is located to the west of the Friendship Bridge.

Although the core area of ​​Qiaotou Market is located on the north side of the western end of the Friendship Bridge, in fact, as long as you enter Dongfang City, you will even enter this super-large market, because you have just entered Dongfang City on both sides of the entire No. 7 highway. A large number of large vans were parked.

This kind of large truck is called "big car" locally. If it is in China, this is the kind of large van similar to a container truck.

"The two sides of Highway No. 7 are the core area of ​​Dongfang City and the most prosperous area of ​​Dongfang City." Bruno pointed to the sides of the guide. Yang Jing and Gege looked to the sides and found more and more High-rise buildings have appeared, restaurants, supermarkets, and shops can be seen everywhere, and even many very luxuriously decorated casinos have been seen.

But it's more people-porters who are shirtless.

These porters loaded boxes of heavy goods into the vans, and they were as busy as a group of worker ants who didn't know they were tired.

"Further forward is the Qiaotou market." Bruno pointed to the front left and said, because there are too many vehicles here, the speed of the fleet can only be maintained at about 20 kilometers per hour. "The Qiaotou market is a bit unremarkable. I used to When I came here, if the locals hadn’t told me that it was Qiaotou Market, I wouldn’t believe it was the largest late-night shopping market in South America!"

"Late night shopping market? What does this mean? Does it mean that this market is traded at night?" asked puzzled.

Bruno smiled and nodded and said, "That's almost what it means. Don't think there are a lot of people here, but it's already noon. If it's in the early morning~lightnovelpub.net~ the people here are even worse than they are now. There are many times the number of people, the streets are full of people, and the cars simply can’t get up.”

After a pause, Bruno continued to explain: “The formation of the bridgehead market not only stems from its favorable position connected with Brazil, but also from Paraguay’s low tariff policy. When it was developed here, Paraguay’s tariffs were very low, and Brazil was trying to protect itself. In the domestic market, punitive tariffs are imposed on all foreign imports. For example, for a toy, the market price is one dollar, Brazil may charge 100% tax, while Paraguay only charges 5% tax, and Brazil also It is necessary to pay goods circulation tax and state taxes of various states. This unbalanced tariff policy has caused many Brazilian businessmen to flock to this border city. They directly enter Paraguay and then use tax evasion to sell cheap goods in large quantities. The products are shipped to Brazil for sale and profit from it. Most of this happens at night, so this market has become a late-night shopping market."

"All the goods here are traded at the exchange rate of the day than in US dollars. The price of each product is 4-6 times cheaper than Brazil. So, don't underestimate this market, which has a turnover of six billion a year. The U.S. dollar is more than five times the income of the entire Paraguayan government! And this market also feeds a large number of locals, because although the travel between Paraguay and Brazil is exempt from visas, the goods that every Brazilian carries when going out of customs are limited Well, in this market there are many local people who specialize in bringing goods for people. These people are called Larria by the Brazilians."