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Chapter 1234 Heaven is too far away (third update, please subscribe)
January 1886, 1, although it was the third day of the New Year, this day... As usual, dawn broke in the east, and Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, once again ushered in a new day.The sun's rays stick to the horizon from the east, pass through the gray morning fog, and begin to illuminate the earth.

Another eventful day, with the cloud of war hanging over the country.

Last year, Guatemalan President Justo Rufino Barrios led an invasion of El Salvador that failed despite El Salvador's tenacious resistance.El Salvador was annexed, but Barrios's ambition was not limited to that. He wanted to rebuild the "Central American Federation". Just a month ago, he sent an invitation to Honduras.

What happens if you refuse to join the Federation?

Everyone knows it.

The rain is about to come and the building is full of wind, but this building has nothing to do with the Ming Empire. If there is any relationship, the Mexican Railway Company has always been a supporter of Barrios. They provide loans, provide weapons, and even send hired Soldiers help Barrios fight.

But... What does the Mexican Empire Railway Company have to do with the Ming Empire?

It's okay!
Mexico is Mexico, Ming is Ming...

"Hello, this is Daming!"

Familiar voice, familiar beginning, then what?
It's the morning news every day. The news of "Voice of America" ​​is not limited to the news of a certain country, but the news of the whole America, especially the Spanish-speaking countries in South America.

Although massacres, poverty, and lack of food have never been reported in the news.Even the news did not sensationalize the dire social reality of hunger and oppression.

But what do most people who have heard those news feel?

It's unfair!
It's the kind of injustice that comes from the bottom of my heart!
Maybe……

Listening to the news on the radio turned into cheerful music, Wang Xiude breathed a sigh of relief.He looked up and saw Sofia in civilian clothes watching him.He didn't know how long she had been standing there.

"Honey, are you listening to the news too?"

She nodded and walked over to the coffee pot.

"Mr. Carlos bought a necklace for his wife for [-] pesos, which is really enviable."

She poured some coffee and put the bread in the oven.

"Not just envy, but jealousy!"

Wang Xiude said.

As the third-class counselor of the embassy, ​​what did he feel from such news?
It's unfair!
He pushed the butter and jam towards her.

"What? Jealousy? Yes, it's really jealous. Many people don't earn that much money in their lives, but for some people, it's just a piece of jewelry. God, although he knew he was rich in the past, but Who would have thought they would be so rich!"

"Think about the common people, my dear."

Wang Xiude said.

"Miss them?"

"How do you think they will feel when they hear the news?"

"What kind of feeling? It should also be jealousy!"

Sophia hesitated for a moment, then said.

"However, what is this? But what is certain is that other people, such as Mr. Carlo, will definitely buy a more expensive necklace for his wife when he knows the news. After all, for them , Wealth itself is used to show off.".

"But is this showing off your wealth, or is it provoking hatred?"

Wang Xiude laughed, but the smile quickly disappeared.

"Wait one day, maybe, who knows?..."

He stopped talking.

"what?"

"It's nothing. I want to say that compared to these countries, the empire is undoubtedly fairer. Although there are rich people there, at least there are not many people like here. There are people with nothing everywhere."

"But what's the point?"

Sophia said.

"There are two countries in the world, one is Ming, and the other is a country other than Ming!"

"That's the difference,"

Wang Xiude interrupted his wife, and then said with a smile.

"But it doesn't prevent people from imagining Daming, imagining that one day everything here will be changed."

……

"One day, we will live a good life like the people of Ming Dynasty."

In the dark and damp room, Miguel held his wife in his arms, looking at the pictorials on the wall with longing eyes.

The pictorial is torn from the "Life Pictorial", it is a beautiful house, on the grass in front of the house, the father is playing with the children, while the mother is busy in the kitchen, preparing a sumptuous meal.

On the side of the grass, there is a car parked.

A house, a car, a beautiful wife, and lovely children!

This is the Daming style of life!
Such an ordinary life is exactly what everyone longs for, even for Miguel in Tegucigalpa, he also longs for such a life, and he even envies those Peruvians.

"Really? Will there really be such a day?"

By the moonlight, Diana could be seen looking exhausted, and her face was quite haggard.

"Had a bad day, huh?"

Diana nodded.
"You know, it's like this every day, every day from morning to night as soon as possible, you know? The wine they drink... a bottle of French champagne costs a hundred pesos, but they are stingy and unwilling Send us an extra peso..."

Hugging his wife, Miguel nodded and said.

"Yes, that's right. Those gentlemen have always been like this. We work for them in the city. Even when we go to the countryside, we still have to work for them. My father was a tenant farmer, and my grandfather was a tenant farmer. Why is this happening? As God can testify, it will all end sooner or later, it will end one day..."

Then Miguel stared at the pictorial on the wall with longing eyes, and said.

"To be honest, I really envy the Peruvians."

"Envy them? Why?"

"Because they are really lucky. People often say that Peru was annexed and occupied by the Ming Empire, but what did the Peruvians get? They got the land! They got the land that they never owned under Peru!"

What her husband said surprised Diana.

"My God! Is this true?"

"Of course it's true, that's what it said on the radio, um, there are pictorials, but it's a pity that Daming is too far away from us, otherwise, they might occupy this place, and then we will be as lucky as the Peruvians... "

Sometimes, reality is like this, heaven is very close, but too far away...

(End of this chapter)