Chapter 1234 Heaven is too far (Third update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1234 Heaven is too far (Third update, please subscribe)
January 3, 1886, 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 touched the horizon from the east,
Through the gray morning fog, the earth began to light up.
It was another eventful day, with the cloud of war hanging over the country.
Last year, Guatemalan President Justo Rufino Barrios led troops to invade El Salvador. Although El Salvador's resistance was very tenacious, they still failed. El Salvador was annexed, but Barrios' ambitions did not end there.
He wants to rebuild the "Federation of Central America", and just a month ago, he sent an invitation to Honduras.
What happens if you refuse to join the Federation?
It's clear to everyone.
The storm is coming, but this building has nothing to do with the Ming Empire. If it does have anything to do with it, the Mexican Railway Company has always been a supporter of Barrios. They provide loans, provide weapons, and even send employees
Soldiers helped Barrios fight.
But... what is the relationship between the Mexican Imperial Railway Company and the Ming Empire?
It doesn’t matter, okay!
Mexico is Mexico, Ming Dynasty is Ming Dynasty...
"Hello, this is Daming!"
Familiar voice, familiar beginning, then what?
It is the daily morning news. The news of "Voice of the Americas" is not limited to the news of a certain country, but covers the entire America, especially the Spanish-speaking countries in South America.
Although the news has never exaggerated massacres, poverty, or reports of starvation. Even the news has not sensationalized the horrific social reality of hunger and oppression.
But what did most people who heard the news feel?
It's unfair!
It’s the kind of injustice that comes from the bottom of my heart!
Maybe……
Wang Xiude breathed a sigh of relief as the news from the radio turned into cheerful music. He raised his head and saw Sophia in casual clothes looking at him. He didn't know she was already standing there.
how long.
"Honey, are you listening to the news too?"
She nodded and walked towards the coffee pot.
"Mr. Carlos actually spent 30,000 pesos to buy a necklace for his wife, 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 counselor of the embassy, what does he feel from such news?
It's unfair!
He pushed the butter and jam towards her.
"What? Jealousy? Yes, it is indeed very jealous. Many people will not earn that much money in their lifetime, but for some people, it is just a piece of jewelry. God, even though I knew he was rich in the past,
Who would have thought they would be so rich!"
"Think about ordinary people, dear."
Wang Xiude said.
"Miss them?"
"How do you think they will feel when they hear the news?"
"What kind of feelings do you feel? It must also be jealousy!"
Sophia hesitated for a moment and then said.
"But what does this mean? 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 meant to be shown off.”.
"But are you showing off your wealth, or are you inviting hatred?"
Wang Xiude laughed, but the smile quickly disappeared.
"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 more fair. Although there are rich people there, at least there are not many like here. There are people with nothing everywhere."
"But what's the point?"
Sophia said.
"There are two countries in the world, one is the Ming Dynasty, and the other is a country other than the Ming Dynasty!"
"That's the difference,"
Wang Xiude interrupted his wife and said with a smile.
"But it does not prevent people from imagining the Ming Dynasty and imagining that one day they will change everything here."
…
"One day, we will also live a good life like the people of Ming Dynasty."
In the dark and damp room, Miguel held his wife in his arms and looked at the pictorial nailed on the wall with longing eyes.
The pictorial was torn from "Life Illustrated". It showed a beautiful house. On the grass in front of the house, the father was playing with his children, while the mother was busy in the kitchen, preparing a sumptuous meal.
Beside the grass, there is a car parked.
A house, a car, a beautiful wife, and several lovely children!
This is Ming style life!
Such an ordinary life is what everyone longs for. Even Miguel in Tegucigalpa longs for such a life. He even envies those Peruvians.
"Really? Will there really be such a day?"
Through the moonlight, you can see that Diana looks exhausted and her face is quite haggard.
"Having a bad day today, huh?"
Diana nodded,
"You know, it's like this every day. They have to be there from morning to night as soon as possible, you know? The wine they drink...a bottle of French champagne costs hundreds of pesos, but they are so stingy that they don't want to
Send us an extra peso…”
Holding his wife in his arms, Miguel nodded and said.
"Yes, that's it. Those gentlemen have always been like this. We work for them in the city, but even when we go to the countryside, we still have to work for them. My father is a sharecropper, and my grandfather is a sharecropper. Why is this like this?
God can testify that all this will end sooner or later, and it will end one day..."
Then Miguel looked at the picture on the wall with longing eyes, and said.
"To be honest, I really envy 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 land! They got land that they had never owned before in Peru!"
Diana was surprised by her husband's words.
"God! Is this true?"
"Of course it's true. That's what it said on the radio. Well, there are also pictorials. It's a pity that Ming Dynasty 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 chapter)
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