For more than 20 days, Emperor Richard traveled from province to province in Central America, gaining an in-depth understanding of the overall level of economic development, development bottlenecks, difficulties, and limitations of the region.

The history of the development of ancient Indian civilizations in Mesoamerica has left many relics from the early Almec civilization to the Mayan civilization in the middle period, and then to the Aztec civilization and the Spanish colonial rule in the modern period.

The region has a long history of agricultural development, with a relatively complete distribution of towns and irrigated farmland, and after a large number of Chinese immigrants moved here, agriculture and plantation recovered very quickly, and quickly surpassed the heyday of history.

Today, Central America has extensive roads, main roads are paved with asphalt, tall trees along the roads are neat, milestones and drainage ditches are erected, and the infrastructure is quite good.

Some gravel roads can reach every village and town, and there are railways passing by not far from them, so that agricultural and sideline products can be easily transported and sold by land, rail and water transportation.

Heavy-duty horse-drawn carriages and a small number of automobiles are widely used in agricultural production, and there are many inland river vessels ranging from tens of tons to several hundred tons, constituting a relatively developed transportation system.

Chinese immigrants who have settled in Central America generally have a higher sense of well-being, and their incomes are lower than those in their homeland, but the prices of food, clothing, housing and transportation are also low.

So the inhabitants are generally well fed, warmly dressed, and can buy a woman to start a family after a few years of work, maybe a Colombian woman, maybe a Cuban woman, maybe an Indian woman or a native Caucasian woman, and the price ranges from one hundred and seventy or eighty to five or six hundred thousand yuan.

The only regret is that there are fewer Chinese women, and the price is generally quite high, starting at least 500 yuan, and most of them can only be imported from mainland China through mail order brides.

The bride price of Chinese women in local families is very high, often more than thousands, and various conditions are picky.

For example, the man's family is required to be wealthy, he must be a wife after entering the door, the family of the plantation owner and the farmer is more popular, preferably a retired military officer, and have a stable government work background, etc., and so on.

Emperor Richard cried and laughed after in-depth understanding, but he had no intention of influencing the marriage customs formed in the local area, nor would he insist on saying whether it was good or bad, and there must be an inherent truth in its formation.

Male overabundance of women had always been one of the demographic difficulties of the empire, but it had been alleviated to a considerable extent through decades of aggressive colonial expansion, the captivation and sale of local white, Mesoamerican Indian and Mexican women.

It is precisely because of such a strong colonial policy that the national integration and social stability have been greatly promoted, and the basic social outlook of the current stable and prosperous Tang Empire has been formed, which can be said to have achieved unprecedented success.

This is only from the perspective of the upper class, if you look at it from another angle, from the perspective of the people at the bottom;

In the social news often reported in the newspapers, there are countless gossips about wives and children who were abused to death, what Caucasian woman Hongxing was immersed in a pig cage when she went out of the wall, and what escaped from her wife for several years and was found in the next village.

However, these contradictions are confined to the family or the village and town street level, and do not affect the overall situation of social prosperity, stability, and unity.

In this era, there is no such thing as equality between men and women, and the traditional concept of "husband for wife" is popular in Chinese society, and the social environment and law are more inclined to protect the man, ignoring the woman's demands.

No matter what kind of woman she is, as long as she can shoulder the burden of the family and have children, she is a good woman.

Adhering to such a simple concept, most Chinese newcomers do not choose women, and Central American Indian women are very popular for cheap and high-quality goods, which is the choice of most newcomers.

The price of a native Caucasian woman is a little expensive, as long as there is a certain economic foundation, of course you can pick a good one!

The most expensive is of course the Chinese woman, because the empire strictly prohibits the sale of Chinese women, and there are more monks and less porridge, so they are all married home in the name of bride price, often thousands of Tang Yuan or even more.

The formation of this atmosphere is inevitable in the marriage market, and as a large number of Chinese children from the 2nd and 3rd generations of the empire enter the marriage period, the abnormally high prices will inevitably be suppressed.

On the other hand, this has greatly improved the status of Chinese women, and anyone who can marry back a house of authentic Chinese women to go home, almost all of them grit their teeth and stick to most of their net worth, how can they not be treated well?

It's not good to say

Even if the Chinese wife Hongxing goes out of the wall and does not abide by the women's way, the husband's family is reluctant to soak the pig cage, because this is the real "daughter"!

Inspected a circle

Emperor Richard summarized several points that need to be improved, the first point is to protect the relics of ancient Indian civilization, reduce damage and strengthen the collection of cultural relics, so as to maintain the characteristics of the local ancient Inca civilization for thousands of years, which are the highlights of the future development of tourism.

The proportion of the Chinese population in Central American provinces and villages is generally more than 8 to 9 percent, and they are not interested in some strange Almec altars, Mayan temples and hideous sculptures, and many locals even take the initiative to tear these things down.

Or on the basis of the ancient altar, the Buddhist temple and Taoist temple were established, and the village ancestral temple was built, which greatly changed the local historical and cultural environment.

in the Central American region

The relics of the ancient Indian civilization are about to reach the stage of rescue and protection, and it is a work that must be carried out in due course to introduce some protection policies to prohibit the arbitrary destruction and demolition of ancient relics.

Whether it is to build temples or Taoist temples, the deserted land in various towns and cities is everywhere, even if the land is chosen to build, why do you have to raze the ancient Indian altars and temples?

The second point is that under the condition of relatively complete infrastructure in Central America, the appropriate development of light and heavy industries has become an issue that must be paid attention to in the next step.

No farming, no stability, no work, no wealth.

Nowadays, the bottleneck of economic development in Central America is that the agricultural development facilities are relatively perfect, the farming methods are relatively advanced, and guano and chemical fertilizers have been used in many agricultural productions, as well as artificial compost and manure, and there is no possibility of further agricultural science and technology in a short time.

In order to further increase income, the development of suitable light and heavy industries has become the only way.

For example, the shipbuilding industry and building materials industry in Huwan City is one of the engines leading the rapid economic development.

The Central American region should conduct a detailed survey of geological resources, select suitable sites to build steel plants, and develop copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, and coal resources to promote new economic growth points.

Tobacco, coffee, cocoa and other cash crops are also the focus of the next development, and Cuban cigars are famous all over the world. The Central American provinces at the same latitude are not bad, with mountains, rivers and sunshine, which are suitable for growing high-quality tobacco and coffee.

The third point is to strengthen the education of the Chinese language, because most of the Chinese immigrants in Central and South America come from the coastal provinces of central and southern China, and the accents are complex, and the local accents are extremely strong, which is not conducive to communication.

It is necessary to strengthen the scope of Chinese language education, starting from children, which is the root cause.

In the municipalities of the Central American provinces, it is necessary to eliminate some officials and employees who are not proficient in the national language, and some police officers and teachers who are not proficient in the national language.

Promote the people to attach importance to the status of national language education, consciously urge their children to study, and lead the right direction.

When inspecting various places, Emperor Richard found that there were some local officials whose accents were so heavy that he couldn't understand them.

No matter how capable such an official is, he can't even do basic communication, what else can he talk about?

It is obviously unrealistic to expect adults to change, and they can only be grabbed from the baby.

Nowadays, the development of higher education in the Tang Empire is quite good, with tens of thousands of outstanding graduates every year, and there is no worry about the lack of talent available at all.

The next step is to send outstanding graduates to all parts of Central America and South America on a large scale every year to promote Chinese language education in depth.

Not only here, but also the North and South Americans, Canada and South American countries, the local Chinese diaspora also need high-quality Chinese language teachers to promote standardized Chinese language education.

September 12, 1878

The royal train arrived in Panama City, and at this moment Panama City and guests from all over the world gathered, and the round of 16 of the Pan American Union Football Championship was also held in Panama City at the same time.

The Panama City has brought a long-lost popularity, with tens of thousands of fans and dignitaries from all over the world giving the big city in decline a shot in the arm and maintaining its semblance.

In the whole Americas, the most successful professional sport is professional baseball, especially the North American Major League Baseball is the most well-run and standardized, representing the top level of professional baseball in the world and is widely loved by the public.

Major League Baseball now has a total of 6 regions, and the empire is divided into 4 regions: Western, North-Central, Southern, and Andean and Overseas.

In addition, there are 6 regions in total, and each region determines the top 4 professional baseball teams to participate in the annual finals.

Except for the championship in 1872, when the championship was lost by the New York Pirates, the other 15 professional baseball championships all belonged to the Tang Empire, which is also the most popular sport for the people of the Tang Empire.

Unfortunately, the promotion of professional baseball in Central and South America has not been smooth, and the people here are not very interested in this kind of sport with complex rules and high thresholds, and their enthusiasm for participation is not high.

On the contrary, the little-known English football has been popularized very rapidly, and it has quickly become the most popular sport among the people in Central and South America, and the influence of football matches has expanded rapidly.

With just one ball, a group of men can play with great interest for most of the day.

It doesn't matter if there are no goals, two trees, two stones, and two wheat stacks, all of which will not affect everyone's enthusiasm for playing football.

Seeing that the East is not bright and the West is bright, the Imperial Ministry of Culture, Health and Sports has planned to organize the free distribution of football football every year, as well as organizing coach training courses and various competitions.

Every year, 1~20,000 soccer balls are distributed free of charge to South American countries, which greatly promotes the popularization of football in Central and South America, making it a popular sport in the whole of America.

Of course, in North America, it is nowhere near as hot as Major League Baseball and basketball, and can only rank third.

The reason for the vigorous promotion of football is that the Ministry of Culture, Health and Sports of the Reich is responsible for the promotion of culture and sports.

As one aspect of soft power, what could be more appropriate than sports to embody the unity of the whole of America?

The Tang Empire pursued a policy of "carrots and sticks", conquering and flexing muscles in the military field was the "stick", and the fields of culture, health and sports were part of the "carrots".

in this area

The Imperial Ministry of Culture, Health and Sports has been unremittingly exporting Chinese culture, etiquette and fashion and unique oriental music, tea ceremony and calligraphy to the countries of the Americas, and subtly establishing a Chinese cultural circle.

Various initiatives include the establishment of Bahasa Malaysia schools in North and South America, many of which admit children from poor local populations, waive school fees, and even give a lunch.

In this era, North and South American countries generally did not pay attention to education, and children played on the streets when they were teenagers, and the illiteracy rate was more than 90%, and going to school was a luxury that could not be imagined.

Being able to learn knowledge and have a lunch at noon is like pie in the sky!

As a result, the number of schools subsidized by the Imperial Government and the Imperial Charity Fund has sprung up in the Americas, and now there are more than 760 schools, of which more than 90% are elementary schools.

This is because the free education of charity schools is mainly at the primary school level, and if you want to continue to further education, you have to pay tuition, and there is no pie in the sky.

In these schools

Extensively carry out Chinese etiquette education, cultivate music, dance, tea ceremony and calligraphy hobbies, instill the oriental concept of "benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith", and help these children establish a correct outlook on life and cultivate pro-Tang latent forces during the important period of their life growth.

The Imperial Ministry of Education, Health and Sports will also organize a number of foreign medical institutions to practice medicine in major cities and towns in North and South America to save lives and help the wounded, of course, this is mainly based on traditional Chinese medicine.

In addition, giving away some sports equipment such as football and basketball, organizing football or basketball games on campus, and promoting sports in the society are also within the scope of responsibility.

In the policy effect feedback survey, the Ministry of Education, Health and Sports of the Tang Empire found an interesting pattern;

For example, all the countries that have been severely beaten by the Tang Empire have a higher acceptance of the imperial culture, health and sports, the effect is better, the reputation is also better, and the promotion is relatively smooth.

For example, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, not to mention Paraguay and Uruguay, the younger brothers of the Tang Empire, have been fully Tangized, and the proportion of ethnic Chinese is higher than that of many of the empire's native provinces.

All the culture, education and traditions of the Chinese society can be seamlessly integrated in both countries, and it is as smooth as it should be.

The official languages are Chinese and Spanish, in fact, few people can speak Spanish, because the official from the top to the grassroots is basically monopolized by the Chinese, many of whom are excellent graduates of Taoyuan School of Administration.

The military commanders are from the major military academies of the Tang Empire, the president is also Tang, and most of the parliament is also Tang, which is no different from the overseas provinces of the empire.

And those South American countries and regions that have not been taught a lesson, such as Venezuela, such as Chile, such as Dutch Suriname, French Paraguay, British Paraguay, Belgian Paraguay, etc., the effect is not satisfactory.

Even the most popular charity schools are often questioned by the local society and churches, and are subject to various restrictions by the administrative authorities, making it difficult to promote them.

(End of chapter)