More than ten days later

The city of Santiago is located on the southeastern tip of the island of Cuba, the second largest city in the Kingdom of Cuba today, and Havana is located on opposite ends of the Cuban archipelago.

Emperor Richard and his entourage took a train from the royal capital of Havana to stop and stop all the way, stopping in many cities along the way to inspect the local society and people.

At the beginning of the 20th century

There is only one railway line in Cuba that runs through the island from west to east, and it is a large-scale infrastructure project built by a large number of laborers after the Tang Empire occupied the island.

Subsequently, numerous railway branch lines were built, ranging from 10 kilometres to hundreds of kilometres, completing the entire rail network.

After the occupation of Cuba, the army of the Tang Empire built a series of infrastructure on a large scale

The reconstruction and expansion of more than 10 large and medium-sized ports along the coast, including Havana and Santiago, tens of thousands of kilometers of highways and cable cables, dozens of reservoirs, and the laying of submarine cables across the Caribbean Sea to Florida, hundreds of kilometers away, were all infrastructure projects for the initial civil construction.

The Tang Empire was very willing to invest in the newly incorporated colonies, and tried its best to improve the local infrastructure such as railways, roads, reservoirs and docks, which was only the first step in colonial development and construction.

The construction boom that has now been set off in the New Colony of the East Indies is nothing more than the consistent policy of the Tang Empire's foreign colonial expansion.

Without him, only familiar hands.

At the end of the journey, the royal fleet was already waiting in the port of San Diego, where coal, water, and supplies were replenished, waiting to complete the long voyage ahead.

The city of Santiago has a population of about 390,000 people, and was first founded in 1514 AD, and has a history of 386 years.

In the 16th and 17th centuries AD, it was a frequent target of Caribbean pirates, and Spanish cargo ships sailing from here were laden with spices and Mexican silver.

Built in 1640, Morro Castle has stood majestically and is now standing majestically, witnessing the vicissitudes of history.

The Royal Janissaries had an infantry regiment stationed in the city, totaling about 1,000 men.

It is part of the Central American Command, which is headquartered in Canal Bay City, Nicaragua.

The Central American Command of the Royal Praetorian Guard has a number of Central and South American garrisons, including Colombia, Zhongzhou and Fuyuan, as well as Panama, with a total of 14,100 troops.

When the Emperor arrived in San Diego, the infantry regiment consciously took on the task of guarding the perimeter and maintaining order among the enthusiastic revelers throughout the city.

During the Kingdom of Cuba

King Don Lee Zhun and the 30-year-old crown prince Don Lee Chongxin have been following Emperor Richard to saddle up and serve him wholeheartedly, demonstrating his filial piety.

On the occasion of parting

King Tang Li Zhun even cried and knelt down in front of the emperor, tears were in tears, although he was 50 years old, but he had not been able to get close to his father for so long in his life, and do his filial piety in front of the emperor.

Lieutenant Colonel Tang Li Xinxin, who was wearing a military uniform, had tears flowing silently, all over his cheeks, and his attachment to the imperial grandfather in his heart was not weaker at all.

He felt a great honor to be able to serve in front of the emperor.

The Tang Empire has many royal heirs, hundreds or thousands of royal grandchildren.

Even though Lieutenant Colonel Don Lee was the crown prince of Cuba, he had seen the supreme majesty of His Majesty the Emperor from afar and had deep admiration only when the royal family held a ceremony to worship his ancestors.

"Okay, let's get up, let's get up." Emperor Richard's expression was also a little sentimental at the moment, he raised his hand and said;

"There is a banquet in the world, and the eagle is about to spread its wings and go high in the sky, how can there be a reason not to go?

Closed country Cuba, herdsmen side.

What I have seen and heard here is very comforting, and I have lived up to my hopes for you.

I am a child of the Tang royal family, and I should be ambitious in all directions. Everything needs to be done with national affairs first, and don't learn from the attitude of children.

I am going to travel thousands of miles to the south, and I want to visit every vassal country in South America to see if the kings have lived up to my teachings and have a heavy trust?

If the Son does not teach, the Father will do the same!

The eighth child must always keep in mind that together with the royal government, he must not slack off in government affairs, and he must run this place conscientiously. Stabilize and expand the plantation economy, continue to develop modern industry and commerce, carefully mediate ethnic conflicts, and set up some successful models.

Only by being content with internal affairs can there be a better future for the Kingdom of Cuba, which is a blessing for all people! ”

"My sons and daughters shall obey the Hadith of Your Majesty, and shall not bring shame to the glory of the imperial family by three times a day." King Tang Li Zhun knelt down with an awe-inspiring expression, and Lieutenant Colonel Tang Li Xian, the crown prince beside him, also bowed with the big salute.

"If so, I will be relieved, and let me get up and speak." Emperor Richard said gently.

Along the way, Emperor Richard encouraged and encouraged the vassal kings in various places, and even taught them to run their respective vassal states well, which can be described as well-intentioned.

Judging from the four vassal states inspected, the overall situation can be played "good +", the situation in Colombia and Cuba is better, and Zhongzhou and Fuyuan are somewhat lagging behind.

Governing the country is like cooking a small fresh, and it is not a matter of urgency when it is simmering slowly.

Zhongzhou and Fuyuan have poor foundations, small populations, weak economic strength, and forgivable slow development, which is not a shortcoming.

As long as the economic development policy of the Tang Empire was implemented, the business environment in the vassal domain was stabilized, and the vassal states in South America could not be chaotic if they did not arbitrarily apportion, raise taxes and commissions, and condone the rampant corruption of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

The social structure of the majority of ethnic Chinese is very stable, as is the case in the Kingdom of Zhongzhou, which accounts for more than 90% of the total population.

Although the economy of the Kingdom of Zhongzhou is weak, the happiness of the people in the country is not low, and the urban and rural people are generally well fed and clothed, and they are full of confidence in the future development.

There is a lot of wasteland in the country that can be cultivated, and as long as there are hands and feet willing to endure hardships and sweat, life will definitely get better day by day.

The royal fleet boarded the royal fleet, and to the warm farewell of hundreds of thousands of San Diego citizens singing and dancing, the royal fleet made a clear track on the blue sea and sailed into the distance......

In the northeast of South America, there are three important South American countries, Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela, as well as Suriname colonized by European powers such as Britain, France, the Netherlands and Germany.

The rest of Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru and several South American countries are all die-hard brothers of the Tang Empire or thugs who are charging ahead, especially Paraguay's military strength is the strongest.

Chile, the last South American country, has been crippled by the war, and its territory has been dismembered by more than 70%, and it is burdened with heavy war reparations debts. It has completely become an amusement park for Chinese capital, and it is a small South American country with a semi-colonial nature.

The rest are the 16 South American vassal states to which the Tang Empire belonged, which is the regional distribution of the entire South America today.

undoubtedly

The Tang Empire occupies an absolute dominant force, and there are only big cats and two or three kittens left, with Brazil being the largest.

In the First South American War, which ended in 1869, the territory of the defeated Brazilian Empire was reduced from 8,517,000 square kilometers to 7,582,000 square kilometers, and it was forced to cede the territory of the four southern states, with a total loss of 935,000 square kilometers.

Among them

The former Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul (281,700 square kilometers) was ceded to Uruguay, which made Uruguay's territory suddenly double and a half, laying a solid foundation for a larger population in the future.

The former Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul (with an area of 357,000 square kilometers) was ceded to Paraguay, which increased the territorial area of Paraguay by 71.2%, and its territorial area has surpassed that of castrated Argentina and has become one of the landlocked countries in South America.

The Tang Empire acquired two important states bordering the Atlantic Ocean, namely Santa Catarina (95,200 square kilometers) and Paraná (199,200 square kilometers), which were geographically important as the territory of the Tang Empire adjacent to the north of Brazil.

These two states were naturally superior and relatively well developed, and were incorporated into the imperial system as overseas provinces, and were not divided into the vassal kings of South America.

Because the two states are adjacent to the Paraná River, they were named Great Rivers Province after the merger, with a total area of 294,400 square kilometers, and it was the only overseas province retained by the Tang Empire in South America.

The other is Tierra del Fuego, located on the side of the Strait of Magellan, the southernmost point of South America, because of its important geographical location, it is also under the direct jurisdiction of the empire.

However, Tierra del Fuego is a special municipality at the municipal level, and its administrative level is one level lower than that of overseas provinces, and it is at the same level as "city".

After a six-day voyage, the royal fleet arrived at Estuary, the capital of Grand Rivers Province, formerly known as Curitiba, a city with a long history.

From here, less than 400 kilometers northeast along the coast is São Paulo, the former capital of the Brazilian Empire.

About 79 kilometers from the city of Okawa is the border between the two countries, and across the border is the Brazilian state of São Paulo, which is a stone's throw away.

The Brazilian Empire is now long gone, and since the abolitionist movement in Brazil, many democrats have preferred to overthrow the corrupt monarchy and achieve a republic.

It was against this historical background that on November 15, 1889, Dodoro da Fonseca and another military officer, Floriano Araujo Pescito, staged a military coup d'état with the republicans, successfully besieging the cabinet chamber and seizing control of the government.

Fonseca, who occupied the cabinet building, abolished the imperial government, changed to a republican system, and established a provisional government.

From now on

Brazil was transformed into a republic, with military powers in power, and began a new period of infighting.

The Brazilian peasant and landlord class, who had supported the imperial government, defected because Pedro II supported the abolition of slavery, and a few days later, the deposed Brazilian Emperor Pedro II fled to France, and the Brazilian Empire officially collapsed.

The Tang Empire is based on the fact that it is a feudal constitutional monarchy, and of course it has no good face for the so-called democratic republic, which is a dangerous trend of thought that the kingdoms of Europe and the United States in the world are strictly guarded against.

The relationship between the two countries cannot be said to be intimate, but only maintains superficial exchanges and interactions, and the relationship between the top levels of the government is obviously much more distant.

Even so

The Tang Empire still has a strong influence on Brazil, and the "pro-Tang faction" figures in the top levels of the government and the vast financial circles have strong influence and are quite extensive.

In particular, Brazil's population of more than 4.16 million ethnic Chinese is a very important weight.

As early as the end of the First South American War in 1869, Datang signed an agreement with Brazil to import one million Chinese laborers over the next 10 years.

Since then, several imported labor agreements have been signed, and the total number of imported Chinese workers has reached 1.412 million.

According to the agreement between the governments of the two countries;

The Brazilian Empire was required to ensure the equal legal rights of Chinese laborers, the right to do business on an equal footing with white people, the right to employment, marriage and the right to purchase property, and important provisions such as ensuring that personal and property safety was not infringed upon, and that they were treated fairly in law.

Today

Although the Brazilian Empire no longer exists, the government of the Brazilian Republic is still implementing the early agreement between the two countries to treat Chinese immigrants equally.

It's not that they are willing to do this, but they have to do it, for fear that the Tang Empire will find an excuse to start a war and beat them hard.

In this regard, the Tang Empire has always been domineering, and it has a bad record.

For example, at the end of the last century, it launched an intervention war against the beautiful country, and once again invaded the six states of the United States.

The war of colonial expansion launched against the East Indies at the beginning of this century was all under the pretext of diaspora protection.

Pinch your fingers and count, one of the more than a dozen countries in the entire Americas is counted as one, and there is no one who is not afraid in his heart.

It has evolved into a panacea for war.

If the Brazilian government is not stupid, it will never offer the excuse of military intervention by the United States and the United States, which is tantamount to looking for death!