Chapter 874: Ming Sparta (First update, please subscribe)

How beautiful is Buenos Aires?

This place was once known as the "Paris of South America". It was once the most prosperous city in South America. It was once...

"This is now the city of the Ming Dynasty. Soon everything here... I mean, everything that the Spanish built here will disappear from here!"

John said in a rather sad tone, taking pictures of the European-style buildings in the old city with his camera.

"When that time comes, this place will become a Ming-style city like the new city, and everything created by the Europeans will be wiped out, just like the name Buenos Aires..."

"We cannot imagine what will happen in the future, but my friend, as Sandler said before, the traces of the Indians here have also disappeared. I think this is the inevitability of history!"

Mark Twain looked at the magnificent and beautiful European-style buildings around him. He did not think that all of this would disappear from here. In fact, what would disappear were only the old and dilapidated buildings. The European-style old city... The Ming Dynasty would still be preserved.

Because the European-style old city itself is a symbol of the Ming Dynasty’s glorious military achievements!

"That's different. Indians are barbarians. What did they create? Nothing. But Europeans created modern civilization. Now our civilization is being destroyed by the Ming people!"

In John's view, it was normal for everything Indian owned to be destroyed and razed to the ground. It was inevitable for civilization to conquer barbarism.

However, the destruction of European civilization by the Ming Dynasty was unacceptable and an extremely barbaric act.

To put it bluntly... double standards!

But John would certainly not admit all this. In his eyes, he only saw that the traces left by European civilization here were being erased bit by bit.

"Mark, do you see? They treat Europeans like barbarians. The Ming people are enjoying a good life here, but what about the white people? They can only live in slums..."

"If they could speak Chinese, everything would change. In the United States, many foreign immigrants who cannot speak English also find it difficult to find a job. Without a job, they can only live in a poor environment."

Without waiting for Mark Twain to finish speaking, John waved his hand and spoke directly.

"That's different. It's systematic here... Yes, that's the word, systematic exclusion. The Ming Empire is destroying the traces of Europeans here in a planned and targeted manner. I swear to God, if it were hundreds of years ago, the Ming people would have killed the two million Europeans in Chile and Argentina long ago. Of course, they would have left the women behind, just like the Mongols did. They killed the men and left the women to bear children for them..."

Although it is a bit exaggerated, if Emperor Zhu heard what John said, he would definitely praise him... A bosom friend! It is hard to find a bosom friend, but unfortunately times have changed!

"Mark, what we are seeing here will also happen in Uruguay and even Brazil in the future. If Brazil fails, the white people there will also be discriminated against like the white people here..."

Just at this time, John saw a family coming towards him. The man was Chinese and the woman next to him looked European. Their children were mixed-race. John picked up his camera and pressed the shutter, then he said.

"Mark, you see, here, the most common are Chinese husbands and European wives, just like when the Spaniards came to this land, Spanish men and Indian women..."

Listening to John's words, Mark Twain looked at the passers-by, looking at those Chinese-European couples or lovers, his mood at this moment became a little complicated.

Because all this clearly shows one fact - Europeans have become Indians!

Europeans became Indians!

What does this mean?

This means that in the future Europeans will be eliminated, and the Ming people will be like the Europeans today, and they will become the new rulers of this land.

The two of them walked forward in silence, both of them seemed to be in a heavy mood. John did not break the silence along the way. He just thought occasionally and took pictures occasionally. Before they knew it, they came to a park where there were many Chinese and European families or couples. Just when their mood became a little complicated, bursts of commands came from the small square of the park.

There are troops training there!

When John and Mark Twain arrived there, what they saw was not the army, but civilians, who were undergoing military training. This scene was very common in the Ming Dynasty, and many people had mentioned it. In their travel notes, they had described the Ming Dynasty's civilian training as "the Prussia of South America."

During previous interviews, John had seen similar training in public places many times.

"In the Ming Dynasty, everyone needs to receive military training. Ordinary adult men are soldiers, and high school and college students are officers. Mark, you see..."

John pointed at the adults who were doing military posture training in the square, then looked at them with a vigilant look and said.

"What can we see since we got here?"

Looking back at Mark Twain, John said.

"The high-rise buildings we see? The happy lives of the citizens? None of them. Instead, it is a country where everyone is a soldier. The people here - all of them are soldiers. They force all men aged 18 to 45 in the country to be conscripted as soldiers. Everyone must participate in militia training, and "no one can evade it" to achieve the goal of "everyone is a soldier." Even their students need to learn basic military command theories in school."

John sighed as he looked at the ordinary citizens in the square marching in military posture following the drill officer's orders.

“I don’t know what others see. Maybe they think this is the ‘Prussia of South America’, a country full of soldiers, but what I see is Sparta!”

Sparta!

Mark Twain was stunned by his friend's words. In the past few days, he had witnessed similar training again and again. He knew that such training was very common in Ming Dynasty. It could even be said that there were people training in every park and every community every day. After all, according to Ming Dynasty law, all adult men must receive at least four hours of military training for two days a week.

But Sparta... How far away is this term! Although it is far away, looking at the country in front of me, it seems that using this word to describe it is more appropriate.

"In their schools, those children start receiving military training from the moment they enter school. They are trained from a young age just like Spartan warriors. The Ming Empire..."

John said, picking up the camera and pointing the lens at the people who were training in the small square.

"It is actually a Spartan Empire. They are destined to expand and conquer because they have been preparing for all this..."

As the words fell, John pressed the shutter and took a picture.

"Prepare to conquer the whole world! Destroy our civilization, everything we have..."

(End of this chapter)