December 24, 1865, Christmas Night. The pen, the www.biquge.info, considered the best Christmas gift in the world, was revealed on this day - the heirs of the three most powerful empires in the world were Chatu in France. Fort Lafitte met and issued a "Christmas Peace Statement", declaring that they would do their best to bring lasting peace and prosperity to the whole world, and that the heirs of the three empires would see each other as lifelong friends rather than enemies. Sounds really good!

And with the arrival of this "Christmas gift", this world, which was once on the brink of war, seems to have really ushered in a long period of peace and prosperity.

The flames of war in South America were completely extinguished in the second half of the year, and the Mathilde Empire, which was so large that the Mexican people would forever miss it, finally expanded to the limit. Huge territories, including Mexico proper, the United Kingdom of Central America, the Kingdom of Colombia, the Kingdom of Venezuela, the Kingdom of Guyana, the Kingdom of Ecuador, the Kingdom of Peru, and the Kingdom of Bolivia, became part of the empire, and even the Kingdom of Donghua to the north was theoretically under the rule of the Mexican Empire! In the vast land that spanned North and South America, Mathilde the Great became the "great mother of America" in people's mouths.

And the achievements of this "mother of the Americas" did not stop there, starting in 1866. The Mathildian Empire began a period of construction and development, which later generations called the "Golden Ten Years".

First up was land reform, which is almost always the same problem that plagues Latin America. Historically, until the 21st century, there were also several countries in Latin America that did not address the problem of large estates. However, in this time and space, the people of Latin America are in good fortune. Of these nations of great power and heroes, who is more powerful than Mathilde the Great, who defeated the United States and unified the 12 countries of Latin America, including the five that make up the United Kingdom of Central America? Many difficult problems that have left historical rulers at a loss for what to do. For the empress, it was only a matter of one sentence - just give Prime Minister Juarez an order. As a result, the agrarian reform proceeded very smoothly. The Empress and her prime minister used "state bond redemption" and "the tiller has his land" as the guidelines. It not only solves the problem of large real estate system. It also dismantled another ancient system that hindered the development of agriculture in Latin America, the Indian village community ownership system. It took less than five years to establish an agricultural economy with private farms as the main body in Latin American countries under the banner of the Mexican Empire.

The second was the construction of transportation and industrialization in the Empire, which were actually the same thing in the Mexican Empire. Because the empire was too vast and the terrain was extremely complex, especially the transportation difficulties of several Andean countries were about to catch up with the Shu Road in China. Historically, Latin American countries have not been able to form a whole like the United States, and difficult transportation is actually the biggest obstacle.

At the same time, the biggest obstacle to the industrialization process of Latin American countries is also transportation. Therefore, in the immediate aftermath of the South American War, Mathilde I ordered Juárez to draw up a transportation plan that would promote the unity of the empire and the development of industry and commerce. The plan included a chain of railways, bridges, ports, and canals. Centered around the Tehuantepec Canal in the southern part of Mexico, a complex but feasible transportation network has been constructed. With the mode of combining sea, rail and road transportation, the whole empire was connected into a real whole.

This huge series of works, which began in 1866 and lasted until 1875, was only partially completed. And in this 10-year construction** process, the industry of the Mexican Empire also got a great opportunity for development. The gold and silver mines throughout the empire received investment from France, and the production of gold and silver doubled in 10 years, providing ample funds for the construction of Mexico. The iron mines of Venezuela and the coal mines of Colombia have also been favored by French capital, and the steel industry of Ciudad Bolivar has developed in just a few years. What was once a small South American town has become an industrial center lined with chimneys and factories. Mexico City, the capital of the empire, became the largest city in the Americas. It was also a huge industrial center, with industries such as textiles, cement, hardware, ceramics, gold and silverware, all of which benefited from the large market of the Mexican Empire.

Also given a golden decade was the Kingdom of Donghua, formerly known as the Kingdom of California, under the personal rule of Mathilde I, although the name of Donghua and the steady influx of Chinese immigrants have shown that the country will not belong to the Mexican Empire forever. However, this does not prevent Her Majesty from devoting almost all of her energy to it.

The rise of the Donghua Kingdom on the North American continent began with a massive influx of Chinese immigrants. The country has the world's largest gold production and the world's second-largest silver production, and is currently the world's second-largest copper producer, and exports large quantities of animal skins and skins each year. So the country is not bad for money at all, and the land is so vast. It seems that as long as there is a large enough population, it can develop very quickly. Therefore, the golden 10 years of Donghua are the 10 years of a large influx of people. From the beginning of the influx of five or six hundred thousand a year, to the later influx of one hundred and thirty four hundred thousand a year. Add to that the population of Tung Wah itself and the natural growth of the population. By the end of 1874, the nascent nation had a population of 16 million! Among them, there are more than 15 million Chinese. The total population is about the same as that of the Confederate States of America.

At the same time as the large influx of people, the construction of the Donghua Kingdom was also in full swing since 1865. Including the California Water Diversion Project, the Pacific Railroad Project, Donghua, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Shengdi Port, Salt Lake City, Huazhou Port, Bozhou City, Sangzhou City, Danzhou City, Xinmo City and a series of large and medium-sized cities have also sprung up. Industrial sectors including military industry, chemical industry, shipbuilding, non-ferrous metal smelting and processing, wood processing, leather processing, and textiles have also made great progress in the past 10 years. In order to speed up the process of industrialization in Donghua, Empress Mathilde and the Donghua Shabaab cabinet, in addition to the formation of the Bonapartat consortium, adopted a very special stimulus method - investment subsidies. Direct cash subsidies to all businessmen who invest in industries and railways in Donghua! The wealth of the Donghua Kingdom can be seen.

In addition to industry and railways, education in the Kingdom has received a focused investment. By 1874, free compulsory education in the Donghua Kingdom was not the same six years as in the Ming Empire (extended to six years in 1870) but nine years! Not only must all boys of school age go to school, but even girls must be educated. Senior high schools, vocational schools, vocational schools and universities have also been opened in large numbers, all of which are very cheap.

The ideal chosen country of Zhu Jishi and Mathilde also seems to be rapidly taking shape.

At the same time, an unprecedented black empire has also ushered in a 10-year golden period of development. Peace in Africa came relatively late. It was only at the end of 1868 that the Black Empire pacified the entire Kingdom of Kongo. Then the country, which was ruled by black Americans, began to expand at a constant pace. By the end of 1874, the Black African Empire had expanded north to the edge of the Sahara Desert (later in Chad, Niger, and Mali), while its southern frontier had expanded to the ancient city of Zimbabwe. Almost all of the coastal inland areas of western black Africa are included.

At the same time as the empire expanded, Zeng Ke. Emperor O'Hara and his prime minister Solomon also imitated the original slave farm system in the United States, and introduced the "hereditary agricultural worker system" in the Black African Empire. Hundreds of thousands of "hereditary agro-industrial farms" were established on the territory of the empire, and tens of millions of black African people were brought under the management of "hereditary agro-industrial farms" in one fell swoop. Under the strict supervision of hundreds of thousands of farmers who had been black slaves, they carried out what was considered heavy manual labor for them. At the same time, the agricultural production of Black Africa has made unprecedented progress, and the people of Black Africa have ushered in their own golden age, oh, and whips, and chains, and cages, and gallows, guillotines, and shooting...... (To be continued.) )