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When we talk about Cuba, we must mention the late former head of state Lao Ka. This big beard with a cigar in his mouth has made himself a global idol.

When it comes to old card, what people most like to talk about is that he is the most assassinated person in the world. According to statistics, he has been assassinated 638 times, ranking first among the leaders of various countries. Finally, the CIA was in despair and gave up the assassination of Castro.

This incident actually comes from a book, which is the memoir of Fabian escalant Wundt, the former director of Cuba's anti espionage agency (now the predecessor of Cuba's Ministry of internal affairs), called "638 ways to assassinate old card". After a British documentary director saw this book, he made a documentary with the same name, and then this statement was widely circulated.

In his own words, "I have escaped countless assassination plots. If (how many times I was assassinated) this is an Olympic event, I will definitely win the gold medal."

However, this argument remains to be debated, because in 1977, the star States banned government employees from participating in political assassinations, and CIA was prohibited from participating in the assassination. Their reason is that they are not Israel's "Mossad" who is famous for his assassination. (of course, whether the CIA is really obedient is another matter.)

638 times is a bit exaggerated, but dozens of times should be ok? After all, when it comes to Castro, the seven or eight presidents of the star states hate him so much that he can't help it!

No matter how many times Lao Ka has been assassinated, the Cuban Ministry of internal affairs is definitely a meritorious figure behind the scenes. Such major events as the "pig Bay incident" were the first warnings issued by the Cuban Ministry of internal affairs, which thwarted such a plot. If it had not been for them, Cuba would have been another country.

Hearing that Xiao Peng was interested in the Ministry of internal affairs, Garcia said quickly, "Mr. Xiao, if you want to have a look, I'll take you there now."

Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "forget it, I'll take two photos at the door, otherwise your colleagues will feel like monkeys in the zoo."

After listening to Xiao Peng's words, several people laughed.

Xiao Peng asked curiously, "Dana, what do you do now?"

Dana replied, "I'm working in a TV factory. I'm studying mechanical and electrical engineering, don't I?"

Xiao Peng asked his cheek to think: "Dana, please forgive me for being rude. I have a question to ask you."

"Mr. Xiao, may I ask you?" Dana looks at Xiao Peng.

Xiao Peng asked, "if you study mechanical and electrical engineering in maple leaf, it is very promising. If you stay in maple leaf country, you may easily enter the middle class. Why do you choose to return to Cuba? It's much more money in maple leaf country than here? "

Dana laughed: "Mr. Shaw, everyone who doesn't understand Cuba will ask this question. Believe me, life in Cuba is so much better than you think. You should see for yourself the life of us Cubans and draw a conclusion. "

Xiao Peng said with a smile: "this is for sure! Of course you have to look around here. I'm not coming. Is the first thing Cuba has to do is come here and have an eye open? "

Dana waved to Xiao Peng: "let's go, but before I go, I'll give you a gift first."

Garcia raised her hand and said, "I want it, I want it too!"

Dana said with a smile, "I can't do without you. Come with me!"

Xiao Peng followed Dana into a room full of misty water. There was a work table in the room, and there were pieces of tobacco leaves on the working table. Dana sat beside the work, looked for two pieces of suitable tobacco leaves to put together, and then rolled the tobacco leaves together like spring rolls, and then repeatedly rubbed them to shape them. On the left side of the workbench is a wooden mold like a washboard. The rolled tobacco leaves are stuck in it to control the length and thickness. The long parts are cut off directly with a knife.

Dana is skilled in hand-made. In a short time, twenty cigars of the same thickness and length were put into the mold. She buttoned up the other half of the mold and put it in a manual screw press to press the mold down. After a while, they will be cigars.

Xiao Peng blinked: "Wow, this is the first time I have seen the process of making handmade cigars. How amazing is it? Dana, how do you make cigars? " In fact, what he wants to say is that it looks so simple to make cigars. Just roll it up and put it in the mold to press it?

Dana said with a smile: "my mother used to be the tobacco maker of the Cohiba cigar factory. Mr. Xiao, don't look down on this cigar. It seems that it is easy to make. In fact, it is not like this. You should know that there are unique formulas for making this cigar. Moreover, this roll of cigar is not as simple as it looks, too tight or too loose. My mother made great tobacco, and she made money by selling cigars one by one in Havana

Xiao Peng asked curiously, "as far as I know, it's very cheap for Cubans to buy their own cigars?"

Dana blinked, with a playful look on her face: "sell it to tourists!"

Xiao Peng thumbed up: "can I have a taste?" He pointed to the freshly made cigar.

"Of course Dana nodded, "is this a gift for you?"Xiao Peng picked up one and lit it and tasted it.

"Well?" Xiao Peng's eyes brightened: "cinnamon and sucrose? And smoked coffee and oak? With salt and pepper? It's a complex taste. Like a little honey and cloves? And a little bit of banana! Such a complex taste should not be easy to smoke, but how can it be so comfortable? "

As a result, after listening to Xiao Peng's words, Dana was silly: "Mr. Xiao, are you too divine? You're the first person to be able to draw my cigar recipe. How did you do it? Garcia, didn't you tell Mr. Xiao about my cigar recipe? "

Garcia said with a wry smile, "Dana, are you kidding? I don't know whether your cigar recipe is good or not

Xiao Peng blinked: "well, maybe my taste buds are better. Your technique of blending is amazing. So many flavors are kneaded together and become a very comfortable smell. If you don't distinguish them carefully, you can't tell them. "

Dana held out her thumb: "Mr. Xiao, you are amazing. If my mother knew about this, she would be scared."

Xiao Peng asked with a smile, "where is your aunt? Why didn't you see them? "

Dana replied, "they are harvesting tobacco leaves. My family grows some tobacco leaves. Are you going to see it? "

"Of course Xiao Peng nodded: "your mother should not be an ordinary cigarette maker. Why doesn't she work in Gao Xiba?"

As she walked, Dana said, "well, before 1985, my mother had been making cigarettes specially for Mr. Ka. After the 1985 old card quit smoking, Cohiba began to be sold to foreign countries. At that time, Cuba's economic depression happened, so many cigar technicians began to flow away. My mother also became a tobacco farmer at that time. My family moved here from downtown Havana. But it turned out that she was right. "

Dana walked them along a path for more than half an hour. She did not see the tobacco growing area. Instead, she first saw several thatched cottage buildings made of palm leaves, just as an old lady bent out of one of the huts.

"Mom!" Dana reached out to say hello.

"Mr. Xiao, Mr. Sun, let me introduce you. This is my mother, regra. This is Mr. Xiao and Mr. Sun from China. They are the distinguished guests of Garcia." Mr. Dana just tasted the cigar, and it would never happen to your mother

"Really?" Regra and Xiao Peng have just finished kissing each other. After listening to Dana's words, they are stunned: "Comrade Xiao, how do you do it?"

Xiao Peng has not heard the term "comrade" for a long time, but in Cuba.

Xiao Peng said with a smile, "I can only say that I have a better sense of smell."

"Mr. Xiao, do you know Spanish?" Because the old lady spoke Spanish, Xiao Peng also answered in Spanish.

Xiao Peng waved his hand: "don't care about these details, Mrs. greyla. What are you doing?"

Greyla said with a smile, "just call me greyla. If you call me Mrs. amars, it's too much of an outsider. This is called "tobacco house". I make tobacco here. Would you come and have a look? "

Xiao Peng then saw that there was an invisible tobacco behind the row of houses: "grela, have you planted so many tobacco leaves? Are these tobacco houses enough to process tobacco? "

"According to our country's regulations, 80% of the tobacco leaves here should be handed over to the state. Only 10% of them belong to us. "

Xiao Peng frowned after listening: "it seems unfair?"

Greyla shook her head and said, "Mr. Xiao, planting tobacco is not as simple as you think. Diseases and insect pests, fertilizer, agricultural machinery and irrigation all need money. When we plant tobacco, the money is provided by the state, so it is more cost-effective. And for me, 80% of the tobacco is enough. And it's because the tobacco I grow is so good that it's a reward for me. If it is another tobacco farmer, only 10% can be left. "

After hearing this, Xiao Peng asked curiously, "is tobacco too good? What's the difference? "

Greyla pointed to several tobacco plants on the ground with a proud face: "you see, these tobacco plants are either too tall or too short, which are all unqualified. The thickness, size and height of the appropriate tobacco leaves should be the same. Those mutations are not very good. However, in such a large tobacco field, there are only a few unqualified ones, which shows how good the quality of tobacco leaves here is

Then she lifted the curtain of the "tobacco house" and said, "come in and have a look."

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