The Undead Empire That Travels Through the Multiverse

Although called the Aztecs, the name Aztecs was actually mistranslated or imposed on the Aztecs by Western scholars.

The origin of the name is a city called Aztlan, which was the city where the Aztecs lived in the past.

What they call themselves is actually Mexica, which is the source of the word Mexico in later generations.

It's just that although I still remember that I am a Mexica and not an Aztec, the two Mexica people dare not make any excuses in front of Chen Mo, and let this man who does not look strong call them Aztec Turks.

But these are small details. For the two Mexicans, Chen Mo didn't care what they called them. What really mattered to them was the promise made by the East India Company to support their cause of resistance before they came here.

The life of the Mexicans is very difficult now. As the former owners of the land of Mexico, their population dropped sharply to less than 3 million after being poisoned by European smallpox.

It is precisely because of this that they lost their empire and became a nation enslaved by colonial rule.

However, a mere 3 million people obviously could not meet the needs of the Spanish colonial rule, so a large number of African black slaves were trafficked to South America, and these people were used in large quantities in the plantation economy, which greatly squeezed the living space of the Mexicans.

And the Mexicans who suddenly became a minority can only watch their homes being invaded step by step, and they are also living in dire straits.

This also made the Mexicans' resistance activities never stop for hundreds of years, and they resisted the rule of the Spanish all the time.

But sporadic uprisings by Mexicans lacking unified leadership and armaments posed little threat to Spanish rule.

On the contrary, each time an uprising was suppressed, it brought more suffering to the Mexicans.

In particular, the near-genocide oppressive policy has kept the population of Mexicans to less than three million after more than two hundred years. One can imagine how many "good" things the Spaniards have done in the past two hundred years.

In fact, if it wasn't for the brutal Spanish rule, how could the Mexicans have continued to resist their rule for three hundred years after losing their own country, civilization, culture, traditions and a series of other things?

Although the resistance of the Mexicans for three hundred years did not achieve any substantial results, it was not until the Spanish mainland was captured by France during the Napoleonic Wars that Mexico took this opportunity to successfully revolt.

But I have to say that these Mexicans have always maintained a spirit of resistance.

These two Mexicans recruited by the East India Company are now the leaders of the two insurgent armies in Mexico.

Compared with Hidalgo and Jose Morelos who led the Mexican War of Independence in later generations, these two people are not well-known, and they have not even been recorded in history, but now they are indeed two relatively large groups in Mexico. leader of the rebel army.

"I'm busy here, so I'll make a long story short. I can provide you with arms and financial support, and help you contain the Spaniards so that you can launch an uprising and take back your homeland. In exchange, I ask you to, after independence, Mexico must become a part of the empire." Chen Mo looked at the two leaders of the Mexican rebel army and set his own conditions.

"Empire? Sorry, the Mexicans will never succumb to anyone's slavery and rule again!" One of the leaders of the rebel army seemed to have a lot of backbone. Even though he was frightened by Chen Mo's shipwreck army, he still insisted on Mexico gain true independence.

Chen Mo didn't mind this, but said indifferently: "The empire is not a colonist as you think, and its purpose is not to enslave you. With your understanding, you can't even understand how great the empire is.

In short, the empire supports your independence, and the empire will not rule you after independence. You can manage yourself, as long as your self-government policy does not violate the laws of the empire, and you pay taxes according to the laws of the empire every year. . "

Hearing what Chen Mo said, the expressions on the faces of the two leaders of the Mexican rebel army suddenly hesitated.

The conditions given by Chen Mo can be said to be very lenient, and the two leaders of the rebel army are not primitive tribal chiefs.

During the two hundred years of Spanish rule in Mexico, no matter how much education was restricted, Mexicans still had the opportunity to get in touch with the world and learn more.

In addition, the Mexicans attached great importance to education in the era of the Aztec Empire. They can also realize that in today's world, without strong support, even if the Mexicans can gain independence from the Spaniards, they still need to face other powerful forces. Imperial aggression.

The entire Americas are colonies of these powerful countries. Even if the Spaniards are driven away, there are still British, French, Portuguese...

So if they can get the asylum of a powerful empire, while the Mexicans retain a fairly high degree of autonomy, this is actually not bad for them.

But the oppressive rule that lasted for more than two hundred years made the Mexicans desperately long for true independence. They don't want any person or country to override them, and they want to get real freedom.

Of course, this is just the thinking of ordinary Mexicans. For upper-level figures like these two rebel leaders, whether they are independent or not, and whether they rely on the support of other countries are all negotiable things.

After all, for them, compromise and concession are not unacceptable things.

The reason for hesitating is just to exchange for greater benefits.

Not only for their own benefits, but also for their own interests and better conditions.

Chen Mo naturally saw this, and didn't mind it, because the two Mexicans in front of him didn't have the capital to negotiate with him.

So he just said plainly to the two leaders of the Mexican rebel army: "I think you must understand that it is not the empire that needs you, but you that need the empire.

As far as the empire is concerned, it is just a matter of spending more effort to expel the Spaniards in Mexico. The reason for supporting you is that the empire does not want to launch a large-scale war for the time being, and hopes to save some trouble.

If you are unwilling to cooperate with the empire, it is just that the empire needs to spend an extra year or two before fighting a battle by yourself.

But at that time, it is obvious that the empire will not need you, and the empire will not give you any preferential treatment. "

Hearing the cold facts Chen Mo said, the expressions of the two leaders of the Mexican rebel army became very ugly.