The audience present watched Tom cry more and more sadly, and there were signs of crying bad body, and without exception, they all felt a little heartache for Tom.

Chancellor René, as the nobleman with the highest title in the audience, and the only person present who had a previous friendship with Tom, took the initiative to step forward and help up the "chief knight of the royal family" with snot and tears on his face - Master Tom Smith.

"Knight Smith, don't cry, pay attention to your body"

"Minister René, my lord ......"

"Get up."

Tom had just risen to his feet with the help of Chancellor René, and was a little relieved of his grief.

After the two had walked a few steps, Tom broke free from Chancellor René's support, shook off Chancellor René, and turned his head to kneel in front of the coffin again.

"It's a weak minister!"

"If I could have come a few months earlier, why would Your Majesty be here!"

"Why is this the case!"

Tom roared at the ground, his hands pounding heavily on the ground.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

While Tom pounded the ground, he secretly pulled the "mechanism" prepared in advance on the armor.

After a few blows, the armor near Tom's arms scattered and separated, as if the armor had been hammered by Tom to outsiders.

At the same time, "blood" flowed from the corners of Tom's mouth and both fists, and his legs kicked out, and he passed out due to "excessive grief and anger".

"Knight Smith!"

Minister René was shocked, Tom just fainted in front of him?

Hurriedly beckoned the attendants beside him to carry Tom down to rest.

Tom, who was carried into the bedroom, lay on the bed, and Loki took all the attendants from him.

Now, there are only Tom and John, Johnny and Loki in the bedroom, and a few cronies in the doorway.

"Phew!"

"Next time, add some sugar to the fake blood, this taste is too strong."

"Isn't it like you have to put on a show like this?"

After there were only four people left, Tom stopped pretending, sat up directly, took a sip of boiled water, and rinsed his mouth.

"You can't blame me, don't talk about it now, a hundred years from now, when the new superior comes to power, even if he doesn't belong to the same line, he will cry for the old superior who died, this is a human custom."

"The question is, aren't all our Northern Mexico fought by us? Is this also the same family? ”

"The vision is wrong, we are a hero company, we are a company, how can we openly own the territory? Those are the lands of His Majesty the Emperor. We're just helping His Majesty the Emperor expel the rebels who are not loyal to the Emperor! ”

Loki was a little unhappy to hear it, he didn't understand what emperor was not an emperor, he only knew that the land was beaten down by the hero company, why did it belong to the dead man lying in the coffin?

Not only Loki, Johnny and John, who usually have poker faces in front of outsiders, although they didn't say it explicitly, they also put their unhappiness directly on their faces.

Tom also saw that the three of them were unhappy, and Tom planned to use his guidance to Loki to explain to the three of them why he did it.

"Loki, don't get so excited, I'll sort it out for you."

"Tom, you say."

Who does the "security guard" of the earth listen to? ”

"Listen to our HERO."

"To whom does the factory belong to this earth?"

"It's owned by our HERO."

"To whom do the mines belong in this land?"

"It's still our HERO's company."

"So, does it matter who owns this land?"

"This ......"

The three of them are somewhat shackled into the traditional "land idea".

The three of them all followed Tom's logic, only to find out that Tom was right, in addition to the nominal land returned to the Austrian Habsburg royal family, the actual benefits and everything went to the hero company.

"If you can, give this land to all the Mexican people, and what's the harm in giving it to them in name?"

"Mining is our HERO company."

"Road construction is our hero company."

"Building a factory is our HERO company."

"Even if you dig up a gold antique from the Aztec period on the road, you will have to hand it over to the Mexican Antiquities Agency, which is controlled by our HERO company."

"Does it really matter who owns this land?"

"And we are not rulers, these locals will spurn the rulers we control as long as they are guided by a little guidance."

"Let a puppet government rule on the surface, but in fact, it is unified but not governed, and our hero company is not governed."

"When the minerals are squeezed out, they just pat their butts and leave, and they don't need to think about the maintenance of these unprofitable lands."

"In this way, our hero company can sit back and relax."

Tom admonished the three of them as he began to take off his "acting suits" - tattered knight armor.

"Loki, you have to remember that it doesn't make sense to own land in name."

"The most important thing is whether you have access to the resources of this land."

"Nominally owning land will only be like this armor, tied to your hands and feet."

July 3, 1867,

In the past six months or so, the Hero Company had occupied about five-sixths of the entire territory of Mexico, and the dividing line between the United Mexican States and the Second Mexican Empire was:

Veracruz – Córdoba – Puebla – Tracósra – Cuernavaca – Iguala – Sivatanejo

The land in the north that is suitable for industrialization, agriculture, and contains a lot of minerals is firmly controlled by the HERO company.

The United Mexican States can only struggle to engage in guerrilla warfare in the rainforest areas of the south, trying to restore the glory of Mexico from the miasma and the beast.

In terms of population, Mexico has a population of more than 8 million last year, and now only about 6.5 million remain.

Of the total population of the United Mexican States, six million are Indians.

The Second Mexican Empire had a population of only 500,000, and these 500,000 were all employees of the HERO company.

Strictly speaking, the Second Mexican Empire was left without a population.

What happened to the seven million native Mexicans who lived in northern Mexico before that?

They have dreamed of serving God since they were young, and HERO is just helping them fulfill their dreams.

Let them go to the rainforest area to continue to serve God, to be an ascetic,

Fertile land and minerals are left to Tom, who does not respect God very much.

Today is the day of peace talks between the Second Mexican Empire and the United Mexican States and other forces.

The venue for the peace talks was San Luis Potosí, once one of Mexico's largest cities, north of Mexico City.

It is also the hinterland of the area currently occupied by Tom's Knights, the Second Mexican Empire.

At the peace talks, there were seven delegates sitting around the table, representing the seven major forces.

They are:

Representative of the Second Mexican Empire - Tom Smith.

Representative of the Second French Empire - Minister René.

Representative of Austria-Hungary.

Representative of the Spanish colonial empire.

For the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

For the representative of the Kingdom of Belgium.

Representative of the United Mexican States — President Benito.

Of the seven delegates, except for two "Native Americans", the remaining five European nobles came for colonial interests.

The five of them also began a heated discussion in an attempt to peacefully resolve the conflict of interests.

After chatting for more than half an hour on "peace and friendship," the various forces finally reached a consensus on the Mexican issue.