Among all business partners, the Spaniard is not the first to place an order, but it is the most anxious. Because after more than a week, they finally got news from Mexico. Their news came a bit slower, but more specific than what Lucien had learned. After all, they themselves were on the side of the war.

Of course, because of this, their message must contain a lot of information for dumping the pot. Generally speaking, after messing up something, the first important thing is never to clean up the mess and reduce the loss, but to quickly find a person to throw the pot and throw the pot out!

But no matter how to throw the pot, whether it is to the church (the leader of the rebels is a church member and has studied in the church’s seminary.), or to the Indians, or to the unfaithful native whites, throw the pot. It does not solve the problem by itself. It's as if no one knows how to throw a pot across the Pacific Ocean better than knowing Wang.

But the pot can pass, but the new crown Chuangwang can't pass it. The same is true in Mexico. The pot can be thrown to the Catholic Church, it can be thrown to the "damn Frenchman", but if Mexico City is lost, it is really lost.

Yes, just as Joseph expected, Mexico City could not hold it at all. Moreover, the Spaniards also showed high military quality for the first time, and immediately adopted the strategy advocated by Josephus, immediately abandoned Mexico City and moved towards Veracruz. It's just that their movements were so swift and violent that they forgot to destroy the artillery that was left in Mexico City that was difficult to take away quickly.

But they still remembered that all the horses they had time to see, no matter who belonged to them, were requisitioned in the name of God and the king. This action brought a lot of trouble to the Mexican Revolutionary Army. But these guys used this action, but it caused a lot of trouble to the revolutionary army, because they couldn't find enough horses to transport artillery and various baggage.

However, the Spaniards did not do this out of military considerations. They did it entirely to transfer property as soon as possible. The Spaniards returning to Veracruz carried a large number of carriages, and each carriage was filled with large and small boxes. Needless to say, these boxes contain valuable things.

Soon after the Spanish withdrew from Mexico City, Father Hidalgo led the Revolutionary Army into Mexico City. In fact, the fleeing Spaniard did not run fast. After all, he brought too many valuable things. But Father Hidalgo did not immediately send an army to pursue it. This is not because Father Hidalgo did not expect this, but because Father Hidalgo and his friends failed to control the troops.

Just as Napoleon had predicted before, the victory of the wrong entry and exit not only failed to increase the prestige of Father Hidalgo, but made Father Hidalgo and Allende's influence in the army extremely reduced. Those soldiers generally felt that their superiors were stupid, and would not listen to their ability to win. The company platoon leaders who were close to the soldiers at the bottom gained more authority instead, and the army quickly became a hilltop.

After taking Mexico City, Father Hidalgo did not expect that Mexico City would be a bloodless city, so he was unprepared for receiving the city and could only let his men do their own way. As a result, the subordinates were busy robbing them. They should be receiving the various things left by the Spaniards in Mexico City. Although Commander Allende kept suggesting that an army should be sent to chase the Spaniards immediately, after the army entered Mexico City, it immediately dispersed, and even no one could be found. Even if the Spaniards are brave enough, at this time, kill a carbine, I'm afraid that things will soon become serious.

It took a lot of effort for Father Hidalgo to gather the army again, only to find that after the revolutionary army liberated Mexico City without firing a shot, there was an astonishing reduction in the number of troops. one!

Such attrition is of course not because of fighting, but because a large number of people have become deserters.

And the reason why there are so many deserters is said to be because after entering Mexico City, some soldiers found a lot of valuable things in the peninsula’s houses, and then they calculated that they were holding these things and then ran directly. Go to Louisiana, sign a letter of allegiance to France, you can live a happy life, what else to fight. So, um, something like this happened.

Fortunately, there are many poor people in Mexico, and it is not difficult to pull out new men, but the **** deserters still run with weapons. As a result, both the number and the level of equipment of the revolutionary army have dropped greatly. And this decline has further caused a decline in morale. In general, it confirms Napoleon’s “prediction that winning is worse than losing”.

However, the situation on the Spanish side was not good. After the defeat, the Spanish people were sluggish, and those who became high officials became more and more untrustworthy, because they were all mud-bloods and native whites. And native whites really can’t talk about loyalty to Spain. Therefore, after the Spaniards ran to Veracruz, they did not immediately organize an army counterattack. Although in Mexico, there are still many who still theoretically obey the orders of the governor. army. But Governor Gomez understands that these troops have not yet rebelled, simply because Spain is still paying them. If they are dragged out to fight now, considering that the bottom of these troops is almost entirely native white, they are likely to turn back before the battle.

Of course, it is impossible to rectify the troops now. Once rectified, there will be mutiny immediately. Only by continuing to let them stay in their respective garrisons and continue to receive their military pay can they barely maintain the appearance of Spain still ruling these areas. As for the recovery of Mexico City and the elimination of the insurgents, it can only depend on when they are transferred from other places, preferably from the mainland, a truly reliable army.

The Spaniards urgently transferred some troops from Cuba and Colombia. This part of the army is a little more reliable than the army in Mexico, after all, they are outsiders. But to say that they have plans to sacrifice for Spain, that is certainly not. So they can only be used for defense at best. As for the counterattack, wait. Governor Gomez believed that an expeditionary army would be sent soon from the mainland.

Indeed, Spain cannot afford the consequences of losing the Americas. So it is almost certain to send an expeditionary force. Considering that the news sent back by Governor Gomez specifically emphasized that the rebels’ weapons are advanced, far exceeding those still loyal to Spain, the Spaniards decided to grit their teeth this time and equip the expeditionary forces with new weapons, at least New-style civilian weapons.

So Ambassador Juan found Talleyrand again early in the morning and told him that Spain was willing to discuss with the French on the transfer of land in Panama and the transfer of ports along the Pacific coast. It took about half an hour for the two parties to reach an agreement, and then they began to discuss the issue of taking a stake in the Panama Railway.

This matter is much more complicated. When talking about the afternoon, the two of them left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together, got on the carriage and went directly to the "Moulin Rouge", where they met with Lucien, and then they talked for another night. Agreed.

The next thing proceeded very quickly, and the Spaniards quickly dispatched an expeditionary force of 30,000. At the same time, Father Hidalgo finally established an independent Mexican government, but he immediately encountered a big problem, that is, their government has no money.

Where does the government's money come from? Generally speaking, it naturally comes from taxes. But collecting taxes is actually a very laborious task. Moreover, this year’s taxes were collected by the Spaniards long ago, and now the revolutionary government has to collect them again. How can everyone live their lives? If you collect less, you don’t have enough; if you collect too much, what about revolution? As for looting local tyrants to divide fields, it is not very easy to do, because many white natives are small landlords themselves. If you want to play this set, the revolutionary government itself must fight first.

At first, Hidalgo wanted to collect donations like the people who supported the revolution. But the most revolutionary bottom has no money at all, and the rich are not willing to pay. Even some so-called smart people who supported the revolution made this proposal to Hidalgo:

"Mr. President, do you know why people are unwilling to lend money to your government?"

"Why?" Hidalgo asked.

"Because the risk is too high. You have to know that you haven't really defeated the Spanish... I know you want to talk about the last battle, but in that battle, your army defeated only a small part of Spain's power. That's it. Spain will definitely send an expeditionary army, and the expeditionary army will definitely be stronger than the Spanish army you have defeated before. So everyone is not optimistic about you~lightnovelpub.net~ unless you can defeat the Spanish expeditionary army, Otherwise, they would not dare to lend you money."

"If I can defeat the Spanish Expeditionary Army, why should I borrow money?" Hidalgo said.

"Isn't it, Mr. President. Look, there is a strange circle here. But it is not impossible." The wise man laughed.

"any solution?"

"You must first let the big banks with good reputation lend you money. The big banks are willing to lend you money, indicating that they are optimistic about your prospects, and lending you money is a good deal worth doing. So other small banks Will be willing to lend you money."

"So, why are those big banks willing to lend us money?"

"For example, you and the Louisiana Development Bank have reached a loan agreement with an annual interest of 15% and a loan of 1 million yuan. After the news goes out, other banks will be willing to borrow money from you. After the money is received, You will then repay the money borrowed from the Louisiana Development Bank with principal and interest, and return it in full. The money borrowed from other banks will be divided again and again. Well, look, don’t you have the money?” The wise man replied.

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