i , tom smith , american philanthropist

Tom stood in the conference room at Smith Farms in front of a whiteboard.

The current map of the United States and Mexico hangs on the blackboard behind him.

"In the first battle, let's fight against Mexico, right?"

"The outlet of the Pacific Ocean, the port of landing for Earth's employees, the first step to changing the world!"

"Mexico and France, look at the United States, which started working fifty years ahead of schedule!"

"Rely on absolute productivity to lead and crush all enemies!"

"President of Mexico?"

"Benito Pablo Juarez Garcia."

“Experience the “governing philosophy” that spans the ages!”

Tom, on the other hand, is assigning tasks to every Hero Company executive in this war.

"A money grab?"

"Grab land?"

"Export goods?"

"These ignorant European slave owners, let's see how the capital overlords in the new era will rule the vassal satellite countries!"

"Mexico is nothing but a springboard, a springboard to Central and South America."

"Romanism is too weak, let's try the new Thomism!"

"A better tomorrow for capitalists! It exists!"

Tom placed his hands heavily on the whiteboard behind him.

Tom decided to launch his first impact on the original order of the world.

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January 1, 1867

The current war situation in the Mexican-French War is looking very good for the United Mexican States.

On the frontal battlefield.

The Mexican Army, which had previously been able to fight only guerrilla warfare, began various frontal counterattacks and recaptured a large amount of territory occupied by the French Second Empire Front.

Looking back at the situation in the Second Empire of Mexico:

On May 30, 1866, the Second French Empire, under pressure from the United States and Prussia, ordered the French Expeditionary Force to withdraw.

On the surface, the French army only had a small number of "military advisors" and "volunteers" left in the Second Empire of Mexico.

On December 6, 1866, the volunteer armies of Austria and Belgium were disbanded. About 4,000 of the nearly 5,000 volunteers did not obey their motherland's "secret orders" to stay in Mexico to help the Second Empire, but tried to leave.

Mexico.

The “founding emperor” of the Second Empire of Mexico—His Majesty Maximiliano I.

I was sitting at a loss in Mexico City, looking at the sand table in front of me, and listening to the "good news" from the Minister of Military Affairs that no matter how he modified it, could not hide the "sign of failure".

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I should never have come to be the emperor from the beginning. If I were not the emperor, my title as Grand Duke of Austria would not be lost."

"If I had not lost my title as Archduke of Austria, I would not have fallen into such a sad state. If I had not fallen into such a sad state, I would not have to listen to your nonsense."

"I regret it now! I regret it very much!"

Emperor Maximilian I sat in the palace on Chapultepec Mountain with a face full of "Tong Xiangyu". Looking at the group of "loyal" royalists in front of him, he couldn't help but regret in his heart.

Now he feels remorseful, very remorseful.

I regret why I listened to that bastard "distant relative" of Napoleon III and came to this useless place to become emperor.

What kind of bullshit emperor is not as rich as the count of Austria.

The Mexican Empire had a large empty territory, but it turned out to be a bunch of farmers and planters who resisted taxes.

Even if money is collected, it is basically classified as the Second French Empire.

Even these seemingly loyal royalists in front of us would switch sides the next day as long as their estates were occupied by the United States Army. How "loyal" they were!

Forget about internal troubles, foreign troubles are no better than those in Austria.

In Europe, whenever there was some friction between Prussia and Austria, they always had to worry about the intervention of Great Britain, the French Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, Tsarist Russia, the Ottomans and other forces.

As for America, as soon as I landed in Mexico, I was completely opposed by the bunch of American hillbillies.

As soon as the Civil War ended, the Washington government of the United States deployed hundreds of thousands of troops on the U.S.-Mexico border.

It’s just a matter of blatantly saying that we want to add a few more “franchised states” to the United States.

What about the country bumpkins who say America is just a bunch of natives and immigrants?

An old housekeeper who had been with Maximilian I when he was just born slowly walked up to Maximilian I and whispered a few words.

Maximilian I's almost desperate eyes flashed with a glimmer of hope, but quickly dimmed again.

"It doesn't matter. He's just a wealthy American. Can he really save me?"

"Forget it, forget it, I promised him back then, just come if he comes."

"Even if he can't turn the tide of the battle, it will be fine as long as he can hold off those barbarians for a while."

"Just wait until France withdraws from European affairs."

Maximiliano did not expect that Tom Smith, the heroic founder of the company who secretly came from Houston, Texas, would be the life-saving straw that turned things around.

Tom rode a carriage on the "Emperor Avenue" in Mexico City.

In the original timeline, this road was renamed "Reform Avenue" to commemorate the success of Benito Pablo Juarez Garcia's reforms.

The ending of the original historical line has been explained.

Tom, led by several royal guards, slowly entered the palace of the Second Empire of Mexico.

Tom couldn't believe that this was the royal palace. Tom felt that this was at most the palace of some middle- and high-ranking title holders in Europe.

In Tom's impression, the palaces were all like the Forbidden City, the Kremlin, and the Palace of Versailles. At worst, they were the White House, Buckingham Palace, and the palace of the Second Empire of Mexico. What the hell.

No matter the scale or the level of interior luxury, it was far from what Tom imagined the palace should be.

Tom would not despise Maximilian I just because he was "not qualified" for the palace.

After all, the other party is just a puppet emperor. Now that the father does not love the mother, it is a good time for Tom to "help him in times of need" and to "open his mouth".

How could you despise such a good fat guy?

"Mr. Smith, the best friend of Mexico and France, welcomes you."

"My dear Emperor Maximilian I, I have long admired your name."

Emperor Maximilian I lay on a luxurious bed and received Tom according to standard French court etiquette.

Tom didn't care. He looked at Maximiliano I on the bed with a "pork smile" on his face.

What is pork laughter?

When my aunt sees her junior growing up, she calls her "aunt's smile".

Pork dealers call it "pork smile" when they see good fat pork.

Maximilian I was also frightened by Tom's strange smile. He wondered if this was a strange etiquette for civilian businessmen in Texas to see the emperor.