In the 20 years between 1824 and 1846, there were about 250 military coups in Mexico, and 31 presidents were replaced. In the five years between 1841 and 1846, there were more than a dozen presidents. On average, there was a change of one president every four months.
The degree of chaos in Mexico could be seen.
During this series of coups, the most famous military dictator was the current de facto ruler of Mexico, António López de Santa Ana.
In the twenty-odd years since the establishment of the Federal Republic, he had successfully achieved his goal of manipulating and controlling the government of the Republic several times through the use of various cunning and conspiracies, or through the support of puppets, or by personally taking action.
Between 1833 and 1846, he became president or de facto dictator of Mexico four times.
These military dictators, including Antonio López de Santa Ana, did not think about stabilizing the situation and developing the economy after coming to power. Instead, they used the power in their hands to wantonly plunder the wealth of the people, causing the people to live in poverty.
In this turbulent situation, the Mexican government could not effectively govern and control the northern border provinces. In the northern California, the Mexican government could not even establish an orderly government. There was almost no communication line between Mexico City and Monterrey.
Although Mexico had achieved independence, because the land system had not fundamentally changed, the backward feudal land system was still in a dominant position. In addition to the unstable political situation, the wanton plundering of the dictators and the destruction of war, Mexico's agricultural development was lagging behind for a long time. The development of industry and mining was also very limited.
Overall, Mexico's economy developed very slowly after independence.
As a neighboring country, the United States, at the same time, showed a trend of economic development. The central eastern and northern regions were in a vigorous industrial revolution, and the gap between the economic strength of the two countries was constantly widening.
The United States, whose national strength was gradually growing stronger, began to constantly infiltrate and provoke the northern provinces of Mexico, coveting Mexico's resources and land. Mexico, whose national strength was weak, was doomed to a sad fate of failure in this war of aggression and counter-aggression.
Chen Mo did not intend to stop the United States' invasion of Mexico. The United States had been coveting Mexico's northern territory for a long time. A weak and chaotic country had vast land and rich resources, but it did not know how to use and protect them. It was like a rabbit in front of a hungry wolf. It was only a matter of time before it was eaten.
Chen Mo could not stop the outbreak of this war of aggression, nor did he intend to stop it. After all, Mexico was not Chen Mo's country. He did not need to risk his life for others, and this was the general trend and the inevitability of history.
Chen Mo did not want to intervene too much or even change the outcome of the war, which would have an unpredictable impact on the future.
In fact, Chen Mo not only did not plan to organize a war, but he was also looking forward to the war.
When Chen Mo was wantonly enclosing land in the west and building many large ranches, Viktor and James were also wantonly killing in the Rocky Mountains. With the cooperation of the Indian soldiers, they quickly slaughtered most of the armed personnel of the Rocky Mountains Fur Company under Jim Breed and completely seized control of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains.
After all, the armed personnel of the fur company were private armed forces. Whether it was the number or the strength, they were very limited. With the rapid improvement of the two's strength, these opponents were no longer a big threat to them. Under normal circumstances, they could end the battle without any losses.
They needed stronger opponents to help them continue to improve their strength, and the army was obviously the best choice.
Of course, if their opponents were stronger, it meant that the danger they faced would also increase.
However, after this period of battle training, their strength had greatly improved. Not only had their physical fitness far exceeded that of ordinary people, but their self-healing ability had also greatly improved.
In the beginning, it took more than ten minutes for the more serious injuries on their bodies to completely heal, but now, this time had been shortened to less than three minutes.
In other words, even if they were hit in the heart or the brain, the two would not die, but would be "resurrected" again after three minutes!
Of course, if they were accidentally hit in the brain by a bullet, although the two could still be resurrected, their original memories would be lost.
However, the improvement of the two's physical fitness was accompanied by the recovery of their injuries, so the strength of their entire body, including their bones, was much stronger than that of ordinary people. As long as the weak parts such as the eyes were not hit, with the current power of firearms, if the bullets directly hit the two's skulls, it might not be able to penetrate their skulls.
Therefore, Chen Mo was relieved to let the two set foot on the battlefield and continue to hone themselves in a harsher environment.
In the movie, Viktor and James first set foot on the battlefield during the Civil War, which was sixteen years ago. At that time, the two were already in their twenties. From two thin and weak young men who left home, they had grown into two burly men.
With the two's warlike instincts that formed naturally after the awakening of their abilities, they naturally thirsted for battle. However, in the movie, they did not participate in the Mexican-American War because at that time, they were just two homeless young men who had just left their homes. Without Chen Mo's care and training, and without so many armed personnel to help them hone themselves, their strength should have improved very slowly.
The two might have been hiding their identities and did not dare to expose their special abilities at all, let alone fight to their heart's content. Therefore, in Chen Mo's memory, the strength that the two showed when they participated in the Civil War was not even as strong as they were now, let alone in this time period. In the movie, the two probably had not even left Canada at this time.
But now, with Chen Mo's deliberate training and guidance, not only had the two's strength improved greatly, even their bodies had undergone a great change.
In less than a year's time, the two of them had grown a lot taller. Their bodies were no longer as thin and frail as before. They had both become burly and sturdy. Their originally young and tender faces had also become much more resolute and steady under the tempering of these battles.
At first glance, the two now looked like they were sixteen or seventeen years old, which was a world of difference from when they first met Chen Mo.
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