The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1550 One Hundred Years
"Have you made up your mind, Mr. Major?"

There was more respect in Metternich's tone.

"Yes, sir. I am actually a deserter. I should have died in Genoa with my colleagues."

Metternich didn't ask any more questions, just saluted the major and said.

"Follow my orders. I give you permission to shoot anyone who enters this estate without permission."

In fact, the so-called State Guesthouses of Mexico are just a few luxurious private estates. Although they do not cover a large area, they appear extremely out of place in Mexico City.

To this end, Mexican officials built a 2.5-meter-high wall for the estate, which to a certain extent enhanced the estate's defenses, especially for the population that lacked siege weapons.

On the street, a huge procession was rushing towards the Mexico State Guesthouse. The thirty or fifty young people walking in the front were singing the newly compiled Mexican national anthem and striding forward. They truly felt that they were fighting and striving for the future of Mexico.

The people at the back were slack and had their own thoughts. Some of them were hot-headed rash men, some were ignorant onlookers who were just following the flags in the parade, some wanted to take advantage of the situation and some were temporary workers who were hired to give themselves courage.

Following at the end were thugs from various families, numbering several hundred people. Their mission was to drive the crowd to where they should go and to prevent anyone from giving up halfway.

Soon there were gunshots on the street, people shouting and horses neighing, shrapnel exploded in the crowd, and the blast shook the surrounding houses.

However, no one broke into the state guesthouse, which confused the soldiers who were on full alert. Metternich, on the other hand, remained unmoved, as he thought it must be a trick played by Tasan Anna.

In fact, Metternich really overestimated Tasan Anna. He really didn't have the courage to play any tricks that might risk causing hostility between the two countries.

Tasan Anna was just a little unwilling, he wanted to delay it for as long as possible.

But Tasan Anna's opponents couldn't wait any longer, so they thought of attacking the State Guesthouse directly. As long as the nationalists broke into the State Guesthouse, it didn't matter whether Metternich was dead or not, Tasan Anna was doomed anyway.

After all, these nationalists were all trained by Tasan Anna. They were just using someone else's knife to kill someone. Even if the Austrian Empire investigated afterwards, it would not be able to find them.

However, these Mexican nationalists were too ostentatious and had exposed their intentions before they even attacked. After learning the news, Tassan Anna ordered the foreign legion to suppress the rebellion without any hesitation.

Although Tasan Anna repeatedly stressed the need to be careful and restrained, the black soldiers did not care. In their eyes, suppressing the rebellion meant killing people, and the more they killed, the richer the reward.

So these poor Mexican patriots became the KPI of the Mexican Foreign Legion
The Mexican government then issued a statement to renew the treaty with the Austrian Empire, but Tassan Anna was still very cunning and wanted to renew it only until 1852.

"Mr. Jimmy, please tell President Tasao Anna that I will not leave unless Mexico renews its agreement until 1950."

"Isn't this good?"

Jimmy laughed dryly.

"If Mexico refuses to renew the contract, our country can also pay for it."

"How much is your country willing to pay?"

“Five hundred million pesos.”

Jimmy's eyes lit up immediately after hearing Metternich's words, but then dimmed again. After all, the Mexican government still owed a huge debt to the Austrian Empire, and most likely the debt would be used to settle the account. In fact, the Mexican government could not have owed such an exaggerated amount of debt, but the whole of Mexico was embezzling government funds.

A box of goods might have been sold several times in Mexico as goods of the Austrian Empire before being exported to the Austrian Empire.

In this way, by trading goods back and forth, a lot of goods appeared out of thin air and many transactions were added.

When Tasan Anna found out, the debt was already so bad that it couldn't be any worse. He simply continued to borrow money from the Austrian Empire in the name of the country to fill his own private treasury.

This involved some special transactions, and as a result, the scale of Mexico's debt became increasingly exaggerated.

"I will convey this to His Excellency the President."

Jimmy turned around and was about to leave. He didn't want to stay here any longer, for fear that Metternich would make more excessive demands.

"Mr. Jimmy, please tell President Tasan Anna that I will wait for him for three weeks"

Jimmy fled from the State Guesthouse.

After a period of impotent rage, the Mexican government announced that the Lend-Lease contract with the Austrian Empire would be renewed until 1950, and the Austrian Empire would forgive Mexico's debt of million pesos.

California was renewed until 1950, and the people of the Austrian Empire had to celebrate. After all, a hundred years could almost be considered an eternity for most people. It was equivalent to seizing a colony for the Austrian Empire with just a treaty.

It's just that people's geographical knowledge is poor in this era, and many Austrians still can't tell where California is. But it doesn't matter, just celebrate it anyway.

Metternich's name was once again remembered, but this time he was praised as a hero.

In fact, Metternich's reputation has not been so bad since he left Vienna, which fully proves the saying that distance creates beauty.

Franz was not surprised by the agreement. The only surprise was the lease term. He thought it would be 50 or 60 years, but he did not expect Metternich to sign for a hundred years.

But Franz was also somewhat dissatisfied. He felt that there was no need for Metternich to put himself in danger. Since he wanted to establish a new order in North America, he had to do it thoroughly. It would be more appropriate to let Tasan Anna go to San Francisco.

In addition, with Tasan Anna's level, he actually wants to play with nationalism. It seems that this is really an era of nation, and everyone wants to do something about national issues.

Unfortunately, the Austrian Empire was one of the countries in the world least suitable for the development of nationalism, and even Greater Germanism could backfire on the Austrian Empire itself.

In addition, it is time for Tasan Anna to take off his dirty gloves, but Franz hopes to do it in a more peaceful way, so he has to wait a few more years.

While the Austrian Empire was celebrating its victory, Tasan Anna was troubled by the fire he had started. The fire of nationalism did not burn Austria, but burned itself instead.

Now Tassan Anna has not only become a traitor, but also an executioner, and a demon who allows black people to shit on the heads of Mexicans.

The good news is that Tasan Anna's bond with the Black Legion has deepened, and they have completely become birds of a feather.

On the other hand, Tasan Anna was unknowingly changing from an idealistic warlord into a puppet who had to rely on the power of the Austrian Empire to maintain his rule, a true traitor.