Although they managed to sneak into the royal capital with Aaron's help, Goncharov and others are still new here and should not be too impatient.
Aaron thoughtfully bought a house in the center of the city and decided to bulldoze it and build a large church on the original site.
This expenditure came entirely from the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, and Goncharov did not accept it at first. It was not until Aaron said that this was what his uncle Dino meant that he reluctantly agreed.
In order to preach in the Aztec Empire, Mawei approved a large amount of funds with a big wave of his hand. Today’s Truth Church is different from before. It is not extremely rich, at least it has little family capital, and it is useless to build several churches.
pressure.
Even without the donation from the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, Goncharov still had enough funds to build a church.
The reason why he agreed was because Aaron moved out of Dino. Goncharov didn't know if Dino had Mavi's permission, so he agreed for the time being and reported the matter to Mavi later, so that he wouldn't have to worry about it later.
He only needs to concentrate on building a new church.
The Aztec Empire was founded only a hundred years ago, and its development was far less than that of the old powers such as the Kingdom of Windsor and the First Empire of Bonaparte. In addition to its large territory and large population, the capital looked like some small towns in the Kingdom of Windsor, with only one landmark building -
—Royal Palace.
The palace is located to the north of the city center. It is a pyramid-shaped building made of stones. Each boulder is engraved with patterns, some like birds, some like hooks, and all kinds of strange symbols.
, looks mysterious and complicated.
The Aztec Empire worshiped the great god of war, Vicillo Bochitli, and the sun god, Tonatihe. The side of the pyramid-like palace formed a sun disk with mysterious symbols on the side, facing south. As long as it was sunny, from morning to sunset
, the sunlight can reach the center of the disk directly.
"That is a solar calendar stone, symbolizing the power of Tonatihe." Adan said: "The beliefs of the Aztecs are complex. Some worship the God of War, some worship the Sun God, and some worship the God of Creation.
If we divide it by the number of believers, Tonatih should have the largest number of believers."
Polytheism is like this. It is difficult to unify beliefs, there will be conflicts between gods, and believers will target each other. This is inevitable.
When the Apocalypse God System was split, wasn't it because the beliefs could not be unified and there was an internal split?
The royal capital of the Aztec Empire has a population of more than one million, and it can definitely be called a big city. Giant cities like Moscow and London with millions and tens of millions of permanent residents are rare, and there are only a few of them.
, there is no meaning of comparison at all.
According to national development, Mexico City should be benchmarked against second-tier cities. How can the second-tier cities of the Kingdom of Windsor and the Romanov Kingdom have millions of people?
At most, it's only a few hundred thousand.
However, this number is growing rapidly, especially after the Church of Truth came to power. The serfs who received the land seemed to be very interested in having children. In just one year, the number of newborns more than doubled...
..
If this rate of growth continues, sooner or later, the population of the Romanov Kingdom's third- and even fourth-tier cities will exceed one million.
Mexico City, with a population of one million, has very complex beliefs. Temples can be seen everywhere, as well as the tent tradition left by tribal wizards. When walking on the street, you can see black tents with animal skulls hanging on them. Depending on the skull, the belief it represents is different.
different.
The rabbit skull represents the sun god Tonatih, and the snake skull represents the death god Mictakasihuatl. Believers will go to the corresponding tents to seek help.
No one sees a doctor in Mexico City. When they are sick, people just go to shamans and drink the suspicious liquids they give them.
When you die, God has taken a fancy to your soul.
Living is a gift from God.
No matter which outcome occurs, the wizard has a corresponding explanation. He is not afraid that you will not believe it, but is afraid that you will not come.
The Aztecs have lived in such an environment since they were young. It is definitely not something that ordinary people can accomplish in preaching in such a country with complex beliefs. Fortunately, Goncharov decided to imitate Mawi and build a church foundation in the local area first.
Then start from the people at the bottom, penetrate into the grassroots, and slowly expand the influence.
Adam had prepared all the procedures for opening a church for Goncharov. The Pluto Chamber of Commerce had a company in Mexico City, and it was the only white company truly protected by the government. The other company was called Manstein Potion Company.
The influence of the Manstein Potion Company has long since traveled across the ocean to the Aztec Empire. Because it promoted local employment and economy, created a large number of jobs, and coupled with the regular payment of taxes, the Aztec Empire
The royal family even granted customs clearance privileges to the Manstein Potion Company. As long as the goods were from the Manstein Potion Company, they could enter the Aztec Empire without inspection.
Even though the Manstein Potion Company has established a high enough reputation and influence in the local area, Goncharov did not want to seek their help. First of all, Ma Wei strictly prohibited local churches from getting entangled with the church industry.
Secondly, we must maintain the good reputation and credibility of Manstein Potion Company.
Why has the Manstein Potion Company never been boycotted and blocked by various countries?
In addition to the fact that various countries rely on the Manstein Potion Company to import magic potions and raw materials unique to the Kingdom of Windsor and the Romanov Kingdom, the direct reason why the Manstein Potion Company never interferes in business is that it avoids gunfire.
Doing business is doing business, and the purpose of Manstein Potion Company is very clear, which is to make money for the Church of Truth.
Once politics is involved, can business still be done well?
In many things, the purer the better.
It was precisely because of this that the royal family of the Aztec Empire granted the Manstein Potion Company extremely high operating freedom.
A reputation that even your opponents must recognize.
We temporarily rented a shop to stay, and while having dinner, Ulmit, who had walked around the city, came back. When he entered the door, he asked: "I found many places with tents set up and I don't know what they are doing. Are they going to build new houses?"
"It's not building a new house." Adan said, "It's the royal family digging underground relics."
"Relics? What ruins?"
"Of course it's Tenochtitlan...haven't you heard of it?"
Adan looked at the Ulmit people with a strange look and explained: "Tenochtitlan is an artificial island built on Lake Texcoco. It was the heyday of the Aztec civilization."
"Where is the lake?"
Urmit's head was full of questions. He had seen the map around Mexico City. Not to mention lakes, even rivers were very few. This city was short of water all year round. If there was a large lake that could build artificial islands, how could it be short of water?
Where is the water?
"The lake is dry!"
Adan said confidently:
"That was the sun god Tonatic punishing the ruler at the time by letting the sun scorch Tenochtitlan for three full months, drying up Lake Texcoco... Of course, there is another
It is said that Tonatihe killed Chalchihetlicui, the goddess of rivers and lakes, which caused Lake Texcoco to dry up.”