While Elysium continued with the process of expanding its Railway. Caesar Corvus's reign was marked by rapid development and settlement in the provinces of Mexico, first by riverboats and later aided by the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Large numbers of freedmen took free or low-cost farms. At the same time that the discovery of gold, silver and copper mines became the engine of the economy in the region. Although most of the newcomers aspired to find gold and there were some small mines, the vast majority were content with the discovery of large deposits of silver.
Caesar Corvus, seeing the prosperity of the Empire decided to build a monument to the prosperity of the Empire. The monument was a colossal sculpture of Venus Genetrix, a sculptural type showing the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect as a robed Genetrix ("foundress of the family"). She performing the Roman salute over her head with her right hand, and in her left hand she carries a tabula ansata inscribed with the date of the beginning of the Elysian Empire. A Gladius and a broken crown lie at her feet as she walks forward, commemorating military victories and the rejection of the monarchy.
The monument's design contained elements of classical architecture, including Doric portals, as well as some elements influenced by Aztec architecture.
In form, the structure was a truncated pyramid, 70 square feet at the base and 40 feet at the top. All four sides are identical in appearance. On top of that, a balcony was placed on each side, framed by pillars. A separate viewing platform was placed near the top of the plinth, on which the statue stands.
Apart from this statue, in Augusta Elysium it was decided to reform the Field of Mars. The reform was carried out by moving the field and building 11 square kilometers of urban complex. The objective of the new Campus Martius was that it would also be a parade ground so that 500,000 legionnaires could be deployed with 2,500,000 spectators in stands around the field. In addition, 100 cement towers were built that had statues of Roman Legionnaires on top in a resting position. Apart from the fact that in the box where an important person: Emperor, Dominarch, Senator or any politician or leader, could give a speech, two statues of Venus and Mars were made on top.
But in October 1492, a flotilla of three ships that waved flags of golden castles with three battlements, masonry of sable and clear of azure together on a silver field, a rampant lion of purple, tongued and armed with gules, and crowned of gold. The design of the three medium-sized ships was reminiscent of an Ampluvis although the design was cruder. Even so, the Classis (Navy) stopped the overseas fleet and the Navis Legatus (Admiral) Quintus Fabius Maximus moved to start conversations with the newcomers since they obeyed the orders of the Marinus (Marine) although the Latin they spoke was a broken and corrupted version although they could understand each other in their own way.
In the city of Portus Guainabo, the Navis Legatus Maximus and the Admiral, Christophorus Columbus conversed at length. The reappearance of Europeans on Elysium was met with disbelief and alarm from both the authorities and the population. The memories of the Viking invasion returned and a possible invasion by this kingdom called Castillae was feared. As a gesture of goodwill, the crew members were allowed to tour the city although they were forbidden to leave it and had to go unarmed under search and each accompanied by a slave who would serve as their guide and watchman.
After a month of talks in which Columbus witnessed various weapons and ships in simulated combat that included the use of firearms, naval artillery and military training. This made Columbus return to Europe after that, carrying the news to the Catholic Monarchs. But with the discovery of Elysium, Castile who longed to find India and compete with Portugal in their commercial
monopoly that they had controlled since the early 1400s. Unlike the Portuguese whose main objective was trade, not colonization or conquest, whose trade brought the European market gold, ivory, pepper, cotton, sugar and slaves of great value. The Castilians soon thought of a more permanent colonial expansion similar to that carried out in the Canary Islands, in which they tried for the first time on a certain scale the experience of conquering, populating and administering a new territory, inhabited by unknown peoples, assimilating and Christianizing them in the process.
A year later, Christopher Columbus began a journey to officially discover and take possession of the new lands for the Crown, later a month later, Christopher Columbus would reach what we know as Brazil, landing in what OTL would be known as Recife. After officiating the first mass, Columbus took possession of the land in the name of the Kings of Castile and began the construction of the first colonial settlement of Castile in America while a ship traveled the coast and began to name the main geographical features.
In the middle of the reconnaissance, he found only the pernambuco wood as an exploitable resource, made of reddish wood that could be used in the dry cleaners that would later exploit the pernambuco wood, the first economic activity of the colony together with the subsequent sugar imported from the Canary Islands. By 1500 A.D he had managed to establish a large-scale sugar economy, thanks to a series of favorable conditions. In addition, he had access to a necessary workforce in the form of enslaved Indians. Finally, Castilla achieved a rapid penetration of sugar in European markets.