Oh no, I know what there going for.

I'm just saying its an anachronism mockery. The Spanish Conquistadors were pretty open about the fact they were doing this for no higher purpose than they wanted to get rich, quite a lot of them stated off quite poor after all.

Cortez was basically declared a traitor by the Spanish Crown, refused orders to return home, attacked the army that was sent to bring him home in chains, and then bribed the officials with all the gold he'd stolen.