Answer:
To conduct trade (long-distance trade)
Explanation:
The Aztec was one of the famous civilization from Central America. The economy of the Aztec based on trade, agricultural goods, and tribute. Aztec trade was crucially important to the empire for goods used which not produced locally. Some of the goods like white cotton and cacao beans imported from conquered regions. These goods with gems, feathers, and jewellery acquired by pochteca who were professional merchants, known for travelling long distances to get the luxury goods for the nobility.