"America! I'm here! Hahahaha~" Zhao Jia stood at the bow of the boat and shouted to the vast land in front of him. Yang Shiliang and others beside him also shouted in a loud voice to vent their excitement.WWW·Four days after leaving the Tylen Islands, they finally arrived at the real America 6.

When Zhao Jia and his fleet approached the coast, they saw that the shore was lush and lush rainforests were everywhere. According to the latitude, it should be tropical, that is, near Central America, so it is normal that there are dense jungles on the ground. Moreover, according to Zhao Jia and his observation, there must be natives living in the jungle, because they saw traces of human activities on the beach, but they dare not go ashore to enter the jungle. First, they do not understand the temperament of local natives, and second, there are too many dangers in the jungle. Perhaps a small insect may kill people, so they dare not take risks.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Jia and his ships sail south along the coast of America, hoping to meet the natives on the shore. In addition, if they want to bypass America, they must go from the southern end of South America. As for this, it is also the only way to bypass America. Of course, the northern end of North America can also go from the northern end, but it is close to the Arctic, and there are icebergs everywhere. Their ships cannot pass through at all, so it is safer to go from the southern end. 1

After driving south for two days, Zhao Jia and the others finally came to a peninsula that protruded from the sea. On the peninsula, they finally found local natives. What shocked them even more was that the natives actually built a city of quite large size on the peninsula, and the city was not far from the coast. When Zhao Jia and the others stood on the bow, they could see the tall city walls on the ground, and there were many natives on the sea rowing boats to fish in the sea.

The natives in this city were very vigilant at the beginning of Zhao Jia and the others. However, after Zhao Jia and the others took the initiative to send people to contact each other, they found that although the native language here was somewhat different from that of the Taino people, they could barely communicate, so they immediately expressed their intentions and gave them to the leader of the other party.

Relatively speaking, the natives in the Americas are relatively simple, and the natives here can build large-scale cities, which means that they are relatively civilized and are more willing to communicate with the outside world. So when they learned that Zhao Jia and the others came from the other side of the distant sea and were carrying a large amount of novel goods, the local natives quickly let go of their guard against Zhao Jia and the others. Even the city's managers also made the request to board the boat to visit, which was exactly what Zhao Jia and the others wanted. ·

Taking advantage of the other party's visit, Zhao Jia and the others also learned more about the local information. For example, they learned that these natives generally called themselves Mayans, and were the largest natives in the entire Central American region. Moreover, the Mayans had exhibited extremely high civilizations, and slavery city-states had appeared everywhere. The city in front of them was one of the Mayan city-states, named Wahak City. The total population in the city reached more than 30,000, which was almost comparable to Shangxian County of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, this is not the largest city-state of the Mayans. It is said that some Mayan city-states have a population of more than 50,000. Although the scale of this city is far from comparable to that of the Song Dynasty, it is also very good. You should know that the most prosperous city in Europe has a population of only tens of thousands at most, so in the eyes of Zhao Jia and the others, the level of civilization of the Mayans is actually similar to that of the Europeans.

In addition, from the conversation, Zhao Jia also learned that the Mayan leader who was visiting the ship this time was actually the priests of the city of Wahak. The Mayans believed in many kinds of gods and believed that there were gods in the world. The priests were the main medium for the communication between the Mayans and gods. It is precisely because of this that the priests had a great influence in tribes and city-states, and they gradually replaced the tribe leaders. This was the case in Wahak. In addition, in addition to priests, there were military leaders, administrative officials, merchants, etc. in the city of Wahak. They were all nobles in the city, while farmers, craftsmen and slaves belonged to civilians in the city-state. There was a huge class gap between the two sides.

After visiting the boat, Zhao Jia also set up a banquet on the boat and warmly welcomed the priests and other nobles in Wahak City. As a result, the other party was even happier after the banquet. Especially when they finally got the gifts given to them by Zhao Jia, the nobles in Wahak City widened their eyes, and Zhao Jia took the opportunity to make a request for a transaction, and the other party agreed almost without thinking.

In fact, Zhao Jia and his team did not have much cargo on the ship. The reason why they proposed to trade with Wahak City was mainly to take advantage of the transaction to learn more about the other party's situation. After all, some things cannot be found by listening to them by their ears. They must be seen with their eyes. If you want to observe deeply among the Mayans, the best way is to do transactions.

It is precisely because of this that on the fifth day after Zhao Jia and his friends arrived in Wahak City, the two sides started a large-scale transaction in the open space outside the city. On that day, not only the Mayans from Wahak City came. After hearing the news, several surrounding city-states also rushed to trade. As a result, the Mayans who arrived finally definitely exceeded 100,000. Even the priests of Wahak said that this was the largest gathering of the Mayans in ten years.

For the Mayans, all the goods Zhao Jia and the others took out were novel, and they were much richer than the Tylenols who lived on the island. There were also many goods that could be traded, in addition to food, there were also animal skins, pottery, handicrafts, etc.

In addition, Zhao Jia also found a very puzzled phenomenon, that is, although the Mayans had a high level of civilization, all the tools were made of stone, and they could not see any metal products at all. He had already discovered this phenomenon when he was with the Taino people. At that time, he thought that the Taino people had a low level of civilization, so it was normal not to know metal smelting. However, when he came to Wahak City, he found that the Mayans here did not use any metal tools. However, judging from their city-state construction level and the overall social civilization level, it was impossible for them to have no metal smelting technology at all, especially because they knew how to burn pottery, so it would be even more impossible to know nothing about smelting metals.

In fact, not only Zhao Jia discovered this strange phenomenon, but also Le Yuan, Yang Shiliang and others also discovered this situation. Several people discussed it privately, but there was no result. Finally, Le Yuan personally asked the priest Wahak and then understood the reason. (To be continued.)

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