Li Yuanxing led five hundred people, which was already a very strong army for this city-state.
There didn't seem to be much hostility towards these people. After figuring out the reason, a man who was obviously nobler than the others came out of the city. He used many crystals as decorations on his body and also had a pure gold cane.
The wizard gave him a cigarette, lit it with a match, and said many words.
Li Yuanxing directly gave him a tube and was invited into the city in a friendly manner.
There is a moat here, about two feet wide, and then there is a city wall, made of stone. Arriving at the center of the city-state, Li Yuanxing was a little shocked.
"This is the Mayan pyramid!" Li Yuanxing said softly.
The soldier in charge of the radio quickly transmitted these words back to the ship. Li Lanshan was standing by. After hearing this, she immediately asked: "Describe it."
Li Yuanxing described what he saw: "There are many stone tablets here. I don't recognize the inscriptions on them. They should be some kind of records. There is also a long one. The inscriptions on it make me feel familiar, as if they were Banpo."
..." Li Yuanxing hesitated for a moment and continued: "I should have seen something similar in Banpo."
"Tikal!" Li Lanshan exclaimed.
"Tikal!" Li Yuanxing also said casually.
This sentence caused a strong reaction from the other party, who also shouted Tikal.
Li Lanshan taught Li Yuanxing another sentence that she could basically complete the pronunciation of. After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, the other party was obviously very excited. After talking a lot, Li Yuanxing could not understand it at all.
Li Yuanxing only knew what he said.
City of sound!
Li Lanshan reminded on the other end of the radio: "Yuanxing should be careful. According to historical research, the enemy of Sound City should be Snake City, and Snake City is more powerful. If there is a war, what will you do?"
"I don't know, let's take it one step at a time. I hope we can integrate all of this peacefully." After Li Yuanxing replied, he told Li Lanshan that there would be no trouble for the time being and that he would stay here for a few days and see if there were any changes.
The first step is not to trade, but to communicate.
Li Lanshan wanted to come and have a look, but Li Yuanxing was worried. The reason was that the Mayans were a patriarchal society and women had a low status. Although later studies said that the Mayans had a queen, this was an individual case.
It took a full month. Li Yuanxing spent all his time communicating with the Maya king, or the highest priest, as much as possible. There were at least twenty knowledgeable priests in Maya involved, and Li Yuanxing took the ship
All those who were proficient in ancient Chinese were called over.
After a month, we were finally able to communicate smoothly.
Later research showed that 26% overlapped with Chinese. Facts from this era proved that the overlap reached about 40%, but many names were slightly different, such as Tiantian. In Maya, it was Riri.
"Our ancestors came from the far west..." The Mayan priest was telling the Mayan legend.
This thing cannot be underestimated by the officials of the Tang Dynasty. These guys read a lot and immediately compared the history of Xia, Shang and Zhou. The original transaction also stopped, and the Mayans became extremely enthusiastic.
When you meet people who come from the land of your ancestors, you feel like you are a relative.
In the blink of an eye, Li Yuanxing has been living in Tikal for almost two months. Li Lanshan and others also came here. As honored guests, Li Lanshan and the three princesses were allowed to approach the nearest steps of the great temple (which is the pyramid) to participate.
A sacrifice was held, and Li Yuanxing was invited to the top of the stage.
Another early morning came, and the officials were energetically preparing for the day's research on ancient history.
Pei Xi came to report: "Your Highness, there are about three thousand people approaching from the north, only thirty miles away from here. They carry weapons and have different patterns on their faces. They are obviously enemies. What should we do?
"
Li Yuanxing found King Maya directly: "Someone is coming from the north with weapons."
Whether to prepare for battle or to defend. Li Yuanxing is waiting for King Maya's opinion.
"I'm going to see the leader of the Snake City, the King!"
Pei Xi asked Li Yuanxing three times in a row if he needed to be armed because the enemy was already approaching. Li Yuanxing remained silent the whole time. He was convinced that war was absolutely not allowed as a last resort.
After waiting for a full hour, Datang's sentry lifted the alert.
King Maya returned, bringing with him one man and a dozen warriors different from his city-state.
"This is from the far west, the Tang Dynasty, the King of Qin." King Maya introduced each other: "This is the capital of snakes, the king of leaders."
"I have eight thousand strong soldiers!" the leader of Calakmul said proudly.
Li Yuanxing thought for a moment and then replied: "I can mobilize 800,000 of the most elite warriors at any time. I am here because you are an ancestor to us, or our ancestors have a very close connection. If you are here for war,
, One day ago, I could wipe out all the city-states here, one day!"
Li Yuanxing emphasized one day.
King Tikal Maya was also a little surprised when he heard Li Yuanxing talking about force for the first time.
Seeing the sullen expression on the face of the chief king after his priest explained to the chief king, King Tikal Maya said: "I believe you are a friend, but we don't like exaggerated words. I, Tikal Two Birds
The king requires you to prove it."
"Choose an open place!"
"Can!"
The Maya is really a place of tropical rainforest. After many choices, Li Yuanxing finally took them to the place where he parked his boat.
Just the huge ship convinced the two Mayan kings.
Thousands of grass-roots men and two thousand fully armed guards of the Prince of Qin's palace in the Tang Dynasty showed off their charges, killings, and crossbows.
These two thousand people could wipe out their city-state, and the two Mayan kings did not have the slightest doubt.
After nightfall, Li Yuanxing ordered the curtain to be set up.
"This is the record of our Tang Dynasty's battle with the northern enemies, the Turks. Our relationship with the Turks should have the same root, just like your City of Sound and City of Snakes. Although there are wars, they should also be brothers. Now the Turks
People are already part of the Tang Dynasty."
The Battle of Shuofang.
The endless battlefield, countless battle horses, and the powerful military formation truly frightened the two Mayan kings, as well as all the Mayan priests here.
"What I brought is not war." Li Yuanxing repeated.
"I want to visit Chang'an!" the leader of the Snake City said loudly.
Li Yuanxing naturally had to agree to such a request, but Li Yuanxing also had his own plan: "I plan to build a port here so that these ships can dock. It will be convenient for us to travel between here and the Tang Dynasty, whether for trade or other things.
.I will bring many good things over."
"Conquer the North and the South!" the leader of the Snake City, the King, shouted.
No matter what, one part must be united to attack another part. Fortunately, these Mayans did not know much about their surroundings. To the north, they did not reach the border of the United States in later generations. To the south, there was only South America, which was less than a hundred kilometers away.
In later generations, Columbia was assigned to Li Yuanxing by two Mayan kings.
These two, it can be said that Maya is not the strongest in this era, but they are also two famous people. Especially the king, the leader of the Snake City, is known as a generation of heroes. He created the most glorious era of the Snake City.
To the south, there are almost no Mayans left.
Some of them were also real Native Americans, so the Mayans allocated these places to Li Yuanxing. The area occupied by a Mayan city-state was only a few hundred square kilometers, and the largest population was only 50,000 to 60,000 people. Under the city of Tikal, there were
There are more than a dozen city-states under control. The total population does not exceed 300,000.
The Snake Capital Branch controls hundreds of city-states with a population of 800,000.
The maximum number was 50,000, and the minimum number was 5,000.
The Mayans had their own agriculture, knew how to use water power, and also had a unique style in architecture.
"To go back, I need something. I know it's there, but I need manpower to dig it out. Of course, I will pay the workers enough wages, which is the reward. I will pay rice, enough rice."
"Slaves don't need wages. This is friendship!" The king, the leader of the Snake City, obviously knows his way around diplomacy.
Li Yuanxing smiled: "Then I'll give these to you. I plan to send a ship back to Chang'an with a fleet, enough food, and various exquisite utensils. Of course, there will also be sacrifices to the sky.
Quality!" Whether Li Yuanxing is sincere or not is no longer important. What matters is strength and huge wealth.
"I want to borrow a boat to go north. I want to invite three hundred high priests from the eighteen kingdoms. Give me four days, and we will send forty priests to go back with your boat. If it can be proven that we are the same
With one ancestor, we are one family." The leader of the Snake City, the King, quickly made the best choice.
"Okay!" Li Yuanxing had no reason to refuse.
Li Yuanxing chose a place, which was an open-pit coal mine in the Cali area of Colombia in later generations, and used one of his warships to travel from Latin America to and from Latin America hundreds of times, bringing in 30,000 slaves. These slaves were Mayans and other races.
People. Several Mayan city-states even joined forces to capture thousands more slaves further north and sent them over.
"Your Highness, this mining volume is too huge. We don't need tens of thousands of people digging coal continuously." Pei Xi went from being excited at the beginning to feeling helpless recently.
"How much coal is there?" Li Yuanxing sat on the beach, sipping tea.
"Almost 50,000 tons, enough for us to go back and forth hundreds of times, and it only takes a few days." Pei Xixin said that this is all a waste of manpower, and the amount of coal must be measured. What he means is, can we find a gold mine?
Let's dig. Li Yuanxing naturally understands what Pei Xi is thinking, but he can't dig for gold yet.
This is just the beginning.
"Go to Princess Mingyue, she will teach you how to make good use of these manpower." (To be continued...)