Port of the Stars has been considered by the Mayans to be the center of the future Americas.
Li Changying had left Li Yuanxing's fleet and took her Li family's people to Panama.
King Tikal took the seven Mayan kings on a ship to Chang'an. There was a contract that would only come into effect after the signature of the supreme King of Kings, the spokesperson of the gods in the world, and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
This is the contract between the city-state of Tikal and the Li family of Longxi.
Among the two most important parts of this contract, one was about the Panama Canal, and the other was about building a port in North America. The location was chosen in what would become San Francisco.
The leader of the Snake City State has not chosen a collaborator yet. He is not waiting and watching, but has received a huge benefit. That is the first cement factory in America.
The King of Leaders is the great wizard of the Snake City (Calakmul). His name in the local meaning is Karak, leader. Or it means leader. Li Yuanxing can't get along with his convoluted name.
After getting close, Li Yuanxing called him Lao Ha because the pronunciation of his name was Ha.
Li Yuanxing found a coal mine within the territory of Snake City, as well as a limestone mining area very nearby, and an iron mine within a hundred miles away.
"Thirty thousand slaves guarantee that when the fleet comes back next time, a piece of stone can be built according to the drawings." Harder confidently said to Li Yuanxing: "The drawings in Zhongyuan are very exquisite, and the stone-making technique is really extraordinary. This
Cement, at least for a few years, could bring huge wealth to the Snake City."
Li Yuanxing didn't react much, he just looked at the construction site from a distance.
There were about four thousand soldiers from the Snake City using leather whips to urge the slaves to work. Those slaves did not have many tools, and many stones were moved by pure human power.
"You know, you wasted four thousand manpower!"
"You mean, my soldiers?"
Anyone who can become a king must have a lot of wisdom. As soon as Li Yuanxing opened his mouth, Harder knew what Li Yuanxing meant.
"Try my method?" Li Yuanxing asked with a smile.
The leader of the Snake City laughed loudly: "I know your method. You know the slaves who dig coal say that whoever digs more can have more food. Food is a precious commodity, and slaves are just a kind of
Consumables.”
"Consumables?" Li Yuanxing sneered.
"Am I wrong? I believe in your wisdom, King of Stars. So I am willing to listen to you!"
"Okay!" Li Yuanxing nodded heavily: "Since you believe me, then try my method for a few days first. To be reasonable, I will only say one thing, when you have no slaves available and not enough soldiers.
What would you do? Don’t ask me, think about those small city-states.”
It will become weak and will be destroyed.
Harder didn't need to be reminded by Li Yuanxing to understand this, because many city-states perished because there were not enough slaves and there were not enough soldiers. They lost their strength both in production and in war.
"You mean, in the future, we will still have enemies. Not just those people from the north and the south who are not worth mentioning?" Harder was thinking about the future.
Li Yuanxing nodded solemnly: "These slaves, no matter how you say it, have yellow skin like you and me. They also have many similarities with our beliefs and traditions. Even if they are not the same city-state, they are still the same people. But
Next, there are those with completely different beliefs.”
"Please continue, wise king of the stars." Harder had seen the world map.
"In Europe, pure white people think that they are the masters of the world. They will massacre and enslave people of color. Whether they are yellow or black. In Central Asia, there are people who are crazy about religion and want to kill all aliens.
People who believe in Christianity. Even in the south of our Tang Dynasty, there are two enemies who are not small, and they are not of my race."
The dark prophecy deeply affects the hearts of all Mayan nobles.
"If I follow your method, will they be loyal to me?" Harder asked again.
Li Yuanxing asked back: "If I don't show you my heart, will you believe me? Will you open your heart in turn and communicate with me in depth?"
"I understand, let me try first. But, I don't have that much food?"
"I have!" Li Yuanxing said confidently: "And after your cement factory is built, everyone who wants to build a city or a port will exchange it for food, cocoa, or coffee.
.In short, the income from your cement factory is at least as much as the food grown by the ten city-states below you, or even more."
Hader thought for a while and nodded vigorously: "First lend me some of those fragrant biscuits, and then some rice."
"No problem, ask someone to bring a boat over immediately. I will make arrangements myself."
Li Yuanxing turned around and left.
But Hader walked down the hill, whips were flying down the hillside, and all the slaves were beaten to their knees by the soldiers.
"Don't hit them yet!" Harder said, and all the soldiers stepped back.
"You are slaves, but now the twenty city-states are united. And there will be evil enemies in the future, so I, the great leader king, want to give you a chance. Those who were originally soldiers can get a chance to compete, and the rest
Every hundred people are divided into a team, and whoever works quickly and well will be rewarded with food. According to yesterday's work standard, as long as it exceeds 30%, you can get a reward."
No slave spoke, they could not adapt to such changes.
"The great and wise King of the Stars will send food, and each person will be given a piece of food in a while. I will also ask the soldiers to stop whipping you, but those who are less than 30% will be punished.
.”
There are too many of those biscuits in the fleet.
Li Yuanxing also had slaves, and they were obviously in better spirits than the slaves here.
Calling these slaves here specifically is also to set an example and tell everyone that working hard will bring enough benefits.
The soldiers began to retreat, only guarding the perimeter to prevent anyone from escaping.
"Captain, why can slaves eat biscuits?" One soldier was very dissatisfied. As soldiers, they are Maya warriors, and their status is naturally higher than ordinary civilians. How can they be compared with those slaves? So.
The delicious biscuits given to the slaves made them dissatisfied.
Not only this soldier, but many soldiers also complained.
This complaint quickly reached Hader's ears, and he immediately went to Li Yuanxing for help. The answer he got was even simpler: "Let the soldiers and nobles be better. Don't forget, I told King Inca Kaka
What is true is that the common people have ten times the income, while the nobles have twenty times the income, or even more."
"I really don't know, where do you get so much food?"
"Believe me, food will be the last thing you pay attention to. Within half a year, what you are worried about is not not enough food, but not enough warehouses to store food. Since I helped, I will help to the end." Li Yuanxing
After telling Hader, he told Pei Xi: "Go and bring down some lunch meat, and then prepare some corn tortillas."
Corn tortillas are a truly superior military ration of Bixiang biscuits in the Tang Dynasty. They are already close to the range of compressed biscuits.
Harder himself came among the soldiers.
First, he ordered someone to open a box, which was filled with coins. The Mayans did not have the concept of currency yet. Does this mean that the Mayans did not know what this was?
They even knew that these coins represented one, two, five, and ten.
Two hundred coins can be exchanged for a roll of white linen cloth, and three hundred and twenty coins can be exchanged for a roll of extremely fine, soft white linen cloth.
Two thousand coins is a whole bolt of ordinary white linen.
And the rest, such as the knife used by the warriors of the Central Plains, the difference is only 1,500 coins, and the good value is 2,300 to 2,600 coins.
"You are very ignorant. We have been dealing with the brothers from the Central Plains for two months. Have you seen the Tang Dynasty warriors on the ship eating those fragrant biscuits? They are inferior food. I will bring them to you this time.
Average food, if you want to eat better, you have to work hard!"
"But where are our enemies?"
The highest officer of these five thousand people came out to ask questions. He was also a noble and he was qualified to ask questions.
"Get training first. There will be enemies. And you will have enough trophies." Since Hader knows that Datang has enemies, it means that they also have targets to fight. Metal is originally a banned item, because it has
Metal represents war.
But this is limited to outsiders, as well as civilians and slaves.
If warriors don't fight, they will become civilians, which is what Mayan warriors don't want to see.
Luncheon meat is naturally delicious, and so are the tortillas.
Harder found Li Yuanxing again: "King of Stars, warriors cannot live without enemies. You must not ignore this. I would like to ask whether the future war will be with the contractors or with the Tang Dynasty."
"Some sporadic small wars are naturally contracted, but we have three major wars to fight."
"Have a goal first, otherwise Maya's warriors will be lost!"
Li Yuanxing held his chin and thought for a while: "There are two goals. The first goal is for the Inca king. Unify all the Inca warriors and train them on the mountains of the Inca city-state. They can go to war in a year at most. I will choose the best
Excellent generals come to teach them how to become stronger!"
"What about Maya?" Hard asked.
"We need a training place, which is in the Northern Maya. It is a joint training of one hundred thousand warriors. I am responsible for all the food, and the spoils this time can be divided into at least one ship for each city-state. Big Ship No. 3
One ship, and no less than five shiploads of grain will be brought to the city-state to be distributed among the nobles."
Li Yuanxing already had an idea in mind, just a little food.
These Mayan soldiers don't need to pay any military salary. They just need to eat well and give them food again. Even if they pay money, it won't be too much. This expenditure is really not enough for the Tang Dynasty's current treasury.