A grand sacrificial ceremony was being held on the huge pyramid of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Kingdom. A large number of slaves were tied together and sent to the sacrificial platform one by one.
As the high priest Wichilo muttered something, he was seen holding a sharp obsidian dagger, raising it high, and then stabbed it into the slave's chest, took out the heart very skillfully, and then placed it in a white jade disk and enshrined it.
Go under the statue of the Sun God.
Then someone took out an ax purchased from the Ming Dynasty and chopped off the slave leader very neatly. The blood rolled down from the top of the pyramid and gathered into a stream.
The severed leader and the corpse on the roof were just thrown away from the top of the pyramid. The huge crowd below just shouted excitedly. Someone held the net and skillfully caught the head, strung it up with a long wooden stick and stood aside.
, a terrifying forest of sticks formed next to the crowd. Each stick had a ferocious head on it, and many of them didn't even close their eyes.
As for the corpses, they were packed together in four-wheeled carriages from the Ming Dynasty, transported out of the city, and dumped very casually in a valley. The entire valley smelled bad, and there were tens of thousands of headless corpses everywhere.
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"Great Sun God, please forgive our sins, and please recall the Plague God!"
High Priest Wichilo was walking around crazily and shouting loudly.
On the throne next to him, King Montezuma II sat expressionlessly on the throne, with helplessness and fear in his eyes.
The Aztecs angered the sun god, who sent down a plague. The terrible plague ravaged the earth, turning every village and town into ruins and a dead place.
Too many people died, too many.
Originally, the Aztec Kingdom had a population of several million. There were 300,000 to 400,000 people in this capital city alone. It was very prosperous. However, with the raging plague, many parts of the Aztec Kingdom became a dead zone.
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"Why are we all the people of the Sun God, but the people of Ming Dynasty are basically fine when infected with the plague? Why are we basically unable to escape death? Is it really because we have offended the Sun God?"
The young Montezuma II, who had just become king the year before last, was constantly thinking.
The raging plague in front of us has reached an uncontrollable level. More and more towns are reporting the discovery of terrible plagues, and even the capital city of Tenochtitlan has begun to experience terrible plagues.
There was no way. Even though the Ming Dynasty asked them not to perform human sacrifices anymore, he still had to order human sacrifices at the request of the people and the priests.
"Your Majesty, High Priest~"
"The Ming Empire sent people over, and they have mastered the method of dealing with the plague."
Just when he was deep in thought, someone hurriedly came to report.
"Have they figured out how to deal with the plague?"
When Montezuma II heard this, he couldn't help but stand up.
"Yes, it has been confirmed!"
"The more than 100 people we sent there some time ago have been treated by the Ming people and are no longer afraid of the plague!"
The visitor said very solemnly.
"Very good!"
When Wichilow heard this, he immediately shouted to the huge crowd below: "People of the Sun God, the Sun God has felt our prayers, and they sent the Ming people who are also the people of the Sun God to save us.
We, the people of Ming Dynasty, have developed ways to deal with the plague."
"So everyone no longer needs to be afraid, and there is no need to be afraid. Soon, we will be able to defeat the plague!"
As Wichilow finished speaking, tens of thousands of people in the huge square below the pyramid couldn't help but cheer, and the sound became louder and louder.
In the palace of Montezuma II, a large number of items from the Ming Dynasty are decorated here, such as huge floor-to-ceiling mirrors, curtains and screens made of silk, and Ming Dynasty porcelain vases that are taller than a person, furniture made of mahogany from the South Golden Continent...
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Li Anyuan and Wu Lin watched everything in the palace with great interest. As the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Huanghuangzhou became more and more frequent, the exchanges and exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties became increasingly close.
The Ming Dynasty's influence on the Aztec Kingdom has penetrated into all aspects, not only everyone's love, but also had a huge impact on clothing.
The upper classes of the Aztec Kingdom have begun to imitate the Ming Dynasty's dress, and no longer just use patches to cover their shame as before.
“The angel of heaven has come a long way, but I am not welcomed at a distance, so please forgive me!”
Montezuma II came with the high priest Wichilo and many nobles and ministers. When he saw Li Anyuan and Wu Lin, it was as if he saw a life-saving straw.
"Meng Yi, the gold and silver you paid tribute last year was not much less than in previous years."
Wu Lin looked at Montezuma II and others and asked in a questioning tone.
Mengyi is the Chinese name of Montezuma II. It has become a fashion in the Aztec Kingdom to change the Chinese surname to the Han people. Of course, it cannot be changed by just anyone. Only the nobles of the Aztec Kingdom can change it.
Or only those with permission from Ming Dynasty can do it.
"Xiao Wang knows, but there is nothing we can do about it. The plague is raging and too many of our people have died. It has seriously affected our worship of the Sun God."
Montezuma II replied in Ming dialect, which he was not yet proficient in. He also learned Ming dialect and liked to read Ming books.
"It is precisely because you are not pious enough to the Sun God that the Sun God sent plague to punish you."
"Now the Sun God has sent us to save you, because the Sun God knows that you have realized your mistake."
"However, you must pay more gold and silver in the future to completely wash away your sins, so that the Sun God will not punish you."
Wu Lin nodded with satisfaction, and then said very seriously.
To be honest, I almost believe it.
There is no way to deal with the people of the Aztec Kingdom. Using force is far less effective than using religious methods. When Tian Erniu conquered the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire, he instilled this idea in them.
The effect is obviously very good.
Until now, the people here firmly believe that they and the Ming people are the people of the Sun God, but their ancestors made mistakes and were exiled to the Golden Continent by the Sun God. The Ming people who made no mistakes are inherently nobler than them.
They must serve the Ming people so that they can wash away their sins and return to the embrace of the Sun God.
Under such propaganda, the natives here were very respectful to the Ming Dynasty. Although he was a small magistrate, he could be superior to the king of the Aztec Kingdom.
You can imagine how ordinary Ming people were treated here in the Aztec Kingdom. This is why people who come to the Golden Continent like to take concubines.
Because women in the Aztec Kingdom like to marry Ming people. Marrying Ming people can not only atone for their sins, but also enjoy a better life, become superior Ming people, and give birth to children who are also Ming people.
Humans are the people favored by the sun god.
Such a policy that was beneficial to Ming Dynasty was naturally implemented all the time, and Tian Erniu was always implementing this policy and idea.
Under this series of saucy operations, the Ming Dynasty not only gained huge wealth from the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire every year, tens of millions of taels of silver and gold were shipped back to the Ming Dynasty every year.
Secondly, the Ming Dynasty also became extremely fast in colonial construction on the Golden Continent. Because a large number of descendants of the Yin Shang firmly believed in this, they were very happy to help the Ming Dynasty people build cities, build roads, cultivate fields, mine gold and silver, etc.
At the same time, women in the Aztec Kingdom are happy to marry Ming people, which has greatly stimulated the growth of the population of Golden Continent. Any Ming man who comes to Golden Continent basically has three wives and four concubines here. Many of them have three wives and four concubines.
People even couldn't bear to miss Shu. They never wanted to go back to Ming Dynasty and settled here directly.
You must know that there is everything here in Huangjinzhou. There are many fertile fields. As long as you cultivate them, they are all yours. People are needed everywhere. If you are willing to work, the income is not bad.
Compared to the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty here in Huanghuangzhou actually live a more relaxed life without any pressure.
"Xiao Wang knows, Xiao Wang knows that as long as the Sun God is willing to recall the Plague God, we will definitely use more gold and silver to build a bigger pyramid, and we will definitely satisfy the Sun God."
When Montezuma II heard this, he quickly replied.
"That's good~"
Wu Lin nodded with satisfaction.
To be honest, when he was originally sent to Golden Continent as an official, he was still very desperate. This was a barbarian land far away from the Ming Dynasty, and life would definitely not be easy.
But after coming here, he discovered that the life here was actually quite good. He was a small magistrate here, and he was the emperor. He had enough money and money, and the life was so good that he didn't want to go back to the Ming Dynasty.
Li Anyuan's team arrived in Tenochtitlan and began to teach the people of the Aztec Kingdom vaccination prevention methods. While inoculating, Li Anyuan's team began to continuously summarize, analyze, and observe these businessmen after vaccination.
The situation of the descendants.
Under the large-scale vaccination, Li Anyuan's team quickly collected enough data.
"Haha, we really succeeded!"
"Smallpox is no longer scary. Cowpox vaccination is really very effective in preventing smallpox disease. These descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty in Huanghuangzhou were almost certain to die if they were infected with smallpox, but after vaccination, the smallpox virus had no impact on them at all.
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"Immediately write a letter back to the Ming Dynasty and report the detailed situation to the court and the medical school. Smallpox is no longer scary!"