Cock!" As the sun rises from the horizon, the roosters raised by countless people raise their chests like proud generals and cry loudly.
"Stop barking, stop barking, if you bark again I'll stew you and eat chicken soup." Someone who had not yet woken up shouted.
But when most people heard the crow of the rooster, they got up from their beds, put on their clothes, and started working for the day. Everyone had just moved to this place, and most of them hadn't built their houses yet. They just built a yard and a bedroom.
, we have to continue building; and food and clothing are not provided by the government for free, and we have to work for His Highness, so we don’t dare to sleep in.
But Zhu Zhen, as the supreme ruler of the city, got up earlier than them all, and he was also busier than the subjects under his rule.
"Yesterday, 279 savages were brought back from thousands of households in the west of the city. The young men were organized into the guardhouse. The women were given to the soldiers as wives. The children followed their mothers. Those without mothers were handed over to the nursery for centralized care."
"We must collect enough furs. It's already early autumn, and we're short of manpower. We can't make preparations in advance. When the weather gets cold, Gu asks you for fur coats. If the amount isn't enough, don't blame Gu for handling it impartially."
"You must keep an eye on those cows and horses. None of them can die. If one dies, just ask me." Zhu Zhen kept giving instructions.
While waiting to finish all these chores, the sun had already risen high and emitted dazzling sunlight. However, Zhu Zhen walked out of the house and walked around the courtyard several times under the sun's rays until a servant came over and spoke softly.
He said, "Your Highness, Pushe Zhao is back." Then he turned and returned to the house.
At this time, there was a man in official uniform waiting in the room. When he saw Zhu Zhen returning, he immediately knelt down and said, "I have seen your highness."
"You don't need to be polite," Zhu Zhen said with a smile.
"Yes, Your Highness." But the man named Zhao Junyong stood up after saluting.
"Jun Yong, how was your trip?" Zhu Zhen asked directly without talking nonsense.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude. The leader of that country wants to come in person and talk to Your Highness face to face." Zhao Junyong said.
At this time, more than three months have passed since Zhu Zhen arrived in the Valley of Mexico. Over the past three months, Zhu Zhen named the valley the Valley of Mexico and the city Xuanyang based on the local people's names.
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After that, he moved more than half of the Han people who were originally settled in Yi'an City here, and arranged them as craftsmen and farmers respectively. For craftsmen, naturally all state-owned systems were implemented, and private craftsmen's shops were not allowed. Anyone who wanted to obtain iron products could
You have to submit an application and the allocation is unified, which is quite the style of the primary stage of communism. Because there are few people, the execution is pretty good.
For farmers, the surrounding fields will be distributed to them free of charge. Of course, the fields are free of charge, but the farm tools and cattle are not free. They are lent to them on credit by the government and repaid every year. However, the farm tools are given to them on credit at the cost price, and the cattle are not free.
The assessed price is also very low and does not include interest, so farmers are also willing to do so.
Of course, the majority are still soldiers. In view of the fact that there are savage tribes all around, more than 70% of the young and strong people have been incorporated into the army. Zhu Zhen has less than 3,000 Han people under his command, including women and children, but more than 70% of them are soldiers.
There were fifteen hundred people.
In order to facilitate the command, Zhu Zhen divided his troops into three thousand households, which were not enough to be organized. They were called Chengxi Qianhu, Chengdong Qianhu and Yian Qianhu. The first two thousand households were stationed in the Mexico Valley, and the latter one thousand households were stationed in the Valley of Mexico.
Stationed near Yi'an City. There are also 70 cavalry, individually organized into a hundred households, directly under Zhu Zhen's command.
Of course, such a small army is not enough. Although no tribe can deal with even one hundred households, it must recruit local people as soldiers. Just like during the Anti-Japanese War, the role of the puppet army on the frontal battlefield was almost zero, but the Japanese army still recruited
Like a large number of puppet troops, even if they cannot be sent to the battlefield, they are still useful for maintaining law and order, collecting taxes and grain, and destroying guerrillas.
So Zhu Zhen borrowed 300 men from Zhu Bai as his base, and recruited barbarians as soldiers near Yi'an City and Jinge City. Finally, he had 700 men and horses, and organized them into two thousand households with even more serious shortages.
As an auxiliary military force.
Although farmers were assigned fields and farm tools, because they moved here in the first year, there was no time to sow seeds. Zhu Zhen felt that he was not willing to sit back and rest, so of course he could only send troops to plunder the surrounding barbarian tribes, seize food, money, and people.
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As they sent out more and more areas to snatch food, money and people, they finally met someone they seemed untouchable. When a hundred households went south to plunder, they saw another city, a city next to a lake.
City, and there are a large number of people inside and outside the city, many of whom are wearing clothes sewn with tiger skins or covered with feathers. They have been in the Hanzhou continent for a long time, and they know that all the natives of the Hanzhou continent worship nature.
Gods also have a high regard for ferocious animals, especially tigers and eagles. The best local warriors also wear clothes sewn with tiger skins or are covered with feathers, and are called tiger warriors and eagle warriors.
Facing so many tiger warriors and eagle warriors, a dissatisfied hundred households did not dare to do anything and hurried back to Xuanyang City to report this to Zhu Zhen.
When Zhu Zhen learned about it, he took it very seriously and was very nervous at the same time. They also have a very tall city, which shows that they are civilized people, not comparable to barbarians or savages. There are so many people, and they may not be able to deal with them by themselves.
He learned from the captured local savages that the city in the south was called Tenochtitlan. The people who ruled this city were the Aztecs, who were brave and good at fighting. The current leader was named Chimal Popoca.
Near the Aztec country, there was a country called Tepanix, which was not weak in strength. It was founded by the Toltecs and its leader was named Tezozomoc.
After thinking about it, Zhu Zhen decided to send envoys to these two countries. After Yunxi officially canonized Shang Bing, Zhu Zhen and others as queens, Zhu Zhen thought that he would be sealed out sooner or later, so he identified a few capable people in advance.
As an official of the royal palace, he brought them along with him when he came to Hanzhou this time. One of them was named Zhao Junyong. After arriving on the mainland of Hanzhou, he was appointed as the servant of the ceremonial hall and also the servant of the work hall, so he became an envoy to Tenuo.
Chititlan, returned today. (According to the official system originally established by Yunxi, the feudal state established six yamen in the style of the capital, named Liuting. The chief officer was called Pushe, and the third rank; the adjutant was called Yezhe.
Pu She, from the fourth grade)
"What's so blameworthy?" Zhu Zhen didn't care about the arrogance in Chimalpopoka's words: "Now I only have these people under my command, and the Aztecs are far superior to me, so they are more arrogant."
It's not normal. It's just what he said to you. Please tell me carefully."
"Yes, Your Highness." After hearing Zhu Zhen's words, Zhao Junyong agreed and introduced him. He only heard him say: "Your Highness, the Aztecs said that the place we occupied is called Teotihuae, which roughly means
It is "the place where the sun was born", "the place where people know the way of God" or "the place where heaven and earth meet". It is dedicated to the sun god and moon god. It is their holy land and no ordinary people are allowed to set foot there."
"But our country occupied this holy land, which made them very angry and asked us to hand over many people to them for blood sacrifice." Zhao Junyong's voice trembled slightly when he said these words.
However, Zhu Zhen remained calm and asked in a voice that did not change at all: "Blood sacrifice? But killing people?"
"It is indeed killing people to sacrifice to the gods. The locals believe in the sun god and the moon god, and no one is allowed to blaspheme them. But our country's occupation of this place makes them very angry, so they want us to hand over many people for them to sacrifice." Zhao
Please answer.
"The person with the highest status in this country established by the Aztecs is the person responsible for worshiping the gods?" Zhu Zhen asked again.
"Yes, Your Highness." Zhao Junyong explained immediately, and at the same time also explained the custom of blood sacrifice.
In the Aztecs, or in all the countries in this area, the power of sacrifices was very great, and the divine power was supreme. Compared with those who were responsible for commanding wars or handling civil affairs, those responsible for worshiping the main god Huizillo Botelli (the sun god and the
The priests of various gods such as the God of War), Quetzalcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl, and the "two-headed god" Ometkutli are more like kings who speak one word.
All these sacrifices would order those in charge of fighting to capture people to sacrifice blood to the gods. This is not an easy task. Aztec priests have very strict requirements for blood sacrifices. Not only the blood must be fresh, but also fresh, and they must be captured and killed alive.
, disembowel the body on the spot, carve out the heart and skin! You can neither drag the corpses back, nor can you just bleed without killing people like the Mayans. The Aztec priests believe that only bleeding without killing people is deceiving the gods, and the gods will be angry. The world
It will be destroyed, so the sacrifice object must be killed.
But it is precisely because of this that all countries or tribes, including their ally Tepanix, hate the Aztecs. It’s just that the Aztecs have become very good in the war of capturing people for blood sacrifices for many years.
However, the surrounding countries or tribes have nothing to do with them and can only let them go.
"I originally thought they were civilized people, but it turns out they are just like Tibetans. Although they cannot be called savages, they are just barbarians." After listening to Zhao Junyong's introduction, Zhu Zhen not only was not afraid at all, but said this
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He muttered a few words, then raised his head to look at Zhao Junyong, and asked him: "Since he has asked Gu Jiao to give him a blood sacrifice, what is the purpose of coming here in person to talk to Gu?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me." Zhao Junyong thought for a while, then suddenly knelt down and said: "Your Highness, I saw that the Aztecs had so many soldiers and horses that it was difficult to resist them. In order to delay time, I had to say that the person who requested the blood sacrifice was too big.
There are too many, and it is extremely difficult to come up with it. Please ask the person in charge of the country to discuss it with you in person."
"Your Highness, the Aztecs are so powerful that our country may not be able to defeat them, so we should retreat before they arrive with their troops!" Zhao Jun said with a final kowtow.
"You understand what you are thinking, and it is for my own good, Yin Fan. I will not blame you. But I will never leave."
"Your Highness," Zhao Junyong wanted to say something after hearing this, but Zhu Zhen said again: "Ai Qing, don't worry, Yin Fan may not be a rival to the Aztecs, and there is no need to withdraw."
