If you want to travel from North America to the Inca Empire in South America, you must pass through the coast ruled by the Spanish.
Briefly explain the Spanish colonization process in America——
In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi (1502), Spain colonized the island of Haiti. The natives on the island were all slaves and were forced to mine gold, raise cattle and grow sugar cane for Spain. Now a smallpox epidemic is breaking out on the island, and a large number of native slaves have died. Historically,
The indigenous people in the western part of the island died directly. Due to the shortage of slaves, the plantations and ranches were gradually abandoned, and a large number of pirates gathered here. This is the origin of Pirates of the Caribbean.
In the fifth year of Zhengde (1510), Spain colonized the island of Cuba and established a governor general of Cuba.
In the eighth year of Zhengde (1513), the explorer Balboa conquered parts of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean before Magellan. Six years later, this man was killed by the administrator appointed by the Spanish royal family.
In the seventeenth year of Zhengde (1522), Panamanian Chief Executive Pedrarias basically conquered Panama.
In the nineteenth year of Zhengde (1524), Cortes, brother-in-law of the Governor of Cuba, overthrew the Aztec Empire and proclaimed the establishment of the Kingdom of Guatemala (a Spanish vassal state) with its capital in Antigua.
When Lin Shiyi passed by the coast of Panama, a group of Spanish colonists were watching them at the newly built Spanish castle.
"What the hell, the Thais actually built a fort here. They didn't even do it when I passed by last year." Lin Shiyi muttered.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
This Spanish castle has only three cannons, and they opened fire with all their strength to send off the Chinese friends.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The Ming fleet fired dozens of shells in response, but only one shell hit the target and did not cause substantial damage to the castle.
Give each other salutes and say goodbye.
The Ming Dynasty fleet landed in a bay further south. Lin Shiyi took troops and arms and headed for Quito via the Inca Empire. Quito was the capital of Ecuador in later generations, and it was also the place where the old king of the Inca Empire settled before his death.
Prince Atahualpa proclaimed himself king here.
The situation in Quito was not very good because the smallpox virus was spreading, and the old king died of smallpox.
Zhu Hai was also afraid of catching the plague, so he lived far outside the city.
"See you uncle!" Lin Shiyi knelt down on one knee.
Zhu Hai nodded and asked, "Has the journey been smooth?"
Lin Shiyi briefly recounted his experiences along the way, and then said: "I encountered a Thai castle on the way? Did they even shell each other to demonstrate? How did the Thai people get there?"
"The Sulong Kingdom (the abbreviation of the Inca Empire) has fought two battles with the Taishi, just in the north?" Zhu Hai said? "At the end of last year, the second prince... now it's time to call him the prince? The prince captured a Taishi. From this red-haired
Something came out of the ghost's mouth. The land to the north was called Panama by the red-haired ghost. The governor of Panama was called Pedrarias. He used to be a Spanish nobleman. The castle you saw on the way should have been newly built by this person.
"
Lin Shiyi asked: "What kind of Governor of Panama is attacking the northern border of Sulong?"
"No," Zhu Hai shook his head and said, "The one who attacked the Sulong Kingdom was a rogue named Pizarro. He participated in the conquest of Panama and was granted hundreds of acres of land in Panama. This guy didn't take good care of his farm either.
With more than a hundred red-haired ghosts and a large number of savage natives, he has come to attack the Sulong Kingdom twice. He also brought a broken ship? He went around the coast under our control and sold hundreds of iron knives to the eldest prince."
Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire had begun as early as 1524, when the old king was still alive. However, it was defeated twice and only gained some small advantages. He was unable to obtain the full support of the local governor.
? Later he simply returned to Spain to find the king? The Spanish king funded him many guns.
Lin Shiyi said: "There are only more than a hundred people, and they are humble enough to lead the troops to destroy him!"
Zhu Hai smiled and said: "If you can't destroy it, just sell the swords to the natives and let them fight. By the way, have you already brought the cattle that I asked you to bring?"
Lin Shiyi said: "Only four of them died halfway."
"Four heads are enough. I've been living in fear this year." Zhu Hai sighed.
Zhu Hai had learned about the method of "variolation" from his southern crew members, but the mortality rate of "variolation" vaccination was very high. He remembered what Wang Yuan said about "cowpox", so he asked Lin Shiyi to transport cattle and let everyone
All Han Chinese are vaccinated against "cowpox".
(Note, the mortality rate of the first generation of "variolus" is about 20%. The variola after the seventh generation can be called "ripe vaccine", and the mortality rate of vaccination with the mature vaccine is about 0.33%. Therefore, there is a saying in Jiangnan that "robbing others"
Inoculate yourself with the mature seedlings at home, just because the family who owns the mature seedlings regards it as a treasure and is not willing to share it with others.)
Nowadays, smallpox is prevalent in South America. Zhu Hai would not dare to go out without vaccination with cowpox.
In about two months, Zhu Hai and his men were vaccinated against cowpox and recovered on their own. Only two unlucky ones died inexplicably. Then they swaggered into the city. No one was infected with the disease again, so Atahualpa (the second prince)
) are worshiped as gods, thinking that they have the blessing of the sun god.
"Your Majesty," Zhu Hai said, "I have invited a wizard from the Ming Dynasty to prevent the plague. As long as the prince can agree to the conditions, I will ask the wizard to pray for the prince, and he will never be infected with this plague again."
The wizard is a seedling master "invited" by Lin Shiyi with a lot of money from the south of the Yangtze River. He has very skilled experience in inoculating "pox" and has even mastered the "cooked vaccine" cultivation technology. Four cows are enough for the seedling master to prepare the "pox vaccine".
The more algebra there are, the safer it is.
"Really?" Atahualpa was delighted, "No matter what the conditions are, please just say it."
Zhu Hai said: "Make statues of Mazu in major cities in Sulong Kingdom. From now on, Mazu's status will be on the same level as the Sun God of your country. There is nothing we can do about it. The wizard's power is Mazu's.
If you don’t build a statue of Mazu, the wizard will not be able to bless the prince.”
"Okay!" Atahualpa agreed immediately.
The Inca religion was formed with the expansion of the Inca. Many gods came from the annihilated countries and tribes. Therefore, it belongs to a polytheistic system. There are even several high-ranking gods above the sun god. Now add Mazu,
And being on an equal footing with the Sun God is not something embarrassing.
Zhu Hai said: "The wizard's power is limited, so he can only bless the prince for free. As for the princess and the crown prince, they can bless each person with a hundred catties of gold. These golds are used to worship Mazu."
Atahualpa was ripped off. Instead of being angry, Atahualpa was very happy: "Great!"
Zhu Hai added: "As long as more Mazu temples are built and more people in Sulong country believe in Mazu, Mazu's divine power will be stronger and the gold used for sacrifices will be reduced. If most people in Sulong country believe in Mazu, then Mazu
The wizard can even give you a blessing for free."
The young king was quickly vaccinated against cowpox and recovered after a month. His wife and children also paid gold to be vaccinated, and luckily none of them died.
If someone cannot bear the cowpox and dies, he must be slandering Mazu in his heart, and naturally he will not be able to successfully obtain Mazu's blessing.
Seeing that the king's family had gained immunity, the ministers immediately took action.
Even the high priest of the Sun Temple quietly came to donate gold. After confirming that he was not afraid of smallpox, the high priest took the initiative to spread Mazu's belief, saying that when the supreme god Veracoca created the gods, he first created the sun god.
Together with Mazu, the Sun God and Mazu are actually brother and sister.
However, the sun god stayed in the Incas to rule humans, while Mazu crossed the sea and went to the west.
Now, Mazu heard that there was a plague in the Incas, so she sent her divine servants back to the place of her birth to help the Inca people overcome the difficulties.
The high priest quickly sent people to build a statue of Mazu and enshrine it next to the Sun Temple, and persuaded the people to come and worship. The gathering of people to worship would naturally increase the spread of smallpox. But it doesn't matter. Of course, those who died were not religious, and those who recovered must be Mazu.
bless.
The big nobles donated gold to inoculate cowpox, but in the end they couldn't get enough gold. Alas, if gold is not available, silver will do. After all, the number of Inca people who believe in Mazu has increased, and Mazu's divine power has become more powerful. Using silver to worship Mazu has the same effect.
A smallpox epidemic made Zhu Hai make a lot of money, and by the way, he also spread the belief in Mazu throughout the northern Incas - the south was the territory of the great prince.
Only half of the gold and silver was transported to the capital, and the rest was divided among his subordinates, while some was kept to expand his own strength.