Governor De Todos ran away. Although this guy was wearing full plate armor, he only weighed more than 20 kilograms including the helmet. Many parts were even made of leather, because leather was not only light, but also easy to inlaid with decorative patterns.
Probably starting from the late Hongzhi period, European armor styles began to change, and the upper class nobles became more and more pursuing beauty.
There is even a group of craftsmen in Italy who specialize in making "costume armor" for high-level nobles. At first glance, it looks glittering and mighty, but when you get closer and touch it, you will see that it is all leather inlaid with gold and silver patterns.
How did it develop later?
The armor craftsmen were unable to create patterns that satisfied the nobles, so they had to resort to painters, goldsmiths, sculptors, and etchers. Those armors were completely reduced to exquisite decorations.
De Todos's armor is at least practical, with all key positions made of steel.
The moment the slave turned against him, this guy fled quickly on his war horse. The remaining knights followed him. By the time Chen Li realized what he was doing, he had already escaped without a trace.
The slave riot was so terrifying that all the white people who could not escape from the battlefield were torn into pieces. Some slaves came from cannibal tribes. To be precise, they liked to eat the brains or hearts of their enemies, so the entire battlefield became a bloody feast.
Chen Li could not control those slaves, and even the natives on his side had more than 2,000 people joining them. After they tore apart the white people outside the city, they rushed into the city and killed everyone they saw. While killing people, they also robbed everywhere. The main thing is
He robs iron tools, clothes and food, but has no desire for gold and silver.
"What should I do?" Lin Dasheng looked ugly.
Chen Li was also helpless and said bitterly: "There are only 800 of us, and there are tens of thousands of natives looting the city. How dare you send troops to suppress them?"
"That's our trophy!" Zhou Hong said depressedly.
Two tribes from the Gulf Delta have been following the Han army. The chief restrained the tribesmen from running around.
But seeing that the situation was getting more and more chaotic, the two chiefs were afraid that all the loot would be robbed, so they came to talk to Chen Li.
"Bring the translator!" Chen Li shouted.
The four Spanish translators who submitted their letters of surrender have now completely surrendered. The governor has been beaten away. Do they still dare to resist?
"Chen, we must stop it immediately. Chen Li's things belong to us!" said a chief.
Chen Li asked back: "Can you kill them?"
Another chief replied: "Kill all those who disobey!"
There is also a difference between aborigines and aborigines. They come from different tribes and may have feuds with each other.
"Then kill him!" Chen Li did not hesitate.
Eight hundred Han troops and more than 2,000 indigenous friendly troops marched towards nearly 10,000 chaotic indigenous looters.
One side had an organized attack, while the other side had an unorganized looting, and the force suppression operation went very smoothly.
Wherever he went, corpses lay everywhere, and it was extremely bloody!
Some natives were killed on the spot, some lay down and begged for mercy, and some fled in all directions. The battle with the Spanish took less than thirty minutes, but maintaining post-war order by force took a full half-day.
The tens of thousands of natives who mindlessly robbed more than a thousand people were hacked to death, and more than 3,000 people were captured. The rest all fled into the wilderness.
"Dah, I found the silver!" Lu Fang happily reported.
The silver was kept in the Governor's Palace, locked in many wooden boxes, and was to be shipped to the King of Spain in proportion.
Silver mines were discovered in Guatemala two years ago, and a governor was sent to build the city a year ago. The large-scale mining using slaves only lasted for half a year, and half of the silver was not even shipped away - the Spanish royal family has a special treasure fleet, and every year
In the spring, they departed from Europe and began to disperse in the Caribbean. They went to different colonial ports, loaded with treasures, and then reunited in Cuba. They were escorted by warships back to Spain.
Guatemalan gold and silver must be transported overland to Puerto Barrios.
However, the port castle was still under construction, and the governor of Guatemala did not dare to transport money there until the castle was truly repaired.
It’s all cheap Chen Li!
This is a huge warehouse that not only contains mined silver, but also rosin, gems, tobacco, cane sugar, rum and other colonial specialties.
Zhou Hong pried open the wooden box containing silver, widened his eyes and said: "Get rich, get rich!"
They are all irregular silver bars, filled with several large boxes, about 40,000 taels (about 1.5 tons). These come not only from silver mining, but also from colonial trade and taxation, as well as treasures plundered from the indigenous people.
For example, one of the large boxes contained many gems and gold. There were crushed gold masks, looted gold pieces, and gold scepters inlaid with gems. There was an abandoned Mayan temple nearby, which had long been
During the decline of the Mayan civilization, the Spanish destroyed a large number of Mayan books (Mayan texts were written on animal skins, stone slabs, and walls).
The total value of all the gold and silver treasures is estimated to be more than 60,000 taels of silver.
Twelve ships came to Yinzhou to steal 60,000 taels of silver, and they were fully armed. It took a long time and cost lives. In fact, it was not particularly cost-effective. If they had stayed in the East to trade, they could have made more money in the same period of time.
to more!
Including Chen Li, there are a total of 19 shareholders in the fleet, and they still have to support 800 soldiers and thousands of crew members. How much will be left after the profits are distributed?
Chen Li lamented: "It's a pity that the silver mine here has only been mined for half a year, otherwise we could have made more money."
Lu Fang suggested: "How about we stay here and let the natives continue to dig money?"
Chen Li shook his head and said: "We can't stay. There are too few of us, and the Spaniards may come back at any time."
Zhou Hong asked: "What's Chen Da's plan?"
Chen Li scanned the crowd: "Do you want to make a quick buck and leave, or do you plan to do long-term business here?"
Lin Dasheng answered first: "No matter how we do business, I, Old Lin, will hang out with Nanda from now on. Nanda is a well-known man, his martial prowess is not inferior to that of Wang Erlang, and he will have a bright future in the future!"
Several other people looked at each other and declared their allegiance. These few battles really convinced them.
"Well!"
Chen Lihao was furious: "In addition to gold, silver and jewelry, we also grabbed a lot of tobacco, cane sugar and rosin. Especially the rosin, which weighs a lot of gold and has never been seen in Ming Dynasty or Nanyang. If you sell it to someone who knows the goods, you will definitely make a lot of money."
Pen. Transport some back to the ship owners (marine merchant shareholders), and it will also be considered as an explanation to the ship owners. The emperor must give at least ten thousand taels of silver!"
Zhou Hong asked in confusion: "What are you dedicating to the emperor?"
Chen Li said with a smile: "Let's get an official position. Otherwise, if we become big in the future, what will we do if Uncle Tan Hai attacks us? Not only should we give money to the emperor, but we should also select two males and two females from the captured war horses.
Send it to Tan Haibo to establish friendship."
Lu Fang nodded and said: "You're right, all aspects must be taken care of, so that you can do long-term business."
Chen Li added: "Choose some strong slaves and escort the women and belongings back to Dasheng Bay. There are several tribes there, but only two are willing to fight with us. Since they are unwilling to obey, the remaining tribes will be wiped out.
Now, the men are captured to farm the land, and the women are captured to give birth to children. From our team of 800 people, we will first leave 500 people to settle there, and I will definitely be willing to give each of them two wives."
Lin Dasheng smiled and said: "Dasheng Bay will be our territory from now on."
Chen Li continued: "Yes, Dasheng Bay is our territory, and the two obedient tribes are allies. If other tribes are destroyed, the food and population can be distributed to them. After the wealth is returned to the country, refugees will be recruited to colonize it.
Two to three thousand Han people can be brought here in a few years. The more Han people there are, the richer our capital will be. Then we will fight back here to seize the silver mines and build a city that belongs entirely to us!"
It's a private city with a silver mine next to it. The picture of this pie makes people drool.
Chen Li said: "It is very expensive to transport immigrants, and we have to give money to the ship owners and the emperor. Therefore, in the next few years, we leaders may be very poor, and I don't have any extra money to share with everyone. But as long as we survive these few years
Year, if we completely occupy the silver mines, we will have inexhaustible money. Brothers, do you want to do this business?"
"Dry!"
"Done!"
"Count me in!"
Suddenly, a little boss came over and said, "Dah, we caught a big beauty, and her whole family is hiding in the wine cellar."
Chen Li said angrily: "It's just a woman, what are you talking about?"
The little leader said flatteringly: "That beauty is too beautiful. We roughies are not lucky enough to enjoy her, so we decided to offer her to Da Na as our concubine."
Chen Li is now thinking about making great achievements, so who cares about women?
So delicious!
When his men brought the beautiful woman, Chen Li was dumbfounded.
This is a mixed-race person. Many Spaniards have been mixed with Arab ancestry for a long time, and now they are mixed with Indian ancestry.
The beauty in front of me combines the advantages of many ethnic groups. Her skin is very delicate and smooth, slightly darker than that of white people, but much fairer than that of yellow people. Her facial features and facial contours seem to be carved, and there is no trace of anything.
A little flaw can even make it perfect to the point of being unreal.
Chen Li happily shouted: "Protect her family, I will take it back and present it to the emperor. Such a beauty, maybe she can become a noble concubine, and then we will be prosperous!"