535 Treasure and Beauty

Governor De Todos ran away, and although the goods were wearing full-body plate armor, they weighed more than 20 pounds with a helmet. Many parts are even leather, as leather is not only lightweight, but also prone to decorative patterns.

Probably from the end of the Koji period, the style of European armor began to change, and the upper class nobles became more and more interested in beauty.

There was even a group of craftsmen in Italy who specialized in making "clothing armor" for high-ranking nobles. At first glance, it looks golden and mighty, and when you touch it, it is all leather inlaid with gold and silver patterns.

How far did it go?

Unable to create patterns that would please the aristocracy, the armormakers turned to painters, goldsmiths, sculptors, etchors, and the armor was reduced to fine ornaments.

Detodos's armor is, at least, practical, and the key points are made of steel.

The moment the slave defected, he rode away on his war horse and fled quickly, and the rest of the knights also ran with him, and by the time Chen Li reacted, he had fled without a trace.

The slave rebellion was so horrific that the whites who could not flee the battlefield were torn to shreds. Some of the slaves came from cannibal tribes, and to be precise, they liked to eat the brains or hearts of their enemies, so the whole battlefield turned into a bloody feast.

Chen Li couldn't control those slaves, and even the natives on his side had more than 2,000 people joining them. After tearing apart the white people outside the city, they rushed into the city and killed people wherever they saw them, killing people and robbing everywhere. He mainly robbed iron, clothing, and food, but had little desire for gold and silver.

"What should I do?" Lin Dasheng's face was ugly.

Chen Li was also very helpless, and said bitterly: "We only have 800 people, and there are tens of thousands of natives who have sacked the city, and you still dare to send troops to suppress it?" ”

"That's our trophy!" Zhou Hong said depressedly.

The two tribes from the Gulf Delta have been following the Han Chinese army, and the chieftain restrained the tribesmen from running around.

But seeing that the situation was getting more and more chaotic, the two chiefs were afraid that the spoils of war would be robbed, so they ran to talk to Chen Li.

"Bring the translator!" Chen Li shouted.

The four Spanish translators who had submitted their names had been completely surrendered at this time, and the governor had been beaten away, did they dare to resist?

"Chen, it must be stopped immediately, Chen Li's things are ours!" One of the chiefs said.

Chen Li asked rhetorically, "Can you kill them?" ”

Another chief replied: "Kill all the disobedient!" ”

There is also a difference between the natives and the natives, they come from different tribes, and there may be feuds between them.

"Then kill!" Chen Li didn't hesitate.

The army of 800 Han Chinese and more than 2,000 indigenous friendly troops slaughtered nearly 10,000 chaotic indigenous looters.

One side attacked in an organized manner, the other side did not organize the looting, and the action of force and pressure was very smooth.

Everywhere I went, corpses were everywhere, and the blood was abnormal!

Some of the natives were killed on the spot, some of them lay on their stomachs and begged for mercy, and some of them fled in all directions. The battle with the Spaniards took less than 30 minutes, and it took half a day to maintain order after the war by force.

More than 1,000 of the 10,000 natives who robbed brainlessly were hacked to death, more than 3,000 were captured, and the rest fled to the wilderness.

"Da, the silver has been found!" Lu Fang was overjoyed.

The silver was kept in the Doge's Palace, locked in many wooden boxes, which were to be transported to the King of Spain in proportion.

Guatemala discovered silver two years ago and sent a governor to build the city a year ago. The time for large-scale mining with slaves was only half a year, and half a tael of silver was not transported away - the Spanish royal family had a special fleet of treasure ships, which set out from Europe every spring and began to disperse in the Caribbean, each going to a different colonial port, loaded with treasures and then converging in Cuba, escorted back to Spain by warships.

Guatemalan gold and silver had to be transported overland to Puerto Barrios.

However, the port castle was still under construction, and the governor of Guatemala did not dare to transport silver to the castle until it was actually repaired.

It's all cheap Chen Li!

It was a huge storehouse, with not only mined silver, but also colonial specialties such as rosin, precious stones, tobacco, cane sugar, rum, etc.

Zhou Hong pried open the silver wooden box, widened his eyes and said, "Get rich, get rich!" ”

It was all irregular silver bars, filled with several large boxes, about 40,000 taels (about 1.5 tons). These came not only from silver mining, but also from colonial trade and taxes, as well as looting from the natives.

One of the large chests, for example, contained a lot of gems and gold. There are flattened gold masks, looted gold flakes, and gem-encrusted gold scepters – nearby are the abandoned Mayan temples that belonged to the long-definite Mayan civilization that the Spaniards destroyed a large number of Mayan books (Mayan scripts written on animal skins, stone tablets, walls).

All the treasures of silver and gold taken together were estimated to be worth more than sixty thousand taels of silver.

Twelve boats came to Yinzhou to rob 60,000 taels of silver, and they were fully armed, took a long time, and paid for human lives, which was not particularly cost-effective. If they stay in the East to do trade, they can earn more in the same amount of time!

Including Chen Li, the fleet has a total of 19 shareholders, and it has to feed 800 soldiers and thousands of sailors, how much can be left after distributing profits?

Chen Li sighed with emotion: "It's a pity that the silver mine here has only been mined for half a year, otherwise it can be fished a little more." ”

Lu Fang suggested: "Why don't we stay here and let those natives continue to dig for silver?" ”

Chen Li shook his head and said, "We can't stay, we have too few people, and the Spaniards may come back at any time." ”

Zhou Hong asked, "What are Chen Da's plans?" ”

Chen Li glanced at everyone: "Do you want to get a vote and leave, or do you plan to do business here for a long time?" ”

Lin Dasheng replied first: "No matter how you do business, my old Lin will follow him in the future." Which Da is a well-known man, Wu Yong will not lose to Wang Erlang, and he will have a future in the future! ”

The others glanced at each other and declared their allegiance, and the battles were really convincing to them.

"That's good!"

Chen Lihao was angry: "In addition to gold, silver and jewelry, we also grabbed a lot of tobacco, cane sugar and rosin. Especially those rosins, which are full of white catties, have not been seen by Daming and Nanyang, and they must make a lot of money when they are sold to those who know the goods. Ship some back to the shipowners (maritime shareholders), and it can also be regarded as an explanation to the shipowners. The emperor has to offer at least 10,000 taels of silver! ”

Zhou Hong was puzzled: "What to do for the emperor?" ”

Chen Li smiled and said: "Ask for an official body, otherwise we will become big in the future, what should Tan Haibo do to us?" Not only should we offer silver to the emperor, but we should also select two males and two females for the war horses we captured, and send them to Tan Haibo to climb friendships. ”

Lu Fang nodded and said, "That's right, you have to do a good job in all aspects, so that you can do a long-term business." ”

Chen Li also said: "Select some sturdy slaves and carry the women and goods back to Dasheng Bay. There are several tribes there, and only two are willing to fight us. If they refused to obey, the rest of the tribes were wiped out, and the men were captured to farm the land, and the women were captured to have children. Our team of 800 people, let's leave 500 people to settle down there first, and each person will definitely be willing to send two wives. ”

Lin Dasheng said with a smile: "After Dasheng Bay, it will be our territory." ”

Chen Li continued: "Yes, Dasheng Bay is our territory, and the two obedient tribes are allies. Destroy the other tribes, and give them some of the food and population. After returning the goods to China, and then recruiting displaced people to come over for cultivation, two or three thousand Han people can be transported in a few years. The more Han people, the thicker our capital will be, and then we will go back here to rob the silver mine and build a city that belongs to us completely! ”

A private city, with a silver mine next to the city, this pie is painted in a way that makes people drool.

Chen Li said: "It costs a lot of money to transport immigrants, and you have to send money to the shipowner and the emperor, so in the next few years, we leaders may be very poor, and I don't have any extra money to distribute to everyone." But as long as you survive these few years and completely occupy the silver mines, the silver of the white flowers will be inexhaustible. Brothers, do you want to do this business? ”

"!"

"It's done!"

"Count me in!"

Suddenly, a small leader came running: "Da, I 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 yelling about?" ”

The little leader flattered: "That beauty is too beautiful, and we rough embryos have no blessing to bear, so we discussed dedicating it to Da Na as a concubine." ”

Chen Li is now full of achievements, who cares about any woman?

It smells so good!

When his subordinates brought the beauty, Chen Li was directly stunned.

It's a mestizo, a lot of Spaniards, who have long been mixed with Arab ancestry, and now mixed with Indian ancestry.

The beauty in front of her combines the advantages of multiple nationalities. The skin is very delicate and smooth, slightly darker than that of white people, but much fairer than that of yellow people. The facial features and facial contours seem to be carved, and no flaws can be found, and they are even perfect to the point of being unreal.

Chen Li shouted happily: "Protect her family, Lao Tzu will take it back and dedicate it to the emperor." Such a big beauty, maybe she can be a concubine, and then we will be developed! ”