To travel from North America to the Inca Empire in South America, you had to pass through the coasts ruled by the Spaniards.

To briefly elaborate on the process of Spanish colonization in the Americas-

In the fifteenth year of Hongji (1502), Spain colonized the island of Haiti, and the indigenous people on the island were all slaves and forced to mine gold, raise cattle and grow sugar cane for Spain. Now there is an outbreak of smallpox on the island, and indigenous slaves are dying in large numbers. Historically, the indigenous people of the western part of the island died directly. Due to the shortage of slaves, plantations and pastures were gradually abandoned, and a large number of pirates gathered here, which is how Pirates of the Caribbean came from.

In the fifth year of Zhengde (1510), Spain colonized the island of Cuba and established the governor 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, he was killed by the Spanish royal appointee.

In the seventeenth year of Zhengde (1522), Pedralias, the governor of Panama, basically conquered Panama.

In the 19th year of Zhengde (1524), Cortés, the brother-in-law of the governor of Cuba, overthrew the Aztec Empire and proclaimed the Kingdom of Guatemala (a vassal state of Spain), with its capital in Antigua.

As Lin Shiyi passed through the coast of Panama, a group of Spanish colonists were watching them at the newly built Spanish castle.

"Hell, the Tessie actually built a fort here, and they didn't even have it when they passed by last year." Lin Shiyi muttered.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

This Spanish castle, with only three cannons, opened fire directly to send off the Chinese friends.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The Ming fleet returned with dozens of shells, but only one shell hit the target, and no substantial damage was done to the castle.

Give each other a salute and say goodbye.

The Ming fleet landed in a bay further south, and Lin Shiyi took his troops and munitions and sailed from the Inca Empire to Quito. Quito was the capital of Ecuador and the place where the old king of the Inca Empire had settled before his death, where the second prince Atahualpa established himself as king.

The situation in the city of Quito was not very good, because the smallpox virus was spreading, and the old king died of smallpox.

Zhu Hai was also afraid of the plague, so he lived far outside the city.

"See Uncle!" Lin Shiyi knelt down on one knee.

Zhu Hai nodded and asked, "Did the journey go well?" ”

Lin Shiyi briefly recounted the experience along the way, and said: "Humble duty met Taixi Castle on the way? Still shelling each other for demonstrations? How did the Tessie get there? ”

"The Sulong Kingdom (Inca Empire for short) has already fought two battles with the Taisi, just to the north?" Zhu Hai said? At the end of last year, the second prince ...... It's time to call the prince? The prince captured a Tessie. Knock something out of the red-haired ghost's mouth, the land to the north? Called Panama by the red-haired ghost. Is the governor of Panama called Pedralias? Formerly a Spanish aristocracy. The castle you see on the way should have been newly built by this man. ”

Lin Shiyi asked, "What is this Panamanian governor, attacking the northern border of Sulong Kingdom?" ”

"No," Zhu Hai shook his head and said. Attacking Sulong Kingdom? It's a scoundrel named Pizarro. He participated in the conquest of Panama and was granted hundreds of acres of land in Panama. This guy is not good at taking care of his own grange, with more than a hundred red-haired ghosts, as well as a large number of savage natives, he has already come to attack Sulong Kingdom twice. And he still has a broken ship with him? Bypassing the coast under our control, we sold hundreds of iron knives to the Great Prince. ”

Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire? It began as early as 1524, when the old king was still alive. Merely? Hit it twice before and after, and only took some small advantage? He can't get the full support of the local governor? Later, he simply returned to Spain to find the king? The King of Spain financed him many guns.

Lin Shiyi said: "There are only more than 100 people, and he led troops to destroy him!" ”

Zhu Hai said with a smile: "You can't destroy it, just sell the sword to the natives and let them fight." By the way, the cattle you brought with you, have you already brought them? ”

Lin Shiyi said: "There are only four heads left who died halfway. ”

"Four heads are enough, I've had a terrible year." Zhu Hai sighed.

Zhu Hai has learned about the method of "human pox" from his southern crew, but the mortality rate of "human pox" vaccination is very high. He remembered what Wang Yuan said about "cowpox", so he asked Lin Shiyi to transport the cattle over and let all Han people be vaccinated with "cowpox".

(Note, the mortality rate of the first generation of "human pox" is about 20%, and the human pox after the seventh generation can be called "mature seedlings", and the mortality rate of mature vaccine inoculation is about 0.33%).) Therefore, there is a saying in Jiangnan that "grabbing seedlings", grabbing other people's mature seedlings to inoculate themselves, just because they have mature seedlings and regard them as treasures, they are unwilling to share them with others. ）

Now that smallpox is epidemic in South America, Zhu Hai does not dare to go out without vaccinating against cowpox.

It took about two months for Zhu Hai and his subordinates to complete the vaccinia inoculation and heal themselves, only to inexplicably kill two unlucky eggs. Then he swaggered into the city, and no one was infected with the disease again, so that Atahualpa (the second prince) revered them as if they were gods, thinking that they had the blessing of the sun god.

"Lord Wang," Zhu Hai said, "Ben Bo has invited a wizard from the Ming Dynasty to prevent the plague. As long as the prince can agree to the conditions, Benbo will ask the wizard to pray for the prince's blessing, and he will never be infected with this plague again. ”

The wizard is a seedling master "invited" by Lin Shiyi from Jiangnan Chongjin, who has very skilled experience in "human pox" inoculation, and even mastered the cultivation technology of "mature seedlings". Four cows are enough for the seedling master to concoct "pox seeds", and the more pox generations, the safer it is.

"Really?" Atahualpa was overjoyed, "Whatever the conditions, please feel free to say it." ”

Zhu Hai said: "In the major cities of Sulong Kingdom, shape the statue of Mazu Niangniang. From now on, the god of Mazu Niangniang will be on par with the sun god of your country. This is also a matter of no choice, the mana of the wizard is given by Mazu Niangniang, if you don't make a statue of Mazu, the wizard can't bless the prince. ”

"Yes!" Atahualpa immediately agreed.

The Inca religion was formed with the expansion of the Incas, and many gods came from the destroyed countries and tribes. Therefore, it belongs to the polytheistic system, and even above the sun god, there are several high-ranking gods. Now adding a Mazu and being on an equal footing with the sun god is not a difficult thing to do.

Zhu Hai said: "The wizard's mana is limited, so he can only give blessings to the prince for free. As for the princess and His Royal Highness, he blessed one person and a hundred catties of gold, all of which were used to worship Mazu. ”

Atahualpa was ripped off, but instead of being angry, he was happy: "Great! ”

Zhu Hai also said: "As long as more Mazu temples are built and the people of Sulong Kingdom believe in Mazu more, the divine power of Mazu can be stronger, and the gold used in sacrifices can also be reduced." If most of the people of Sulong Kingdom believe in Mazu, then the wizards of Mazu can even give blessings for free. ”

The young king was quickly vaccinated with cowpox and recovered a month later. His wife and children also paid for gold vaccination, and luckily none of them died.

If someone can't bear the cowpox and dies, it must be slandering Mazu in their hearts, and naturally they can't succeed in getting Mazu's blessing.

Seeing that the king's family had gained immunity, the ministers suddenly moved.

Even the high priest of the Temple of the Sun quietly came to contribute gold. After making sure that he was not afraid of smallpox, the high priest took the initiative to spread the belief in Mazu, saying that when the supreme god Veracocca created the gods, he first created the sun god and Mazu Niangniang, and the sun god and Mazu were actually brother and sister.

It's just that the sun god stayed in the Inca to rule over mankind, while Mazu crossed the sea to the west.

Now, when Mazu heard of the Inca plague, she sent her divine servants back to the land of her birth to help the Incas tide over the difficulties.

The high priest quickly sent people to build a statue of Mazu and enshrined it next to the Sun Temple, persuading the people to come to worship, and gathering together to worship would naturally aggravate the spread of smallpox. But it doesn't matter, of course, the dead are not pious, and the self-healing must be blessed by Mazu.

The big nobles offered gold to inoculate cowpox, but they couldn't get enough gold in the back. Alas, there is no gold, but silver is fine, after all, the number of Incas who believe in Mazu has increased, and the divine power of Mazu has become stronger, and using silver to sacrifice Mazu has the same effect.

A smallpox made Zhu Hai earn a lot of money, and by the way, he also spread the belief in Mazu throughout the northern Inca - the south is the territory of the eldest prince.

Only half of the gold and silver were transported to the capital, and the rest was divided with his subordinates, and some was left to expand his strength.