Compared with before departure, Zhu Hai's whole person has lost a lot of weight, and he is even a little out of shape.

And at this time, in the garden of the leopard house, there were not only the emperor and Zhu Hai, but also a strangely dressed guy - an Indian!

"Erlang is here, sit down!" Zhu Houzhao smiled and beckoned.

Wang Yuan said, "Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Hai also hurriedly said: "I've seen Wang Shilang." ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said, "Duke Zhu has worked hard. ”

The Indian was very clever and actually saw that Wang Yuan was a big man, and immediately knelt down barefoot. It is not that they cannot afford to wear shoes, but it is their tradition that those who worship the honored must go barefoot. There are even gold ornaments on this product, and it seems that it has a high status and a certain level of education.

What's even more nonsense is that this Indian actually said in Chinese: "Xinghui." ”

Wang Yuan felt very surprised, bowed to this person, and asked Zhu Hai: "Can he still speak Chinese?" ”

Zhu Hai said with a smile: "This person has been floating at sea with us for a few months, and has lived in Nanyang for another month, and he can already speak some simple Chinese." However, his Chinese is very bad, and I probably think that 'Xinghui' means 'to meet'. ”

Wang Yuan asked, "Can Duke Zhu explain it in detail?" ”

Zhu Hai said: "The navigation charts of the Tessians (Magellan) are not used at all. We just started to follow the nautical charts, but we had to go back to the South Seas and set off the next year via Japan. After a few months of drifting on the sea, I saw the Far East. Where we landed, the climate was very good, only 20 degrees in summer, and several degrees in winter, which can be described as spring all year round. Therefore, the place was named 'Fukuyama' and gold deposits were discovered northwest of Fukuyama. ”

Wang Yuan still remembers some high school geography knowledge, and when he heard it, he knew that it was a Mediterranean climate, and the Mediterranean climate in the Americas radiated out from San Francisco Bay as the center.

The sailing team led by Zhu Hai is likely to have discovered San Francisco!

Zhu Hai also said: "This spring, I led a team back to the sea, wanting to go south to find a route for the Taixi people. As a result, the route was not found, but he met the Tessie army on the way! ”

"Tessie's army?" Wang Yuan was very surprised.

"To be precise, the Spanish army," Zhu Hai explained, "there is a large indigenous country, with a large population and a vast territory, which has been conquered by the Spanish. Some of the natives even speak Spanish, and it just so happens that I have a Francophone on the ship, and they also speak Spanish, so I probably know something. ”

The so-called indigenous powers, the Aztec Empire, were probably located in what was later Mexico.

In the fourteenth year of Zhengde, the Spaniards came to the Aztec Empire and were warmly received by the indigenous emperors. Because they were tall and fair-skinned, very similar to the legendary Quetzalcoatl god, the natives regarded the Spaniards as descendants of the gods.

The Aztec emperor, for the purpose of rule, claimed to be favored by the god Quetzalcoatl, who sent descendants to help him rule the country.

The Spaniards thus became a privileged race, and they were increasingly hated by the indigenous people for their prostitution of women and goods. But the emperor could not slap himself in the face because he could not ride a tiger, so he chose to defend the Spaniards and instead suppressed his subjects.

The Spaniards were so strong that they kidnapped the emperor and tortured him to hand over all his treasures.

There was already a riot in the city, and the Spaniards took the emperor hostage and wanted to flee the city first. In the chaos, the emperor died unexpectedly, and the Spaniards lost their organization completely because they had brought too much treasure, and they fell into the lake in the dark and drowned a group, and were killed by the pursuers.

The remnants of the Spanish army, who had fled back to the colonies, with the support of the Cuban governor, rallied their troops for revenge.

They brought horses, artillery, and muskets, and rallied the tribes dissatisfied with the emperor's rule to form a coalition of Spanish and indigenous armies for a counteroffensive.

The Aztec Empire is over!

Wang Yuan asked, "Did you fight with the Spaniards?" ”

Zhu Hai nodded and said, "I've fought a few times." When we landed to investigate the situation, we saw a group of Spaniards looting the indigenous tribes. I didn't want to help, but those Spaniards suddenly threw their guns at us. There were many of us, and we won this battle, and we also arrested two Spanish bandits for interrogation. Knowing that the country was occupied, he immediately gathered fresh water and left, fearing that Spanish reinforcements would arrive. ”

"And then?" Wang Yuan asked.

"There are bigger indigenous countries in the south, and the Spaniards are at war with this country," Zhu said. The enemy of the enemy is a friend, so let's seize the opportunity of the battle between the two sides and immediately attack the Spaniards. After the Spaniards were sent away, the natives were very grateful to us and took us to the king there. ”

What a coincidence!

After the conquest of the Aztecs, the Spaniards did not know how to govern, and only knew how to rob all day long. Robbing this tribe today, robbing that tribe tomorrow, almost robbing it all over in three years. So they sent a fleet south, trying to find a new country to continue their raids, and soon encountered the Inca Empire, and fought with the Inca Empire along the way.

And Zhu Hai's fleet, which happened to follow the Spanish fleet, helped the Inca natives beat the Spaniards - the Spanish expedition fleet to the south only had two ships and more than 100 crew members. Dozens of people were directly killed by Zhu Hai, and a Spanish ship was sunk.

Wang Yuan asked, "What is the situation in this indigenous country further south?" ”

Zhu Hai replied: "The name of this country is 'Tawanting Sulong'. Their kings were called 'Incas' and worshipped mainly the sun, but also the moon and stars. There were nobles and priests below the king, and they could smelt gold, silver, copper, and tin, but they could not smelt iron, and their weapons were all bronze. They had tall cities, and they also built galloping roads and post stations, and the whole country was connected by galloping roads. We also planted a lot of crops, and we'll bring some back this time. There is a kind of livestock that is particularly peculiar, like sheep but not sheep, like horses but not horses. ”

The real name of the Inca Empire is transliterated as "Tawanting Suron". "Incas" is nothing more than a title, similar to "emperor", "king", "dictator".

The Inca Empire was very developed, had its own script, and could smelt metal (not iron). The construction is also very high, not only the construction of canals and terraces, but also the construction of roads connecting the whole country in the mountainous areas, the longest of which is 3,200 kilometers.

At this moment, it was the heyday of the Inca Empire.

The reason why it was destroyed by Spain in history was because after the death of the old emperor, the two princes competed for the throne, and the two sides fought against each other and suffered serious internal friction. Coupled with the plague brought by the Spaniards, the Inca Empire fell into complete chaos and was crushed by the Spaniards No. 10.

"After we gave congratulatory gifts to the native king, the king also gave many gifts in return," Zhu Hai said, pointing to the Indians beside him, "This is an envoy they have sent, the son of a priest." ”

I'll go, the Inca Empire will send envoys to the Ming Dynasty?

Wang Yuan asked, "How did you come back?" ”

Zhu Hai said: "I didn't follow the navigation chart of the Taixi people, and it was smooth sailing all the way south from Fushan. When you get to the south, the direction of the wind and the water have changed, and you can come back with a good wind. It's just that the fresh water is not enough, and the return channel rarely encounters storms, and we only changed the water once at sea. Many of the crew members fell ill from drinking rotten water, and there were 568 people who went and only 317 people returned, including 5 natives. ”

In other words, a total of 246 people died on this trip to the Americas.

The Inca mission was supposed to have 8 people, but three died along the way. Fresh water is sufficient, but unfortunately it has deteriorated, and whether you can live or not depends on your physique.

Take Magellan's fleet in history, for example, when it returned to Europe, there were only a few deaths left, but it managed to bring back four Indians.

Zhu Houzhao didn't squeak all the time, and suddenly said at this time: "Erlang, I also brought back gold from this sea exploration, guess how much gold there is?" ”