Chapter 127: Weiga Returns Home Overseas

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The deafening beat of the drums sounded again, and the brief respite and peace ended. The two sides on the field charged again, shouting and roaring, moaning in pain and roaring in resentment, all mixed together.

Qiu Shuang sat on the high platform, watching the fight between the two sides with some excitement, although it was not the first time he had seen such a fight, but every time, he would feel shocked and surprised. These natives, desperately fighting for the kind of balls made of what the big officials called "rubber", look a bit like the Keju played by the Great Song people, but the rules are not exactly the same. Moreover, unlike the polite gameplay of the Great Song Dynasty, when these natives play, it is completely like a war.

The result of such a ball game also made Qiu Shuang feel incredible, the leader of the winning side would be killed in the blood sacrifice.

Last time, the king of the Turen sent a large number of soldiers, and he was bluffed by Zhao Angelica, and he was frightened. After living here for half a year, some of the people in the fleet were able to speak a few words of the native language, such as Duncan, who was really gifted with language, and even learned to bargain with them in the native language, so he was sent to make final negotiations with these native soldiers, and when he appeared in front of the native soldiers, his white skin made the native soldiers lose their last fighting spirit, and really regarded him as a messenger of the gods. was originally a soldier who came to rob, but in an instant, he became a guard of honor who came to protect the divine envoy, and its transformation was so fast that even a bold character like Ouyang Yingfeng never thought of it.

So Duncan Polo, a dilapidated merchant from Venice, a house slave of Zhao and Ju, an assistant to Fang Youcai, the steward of Liuqiu Island, and the deputy captain of the "Gan Ying" sea ship, had another title: the native divine envoy of Dongshengzhou.

In the eyes of the natives, Duncan was naturally the leader of this group of people, the messenger himself, and the yellow-skinned Liuqiu who was like them became the subordinate who served the messenger. When Hu You heard Duncan's triumphant boasting, he almost punched his nose, this guy not only robbed him of the credit for discovering Dongshengzhou, but also somehow became the master of everyone!

Thanks to Duncan's blessing, the adventurer's status in the Heaven-Sent Harbor was completely legitimate, and the Heaven-Sent Harbor was the port where the "Divine Messenger" came, and in order to pay tribute to the Divine Messenger, the natives spent a lot of effort to build a pyramid. The "pyramid" thing was talked about by Duncan and Zhao Youju in a chat, and when he boasted about his experience, he talked about the fact that he had seen such a building in Egypt, and Zhao and Ju named it after a name that he thought was very vivid.

The natives have a high yield of corn, and they only need to spend 70 or 80 days a year cultivating to meet their own food and clothing, so they have leisure time to build the big pyramid. They had some extremely barbaric customs, such as blood sacrifices, which made the people from the Great Song Dynasty extremely dissatisfied, and under the persecution of everyone, Duncan, who watched the blood sacrifices with relish, had to declare that the blood sacrifices were the rituals of evil gods, and if they wanted to sacrifice, they had to replace them with livestock. When the natives doubted this, Duncan added slyly: the blood of the enemy has the greatest effect.

In order to worship the "oracle", the natives sent a large number of treasures, including those seeds needed by the expedition fleet, as well as a large number of precious metals such as gold, silver, jadeite, and pearls. Although the composition of the entire expedition was composed of trained guards, fishermen and sailors whose families were in Liuqiu, and there was strict discipline, these gold, silver, and jade still caused a commotion in the expedition. There was a bitter dispute within the leadership of the expedition, and the end result was that the original coastal system gave one faction the upper hand, and the expedition mobilized the escorts accompanying the ships and participated in the war between the natives and the people. With their help, in just half a year, the native "king" to which the Heaven-Sent Harbor belonged conquered the surrounding areas, and because they had large ships, the tentacles of this native kingdom even extended to Columbia in northern South America in the later generations, and through here, they traded with another native kingdom in the endless forest.

The native kings were far more interested in capturing their enemies and sacrificing them with their blood than in gold and silver, so the two sides of the alliance shared the spoils of war with great understanding. The righteous boys who controlled the escort also gained a lot, in fact, the gold and silver they plundered could almost fill half a small sea ship, and it was as much as 100,000 taels according to the flow. As a compromise between the righteous boy and the coastal envoy, half of the gold and silver obtained belonged to the owner of Liuqiu, that is, Zhao and Ju, and the other half was distributed by the expedition members.

Because the weapons of the natives were mainly made of wood and stone, their most powerful weapons were only spears made of obsidian, and these weapons were not a big threat to the standard steel armor of the expedition, and in the whole war, the expedition suffered few casualties, and the wounded and died not as many as those who died of disease.

Thinking of these wars, Duncan Polo glanced at Qiu Shuang and Ouyang Yingfeng beside him with some aw.

Duncan Polo had always believed that Li Ye and Li Yunrui were the most terrifying of the righteous boys, but now he felt that Qiu Shuang, who was good at dissecting and using a large number of prisoners of war and enemy corpses to teach his disciples, was probably more fearful than Li Ye and Li Yunrui.

There is also Ouyang Yingfeng, the former pirate leader who is cunning and treacherous, and will do everything to win the victory, and even led fifteen people into the enemy city to capture the king of the enemy country. This naturally has the factor of taking advantage of the customs of the natives, but the indestructible armor of these outsiders and their extremely sharp knives have given the natives a great shock, you must know that the natives here have no iron tools at all, and the only thing they use to protect themselves is the so-called cotton armor.

If Zhao Youju knew that the righteous boy he had raised had done such a thing overseas, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Naturally, in addition to participating in the Turen War, Qiu Shuang and the others did not forget to do another thing, which was to teach the natives of Tianci Hong Kong to speak Chinese and use Chinese characters. Half a year is not a long time, and the fastest learning of the Turen is only about 1,000 Chinese characters, but there are many people among the Turen who can speak Chinese. At least in terms of communication between the two sides, there is no big obstacle.

But in a few days, the explorers will be leaving. They still have some important items that they have not yet obtained, so according to Zhao and Ju's plan, they must continue to go south, on the one hand, to find a way home, on the other hand, Zhao and Ju's documents, there are still some products, they must continue to search. Under the guidance of Zhao and Ju's map, they successfully came to Tianci Port, so they were also full of confidence that they could go back smoothly.

After another year at most, or even less if it goes well, they can go back to Liuqiu.

Thinking of this, Qiu Shuang smiled unconsciously.

On this voyage, he also felt a little tired, and he wanted to know what the situation was now, and what the situation of the big officials was now. Moreover, he also had a wish, that is, after returning to Liuqiu, he would beg the great officials to allow him to marry a junior sister in Yixue. Originally, when he was begging, everyone often met, and he didn't think there was anything good about the other party, but after being separated for a year and a half, his thoughts about that school girl were almost increasing day by day.

Especially when other explorers miss their relatives with small objects, Qiu Shuang feels even more lonely and lonely.

"Fengqing, what are you thinking?"

Lin Xi patted him lightly and asked him. Although there have been differences of opinion between the two and fierce disputes due to this, the two sides have always cooperated very well, and Zhao and Ju have confessed, and the affairs at sea are mostly subject to the more experienced Lin Xi and others, so this dispute did not hurt the feelings of both sides.

"I'm a little homesick." Qiu Shuang smiled and said, "After coming out for so long, Mengchu, don't you miss home?" ”

"I think I think a little, but I don't have anyone in my family." Lin Xi stood up and stretched: "On the globe given by the island owner, only our Huaxia, the Wa Kingdom, and the Dongshengzhou and Nanyang and Xinzhou are drawn, but the other side is blank, I am thinking, if I have the opportunity, I must go to the other side to take a look, and see the big food, Daqin, and Duncan's hometown in Venice." By the way, Duncan said that there is a large piece of land south of their hometown, and the natives above it are as black as coal, do you believe it or not? ”

"Pitch black as coal? Da Lang once told us that the Kunlun slave recorded in the Tang legend is as black as charcoal, and I naturally believe it. Qiu Shuang unconsciously put aside his longing, recalled the story he heard Zhao Heju tell when he was a teenager, and involuntarily said it according to the name of Zhao Heju when he was a teenager.

"Our island master, there is really a god and a man, thousands of miles of sea territory, he has never been here, why does he know so clearly?" Lin Xi sighed, and then said with a smile: "However, with this master, we are blessed, when I was as old as you, I wanted to sail overseas, but I never thought that I could run so far!" ”

"Hmm...... Thanks a lot. Qiu Shuang snorted, and suddenly realized that Lin Xi was actually enlightening himself, and he also stood up: "Don't look at it, Mengchu, let's go back." ”

A few days ago, it was these explorers who celebrated the Spring Festival, and the explosive battle they put on was really scared of the natives, only because the divine envoy was angry, so this ball game was held and the divine envoy was invited to watch. The captain of the winning team was originally to be slaughtered as a sacrifice, but due to the objections of the explorers, they now only had the captain kill a hostile captive to complete the sacrifice. Seeing that the game was about to end, Lin Xi and Qiu Shuang both had a heartfelt disgust for killing and sacrificing, so they left the field early.

Tianci Port was originally a small fishing village, but now it has become a city. When the Turen king drove manpower to build the pyramid, Qiu Shuang felt that it could be used, so after discussing with Lin Xi and Duncan, he asked the Turen king to build the city wall according to his instructions. The natives do not spend much time on farming and harvesting every year, and some have leisure time, so it only takes half a year to make this city quite large. Naturally, this city was offered as a "sacrifice" to the oracle, but in order to serve the oracle, the king also allocated thousands of slaves, who also lived in this heavenly port, farming, fishing, hunting, and feeding the explorers. Together with the nobles and all sorts of merchants who came to exchange precious metals and precious stones for silk, porcelain, and glass, the city is now home to more than 3,000 people, and it is much more manpower than the immigrants who first pioneered it.

Combined with the natives who live outside the city, the population of the vicinity should be more than 10,000.

"I think it's a pity, this place is rich in products, the wisdom of the people has not been opened, if you send people to teach, it will be better than asking for ten times in the future!" Walking on the simple dirt street, Lin Xi looked at all this.

"After all, it's too far away, and it will take a year to go back and forth at the earliest." Qiu Shuang shook his head: "There are more people coming, but I am afraid of arousing the hostility of the natives, and if there are fewer people, it will be useless." ”

"What are you afraid of arousing hostility, only these natives are just some native chickens and dogs, let's beg for a thousand escorts, it will be enough to sweep this place." Ouyang Yingfeng, who was walking with them, said with a twinkle in his eyes: "It's better to ......"

"It seems that after some good days, you forgot about the pain." Lin Xi glared at this once hostile pirate: "Most of the sailors on this ship have families and children, not to mention anything else, then Duncan wants him to stay here to fight the world, instead of returning to beg to see his precious children, you see if he will follow you!" ”

Ouyang Yingfeng smiled: "I'm just talking, I'm just talking, without the master, I'm nothing." ”

Qiu Shuang never made a sound, just squinted at him, and when Ouyang Yingfeng noticed this, he was startled, and said with a sneer: "Deputy Governor Lin, Lin Yizheng, I'm just joking, I can't take it seriously." ”

"It's no surprise that you're thinking so." Qiu Shuang smiled faintly, but Ouyang Yingfeng was terrified with a smile, he remembered that once he looked at Qiu Shuang's smile, it was when he dissected a corpse and grabbed the heart that was dripping with blood in his hand.

"No, no, I don't have the heart to do that, it's just a joke!" Ouyang Yingfeng is used to crisscrossing the sea, but now the situation is stronger than people, and the gold he has shared here is hundreds of times more than what he has robbed as a pirate for more than ten years, if he can't go back alive to enjoy so much gold, wouldn't it be too much of a loss. He also knew that although he could pull some sailors, it was impossible to pull these sailors to mutiny and defect with him, regardless of whether the backbone of the sailors was all righteous teenagers or guards, even ordinary sailors were mostly families and children, how could they be willing to abandon their wives and children with him, a person who has no family!

It is not easy to get married and have children in Liuqiu, so they cherish their family very much.

"Actually, there's something I could have told you." Qiu Shuang looked at Ouyang Yingfeng again, talking about his status in the expedition, he was originally qualified to know some things about Zhao Heju's identity, but the specifics were not enough, so he could only reveal a little, so that he could have a hope: "The master of my family is the Great Song Dynasty, and his identity is unspeakably expensive." ”

"What?" Ouyang Yingfeng had seen Zhao Heju, but he only knew that it was the little master, who was friendly with Huo Chongcheng, who had subdued him, and he didn't know anything about the rest. Now that they heard it was the Great Song Dynasty, they couldn't help but scream, although they were lawless, but all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, how could they not be surprised when they heard this kind of news.

"A character like you, follow my master to do well, there will inevitably be a background in the future, you Ouyang Yingfeng can also return to your hometown to worship your ancestors openly, and Hugh asked others to occupy the ancestral tomb of your Ouyang family." Qiu Shuang threw out another extremely tempting prospect.

For Ouyang Yingfeng, he is the so-called Jiangyang thief, don't say that he has to be cautious when he returns to his hometown to worship his ancestors, even if he goes on land, he is not afraid of being arrested by the government when he is begging, which allows him to live a comfortable life, but since ancient times, it is difficult to leave the country, how can he Ouyang Yingfeng avoid vulgarity!

"Really...... Really? He asked, his eyes sparkling.

"Hmph, my master still has a lot of places to use people, even a sea fang like Duncan has to be reused, let alone you? Duncan can get the award, and you Ouyang Yingfeng can naturally get it too! Qiu Shuang said lightly: "One day, you Ouyang Yingfeng will wear the official uniform of the Great Song Dynasty and return to your homeland in a majestic manner, and you will die immediately, and you will also have the face to meet your ancestors - I remember you once boasted that Ouyang Wenzhong Gong is the ancestor of your family?" ”

"I ......" Ouyang Yingfeng squeezed his fist hard, he always kept blowing when he mentioned this matter, but this time he kept his mouth shut.

Lin Xi glanced at Ouyang Yingfeng, and then at Qiu Shuang, Qiu Shuang once again impressed him, he only studied morality among the young men, Meng Xisheng had sharp teeth, but he never thought that Qiu Shuang's tongue was no less than Meng Xisheng!

Note 1: When white Europeans first arrived in the Americas, they were regarded as messengers of God.

Note 2: At this time, Mexico was supposed to be under the control of the Aztecs, with many city-states fighting each other.