The young Mayan men and women who were sent back were quickly engaged in the construction of the west coast of the island of Nan Yindi...... According to Governor Wang Zheng, although the two sides could not communicate directly in the language, they were extremely comprehensible and adapted to collective labor.

This is why Governor Wang Zheng was confident that the Mayans were far more capable and docile than the blacks.

Governor Wang Zheng also handed the photos he brought back to Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong to see, and anyway, he would eventually send the materials back to Liuqiu Island through his fleet.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong saw the tall triangular stone tower; saw a stone tablet carved with strange patterns; Also see the temple with many steps; There are also low-rise houses with grass roofs and terraced rice fields with irrigation systems...... And, of course, the so-called Mayan kings and their queens and nobles with panicked expressions...... Those two mass graves also look shocking!

Governor Wang Zheng said: "They also have no idea of money or personal property, nor wheels nor iron tools, but their life and the fruits of their labor belong to the sun god and all other gods...... In fact, it is the slave of the nobles and the king! ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong looked at the stone towers with more interest, and said, "Those buildings seem to be made of easy-to-cut limestone...... However, they have the energy to build towers, so why don't they repair their houses well......"

Governor Wang Zheng smiled and said, "Large buildings are conducive to expressing the majesty and ability of those in power, and have a psychological effect of intimidating others...... And if you make people work all the time, it will make them more tame...... Everyone has built their houses well, and maybe people will have more desires.

Of course, this is my personal understanding. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong nodded and said, "In the end, they will still give up because of the poor fertility of the soil?" Who is to blame for these losses? ”

"Just show your majesty...... Everyone's loss is nothing...... This is the magic weapon to maintain the rule. ”

"So they're used to coming to us to work?"

"Yes...... At first, they thought they would be sacrificed with blood! Later, they found that they were still working, and that their food, clothing, shelter and supplies were better than in the past, and they were stable. ”

The Mayans considered ceremonial torture and human sacrifice to be the basic religious rituals of society, as a guarantee of the fertility of the land and an expression of devotion to the gods.

If you ignore rituals, it will cause chaos and chaos in the world...... It's all going to be over.

Extracting human blood is believed to nourish the gods and is indispensable for achieving communication with the gods...... As a result, they tortured the people they captured elsewhere, then disemboweled, and finally beheaded them to the sound of their screams.

It is believed that ordinary Mayans, even with the greatest worship, would be afraid of such a process...... Except for extreme people who really like to give.

Therefore, the Maya quickly integrated into the labor of development and construction, saving a lot of care energy.

The saltpeter mining area is the one with the largest Mayan labor force of the three mining areas.

It is far from the rainforest and has a relatively low technical requirement for labor...... The Mayan nobles were sent to struvite to mine struvite with the nobles who had rebelled against the Inca kings.

Governor Wang Zheng proudly said: "We have not destroyed a country or civilization, but saved more people...... Under the Mayan system, sooner or later they will collapse themselves and more people will die!

I also have a lot of Mayan books and other artifacts here...... When the time comes, please send me back to the main island of Liuqiu. ”

The culture of the Maya was somewhat more advanced than that of the Incas, and they already had written texts, which were mostly recorded on stone tablets, wooden boards, pottery, and books.

The paper of their books is made of plant fibers, which are soaked in lime water and then dried in the sun, so that there is a distinct layer of lime on the paper.

Governor Wang Zheng did not rush to decipher them.

Back then, before he set off, the master seemed to mysteriously tell him to value the Mayan civilization, and he began to take it seriously...... By now, he didn't care a little anymore, not because of their weak combat ability, but because of the way they treated their own people, where did they look like an advanced civilization?!

The country does not know that there is a people, and the people naturally do not know that there is a country...... They get a lot more out of their work for us than they get out of their work for the Maya, so they are immediately relieved...... Moreover, we allow private ownership of property, and we don't need your dedication!

Governor Wang Zheng believed that if he was given another five years, and that after the wise of the other side learned some of our language, all the so-called mysterious civilizations would be understood.

See where the Mayan civilization can go!

…… But the main family has never made a mistake, so it is better to pay attention.

As they spoke, the flotilla's five-masted transports smoothly lowered the supplies they had brought from the copper mines to the docks.

The grain reserves in the nitrate mining areas are more sufficient.

The nitrate mining area also entrusted their five-masted transport ships to bring 2,000 tons of saltpeter to the silver mining area...... They can be used directly on upland crops and are more fertile than struvite that acts as a slow-release fertilizer.

Now even the Inca farmers have learned to use fertilizer...... Therefore, there is simply no nation in the world that cannot be reformed and cannot accept the civilization of other nations.

Governor Wang Zheng learned a major lesson from the Inca and Mayan kingdoms...... We must have more contacts with other nationalities, no matter what level of development we have, no matter how far we surpass others, we must not rest on our laurels!

Governor Wang Zheng hosted a dinner for them...... However, Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong found that Governor Wang Zheng was not a good drinker, so he drank a little.

At this time, the town of nitrate with the governor's palace as the center was already shrouded in twilight, and the streets began to be crowded with people after the gas street lamps were lit one by one by special personnel.

Several large shops under the Indian Group of Companies attract many customers.

Governor Wang Zheng said leisurely:

"We don't treat the Mayan laborers as slaves, we equate them with Inca laborers, but because of their seniority, their wages are lower...... When they slowly save up enough money, I believe they will move out of the dormitory, buy their own house, and then marry a wife and have children, and live a small life of their own...... What blood sacrifices, offerings, they will forget them all!

They will become free people who will always belong to the nitrate mining area! ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong asked, "Do you want to treat them as citizens of the empire?" ”

"Nope! I'm afraid my generation can't...... In that case, the cost to the Federal Empire would be too great...... Let's wait for the next generation, and wait for the generation that has been educated by the culture of the empire to grow up! ”

The crowd applauded in agreement.

The treatment of citizens of the empire will not be easily given to others......

After the dinner, Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong and Governor Wang Zheng were alone on the balcony of the Governor's Palace, smoking and chatting.

Governor Wang Zheng made a request that their five-masted transports spend an additional two months to help the silver mining area transport 3,000 Inca laborers and the necessary supplies of life and production to the mouth of the Buyi River.

The 3,000 Inca laborers were all selected people, and most of them could understand some Song dialect and some agricultural and animal husbandry techniques.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong immediately agreed, his transoceanic mission had no time limit, and it was the responsibility of the Imperial Navy to help the local development and construction of the Federal Empire.

Governor Wang Zheng spat out a puff of smoke into the dark blue night sky and said, "I'm delaying you going home...... You've been out there for three years, haven't you? ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong sighed and said, "It's been four and a half years...... It's my own choice. ”

A gas lamp is not as bright as a kerosene gas lamp, but it is a bit softer.

"Well, you've been out there as long as I have, and I've been around for five and a half years...... But not too homesick...... My wife and children will be here with the next convoy. ”

"Where are the relatives, where is the home?!"

"That's right! Even if it is tens of thousands of miles away, this is the land of the Federal Empire! ”