Thanks to the apocalyptic blockbuster in later generations, Li Xiu paid some attention to the Mayans, and later through the Internet and other channels, he learned more about the Mayans. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For example, he knew that the Mayans lived in Central and South America, built their own cities and countries, and were very advanced in astronomy and mathematics, and obviously mastered the technology of smelting metal, but they were not allowed to use metal tools, but only smelted gold and enshrined them in the temple, and what was even more strange was that they did not invent the wheel, which also made the Mayan civilization from birth to extinction, there is no record of using the car at all.

However, Li Xiu is not a scholar specializing in the Mayans after all, and his understanding of the Mayans is very limited, for example, he does not know the historical period in which the Mayans were active? I don't know when the Mayan civilization declined later? I don't know what form the Mayan civilization took to appear on the continents of Central and South America?

In fact, Maya has never been a unified regime or country, it is a collective name for the local indigenous tribal civilization in Central and South America, the Mayan civilization is actually centered on the city-state, each city-state has its own unique culture and customs, but in the general context, they all have the same civilization, so they are unified as the Maya, and it is very coincidental that in the Tang Dynasty, it is also the strongest and most active period of the Maya.

"What Mayans?" Hearing Li Xiu's exclamation, the bearded man asked a little puzzled, he had not heard of a name in the Americas, in fact, everywhere he went, the natives there seemed to have their own names, and he only remembered a few important city-states so far, but there was no Maya among them.

"Oh, Maya is my general term for the more civilized natives of Central and South America who live in city-states, just like we call the Turks, but in fact the Turks are made up of many tribes with different names!" Li Xiu also came to his senses at this time, and hurriedly explained.

"I see, but it's convenient to call it like this, and the natives on the American side don't know what's wrong, and the names they take are long and awkward, for example, what is the name of the city-state where Quyi lives in Wahaktong, anyway, I call it that, but in fact, the name of their city-state is much longer than this." The bearded guest also said with some distress at the end.

"Vahaktong? I haven't heard of this name, but what kind of person is this Qu Yi uncle, if it's just an ordinary native girl, you shouldn't have brought her back so far, right? Li Xiu asked curiously again at this time, the bearded guest just talked about his experience of arriving in the Americas, but he still didn't talk about what happened to the big-bellied Mayan girl? Of course, Li Xiu actually had a vague guess in his heart.

"Alas, you really guessed right, Qu Yi is not an ordinary person, her father is the lord of Ohakton, those Mayans are centered on the city-states, forming a force similar to the kingdom, Ohaktong is the most powerful of these Mayan city-states I have encountered, and the surrounding city-states must obey their orders." The bearded guest sighed at this time, and then gave a general introduction to Qu Yi's identity and origin.

"I see, I understand, it must be the eleventh brother who seduced people to bed, and also made other people's stomachs bigger, but he didn't want to be responsible, and then patted his ass and ran away, but even so, uncle, you don't need to be so angry, right?" Li Xiu nodded first, and then said a little strangely, listening to the introduction of the bearded guest before, they don't seem to do this kind of thing, and they don't care at all if they will leave children there in the Americas, so his reaction seems to be a little excessive?

"How can it be so simple?" The bearded guest slapped the table angrily at this time, and then talked about Zhang Shiyi and Qu Yi in detail again, and Li Xiu was more and more shocked the more he listened, and at the same time slowly understood why the bearded guest was so angry.

The Mayans had different gods in each city-state, and different civilizations and customs extended from different doctrines, and the Mayans were more civilized than the natives they had encountered in North America before. The city-state of Ohaktong was the most powerful Mayan city-state that the bearded guests had encountered, and some of the customs of this city-state were somewhat similar to those of the Han Chinese, such as the fact that they attached great importance to the chastity of women, and that a woman could only marry one man in her life, and once married, the marriage could not be dissolved under any circumstances.

When the bearded guest first came into contact with the city-state of Ohaktong, he had already figured out their customs, so he also specially warned his subordinates not to provoke the women of this city-state, after all, there were other city-states around Ohakton, some city-states did not value women's chastity, and some city-states were even greedy for the novelty brought by the bearded guests, and were very willing to let the women in the city-state associate with them in order to get some reward.

However, others did not dare to offend the orders of the bearded guest, but Zhang Shiyi was a cowardly fellow, and the city-state of Wahaktong also welcomed the arrival of the bearded guest, and the lord of the city-state also personally received them, and organized goods to trade with them, this time the bearded guest did not come empty-handed, but brought a lot of silk and porcelain, because he knew that when these things were overseas, they were sometimes more popular than real money.

It was also in this kind of transaction that Zhang Shiyi didn't know how to hook up with Qu Yi, but during an affair, he was discovered by Qu Yi's father, as the lord of the city-state of Ohaktong, his daughter was defiled by an outsider and pure, which was a great insult to him, which made him angry, and immediately let people catch Zhang Shiyi, fortunately, Zhang Shiyi's skills were good, and he escaped under the pursuit of the Mayans, and escaped back to the ship.

The bearded guest only learned about this after the fact, and when the lord of Ohaktong asked him for someone, the bearded guest was almost angry, because he was fighting with the Wahaktong people at that time, and even persuaded the other party to ask the other party to help them set up a stronghold and port by the sea, so that it would be convenient for the fleet to dock here and rest in the future.

"Wait a minute, Central and South America is so big, if you fall out with the lord of Vahaktong, it's a big deal that you take people away, and then find a place, there's no need to build a stronghold there, right?" Li Xiu said again in confusion at this time.

"That's different, you don't know what we found in Ohakton!" The bearded man said with an excited face at this time, and the appearance of him seemed to make him happier than the discovery of America.

"What's it, is it gold?" Li Xiu also cheered up when he heard this, the bearded man is a hero, which Li Xiu also admitted, but the hero also has his own selfish desires, especially a hero like the bearded guest, not only is he king overseas, but he also has a big family behind him, so he is also very greedy for wealth, otherwise he would not control the trade of the South Seas.

"Hehe, there is a lot of gold, but the gods of the Mayans also like gold, so the gold mines generally found are controlled by them, unless we start a war, we can't get gold at all, but in addition to gold, there are other precious metals, such as silver!" The bearded man squinted his eyes at this time, and there was undisguised greed on his face.

"Silver! Are the reserves large? Li Xiu also exclaimed when he heard this, and then asked, but as soon as the words came out, he almost slapped himself, the Americas are famous for their rich minerals, especially the precious metals of gold, silver and copper, think about the Spanish treasure ships of later generations, almost a shipload of gold and silver to Europe, and the reason why the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations chose silver as currency is mainly that almost all the silver produced in the Americas is shipped to the Central Plains.

"Hehe, you may not believe it, the Mayans like gold, but they don't like silver, the gold mines they mined are also accompanied by silver, and as a result, they only need gold and throw away silver, the lord of the city-state of Oaxton found out that we like silver, and took me to see a huge silver mine, the reserves I can't estimate, but the silver content of the ore is very high, and it is very cheap, a porcelain bowl can be exchanged for silver the size of a person's head, it is like picking it up for nothing, do you say I want it?" At the end, the bearded man also had bright eyes, and looked like a greedy hungry wolf.

"A piece of silver the size of a human head?" Li Xiu couldn't help but look down at a porcelain bowl in front of him when he heard this, just such a porcelain bowl, it can be exchanged for so much silver, you must know that the Tang Dynasty is different from later generations, silver and gold in this era are very rare, so the price of silver is actually about the same as gold, the same amount of silver may be cheaper than gold, but it is also very limited, if it can be transported back to ordinary silver, then I dare not imagine its value?

"Know, Vahaktong is a big gold lord in my eyes, the lord has agreed to trade with us with silver, and the port I built is mainly used to transport silver, but at this pass, it was disturbed by the bastard of Eleven, if you were me, what would you do?" When the bearded guest said the end, he also asked angrily.

"This ......" Li Xiu didn't know how to answer when he heard this, although he wanted to suggest that the bearded guest throw Zhang Shiyi into the sea to feed the fish, but it is estimated that the bearded guest would not be able to be ruthless, but if he kept this son, I am afraid that the great wealth would have to be thrown in the Americas.

"Uncle, then what did you do in the end, why did the eleventh brother come back early, and why did you bring this Qu Yi back?" Li Xiu hesitated for a moment and spoke again, although he knew that the father and son had returned safely, but thinking that they were all on other people's territory at that time, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel worried about them. (To be continued.) )