"Fight your way, leave me alone, I'll just watch here, clean up and I'll go in and shop." Hong Tao did not break his promise, no longer interfered in Swan's battles, and kept observing the legendary city with a telescope, especially the temple. The Indians didn't even know how to use wheels, they didn't even have Bronze Age tools, and even if there was no shortage of rocks nearby, it would have taken a lot of effort to build such a majestic building.

The most peculiar thing is that in front of the pyramid is a large circular square, which looks like a circle from a distance, similar to the ornaments on their backs, which should be used by the people of the city to gather in front of the temple. Many of the Mayan pyramids in later generations had such squares nearby, and some historians have used it to explain the transportation of the pyramid monoliths, saying that it was the landing site where the Mayans summoned shaped flying machines, and they used spaceships to carry huge stones.

This speculation is not entirely unfounded, and some of the huge rocks are indeed difficult to transport by pure human means, even if they are rolled with a tree trunk underneath. Whether it's a rainforest or a mountainous terrain, this mode of transport is completely unfeasible without a roughly flat surface. As a result, some people later speculated that the Mayans were descendants of aliens. Because some of their things are indeed very advanced, surpassing other civilizations of their time, such as mathematics, calendars, carving, art, and agriculture. But many things are very backward, such as tools, smelting, transportation, and animal husbandry.

It's hard not to think that they probably have more advanced tools and machinery, and they don't need to study these things at all, which is why they are so backward in some way. As for why the Mayans suddenly declined, some people speculate that the aliens suddenly evacuated the earth for unknown reasons, and the remaining Mayans lost the help of high technology, and did not research the corresponding technical supplements, so they naturally declined on their own.

Regardless of how these huge buildings were built, Hong Tao liked this valley anyway. The climate is suitable, easy to defend, there are mountains and rivers, the land is fertile, and the most important thing is that there is a city foundation here, which is much easier than building a new city from scratch. Thinking of this, Hong Tao took out the map from the backpack behind him and looked at it on horseback.

Mexico is a place with a good location. The Pacific Ocean on the left and the Gulf of Mexico on the right are connected to the Atlantic Ocean, and in addition to the desertification in the north and the rainforests in the south, which are uninhabitable, the central plateau and the coastline plains on the east and west sides are good grain producing areas. Moreover, there is no shortage of minerals here, and there are abundant oil reserves in the southern isthmus and bays, so it is very suitable to make a small kingdom of self-sufficiency.

The North American continent is good, but it is too big and the distribution of resources is too scattered. It is very difficult to manage such a large country, and the main thing is that it is too tiring and not suitable for a lazy person like yourself. The best thing to do now is to divide the North American continent among your followers, let them play with each of them in small pieces, and occupy Mexico by themselves, shrink under them, and slowly develop without revealing the mountains.

If Europe had come from the east and Asians had come from the west, the North American continent would have been the first to be discovered. Let them be on top of it, and steal fun below, and add a stick to the cold and snatch the fattest meat, how fun. Moreover, Mexico is a place that can be attacked and defended, and if you want to develop quickly, you have a way to make this currently unknown land quickly become a hot spot for the world.

In southern Mexico, there is a place called the Tehuantepec Isthmus, which is very narrow, with a total width of more than 200 kilometers, with the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other. If a canal could be dug into this isthmus, there would be no Panama Canal. Mexico will soon become a major transportation route between Europe, the east and west of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. At that time, almost half of the ocean-going ships will have to pay taxes to themselves, and they will not have to do anything, and they will not have to worry about food and drink just by guarding this canal.

What the? There weren't that many seas in this era? It's not a problem, they can have it if they want to, as long as they broadcast their own charts and sell them some sea boats, whether it is Europeans, Africans or Asians, they will not let go of this good opportunity to make a fortune, what they lack now is not demand, but ideas and technology, these two things can be provided at any time.

The Panama Canal, which is less than 100 kilometers wide, has a large lake in the middle, so you don't need to dig it at all. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is more than 200 kilometers wide, can this thing dig a canal?

The answer is yes! When the United States decided to dig the Panama Canal at the request of the Central American Union, it also chose four places first, one of which was the Tehuantepec Isthmus, but later Panama was chosen because of the better conditions given by the Colombian government. According to the construction technology, all four places could be dug at that time, and the final choice of where to go was mainly the result of political games.

In fact, the Tehuantepec Isthmus really does not need to dig more than 200 kilometers of canals, it itself has a large river with abundant water that runs through almost two-thirds of the isthmus, as long as the remaining third is dug through, through this river can communicate the two oceans. Moreover, the altitude of the isthmus is not high, the highest place is more than 200 meters, most of the area is a low-level basin with an altitude of tens of meters, and there are many Koster landforms, which are relatively easy to excavate.

Of course, this is easy to be relative, relying only on explosives to blow up, plus manpower to excavate, this project has to be described by the word huge. However, Hong Tao still decided to try, because he came to this era, the fate of the Indians has changed, there is no need to die tens of millions of people, and he uses hundreds of thousands of them to dig a small canal, it seems that he does not have to feel too guilty.

The big deal is that the canal was finally named after the Indians, and it can be regarded as leaving a strong mark on the history of the Indians, and everyone will thank them for their contributions hundreds of years later. Of course, the Indian name of the river must be its own Indian name, and I haven't thought about what to call it yet, but I'll talk about it when I'm almost dug up.

Thinking about it was not enough, Hong Tao simply got off his horse and took out a pen, briefly calculated the approximate area of his small kingdom on the map, and then looked at where a military fortress needed to be built to occupy these areas, as well as where roads, shipyards, and industrial facilities were more appropriate. As for the battle below the hillside, Hong Tao didn't bother to watch it, he only needed to listen to the sporadic gunfire to know that Swan didn't catch any big battles. It is estimated that most of the people in the city have run away after yesterday's battle, and the rest have no intention of resisting.

"You're going to dig a canal here? Why use it? I don't know when, Swan suddenly appeared behind him, and he understood all the circles, dots, dots, lines and lines he had drawn on the map.

"If it's none of your business, don't ask, this will be my kingdom in the future, kill fewer people, they are all my people, and it takes a lot of manpower to dig the canal." How did you come back, the battle is over! Hong Tao rolled up the map, stuffed it back into his backpack, and then looked in the direction of Tula City. It's okay, there are probably a few hundred people left who haven't run, and they have all been driven out of the city to line up.

"There are so many people in total, and they didn't even catch any of the officials, so they ran away at night." Swann didn't blame Hong Tao this time, because Hong Tao didn't mix it at all, so he could only blame himself for his bad life.

"It's okay, with your Uncle Luo blocking the mountain pass, they can't run out. Send someone to the front first, find a suitable place and set off immediately, I will definitely not interfere with your battle. Hong Tao's heart was no longer on fighting at this time, not only was Si Wan unwilling to fight, but he himself was not interested. Carrying a double-barreled shotgun to fight enemies who are still in the Stone Age, he doesn't show his face when he says it. The question now should be considered not how to win the war, but how to manage these prisoners of war. It's basically impossible to send all of them back to Sun City or Saba City, and most of them have to stay here to continue their lives, so how to arrange them is a big problem.

(To be continued.) )