"Captain, are we really going tonight?" Feng Shijie asked with some uneasiness. During this time, most of them stayed on the ship, mainly for safety reasons, after all, they could not communicate with these natives, and they knew too little about them, so in addition to Liu Kata to learn the other party's language and run to the shore every day, there was also the material supply officer, who often brought some small goods to the shore to exchange some food with the natives.

Liu Kata is really a language genius, after this period of familiarity, he has slowly figured out the general structure of the other party's language, and even can have some simple communication with the locals, and it is this simple communication, coupled with Liu Kata's observations, that finally let Lu Wan know some of the local situation.

It turns out that the local natives call themselves Mayans, and there are many similar villages around, and the inhabitants are all Mayans, but I heard them say that the political center of the Mayans is in the east, a peninsula called Yucatan by the natives, where there are large-scale cities, and each city has a tall temple, which enshrines various gods of the Mayans, and the city is also very prosperous, which is not comparable to the local small villages and towns.

In addition, Luvan and the others also learned that the small village they came into contact with was called Mansa City, not surprisingly, this small village did call itself a city, this is not because the Mayans are arrogant, but the inhabitants of Mansa City did not live here, but lived in the Yucatan Peninsula mentioned above, and the feathered chief was the original city lord, who controlled a city called Mansa, but unfortunately they were defeated by the enemy more than ten years ago. The city was also breached, so he had to flee to live by the sea. However, the chief still missed his city, so he named this small seaside village Mansa City. In addition to the city of Mansa, there are several small villages in the surrounding area that are also under the rule of the Feather Chieftain.

It is also worth mentioning that the Feather Chieftain is revered by the locals as Mansa, and this phenomenon of taking the name of the city is common, so it is not surprising that Luvan and them are not surprised. Moreover, although this Mansa City Lord is a loser, he is very friendly to Lu Wan, especially after this period of contact, he has received a lot of gifts from Lu Wan, which makes him very welcome to these outsiders. Today, he sent someone to invite Lu Wan ashore to entertain them in the city.

Seeing Feng Shijie's somewhat uneasy look, Lu Wan thought about it for a while and said resolutely: "Go, we must go this time, after all, this is the Mansa City Lord who took the initiative to invite us, if we don't go, I'm afraid it will affect the relationship that has been established during this time, and in addition, it's not a way for us to stay on the boat every day, we must go out and build a good relationship with the local natives first." Lay the groundwork for a future foothold in the Americas! ”

Hearing that Lu Wan was so thoughtful, Feng Shijie also felt that this was indeed the case after hearing it, there was nothing wrong with being cautious, but he couldn't be too cautious. In addition, according to their understanding, although there are more than 1,000 inhabitants in the city of Mansa, there are very few men in the prime of life. No more than two hundred people, only half the number of their crews. In the event of a conflict, it is a big deal to kill all the people here. However, if this news spreads, it may arouse the hostility of the native Americans, and it will be a little troublesome to establish a foothold in the Americas in the future.

In the afternoon, Lu Wan got off the ship with a small part of the crew, and most of the remaining crew members defended on the ship, after all, the ship was their foundation, and there must be no mistakes.

During this time, Lüvan's ship has been docked at sea, and Mansa City is used as a small boat, and Lüvan is also the first time to enter Mansa City, but this village and town known as the city looks very broken on the outside, and when you enter the inside, you find that the inside is more broken than the outside, and the small thatched huts have only four lonely pillars, and then they are covered with some leaves, this is a house, and most of the residents in the city live in this kind of house.

Lu Wan and the others walked along the only path in the city, and from time to time they saw some natives cooking in the thatched hut next to them, they made dough with corn flour, and then pressed it into cakes and baked it on top of stone slabs or pottery, which was the staple food that was originally delivered to their ship, but ordinary natives would not wrap meat in corn tortillas, because only the nobles in the city could eat meat.

For Lu Wan's arrival, the residents of the city also seemed very curious, but because during this period of time, Liu Kata and they often went ashore, so these residents were already used to seeing them, but it was the first time to see so many people on the boat go ashore together, so there were still many curious onlookers.

Mansa City was originally a small village, so Lu Wan and the others soon came to the center of the village. However, as soon as they came here, they were immediately stunned, because they really didn't expect that in the center of this dilapidated village, there was a small building, which was all made of stone, and there were some patterns carved on both sides of the gate, which looked like it should be a temple or something.

And behind this temple, there are some smaller stone buildings, which are presumably supposed to be the residences of the lord of Mansa. However, whether it is a temple or a residence, there are no ordinary huts within a hundred meters of the surrounding area, forming an empty square, and it seems that the class of these Mayans is also very clear.

When Luwan and the others walked to the square, the Mansa city lord came out of the temple with a group of people, and in addition to this city lord, two people caught Lu Wan's attention, among which the Mansa city lord was an old man on the left, with a piece of cloth on his body, covering his upper body, which was in clear contrast to the shirtless natives around him.

In addition, the sharp-eyed Lu Wan immediately discovered that the cloth on the old man's body was a gift he gave to them when he first met the city lord of Mansa, but now it has not undergone any cutting, and the whole cloth is directly wrapped around the old man's body. It's just that the cotton cloth is wrapped in such a hot weather, which makes the old man's face full of sweat, and it looks weird and funny.

The other is a young native to the right of the city lord, this native is strong, and his height is half a head taller than the average native, he should be a mighty samurai, holding a spear in his hand, the tip of the spear is very distinctive, and it looks like it is made of black glass. Lu Wan knew that it was obsidian, the texture was very hard, and it was known as one of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism in the Central Plains, but here in the Americas, it was made into a killing weapon by the Mayans.

Although Lu Wan had not seen these two before, but through the information found by Liu Kata and others, Lu Wan knew that the old man should be a sacrifice under the city lord of Mansa City, the Mayans believe in polytheism, and the right to sacrifice is very large, and they can even influence the decision of the city lord, so this old sacrifice is the second person in Mansa City. As for the young warrior, he was the son of the lord of Mansa, whose name was Zito, and he was in charge of the city's military forces, and he had been patrolling several other villages some time ago, and he had only returned in the past two days.

Seeing Lu Wan coming at the appointment, the city lord of Mansa immediately greeted him very happily, because the language barrier between the two sides and Liu Kata could only translate some simple conversations, so the other party was not very polite, and after introducing the people behind him, the city lord of Mansa immediately ordered someone to light a bonfire in the square and prepare a banquet at the same time.

There were no chairs or anything like that in Mansa City, everyone was sitting cross-legged, which Lu Wan had already known, so they didn't care, everyone gathered in a big circle, and then Lu Wan asked people to send the gifts they brought. Because this was an official meeting, and Lu Wan also wanted to have a good relationship with Mansa City in his heart, the gifts he gave this time were more expensive, and the exquisite silk and porcelain made the Mansa City Lord and others all stare.

"¥%#¥#......" When the old priest saw these gifts, he suddenly said a few words in a loud voice with great excitement, but after hearing this, the city lord of Mansa and his son Zito both looked a little unnatural.

When Lu Wan saw this, he turned his head to look at Liu Kata beside him, but Liu Kata frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "Captain, this old priest seems to say that these exquisite gifts can only be enjoyed by gods, so they should be owned by the temple." ”

As soon as Liu Kata's words fell, the young warrior Zito suddenly argued with a red face, and there was no need for Lu Wan to ask, Liu Kata immediately translated: "Zito said that these gifts were given to the city lord of Mansa, so they should be distributed by the city lord, and he also accused the priest, saying that he nominally offered the gifts to the gods, but in the end he only let him enjoy them himself. ”

And after Zito finished speaking, the nobles behind the city lord of Mansa also began to quarrel, and Lu Wan could see that those nobles must have been divided into two factions, one faction helped the sacrifice, and the other group supported the city lord, and they could not stand each other for a while.

Seeing this, Lu Wan secretly shook his head and sighed: It seems that where there are people, there is fighting, and these natives are no exception, but they have all fallen to such a point, they don't want to recover their homeland, but they are fighting for some property, no wonder they will be driven to this kind of place?

Regarding the quarrel within Mansa City, Lu Wan and the others naturally didn't interject, they just looked at it with a smile, and the other party didn't have the slightest embarrassed expression, and after arguing for a long time, they finally decided to take a step back and share half of the gifts with the city lord.

However, Lu Wan also brought a special gift, and now that he saw that they were finished arguing, he was brought up. As a result, I saw four or five young and vigorous young men carrying up an object, which looked like a big box, but the outside of this thing was covered with cotton cloth, and the inside could not be seen at all.

And Liu Kata walked up at this time and suddenly lifted the cotton cloth on the gift, revealing the hidden gift underneath, and when the city lord of Mansa and the priest saw the gift, they looked at each other for a while, because they had never seen such a thing at all. (To be continued......)