In this hot weather, there is a trace of cold air on the surface of the ice cube, but if you look closely, you can find that this tabletop-sized ice cube is actually layered, each layer is only two inches thick, layer by layer, so that the whole ice cube reaches a step thick.

This ice cube is the last one that Lu Wan prepared, and it is also the most precious gift, he concentrated all the saltpeter in the fleet, and then made layers of thin ice, not that they didn't want to make a whole piece of ice at once, mainly because if there was too much water, it would not be able to freeze through at all, so they could only use this complicated method.

Central America is located in the tropics, although because most of Central America is plateaus and mountains, so the temperature is not very high, but there is no winter, which also makes the local natives have never seen ice at all, so naturally they don't know the gift sent by Lu Wan, and they all stared at each other, not knowing what this looks like crystal?

Most of Central America is a plateau, but the altitude of the coastal areas is not high, such as the copycat version of Mansa City, where Luvan and they are now located, the climate here is very hot, which can be seen from the clothing of the natives in Mansa City, for example, except for the old sacrifice, most of the Mayans are naked, and even some women in the city are the same, which makes many young crew members look straight in the eyes.

Heaven and earth conscience, they haven't touched a woman for a few months, especially in the relatively closed environment of the sea boat, and they urgently need to vent their exuberant energy, so now let alone see a topless woman. It is estimated that even if you see a delicate sow, you will also be obscene in your heart several times. Not to mention the Mayan women compared to other natives. It is also more in line with the aesthetics of the Han people.

It was precisely because the weather here was so hot that Lu Wan thought of giving the other party such a large piece of ice. As a result, the city lord of Mansa, who had lived for half his life, and the old priest who had lived for almost a lifetime had never seen ice, and the other nobles were the same, so after the initial shock, they began to discuss it one after another.

Lu Wan had already guessed this situation, and immediately signaled to Liu Kata. I saw the other party stand up, pick up a small chisel and knock down a piece of ice, and then put it in a hand-cranked ice crusher to break it, and a few portions of milk that had already been prepared were also delivered, adding crushed ice and drizzling honey. A very simple ice cream is ready.

At this time, Lu Wan stood up, and then personally gave the ice cream to the city lord of Mansa, and several main figures such as Feng Shijie also stood up and gave it to several important nobles such as the old priest and Zituo, and then Liu Kata explained, telling them that this is a kind of food, and made a demonstration.

Then the city lord of Mansa picked up the spoon of ceramics in disbelief, and tasted it in the same way as Liu Kata, and suddenly shivered. Immediately afterwards, he let out a sigh of relief, and then said something to Liu Kata while muttering, and kept stuffing it into his mouth, and the old priest and others saw the appearance of the city lord of Mansa. They were all very surprised, but when they tasted the ice cream, they also ate it one by one.

But wait until these people have just finished the ice cream in front of them. The restless old priest stood up again with excitement on his face, and spoke out loud. Now there is no need for Liu Kata to translate, Lu Wan and they can guess it. Because what the other party said was exactly the same as when they gave them silk and porcelain just now, it must have been in the name of God that they wanted to ask for the ice.

It's just that this time they fought and argued, and there was no ice cellar or anything like that in Mansa City, so don't look at the ice cubes, it is estimated that it will melt away soon. So Liu Kata hurriedly stopped the two groups of people who were arguing, and then explained the reason to them, but when these people heard that the ice cubes were actually made of ordinary people, they were all shocked one by one, feeling that this was beyond their comprehension.

Since the ice could not be saved, then the city lord of Mansa and the old priest no longer quarreled, and then asked Liu Kata to make a copy for them, and then he gathered the residents of the whole city and distributed the ice cubes to all the residents to taste, which was originally a good opportunity for the city lord of Mansa to win a lot of people's hearts, but the old priest declared that it was a gift from the gods, and as a result, the uninformed residents shouted Long live the gods, and at the same time became more devout to the temple, which made the city lord of Mansa and others very dissatisfied.

Lu Wan saw all this, but he didn't say anything, but participated in the banquet as usual, in addition, he also presented a jar of spirits to the city lord of Mansa in his private capacity, but the city lord of Mansa didn't know the goods at all, and after tasting it and finding it bitter and spicy, he gave it directly to his son Zito, but after tasting it, his eyebrows fluttered, and he even took the initiative to propose to Lu Wan that he hoped to buy more spirits, although Lu Wan didn't have much on board, but he still promised Zito, You can give him some more in the future.

Perhaps it was Luvan who gave so many precious gifts that played a role, and the atmosphere of the whole banquet was very warm from the beginning, especially when the lord of Mansa called a group of beautiful Mayan maidens, danced a dance, and asked Luvain to choose their partner for tonight, which made the boys in the fleet howl wolf.

Lu Wan was originally a pirate, and he has never been short of women around him, for example, he has more than a dozen interracial women as concubines in his family, and there are a bunch of mixed-race children alone, so he did not refuse these Mayan women who were sent to the door, and even took the initiative to pick the most beautiful one to pull to his side. The others are naturally even more unbearable, but only Feng Shijie is a really good man, he has only one wife at home, and he never prostitutes outside, so he is one of the few people who does not let a woman accompany him.

Eating the tortillas prepared by the Mayans, drinking the strange drink with chili peppers and salt, and having a beautiful Mayan girl by his side, this made the whole banquet gradually enter the climax, and finally at the invitation of the enthusiastic Mayan girl, they began to stand up and dance in twos and threes.

However, when the climax of the banquet passed, many of the crew members who couldn't bear it pulled the girls around them, some went to the girl's house, and some went directly into the forest or field, anyway, in the eyes of these crew members possessed by the wolf god, the place to do things is not important, the important thing is that the girl around them is willing.

Compared with those ordinary sailors, Lu Wan and they were naturally not so casual, they were arranged to rest in the homes of several nobles, among which Lu Wan lived in the house of the Zito, and then had a spring breeze with the beautiful woman next to him several times, but when he woke up the next day, he was told that the woman next to him was actually Zito's wife, which made him startled, but when he saw Zito smiling and not angry at all, he was relieved.

Later, Lu Wan learned that many of the women who accompanied them that night were the wives of nobles in Mansa City, and according to the custom of the Mayans, each of them had multiple wives, and they had the same custom as some Hu people in the northern grasslands of the Tang Dynasty, that is, to let their women accompany the guests, as a way to show their sincere welcome to the guests.

Through this somewhat glamorous banquet, the relationship between Lu Wan and Mansa City was pulled into a lot at once, and Liu Kata also mastered the language of the Mayans almost completely, so there was no big obstacle to communication. In addition, Liu Kata also learned one thing, that is, the Mayans actually have their own writing, but in the entire Mansa City, only the old priest who holds the divine power knows the writing, so Liu Kata is now trying to find a way to bribe the old priest, hoping to learn the Mayan script.

After Lu Wan had a good relationship with the lord of Mansa, he began to do business with each other on a large scale, and they exchanged some of the goods brought by the ship for what they needed, such as various supplies on the ship, and Lu Wan also exchanged for a large number of corn, sweet potatoes, peppers, etc., of which corn and peppers can be directly used as seeds, and sweet potatoes are more troublesome, but there is no way to preserve, such as some soil cultivation can be loaded on the ship.

In addition, Lu Wan also found some other plants in the atlas through the city lord of Mansa, such as potatoes, tomatoes and peanuts, but peanuts are not a specialty of Mansa City, they also have some reserves through trading with other tribes, the quantity is not very large, and it does not meet Lu Wan's requirements for the time being, but it doesn't matter, Lu Wan has asked the city lord of Mansa to buy some peanuts in large quantities through him, so that they can be brought back to make seeds.

Lu Wan and their exploration route is divided into two stages and three tasks, of which the first stage has only one task, that is, to find a route to the Americas, and is drawing a nautical chart, this task they have achieved. The second stage is divided into two tasks, the first of which is to collect various crop seeds from the atlas and bring them back to Taiwan. Now that this task is halfway completed, it will soon be possible to collect all the crops in the atlas. It's just that whether they can reach Taiwan safely is still unknown.

In addition, the second stage also has a side task, which is also the last task, that is, to temporarily establish good relations with the local natives, and collect as much information as possible on all aspects of the Americas, and bring it to Taiwan after compiling a book, so as to lay a good foundation for landing in the Americas again in the future. It was precisely this last task that made Lu Wan so polite to a small Mansa city, and even spent a lot of effort to get along with each other, in order to complete this task through them.

However, just when the relationship between the fleet and Mansa City became closer and closer, and even many crew members had fixed lovers in the city, a very unexpected thing suddenly happened, and this incident almost caused a conflict between the fleet and Mansa City. (To be continued......)