"It's really strange that the Mayans, they think that metal will lead to war, so they completely ban the use of metal products, only some gold products are allowed in the temple, and gold is not allowed to be traded, no wonder we didn't even see a grain of golden gold when we traded today." Zhao Jia sat on the deck at this time, looking at the sunset in the west and said, he remembered that his father had told him that gold was abundant here in the Americas, so he thought that the other party would trade gold when trading today, but he didn't see it at all, but he didn't expect it to be this reason.

"Yes, our ancestors said that because of choking and waste food, I am afraid that this is the case, the essence of war is the conflict caused by different forms of interests and understanding, although metal weapons make war more cruel, but our gunpowder weapons are not more cruel?" At this time, Yang Shiliang also frowned and said, in the military academy, they not only learned the art of war, but also learned a lot of other aspects of knowledge, to help them establish a correct world view and outlook on life, only in this way can they become a qualified general.

"These Mayans are still very intelligent, I talked to the priest and found that he is very proficient in astronomy and mathematics, and in some places even far more than me, but unfortunately their religion has limited their development, there are no tools made of metal, not even wheels are used, how can such a society have great development?" At this time, Yuan also shook his head again and again, the ban on the use of metal products was issued by the Mayans in the name of religion, and there are also wheels, the Mayans don't have cars until now, but they obviously make round wheels, but no one uses cars, and Yuan hasn't figured out the reason until now.

"Alas, it's not our turn to worry about the Mayans until this deal is over. Everybody, continue to sail south, try to get around the Americas and reach the Pacific Ocean as soon as possible, and then we will not be far from home. Zhao Jia suddenly stopped sighing at this time and said, they are destined to be just passers-by in the life of the Maya, maybe the Great Song Dynasty will have contact with the Mayans in the future, but that is all for the future. Now what they need to consider is to bypass the Americas and return to the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Jia's trade with the Mayans lasted for three days before it ended, and then Zhao Jia and the others left the strait loaded with Mayan goods and continued to sail south, along the way they encountered some Maya towns, but none of them were as powerful as Ohac City, some of them did not seem to be smaller than Ohac City, but the population of the city was small, according to the Maya people in the city, their ancestors had suffered from a plague. As a result, the population continued to decrease, and many city-states even disappeared because of this, and this news also shocked Zhao Jia and them, because they couldn't look like what kind of plague had such great power?

However, in the following contact, Zhao Jia and the others found that not all the American natives were relatively friendly, among which the Mayans and Taíno were relatively friendly, but there were other ethnic groups of the American natives who were very brutal, such as Zhao Jia when they first encountered an unfriendly native tribe. As soon as they landed, they were ambushed by each other, and several people died in the process. More than a dozen people were injured, which also made Zhao Jia very angry, and he wiped out the other party's entire clan with people that night, after all, they Song people are not easy to bully, and the person who killed him will bear a hundred times their anger.

It was also after suffering a loss that Zhao Jia and the others finally began to regain their original vigilance. Every time they went ashore, they had to send people to probe repeatedly, and they were very vigilant when they came into contact with the natives, but even so, they still had many conflicts with some natives, some because the other party was not friends. Some of them are misunderstandings caused by different customs, which is also unavoidable.

After all, the overall civilization of the natives in the Americas is low, and their personalities are relatively barbaric, even if they are considered friendly Mayans by Zhao Jia, they also have a bloody and brutal side, for example, they once witnessed a war between Mayans, and as a result, the loser was taken as prisoners of war to the temple on the side of the victor, and then these prisoners of war were cut off their hands and feet, and tied to the altar until they died of excessive blood loss, which can be said to be extremely cruel, but in the eyes of the Mayans, blood can nourish the gods, It is also necessary for communication between mortals and gods, so whenever a sacrifice is made to a god, people are sacrificed. Of course, there are also records of human sacrifice in the history of the Central Plains, but it was abolished more than 1,000 years ago, and sacrifices such as three animals were used instead.

Although there is no conflict with the natives, fortunately, most of the Americans are still relatively friendly, especially the Han and the Americans, both belong to the yellow race, and they are somewhat similar in appearance, which is probably one of the main reasons why the Mayans and Taíno are friendly to them.

Zhao Jia The more they go south, the more barbaric the natives they encounter, and the Mayans are getting fewer and fewer, because the Mayans mainly live in Central America, and then to the south are some very barbaric natives, and the Mayans often have wars with them, and these natives are very unfriendly to outsiders, and they are not welcome to Zhao Jia and these outsiders, Zhao Jia After they contacted each other several times, each time it ended in conflict, and finally they simply didn't bother to contact these natives again, and simply buried their heads in the road, Hopefully, the Americas can be bypassed sooner.

In this way, they sailed for more than a month, and finally Zhao Jia and they finally came to the southernmost tip of South America, there is a huge island here, and there is a long strait between the island and the mainland, the wind and waves in the strait are very strong, and there are even ice floes on the sea, but this does not stop Zhao Jia from their footsteps, so they took a simple rest nearby, and finally drove the fleet into this strait.

At the beginning, although the wind in the strait was relatively strong, the scenery on both sides of the strait was not bad, and there were green grassy grasslands on both sides of the strait, but when they went further, the strait began to become narrow, and the cliffs on both sides were full of glaciers, and from time to time huge ice cubes fell from the cliffs, which also made Zhao Jia and them dare not approach the shore at all.

What's worse is that soon after they entered the strait, there was a heavy fog in the strait, even the strong wind in the strait could not blow the fog away, which caused great difficulties for navigation, and even a ship accidentally hit the reef, as a result, a big hole was broken in the bottom of the ship, the cabin was full of seawater, and finally even the hull began to tilt, and finally Zhao Jia had to give the order to abandon the ship. (To be continued.) )