A small lake sits quietly beside a winding forest path, and between the lake and the path, there is a large clearing with small tents rising over the clearing, and in the middle of the tents, piles of bonfires are lit.

Many people sat around the campfire, talking loudly while barbecuing food, and if you listened closely, you could tell that there was a considerable amount of Chinese mixed in with the Mayan language. It is also located in the middle of the city of Mansa and Calais, and this team is the same team that Luvin sent to Calais.

Liu Kata sat next to a small fire in front of his tent, with a few fist-sized pieces of barbecue on the plate in his hand, golden and very appetizing, but he was not in the mood to eat, but held a notebook in one hand and a pencil brought from Taiwan in the other, and was quickly recording something in the notebook.

The trade went very smoothly, and all the goods brought by Liu Kata were exchanged in Calais, and they got a lot of goods they needed, such as peanuts and other crops from South America, as well as cocoa beans, which were not only used as drinks, but also as a trading currency for the Mayans.

However, the goods obtained from the transaction are secondary, the most important thing is that through this trip to Calais, Liu Kata and they have collected a lot of useful information, which is the biggest gain of their trip, and now Liu Kata is writing a report on his knowledge of the Maya after he arrived in the Americas, so that he can submit it to his superiors after returning to Taiwan.

According to the investigation during this period, it can be seen that the Maya have a fairly high degree of civilization, and have initially formed the concept of state and nation. It's just that in this part of Central America, they have not yet formed a unified state. Most countries exist in the form of city-states, and there are disputes between the various city-states because of beliefs or interests. Wars break out often, and the losing side will be treated inhumanely! ”

When he was trading with the Mayans in Calais, he witnessed a Mayan ritual in which the priests and nobles of the gods pricked their tongues and ears, then sacrificed the blood that flowed to the gods, and finally sent a group of captive nobles from other city-states to the altar. It is said that after these nobles were captured, they were tortured, then their hands and feet cut off, and their whole people were sent to the altar in the form of human sticks, and then they were bloodied to death.

The reason why the sacrificial living were allowed to die in this cruel way was because the Mayans believed that blood could make the land fertile, and there was some basis for this idea, but there was another reason. It was to express their devotion to their gods, as if their gods were very fond of blood, which led to this behavior of the Mayans.

This blood sacrifice of the Mayans reminded Liu Kata of his Kata tribe on Borneo. Because of his special status as a half-breed, he was recruited into a secret guard in the Qi Palace, and with the help of the guards. Became the chief of the Kata Ministry, but he didn't have any good feelings for the Kata Ministry. Because this tribe, like the surrounding tribes, is full of barbarism and backwardness. There is even a cannibalistic ethos.

In addition, the religious ceremonies of the Kata Department are similar to the Maya, everywhere is full of blood, and the situation of living sacrifices is also very common, which makes Liu Kata, who has always regarded himself as a Han person, very uncomfortable, fortunately, after his reform in recent years, the Kata Department has gradually abandoned some backward lifestyles, and most of the people in the tribe can speak a sentence or two of Chinese, I believe that in a few years, when His Royal Highness the King of Qi will set his eyes on Borneo, they will be able to usher in the real light of civilization.

Liu Kata shook his head, put aside the things about the Kata Ministry in his mind for a while, and after thinking about it for a while, he continued to write in his notebook: "Compared with the politics of the Mayais, their military is more backward, although they have formed a small country in the form of a city-state, but there is no professional army in the country, and the implementation is still a military army, but there is already a military aristocracy, and in the blood sacrifice seen in the city of Calais before, one of the sacrifices is the enemy's military aristocracy. ”

At this point, Liu Kata paused for a moment, and then continued: "The backward military system of the Mayans has determined that their combat effectiveness is very weak, and their weapons are also a great defect, these Mayans who have been able to build cities and huge temples do not know how to use metal, and even religion prohibits the practicality of metal, but only use some gold and copper as sacrificial items, and the soldiers who fight use stone to make weapons, although the black stone is very hard, but it does not have the toughness of metal, Therefore, in one-on-one combat, even if a strong person is armed with a stone weapon, it is difficult to defeat an ordinary person with a metal weapon in his hand. ”

Writing this, Liu Kata's face showed a faint smile. Metal is clearly stipulated by the religion of the Mayans, and it is forbidden to use it in daily life and make weapons, so when they came out this time, although they brought a lot of metal weapons, they were all very tightly wrapped, and they must not be revealed until the moment of life and death, otherwise if they are discovered, it is likely to cause some religious fanatics to besiege them.

Of course, the reason why Liu Kata smiled was not because of the above incident, but because of the matter of Mansa City, the father and son of the lord of Mansa City couldn't stand the greed and ignorance of the old priest, and finally accepted the metal weapon provided by Liu Kata and wiped out the power of the old priest. Moreover, after tasting the sweetness of metal weapons, the warriors of Mansa City have taken the initiative to accept advanced metal weapons, and sent all the original black stone weapons to the fleet as a souvenir.

However, this incident also marks that all the people of Mansa City have abandoned their original belief in gods and spirits, and have completely thrown themselves into the arms of the fleet, after all, their use of metal weapons has made them unable to integrate into the Mayan city-state, so if they want to survive on this continent in the future, they must hug the thighs of the Qi Palace, and this is one of the reasons why the Mansa City Lord worked so hard to build Luwan City.

This time in the Americas, Liu Kata not only established a bridgehead to invade the Americas - Port Luvin, but also tied the power of Mansa City to the royal palace, although the power of Mansa City is very weak, but these people are local natives, very familiar with the situation of the Maya, I believe that with their help, the future action in the Americas will also reduce a lot of resistance.

Thinking of this, Liu Kata was naturally very excited, after all, he could complete this task so well, and after returning to Taiwan, he would definitely be appreciated by the promotion, at least one level higher, and when he completed the task of the Kata Department, it was estimated that he would be able to enter the management of the guard, not only with a higher salary, but also without having to risk his life to go out to take on the task.

"However, in inverse proportion to the backward military strength of the Mayans, it is the abundant products here!" Liu Kata wrote again in an excited tone, "The Maya are located in a mountainous area, but the products are very rich, such as high-yielding crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc., can be introduced to Taiwan or the Central Plains, and gold is also abundant here, and many temples use a large number of gold vessels." ”

When writing about gold, Liu Kata hesitated for a moment, but then wrote again: "In addition, the surveyor Feng Shijie has done an investigation around Mansa City, and not only found gold mines, but also found that there may be silver mines in some places, but because of the lack of professional prospectors, this news cannot be determined for the time being, and can only be used as a reference!" ”

After writing the above paragraph, Liu Kata marked Feng Shijie's identity again, especially pointing out that the other party was a gold mining tycoon in Luzon, so his opinion was still very convincing.

"However, compared with the rich products of the Maya, their commercial situation is very disappointing, for example, because of religious restrictions on metal, so that the Maya have not formed a unified currency until now, at most cocoa beans as a universal exchange, although it can also be regarded as a primitive currency, but it is greatly restricted in all aspects, and the lack of currency also makes the commerce here still in the primitive mode of barter."

Writing this, Liu Kata stretched his waist, and then reached out and picked up a drink next to him and took a few sips, this drink is made of cocoa beans ground into powder, and then added honey and chili juice, bitter, spicy and sweet three flavors are intertwined, very refreshing.

However, after drinking a few sips of strange drinks, Liu Kata felt empty in his stomach, and he happened to be a little tired from writing, so he put down the notebook, and the tip of the pencil was covered with a pen cap, and then carefully put it in his arms. This pencil was invented a few years ago, very suitable for sailing, when going out to write and draw, they originally brought a lot on the ship, but then encountered a storm, a few boxes containing pencils were smashed by other heavy objects, the pencils in it were reimbursed a lot, and now there are not many pencils left in the fleet, so it must be spared.

I saw Liu Kata pick up the plate and pick up the barbecue and gnaw it, this barbecue is a bear hunted this morning, the bear in Central America is very small, even if an adult bear stands up, it will not be taller than an adult, the fur is a brownish-gray, this is very rare, many crew members in the fleet have hunted this kind of bear, ready to take the bear back to see if it can be bought at a high price.

After eating two pieces of barbecue, Liu Kata went to the lake to wash his hands, and then came back to continue to write his report, which he had already written about the political, military and commercial situation of the Maya, and the following was mainly about the religion, city, life and other aspects of the Maya.

It's just that what Liu Kata didn't expect was that his report was the first written record of the Maya, and it had extremely high historical value and research value in later generations, so hundreds of years later, this document named "Liu Kata Report" was stored in the Taiwan Museum of History for tourists from all over the world to visit! (To be continued......)