When Shenzhou City was more than Wen Tianxiang left, there were many new buildings, which were built not far from the two pyramids, all of which were wooden frame rammed earth and thatched roofs, which were very simple. Built along a creek, across the stream there were some more modest thatched huts and tents in animal skins, where the women of the Eight Banners of the Indians shuttled back and forth, and it seemed that this was the garrison of the Eight Banners.

Next to the Eight Banners is the city wall of Shenzhou City, the city wall is still under construction, part of it has become a rammed earth wall, there are two or three zhang high, the width is almost two or three zhang, and there are female walls and enemy towers built of wood on the top of the rammed earth wall, which looks very good.

Meng Qi really has a talent in his own right, even if everything goes smoothly and exceeds his original imagination, he does not get carried away. These days, in addition to training troops and luring Mexicans who are willing to serve the way of heaven to come to live in Shenzhou City. It is to build the walls of Shenzhou City and store food and various war materials.

In his view, the city-states of Mexica, who were only superficially obedient, must have secretly prepared for a new war......

Wen Tianxiang's team had only reached the outside of the huts next to the pyramids, and they saw a group of Eight Banners with shields and spears guarding there—Wen Tianxiang noticed that the tip of the spear in the hands of these soldiers was no longer a Japanese sword or obsidian, but a bronze spear tip, about half the size of the rib knife originally used.

This should be a new weapon sent by Jinshan City. Metallurgical workshops must have been established on the Jinshan Castle side, and some of the bronze cannons brought from China were melted down and cast into spear tips. The tip of a spear a few inches long is only a few taels, and a few cannons can be melted enough to forge 20,000 spears. Even if a few cannons have enough H medicine and shells, their combat power is not as good as that of 20,000 long contradictory soldiers. And. H medicine is really precious in the current New World. There is no replenishment.

The thatched hut area is the core of Shenzhou City, surrounded by a wooden fence. There are two gates, north and south, and there is a street outside the south gate, which leads along that stream to the south gate of Shenzhou City. The north gate leads to the Pyramid of the Sun. The Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon have also become a big construction site these days. Many of the Eight Banners of India, under the command of Han Chinese officers, prepared to transform these two huge pyramids into two fortresses as the core fortress of Shenzhou City. In the future, the official offices of Shenzhou City will be moved to the Moon Fort (Moon Pyramid). At the top of the Sun Pyramid will be a Celestial Daoist Temple, which serves as the headquarters of the Celestial Daoist Sect in the New World.

When I walked into the gate of the "thatched house area", I saw a stone building under construction, and Yang Aguo was carrying the only arm on his back. Supervising the Indians at work at the site.

Seeing Wen Tianxiang and the others and the long line of people and cars coming, Yang Aguo strode up, looked at Wen Tianxiang and laughed: "Mr. Wenshan, I finally look forward to you." He pointed to the stone building under construction with one arm, "You see, our academy is almost complete, and by next year at the latest, there will be hundreds of Indian scholars studying and writing here." ”

This is a college under construction, called "Shenzhou Academy". It is a academy dedicated to spreading Chinese culture. In addition to the classics of Tiandaoism, there are also some books on Confucianism - the foundation of Tiandaoism is not enough after all, and there are no other classics available except for the Taiyi Illumination Sutra, the Scientific Method and Positivism, and the Chen Li. Therefore, some Confucian readings are selectively used as teaching materials. It's inevitable.

Yang Aguo's face was full of excitement, and suddenly as if he remembered something, he called his Indian servants loudly. He took a pile of yellowed paper from the servant's hand and handed it to Wen Tianxiang.

Wen Tianxiang took the pile of yellow paper and flipped through it. He also showed the color of excitement and asked loudly, "It's made?" ”

"It's finally made!" Yang Ah said with a smile. "These papers were sent by Jinshan City, and there were two paper-making masters who came with us, both of whom were members of the expedition who came to Mingzhou with us. It won't be long before a papermaking workshop can be opened here in Shenzhou City. ”

It turned out that these days, Zhou Xiaoqi and the team members who stayed in Jinshan City were not idle, but were busy with production and construction, not only opened a metallurgical workshop, a papermaking workshop, a leather goods workshop, and a woodwork workshop, but also organized some Jinshan Indians to use the corn seeds sent from the Mexika Valley to reclaim the land and try to develop agriculture.

However, what makes Wen Tianxiang most happy is papermaking, with paper can be written, printed, and there will be books that spread the Taoism of Confucius and Mencius. Writing on paper is much easier than carving on wooden tablets.

Wen Tianxiang was in a good mood all of a sudden, and he arched his hand at Meng Qi and Liu Minzhong, "Two, it's better to go to the academy to talk, Wen Mou has also had delicious food these days, let Wen be the east today, please share it with Yang Daoren." ”

The delicacy he received was chili peppers, a gift from the princely chieftains of the Mexica Valley. It is used to cook dog meat and turkey meat, and it is definitely a rare delicacy. Our champion of Wenda is actually a foodie, and he has been wandering in a foreign land for the past two years, but he hasn't eaten delicious food for some days.

Next to the Shenzhou Academy under construction, there is also a small academy, which is the Wenshan Academy built by Wen Tianxiang after he arrived in Shenzhou City, there are only twenty or thirty students, and classes are not held every day, Wen Tianxiang is busy now, and there is no effort to teach them. As a result, the college was in a very bad situation. During this time, Wen Tianxiang was on an envoy outside, and there were only two maids (who also served as comfort women) from Dongying left. One of them was also pregnant with a child (not Wen Tianxiang's, Wen Tianxiang is a gentleman, the kind who only holds hands and doesn't go to bed), and most of them are the species of some expedition members - these expedition members from China now regard themselves as gods, so they must keep a certain distance from the natives of Mingzhou, and hybridization is strictly forbidden, not even holding hands with female Indians......

Seeing Wen Tianxiang come back, the two Japanese women came out and bowed. Then he went to prepare tea, wine and food for Master Wen and the guests. Shrimp Xuedao also followed him to Wen Tianxiang's academy, carrying a bag of chili peppers, a turkey, and a dog, which was a bit full of meaning. He was not qualified to participate in the conversation between Wen Tianxiang and Meng Qi, Yang Aguo, and Liu Minzhong, so he went with two Japanese women to prepare chili stewed chicken and chili boiled dog meat.

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"Now that Shenzhou City and Jinshan City are beginning to take shape, I think it's time to continue exploring Maya and find a way to Flynn and Tianzhu...... I don't know when Wen can leave? ”

After entering the hut, several people no longer had the relaxed and subtle appearance of talking and laughing just now, and all of them gathered their minds. As soon as Wen Tianxiang sat down, he went straight to the point.

A Japanese maid was quick to serve the "Choctoli", a drink from the Mexica Valley, which has some connection to chocolate as the name suggests. It's a hot drink brewed with cocoa powder, no added sugar, and no milk. However, after drinking it, it can still refresh my mind, and I like it very much.

He picked up the painted pottery bowl containing "Choktori", took a sip, and then said quietly: "Admiral Zhou means to fill as much gold and silver as possible and send it back...... It's been more than two years since we left Middle-earth, and we should have sent someone back a long time ago, but we delayed it for the southern expedition. Mr. Wenshan, if you want to go back to Middle-earth, why don't you go back to Middle-earth? ”

"I won't go back to Middle-earth, I've already arrived in Mingzhou, how can I give up halfway? Flynn and Tianzhu, Wen must be going. ”

Wen Tianxiang didn't hear the deep meaning of Meng Qi's words - Meng Qi wanted to give him a chance to send the Great Song Dynasty to the end!

"Since that's the case...... Meng paused, twisted his eyebrows and looked at Wen Tianxiang, his tone was very slow, as if he was thinking and thinking while speaking.

"Since Mr. has the ambition to travel around the world, Meng should help him. These days, Meng sent people to explore the terrain around Mexika and find a way to the Maya. The coast was also found northwest of Mexica, which was supposed to be the sea leading to the Atlantic. However, our sailing ships have no way to go by land, and if we want to go to the Atlantic, we can only continue south, bypassing the southern part of Mingzhou. It's not easy to ......."

It is not easy to conclude that it is not easy to bypass Mingzhou, which is related to the wind direction and ocean currents. Historically, Magellan traveled north after passing Cape Horn, just with the wind and the current. However, the Mingzhou expedition wanted to go south, which was against the wind and current. When it comes to sailing at sea, you are not afraid of a long road, but you are afraid of headwinds. The wind is a thousand miles a day, even if it is thousands of miles away, but it will arrive in more than ten days. It's miserable against the wind and current, and it's hard to say whether you can get there, maybe you will die in the middle of the road because of lack of water and food.

This is also the reason why Zhou Xiaoqi was reluctant to send a ship south, he only had these few ships in his hands, and if he sent one, there would be one less, and he would also have to send a crew member with the ship -- the Indians in Mingzhou were not unusual, and there were really few Han Chinese.

"The other route is to go southeast to fight the Maya, defeat them, seize a seaside city as a stronghold, build ships there, and cross the ocean."

Meng turned the painted pottery bowl in his hand gently, and said slowly: "Although the second route is slow, it is relatively safe, and it can be reached after all." And we can build a few more ships and send a few hundred and one thousand Indian Bannermen with you. ”

This seems to be the rhythm of the Indian Eight Flags landing in Europe!

Wen Tianxiang didn't think about it, but just asked, "Are you going to start a war with Maya?" ”

Meng nodded and said, "Admiral Zhou sent 15,000 bronze spear tips, and our military strength has suddenly become a lot stronger!" The bronze spear is paired with a long wooden bow, and it should be able to sweep against Maya! However, Mayapan seems to be a unified country, with a dozen or twenty cities, and we may not have the strength to destroy them. At most, force them to lose money and cut the land! I want some gold, some silver, and a city by the sea. Mr. Wenshan, when the city is in hand, you will become the governor. How is it? (To be continued......)