Chapter 912: Macaw (3,000 words)
Corn flour is wrapped in corn leaves, steamed and then brought to the front and torn apart to eat this local food, tamal, which has a salty taste.
Although Takahashi has never been to Huaguo, she knows that this is the practice of Huaguo zongzi, and Nanzaoyang next door seems to have had a dispute with Huaguo because of this.
It's just that in Central America, where I don't know how many miles away, there is still this kind of zongzi-like way to eat, which is really amazing. Humanity has an amazing consistency in its creation.
"This special ethnic flavor is still relatively novel." Zorgen finished the last bite of the tortilla, "but not necessarily to your liking." ”
Inside the tortillas is red bean paste. Big red beans have become desserts in China, but in the Americas, where they originate, they are fermented into sour soybean paste and eaten in pancakes.
"It's not to my taste."
After tasting the local food, Takahashi nodded pitifully in agreement, she had already developed an oriental stomach after living in the island country for more than ten years, and she couldn't accept this kind of food that combined American and Castilian style.
"You're all ready?"
"Just wait for you to arrive, and you can find the treasure in this Copan ruins."
Zorgen found several Honduran coins from his clothes.
"Boss, check out."
"Okay!"
Strangely looked at the two people who were talking in island Chinese, the boss didn't think much about it, he just wondered how this man and woman with a huge age difference could know each other, could it be that this unattractive old man was very rich?
That's the only reason, after all, the two don't look like father and daughter from the outside.
"Boss, how to get to the ruins."
"Walk south...... everyone who comes to the town is for the Copan ruins, and the boss doesn't know how such a small place can attract the attention of a group of people, just a pile of stones that have been placed for thousands of years, even if it is a cultural relic from a thousand years ago, this is too boring, "Do you need a ticket?" I have cheap tickets here, much cheaper than the tickets at the entrance to the ruins, they sell for fifteen dollars, and I only use half the price here. ”
This kind of business seems to be more or less in every tourist attraction, and the more well-known the attraction, the more people resell tickets, and as an extraordinary person who can defy the laws of the world, Zorgen naturally refuses the boss's kindness.
Just kidding, they're extraordinary people who don't follow the rules.
The two of them walked towards the ruins of Copan one after the other, and there were about 10,000 people living in the small town, and the area of this ruined town of Copan was far larger than the area of the ruins of Copan Ruins City.
Without the help of transportation, canals, and developed social organizations, the jungles of the Americas were destined not to give birth to super-populous cities, such as the million-inhabited cities of the Old World in ancient times, which were simply unimaginable for the Mayan civilization.
"A handmade Mayan amulet that will protect you from demonic transcendence."
"Hot cocoa just grinded!"
"Do you need a hat? Our local hats. ”
Carts carrying bottled water are driving through the streets, vendors selling agricultural products on the roadside, and there is no shortage of Mayan-style handicrafts, plus I don't know if it's Aztec or Inca style, Mayan style elements, these vendors seem to be quite serious.
However, they do not even speak half of the Mayan language, whose direct descendants are now known as Yucatan, but very few of them know it, and they rely on modern archaeology to understand Mayan mythology.
It is already located in the tropics, and it is good that a highly complex ancient civilization can be built without relying on wheels and animal power in the dense jungle rainforest.
But it can only be said that it is good, compared with the civilization of the Old World, the Mayan civilization is mysterious and paradoxical, in fact, including the most outstanding astronomy, it has been beaten by the main civilizations of the Old World.
"Two, please buy tickets."
Seeing the two walk in, the staff of the ruins politely charged the entrance fee.
Standing in front of the ruins of Copan, Takahashi watched pitifully and strangely as Zorgen paid the entrance fee, for two.
The ruins of Copán are the calling card of the Republic of Honduras and the most famous attraction, and the annual cost of renovating the ruins depends on the entrance fees and the support of foreign research teams.
"Isn't it a surprise?" Zorgen took the paper ticket for the Copan ruins, "We are not murderers, I appreciate the modern system created by the human world, if it was placed thousands of years ago, it would be too difficult to find such a site in the rainforest, tsk, it is really thanks to you humans to find the Copan ruins according to the myths of the local natives." ”
If Ameilika knew that the black angel was intercepted in front of an ancient ruins and obediently bought a ticket, most of them would doubt their lives, this angel entered and exited Ameilika's airspace without saying hello, and the nuclear weapons he carried with him were the best tickets, enough to make everyone obediently shut up.
It's just that the other pair of transcendents are not so law-abiding, and under the leadership of Park Piaole, the snake Ji also understands the happiness of the white prostitute, and the two quietly bypass the ticket office and enter the Copan ruins, which invisibly makes the Republic of Honduras earn two less tickets.
"Pu Piaole, look, these bricks and stones are carved with bats, can you eat them?"
"Definitely can't eat it!"
Park Piaole dragged the overly active snake Ji, do snakes eat bats in nature? Park Piaole didn't know, anyway, he would never let Snake Ji eat that kind of thing after turning into a human.
The ruins of Copán are surrounded by a ring of tropical rainforest, while the squares and roads inside are lined with stone pillars from thousands of years ago.
The pillars are carved with various monster images, and these exquisite reliefs are the most famous part of the Copan ruins.
"And over here, what is this?"
Snake Ji then walked to a stadium-like building, a small stadium with two trapezoidal stone buildings facing each other, and a long open space in the middle, which looked like a medieval knightly confrontation, two knights standing opposite each other, holding their spears flat, and then the horses under their crotches suddenly accelerated, picking each other off the horses as they staggered.
"I'll see...... The football stadium is the football stadium of the people of Copan. ”
According to the introduction on the sign, Park Piaole can be regarded as guessing the purpose of this building, but whether the Mayans play this kind of ball with their feet is still a matter of debate.
One thing is certain, however, – the losing side of the two teams participating in a ball game is usually beheaded and sacrificed to the gods after the game.
In some cases, it is also possible to kill the winning side.
In some cases, both sides rushed to the altar after the game.
Under the risk of killing heads, there are few things that are operated in the dark, so gambling is also very popular in the Mayan city-states.
"Tsk, the ancient Americans knew how to play football so early?"
"What kind of bird is that, so pretty!"
"Quack!"
Huge bird calls rang out around the ruins, the multicolored macaws that could be seen everywhere in Copan, their cries were ten times louder than ordinary crows, and their hard beaks not only liked to nibble on nuts, but also liked to bite the stone reliefs in the ruins.
Three macaws fly through the stadium with their long tails, as if creating three fleeting rainbows in the air.
If it were the period of the giant serpent without intelligence, the snake queen would be very interested in preying on a few macaws.
But now she obviously can't, and she's no longer in the habit of eating raw food.
Snake Queen had no interest in football, and she looked back at the rest of the building, only to catch a glimpse of a figure, and Snake Queen's joyful movements stiffened.
"What are you looking at?" Park Piaole is squinting at the ruins of Copan, he is just watching a lively, what ruins are the same thing in his eyes, and his understanding of the Mayan civilization is all from the movie "2012".
This mysterious civilization seems to be very crazy and cool, in Park Piaole's not very good historical concept, the Mayan civilization should be as ancient as ancient Egypt, no, even more distant, but in fact, the Mayan civilization was born later than the early sheep.
But with his not very sensitive nerves, he also sensed the strangeness revealed in the ruins of Copan, which was full of relief paintings of bats, almost like entering a palace made by bats for themselves.
However, the snake queen's eyes looked to the other side, and the two eyes turned into the vertical pupils of the snakes, fortunately, ordinary people would not notice such a tiny detail.
"It has a special taste."
As she spoke, Snake Hime half-covered her mouth with her left hand, and the snake hyacinth protruded from her mouth to capture the various ingredients in the air.
"Familiar taste, not annoying, acquaintance." Snake Ji turned her head to stare at Park Piaole, "There are other transcendents here. ”
"But there's another not-so-good taste, and I don't know who it is."
“??”
Park Piaole's originally relaxed and comfortable mood fell from the clouds to the ground in an instant, and instead of falling on the flat ground, he fell directly into the canyon.
"Other transcendental?"
"Let's go, this place can't stay!"
"We can't clash with the other transcendents, and the two of us are dead in the eyes of the outside world." Park Piaole recognized it at the speed of light.
Whether it's a powerful transcendent, or a weak transcendent, it's better not to have a conflict.
He finally returned to a peaceful life, how could he be disturbed again.
"Hmm." Snake Ji spat out the snake letter again, and the familiar feeling deepened a little deeper in her heart.
After a little discrimination, she remembered the source of this smell - it was a human who had helped her in Lake Biwa, and in the past, Snake Ji didn't know who this human was, but in the past few days of human social life, her level of insight and logic has been rising rapidly, and the other party's fame is too big in the human world.
"The people here are ......"
Catching a glimpse of Park Piaole's worried expression, Snake Ji cleverly swallowed the three words of black angel into her stomach, she now also knows Takahashi's pitiful horror identity, and saying it will directly scare Park Piaole's courage without a trace.
Although it is said that if the confrontation is serious, the two sides do not know who will be able to win the battle and have the last laugh, but it is better to avoid the conflict.
But just when Park Piaole was about to carry out the cowardice to the end, the tourists in the ruins suddenly exclaimed.
"Boom!"
A violent roar came from underground!