But they also have one thing similar to men, that is, they have no clothes on their upper bodies, and only a few women tie shells with ropes for decoration and covering.

Raphael, an innocent little boy, has never seen such a scene, his face is red with shame, and he doesn't know where to put his eyes.

His physiognomy is the most beautiful of all mankind, let alone in this small seaside village, and his cheeks are crimson as if he were the angel of his namesake, Raphael's religious paintings.

The eyes of the native girl who poured him water were almost glued to him, and she wanted to pick him up and rush to a hidden place in the jungle to give birth to his seventeen or eighteen children.

Jack, on the other hand, was very thick-skinned, rubbing his hands around, and not treating himself as an outsider at all.

The natives brought some food in stone bowls, apparently made of corn, beans, peppers, and unknown spices.

Raphael took a tentative sip, and it tasted pretty good.

Having eaten and drunk, the two sides fell into an awkward silence again.

Seeing that there was no way to go on like this, Haka got up and made a gesture that was about to wait, and then walked into a house painted with white mud.

Soon, he walked out of the house with an old man in his arms.

The old man's head was not covered with grass, and he was tied with a rope and a few colorful feathers.

"Lord Priest, I need your help." Haka said humbly.

The old man in front of him was the only priest left in the village, and if it wasn't for the necessity, Haka wouldn't want to invite him out.

The old priest opened his heavy eyelids and glanced at Raphael and the others, with surprise, anticipation, and doubt in his eyes.

He walked up to Raphael with difficulty, respectfully bent down and stretched out his palm.

Raphael was about to reach out and hold it, but Liu Zheng stopped him, "Let me come." ”

The heart of defense is indispensable, with the double protection of the Fountain of Essence and the Anchor of the Soul, he is a pervert with high resistance to curses or toxins, and he is not afraid of these natives doing things.

He reached out and grasped the old priest's dry hand, and the moment the skin touched, a bloody and heavy history flooded into his mind.

It turns out that these villagers belong to the former kingdom of Ramakat, which has a history even longer than the Aztec Empire, the current overlord of the continent.

About a hundred years ago, the kingdom of Ramacat, at its peak, marched into the Central Valley, built the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda of Chorula, and conquered almost all the surrounding tribes, thus dominating the central part of the continent.

The Aztecs had just entered the Central Valley and, because of their warlike nature, were constantly harassing neighboring tribes, making their neighbors angry.

The Ramakat Empire was too lazy to take action against such small tribes, so neighboring tribes banded together to carry out a crusade against the Aztecs.

The result of the war, of course, was the defeat of the Aztecs, most of them were captured, and a small part fled to the island.

The captured Aztecs were taken to Kurhuakan, a dynasty of descendants of the Toltecs, to live under the watchful eye of Coxcox, the chieftain of Kurhuakan.

Later, their reputation skyrocketed due to their exploits in a battle at Kurhuakan, and Coxcox decided to grant them freedom.

The Aztecs moved to a small island in Lake Texcoco, joined with those who had previously fled there, and founded the city of Tenochtitlan.

After the establishment of Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs allied themselves with the state of Tepanix under the rule of Tezomoc.

With the help of the Aztecs, the state of Tepanix gradually became a small empire.

At this time, the Aztecs still did not have a legitimate monarch until a Kuhuacan-Aztec king, Akama Pichitili, ascended the throne.

In the face of the expansion of the Tepanius and the Aztecs, the Ramakat Empire, which dominated the Central Valley at that time, certainly could not tolerate it.

The Aztecs played a crucial role in the outbreak of war between the two countries, gaining a large amount of wealth and population, and relying on the dividends of the war, Tenochtitlan quickly became a large city.

More than a dozen years later, the monarch of Tepanix, Tezomok, died, and the kingdom of Tepanix fell into civil strife.

The Aztecs supported their preferred heir, Taiyahau, to the throne, but Tezomoc's brother Mastra usurped the throne and turned against those who opposed him, including the Aztec monarch Chimarpopoca at the time.

Soon after, Chimar Popoca died mysteriously, and it is said that Tezozomoc was the victim of witchcraft.

A few months later, Chimarpopoca's uncle Itzco Attel succeeded to the Aztec throne, allied himself with Nezaval Coyotel, the former ruler of Lake Texcoco, and attacked Macstra's capital, Atska Potzalco, and the Tepanix War began.

After 100 days, Mastra surrendered and was exiled, and with it, the kingdom of Tepanix perished.

After the end of the war, Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlakopan formed an alliance, and the territory of the former state of Tepanix was divided into three countries, and its treasury was divided between the three countries, with Tenochtitlan receiving 40%, Descoco 40%, and Tlakopan 20%.

Soon after the alliance was established, both the rulers Itzko Attel and Tracal undertook drastic reforms of Aztec politics and religion.

They ordered the burning of books in civilian homes, claiming that "the books contain false lies and that not every Aztec should understand those pictures".

They falsified the history of the Aztecs and elevated the Aztecs' status in history, which allowed civilians to learn.

A dozen years later, Itskoatl's nephew, Montezuma I, ascended the throne and expanded his territory.

He also carried out a series of reforms in order to consolidate the newly expanded region.

He established a new method of paying tribute, which greatly improved the country's economy; A new land policy was enacted for the former Tepanius country, reducing the chance of rebellion; An additional law on the death penalty was enacted, stipulating that commoners were not allowed to marry nobles; A series of educational policies were established, with schools established in every residential area; He also perfected the system of rewards, which allowed anyone who excelled in military or civilian affairs, whether a nobleman or a commoner, to be rewarded.

During the reign of Montezuma I, there was a great famine throughout Mesoamerica, which the Aztecs believed to be the wrath of the gods and believed that the only way to quench it was by sacrificing fresh men.

As a result, in order to obtain human sacrifices, the Aztec Triple Alliance signed a treaty with the rival nations, stipulating that each side would fight with the aim of capturing rather than killing each other's personnel.

Legend has it that the mighty Tlaxcala warrior Tara Hui was captured by the Aztecs, but because of his exploits, the Aztecs decided to release him on the condition that he fight for the Aztecs.

Tara Hui was freed, but was unwilling to return to his homeland, and died as a sacrifice to the Aztecs.

The Aztecs celebrated his move for eight days in a row and sent warriors to fight him alone.

In the end, Tara Hui was defeated at the hands of the 28th warrior and was sent to the altar for blood.

This is the so-called War of Honor.

During the reign of Montezuma I, he reoccupied the real-world state of Morelos, Mexico, which had rebelled during the famine, and expanded his territory to the Gulf of Mexico in the east and the real-world Mexican state of Oaxaca in the south.

After the death of Montezuma I, he was succeeded by his son Ahaya Cartel, who spent 13 years quelling the local revolt caused by his father's expansion.

At the same time, the Ramacat Empire could no longer tolerate the infinite expansion of the Aztecs and invaded the Toluca Valley with its troops.

After a brief defeat, the Ahya Cartel reoccupied the area and successfully fended off the invasion of the Tarasco State.

The Ahaya Cartel sent 25,000 soldiers to attack the mainland of the Ramakat Empire, but just as they entered the border, the movement of the large army was discovered by the Ramakat Empire and defeated it.

Relying on the desperate struggle of the warriors, and at the cost of five thousand soldiers, the Ahya Cartel fled back to Tenochtitlan in disarray.

This victory gave the Armacat Empire the hope of completely defeating the Aztec Empire, and it sent envoys everywhere to lure and threaten the surrounding forces, and formally concluded a three-nation alliance with the Ramakat Empire, the Holy Pyramid City-State, and the Tlaxcala tribal group, supplemented by a large number of vassal tribes, in an attempt to strangle the Aztec Empire, which was expanding in one fell swoop.

However, things were not as simple as the rulers of the Amakat Empire thought.

Chapter 124: The Chief's Ambition

Although the combined land and population of the Triple Alliance far exceeded that of the Aztec Empire, the soldiers of the Triple Alliance often fought separately, far less organized and disciplined than the soldiers under the military merit system of the Aztec Empire, and five hundred Aztec warriors could not necessarily win against five hundred Alliance warriors, but five thousand Aztec warriors could break the formation of ten thousand Alliance warriors.

After several defeats, the city-state of the Holy Pyramids, which had been at odds with the kingdom of Ramacat, immediately tore up the alliance and turned around and joined the Aztec Empire.

And the kingdom of Ramacut, which has long been decayed, can only choose to abandon the fertile and water-rich central valley after repeated defeats, and withdraw its resources and population to the poor countryside on the southern coast of the continent to survive.

However, although the Ramakat Kingdom has withdrawn from this war for hegemony, the Aztec Empire is not willing to let go of this old rival, after all, the hundred-legged insect is not stiff, and the Ramakat Kingdom, which has a large population and heritage, is still a big hidden danger.

It's just that the Ramakats withdrew very decisively, and when the Aztecs finished dealing with the post-war affairs, they had already withdrawn beyond the vast jungle, and most of the treasure was still left in the treasury without taking it away, and now there was not much oil and water to fight them, and the main forces of the Aztecs were used on the rest of the fronts, so they did not chase endlessly.

It was the brave and warlike Tlaxcalas who resisted the main forces of the Aztecs and resisted the Lamakats.

The Zutara Valley, where they had lived for generations, was located next to the Aztec territory, and was even separated from its capital, Tenochtitlan, by a volcano, and the palace of the Aztec emperor could be seen from the mountainside.

With their resolute and fearless disposition, combined with the belief that there is no place to retreat behind them, the Tlaxcalans relied on the treacherous terrain to keep the Aztecs out of the valley, and even successfully counterattacked several times.

However, the basis of the war was still material and population, and after the Aztec Empire basically conquered the surrounding areas of the Central Valley, forcing more than two hundred tribes to submit to tribute, its strength had accumulated to a terrifying level.

Finally, after defeating the Tlaxcalas three times in a row, forcing them to retreat to the Zutara Valley, unable to take the initiative again, the kingdom of Ramakat, which had been surviving for decades, became the next target of this behemoth.

Under the command of Emperor Montezuma II, the Aztec army marched south through the Balthus valley and southeast across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to begin a series of successive conquests against the Ramakat Empire.

The Ramakats lost a lot of seeds and farming tools when they retreated, and the land on the southern coast of the continent was very barren, so they had been struggling to survive for so many years, and they had not eaten a few full meals, and the results of this war can be imagined after a long period of fighting.

King Ramaquat and almost all of the royal family were killed in the brutal war, most of the high-ranking nobles were also killed in battle, and the whole country was torn apart.

The city of Ramacat, the kingdom's capital near the San Juan Valley, was also captured by the Aztec army, where its inhabitants were slaughtered and taken captive, and then the entire city was set on fire.

The fire burned for three days and three nights before it was finally extinguished by a heavy rain, and the once prosperous and beautiful southern pearl was only covered with corpses and charred ruins.

After this battle, the Ramakat Empire lost most of its territory and all of its vassal tribes.

Several of the remaining Ramakats abandoned their homeland and fled to the lands of the Tlaxcalas.

The Tlaxcalans, seeing that they were once allies and had a common enemy, took them in, divided a piece of land for them, and provided them with military shelter to survive.

Most of the other survivors, with the exception of those who surrendered to the Aztec Empire, scattered into large and small groups, fleeing further south to the coast.

At first, these large and small groups were able to help each other, but later they fell into cannibalism because of the competition for food, land and other resources, plus the grudge before the destruction of the country.

Unable to stop the infighting, the uncle of the last king of Ramaquat who was the last remaining royal family, Khalis left with the last of his army and subjects, finding a place to survive on the edge of the continent.

Haka and his villagers, one of those small groups, were so weak that they had to hide on the seashore, where even the other survivors could not look down on them, and lived in poverty but tranquility through fishing and small-scale farming.

This is the end of the picture scroll of history, Liu Zheng exhaled a long breath and opened his eyes, while the old priest closed his eyes, and his breathing was weak and almost inaudible.

There was a trace of grief in Haka's eyes, and he had cast such a high-level spell that the old priest, who was already in his prime, was afraid that he would not survive tonight.

But for the sake of the future of the village, he had to make such a decision.

After the villagers helped the old priest back into the house, Haka asked with a hint of anticipation, "Quack, Ansosa Doma?" (Celestial, do you understand what I said?) ）”

Why did this guy speak with a spicy soup smell, Liu Zheng replied with a strange face: "Yes." ”

Haka was so excited that he led the villagers to his knees again and shouted, "Great Celestial, please accept our reverence, your arrival fills our hearts with joy, and your arrival has turned Baini Village into a paradise on earth." ”

"We're not gods, we're just explorers from other continents." Liu Zheng shook his head and said.

His words made Haka a little stunned, but immediately said respectfully: "Your figure is as strong as a tiger, your complexion is as white as the moon, your eyes are as bright as stars, and your posture is as majestic as the sun." What else can a being like you be if you are not a god? ”

Haka's tone was extremely sincere, and his expression was more fanatical than that of a fanatical believer, if it weren't for Liu Zheng, who was also well-informed, he would have been fooled by him.

"You'd better tell the truth, I'm willing to live in peace with you, but that doesn't mean you can lie to me." Liu Zheng's face sank.

Long Wei, who had already been put away freely, was ready to take it away, but it was enough to make Haka and the villagers break out in a cold sweat.

Realizing that Liu Zheng was not an object to be deceived about, Haka trembled and told the truth.

It turns out that the Aztecs have a legend about the gods from the sea, saying that there were once some white-skinned, white-bearded people who came from the sea, taught them all kinds of knowledge, helped them build temples, and later left from the sea with the promise that they would return in the future, and these people were called "Quesarkoyatl" by the Aztecs.

With the expansion of the Aztecs, this legend spread to all corners of Mesoamerica and underwent some changes in its spread.

Many tribes who believe in this legend believe that these godmen were not just Aztec godmen, but that when they returned, they would choose the one they favored among the tribes of all America and help them become the overlords of all America, building an empire that had never been seen before.

And it was the latter that Haka believed, and the moment he met Raphael and the others, he thought of this legend and decided to become the object of favor of the gods no matter what.

Even as the head of a fishing village that could not be weaker, Haka still has his own ambitions.

What is the difference between a chieftain without a dream and a wilted corn cob.

"Do you really believe that we are gods?" Liu Zheng looked at this indigenous chief with a dream with interest.

"No one has ever seen a true god, just as no one has ever seen such a big ship." Haka thought for a few seconds, and then suddenly spoke in a strange tone.

This was the language spoken by the priests of the kingdom of Ramakat, only the priests and their apprentices would use it, and it was clear that the chief of Hakka and the old priest were not just vassals.