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All good things come to an end.

There is no such thing as a united front that will never disintegrate.

Almost at the same time that the fortress of Veracruz, built by the Cortés expedition, was put on a Turkish plane and completely destroyed by the explosion and the sea of fire, the mighty coalition of more than 30,000 Indian tribes besieging this place also ended its historical mission.

The Aztecs and Tlaxcalas, who had been old enemies for generations, quickly withdrew from the battlefield while keeping close watch for each other - the Aztec royal guard was to return to Tenochtitlan with their captives tied up and return to Emperor Montezuma II; The Tlaxcala army, under the command of the famous general Sicotcato Jr., should return to his hometown to suppress the lords and faction nobles and seize the power of the tribal alliance; And the Totonac people, the indigenous people of the Gulf coast, who were originally forced to come over to join the scene, naturally went home as if they had been amnestied.

Next, it was the turn of the "Ming Messenger" to say goodbye to Navaez, the commander of the Spanish crusade.

“…… Although I would have liked to have been able to get to Tenochtitlan as soon as possible and apprehend the rebel leader Cortés, my soldiers would need some rest before they could fully recover, and many of the baggage and ordnance had been crushed in the bilge of the battleship before they could be unloaded to shore. ”

Navaez rubbed his hands together in embarrassment, looked down apologetically, and said, "...... In addition, I intend to take advantage of this time to construct some temporary structures in the port of Veracruz, at least to allow the fleet to berth. At the same time, several ships were to be sent back to Cuba to report to the Governor-General...... So, can you please wait patiently for more than ten days before you set off with me? ”

Behind him, the mutilated corpses of the battlefield had been cleared and buried, and the Spaniards from the island of Cuba and the Indians hired from nearby were cutting timber around the harbor to repair the trestle that had been damaged by the fighting. And began to measure the foundation, as if to prepare for the construction of a new base. Other unassigned and idle Spanish soldiers wandered around the ruins of the old fort, trying to dig up something of little value from the scorched earth and make a little extra money—whether it was the wreckage of twisted rockets, scorched and molten swords and guns, or the scattered scraps of metal utensils, which would give them a cheer of joy.

There is no way, the metal production of all shijie in this era is pitifully low, gold and silver are precious, and the price of copper and iron is also not cheap, whether it is the East or the West. The price of a short sword is enough for a European mercenary to work for months without food or drink, and a set of full-body armor can cost more than a small estate.

Even in the East, there were many dignitaries who stored pig iron bars instead of gold nuggets in their cellars. For example, the most famous naval commander in the ancient East, Yi Sunsin, the commander-in-chief of the Korean naval division, should also be regarded as a high-ranking person. However, a colleague once borrowed 16 catties of pig iron from him for nailing and repairing the ship, but did not return it in time, so he was so angry that he repeatedly sent people over to pursue it, and wrote many complaining words in his diary.

After glancing at the Spaniards who were busy building and picking up rags, Director Ma nodded with a smile, indicating that he didn't mind at all: "...... It doesn't matter if this matter happens, it just so happens that our army will also be around for a while, and by the way, we will go to appease several tribes in the north, so that they can know how to respect the majesty of our heavenly kingdom. But...... Since you are planning to send part of the fleet back to Cuba, I wonder if you can help us carry something? ”…,

“…… Belch...... Please do not hesitate to do so. Navaez immediately responded cheerfully.

Immediately afterwards, Director Ma turned around and ordered Wang Qiu and Wen Desi, who were trembling slightly for some reason, to jointly carry up a large wooden box tightly wrapped in layers of oilcloth, and then from the box stuffed with cotton and straw, take out a brass box inlaid with countless colored artificial gems and look extremely dazzling, and solemnly handed it to Navaes.

“…… Lord, Navaeth, here is a letter written by our Emperor himself, and I hope you will be able to pass it on to your King. In order to prevent moisture and fade, I also specially sealed it with wax and fire paint, please do not open it at will on the way! ”

Navaez only thought about it for a moment, and then agreed. Director Ma was also very happy to see this, and asked people to take out a pile of tightly wrapped oak barrels, as well as a beautifully framed gift list, saying that these were a little gift from the Chinese emperor to the king of Spain and the governor of Cuba, mainly all kinds of fine spices, silk, tea, porcelain, and some easy-to-preserve preserves, pastries, dried meat and other foods. Of course, Navaez is no less...... made this Spanish nobleman happy for a while.

However, what Navaez didn't notice was that the two Chinese standing behind Director Ma both cast him a look of pity like a dead man.

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Seeing two majestic Spanish galleons sailing away with "letters and gifts from the Chinese emperor", Wang Qiu and Wen Desi couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from their foreheads, glanced at each other, and then sighed in unison.

This pile of "Pandora's boxes" that can almost break people's nerves has finally been sent out.

And this Director Ma's discipline in the eyes of everyone seems to have been completely lost.

-- These so-called "gifts from the Chinese emperor" are actually harmful things with added materials. For example, silk and porcelain are coated with a variety of influenza pathogens, tea leaves and candied fruits are mixed with highly contagious Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and cotton used to wrap porcelain has been repeatedly impregnated with cultures of various virulent infectious diseases such as typhoid, cholera, and plague -- this kind of thing can be found in any infectious disease hospital!

As for the heavily sealed brass box, the virus weapon hidden inside is even more incredible-Director Ma didn't tell them explicitly, but according to Wang Qiu's private speculation, it could be anthrax, or the more terrifying SARS or Ebola......

In short, these seemingly gorgeous gifts will spread countless highly drug-resistant infectious diseases that have not been available in this era, and bring endless disasters to the human beings who have obtained them—just like the legendary Pandora's box!

Only the gift given to Navaez, in order to prevent him from being used on the spot off the coast of Mexico, so that the virus could spread and harm the Indians with weaker resistance, was not secretly added by the black-hearted Director Ma.

It is conceivable that once these terrible things reach Cuba and Spain, they will inevitably cause an extremely terrible plague, and its lethality may not be less than that of the Black Death in the past! If the outbreak is violent, it is not impossible to turn the island of Cuba into an island of death, and the kingdom of Spain, which has been robbed of a large number of lives by the plague, may not dare to easily squeeze out a large number of precious people to explore the sea for the time being, when the labor force is scarce.

However, this terrifying bacteriological tactic, while extremely effective, has also broken through the moral lower limit for many people. Therefore, Director Ma secretly concealed this matter from Head Cai Rong and Political Commissar Yang Wenli, and Wang Qiu and Wen Desi, who were in charge of the actual operation, were also quite hesitant after hearing about it. …,

After all, they still have to be a little disciplined.

However, Director Ma's eloquent words smashed all their discipline clean.

“…… Morality? Conscience? Human rights? Moral? What's the use of keeping this kind of thing? Come on, this is not a safe and secure apartment community, but a cruel era when cold-blooded butchers are known as church saints and despicable pirates can become national heroes! Especially in this new continent where there is no law and morality, the law-abiding soft eggs will only die here without even knowing how they died! If you don't kill people, people will kill you! ”

Regarding the naïve doubts of the juniors, Director Ma, who has traveled through many tragic shijies, immediately scoffed:

“…… Take the history of the British colonizers establishing the United States as an example! Do you know what the early North American colonists on the Mayflower did after they were saved by the Indians? They first thanked God for sending them such a bunch of heartless people, and even set up a special thanksgiving for this purpose, and then killed all the Indians who saved them as sacrifices to a merciful God!

Don't think that this Navaez seems to be more amiable, and that he is a good man! Do you remember the day when we negotiated the conditions for a banquet to celebrate? I sat next to this guy for a while, and I heard him drunken thanking God, but I didn't hear him thank us! Hmph, if it weren't for our strong soldiers, we wouldn't be able to gnaw at all with this little army under his command, and going to war with us would be tantamount to cutting off the trade routes for spices and silk...... Do you think this guy will politely do business with us, instead of arresting us, beating us with a leather whip and soldering iron, and extorting all the spices and silk without paying a penny? The Spaniards who colonized the Americas were much more brutal than the British!

Comrade Wen Desi, Theodore of the United States. President Roosevelt once famously said that only dead Indians are haode Indians! For your little kingdom, only dead Europeans are haode Europeans! So we must strike first! In these years, it is not who is kinder and who is civilized, but who is cruel than who is anti-human! Only the most wicked and immoral scum can achieve Zuihou's success! ”

Regarding Director Ma's justification, Wang Qiu and others were surprised by its explicitness, but also had to admit its correctness and reasonableness.

It is true that the Spaniards of this era, almost from the time Columbus discovered the New World, used the most brutal method of colonization by force, enslaving and slaughtering the Americans in every corner of the New World, and never even found any reason.

Batch after batch of Spanish adventurers, frantically pouring into this new shijie, committed countless unspeakable atrocities with peace of mind, and their methods were cruel and despicable, even more terrifying than the invading Japanese army in the future: slashing the belly of a pregnant woman with a sword, picking out the baby and chopping it up, feeding it to the hunting dogs; The competition is to see who kills people with enough skills, such as chopping the head quickly and chopping the body evenly; Lift the child's foot into the rock, tie the child to the rock and throw it into the sea, and ask them to dive...... All kinds of cruel games imaginable by humans have been turned into reality at the hands of these butchers without the slightest morality.

And their most common way of killing is to hang the Indians alive on a torture rack or on the mast of a sailing ship, or to tie the Indians to a stake and set them on fire - anyway, in Zuihou, the Catholic priests will cross them to heaven, and the butchers will not have to bear the psychological burden.

When Columbus first arrived in the Caribbean Islands, the islands had a combined population of millions, with one million people on Hispaniola (later the island of Haiti) alone. By 1518, Hispaniola's population had plummeted to around 11,000 people – note that this was before the Spaniards brought the disease to the Caribbean! Therefore, these Indians basically did not die of the plague, but were directly slaughtered! If there really is a God, at such a rapid rate of slaughter, I am afraid that even heaven will be almost filled. …,

Therefore, in order to ensure that the Spanish adventurers could not afford to invade on a large scale for the time being, the most direct way was to appropriately reduce the population of the country......

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However, despite the most despicable attempts to speculate on the actions of the Spaniards, the time-travelers overestimated Navaez's discipline.

In fact, when the two galleons that had returned to Cuba to report to the governor had disappeared into the sky on the horizon, Navaes, who had re-entered the commander's tent, immediately called his personal servant: "...... What do you think? Have you put all that stuff away? ”

“…… It's all gone, my lord! I've hidden them in the most secret place on your ship! ”

The servant replied quickly, and at the same time asked with some concern, "...... But, my lord, you have so casually cut off more than half of the gifts that the Chinese gave to the governor and the king, and if anyone carefully crosses the gift list at that time, won't they immediately reveal the stuffing and dressing up?! ”

“…… Uh, gift lists? Do you mean this? Hehe, xiexie, your reminder, but I've thought of it a long time ago. ”

Navaez nonchalantly took out a beautifully framed document from his bosom, shook it in front of his personal servant's nose, and then put it on the flame of the candle, and watched the fine paper roll gradually burn to ashes, and then clapped his palm casually, "...... Well, now it's no problem! Whether it is the Governor or King Bixia, it is obviously impossible to go to such a remote place to reconcile with the Chinese! And these precious gifts from the Chinese emperor are all my property! Alas, it's a joy to think about! ”

“…… Your Excellency! ”

Anyway, the next day, the traversers, who did not know that a certain time bomb had not yet been sent out of the place, left the port of Veracruz with a huge troop of men, intending to go to a nearby place to survey a fine silver mine that would be easily mined in later historical records, and see if they could capture it.

Navaez, on the other hand, stayed here with his men and continued to ramp up the construction of the port camp. The two sides agreed to meet again in fifteen days, and then march together to the capital of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan, and capture Cortés, thus ending the turmoil.

It's a pity that some things in this world will always suddenly undergo some surprising changes when it seems that everything is under control...... Well, maybe only such derailment and collapse is a wonderful life that will accelerate the secretion of adrenaline!