On the western coast of Mexico, in the territory of the Aztec Empire's old enemy, the kingdom of Hunsutizgan, there were also visions.

According to information received by Emperor Montezuma, four years ago, a "man of God" suddenly appeared in the kingdom of Hunsutizgan with many treasures and offered to marry a princess of the kingdom with these precious treasures.

Among those treasures, there were four hundred crystal skulls that had just suffered a crushing defeat and were sent to the city of Tenochtitlan as an indemnity for the armistice and peace, and were now placed in the palace of Montezuma II.

When Emperor Montezuma II first learned of this, he was also quite surprised, and remembered the legend of "The Return of Quetzalcoatl".

But first of all, the arrival of this "god man" was not in the right direction and time - the kingdom of Hun Tizgan was located to the west of Mexico, and Quetzalcoatl was supposed to have returned from the eastern sea. Moreover, it was several years before the end of the "Great Cycle". Secondly, according to the report of the envoy after witnessing it himself, the complexion of this "god man" did not seem to be pale at all (due to living on a tropical beach for so long, Mr. Wen was quickly tanned), and he was alone, and he did not say anything cruel (Mr. Wen had not yet learned the indigenous language at that time), and did not look like a threat.

So, after a long time, Emperor Montezuma gradually forgot about it.

However, more than a year ago, more "godmen" came out of the void and descended on the kingdom of Hungshutizgan, and seemed to be quite familiar with the "godmen" who came first, and soon joined forces to establish a "legendary bazaar" in the kingdom of Hongshutizgan. And the main goods sold are many goods that they brought from the shijie of the gods, which are incredible no matter how you look at them:

Beautiful utensils (glass and porcelain) that are as crystal clear as spring water or as delicate and smooth as jade, small particles (fertilizers) that can make plants grow more luxuriant, small wooden sticks and flat boxes (matches and lighters) that can easily make flames, steel knives and axes that are a hundred times stronger than the most obsidian machetes, all kinds of fine jewelry that are brilliant and gorgeous, printed and dyed cloths that are bright and beautiful and not easy to fade, small mirrors that can clearly reflect the figure of people, refined salt and white sugar as pure as snowflakes, Smooth and smooth paper, delicious desserts...... One by one, all of them are Mexicans in this era, and they have never imagined the good things, which made them dazzled for a while!

-- Despite the long distance and bumpy road between the Valley of Mexico and the kingdom of Hunsuitzgan, there were still some goods that were transported by merchants, and the various information that came with them also gave Emperor Montezuma some understanding of the actions of these "gods".

On the whole, these "godmen" of the same skin color as the Aztecs seem to be less ferocious than the white-skinned inhumans who appear on the eastern coast, and indeed possess astonishing powers—they are excellent wizards, capable of making mountains of wood disappear in the blink of a finger; They were excellent craftsmen who were able to build sturdy metal houses overnight; They were miraculous farmers, and the corn seeds they supplied to the people of Hungshutizgan yielded ten times more than usual; They possess the mana to ward off disease, and are able to make the terrible plague disappear before them......

The Aztecs were most fortunate that they did not seem to be invincible warriors, and had not fought in any war since their arrival.

The only thing that puzzled Montezuma was that these "godmen" seemed to have very unique tastes, completely disliking the noblest sacrifices such as human blood and the heart of a living person, and even very disgusted - in fact, since the arrival of the first god-man, the kingdom of Hun Shitizgan had largely abolished human sacrifice - preferring instead gold and silver. If there is no gold and silver, the fine wood seems to be improvised. …,

In order to meet the needs of these "godmen", the kingdom of Hongshutizgan mobilized almost all of their surplus labor, and every day they had to cut down mountains of wood so that the "godmen" could bring back their shijie with spells. But the "men of God" also gave generous rewards: from refined salt, sweets, and cloth to steel tools, and all kinds of fine utensils. Let this country, which was already dying, rejuvenate again.

- After learning that these "men of God" in the West were so generous, Emperor Montezuma couldn't help but feel jealous of the kingdom of Hungshutizgan, who had taken a shit luck: how nice it would be if these "men of God" could descend on the city of Tenochtitlan!

In any case, it is easier to get a gang of people to cut down trees all day to worship the gods than to capture thousands of prisoners of war and cut off their heads and dig out their hearts.

Fortunately, these powerful "men of God" did not appear in the territory of the Tlaxcalas, the immediate henchmen of the Empire. Otherwise, the Aztec Empire's rule over the Mexican Valley would be in serious crisis.

As for the kingdom of Hungshutizgan, which was separated from the imperial capital by a lofty mountain, although it was also an old enemy of the Aztecs, their territory was remote and barren, and the climate was maddeningly hot and humid, and the Aztecs would not have bothered to attack it if it were not for the fact that they would not have bothered to attack it from behind when the empire was attacking the Tlaxcalas with all its might. (The Aztecs saw the Pacific coast as the Tibetans saw India, a hot place that couldn't live.) The Aztecs, accustomed to the cool highlands, were highly susceptible to disease in the hot and humid rainforests. ）

What made the emperor feel even more regretful was that not long ago, these "god men" actually followed the envoys of the Hungshutizgan Kingdom to the outskirts of Tenochtitlan City, and brought countless magical goods, which caused a sensation around the Lake District.

Under normal circumstances, the Emperor of Montezuma would have warmly entertained these "men of the gods" and tried to see if he could keep them and bless his own city of Tenochtitlan.

It was during this time that the riots in Tenochtitlan reached a fever pitch, with the samurai and priests fighting for power, all rituals and military training completely disrupted, and the state apparatus completely shut down.

In order to avoid a civil war in Tenochtitlan, the Emperor of Montezuma ordered a general assembly, and thousands of nobles gathered in the large square in front of the pyramid and quarreled with each other for a whole month, during which there were many bloody fights. The Zuihou ceremony turned into a scuffle, and Emperor Montezuma, who tried to make a speech to appease the people, was dragged down from the podium four times...... To make matters worse, although the interpretation of the gods' ruling was unsurprisingly in favor of the priests, the samurai still refused to admit defeat, claiming that the oracle was a forgery.

Therefore, the city of Tenochtitlan is still in a state of complete paralysis, and a tragic civil war may break out at any time.

In such a stormy and dangerous moment, where did the emperor still have any mind to handle the foreign affairs that were not very tight?

So, before he could figure out the details of the mission, the dizzy Emperor Montezuma sent them away. By the time he finally came back to his senses and felt too much regret about the incident, the "men of God" had already disappeared without a trace.

Fortunately, his royal governor still had some eyes, and while the "gods" had not left, he took out some gold and silver from the royal treasury in exchange for thousands of sharp steel knives and axes, as well as some cloth and utensils. …,

Afterwards, Montezuma was very satisfied with this, and immediately transported the steel weapons in canoes to the battlefield of Texcoco, hoping that his nephew Kakama, equipped with these steel weapons, would be able to quickly put down the rebellion of Esiterishozito, and lead his army back to Tenochtitlan, so that he could get out of the current predicament of having no troops to use.

-- In the Aztec mind, gold and silver were seen as ordinary ornaments like coral and sandalwood, rather than as the general equivalent of money—in the society of the Inhabitants of the Valley of Mexico, obsidian was the predominantly responsible function. This hard and brittle volcanic glass was widely used as a work of art for making weapons, sacrifices and carvings, and even on some very expensive cups and utensils (too hard and difficult to polish). The Maya, who lived in the rainforest, preferred to trade cocoa beans as currency.

So, asking the Aztecs for gold and silver is like asking for coral and sandalwood from Chinese, and it must be a bit distressing, but no one will be particularly stingy as long as they can be exchanged for good things—just as ancient Chinese usually only hoarded gold, silver, and copper coins in their treasury that could be used as currency, rather than collecting many coral shells as savings...... As everyone knows, coral trees are also quite valuable.

But on the other hand, they don't consciously hoard large amounts of gold and silver, so even in the treasury of Emperor Montezuma, there is not much gold.

Unfortunately, a few days later, the Emperor of Montezuma was shocked to learn that the rebels of Essiteri Shozito were also armed with steel weapons...... Therefore, the civil war in the city of Texcoco can only be fought endlessly, and no one can see the end of the war.

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All these intricacies made the old and frail Emperor Montezuma feel more and more worried, and finally waited until the end of the sacrifice, and he was not even interested in sharing the hot and sour human flesh hot pot with chili sauce and tomato sauce with the priests, so he hurriedly ordered to drive back to the palace.

Surrounded by a guard of honor, he walked towards the palace while silently thinking about what he should do to quell the samurai riots, suppress the rebellion in Texcoco, restore the stability of the empire, and make the right response to the "gods" who appeared on the east and west coasts?

After the Emperor had taken off the crown of colorful feathers he wore for the celebration in the cool megalithic palace, his favorite concubine offered Montezuma a chocolate drink known as "bitter water", but was rudely pushed away by the unspirited emperor.

Gazing at the glass mirror that had only recently hung on the side of the doorpost, and taking a look at his increasingly haggard old face, the Emperor sighed and shook his head, reached out and grabbed a bottle of Red Star Erguotou, which he had also just started, and poured it down his throat - he had been trying to drown his sorrows with wine these days - the clear liquor slid into his esophagus, and suddenly burned like a fire, making him feel much more refreshed.

Slightly drunk, Montezuma closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, and finally made a decision - no matter what, send someone over to inquire first!

First, Montezuma summoned his foreign secretary, the famous Scud and debater Teutilla, and instructed the country's famous long-distance runner to quickly organize a team of aristocratic envoys who were proficient in diplomatic etiquette to wait on the eastern coast (the west coast of the Gulf of Mexico) with gifts. If a white-skinned "suspected Quetzalcoatl" landed on a "huge floating fortress", he immediately rushed over, treated them with respectful courtesy, presented them with gifts to show friendship, and at the same time probed their truths, and then sent the information obtained back to the imperial capital city of Tenochtitlan as quickly as possible. …,

As for what gifts should be given to the white-skinned Quetzalcoatl...... The emperor originally wanted to give away some surplus gold artifacts, but the "gods" of the western kingdom of Hungshutizgan seemed to prefer such golden ornaments.

Therefore, Montezuma pondered for a long time, and simply selected some things that were not very useful from the gifts of the Hunghitizgan Kingdom, mainly some various utensils (glass, porcelain, aluminum alloy products) that were not very good in shape, bright cloth (a small amount of silk and a large amount of chemical fiber cloth), bright and light jewelry (a bargain of ten yuan a piece from Chinese street vendors in later generations), and some small brown squares (Pu'er tea) that could brew "refreshing bitter water".

-- Ma Tong, who often plays the game of "Age of Discovery", originally thought that Chinese tea should be the world's best-selling and surging goods in this era, but who knew that the Aztecs who had not seen it actually felt that this thing was not as good as hot cocoa drinks, and as a result, the tea was seriously unsalable and unpopular, so she had to give it as a gift to Emperor Montezuma, but the problem was that Emperor Montezuma didn't like to drink this thing, so Zuihou was cheaper than the Spaniards......

After sending Foreign Minister Teutilla away, he summoned his nephew, Kuohetmok, a fierce and intelligent jaguar warrior. During the recent army strikes and riots, Kuauchtmock also acted as an intermediary, trying to reconcile the conflict between the warriors and the priests, and although it could not eliminate the antagonism between the two sides, it managed to avoid leaving the city of Tenochtitlan in ruins in the civil strife.

“…… Kuauchtmok, this time has been really hard for you. ”

Looking at his nephew's equally haggard face, Emperor Montezuma sighed, "...... Although the army in the city is still under command, it should not be fighting for the time being. I'm going to send you as an envoy to the kingdom of Hungyutizgan, so I should go out for a break! ”

“…… Kingdom of Hungshutizgan? Could it be for the sake of those legendary gods? ”

The clever Kuokhtmok, who immediately guessed the intentions of the emperor's uncle, "...... According to the spies' reports, these godmen do have magical abilities, and they seem to be very gentle and easy to get along with. If we can bring them together, it will certainly be of great help to our country. But...... They have already established a close relationship with the people of Hungshutizgan, and it may not be easy to bring these godmen over. ”

“…… That's right, the 'man of God' who first descended on the western beach four years ago has already married the princess of the Honshutizgans, and I am afraid that he will inherit the throne in the future, and it is almost impossible to pull him over. ”

Emperor Montezuma nodded, agreeing with his nephew's concerns, but then changed his words, "...... However, according to what I heard, two of the four 'godmen' who came in the latter group were women and one was an old man, and it would be troublesome to try to entrap them. But there is also a 'man of God' who is a young man of strong flesh and blood, and who is said to be unmarried......"

Speaking of this, the elderly emperor showed a sly smile on his face, "...... Although I can't give up the throne for this, our princess of Tenochtitlan should be no worse than the princess of the people of Honshutizgan! ”

-- So, without Wang Qiu's knowledge at all, a charming encounter was about to come quietly......

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PS: The first protagonist can be tackled by the girl, a murderous ghost hunting soft girl who is proficient in various vivisections is about to appear!