Ninety-three, Cortez's gamble

Although there are 1.5 million patients in need of organ transplantation every year in modern China, only more than 10,000 can undergo organ transplantation.

Although in modern China, the price of each kidney is at least 100,000 yuan, and the price of liver and heart is even higher;

Although in modern China, the organs of every condemned prisoner have already been snapped up and booked by major hospitals before the execution, and even the execution time of the prisoner must be advanced or postponed according to the preparation of the transplant operation, until all the patients are pushed onto the operating table before the execution;

Although in 16th-century Mesoamerica, thousands of young and healthy human sacrifices were worthlessly disemboweled by priests on the pyramids to remove their living hearts, and the indigenous people have always been accustomed to this and enjoyed it;

Although Wang Qiu's space-time teleportation ability has at least half of the mortality rate every time when teleporting ordinary living people, it can still be regarded as having a success rate of about half...... In the case of heterotopic natives who have no legal human rights, the above rate of loss seems to be bearable;

However, this kind of horrific trade in which the indigenous Indians were sold as piglets, and the innocent healthy people were transported to another shijie to harvest organs for profit, still seriously broke through the moral bottom line of Wang Qiu and others -- it was really a dead merchant who was far worse than the slave trader and the arms dealer!

With their morality as petty citizens in peacetime, they can't accept such a cold, bloody, death-filled evil deal for the time being.

Professor Yang immediately became angry and scolded this as a criminal act that violated party spirit and human nature; Wang Qiu also did not care about the reverence of the leader, and resolutely refused to engage in such a dirty business even if he lost his job - it is clear that in 16th century Central America, where there was no refrigeration and sterilization equipment, human organs could not be preserved after removal; Moreover, the Aztec priests who actually performed the surgery did not have the corresponding surgical skills; What's even worse is that the heart that was grabbed by them without even wearing a glove, even if it really gets back to modern times, I'm afraid it can only be used to cook human offal soup.

Therefore, if the time-travelers really want to sell human organs, they must transport the entire human sacrifice and dissect it by expert doctors in modern time and space. But in this way, there are many people, and it is difficult to guarantee that the details will not be revealed. And once this serious anti-human thing leaks out, it will be a super scandal comparable to the death camp of Auschwitz in Nazi Germany!

The most terrifying thing is that, as we all know, according to the unspoken rules of the Chinese system, once a big basket is stabbed, before endangering the officials above, it is usually a few temporary workers to carry the blame, but the most junior person in this unit seems to be none other than himself...... Isn't it obvious that all the achievements are due to your good leadership, and in case of chaos, I, a newcomer, will go to the top of the tank?

This kind of business that is pulled away by someone to block the arrow, no matter how you look at it, you can't make a profit, but you can't do it!

Even Lei Feng is not so selfless!

Seeing that the public was angry, Director Ma had no choice but to give up his crazy plan to carry out "cross-dimensional human organ trading".

Then, it was time for everyone to leave the city of Tenochtitlan.

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β€œβ€¦β€¦ On November 15, 1519, after signing a new peace treaty between the Chinese and the Hungshutitzgans, they left the city of Tenochtitlan. The day before my departure, in gratitude to Emperor Montezuma for his hospitality, the Chinese held an open-air barbecue on the beach of the lake on the outskirts of the city - I don't know weishenme, the Chinese translated this as 'BBQ' - as a return gift to the emperor's banquet, and I was fortunate enough to be invited. …,

The main course of this banquet is a variety of grilled fish and grilled meat, and the chef brought by the Chinese will marinate the meat and fish pieces about the size of a finger, and then skewer them with bamboo skewers or iron brazing, with onions, radishes and other vegetables, and grill them on the campfire to nourish the oil, and then sprinkle peppers, peppers, and a spice called 'cumin'.

Of course, if you only eat grilled fish and grilled meat, it will definitely make people feel very greasy, so the Chinese also prepare a lot of exquisite small cakes and sugar cubes at the banquet. There are also plenty of delicious fruits, lavishly marinated in sugar water and honey, soaked in clear glass jars (assorted canned fruits), which look colourful and delightful, and so numerous that they can be built into walls...... I still remember when I was in college, I used to buy several expensive honey-stained peaches as gifts in order to please girls, and the price of each honey-stained peach was at least twenty silver coins! (The related history books are too boring, you can refer to "The Wolf and the Spices")

At this feast, I saw not only at least dozens of cans of honey-soaked peaches (canned yellow peaches), but also honey-stained pineapples, diced pears and apples, and many fruits that I did not recognize, each of which was intoxicatingly sweet...... What a bunch of extravagant and depraved people!

In addition, a large pot of broth, vegetable soup, and stewed vegetables are served at the banquet, and the sauce with spices is served to everyone's satisfaction.

In addition, it was not until I attended this banquet that I discovered for the first time that these Chinese really ate with two small wooden sticks! On the road before, because I only saw them grabbing the bread and bread directly with their hands and stuffing them into their mouths, I thought that "Marco. There is a mistake in the record in Polo's Travels!

What particularly excited the drunkards in the expedition was that many flavors of good wine were served at the banquet, which were also served in glass bottles of various colors. There are beers, shochus and wines that we are familiar with, as well as many famous oriental wines that we have never seen before, and each one tastes very mellow. In addition, there is tea and sweet juice for women and children, which look very attractive.

The Aztecs were generally interested in wine, which was as red as blood, and believed that it was the drink that warriors should drink. It's been a long time since I left Spain to drink wine as much as I do now, and I don't want to miss this rare opportunity to drink too much - because of the climate and the soil, few people in the colonies of the West Indies grow grapes, and the price of transporting wine from mainland Europe is so high that most people can't afford it, so they can only drink local shochu made from cassava and corn, including me......

According to Marina, I drank at least twenty bottles of wine and shochu at the banquet, and immediately became drunk and unconscious, and did a lot of crazy and strange actions, even if I was poured with decanting strong tea by the Chinese, and Zuihou had to be carried back with his arms crossed......"

Writing down the letter zuihou, Cortez carefully sucked the sand to dry the ink, then threw away the quill, rubbed his head, which was a little stinging from the hangover, stood up, looked up at the setting sun outside the window, and was stunned.

There was a regular sound of footsteps behind him, and he didn't have to look back to know who it was.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Is that you? How's it going outside the city, Avalado? Have those Chinese gone far? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Yes, according to what I saw with my own eyes, the Chinese army had completely opened up, along the lakeshore avenue, and left to the east. The hundreds of thousands of locals they had hired with grain, cloth, and salt had already been paid two days earlier and dismissed on the spot and went home. The only foreign troops that remain in this city are us and the Tlaxcalas. ”…,

The deputy commander of the Spanish expedition, CortΓ©s' confidant and old friend Avalado, reported to him.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Alas, it's good to go...... With them around, you can't do anything! Cortez couldn't help but sigh heartily.

Ever since he had met these "envoys of the Chinese Emperor" in the city of Chorula, and had to act with them, a feeling of being bound hand and foot had weighed heavily on CortΓ©s's heart, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

And at this moment, the boulder has finally been moved! Cortez, who was wild and uninhibited by nature, suddenly felt a burst of relaxation.

Next, after falling out with the governor of Cuba and becoming a wanted criminal, and abandoning the ship on the beach of the Gulf of Mexico, leading a small team of soldiers and horses deep into the plateau, Honan. Lord Cortez is ready to embark on another challenging adventure and gamble of his life!

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Now that these arrogant Chinese have left, it's our turn to do it next! ”

He got up and put on a garment and commanded his deputy, "...... Now, Avalado, come with me to the palace and invite Emperor Montezuma to our feast! At the same time, let the brethren be ready to take control of the barbarian emperor as soon as he arrives! ”

Avarado, however, seemed to hesitate about thisβ€”his courage seemed to have shrunk a lot since he had been beaten to the ground by the Chinese in Chorulaβ€”and he sat down at the table and said hesitantly, "...... My commander, shouldn't you think again? After all, kidnapping their emperor in the capital of the Aztecs and imprisoning this emperor in his own palace...... It's too risky to look at. ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Yes, it was a dangerous adventure, but we had to! ”

Cortez bent down, propped his hands on the table, and looked down at his deputy, "...... Don't you know how dangerous our situation is? Avalado! Don't be fooled by wine and women! We are in the enemy's stronghold, with just over a hundred Spaniards and more than 2,000 unreliable Indian Confederates, and we are at risk of being besieged by thousands of Aztecs at any moment, and there is not even a way out!

What's more, being so mixed up by the Chinese, the Aztecs may have long understood that we are not gods, and they have no original fear of us! Although the Emperor of Montezuma is still polite to us for the time being, who knows if he will suddenly change his attitude at some point! So, even if it's just to keep us safe, we have to take a weighty hostage! ”

CortΓ©s grabbed Avalado's shoulders and forced him to look at him, sparks of madness dancing in his clear eyes:

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Remember! Avarado, fate favors only those who have courage! And God Almighty will bless us with success! Do you want to be killed like a coward, or do you want to be the great hero who conquered this land?! ”

When he said this, the frustration and helplessness that had hovered on CortΓ©s before had long been swept away. Something indescribable made him refreshed, and his body was filled with incomparably surging greatness, which seemed to exude a dazzling brilliance that could not be seen directly.

Perhaps, this is some innate talent trait of those legendary heroes throughout the ages!