The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
After a month of crazy massacres, except for Huascar himself and a handful of lucky ones who escaped bad luck, almost all the Inca royal family members were wiped out. However, King Atahualpa of Quito was not determined to give up, and he wanted to kill all the people loyal to Huascar. Thus, another cruel and merciless massacre was about to begin again.
When the sun rises from the top of the East Mountain, it jumps over the mountains and shines bright golden light on the vast mountain valleys on the outskirts of Cusco. A small river passes calmly and melodiously through the mountain valley east of Cusco, forming a beautiful Baocartamp Valley area. From here, there are thirteen villages living along both sides of the Antisuyu Royal Road. X's family tribe. In the valley about 20 to 30 kilometers west of the city of Cusco, there are more than 30 villages with three surname tribes: Maska, Chilchi and Papuri. North of Cusco is the beautiful Saxavana Valley, home to twenty villages. The people in these villages are divided into four tribes: Mayu, Sampa, Chinchapukeyu and Rimactempu. There are thirty-eight villages in the southern suburbs of Cusco, eighteen of which are inhabited by the Ayarmaca tribe, and some other villages are Quespicancha, Muina, Urx, Kvar, and Wa Tribes with the surnames Rook and Kaouinya. There are more than a hundred villages located on the outskirts of Cusco. At first, these villages were very small, with the largest having no more than a hundred people, and the smallest having only twenty or thirty households. Later, because Manco Capac gave them many gifts and After the privileges were granted, the number of people in the villages grew rapidly. Many of them had more than a thousand people, and the smaller villages had three or four hundred people.
Of all the valleys in the Inca Empire, the Yucai Valley is the most beautiful in the world, and kings throughout the ages used it as a garden and place to rest. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the scenery is pleasant, there is no scorching heat or cold, there is a refreshing breeze, the climate is mild all year round, and there are no flies, mosquitoes and annoying insects. The fertile and flat land is planted with grapes and fruit trees. The abundant Yukai River flows through the foot of the mountain. The water is gentle and the waves are calm. Schools of fish and a large number of grass herons, ducks and other waterfowl are playing in the river. There is a beautiful Saxavanna Valley downstream of the river, home to twenty villages from the four tribes of Mayu, Sampa, Chinchapuqueyu and Rimactempo. A few days ago, a horrific massacre occurred here. A large number of Incas such as Prince Barbara Palca, the auxiliary minister of the Inca Empire, Prince Cucabala, the governor of Cusco, and Prince Ulmantera, the commander of the southern army, as well as the most famous wizard in the palace, Calasibi, etc. The princes and nobles were massacred by the Quitos, which filled the ancient and beautiful valley of the Saxavanna Valley with the smell of blood, scaring the locals so much that they no longer dared to go near the huge stone castle during the day and night.
However, this is a geomantic treasure land for the Incas. Back then, when their ancestors followed the first generation of King Manco Capac and Queen Mama Okoluo out of the cave on the edge of Lake Titicaca, a sacred lake in the remote mountains, the Father of the Sun gave them a gift. A two-meter-long, two-finger-thick golden staff, and told them that they must carry this golden staff wherever they go, and use this golden staff to test the ground under their feet. If they can insert the golden staff at once, Go down, then, and stop there, where Pachacamac has chosen for them to establish their town and dynasty.
One day, the Inca King Manco Capac took people into the valley just as the sun was rising. The first place they stayed was where they live now. The Inca king thrust the golden staff into the ground, and it stuck into the ground easily. Amid the cheers of the crowd, the Inca king said to his sister and wife, the Daughter of the Sun, "According to the instructions of Pachacamac and our Sun Father, we stay in this valley and create our royal city."
The ancestors of the local villagers, under the leadership of the late King Manco Capac and Queen Mama Okoluo, built houses, used wooden poles with bronze tips to open up wasteland for planting, and built many houses with stone walls on the slopes. Terraced fields are used to grow corn and potatoes, as well as fruits and peppers at the foot of the mountain. They divert water to irrigate farmland. Later, they also divided the cultivated land into three parts: the land of the Sun God, the land of the Inca king and the land of the commune. All these lands are jointly cultivated by farmers. The land of the Sun God was harvested and returned to the priests for use by priests and religious activities; the harvest of the land of the Inca king was owned by the treasury, that is, the royal family; the land of the commune was divided into two parts, one part for reserve purposes, such as public activities and relief for orphans and widows; The other part is given to families. A childless man was given an "allotment," and when he had children, he could receive an additional share. If the child is a girl, she will only receive half of the "allotment". In addition to the "allotment", each family also has a piece of hereditary land, such as a garden, a homestead, etc. This is actually private land. Cultivators must first cultivate the land of the Sun God, then cultivate the land of orphans, widows, old, weak, sick and serving soldiers, then cultivate their own allotment, then the land of the lord, and finally the land of the Inca king. Anyone who cultivated the lord's land first was punished by hanging. Cultivators prepare their own food. If there is a shortage of seeds, they can apply for supplies from the commune's reserve warehouse.
Later, with the expansion of the city of Cusco and the needs of King Inca, their ancestors began to specialize in serving the palace as servants and servants for the palace and royal family members. The servants who worked in the palace included sweepers, water collectors, wood cutters, state banquet cooks (the personal royal meals of the Inka kings were sometimes cooked by their wives and concubines), brewers, gatekeepers, clothing managers, Treasure keepers, gardeners, house keepers and various other handymen in the palace. They are not held by individual people, but by one, two or three villages according to the type of work. These villages were responsible for providing a sufficient number of skilled and loyal personnel to specialize in a certain chore, switching every few days, weeks, or months. No matter which servant is slightly negligent or slack, it is equivalent to the whole village committing a crime. Even if only one person commits the crime, the whole village must be punished with varying degrees of severity depending on the crime. If it offends the king's dignity, the whole village will be razed to the ground. The so-called woodcutter does not ask them to go up the mountain to chop wood, but to transport the wood brought by the people from all over for the palace to use. When the king traveled, he rode a golden sedan chair. He needed tall, well-proportioned and handsome young men to carry the sedan chair, so he selected people from two provinces to carry the sedan chair. Although there are only 15,000 households in the two provinces, young men begin to practice lifting the sedan chair as soon as they reach the age of twenty, so that the sedan chair can be lifted smoothly, without bumps or swings, and without falling or bumping. If someone is unlucky and something unexpected happens while carrying the sedan chair, he will suffer great humiliation. As the leader, the captain of the sedan bearers will publicly punish him in a humiliating manner. It can be said that the Incas regarded these officials as very noble and felt that they were serving as the king's personal servants and gained the trust of the palace and the king himself. This is a great honor.
In the two to three hundred years from the first Inca king to the present, great changes have taken place in the villages of Urcos, Yucai and Tempu. The caves in the past are gone, and the mud huts are no longer visible. The small village in the past has become a prosperous town, with a population of one or two thousand in the village alone. The village is obscured by rows and patches of ancient trees that are decades and centuries old. Between the big trees, you can see solid houses built with large stones. The styles and sizes of these houses are exactly the same, row after row, one after another, neatly.
When the sun rose into the sky, the peaceful and quiet cool breeze from the mountains began to slowly pass through the village, just like the Inca King bestowing endless favors on them, making them feel endless joy and happiness.
Suddenly, there began to be an uneasy commotion in the village. This commotion was caused from the entrance of the village. Because from the entrance of the village, people kept running toward the village in panic, and some even shouted, "The Quito army is coming." "The Quito soldiers surrounded the village." After a while, the entire village People began to run to their homes and then closed their doors and windows.
In fact, this kind of panic and uneasiness has long been lingering in their hearts. Since the Quito people arrested King Huascar, many royal family members and princes and nobles have been executed, and the entire clan has been killed. The servants and servants in the village who were assigned to the palace and the homes of royal clan members all ran back to the village. Especially recently, waves of news that royal family members and princes and nobles were executed and entire families were killed came to the village one after another, making them feel more and more frightened. If all the royal family members and palace nobles were killed, who else could they serve as servants and servants?
But people soon smelled smoke and burnt smell, and saw thick black smoke floating in all directions over the village. Which family's house was set on fire? However, no one dared to come out to put out the fire. Moreover, more and more houses were set on fire and burned. Immediately afterwards, the shouts and running sounds of Quito soldiers could be heard.
Fafulica, who lives in the village of Urcos, is a pottery craftsman in the royal palace. He has been learning pottery from his father in the palace since he was eight years old. He is the craftsman with the highest pottery skills in the Inca Empire. The pottery used by the Inca king such as the double-eared small-mouthed hip-bottomed flask, open-mouthed straight can, single-handled shallow dish, single-handled small-mouthed cup, etc. were all made by him. They are not only elegant in shape, gorgeous in color, but also very exquisite in workmanship. He ran back from the palace that night when he heard that King Huascar was captured by the Quidos. Because he had heard rumors about King Atahualpa massacring the city at Tumebamba.
He originally thought that the village of Urcos was more than ten kilometers away from the Royal Palace of Cusco, and the Quitos would not be able to get here no matter how much they burned and killed them. And all signs indicate that Quito is only massacring and exterminating those royal family members, and will not attack ordinary people. So, he has been hiding at home. However, what he didn't expect was that the Quito people didn't want to let them go.
