The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
After lunch, Francisco Pizarro called a meeting of officers above the lieutenant level. There were four captains and six lieutenants in the Spanish Expeditionary Force. The meeting was in Francisco Pizarro's room. The room is about fifteen or six square meters, with a large square table in the middle. On the side of the big table facing the door sat the commander Francisco Pizarro, and to his right sat the young secretary Robert, followed by the Marquis's brother Captain Hernando Pizarro and the Marquis's younger brother Hu. Captain Ann Pizarro. Captain Gonzalo Pizarro and Captain Soto, the other brothers of the Marquis, were seated at the corners of the table. And the lieutenants were sitting behind them around the table.
The meeting hadn't even started yet, and the room was already filled with smoke. Originally, there were no tobacco leaves in Europe and no one smoked. It is said that in October 1492, Columbus led an expedition to America and saw the locals smoking. So some sailors brought tobacco seeds back to Portugal in 1558, and then tobacco spread throughout Europe. But in fact, after these Spaniards came to the New World of America, they learned to smoke from the locals. Their history of smoking goes back to long before sailors brought tobacco seeds back to Portugal. Therefore, as long as these Spaniards have nothing to do, they like to roll tobacco leaves into a roll, light it and smoke it, and they are very addicted.
Francisco Pizarro smoked a cigarette and began to speak to everyone, "Captain Juan brought back some women from outside today. I asked Roberto to count just now. There are more than two hundred and thirty women and girls in total. And our officers and soldiers have a total of 169 people. If each person is divided into one woman, there are more than 60 women. The situation is like this, everyone, look at how we divide these women?"
Captain Juan spoke first and said, "Isn't that easy to divide? Each soldier will get one, each lieutenant will get two, and each captain will get three. The commander can get four or five."
Francisco Pizarro immediately declared, "I just want one woman."
Gonzalo Pizarro said, "I agree with Captain Juan. One for each soldier, two for each lieutenant, and three for each captain."
Francisco Pizarro asked Captain Soto, "Captain Soto, please express your opinion."
Captain Soto said, "I don't have a problem with that."
Seeing that his two brothers and Captain Soto had expressed their opinions, Pizarro asked Hernando for his opinion. Hernando is Pizarro's brother, and he is also the only one among Pizarro's brothers who has gone to school, is knowledgeable, and has extensive knowledge. Therefore, Commander Pizarro still values his brother's opinions very much. .
Hernando said, "I agree with Captain Juan and everyone else's suggestion, but there are some footmen and valets who should also be allocated together."
Captain Soto immediately said, "Why do we need men when we have women allotted to everyone? Why don't we let all the men go."
Someone immediately echoed and said, "That's right, if you have a woman, why do you need a man?"
But some people said, "You can work as slaves and handymen for us."
Someone said, "These things can be done by women."
However, someone suggested, "But there are some heavy and tiring jobs that women can't do, and they still need men to do them. Besides, even if you support these men, you don't need to pay them wages. You just need to find a place for them to live and give them food." Just eat."
Juan also said, "The food in the Inca granary is piled up like a mountain, and there are so many items that we will never be able to use them all in our lifetime. It is nothing to raise hundreds of Indians. You don't want male servants, I do, and I want them to help me." Look after the house and the courtyard, help me raise sheep and farm the land, and help me manage the housework."
Gonzalo also said, "I also want a male servant."
Francisco Pizarro asked the lieutenants sitting next to him, "What do you think?"
The lieutenants all said, "We agree with Captain Juan."
So, Francisco Pizarro said to Secretary Robert sitting next to him, "You also know everyone's opinions. You will make a distribution plan according to everyone's opinions. Tomorrow morning, you will make a distribution plan according to your opinions." distribution plan."
Robert said, "Okay, I'll make a distribution plan now."
The next morning, after breakfast, a loud bugle sounded in the Plaza de Armas. The square has been cleaned cleanly. All Spanish officers and soldiers and Inca soldiers quickly came to the square to line up and gather. Commander Pizarro asked more than 160 Spanish officers and soldiers and dozens of Inca soldiers to line up into several squads according to their positions and military years. Then, the virgins and maids were made to stand in three long rows opposite the soldiers. However, the Inca king's queen and concubines were protected by the commander. In addition, on the other side of the virgins and maids, there are many male servants and servants who also need to be allocated to everyone.
After the officers and soldiers were lined up, the Marquis made a speech to the officers and soldiers, "Brothers, officers and soldiers, we traveled across the ocean from our Spanish motherland and traveled thousands of miles. What are we doing here? We are here to realize our dreams. We Defeated the Inca army and captured the Inca king alive. This was a major victory for us. In order to reward and comfort everyone, Captain Juan brought more than 200 women and girls with his cavalry squad. We also selected More than two hundred male servants and male servants. Now I want to reward and distribute these women and girls, as well as these male servants and male servants, so that you can share the joy and results of victory. However, this is only a small part of our dream. A small part. In the future, we will win greater victories and obtain more trophies and gold and silver treasures. At that time, I will allocate it to each of you. As long as you follow me and work hard, I will let each of you Everyone will make a fortune and become an enviable rich man."
Listening to these exciting and inspiring words, the officers and soldiers clapped their hands and shouted, "Long live the Marquis!"
Then Robert began to read out the distribution plan. The plan stipulates that the allocation is first selected from the highest-ranking officer to the lowest-ranking soldier, and there are obvious distinctions and differences in the quantity distribution: that is, senior officers can select two to three at a time, while ordinary soldiers can only select at a time. one.
While everyone was listening to the commander's secretary read out the allocation plan, they kept looking at the maids and virgins of the Inca nobles who were queuing up opposite, waiting to be selected by them. When they listened to the distribution plan, they thought that someone would soon serve and serve them, and the feeling of becoming a noble master came to their hearts happily. But no, they were almost all the poorest people in Spain in the past. It was precisely because they were too poor that they followed Pizarro, a former swineherd, on a journey of thousands of miles to come here for adventure, in order to change their living conditions. Now that moment seems to have arrived.
The virgins standing opposite them were all very young and beautiful, and some girls were only thirteen or fifteen years old. Some are only eleven or twelve years old. They were selected into the Palace of Virgins from the age of seven or eight, engaged in some affairs serving the royal family, and waited for the favor of the Inca King. After entering the Palace of Virgins, they rarely left the palace and lived a free and carefree life. And those maids are all the daughters of the Inca princes. They serve the queens and concubines of the Inca king, and they rotate every nine days. They regard it as their honor to serve the Inca King's favorite concubine, and they are very likely to be favored by the Inca King at any time and become his favorite concubine. To be favored by the Inca king was the greatest wish of these most beautiful virgins and maids in the country.
However, they became the trophies of the Spanish big white man they hated. As women respected by the Incas, their fate was often determined not by themselves, but by men. According to Inca regulations, their marriage and love are decided by their father, and she must not complain at all about who her father wants to marry her to. Without their father, their fate is determined by the men to whom they are attached. If the man dies, they will be inherited by his brothers and sons like property. But Inca women, like women of all countries and ethnic groups, the most tragic and desolate tragedy is that they were conquered and enslaved by foreign nations, and were slaughtered and distributed as the spoils of foreign nations.
They looked at the joy and arrogance of the Spaniards, and thought that the king they admired had been captured and imprisoned, and they felt unbearable pain in their hearts. Because of the king's capture and defeat, their fate changed overnight. They stood opposite the Spanish officers and soldiers, thinking that they were about to be taken away by the very hateful and abominable Spaniards, and that they would become slaves of the Spaniards from now on. Tears could not help but pour out of their eyes. This is their tragedy and the tragedy of the entire Inca nation.
The two rows of servants standing next to the virgins and maids seemed to have a slightly better mentality than the virgins and maids, because they themselves were prisoners or servants and lived by fighting and serving others. Although their hearts were full of gratitude and respect for the Inca kings and Inca princes, they could also serve and work for the Spaniards. Although the master they serve has changed, the nature of their work has not. After all, they are born to serve others.
Robert quickly finished reading out the distribution plan. The distribution plan is actually very short and clear, and the distribution will begin next. According to his official position, Francisco Pizarro should be the first to choose, but he is the commander, and someone has already helped him choose the woman he wants. The woman was a young and beautiful princess named Malikayas. She had a quiet temperament and elegant manners. She caught the attention of the already somewhat elderly Marquis at a glance. In order to make a high gesture to the officers and soldiers, he declared that he would give up this opportunity.
As a result, the first choice was his brother Hernando Pizarro. When Robert called the name of the Marquis's brother, Hernando Pizarro walked out of the line with dignity and walked directly to the front of the rows of maids. After probably going back and forth twice, I picked out a very young and handsome girl. At first glance, this girl looked like the kind of girl from a noble family who served the concubines of the Inca king. Then he selected two other young and beautiful girls from the crowd. The three girls were pulled out of the crowd obediently and followed their master into a house with their heads lowered.
Down came Juan Pizarro, the commander's brother, and Gonzalo Pizarro, who made the selection. Like their elder brother, they also selected three young and pretty girls from noble families. Of course, there were not many aristocratic girls serving the concubines of the Inca king. Most soldiers did not have such luck and beauty, but they chose a young maid or virgin for themselves. During the months of the journey, apart from enduring hardships and hardships, they rarely had time to enjoy happiness. Especially during the day when I was climbing mountains and wading in rivers, marching and fighting, when I went to bed at night I always longed to have a woman by my side. However, this longing often turned into disappointment. In order to satisfy this desire, they secretly seduced or raped local women. Because they heard that after the death of the Inca king, the mummies he made had women sleeping with them every night, not to mention that they were all living men with flesh and blood, emotions and desires. Therefore, they feel that no matter how hard or tired they are during the day, they are not afraid, but they are afraid that there will be no woman to sleep with them at night. So when the commander read their names and gave them a choice, they happily chose a woman for themselves. This way, they would have a woman to sleep with them at night.
