The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
The natural hot spring known as the Inca Baths is right behind Juan's house, and it only takes three to five minutes by horseback. Several brothers were riding horses, followed by two male servants and several beautiful young women. After walking for a while from the stone road and turning a corner, you can see the soaring hot spring steam covering half of the sky like mist.
Last month, the Marquis came twice. The area around the bathhouse was still wilderness, but now it was covered with Spanish-style houses. Those built early have already been occupied, while those built late are still under construction. He saw a soldier in the team directing dozens of Indians to move large stones to a wall as high as one person. There were also some craftsmen who were leveling up the stones and then using a kind of red clay. Lay these stones in place. These Indians are all skilled craftsmen. They have repaired the stones smoothly and built them tightly, and there is no trace of sticking. When he saw the soldiers greeting Juan or Gonzalo, he rode quickly past the door without turning his head.
Walking forward, there is a tall and elegant two-story compound that has been built. The courtyard gate is wide and tall, and there are two symmetrical tall buildings on both sides of the gate. This kind of building is almost impossible to see among the Indians. Only the Spaniards built this kind of building. Francisco was about to ask Juan who built this building. At this time, I saw Petya riding a horse and was about to enter the courtyard. There was also a very young and beautiful Inca girl sitting in front of him. When he saw the Marquis coming, he quickly saluted and said hello, "Marquis, good afternoon."
Pizarro waved his hand and said, "Hello, Second Lieutenant Petera. Where are you going?"
Peterya said, "Go home!" Then he pointed to the courtyard door and said, "This is my home. If you don't mind, Marquis, would you like to have a drink in my humble house?"
The Marquis smiled and said, "Your humble house is really much richer than the Inca King's house!"
Petya said modestly, "How can I compare with the King of Inca? They live in a palace. I don't even dare to compare with Juan, and even more with Hernando. How can I dare to compare with him?" Inca King Bi?”
Juan was afraid that Pizarro would be angry after hearing this, so he hurriedly said, "Lieutenant, don't make fun of me for being poor." Then he immediately changed the subject and said in an envious tone, "This girl is pretty good. Where did she come from?" Made it?"
Petya smiled and said, "This is my maid's sister. She just came from her hometown in the country to visit her sister."
Juan said, "The blessing is not shallow."
Petya said, "How dare you compare with the captain? The captain doesn't even know how many virgins there are in the Sun Palace."
Juan shook his head and said, "I have some virgins from the Sun Palace, but they are not as good as you."
Peterya said, "Really? If you really like it, then I will give it to you."
Juan smiled and said, "Are you really willing to give up?"
Petya said, "I don't want to give up, but it depends on whether she is willing." After that, he whispered a few words into the girl's ear affectionately, and the girl shook her head quickly. So, Petya waved her hand to Juan and said, "No, she doesn't agree."
Just as he was talking, he saw dozens of men and women, carrying farm tools on their backs, driving large groups of camels and camels back from working in the fields, and entered the compound through the gate. The Marquis felt puzzled and asked Petya, "Did you hire these people?"
Peter said correctingly, "They are all my servants."
The Marquis asked, "Why do you keep so many servants?"
Petya said, "Farming and pasturing."
The Marquis said, "Don't we all take food supplies directly from the Inca warehouses and grow them ourselves?"
Petya said, "The food in the granary will be exhausted one day. Besides, there are large tracts of land idle in the valleys and hillsides. It is better to let them cultivate and graze. We cannot let people like them work all day long. Take it easy."
The Marquis hurriedly said, "That's that, that's that", and then led the brothers towards the bath.
Entering the wooden door of the Inca bath, Juan asked two male servants to guard the door and entered the courtyard with his brothers and several maids. There is a bathing pool carved out of a huge stone in the courtyard. It is very large and can accommodate more than ten people. Not far away is a fountain with mist rising into the sky. The hot water has a temperature of about seventy degrees and keeps gushing all day long. At the same time, people also led a cold spring over and connected two pipes under the hot spring, so that the hot water and cold water flowed together and flowed into the huge bathing pool.
Everyone took off their clothes and entered the bath together. The four young and beautiful women also took off their clothes and went down to the bath to serve their master and several distinguished guests. Seeing this scene, Pizarro sighed and said to Juan, "You are really no worse than the Inca King!"
Juan came to the Marquis and said very sincerely, "Second brother, I won't hide something from you. You are a Marquis and a man of status. You are not like a rough guy like me, who is not afraid of anything and doesn't think about anything. There are some things. You want to do it, but you don’t dare to do it, and it’s not easy to do it, for fear of affecting your worth and reputation. Therefore, if it’s inconvenient for the second brother to do these things, don’t do them. But when I do it, the second brother just pretends that he doesn’t see it. I’m not just a light I am fishing for myself, and I am fishing for my second brother. Whether it is gold, silver, treasures, or beautiful women, as long as it belongs to me, Huan, my second brother can take whatever he wants. If I, Huan, dare to say no, I will Consider me Juan as ruthless and unjust."
After listening to Juan's words, the Marquis couldn't help but feel a little moved. He patted Juan on the shoulder and said, "Since the third brother said this, I understand as a brother. You do your best. When will you be a brother?" I won't treat you badly." As soon as the words were spoken, the two brothers became enthusiastic and whispered warmly and affectionately for a long time.
After taking a bath, someone had already brought the horse. Before the Marquis got on his horse, he was still a little nostalgic for the maid just now. Juan had already seen what his brother meant and asked his second brother to take the woman away. However, Pizarro seemed very hesitant, but finally shook his head and said, "Forget it, I am a marquis and commander, it is not good for the soldiers to see me."
Juan said, "Let's do this, just put her at my place. If you miss her one day, come over. She will be the second brother's from now on. If anyone dares to touch her, I will stab him with a knife." "
The Marquis nodded gratefully to his brother and said, "My third brother's kindness, I will repay you twice as much." After saying that, he got on his horse and walked towards the military camp accompanied by Hernando and Gonzalo.
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short stories. Today's release is the life essay "Dream Chasing Life")
