The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
As Prince Bescarra, the chief of Tungula Province, reported to the Inca King Atahualpa, in the next few days, various gold objects were carried on people's shoulders or on llamas, and there was a steady stream of them. From Cusco and other places it was shipped to Cajamarca. Moreover, these days, the Spanish Marquis Pizarro has not come to question Huascar again because of his murder, which makes Atahualpa's mood and mood slowly improve.
His table was filled with exquisite gold plates, silver lamps and emeralds. These are the tributes presented to him by princes and ministers. Every time he had a meal, he no longer had more than a dozen concubines to serve him and eat alone as in the past. Instead, he called the concubines and children to eat together, and everyone was happy and happy. Moreover, he began to dress more carefully. He wore the red-tasseled Bora crown, with two extraordinarily long and gorgeous feathers swaying gracefully on the top of his head, and gold ornaments on his long hair. Wearing an extra large emerald necklace on her neck and shin. The kind of clothes made of man-eating spider down can be changed almost every day. At the same time, his energy and complexion were much better than the previous days.
On this day, he played several games of chess with Peterya. Because he won two games, he was very happy and immediately gave Peterya a very exquisite gold plate. It's not that Petya couldn't beat Atahualpa, but that he had a wild night with the Inca girl named Chichnina last night and didn't get a good rest. He didn't have enough energy and concentration when playing chess, so even Lost two sets. Unexpectedly, he was rewarded by the Inca King for this.
Then, the two began to play chess again and continued fighting. However, before the game of chess was played, the Spanish Marquis broke in with Hernando, Robert and the translator Martin, regardless of the prince guarding the gate. Seeing the aggressive look of Marquis Pizarro, Atahualpa quickly stood up respectfully and gave up his seat to the Marquis. Others have always given up their seats to him, and this is the first time that he has given up his seat to others.
Pizarro didn't hesitate and sat on the chair. When Peter saw the Marquis coming, he quickly saluted and prepared to hide away. But the Marquis waved his hand and asked him to stay. He gave the stool to Captain Hernando and stood aside.
Not knowing what was going on, Atahualpa asked Pizarro, "What does the Marquis want from me?"
Pizarro pointed at Martin and said, "Let him speak."
Martin told Atahualpa, "We went to Bambamarca a few days ago to investigate the murder of Huascar. In the local area and in the military camp, we heard that the Incas were gathering in Bambamarca and were preparing to launch an attack on the Spaniards. Uprising." In fact, this rumor came from Martin. Because the Inca King locked his beloved lover, Princess Gina, in that small room and refused to let her out, and even complained to him in front of the Marquis. He knew that if Atahualpa did not die, then he would not be able to meet Princess Gina again, let alone fall in love together, and Princess Gina would even encounter something unexpected. Therefore, when he saw the Inca troops performing formations and military performances in the Bambamarca Castle military camp that day, he thought about posing some problems for Atahualpa and asking the Spanish Marquis to put pressure on the Inca King again.
When the Inca king heard this, he immediately became anxious and said, "This is absolutely impossible."
But Martin said, "Now there are such rumors not only in Bambamarca, but even the Incas in the Spanish military camp have different opinions about it."
Of course Atahualpa did not know that there were Inca soldiers in the Spanish camp, but he retorted to Martin in an angry tone, saying, "This is completely impossible. I can assure you that without my order, there would be no possibility." An Inca would take up arms against the Spanish.”
Pizarro said, "I don't want something like this to happen, but with this kind of legend spreading everywhere, I think it's better to have no smoke without fire."
The Inca King explained to Pizarro, "Dear Marquis, I am being imprisoned and controlled by you. If I plan a mutiny or an uprising, wouldn't I be the first to be unlucky?" Then, the Inca King added, "This is a completely baseless fabrication and rumor. Do you think I would risk my own life?"
Pizarro was obviously stuck by the words of the Inca King, but he said, "I heard from your people that there is a large-scale demolition and removal of gold in Cusco, but there are very few people dragging their feet these days. Ladi came over from Cusco. Obviously, you are deliberately stalling for time or dealing with it passively."
In fact, he saw large numbers of Indians coming from the south carrying large amounts of gold on their backs every day, and the amount of gold in the room where the Inca king was imprisoned was increasing day by day. He had never seen so much gold, and he never thought that there was so much gold in this country. Therefore, he regretted that the price he asked for when signing the agreement with the Inca King was too low. Therefore, he wanted to continue to put pressure on the Inca King.
However, because Atahualpa could not leave the monastery, he did not know the progress of the Golden Fortune Collection. After hearing Pizarro's dissatisfaction and blame, he explained, "Dear Marquis, you must know that a letter passed through here. The fastest delivery time from the inn to Cusco is five or six days. How long would it take for a large piece of gold to be transported here on people's backs? I think it would take at least two or three weeks. . Therefore, I advise the Marquis not to be anxious, I will definitely collect enough gold within the stipulated time."
In order to convince the Spaniards of his loyalty, Atahualpa even said, "If the Marquis has doubts about my words, you can send a few people you trust to Cusco or other places to have a look. On the one hand, you can supervise As for the progress of the gold and silver transportation work, on the one hand, you can check whether anyone is preparing to take hostile actions against you. I will issue them a safe pass. With this pass, you will be welcomed and entertained wherever you go without having to worry. Personal safety."
Pizarro had always hoped to get relevant information about the Inca Kingdom's gold and silver reserves, military deployment, town distribution, national sentiment and geological features. After hearing what the Inca King said, he immediately nodded in agreement and said, "This is a good idea. .Then please ask the Inca King to give you some safe passes."
The Inca king went into the hut next door, took out several identical knotted ropes and handed them to Pizarro.
This kind of knotted rope consists of several different colors of strings arranged with some small knots on the strings, which is very exquisite. In fact, this is the writing of the Incas. Different colors and knots represent different meanings and languages. Of course, this language is incomprehensible to Spaniards.
(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 love story "Tolerance and Tolerance")
