The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Near noon the next morning, Pizarro, accompanied by Hernando and Martin, took Almagro to the Temple of the Sun to visit the Inca King Atahualpa. Because the new one-eyed general had heard many legends about the Inca King and wanted to see the imprisoned Inca King with his own eyes.
Arriving at the Inca King's council room, Atahualva was talking to several Spanish soldiers guarding the temple. He wrote the three characters "King of the Incas" he learned from the guard soldiers on his nails, and when he met people, he would show the words on his nails for people to see and read them. At this time, he was showing the words on his fingernails to two soldiers. One soldier looked at it, shook his head and said, "I never went to school, I can't read." And another soldier said, "This is the Inca king."
He raised his thumb to express his praise. Because the Incas themselves did not have writing, Atahualpa found it very novel to be able to recognize a few Spanish words, and regarded it as a very proud and great thing.
At this time, Pizarro brought Almagro into the house. When he saw Atahualpa, he greeted him, "What games have you learned recently?" because he knew that Atahualpa had been learning from the soldiers recently. He played chess and dice, and even taught the concubines how to play together.
Atahualpa said, "I'm learning your language."
When Pizarro heard this, he smiled and said, "You are so easy to learn!"
The praised Inca king showed Pizarro the words written on his nails and said, "Marquis, how do you read the words on my nails?"
Pizarro stared at the words on the Inca King's nails for a while with his eyes wide open, but he neither reacted nor answered. Instead, he smiled and said, "Very good, you can study abroad in our country."
When Atahualpa saw that Pizarro did not read the writing on his fingernails, he said in a surprised tone, "Mr. Marquis, have you never been to school and can't read?"
Pizarro had never gone to school and was illiterate, but he didn't want the Inca King to know about this, let alone make it a joke. Therefore, these words made him feel very disgraceful, and his face turned red to the root of his neck. Hernando, who was standing next to Pizarro, came over and read the words on Atahualpa's nails and said, "This is the Inca King."
Atahualpa said to Hernando with great admiration, "You have gone to school and are literate. It is not easy!"
Although this incident made Pizarro very unhappy, he still forced a smile and introduced Almagro to Atahualpa, "This is General Almagro, my partner and old friend. . He just came over by boat from Panama."
Atahualpa had long heard that a team of more than 200 people was coming, and now they really came. He knew that the more Spaniards came, the less likely he would be released, so he looked at the general introduced by Pizarro with a very hostile look.
Atahualpa was the Inca king. He was tall, handsome, noble in manner, elegant in temperament, and had a strong Inca aristocratic style. The general in front of him was not only short, ugly, and poorly dressed, but he was also a one-eyed man. Therefore, he did not make a good impression at first glance, so he just nodded without even saying a word of welcome or giving up his seat.
Originally, Almagro wanted to reach out and shake the hand of the Inca King, but he didn't take a close look at him and started talking to Hernando. This made both Almagro and Pizarro very annoyed and uncomfortable.
At this moment, Peter came over and said, "Report to the Marquis, Mr. Riquelme, the treasurer, wants you to come over and says he has something to ask you." The treasurer Riquelme and three other royal officials were sent by the king to speak to Pisa. Brother Luo supervised. When Columbus discovered the New World, it was the time when the Kingdom of Spain was dominating the oceans. In order to snatch gold and treasures, many Spanish adventurers joined the adventure of conquering the New World. And these adventurers are almost all the poor who are extremely poor and those who have a bad luck in the lower classes of society. They want to go to the New World with muskets and swords, and ride on big horses to go on expeditions and adventures, and rob gold and Get rich overnight and become a nouveau riche. However, after these adventurers came to the New World, they burned, killed, looted, and raped wantonly, which caused a great shock in Spain. For this reason, the King of Spain began to supervise royal personnel sent to each expeditionary force to prevent them from acting against the interests of the royal family and the country.
The treasurer, Mr. Riquelme, and three other members of the Spanish royal family were sent by the king to supervise the Pizarro brothers in the army. They usually do not fight or go out on adventures, but stay in the army, supervising the behavior of the Pizarro brothers everywhere, and giving guidance and guidance on their inappropriate behavior from time to time. If they violated the will and decrees of the King of Spain, then they would report these things to the King of Spain. The King of Spain would at any time issue orders for their arrest and punishment. Therefore, Pizarro was usually very disgusted and dissatisfied with their bossing, so he left them in the colonial stronghold of San Miguel with the wounded soldiers. However, when they heard that Pizarro not only made prisoners alive He captured the Inca King alive and signed an agreement with the Inca King to exchange gold for freedom, so he rushed over with Almagro's troops.
Although Pizarro was a rough and low-class man, he disliked these royal officials very much and did not want to offend them or have anything to do with them. However, he didn't want to talk to them, but they sent someone to invite him. After all, they were royal officials and were sent by the King of Spain to supervise them. He had to listen to them. So, he had to let Hernando stay with Almagro at King Inca's place, and he got up and walked towards the military camp.
Treasurer Riquelme and three other members of the Spanish royal family were arranged in several larger, newly built rooms next to the soldiers' dormitories in the military camp. There were two sentries posted from the inside to the outside of their house, which was relatively safe and far away from Pizarro's headquarters. Pizarro arranged this to avoid meeting and dealing with them.
He entered a large room where the treasurer Riquelme and three other royal officials were sitting chatting. Seeing Pizarro coming, he stood up and politely offered his seat to Pizarro. Pizarro sat casually on a chair and asked the treasurer Riquelme, "Sir, what do you want from me?"
Treasurer Riquelme asked bluntly, "Why hasn't the Inca been executed yet?"
Regarding this question, Pizarro felt it was difficult to answer directly, because although he had already had his own plans and plans, he did not want to let others know about these plans and plans prematurely. So, he asked in a requesting tone, "I wonder what your advice is, sir?"
