The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
The reason why he said this was mainly to shirk responsibility and make others feel that this plan was not formulated by him, Pizarro. Then he said to Soto, "Read this plan to everyone and see what suggestions and opinions everyone has on this plan."
Soto picked up the plan with densely written small prints and read, "According to a rough estimate of the gold in the vault, the gold and silver after being cast into gold ingots and silver ingots are about 12,000 pounds and 24,000 pounds. One-fifth of the amount will be handed over to The King of Spain (including the tributes already sent to Spain), the remaining gold and silver were minted into 45 pounds of gold and 90 pounds of silver ingots respectively, and distributed as an equal portion. The distribution plan is as follows:
1. Francisco Pizarro, as the commander of the Spanish Expeditionary Force, organized and led the Spanish Expeditionary Force to fight hard, strategized, commanded and implemented the decisive battle to capture the Inca King alive and defeat the Inca army. He was the last person to obtain this batch of gold and silver. The main contributor, so he should be divided into 13 shares; 2. Captain Hernando Pizarro was the founder and organizer of the expeditionary force, and risked his life and death to serve as the envoy to contact the Inca King, going deep into the tiger's den and luring the wolf out. The cave created a good opportunity to capture the Inca King alive, so it should be divided into 7 shares; 3. Captain Soto charged into the battle and repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, so he should be divided into 4 shares; 4. Juan and Gonzalo The captain led the soldiers to charge into battle many times and had outstanding achievements, so he should get 3 shares; 5. The cavalry showed great power and played a key role in capturing the Inca king alive and defeating the Inca army, so each cavalry should get 3 shares. 2 shares; 6. Each infantryman should be allocated 1 share; 7. The distribution of personnel stationed in San Miguel and some of the wounded and sick depends on the situation; 8. The new church of San Francisco also needs due consideration. "
After Soto finished reading the distribution plan, Pizarro asked everyone again, "Do you think there is anything else that was not considered well?"
Obviously, in this distribution plan, everyone present gets a larger share than other officers and soldiers, and can be said to have a vested interest. So everyone was silent for a while and nodded in agreement.
Hernando first said, "In terms of distribution, my eldest brother has been very thoughtful and I don't think there will be any objections."
But Soto said, "It's hard to say. There are differences between cavalry and cavalry, between cavalry and infantry, and between infantry and infantry. The credit is also greater or less. I think the Marquis should still It is better to think more carefully and thoughtfully, so that unnecessary conflicts can be avoided. Especially the sick, injured and left-behind personnel should be considered more carefully."
But Pizarro said to Soto, "I'm not too worried about the people you mentioned. But I'm worried about the people Almagro brought."
As soon as Hernando heard this, he complained to Pizarro and said, "I said let them work for themselves, but you insist on inviting them over. Now we start to divide the gold and silver, instead of dividing our own money." Stumped?"
But Pizarro said to Hernando in a critical and blaming tone, "You may know a few more words than me, but you are really not as good as Juan in thinking about problems. All you see is this." I have little profit, but I don’t see the situation we are in and the direction of future development. If we just keep this little gold and always be stationed in Cajamarca, can it be a long-term solution? I only ask you the simplest question Question, King Inca has been urging us to let him go. Do you want to let him go or not? Letting him go would be like letting the tiger return to the mountain and letting him bring tens of thousands more troops to attack us. If we don't let him go, he will definitely think that we are not keeping our word. , will also secretly send troops to attack us. Do you think we can fight against tens of thousands of Incas with just a few people like us? Besides, the place we really want to go to is Cusco, and there is no Almagro. With support and cooperation, can we reach Cusco and capture Cusco with just our few troops?"
But Hernando said stubbornly, "Since we can get the Inca King to get us gold, and we can use the name of the Inca King to trick Chalcuchima into Cajamarca, what else can we do?" Can't do it? I don't believe it. Without him, Almagro, we wouldn't be able to capture the capital of Cusco."
Soto also said, "I think the Marquis should be more careful. Maybe one day this Almagro will be our mortal enemy."
But Pizarro said very decisively, "What do you know? If we want to do big things, we must have big goals and a big vision, but if we don't have enough people, how can we do big things? Let me tell you this, the Inca Empire The territory is very big, can you occupy it? I think this great cause of creating a new Inca Empire must be started by uniting more people."
Having said this, Pizarro said meaningfully, "Besides, we mainly use Almagro's people. As for dividing the spoils, I think we have good reasons not to give them to them, or we can only give them to them." Their share was very small. They had no credit for the capture of the Incas and the defeat of the Incas."
Just now, Hernando and Soto did not want to share the gold with Almagro's soldiers. Since the Marquis said that they were only using Almagro's people and did not intend to share the gold with them, everyone did not want to share the gold with them. Nothing to argue about.
Seeing that everyone had no different opinions on Robert's distribution plan, Pizarro carefully folded the plan, put it in his pocket, and then said to everyone in a very serious tone, "Who will discuss the content of our meeting today?" You can’t disclose it to anyone, and you can’t even let anyone know about the meeting.”
Everyone solemnly said, "Don't worry, Marquis." Then everyone started eating and drinking.
After the meal, Juan originally wanted Pizarro to stay and let the Inca woman he loved accompany him to bathe in the Inca baths. Pizarro also wanted to take a hot spring bath, but because he had just argued with Hernando, he was still angry, so as soon as the meal was finished, he rode back to the military camp alone.
On the way back to the military camp, Pizarro almost listed all the stubbornness, self-righteousness, arrogance and rudeness of Hernando during the entire expedition in his mind, as well as the things he often did against himself. , especially recently when dealing with Almagro and Atahualpa, they have always been obviously contrary to themselves, even tit for tat. This made him even more angry, but because he was his brother, it was difficult for him to deal with him. Therefore, he thought that he should find a way to clean up and teach Hernando well, make him more honest and restrained, and learn to respect and obey him, the Spanish commander who is a marquis.
I just returned to the office in the military camp and put the distribution plan drawn up by Robert into the office cabinet. Then, Antonio came over to report to him, "Mr. Marquis, I have done what you asked. The tribute and gold items for the King of Spain are all ready."
(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotions", which includes short prose, life essays and short and medium-sized novels. Today's release is the novella "Love Ladder" (26. Six Thousand Steps))
