The Fall of the Golden Empire (Novel) (Volume 1) "Bloody Sunset" by Zhang Baotong
Pizarro took a breath and continued in a tone of explanation and emphasis, "In this assignment, although everyone is responsible for the same arduous and great cause, those who come first are trying to capture the Inca King alive and defeat the Inca army. They took some risks in the battles, sacrificed their lives, and moved forward bravely, and laid a very solid foundation for those who came later. Therefore, the rewards and rewards obtained by those who came first are different from those who came later. , because the spoils of war we are distributing today are the agreements signed between the conquered Inca kings and their conquerors. It can be said that they have nothing to do with the latecomers. Therefore, the latecomers can only benefit from the treasury and guardianship they served as The Inca King received the necessary rewards and remuneration for his work. However, please note to the soldiers who followed that Cusco was the gold capital of the Inca Empire. There was gold and silver everywhere, and the city was full of treasures. After the gold and silver were distributed , we will march to the city of Cusco together, where we will obtain much more gold, silver and treasures than here, and by then, all the gold, silver and treasures obtained will be equally distributed."
There was another burst of applause from the team, but only those soldiers who would receive a large amount of property were applauded, while those soldiers who could only receive meager rewards and remuneration from their garrison duties felt very disappointed. They immediately began to complain and be angry with each other in the team. Suddenly, there was commotion and confusion in the team.
Pizarro immediately asked Almagro to come out and rectify the situation. Almagro was also very angry with Pizarro, but in order to make this distribution work go smoothly, he still stood in front of his team and lectured the soldiers, "Keep your mouth shut." Shut it up, and I’ll talk about it later if you have any comments.”
The soldiers suddenly became quiet. In order to stop the commotion and noise among the soldiers, he gave an order loudly, saying, "If anyone violates discipline again, he will not only be exempted from his share, but will also be detained for three days."
After he finished speaking, all the soldiers fell silent, and no one dared to speak anymore.
Seeing that the soldiers were quiet, Pizarro asked Antonio to read out the distribution plan that he had slightly changed. Antonio did not announce in his reading how much of the total of 12,000 pounds of gold and 24,000 pounds of silver should be allocated to Almagro and his soldiers. For this reason, Pizarro added, "The distribution of General Almagro and his soldiers will be distributed by General Almagro. It will no longer be announced and announced here."
In fact, Almagro himself was given gold and silver worth ten thousand gold pesos, while his officers and soldiers were given only twenty thousand gold pesos worth of property. These distributions will definitely be dissatisfied and complained by the officers and soldiers, so Pizarro felt it was inconvenient to announce them at this time.
Next, allocation begins. Pizarro asked Antonio to call the names of the officers and soldiers one by one according to their positions, and read out the allocated shares. Petera led several soldiers to distribute gold and silver ingots according to the quotas read out. For both gold and silver were minted into ingots of gold and ingots of silver, and divided into equal parts. Each equal portion consists of a forty-five-pound gold ingot and a ninety-pound silver ingot. Therefore, it is very convenient to distribute.
The first name Antonio read out was that of Marquis Francisco Pizarro, commander of the Spanish Expeditionary Force. His share was 13 shares. That is, 13 gold ingots and 13 silver ingots, a share of 57,222 gold pesos, and 2,350 marks (230 grams per Spanish mark) of silver. In addition, he also received a large 183-pound seat made of pure gold from the Inca king, worth twenty-five thousand gold pesos. When Antonio read Pizarro's name and his share of gold and silver, several Spanish soldiers moved those items out of the stone room filled with gold and silver ingots. When these items were placed in front of the soldiers, everyone opened their eyes wide and made sounds of admiration. When all these things were distributed and arranged, Pizarro asked more than twenty Indian families led by Juan to help move them away.
The second name Antonio pronounced was Hernando Pizarro. Hernando walked out of the team and stood in front of the team waiting for the soldiers to move the gold and silver ingots he had received from the neatly arranged rows of gold and silver ingots. Of course, his income was only seven gold ingots and seven silver ingots, about 31,080 gold pesos, plus 2,350 marks of silver. After the soldiers carried out the items he had obtained, Hernando directed his slaves to carry them to his home on their shoulders. The next name was Soto, and his share was four, about seventeen thousand seven hundred and forty gold pesos and seven hundred and twenty-four marks in silver. Next, Juan and Gonzalo's income is 3 shares.
Further down are the names of the sixty cavalrymen. Each of them received twice as much as the other infantrymen, that is, two shares. Each of them received 8,880 gold pesos and 360 silver pesos. Two marks. Because in the battle to defeat the Incas, the Spanish horses actually played a vital role. Because the Incas had never seen a horse, many of them regarded this tall and rideable horse as a sacred object, and I was frightened out of my mind by the hissing and galloping of this divine creature. Therefore, the cavalry deserved a larger share.
Next is the distribution of infantry. Each of them received a share of gold and silver ingots. Each received 4,440 gold pesos and 180 marks of silver. Then, all the soldiers stationed at the colony of San Miguel received only fifteen thousand gold pesos in total. It can be said that this number is really pitiful. Some of the soldiers who stayed behind gave up halfway due to injuries or lack of willpower in the early stages of the expedition and returned to San Miguel, but they continued to dutifully defend the military strongholds on the seaside. However, they still lost the right to fight for more property because they failed to participate in that battle. In addition, they gave Saint Francisco, the first new Christian church in Peru, two thousand two hundred and twenty gold pesos. This number is also very pitiful.
All the assigned soldiers happily packed up their belongings and hummed erotic songs while busy asking their slaves to help carry gold and silver items to their homes. Therefore, Plaza de Armas was suddenly a busy scene of singing and laughing. However, where the team gathered just now, there were still a team of more than 150 infantry and 50 cavalry standing. Those people looked at other soldiers busy carrying gold and silver ingots, and found nothing when they went there. Naturally, they felt very depressed and disappointed. However, their commander Almagro continued to lecture them.
(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" (27. Love Hometown))
