Inca Elegy (Novel) "The Fall of the Inca Empire" (Volume 2) by Zhang Baotong
Picardo falls in love with a young girl from Spain. The girl's name was Annie Perros, and she was only nineteen years old. The girl is blond and beautiful, with a noble temperament and an elegant temperament. She wears a tight top and a wide skirt and walks like a Spanish princess today.
Anne came to Peru from Spain last month with her parents. Her father is an expert in law and was sent by the king to serve as an official of the Lima Municipal Court. Because young and beautiful Spanish girls are rarely seen in the whole of Lima, Anne's appearance is like a beautiful flower blooming in the vast grassland, very dazzling. No matter where she walks on the streets of Lima, she attracts many admiring glances.
Picardo met Anne on the Municipal Street. At that time, Anne and her mother were walking on the street wearing noble and gorgeous dresses and holding parasols. The two beauties illuminated the whole street like two suns, making people on the whole street focus their attention. Because there were no women as beautiful and gorgeous as them in the entire Inca kingdom.
As soon as Picardo came out of Pizarro's courtyard, he met Anne and her mother. Picardo was shocked when he saw Anne, because he usually saw Indian women. Although Indian women were gentle, submissive, innocent and simple, their figure, appearance and dress were not as good as Spanish girls. He immediately jumped off his horse and took the initiative to greet Anne and his wife, "Pietro Picardo, secretary of Francisco Pizarro, Governor of Peru, pays tribute to the noble lady and beautiful young lady."
The beautiful lady immediately said, "You are the Marquis's secretary, you are very young."
The noble mother also said, "I heard that the Marquis thinks highly of you."
Picardo nodded and said somewhat proudly, "Yes, he can't do without me almost every day and needs me to make suggestions and process documents for him."
My mother said in an admiring tone, "The Marquis is a big man that the Spanish admire and admire very much. His adventures with his brothers are well-known and legendary."
Picardo said, "Each of us has rich legendary experiences, and even this horse has witnessed the scene of capturing the Inca King alive." In fact, this was Picardo's joke, because he and his horse were not the same. Did not witness the battle that took place in the Plaza de Armas to capture the Inca king alive. That battle took place on November 16, 1532, but Picardo did not come to the New World until 1539, after Lima was established as the capital. But he wanted to use this method to attract and please the beautiful young lady in front of him. .
Miss Anne looked at the horse and said, "This is a very majestic horse, very charming."
Picardo took the opportunity and said, "Can I ask Miss to ride on this horse?"
Miss Anne hesitated and said, "I really want to ride, but I don't know how to ride."
Picardo immediately said enthusiastically, "That doesn't matter. As long as the lady wants to ride, I can teach you." As he said this, he held the horse and helped the lady get on the horse. The horse also seemed to like the beauty, and remained motionless for Anne to ride.
After Miss Anne got on the horse, Picardo said to Madam, "Dear Madam, can I take Miss Anne to practice riding?"
The lady said that she was happy for her daughter to associate with the young secretary of the Marquis, and she nodded happily. Seeing that the lady agreed, Picardo led the horse towards the end of the street.
After a while, the two of them arrived at the edge of the city. Lima is a newly built city by the colonists. Because the population is small and the urban areas are relatively concentrated, you only have to walk one or two blocks to reach the suburbs. There is a large open area and a deep ditch here, and you can see piles of garbage and mounds of soil. This is the place where the Spanish fought a life-and-death battle with tens of thousands of Inca troops who besieged Lima a few years ago. Although the place is covered with deep grass, you can still see bones scattered everywhere. In the wind blowing from the not-so-distant sea, it seems that you can still hear the fighting sounds of the clashing of swords and guns.
Picardo led the horse and walked on the grass while telling Miss Anne who was riding the horse about the battles that had happened here.
However, before the story could be finished, he saw a soldier running toward him on horseback. When he saw it was Gonzalez, the guard in Pizarro's office, he looked up and asked, "What's the emergency?"
González didn't hesitate and said, "The Marquis is looking for you everywhere."
He said, "But I just came from the Marquis's house."
Gonzalez said, "The Marquis is waiting for you in the office now."
Picardo had no choice but to let Gonzalez lead the horse to take Miss Anne home, then he rode Gonzalez's horse and galloped towards Municipal Street.
Picardo entered the office and said to Pizarro, "Mr. Marquis, do you have anything to do with me?"
Pizarro pointed out the window at Trujillo Square and said to Picardo, "Look what they are doing."
Picardo looked out the window and saw more than a dozen soldiers with unkempt hair and ragged clothes gathering in the square and beating an Indian young man. The Indian young man struggled to get up from the ground, but as soon as he took two steps, he was thrown to the ground by the group of people, who then punched and kicked him. Until the Indian young man collapsed on the ground holding his head. The soldiers stopped, and then shouted loudly, "Down with the bullies and demand repayment of the blood debt."
Of course, Picardo knew that they were scolding the Marquis, so he said to the Marquis, "I think they are tired of living. Otherwise, lock them up."
The Marquis shook his head and said, "I heard that the king is holding me and Hernando accountable for the execution of Almagro. Moreover, Hernando is about to return to the country, so I think it is better not to intensify this conflict. "
Picardo reminded, "Hernando warned you repeatedly before leaving, saying that colonial settlements are being built everywhere, and the Inca king is trapped in the mountains and forests of Urubamba, and he no longer poses a threat to us. , the saying is that this group of Chilean soldiers should be extra careful. Therefore, for the safety of Mr. Marquis, you must establish a guard as soon as possible to protect yourself."
The Marquis said disapprovingly, "That's unnecessary. I don't think they, the little fish and shrimps, can make any big waves. It's just that they are fooling around under our noses all day long, which is really annoying."
Picardo also said, "What they did was demonstrating and resisting the Marquis. It was really without rules and laws."
Pizarro sighed and said, "Didn't I ask you to drive all these soldiers to the outskirts of the barren mountains? Why are they still here?"
Picardo said, "I drove them to the outskirts of the barren mountains, but they were big living people with legs, and they came back again."
Pizarro said angrily, "Send me a small team to watch them. As soon as they appear in the city, they will be arrested immediately and escorted to the outskirts of the barren mountains. They will not be allowed to stay in the city to cause trouble."
Picardo said, "Yes, Monsieur Marquis."
Pizarro added, "You should take people to execute it now."
Picardo said, "Yes."
Picardo left the municipal building and went to the nearby barracks. He ordered a second lieutenant named Marbury, "Gather the team immediately."
Lieutenant Marbury hurriedly entered a large military dormitory. Immediately, twenty or thirty soldiers with live ammunition ran out of the dormitory and formed a formation.
Picardo walked up to the soldiers and said to them, "In order to ensure the safety and stability of Lima City, the Marquis has ordered you to closely supervise those who are causing trouble. As soon as they appear in Lima City, they will be arrested." They arrested him immediately and sent him to the barren mountains on the outskirts. Now come with me to carry out the mission." After that, he led the team from the barracks towards the square.
The barracks is only a stone's throw away from the square. After leaving the barracks, we rounded a corner and entered the square. We could see that more than ten soldiers from the Chilean Gang were still causing trouble there. Picardo immediately issued an order, "Catch them all."
The soldiers immediately held their guns and rushed towards the Chilean soldiers, surrounding them. Then they caught the troublemakers one by one, tied them with ropes, and threw them together.
Picardo was wearing a brand-new blue military uniform and crisp military trousers made of fine Inca alpaca wool. He walked up to the unkempt and ragged troublemakers with an air of contentment and contempt for the world. He said to them, "You are a beggar who has nothing to eat and nothing to wear. You are so poor that you don't know how to behave yourself all day long. What are you doing?"
Someone immediately responded, "You bitch, why are you so arrogant?"
"Everything that bully did was your idea."
"You're full of bad guys. Despite your wrinkled face, you're actually worse than that bully and robber."
When Picardo heard this, he immediately became angry, kicked the man in the head, and said in a lecturing tone, "You must learn to be more polite when treating noble people."
The man cursed, "What nonsense is this noble? You are just a dog beside Pizarro. Without Pizarro, you are just a lost dog."
Picardo grabbed the man's hair and shook it hard several times, saying, "The stones in the cesspool are smelly and hard." Then, he said to the soldiers, "Take them away for me."
Picardo led the soldiers and escorted the troublemakers out of the city from the street like a parade, and then walked along a winding path toward a mountain not far away. The mountains looked very close, but it would take at least half an hour to walk there. Therefore, although they said they would send these troublemakers to the suburbs, they actually wanted to send them far away into the mountains.
The sun has risen high in the sky, and the summer weather is very hot. Fortunately, the sea breeze blowing makes them feel cooler. They escorted the troublemaker toward the barren mountains for about half an hour, and finally came to a valley. There is a very dense forest in the valley. The woods are deep and silent, making people afraid to walk inside. They had fought many battles with the Incas, and they were most afraid of fighting the Incas in the forest. Because the Incas would use the terrain and short arrows to attack them.
Picardo made the troublemakers sit on the grass and lectured them, "The Marquis has an order that you are not allowed to return to the city to cause trouble again, otherwise, you will be arrested."
One of the troublemakers boldly said, "Why should we be deprived of our freedom? We would rather die than be intimidated by you."
Picardo laughed and said, "Look at all of you, covered in dirt and half-clothed. What are you doing in the city? Are you going to embarrass yourself and make a fool of yourself in public? Don't let those Indians think you are savages."
Another troublemaker also said, "Although we are covered in dirt and naked, we are also dignified and educated people."
Picardo laughed even harder and said, "How dignified do you think you are? Go and see which of the rich and powerful people in Lima City doesn't wear splendid clothes and gold and silver? How can there be any of you who are as ragged and undressed as you?" Covering your body? No matter how poor the Incas in the mountains are, they still wear clothes. You are really worse than the Incas in the mountains." Then, he added, "Our Marquis sees you as pitiful and asks you to follow him, but , you are the smelly and hard stones in the cesspit, you would rather starve and be poor, and still be loyal to the dead Almagro, I don’t know if your brains have been eaten by dogs.”
However, the troublemaker said, "Originally, our commander could lead us to live a good life like that bully, but his land and property were robbed by that bully and he was also killed. "
Picardo said, "That's because your general is engaged in rebellion and has his guns pointed at us."
At the same time, several troublemakers retorted, "No, he did that because he wanted to take back his own land and property from the hands of the bullies."
Picardo said contemptuously, "Did he get it back? Not only did he not get it back, but he also took his own life. So, you should see the situation clearly and follow our Marquis to make a fortune. Don't make trouble like this." .”
However, the rioters said, "We will not obey that bully. We will fight to the end."
Picardo sneered and said, "The result of fighting to the end is death." After that, he waved his hands to his soldiers and said, "Let these poor unlucky guys continue to fight, we should go back for lunch. "
So, everyone laughed at the troublemakers who were tied up by the woods, and left the valley in the mountains talking and laughing.
