Invincible urban management

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130 IX. Magellan and Pizarro

In Panama Magellan will be warmly welcomed by the local governor Pedro Arias and also met another manor owner named Francisco Pizarro in this newly established town.

Specifically, it is the same name in history as the "Terminator of the Aztec Empire" Hernan Cortes, who only led 180 Spanish soldiers across the sea from Panama to the south and easily destroyed the legendary conquest of the Inca Empire with a population of 500 million By.

However, Pizarro in this time and space seems to have temporarily changed his most eager to conquer...

So he was standing beside Magellan at this moment, and together with the admiral, he looked at the coastline of Port Hope and the rising fireworks.

"...Hehe, this port is indeed a beautiful place, isn't it, Your Excellency General?"

After admiring the scenery around Port Hope, Pizarro smiled and turned around and said so to General Magellan.

At this time, Pizarro was only in his forties, but his appearance was obviously older than his actual age. At first glance, he seemed to be an old man in sixties, his forehead was full of wrinkles, and his long, curly reddish-brown beard was also mixed with many silver threads. .

Although he wore cumbersome clothes embroidered with gorgeous gold thread in order to show his gentlemanly style, wore a noble-style cap decorated with pearls and feathers, and hung many thick necklaces around his neck, but no matter how he looked, he looked the same. The vulgar smell of a nouveau riche.

——Different from Cortez, who went to a famous university, Pizarro is a pure blind and rough man who can't pretend to be a gentleman.

Magellan, who is self-confident, turned his head and glanced at the relatively humble Pizarro with a little contempt, but then hid his emotions well-after experiencing the sea of ​​more than 2 miles across the Atlantic Ocean and around the entire South America. After the voyage and the reckless defeat of the Inca Empire, his expedition found that there were only two ships and more than 60 people left.In the colony of Panama not far away, under the order of Governor Pedro Arias, Pizarro, who was theoretically a subordinate of Magellan, had two hundred people and three ships.

Obviously, Magellan must treat Pizarro as politely as possible, even if it is just for these precious troops.

What's more, as Pizarro said, the scenery of this harbor is really good-the mountains in the distance are covered with lush green forests, and the seaside is beautiful to dazzling white sandy beaches, with graceful coconut trees swaying in the wind. .The neat strips of cultivated land and well-arranged thatched huts interspersed with it, together with the curling smoke floating in the wind, look quite idyllic and wild.

The beautiful scenery and fresh air made Magellan feel very happy, but his rational thinking made him quite lost.

"... Sigh, the scenery is really nice... It's a pity that the city's appearance is too dilapidated, and it feels like a big village. Most of what you can see from a boat are huts, and there are not even a few decent stone houses, let alone splendid palaces and palaces. Temple..."

Magellan rubbed his eyes with some disappointment and sighed to Pizarro, "...in my eyes, this port is not only inferior to the port of Tumbes I saw in the Inca Empire, it is even far inferior to the one we just docked and rested before. The place is the Tepetwank city of the Mayans—so is this really the legendary city of miracles that is very rich and prosperous and has a large number of oriental goods for sale?"

"...It's absolutely true! Your Excellency General, at least the native traders I have dealt with and the Mayans in Tepetewank City said so. And the Mayan army tried to attack this place a year ago. It’s a pity that this port failed in the end.” In the early days, I bought some silk, porcelain and other odds and ends from a few native Indian traders.

Both Governor Pedro Arias and I were very surprised by the exquisite goods that these indigenous people could not make at all.After inquiring about the origin of these things, we decided to organize an expedition fleet to the north to find the legendary rich city.

But at that time, we only had a few paddle boats in the southern sea, and we couldn't go out to the far sea. The big ships that had been built had decayed.In order to explore the far north, the Governor had to mobilize the manpower and material resources of the entire colony to cut down trees, forge iron nails, collect grease, canvas and cables, and build three new ships on the beach in the south of Panama. This project took us a long time... "

Speaking of this, he couldn't help shrugging his shoulders, "... Your Excellency, you should also be aware that there is a not-so-narrow piece of land between the oceans to the south and north of Panama. It is impossible for us to lift the fleet floating in the Atlantic Ocean over mountains and mountains. Come here..."

"...That's true! Alas! The fact that God didn't cut a strait on Panama's side when he created the world is really inconvenient for us! After all, our limited financial and material resources are not as rich as the Turkish Sultan's." His great skill can mobilize tens of thousands of coolies at once to pull the warship across the land to attack Constantinople..."

Magellan stroked his beard reservedly and casually mentioned an allusion that happened more than half a century ago, but when he looked back at Pizarro's bewildered face, he was a little disappointed and had to change the subject hastily, "...well, it's my time When you arrived in Panama, your three ships had just been completed, right?"

"...That's right, it was less than a month before they were launched when you arrived." Pizarro nodded and replied while sighing a little "...We could have recruited 600 people in Panama, but there are not enough ships at most It can accommodate the current 200 people..."

However, at the next moment, his tone became excited again, "...Fortunately, this port doesn't seem to be difficult to deal with. I didn't see any forts, let alone any warships, or even a city wall... With what we have People should be enough to take it down!"

"...It's best not to be careless, Mr. Pizarro! After all, we don't know anything about this place and there are only less than [-] people in total! If there are really Chinese people here, their fighting power must be far better than those who wear grass The natives of the skirts. Don't judge the city's weak defenses just by looking at the surface! Perhaps their fleet is hidden in some fjord that we have not yet discovered!"

Hearing Pizarro's arrogant words that seemed to underestimate the enemy, Magellan hurriedly reminded him - the disastrous defeat that nearly wiped out the entire army in the Inca Empire not long ago obviously left a lot of psychological yin on the admiral film.

What's more, as a Portuguese, Magellan always believed that the Spanish fleet was much worse than the Portuguese fleet in terms of real naval fleet battles. In order to monopolize the spice trade route in the East, the Portuguese had to compete with the Egyptian fleet, Indian armed sea merchants, Arabian pirates, the Malacca Navy and even the Daming Navy launched years of fierce battles, artillery bombardment, boarding and landing raids, and other "high-tech" arduous contests one after another.And the Spanish fleet is nothing more than a group of transport ships. They can only meet the canoes of the indigenous people in the New World.

In addition, the fleet under his command at this time is not a well-disciplined regular navy, but a gang of mobs at their own expense.

Therefore, Magellan will not be optimistic about the strategy of conquest by force-but the problem is that he can't beat Pizarro, who has a large number of soldiers.

"...Don't worry, General, I'm a rough person, but I'm not a fool. I won't rush to fight as soon as I land. On the contrary, I will first deal with the other party as politely as possible and find out the details of the city before deciding what to do next. Do."

Pizarro nonchalantly replied casually while turning his head and glanced back, "...Moreover, our military strength is actually not weak - don't forget that we also have the native allied army of Tepetwank City! Dear General Your Mightiness!"

——As far as he could see, a series of crude canoes and ocean-going rafts were undulating in the waves, full of heavily armed Mayan warriors trailing behind the Spanish fleet like ants, staring at the hope. The coast of the port...

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