Invincible urban management

In fact, when he first came to this city, even though many of his neighbors were neighbors and acquaintances in the city of Hongxiutizgan in the past, they have already made Kokom afraid to recognize each other. ——In just a few years, the mental outlooks of these people have all become quite different.

Kokom remembers very clearly that even before the old city-state was broken by the Aztec army, few of his neighbors and acquaintances were wealthy, and most of them lived in scantily-clothed clothes and did not eat well. In the hard life of the next day, almost everyone was starved to the bone.

But now, almost every one of them is fully dressed and has a red face.Even though some people are habitually shirtless due to the hot weather in this place, at least everyone has shoes, most of which are plastic shoes that have never been seen before, durable and comfortable.

In addition, in this city, there are also many faces of foreigners, including the Chichimec nomads in the northern desert, the Mayans in the dense jungle in the south, and the residents of the Valley of Mexico in the north.Some of them were merchants who brought pearls, gold, silver, natural gems, slaves, and all kinds of wood that the "gods" liked.Some came to work as part-time workers, relying on their own labor in exchange for goods from "gods and men".

Not long ago, a group of merchants rowed dozens of large rafts to trade, and the items they traded were the wood under their feet, and all of them were sold without leaving a single raft.Just when the citizens of Port Hope were wondering how they should go back, they saw that they put the matches, sugar, Jing salt and "miracle medicine" (antibiotic pills) they had exchanged in their respective back baskets, and went straight away. Returning to their tribe by land...

The Hongxiutizgan Kingdom where my ancestors lived for generations, and even the vast land under my feet, are about to become different from before.

Looking at the "noble mansions" made of steel sheets and beams on the street, Kokum vaguely realized this in his heart.

Following the turbulent flow of people, Kokom walked quickly along the sand-paved street to the large square under the pyramid.This is the gathering place and timber storage yard for logging teams, and it is always full of piles of logs and loud horns.

Since the end of last year, an even more spectacular scene has appeared on the square: on one side is a very rough, ferocious, violent, and steampunk steel machine, humming and whimpering, and wisps of black smoke appear from time to time. Smoke and white steam, on the other side is a row of large boilers, burning from morning to night, boiling water day and night, neither for drinking nor bathing, but for the machine to drink.

In the end, this camel machine will drive an old-fashioned water pump that is also rough, ferocious, violent, and steampunk. Very rough water system, distributed to all corners of the city.

When Kokom finally reached the center of the square, the third firecrackers were already crackling at the top of the pyramid.

Then, dozens of nobles with many feathers on their heads came down from the top of the pyramid, began to count the number of people with serious faces, and sternly reprimanded those who were late, and then took out a bunch of metal plates with complicated patterns , distributed to every lumberjack.Kokum also took a metal medal issued to him, carefully hanging it around his neck.In this way, when work is over in the evening, he can take this sign and go to the granary to collect his salary-the logging team in Hope Port implements a daily salary system, and he will be paid a day's wages for every day of work.

Since the Indians had no currency, the salaries of the loggers were mainly in kind such as corn, sweet potatoes, salt and cotton cloth.If they want to get other things, such as shochu, porcelain and candy, they can also use grain cloth to go to the market to trade.

After roll call, issuing signs, and receiving their axes, machetes, saws, ropes and other tools, thousands of loggers from all over Central America, under the command of the leader, walked out of the city along the main road and entered Not far from the forest to cut down the trees.

But Kaukum led the other three people out of the brigade, walked out of the main road, and plunged into the thick and dense forest with no road at all. Prevent accidentally getting lost.

Because, today, the task Kokom received was to serve as the leader of an exploration team, with two Chichimeks who came to work from the north, and a Mayan slave just bought with [-] boxes of matches, Leave the old lumber field where the forest resources are about to be cut down, and go to find new high-quality wood suitable for cutting.

——After this period of crazy felling, in the forests around Hope Port, there are fewer and fewer high-quality trees.

Then, Kokom and his team members will use axes and machetes to open a path among the weeds and thorns, so that the large army can reach the logging site along this path, and then drag the felled trees back along the path .If there are many logs to be dragged, the path will be trampled into a road.

This is a very difficult and dangerous task, because in the undeveloped dense forest, there are always various dangers lurking, such as poisonous snakes, poisonous insects and jaguars.And once you lose your way in the jungle, your life will be in danger.

——Don’t think that all the Indians are outstanding wilderness hunters, who can eat anything and live anywhere like Mr. Pei who stands at the top of the food chain.In fact, most of them are just ordinary farmers, and many of them have never even been outside their villages in their entire lives.

Therefore, Kokom, who has extremely rich experience in jungle life and has lived in the barren forest for more than two years only by hunting and gathering wild fruits, is often selected as the leader of the exploration team, and because of this, he can receive The double salary allowed him to live very comfortably in Port Hope.

However, today's Kaukum feels that he seems to have used up all the good luck in his life.

Because, not long after he led the exploration team through the lush tropical vegetation, he came to a clearing in the forest with a spring gushing out, and when he planned to stop here to rest and drink water, he suddenly saw a group of The familiar visitor made his legs weak.

——with gorgeous feathers on his head, various oil paints on his face, holes in his tongue or ears, wearing various accessories, a red and white cotton cloak on his shoulders, and a belt in his hand. Thrower's sharp javelin, feathered buckler and obsidian machete "Markwawit"...

They are the supreme kings who are invincible throughout Mexico. They are more terrifying than jaguars in the jungle. They destroyed the old enemy of the Hunxiutizgan Kingdom six years ago... Aztec warriors!

After identifying the other party's identity, Kokom immediately couldn't help screaming, trembling violently, and couldn't even stand upright.

How did the Aztec warriors appear on the outskirts of Port Hope?Are they going to attack the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom again?

Although he thinks that with the help of the "God Man", the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom has become stronger than before, but from Kokom's superficial understanding, his motherland, which has just experienced a catastrophe, should still be very strong. It is difficult to compete with the Aztecs who dominated Mexico.

Even if Port of Hope can withstand the attack of the Aztec army, at least those unlucky ghosts who ran into them will be silenced.

Thinking of this, Kokom involuntarily took a few steps back, observed the surrounding environment, and planned his escape route...

Fortunately, the number of these Aztecs was not large, there were only more than 100 in total, and it seemed that they did not come to fight.Moreover, after they met Kokum and others, they did not show any hostility, but... eh?Instead, he let out a sigh of relief?

Then, Kokum saw that among these Aztecs, a tall, fit, and luxuriously dressed young man walked out, first raised his right hand to his side, and spread his palms, making a gesture representing peace. gesture, then raised his chin, and ordered quite arrogantly:

"...We are the envoys sent by His Majesty Montezuma! Go back quickly and report to your king, and ask him to send a guard of honor to greet you!"