Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Capital Datang

Text Chapter 574 Three tasks

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    I saw that when the cotton cloth was opened, what was exposed underneath was a square piece of ice. In this hot weather, there was a trace of coldness on the surface of the ice, but if you look carefully, you can find that  , this desktop-sized ice cube is actually layered, with each layer only two inches thick. The layers are stacked on top of each other, making the entire ice cube one step thick.  [This article comes from]

    This ice cube was the last thing Lu Wan prepared, and it was also the most precious gift. He gathered all the saltpeter in the fleet, and then made layers of thin ice. It¡¯s not that they didn¡¯t want to make a whole block of ice at once.  The main reason is that if there is too much water, it will not freeze through at all, so this complicated method can only be used.

    Central America is located in the tropics. Although most of Central America is plateau and mountainous, the temperature is not very high, but there is no winter. This also means that the local natives have never seen ice at all, so naturally they do not know Lu Wan.  The gift was delivered, and everyone stared at it with big eyes and small eyes. They had no idea what this crystal-looking thing was?

    Most of Central America is a plateau, but the altitude of the coastal areas is not high. For example, the copycat version of Mansa City where Luwan and the others are currently located has a very hot climate. This can be seen from the indigenous people in Mansa City.  It can be seen from the clothing, for example, except for the old priest, most of the Mayans are topless, even some women in the city are like this, which makes many young crew members stare blankly.

    In the conscience of heaven and earth, they haven't touched a woman for several months, especially in a relatively closed environment like a sea ship. They urgently need to vent their strong energy, so now let alone seeing a topless woman, I guess  Even if I see a more delicate sow, I will feel lustful in my heart several times.  Not to mention that Mayan women are more in line with the aesthetics of the Han people than other natives.

    It was precisely because the weather here was so hot that Lu Wan thought of giving him such a big piece of ice.  As a result, neither the Lord of Mansa City, who had lived half his life, nor the old priest, who had lived almost a lifetime, had ever seen ice. The same was true for other nobles. Therefore, after the initial shock, they began to discuss among themselves in whispers.

    Lu Wan had already guessed this situation and immediately signaled to Liu Kata.  I saw the other party stand up, pick up a small chisel, knock off a piece of ice, and then put it into a hand-cranked ice crusher to crush it. In addition, several portions of milk that had been prepared were also brought over, crushed ice was added, and honey was poured on it.  , a very simple ice cream is ready.

    At this time Lu Wan stood up.  Then he personally delivered the ice cream to the Lord of Mansa City. In addition, Feng Shijie and other major figures also stood up and gave it to several important nobles such as the old priest and Zi Tuo.  Then Liu Kata explained, told them this kind of food, and gave a demonstration.

    ?Then the Lord of Mansa doubtfully picked up the ceramic spoon and took a bite like Liu Kata, but he suddenly got a chill.  Immediately afterwards, he let out a sigh of relief, and then murmured something to Liu Kata while stuffing it into his mouth. The old priest and others were also very surprised when they saw the appearance of the Mansa City Lord, but  After they tasted the ice cream.  They all started eating crazily.

    But when these people had just finished eating the ice cream in front of them, the restless old priest stood up again with excitement on his face, and then said something loudly.  This time Liu Kata did not need to translate, Lu Wan and the others also guessed it, because what the other party said was exactly the same as when they sent silk and porcelain just now, and they must have wanted to ask for ice cubes in the name of God.

    "It's just that this time they fought and struggled. There was no ice cellar in Mansa City.  So despite how big the ice cube is, it will probably melt away soon.  So Liu Kata hurriedly stopped the two quarreling groups.  Then he explained the reason to them, but when these people heard that the ice cubes were actually made by ordinary people, they were all surprised and felt that this was beyond their understanding.

    Since the ice cubes could not be preserved, the Lord of Mansa and the old priest stopped arguing and asked Liu Kata to make a portion for them. Then he gathered the residents of the whole city and distributed the ice cubes to all residents.  Tasting, this was originally a good opportunity for the Lord of Mansa to win the hearts of many people, but the old priest claimed that this was a gift from God. As a result, the uninformed residents shouted long live the gods, and at the same time they became more pious towards the temple. This  The Lord of Mansa and others were very dissatisfied.

    Lu Wan saw all this, but said nothing. Instead, he continued to attend the banquet with a normal expression. In addition, he also presented a jar of strong wine to the Lord of Mansa in a private capacity, but the Lord of Mansa  He didn't know the product at all. After tasting it, he found it bitter and spicy, so he gave it to his son Zituo. However, Zituo was very happy after tasting it. He even asked Lu Wan that he hoped to buy more spirits. Although  Lu Wan and the others didn't have much left on the ship, but they still promised Zi Tuo that they could give him some more in the future.

    ??????????????????It was Lu Wan¡¯s gift of so many precious gifts that helped. The atmosphere of the entire banquet was very warm from the beginning, especially when the Lord of Mansa called a group of beautiful Mayan girls up, danced, and  When Lu Wan and the others were asked to choose their partner for tonight, the young men in the fleet howled like wolves.

    Lu Wan was originally a pirate, and he had never lacked women around him. For example, he had more than a dozen foreign women as concubines in his family, and he had a lot of mixed-race children, so he did not refuse these Mayan women who came to his door, and even  He even took the initiative to pick the most beautiful one and bring it to him.  Others were naturally even more miserable, but only Feng Shijie was a truly good man. He only had one wife at home and never visited prostitutes outside, so he was one of the few who did not let a woman accompany him.

    Eating corn tortillas prepared by the Mayans, drinking that weird drink with chili pepper and salt, and being accompanied by a beautiful Mayan girl, the whole banquet gradually reached a climax, and in the end it was even more enthusiastic  At the invitation of the Mayan girl, they started to stand up and dance in twos and threes.

    However, when the climax of the banquet passed, many crew members who could no longer hold back dragged the girls around them. Some went to the girl's home, and some even went directly into the woods or fields. Anyway, these crew members possessed by the wolf god  In my eyes, the place where I do things is not important, what is important is that the girl around me is willing.

    Compared with those ordinary crew members, Lu Wan and the others were naturally not so casual. They were arranged to rest in the homes of several nobles. Among them, Lu Wan lived in the home of Zi Tuo, and then had sex with the beautiful woman beside him, Chunfeng.  Du, but when he woke up the next day, he was told that the woman next to him was actually Zituo's wife. He was shocked, but when he saw Zituo smiling and not looking angry at all, this  I felt relieved.

    Later, Lu Wan learned that many of the women who accompanied them that night were the wives of nobles in Mansa City. According to Mayan customs, each of their men had multiple wives, and they were related to some of the women in the northern grasslands of the Tang Dynasty.  The Hu people have the same custom, which is to let their women accompany the guests to show their sincere welcome to the guests.

    Through this somewhat fragrant banquet, the relationship between Luwan and Mansa City was suddenly drawn closer. In addition, Liu Kata also mastered the Mayan language almost, and there was no big problem in communication.  obstacle.  In addition, Liu Kata also learned one thing, that is, the Mayans actually have their own writing, but in the entire city of Mansa, the only one who knows the writing is the old priest with divine power, so Liu Kata is now thinking of a way  Bribe the old priest, hoping to learn the Mayan writing.

    After Lu Wan established a good relationship with the Lord of Mansa City, he began to do business with the other party on a large scale. They exchanged some goods brought on the ship for what they needed, such as various supplies on the ship. In addition, Lu Wan  A large amount of corn, sweet potatoes, peppers, etc. were also exchanged. Corn and peppers can be directly used as seeds. Sweet potatoes are more troublesome, but there are still ways to preserve them. For example, they can be cultivated with some soil on the boat.

    In addition, Lu Wan also found some other plants in the album through the Lord of Mansa City, such as potatoes, tomatoes and peanuts. However, peanuts are not a specialty of Mansa City. They also have some reserves through transactions with other tribes.  The quantity is not very large, and it still cannot meet Lu Wan's requirements for the time being, but that doesn't matter. Lu Wan has asked the Lord of Mansa to purchase a large amount of peanuts through him, so that he can take them back to make seeds.

    Lu Wan and his team¡¯s exploration of the route this time is divided into two stages and three tasks. The first stage has only one task, which is to find the route to America and draw it into a chart. They have completed this task.  The second stage is divided into two tasks, the first of which is to collect various crop seeds in the atlas and bring them back to Taiwan.  Now half of this task has been completed, and soon all the crops in the album will be collected.  But whether they can reach Taiwan safely is still unknown.

    In addition, there is a side task in the second phase, and it is also the last task, which is to temporarily establish good relations with the local natives, and collect as much intelligence as possible on all aspects of the Americas, compile it into a book, and bring it to Taiwan for future landings.  America laid a good foundation.  It was precisely this last task that made Lu Wan and the others so polite to a small city of Mansa, and even spent a lot of effort to befriend each other, in order to complete this task through them.

    However, just as the relationship between the fleet and the city of Mansa became increasingly close, and many crew members even had regular lovers in the city, a very unexpected thing suddenly happened, and the occurrence of this incident almost caused the ship to collapse.  A conflict broke out between the team and Mansa City.
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report