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Cheng Jingming stayed in the tropical rainforest for more than two months, until all the papers he carried were filled with words and pictures, and then he left with rubber saplings and fruits.

If you want to return to China, you have to wait for the trade fleet to arrive next year.

There is no rush to return to Mexico. Let’s go to Gracias to stay for a while and learn more about the customs and customs of Central America.

Gracias, this city was the ruling center of Mesoamerica and was located in what would become the country of Honduras. People often call the chief governor the governor, and the Chinese translation also includes admiral, but his real name is "Commander-in-Chief of the Military District of Guatemala" and he directly reports to the governor of New Spain (the capital is in Mexico City).

They had already paid a visit when they came, and the governor (commander-in-chief) assigned them two guides. This time I went back to express my gratitude. While returning the guide, I made an appointment to visit again next year and promised to bring some brocade to the governor.

The output of Yunjin brocade is inherently low. In Europe and America, it is often impossible to buy it even if you have money.

Hearing that they would receive Yun brocade as a gift next year, the governor became more enthusiastic and allowed them to stay in the city for a while, and specially arranged servants and maids.

The maids are the kind you can have sex with, and all the Chinese in the expedition team have their share.

After a rough meal, Cheng Jingming, who barely learned Spanish, put his arms around the maid and asked, "What's your name?"

"Irene." The maid replied.

Cheng Jingming asked: "Looking at you, you don't look like a European or a local aborigine. Are you of mixed race?"

"Yes, I am Mestiso," Erin said.

Mestizo people, also translated as Mestizo and Mastizo, specifically refer to the mixed descendants of Europeans and Native Americans. Similar to the "Nyonya" in Southeast Asia, it specifically refers to the mixed descendants of Chinese and Southeast Asian indigenous people.

Cheng Jingming learned about it and asked: "Are there many mestis here?"

"A lot," Erin said.

The population composition of Latin America, from most to least, is as follows: Native Americans, European-Turkish mixed race, native whites, black slaves, European colonists, and Asian immigrants.

The social status, from high to low, is as follows: European colonists, native whites, European-Turkish mixed-race, Asian immigrants, Native Americans, and black slaves.

Of course, social status is not fixed, and even black people can redeem themselves and go into business.

This kind of black man is very special. First of all, he must be smart and capable, and he must meet a kind-hearted master. Through long-term work, they accumulated enough ransom money, and after obtaining their freedom, they served the original owners in the form of employment. Gradually, family property was accumulated, and after one or two generations, black merchants appeared.

Most of them are brokers, craftsmen, small businessmen, labor agencies (black slave distribution), short-distance freight forwarders... Even if these black people are rich, they will be discriminated against and are not allowed to obtain land, but their social status is indeed Higher than the native Indians, and even higher than many European and Turkish hybrids.

Eileen said: "My mother was an indigenous slave, and my father is unknown. I was a plantation slave since I was a child, and was sold by my master to the governor as a maid."

This is a Latina beauty with a tall and slender figure who will be able to participate in a beauty pageant hundreds of years from now. Unfortunately, she is too thin and does not conform to the current European aesthetics, and also because she is too tall, does not conform to the current Chinese aesthetics. If she were shorter and had a slender figure, she would be very attractive in the eyes of Chinese literati.

Cheng Jingming was very curious and asked: "Which country and ethnicity do you think you are from?"

Irene replied: "I am Mestiso."

Cheng Jingming was speechless for a moment.

As a general term for people of mixed European and Turkish descent, the Mestizo people are obviously discriminatory. Countless mixed-race people have been given such titles, and have even been classified as a new race.

They do not know which country they belong to, only that they are Mestizo.

After staying in the city for a few days, a visitor suddenly came to visit.

The visitor was also a European-Turkish mixed race, but he obviously had a higher social status. He was well-dressed and elegant in manners. He seemed to be well-educated and wealthy at first glance.

"My name is Carlos Inca Garcilaso de la Vega." The man took off his hat and saluted, still holding a book in his left hand.

Wang Lian, the expedition leader, exchanged a few words with this person and learned that he was a scholar, so he handed him over to Cheng Jingming to receive him.

Carlos continued to introduce himself: "My grandfather was the great writer Inca."

Inca is Inca.

In the Chinese translation, Inca was deliberately distinguished from Inca, purely because the writer was so awesome.

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the founder of Latin American literature. His works are must-read books for leaders of the Latin American independence movement, and are also the theoretical source of the Latin American independence movement. They even have an irreplaceable cohesion effect on the entire Latin American nation. At the same time, Voltaire, Montesquieu and others were also greatly influenced by Inka in their thinking. The theoretical source of the liberal trend in Europe comes from Inka's works.

Inca is also a mixture of European and Turkish descent, half Spanish colonial blood and half Inca imperial royal blood.

Inca wrote on the title page of his masterpiece "Royal Review": "This book is dedicated to the Indians, Indo-Europeans and native whites of the kingdoms and provinces of the great and extremely rich Peruvian Empire - your brothers, Compatriot and fellow Inca Garcilaso.”

When he wrote this passage, the Inca Empire had only been disintegrated for a few decades, and there were not even a few black slaves to be found.

This sentence later became the guiding ideology of the Latin American independence movement. In other words, Indians, Indo-Europeans, and native whites are all brothers. The European colonists are the big bad guys, and the European colonists must be driven away!

Of course, this was certainly not Inca's original intention. He tended to be ideologically inclined to Spain, and he also participated in suppressing indigenous rebellions. But he also carries the royal blood of the Inca Empire. He has deep feelings for the history and culture of the Incas and the land of the Incas.

The book "Royal Review" contains a lot of content that criticizes colonial atrocities and calls on all walks of life in Europe, especially the King of Spain, to face up to the suffering of the Latin American people and improve the living conditions of the Latin American people.

This book became popular in Europe twenty or thirty years ago. Countries that dislike Spain have supported its spread. Adventurers who want to go fishing for gold also regard this book as a popular science book. But it would take another hundred years to truly become popular. Various interpretations of this book have appeared one after another, and ideological liberators and independence activists have used it as a theoretical weapon.

"Your Excellency is from Peru, why are you here?" Cheng Jingming asked.

Carlos said: "My grandfather Inca, the noble royal family of the Inca Empire, was exiled because he angered the King of Spain. Although my father and uncles were not exiled, their family property was embezzled by the colonists. Their share of the property , there were only 500 copies of "The Royal Review", and then it was scattered everywhere. I was born here, and my current position is the clerk of the Governor's Palace."

"Royal Review" was published by Inca at his own expense in Spain, and almost half of it was sold and half given away. Even so, no one cared about it, and he could only return to Peru with the remaining 500 books. Unexpectedly, after his death in exile, his works suddenly became popular in Europe.

Carlos handed over an old "Royal Review": "Dear Mr. China, this book is not popular in America, but I hope you can bring it back to China. Let more people read it and let more people read it. It was my grandfather’s lifelong wish that many people know about colonial atrocities and that more people understand the long and splendid history and culture of the Inca Empire.”

"It's an honor." Cheng Jingming accepted it happily.

Carlos started chattering: "Dear Mr. Chinese, the Spanish bandits took away the land of the Incas and destroyed our civilization. They also said that the Incas were ignorant and uncivilized barbarians. This is incorrect and extremely wrong. , I hope you don’t believe it. We have our own writing, we have our own calendar, and we have created brilliant achievements..."

This guy probably has a lot to talk about, and he usually has no one to talk to, but when he meets a Chinese person, he immediately talks non-stop.

There are no Asian immigrants in Central America for the time being. Carlos chatted for a long time and suddenly asked: "Dear Mr. Chinese, you Chinese and us Incas seem to be of the same race. We have the same hair, skin color, and appearance. , which is completely different from Europeans. I was very surprised when you first entered the city. Do the Chinese and the Incas have a common ancestor?"

Cheng Jingming glanced at Carlos again. This man obviously had European features. How could he look so similar?

It can only be said that Carlos considers himself an Inca in terms of spiritual belonging. And he is no ordinary Inca, he has the blood of the Inca royal family flowing through him!

Cheng Jingming used official rhetoric to answer: "Thousands of years ago, there was the Yin Shang Dynasty in China. After the Yin Shang Dynasty was defeated, it is said that the royal family took their people and sailed to the sea all the way to the east. In China, taking a boat to the east is Today's America. Perhaps, you are the royal descendants of China's Yin and Shang dynasties."

"Is there really such a legend?" Carlos said happily.

This guy is desperate for recognition. But the Incas had been conquered, and he didn't know where to find his way out. When he saw Chinese people who looked similar to the Inca people, he was like a beggar seeing his wealthy relatives.

Cheng Jingming suddenly had an idea and asked: "If you are curious, you can go to China with me. There are people who look like this. You can also learn to speak Chinese and learn to write Chinese characters. Maybe you can learn from ancient Chinese books. Find out where the Incas came from.”

"Really? That's great!"

Although Carlos is the secretary of the Governor's Palace, there are more than one or two such secretaries, and he can resign and leave at any time.

In the next period of time, Carlos came to visit after get off work, telling Cheng Jingming about the customs and history of the Incas, and also asked Cheng Jingming about everything about China.

When the Chinese expedition left, Carlos resigned to the governor and followed them north, waiting for Li Quan's trade fleet to dock.

Cheng Jingming kept instilling ideas that China and the Incas had the same ancestors. The more Carlos listened, the more he agreed in his heart. Because he heard that China defeated the powerful Spain. The Chinese brothers were so powerful that they must be distant relatives of the Incas.