Aztec Eternals

The setting sun infuses the vast world and the tequila in the pottery cup, leaving the last brilliant color, just like the civilization that has passed away.

Shulot took a sip of salt, and then drank a glass of silver-white pure fermented wine. The slight bitterness brought numbness on his tongue, and a warm current rose from his stomach. The teenager smiled, tasted silently, and remembered it for a long time.

Tikalo added some tomatoes to the wine, added the red mandala that came with it, then took a sip of the pepper and took a big sip. The Mayan nobles were the more ancient users of hallucinogenic plants. Soon, he turned his slender head, his eyes were slightly scattered, and he couldn't help chanting in a low voice.

"The life of the goddess is like a basic wine. It has undergone many tests of gods, and has tasted bittersweet, bitter, salty and spicy before getting the taste... So I drank all the wine, like a dream, and finally went to the kingdom of God."

Hearing this, Sherlot laughed. When he was drunk, he asked the question that had been hidden for a long time.

"Tikalo, you Mayan nobles claim to be descendants of gods, do you really inherit the knowledge of gods?"

Tikalo looked proud. He opened his mouth without hesitation.

"Of course! Our Maize Protoss is the smartest in the world..."

Speaking of which, the Mayan merchant suddenly froze in his heart. It was only then that I remembered that it was not the Mayan compatriots of the business group, but the Mexica ruler who claimed to be the goddess. He hurriedly drank to shut his mouth, and then changed his mouth calmly.

"We corn people are the friendliest people in the world, and the Mexicans are forever friends. We are good at mathematics and astronomy, we can revise the calendar of the moon, the sun and Venus, and we can also help the Mexicas build magnificent wonders."

Xiuluo nodded approvingly, and his thoughts flowed. The Mayan aristocracy, proud of the glory of their great ancestors, seems extremely difficult to assimilate. He looked at Tikalo with different expressions, and patted his shoulder kindly.

"Tell me in detail! I've heard of Maya's mathematics and calendar for a long time."

After thinking for a moment, Ticarlo went straight to the treasure chest he brought today, and took out a shell, a handful of rubies, and three gold bars.

"Your Highness, please take a look." He first put the shell on the table and pointed with his hand, "This is 0, which means it does not exist, and it is also before the beginning of the era."

Shulot was slightly surprised. The Maya's understanding of "0" seems to be much earlier than the Europeans.

"In our Mayan mathematics, every 20 digits is a digit. The minimum is 0 and the maximum is 19."

Saying that, Tikalo took out three gold bars and placed them vertically in front, then took out four rubies and placed them neatly in the back. Put a "|||..."

"It's 19. On each digit, a '|' means five, and a '.' means one. Every five '.' bases a '|'. 19 plus 1 gives the next Bit plus a '.', that is, carry 1."

Shilote pondered for a moment, this is the base 20 of 0-19. And 0-20 follows the carry method of the Chinese abacus, and there must be a law of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division similar to the abacus.

He thought for a while and asked.

"So the addition and subtraction of each digit is to deal with the '|' and '.' of each digit respectively. The former accumulates 4 advance ones, and the latter accumulates 5 advance ones. Then you have the processing method for each multiplication and division. Or a formula?"

Tikalo was a little surprised. He opened his eyes and looked at Shirlot, is the math of the Mexicans so good? Immediately, he nodded proudly.

"Within 20, 19*19, we have 190 formulas, and there are hundreds of formulas for the quantile 1-19 division. God-born nobles need to learn to memorize from childhood, and then directly recite calculations within 800 years. In order to learn mathematics , I've been counting all day since I was six!"

Hearing this, Shulot's heart was sweating like rain, silently sympathizing for the Mayan schoolchildren for a few seconds.

The decimal 9*9 is only 45 multiplication formulas, and the abacus nine-reduction division of 1-9 is only 61 sentences. With the difficulty of learning Mayan mathematics, it is no wonder that inheritance is extremely difficult. In the long Mayan civil war, I don't know how much knowledge has been cut down from generation to generation.

Next, Tikalo took out a ruby ​​and a shell. Placed as a "., 0".

"It's 20. There are two digits, the first is a 1 and the second is a 0. This is the number of days in the month."

Immediately, he took out two gold bars and two gems, removed the shells, and placed them in the form of "...,||...".

"This is 52. The same two, 40 in the front and 12 in the back. '|' will become the beginning of each one. This is a small cycle of 52 years."

Then, the Mayan merchant took out four gems and laid them out in one word: "..."

He looked at the boy slightly proudly.

"Your Highness, what do you think this number is?"

"8421."

Shulot counted for a few seconds and quickly came to a result.

Ticarlo spared his head. He was surprised for a moment and decided to increase the difficulty, the Mayans never give in math! He took out six more gems and divided them into two groups. Each group is ".,.,."

"Then, Your Highness, how much do you see if the two groups are multiplied?"

Shiloh was taken aback for a moment, 421*421? He took out the obsidian knife and carved it on the ground for a while before giving the answer.

"177241."

Hearing the correct answer, Tikalo was shocked. It doesn't work if you've prepared it before! After a while, he answered.

"Okay, Your Highness calculated correctly. But the speed is too slow."

Saying that, he multiplied the gems of "1, 1, 1" on each of them, from the end to the beginning. The end is accumulated once as "1", the next digit is accumulated twice as "2", and the next three digits are "3, 2, 1". However, after a few seconds, you will get "12321" in 20, which is also "177241" in decimal.

Looking at the quick calculations of the Mayan merchants, Shiloh sighed in his heart, such a simple and efficient number system!

Maya's 20-digit mathematics, the more it reaches the field of large numbers and astronomy, the more it can reflect the superiority of recording and calculation. This kind of mathematical system should not appear in the ancient civilization of the Stone Age, but is more suitable for the cosmic civilization that travels through the stars.

"The Great Decline has taken away too many mysteries of the gods! I haven't had the chance to accept the complete mysteries of the gods. It is said that in the golden age of the coming and going of the gods, that was the peak of the corn man's glory!

The three thousand pyramids of the capital Tikal observe every star in the sky. Thousands of priests calculated the trajectory of each star, mapping thousands of years of star maps. They judge the footsteps of the gods and wait for the return of the gods! "

Tikalo recited the poems of his ancestors sentimentally, describing the imaginary grand capital, and then decisively changed the subject.

"Your Highness, in fact, the Mexica calendar comes from our Mayan heritage."

The Mayan merchant's round face smiled, with pride from his heart. Sherlot listened quietly.

At this time, a guard came and replied. The boy nodded and the guard left. After a while, "Monkey" Kuluka smiled respectfully. He hurried over and knelt down to salute across the distance.

"Respected lord, I have fulfilled all your orders!"

Shiloh nodded majestically and pointed to the seat beside him.

Kuluka was flattered, and it was another big gift. Just now, he carefully sat next to the king and staggered halfway.

"Monkey, there has been no war recently. I was going to call you after the New Year."

Shulot smiled slightly.

"But you're good at numbers, from a commoner, and you know the business. Right now, there's an important task for you. In the next few months, you'll be with the Mayan merchant Ticarlo, taking care of the caravan. I need to do everything I can. Possibly more Tarrasco Copper Mine!"

Kuluka nodded seriously. He looked at the long-headed Maya on the opposite side, and the Maya also looked at him with sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks. The two met their eyes and smiled politely.

Then, Shirot motioned for the Mayan merchant to continue.

The noble merchant Tikalo glanced at Kuluka lightly. The other party neither conforms to the Mayan aesthetics, but is just a civilian without culture. He humbly opened his mouth.

"There are two types of Mayan calendars, the divine calendar and the solar calendar. Plus the long calendar that symbolizes the era."

"The Tzolkin calendar has 260 days, which are in line with the Venus cycle and the rainy season, and are used to guide the planting of corn. The divine calendar has 13 months, with 20 days in each month, symbolizing different gods.

They are: 1 Crocodile Day, 2 Wind Day, 3 Dark Day, Dead Land 4 Corn Day, Corn God, 5 Snake Day, 6 Dead Day, 7 Deer Day, God of the Hunt, 8 Rabbit Day, Venus, 9 Water Day , Emerald, 10 dog days, Death, guard the sun. "

Speaking of which, Ticarlo glanced at the boy quietly, and then recited aloud.

"11 Monkey Day, God of Art and Knowledge, 12 Herbal Day, Precipitation and Salvation, 13 Reed Day, Corn Growth, 14 Jaguar Day, Night Sun, 15 Eagle Day, Sage, 16 Owl Day, Bird of Death, 17 Earthquake day, 18 knife day, sacrificial blade, 19 storm day, rain, 20 sun day, sun god."

Sherlot nodded in understanding. The Aztec calendar is derived from the Mayan calendar, with only changes in symbols, such as replacing the owl with the more common vulture on the plateau, and adding more war meaning to the 20th.

"The first day of the divine calendar is January Crocodile Day, and the last day is December Sun Day. Each month is governed by a different deity. Being born on the 'July Rainy Day' is an auspicious day and is the most loved by deities offering sacrifices, and being born on the 'February Rabbit Day' is an unfortunate day and should not be left in the world."

Hearing this, Shulot shook his head slightly. Being born on an auspicious day has the same result as being born on an unlucky day. Fortunately, I am neither lucky nor unlucky.

"The Habu solar calendar has 365 days, 18 months, and the same 20 days per month. There are also five bad days at the end of the year. But there are differences between the solar calendar and the footsteps of the sun god, and the seasons overlap every 1,101,600 days. Therefore, the true annual The number of days is slightly more than 365, it should be... um... that..."

"365.242 days." Sherlot added with a smile.

"Yes, Your Highness is wise!" Ticarlo finally showed his admiration. He was a great "God enlightener" who could compare with the Corn Man in mathematics!

"The divine calendar and the solar calendar coincide once every 52 years. The first circle is recorded as 1-13 respectively, and the second circle is the rabbit, the reed, the flint and the house. This year is the 3rd year of the rabbit, no, the bad day has passed, it should be It is the 4th reed year."

Shulotte nodded. The 52 reincarnation calendar is similar to the Chinese calendar of stems and branches. The first circle 1-13 are the heavenly stems, and the 4 symbols in the second circle are the earthly branches. 1483 is the 4th reed year. When the 13 years of the house in 1505, the 52-year reincarnation ended, it was the era of holding large-scale sacrifices, and it also meant the start of a mighty war dedicated to the gods.

The last 52 years ended in 1453, which also happened to be the fall of Constantinople and the demise of the Eastern Roman Empire in two thousand years. 1454 was the beginning of a new cycle, when the great Montezuma I officially ended the Union's 13 years of farming and peace. Under the call of the calendar and the gods, the warriors of Mexica mobilized frantically, made war and death their daily life, and passed a whole generation in battle.

The long war of conquest lasted from 1454 to 1469. It was not until the Vastec, Mistec, and Zapotec surrendered and the conqueror Montezuma I died in the southern expedition that the Mexica warriors put away their weapons and looked at Tarasco in the west. .

Shulot's eyes were deep. The calendar so profoundly influenced the beliefs, life and warfare of Mesoamerican civilization. An important part of the Reformation was the redefinition of the symbolic meaning of the calendar.

"In addition to the divine calendar and the solar calendar, the sacred corn man also used the long calendar given by the gods!"

Tikal showed deep nostalgia and distant longing.

"The world was created in the origin year of '0, 0, 0, 0, 0'. The last digit is the number of days in base 20, the second-to-last digit is the month in base 18, and the rest are years in base 20. A The long epoch has 144,000 days. When the world has completed 13 long epochs, it will usher in the end of the entire epoch. Death brings the next era of new life, and everything will change! Maybe the gods will come back and rebuild the gods Dutikar!"

Hearing this, Shulot shook his head slightly. Not until 2012, the end of the Americas will soon come as the disease spreads in Europe. Mortals will die, and new births will not know where.

He secretly calculated and carved complicated formulas on the ground. Thirteen 144,000 days are 5,126 solar years. Mayan end is December 23, 2012. So, the Mayan world originated on August 11, 3114 BC?

"What day was that? The first flame of civilization? Or the first arrival of alien spaceships?"

With the curiosity of hundreds of years, the teenager sighed and imagined the truth buried in history.

The three continued to drink. Sherlot kept his temper, smiling and dazed.

Kuluka laughed and talked with the Mayan merchants, frequently persuading him to drink. The two soon became brothers.

Ticarlo indulges in the glory days of the Maya. He refused to come, and soon his face flushed. Then, he recited the traditional sacrificial poems aloud, sang the golden age of Maya's heyday, and praised the capital of the gods, which gathered millions of people. Then, he fell to the ground again, weeping and sighing over the past glory, mourning the tragic fate of the Holy Family, swearing allegiance to His Majesty, and taking back the glory of the ancestors!

Time passed quietly like this, and before you knew it, it was late at night.

Only then did Shirot nodded in satisfaction. After drinking a lot, the Mayan businessman seems to have almost explained it. Maya's world also took shape in his mind.

So, the boy smiled and looked at Kuluka. He has other important arrangements for tomorrow.

Kuluka lowered his head. He gave Shilot a deep salute, then supported the drunk Tikalo and staggered away.

"Brother Kuluka! From now on, we will be friends of life and death!"

The Mayan merchant was not sure whether he was really drunk or fake. UU reading www.uukanshu. Com as soon as he walked out of the mansion, he took Kuluka's arm and said in a low voice with a smile.

"Gold and silver, spice and gemstones, splendid clothing, feather crown, wine and beauty! Brother I can give you anything you want. As long as you and I stand together and help each other. From now on, we brothers will work together to share blessings and difficulties. Together, we will serve your Highness together!"

Kuluka didn't answer. He let go of his hand and looked at Tikalo with a half-smile. The businessman also stood firm and looked at him with a sincere smile.

After a while, Kuluka grinned like a happy ape.

"You're right. Let's cooperate and serve His Highness together!"

Then, he waved to the guard and asked for a tightly tied black cloth bag. Then he stuffed the cloth bag into Tikalo's hands.

"This is my meeting gift for you. I wish you all the sincerity and complete every task of Your Highness!"

After speaking, Kuluka nodded to the merchant, turned around and left.

Tikalo stood where he was, his smile slowly disappearing. He lowered his slender head and thought for a moment. The tie was then cut open with a bronze dagger, and a fresh, **** scent gushed from the opening of the bag.

By the bright moonlight, the Mayan merchant looked at the pot in the bag, and the vague shapes in the pot. After recognizing the face for a while, he tied the bag again, and continued to raise his head, looking at the deep moonlight.

"Free turtles, after all, have to be in the company of ferocious crocodiles."

Ticarlo sighed softly.

"I hope that the soaring eagle can reign over the sky of Yucatan, and let the old turtles return to their hometowns!"

After all, he shook his wise head and walked steadily towards Beicheng Market. Under his feet, is the unpredictable starlight.