Standing at a high place, before Amy could send the Eye of Hermes, Ella could see the outline of the land. The land extends all the way to the sea level, and the edge can't be seen at a glance. Its area is more than ten times the size of Movalaniga.
"Amy, put back the Eye of Hermes!" Ella shouted towards Amy who had climbed halfway up the mountain, "Call Tesosomok over here!"
Soon, several Aztlan people lifted Tesozomoc up with hesitation. Since he had been lying on a stretcher and unable to move, Tesosomok had obviously gained weight.
"Look at the land over there." Ella pointed to the other side of the sea and said, "Is this Aztlan?"
Tesozomoc nodded, then shook his head: "This is the Caribbean. What you are seeing now is the Antilles, the largest island among the many islands in this sea. It is still some sea distance away from the mainland of Aztlan." Walk."
"Oh? Are there many more islands like this? Then who controls them now?"
"There are several islands on the south side of the Caribbean Sea that are controlled by another empire in the south, but the one you see now belongs to Aztlan." Tesosomoc replied, "We originally planned to be on this island The city was built as a transit point to the New World. Now it seems completely useless. We miscalculated the width of the ocean. It is too close to Aztlan and too far from the New World.”
Ella nodded. Several months had passed since she set off. If it hadn't been for the island of Movaraniga, the flying Zealander's supplies would have been almost exhausted. The Flying Zealander can't do it, and other boats can't do it even more. Unless the ship's speed and range can be greatly improved, there is no point in serving as a transfer station.
Perhaps it was because the sea water had become shallower that Mowaranuga stopped moving forward and slowly and steadily sank for a distance, allowing the stranded ship to refloat on the sea and be ready to sail at any time. ,
To be cautious, Ella asked: "Tesosomoc, I remember you said that the basic unit of Aztlan is a city-state, and each city-state has a Tratoani. Then what will happen if we land directly like this? Won’t it arouse the other party’s hostility?”
"It won't happen if I'm here. There are also gaps between city-states. Except for Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and my Tlacopan city-states, which are allies of each other, the rest of the city-states are Our vassal." Tesosomoc said, "The Tratoani here have to pay tribute to me every year. Speaking of which, before he became Tratoani, he was still working for me in Tlacopan. Worked.”
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As soon as she heard that Tesosomok's status was higher than the ruler of the island, Ella suddenly became energetic. She stood up straight, cleared her throat, and then pretended to be serious and said: "Tesosomoc, Quetzalcoatl returned to Aztlan after such a long time, this is the first stop. I believe that the local residents are hospitable to guests. Your enthusiasm won’t disappoint Quetzalcoatl, right?”
Amy whispered from behind: "Your Majesty, why do I feel like you are openly asking for bribes?"
Ella was anxious: "What kind of public solicitation for bribes? I only ask for bribes after asking for something from the other side to help the other side do something! I don't do anything for them, I just want to have a big meal!"
"It sounds even worse! Not only is it bad, but it's also inexplicably sad..."
Tesosomok didn’t think there was anything wrong with Ella’s words:
"That's of course. Lord God's Envoy will wait on the island for a moment. I will send a team of people to the island to inform you and ask the local Tratoani to row a boat to pick you up in person."
Several merchant ships sailed towards the island. Ella asked the scattered pirates to gather and line up, and then sat quietly on the beach and waited. But maybe it took a while to prepare for the welcome ceremony. Ella waited from morning to afternoon, her stomach almost pressed to her back, but she still didn't see anyone coming back from the island.
Amy dragged over the plate of bark bread again.
"Your Majesty, you haven't eaten anything today. It's almost evening. Let's eat some bread to cushion your stomach..."
"What are you thinking, Amy! We will have a big dinner soon! Think about it, the table is full of meat! There is endless meat! What is the point of eating rye bread here without leaving some belly? !”
Normally, Ella wouldn't be so obsessed with what she eats. But after months of sailing at sea, not to mention meat, even flour had to be eaten by counting grains, and the spices used for seasoning were out of use for almost a month. If a pile of gold and a table of finely seasoned food were placed in front of Ella, Ella would definitely choose the latter without hesitation.
"Okay, then I'll eat it myself..."
Amy cooked a pot of vegetable soup using wild vegetables picked from the island, and swallowed it down bite by bite with the hard bread.
"I think I should fill my stomach as much as possible when I can. Your Majesty wants to have a big meal, but I don't know if the dishes of the Aztlan people are to your Majesty's taste."
After waiting for a while, when dinner was approaching, a fleet finally came from the other side. What’s interesting is that only the first one is a pirate kingdom-style longship, while the ones following are all canoes. It was a canoe in the true sense. It was simply a hole in a big tree trunk that could accommodate two or three people, and it was equipped with a team of oars. In Ella's fleet, the longship is considered a flexible and maneuverable boat. But in the Aztlan fleet, a long ship that can carry twenty people is undoubtedly regarded as a capital ship.
"Aztlán's shipbuilding technology has just been developed in the past ten years, so there is not much in stock." Tesosomoc explained, "Before we mastered this technology, canoes were our most effective water transportation tools. .”
Those canoes were swaying on the sea, making people worry that if the wind was slightly stronger, the fleet would be wiped out. However, the Aztlan people seemed to be very skilled in operating canoes. Several times, Ella saw the canoe about to capsize, but under the operation of the paddler, everything was saved. The pirates watching on the sidelines were worried.
But in short, the fleet finally landed safely. Ella recognized their leader from the crowd at a glance—among them, he was the only one wearing green bird feather ornaments and green gems, and his physique was obviously stronger than the others.
"Tratoani! I'm late! I'm late!"
Although in theory the leader was also Tratoani on the island, he chose to call Tesosomoc by this title. He shouted this loudly as soon as he got off the ship, and at the same time searched for Tesosomoc among the pirates in the queue. When he found Tesosomok lying on a stretcher, his expression suddenly became extremely surprised:
"Tratoani? Who hurt you? Are those natives of the New World so powerful?"
