The clouds are stacking up, the sky is dim, the weather at the seaside is changing, and drizzle is coming again in the blink of an eye. Priest Zuvaro raised his head and looked at the darkening sky. He took a wide-brimmed straw hat and put it on to cover the expression on his face.
"The proposal of Chief Karan of the Yorem tribe...the large Yome tribe..."
Thinking back to the conversation that day, Priest Zuvalo touched his chin, struggled for a while, and then shook his head.
"The Yomi tribe of the Yaquis is a large northern tribe that controls a population of nearly ten thousand and has three thousand warriors. If there are not sufficient supplies along the way, how many warriors can the kingdom's fleet be able to transport three to four thousand miles away? What?...Such a bold proposal should be left to your Majesty to make a decision!"
Thinking of this, the new priest's mind wandered far away, and he remembered what he had seen and heard about the large tribe of Yome.
Relying on the large river in the upper reaches of the east, the Yome tribe conducts prosperous trade with the Horta city-state in the mountains further north and the Makuvi tribes on the border of the wilderness. The ancestral land of the Horta City-State Alliance is the Red Copper Mountain, which produces a large amount of high-quality copper materials and copperware. The Yaqui tribes, especially the Yome tribe, controlled various flint coal mines and produced sufficient amounts of bituminous coal.
It is precisely because of the open-pit coal mines and the obstruction of the northern mountains that the Yomei tribe does not have to be forced to migrate when the cold wave comes, and can gradually grow to the size of ten thousand people. And the coastal plains along the river where they settled have also become fertile ground for various tribes to explore and covet. Even the Guayin Horse Tribe, who had always been friends with him, harbored some covetous thoughts, not to mention the Yorem Tribe, who had the same origin.
"The fleet carried out gem trade in Yomei, and loaded more than ten catamaran canoes with coal, which totaled about dozens of tons. The Black Rock Mountain Iron Mine specified that this high-quality coal from the North was needed. This kind of coal is different from the Kingdom's. After being coked using local methods, the iron will not become brittle..."
Priest Zuvalo pulled his hair and was silent. What about coal and iron? He had learned about His Majesty's divine inspiration at Shenwei University, but he didn't understand the specific smelting at all.
"The essence of divinity is injected into the mineral deposits of the earth. The more it is injected, the more pure it is, the higher the quality and the easier it is to smelt. This is true for gold, silver, copper, coal, iron and tin. There is a difference between high and low quality."
Thinking of this, Zuvalo tilted his head slightly and looked at the catamaran carrying coal next to him. In order to facilitate commerce, these catamarans are covered with wooden planks that can stand people and carry goods, and there are also additional extended rafts on both sides of the hull to provide buoyancy and transportation.
At this moment, both the wooden planks and the attached rafts were loaded with baskets of coal, so heavy that the hull of the ship was half submerged in the water. Through such modifications, the maximum load capacity of a catamaran has been increased to seven or eight tons. The only drawback is that it is not flexible enough and is not suitable for fighting on the water.
"So, the large tribe of Yuomei is the northernmost point reached by the merchant fleet. The aggressive Sri people further north have no special products, cannot trade, and are too dangerous. @ESSENTIAL\/书馆*First update~ ~The fleet turned west at Yomei, heading to the long and narrow peninsula to the west, and digging for struvite stones designated by His Majesty on the small islands along the coast."
Priest Zuvaro turned slightly and looked to the other side. Large and small straw baskets are filled with gray and yellow struvite stones.
According to the description of the gods, these struvite stones are formed by the feces of island birds that have condensed over thousands of years, and contain the vitality for cultivating crops. In the entire fleet, more than 20 catamarans, with more than half of their load, are used to carry these natural fertilizers.
"If one ton of struvite is ground and added to farmland, how many tons of additional grain can be produced?"
Priest Zuvalo stared at the ordinary struvite with wide eyes, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything. But he knew that in the upper reaches of Lake Atuo, a small lake had been led out and the floating field Chinampa on the lake had been built. This is a unique technology of the Mexican Union. It can be cultivated throughout the year and harvested more than three times. It must be maintained with sufficient fertilizer.
"The islands around the long and narrow peninsula are full of hundreds of thousands of free-flying seabirds. They are producing fertilizer all the time..."
Zuvaro squinted his eyes, recalling the overwhelming seabirds, the heart-shaking bird calls, and the "raindrops" falling from the sky, and couldn't help but wipe his forehead. He thought about the magnificent scenery and the struvite stones everywhere, with longing in his eyes.
"There are tens of millions of tons of struvite piled up in mountains and stretches of land! If struvite can really increase production, then the kingdom's food supply will be... (This chapter is not finished yet!)
Chapter 679: The establishment of the northern trade route, a journey of ten times profit
.call! Lord God bless you! "
Zuvalo took a deep breath, his face full of piety, and prayed in a low voice.
The kingdom's merchant fleet headed south along the long and narrow peninsula, encountering many struvite islands, all the way to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. @essence\/书馆·The first correct start~~ But the fleet will not go to the southernmost point because there are no large villages that can supply supplies along the way. The Kochimi tribes on the peninsula have always been small in size, with the largest numbering only a few hundred people, and there has never been much food surplus. After traveling six hundred miles south, the merchant fleet replenished food and water at Chimi Village (now Tripu), the largest fishing village of the Cochimi people. Outside Qimi Village, there is an almost closed lagoon (today's Puerto Esdido). The fish production in it is very abundant, so it can support a large village.
Traveling three to four hundred miles east from Qimi Village, you will return to the northern continent again, which happens to be the location of the large Yorem tribe. The kingdom's merchant fleet replenished supplies at the Yorem Tribe, then said goodbye to the gray cat Putu who was reluctant to leave and wanted to escape from the sea of misery, and followed the path they came from to return south.
"This is the complete northern trade route! Starting from the town of Trout at the mouth of the Talsas River, it goes to the town of Zombie of the Nan Tecos, the city of Three Rivers of the Northern Tecos, and Torpan of the Huichol people. At the mouth of the river, the fish mountain village of the Totome people, the Yorem tribe of the Mayo people, the Yome tribe of the Yaqui people, and then west through the Struvite Islands to the Chimi village of the Cochimi people, and then back east for about Rem Department.”
Zuvalo closed his eyes and concluded in his mind. The distances between these navigation nodes are all between 500-700 miles, making them suitable supply locations. A voyage along the coast is exactly four thousand miles, and the return trip of four thousand miles takes about four months.
Along the way, from south to north, the Tekos people's Zangshi Town and Three Rivers City all produced grain and cloth in exchange for the kingdom's gems. The Huichol people at the mouth of the Torpan River have the ability to provide cassiterite, gold, and silver stones, but they do not accept gems, only cloth and weapons.
The Yushan Village of the Totome people has relatively sufficient food, accepts daily necessities trade, and has little interest in gems. The Yoremu tribe of the Mayo people particularly prefers bronze weapons and refined leather armor, and can provide high-quality copper, gold, and silver stones.
The Yamei tribe of the Arkites produced large amounts of bituminous coal, copper stone, gold and stone, and was traded in precious stones. Among the Yome tribe, there are merchants from the Horta City-State Alliance who can provide extremely pure red copper in exchange for bronze weapons. The Horta Alliance in the mountains is facing the plunder of the ferocious steppe Apache Alliance, and its demand for weapons and leather armor is almost unlimited.
"The Orta people's exchange price for red copper is only one-third of the alliance's. The Yomei tribe's coal only costs human labor. And weapons, leather armor, and cloth can be sold at a premium of several times in various tribes in the northern continent. .As for the gold ore that each ministry has, it is usually one-fourth or five-fifths of the alliance value, or even a basket of gold and stone for a basket of cotton cloth..."
After Zuvalo calculated for a moment, his eyes turned slightly red. The profit from this northern route is at least six times greater! The kingdom's merchant fleet carried weapons, leather armor, and cloth to the north, and then loaded up with gold, silver, copper, coal, tin, guano and stone to the south...
"No, that's not right! If you take the gems in the lake and go north, and exchange a large amount of cotton on the land of the northern and southern Tekos people...the profit of this route will be ten times! Praise the Lord God!"
Thinking of this, Zuvalo looked excited and the corners of his mouth turned up piously. He rubbed his palms excitedly, flexed his wrists, and his eyes flashed.
"Your Majesty said that 30% of the income from each transaction will be shared by the crew of the fleet! As long as we make a few more trips, the warriors and sailors on the ship, as well as me, will be enveloped in the golden light of the Lord God! Haha!"
The hearty laughter echoed across the dim sea and sky, with both heartfelt piety and strong desire. Zuwaro made up his mind to wait until he returned, rest for half a month in Zicao County, and then head north again with full cargo.
The newly minted priest stood up and stood on the bow of the boat. He looked at the vast ocean, and his heart was filled with excitement. After a long time, an inexplicable thought came to his mind, causing his eyes to turn to the distant east.
"The world is so vast, and the various tribes are so diverse. After the first exploration of the Kingdom, the Northland has been endless. At this moment, I don't know where the fleet of the Kingdom's eastward exploration has ended up? What are the various tribes in the far east? What does it look like?”.
Chapter 679: The establishment of the northern trade route, a journey of ten times profit
