The autumn night in October is cold, and the wind in the north is also moist. The rainy season is approaching, but the geese have already migrated. The sky is vast, the promontories are turbulent, night falls earlier, and the stars are clearer.
It was late at night, and the two fleet leaders sat cross-legged in front of the firepit, silently watching the shaking bonfire, as if they wanted to see some sign of fate.
Old hunter Whale Hai smiled, drank a cup of herbal tea, and went to the bacon farm in the fishing village. Before resting, he had to carefully check the processing and preservation of whale meat, and arrange for hunters to be on duty overnight. After all, this is enough food for the entire tribal village for one or two months!
"What do you think, Mickey?"
Exploration captain Zuvalo took a sip of tea and watched the old hunter walk away before asking softly.
"Is what he said true?"
"Witness the Lord God! Zuvalo, he has no need to lie to us. As a whale hunter who goes to sea all year round, these distant experiences should be his personal experience, not hearsay..."
Mikey, the knowledgeable man, touched his chin, thought for a moment, and then made a judgment.
"Therefore, the great bay predicted by His Majesty may not be a suitable settlement for the current fleet!..."
"Yeah. We thought the same thing."
Exploration captain Zuvalo nodded, with no emotion on his face. His eyes flickered for a while, and then he spoke in a low voice.
"Mickey, don't you think this whaling tribe is very suitable to be sailors in the fleet?..."
"Uh...ah? Zuvalo, what do you want to do?"
Hearing this, Mikey, the knowledgeable man, was shocked. He stared at his friend's face and said in a deep voice.
"Witness the Lord God! The further north you go, the more dangerous the waves become. The sailors in the fleet must voluntarily board the ship in order to be reliable!..."
"Haha! We think the same thing..."
Exploration captain Zuvalo smiled awkwardly, and then his expression became serious.
"God bless you! Mickey, I am going to set up another kingdom port here and build a new settlement!"
"Huh? Here?"
Hearing this, Mickey the Knowledgeable was stunned for a moment, doing mental calculations for a moment, and nodded slightly.
"That's right! This place is about 800 miles away from North Port... It's time to build another supply port! However, this is the territory of the Whale Tribe. We must first seek the tribe's consent... It is best to reach a blood relationship with them. An oath of covenant!…”
"Yes. We have the same idea...I am going to leave a boat here with fifty people. I will let my clan brother, Priest Zuyu, come and take charge here!"
"First-level evangelist Priest Zuyu? OK, he is indeed more reliable. Then let him!"
When the entire exploration fleet headed north, the origins of the priests who accompanied the ship were very complicated. There are people from the kingdom's old nobles, people from the kingdom's commoners, people from orphans adopted by Shenqi, and some people who are related to each other and squeeze in. From the perspective of the priest class of the entire kingdom, participating in the exploration fleet is a promotion path with great risks and great opportunities, but it is open to everyone! This path may not be favored by noble priests with good backgrounds, but for others, it is extremely valuable...
At this moment, only Shulot and the people who participated in the exploration know: How many ignorant tribes are waiting to be converted in this vast north and south continent, how many untapped lands and minerals, and how many unknown possibilities and opportunities! …
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The swaying bonfire reflects the heart. Mickey the Knowledgeable thought for a moment and suddenly noticed what Zuvalo had just said.
"Zuvarro, you just said to leave a ship?...Does that mean we have to continue out to sea from this cape?...Where should we go? The big island in the northwest, or the big bay in the east?"
"Witness the Lord God! Go to the Great Bay!"
Exploration captain Zuvalo looked serious and made a decision.
"No matter what, we have to take a look! Take a look at the place predicted by His Majesty!... Even if we leave after seeing it..."
"Okay! May the Lord God bless you!"
Two longships remained at the Whale Division of the Makka for three days. During these three days, Mikey, the knowledgeable man, and Whale, the old hunter, initially established some mutual trust. Mickey looked magnanimous and told the old hunter the purpose of the fleet as he spoke and gestured.
"...The Lord God guides us and gives us divinely inspired prophecies!... We will continue to go to the northwest, to the cold extreme north, to find the prophesied new continent, as well as new plants, animals and tribes... Come Completely change the entire world!…”
"The far north...the far northwest...storms, tides and ice..."
The old hunter Jinghai stared at Mickey's expression, pondered for a while, and then sighed softly.
"Brave longship shaman! The prophecy of your prophet...is really not an easy road to follow! May the ancestors bless you!...As for your other requests..."
Speaking of this, a gentle smile appeared on the face of old hunter Whale Hai.
"The land of our tribe is very large, and we share it together. It is enough to accommodate fifty strong men! Your longship is also very large, and it can be used as the lead ship to hunt whales with us! And this sea and land, It’s also very big, it can accommodate us and you, it can accommodate two tribes that have formed an alliance to help each other, and can also become one in the future..."
"So, I can make an oath with you! Just in front of the tribe's totem pole, I swear to my ancestors with my blood! However, if you want the totem god you mentioned to be enshrined by the tribe... we have to really see it!..."
"Okay! The great Lord God spreads light! She will bring crops that can grow here, tough weapons and tools, as well as cotton cloth and flint to keep the entire tribe warm..."
Mickey the Knowledgeable nodded solemnly and made a promise.
"The Lord God will bring you changes, all good changes! And after witnessing all this, your change of faith will be sincere!"
"Well...I will watch carefully and wait patiently..."
Two days later, the sacred alliance ceremony was held in the village of Whale Division. Mikey, the knowledgeable man, represented the kingdom, and Whale Sea, the old hunter, represented Whale Division. The two swore an oath on blood, drank all the blood wine, ate raw whale meat, and became brothers. Subsequently, the exploration fleet set up the kingdom's new settlement, Whale Harbor, next to the village of Whale Division. Another longship in the fleet was left behind, and the crew built huts and cellars, stored whale meat, and participated in the Macca people's whaling...
At this point, only one lonely flagship remained in the huge exploration fleet. It carried fifty people along the towering coast to the great bay in the southeast.
Continuous snow-capped mountains once again appeared to the south of the longship. The rivers flowing down from the mountains also merge into the coast. The long boat headed south by east and traveled nearly four hundred miles through the calm strait before once again seeing the mouth of the bay, which was more than ten miles wide. Driving south from this wide entrance, an endless bay suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes!
"O Lord God! This is really... this is really true!... His Majesty's prophecy has come true again!"
Although everyone had already been mentally prepared, when they saw this prophesied great bay with their own eyes, unspeakable shock still arose in everyone's hearts!
This vast Seattle Bay is even bigger and longer than Jinshan Bay! It is four to five hundred miles long, with no end in sight from north to south, and branches from east to west into many tributaries, like an endless winding blue snake. Countless lakes, large and small, flash with sparkling waves, like the dazzling scales on a giant snake, and like the tears of the goddess of life, bringing life to the earth!
"The orange sky, the sparkling lake. The clear bay, the dense pine forest. The green forest fields, the white distant mountains. And...the tribal camps and cooking smoke can be seen in the distance!"
Exploration Captain Zuvalo narrowed his eyes and his expression became wary. It was dinner time now, and several plumes of smoke rose from three sides of the longboat. And this kind of tribal density was something they rarely saw during their journey.
"Let's go! Take a closer look at the nearest smoke! Be alert!..."
Soon, the longboat approached a local tribe's village. Mickey the Knowledgeable moved his gaze, stopping for a moment at the wooden longhouse in the middle of the village, and then looked at several pumpkin fields that had just been harvested. After pondering for a moment, he came to a conclusion.
"Zualuo, this tribe should have at least a thousand people!... There seem to be many tribes in this area, just like what we saw when we were in Golden Bay!"
"That's it... any tribe can have a thousand people, as many as in Jinwan! But..."
Exploration captain Zuvalo looked at the village with flashing figures and the densely packed shacks, and couldn't help but sigh.
"O Lord God! When we were in Golden Bay, we had ten long ships and more than 500 warriors and sailors. We could defeat any tribe head-on! But now, we only have one ship and fifty people left... With such strength, But it’s very different from before!”
