"Praise the Lord God! The kingdom flies like a condor, and you are all the long feathers of the condor's wings, riding on the long winds of the sea and sky!... Come! This is the newly brewed pineapple wine of the Seaside Alliance. It tastes great, and Have a drink with me! Thank the Lord God for blessing me and allowing the longship to return from a long journey!…”
"Praise the Lord God! Praise Your Majesty! The Lord God bless the kingdom!..."
The late autumn on the seaside is as warm as spring, and the stone palace is not cold. In the center of the palace is a large carved ebony table, on which are placed exquisite oil lamps with ceramic bases and wooden covers. These two pieces of furniture, one is simple and elegant, the other is exquisite and beautiful, are almost the highest skills of Totonac craftsmen. As for the oil used in oil lamps, it is squeezed from sunflower seeds and peanuts. When burned, it still smells fragrant and can even be eaten.
Next to the oil lamp, there is a simple chart spread out, with dense text and pattern annotations recorded on it, as well as an highlighted red circle. As for the other side of the table, there are four empty pottery cups and a whole pottery pot of pineapple wine with a fruity aroma.
The large ebony table is square and square, and there are people sitting in front of the pottery cups on each side. Shulot was wearing a loose short robe and sat cross-legged on the bamboo mat at the top. On his left, the guard captain Eckardt was holding up a wine can and pouring wine for everyone on the table.
On the right side of Shulot is the divine priest Mecat. He looked respectful and somewhat flattered as he took Eckardt's glass of wine. Directly opposite is the old militia of Chihuaco. With his head downcast and his eyebrows drooping, he took the pottery cup and drank it in one gulp, not caring about etiquette.
"God bless you! Mecat, you found the predicted large iron mine around the large Taino tribe, and then established the town of Iron Bay? What is the size of those Taino tribes, and are they friendly to the kingdom's fleet? That place How big are the reserves of the large iron ore, and is it easy to mine?…”
Shulot picked up the wine glass, glanced at the depressed and somewhat rude old militiaman, and smiled knowingly, but he didn't take it seriously. He took a sip of the pineapple wine, savoring the sweet and refreshing taste, and smiled.
Xurot prefers less formal fruit wine to the more serious tequila. Because this kind of wine tastes sweeter, especially the pineapple fruit wine produced on the seaside. Because this Totonac seaside is the best pineapple producing area in Central America and even the entire world!
In later generations, this seaside land was praised as the "Golden Pineapple Belt of Mexico", and the most famous variety is the golden pineapple with golden skin, sweet and juicy taste, and smooth and delicate taste! When you eat this pineapple, its soft and sweet texture makes you feel like you are eating a melon. As for the other type of Mayan pineapple, it is slightly more sour and the flesh is firmer. Shullot prefers to be skewered with venison, sprinkled with spices and grilled.
"Your Majesty! The predicted large iron mine is in the east of Cuba's Snake Island, near the snake's head. There is a large Taino tribe there called the Mayari tribe. And the word 'Mayari' means, in In the local Taino language, it is 'Mother of the Moon', or 'Mother of the Moon God'...so they can also be called the 'Moon Mother Tribe'. And their chief is called 'Anani', which is ' Splash', Chief Splash..."
Priest Mecat was respectful, wearing the new robe of a third-level priest, and stretched out his hand to point on the map of Cuba. This chart was drawn by his own hands and was one of his greatest achievements during this voyage.
"As for the size of the Mayari Moon Mother Tribe, there are about three thousand tribesmen, but only about a hundred can be considered as hunters with weapons. They have plenty of food, do not like fighting and fighting, have a very peaceful temperament, and are very friendly to the exploration fleet. !... They regard us as brothers arriving from the sea. Not only do they provide us with food, but they also help us plant cassava and build camps!... Chief Shuihua even allowed his tribesmen to join the Kingdom's Tiewan Town, and also helped us recruit people from the mountains and forests. The small tribe is helping us sincerely and wholeheartedly!…”
Speaking of the peace and friendliness of the Taíno people, Priest Mecat couldn't help but sigh with emotion and praise him.
It can be said that the world of Central America is a jungle of endless fighting, and all tribes are biting jaguars competing for territory; while the vast northern continent is a wilderness where packs of wolves migrate and chase, and the hunting tribes are all wary of each other and preying on each other. The wolves; as for the warm and rich Snake Island of Cuba, it is like a peaceful and beautiful garden, while the Taino tribes are pure and beautiful colorful snails in the garden, first come, first served, waiting for those who come to pick them up...
"God bless you! Your Majesty, when we returned, there were already more than 200 Taíno tribesmen in Tiewan Town, cutting down trees for farming and building camps for the kingdom! And the Mayari Moon Mother Tribe of more than 3,000 people , and the Red Earth Tribe of the same size, including the Taino chiefs of two large tribes, have all converted to the main god!…”
"Oh! On the island of Cuba, the kingdom has already converted two large tribes with more than 3,000 people?! And the newly built Tiewan Town also has at least 200 warriors, sailors, and 200 tribesmen?... God bless you! Priest Matt did a great job! So did you!…”
Hearing Priest Mecat's story, Shulot's eyes showed both unexpected surprise and joy and satisfaction at the expansion of the kingdom. He thought about the layout of Cuba's Snake Island, how the Tainos lacked force, how smoothly Cuba was operating, and how rapidly the kingdom expanded... It seemed that this fleet of exploration ships and the plan to operate Cuba as soon as possible were indeed correct! We must not let the Western colonists eat there first and establish a foothold in Central America!
"In a large tribe of three thousand people, only a hundred or so hunters with hunting bows were able to convert very smoothly... The Taino people have a very peaceful temperament and are not good at fighting at all... Although they are tall, they have hardly seen blood. , and there are no weapons...Ah! What kind of tragedy will happen if such a peaceful, kind and not good at fighting tribe encounters the greedy and cruel Spanish colonists?..."
Shulot knows the answer to this question. It's just that he often doesn't want to think about it, recalling the bits and pieces of records and the cruelty and tragedy that disappeared silently in history.
"Hey! Lord God! Such gentle Taíno people... No wonder these millions, or even millions, of the island tribes were all killed or injured within thirty years of the arrival of the Spanish colonists! And the extremely greedy Columbus, He would even burn, kill and loot village after village, demanding gold from the Taíno people... He would even create the inhumane 'Encomienda' system, directly taking away the land of the Taíno people and turning them into slaves of the colonists! "
"...Every Taíno, if he failed to hand over a certain amount of gold within three months, would have his hands and feet cut off... And just three years later, in 1493, Columbus brought a thousand people with him for the second time. When the fleet arrives, the hands and feet of the Taíno people he and his men cut off will accumulate into hills. And the entire island's villages, women, children, and children will be burned after the colonists laughed and tortured them. Or feed the dog..."
"By the end of the 16th century, the number of Taíno people in the entire Caribbean Islands will be reduced to less than a thousand...a complete extinction!..."
Thinking of the tragic experiences of the Taíno tribes on Snake Island in Cuba in later generations, and the unbearable records and confessions of those Spanish missionaries, Shulot lowered his eyes and gritted his teeth. His chest was boiling with murderous intent, and for the first time he longed for a living blood sacrifice!
"Witness the Lord God! I will become the protector of the Tainos and the sacrificer of the evil spirits! In three years!...Build enough longships to open up the coast of Totonac, ensure the Mayan shipping routes, and transport more legions. !”
"The scumbag captain and sailors of the Spanish exploration fleet!...The grand blood sacrifice ceremony on the high pyramid is the destiny I have prepared for you!...And in order to do this, I can compromise with the God King Avit Give in and be willing to be beneath him..."
Shulot paused and narrowed his eyes, with a look of coldness and determination on his face.
"Blessed by the Lord God!...Let the warriors of the Alliance and the Kingdom use axes and sharp blades in their hands to greet these greedy and cruel explorers and chop off the heads of these cruel evil demons!..."
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