"Witness the Lord God! From the arid and hot Beitiaoshi Village to the humid and cold Whale Harbor, there is a vast western coast of seven thousand miles! On this west coast, there are many tribes farming, gathering, hunting and fishing. Numerous and unique flags and totem poles are erected!... And from Beitiaoshi Village to the north, walking through the barren sand dunes and coasts of the Kochimi people, and crossing a thousand and two hundred miles of rare green, we came to On the edge of a mighty long river, I saw vigorous vitality. It is the boundary between dry and humid precipitation on the west coast, and it is also home to the large Kumeya Ipa tribe with more than 5,000 people!…"
"At 32 degrees north latitude, the 5,000-strong Yipa tribe is an ally of the kingdom. The support fleet, carrying 700 warriors and sailors, docked at the Yipa tribe. Kuimu, the priest of the main god, was overjoyed. , requesting the support fleet to stay a few more days and participate in the conversion ceremony of several Kumeya warriors... To put it bluntly, Kuimu hopes to have the endorsement of the powerful warriors of the kingdom to further demonstrate the power of the kingdom!"
"Blessed by the Lord God! The missionary work in the Yipa Tribe obviously did not go so smoothly. Although the Hongshi Chief of the Yipa Tribe had already converted to the Lord God, not many of the noble chiefs and priests in the tribe had converted. On the contrary, Ordinary tribesmen, ordinary warriors and hunters are more likely to convert to the faith of the Lord God!"
"Kui Mu, the missionary priest of the Ipa tribe, told the fleet leaders Ke Yuan and Ke Jie: The main reason why the tribesmen converted was because the priests of the main god guided agriculture, significantly increased the yield of farmland, and brought and taught them how to plant. A new crop of potatoes. The reason why warrior hunters converted was because of the Lord God’s doctrine of divine warfare. As long as you fight for God, through bravery and military exploits, you can gain glorious divine favor, gain land and a small population, and become members of the tribe. The leader and the chief!…”
"Guide from the Lord God! After hearing this, I have a vague hunch. That is, for these large tribes on the west coast, the spread of the Lord God's faith is likely to trigger changes in the tribes... This change may not be a peaceful and gentle drizzle. It’s a sudden storm!…”
The sea breeze roared, and mist rose from the sea in the evening, as if there were traces of a storm, but it was completely unpredictable. The knowledgeable Mickey looked solemnly, looked at the record he had written, then looked at the calm-looking exploration captain Zuvalo, and asked in a low voice.
"Zuwaro, Matutumbe, the red stone chief of the Ipa tribe, was converted by us personally... At present, there are obviously some conflicts in the red stone tribe... What do you think?"
"My opinion? Well...my opinion is that when the time comes, we should take down this big tribe at the mouth of the river!..."
Exploration Captain Zuvalo grinned with a meaningless look on his face. He looked at Mickey's frown and explained with a smile.
"Mickey, we have seen it very clearly along the way. The further south the latitude is, the better the water and soil environment is, and the larger the tribes are. And when these tribes reach a certain size, such as three thousand or five thousand people, , there will be hereditary tribal leaders, noble chiefs, priests, chiefs and warriors!…”
"We spread the faith of the Lord God, but actually there is nothing in itself... uh, the Lord God forgives! I said it wrong. The spread of the Lord God's faith is to guide them on the journey of light!..."
Exploration captain Zuvalo lowered his head slightly, looked at Mickey's gentle face, and continued to smile.
"However, since we have stepped into the light, we have to welcome the shadows. If we can grow potatoes and increase food production, we can feed more tribesmen. With bronze axes and spears, strong bows, and strong leather armor, hunters can And the warriors will become even more powerful. As for the belief in the main god that we introduced, it has shaken the foundation of the rule of noble chiefs and priests, and shaken the inherited tribal legends... To put it simply, tribesmen, tribal warriors, and tribal noble chiefs, three pieces The stones placed together are no longer balanced!…”
"It's like transplanting a flower that has been growing in a small pot for a long time into a big pot. The root system of the flower will definitely be damaged and it will not be able to hold on to so much soil. The original root system needs time to grow. , to adapt, in order to grow further and continue to control the entire flower pot!…”
"The Lord God bless you! But for us, why let the old root system control the flower pot? The priests of the Lord God need to gain more power! The kingdom also needs warriors of the tribe and tribesmen of the tribe, and they need to control Tribes and territories come to connect the west coast together!...So, my opinion is very simple. When the time is right and the bottom of the tribe has a belief foundation, they will dispatch warrior battalions and convert the entire Ipa tribe! This The position of the tribe is very important, and there is also salt in the east..."
When he heard that the West Coast was connected, Mikey the Knowledgeable's heartbeat suddenly accelerated for a while. He was silent for a moment, nodded imperceptibly, and looked at the handwritten diary again.
"The fleet stayed at the Yipa Tribe for ten days, participated in several main god ceremonies, and replenished some potatoes, sweet potatoes, and thousands of kilograms of green salt! The fertile land by the river occupied by the Yipa Tribe is indeed It is very suitable for farming. Three to four hundred miles east of the Ipa tribe is the ancestral land of the Kumeya people. The boundless Salton Sea supports the Salt Sea tribe of nearly ten thousand people!..."
"It is said that the hundreds of miles of tidal flats on the edge of the Great Salt Sea are sunny and rainy all year round, and are full of shimmering cyan and white salt grains. And bags of extremely precious salt in the North are readily available there, and there is no need to spend fuel to boil the salt. Just find a place to dig! The salt produced there will go all the way upstream along several 'long rivers' (Colorado River System) and inland, where it will be traded to the powerful Apache Alliance, Navajo Alliance, and even Farther and farther…”
"God bless you! If the kingdom can control the tribes of Kumeya and occupy the vast Great Salt Sea, then the series of settlements in the north and south of the kingdom will no longer have to worry about salt! Not only that, by controlling this precious salt production All the inland tribes in the upper reaches of the Great River will be affected by the Kingdom... Ah! Praise the Lord God! May your glory spread to the hundreds of barbaric tribes deep in the interior!..."
"Ah! The ancestral land of the Kumeya people, the salt mines of the Great Salt Sea, the great tribe of the Salt Sea!..."
Seeing this, exploration captain Zuvalo licked his lips and felt a sincere desire.
He worked hard, took more than a hundred people, cut down many trees, and boiled salt water for two months before he got three to four thousand kilograms of salt. As for the tribesmen of the large salt lake tribe, as long as they find a salt mine, dig a salt well, and dig it easily, they can earn thousands or even tens of thousands of kilograms! The dug-out salt is large and green, and can taste some inexplicable fragrance, even a little sweet, so it can be called green salt. And this green salt, both in terms of purity and taste, is much better than the sea salt he cooked!
In fact, the reason why the support fleet stayed in the Yipa Tribe for ten days was precisely to trade the green salt transported from the Salt Lake Tribe. The method of transaction is bartering, which is very simple. The salt lake tribe's "bison's big mouth" bought a bronze spear in exchange for a straw bag of green salt, which is estimated to be about one hundred kilograms. As the middle tribe that transports salt, the Yipa tribe also needs equal rewards. To put it simply, for every hundred kilograms of green salt purchased, one bronze spear should be given to each of the two large tribes. As for bronze axes that use more bronze and can cut wood, one should be exchanged for two to three hundred kilograms of green salt.
"O Lord God! The kingdom's fleet used a hundred bronze spears and forty bronze axes in exchange for more than 10,000 kilograms of green salt! But as long as these salts are transported to the far north, dozens of kilograms of green salt plus less than With one hundred kilograms of flint, you can recruit a strong tribal man! And the whale meat stored by the exploration fleet is also marinated with these salts..."
"Witness the Lord God! This great salt sea, which is dry all year round and is rich in green salt, is crucial to the operation of the west coast and is also a target that the Kingdom needs to focus on! ... The Lord God bless you! His supreme glory must shine on the blue and white crystal salt sea. !…”
(End of chapter)
