Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!-Chapter 1453 - 1006: The Scholar’s Nautical Journal—The Expansion and Prosperity of the Southern Coast!
"At the end of April, the Kingdom’s second support fleet, consisting of ten longships and seven hundred samurai and sailors, finally arrived at Whale Harbor after a long voyage of four to five months! Leading this fleet were the Kingdom’s two Second Level Divine Revelation Priests, Keyuan and Kejie. From their surname ’Ke-Lang,’ it was clear they were of commoner priest origin from the Kingdom..."
"Chief Divine witness! I remember them, like me and Zuwaro, were among the first graduates of Divine Power University! Their skills in astronomy, calendrical studies, and mathematics were almost the best of that cohort, even better than mine and Zuwaro’s, so they joined the Divine Revelation Place in the Capital City. Unexpectedly, even the two of them managed to join the Kingdom’s maritime fleet... Haha! They handed their Third Level Priest robes to Zuwaro and me, bowed their heads in salute. Seeing the complex expressions on their faces, I truly wanted to laugh out loud!..."
"Mm, we are all of commoner origin, all part of the maritime series, and all graduates of the same class, so our relationships are quite close... Only in the newly launched Kingdom maritime venture, could we, the priests who graduated from Divine Power University, surpass those seasoned, nobility-blooded traditional priests to gain precious leadership authority!..."
"At this distant northern cape, the fleet docked at the harbor, the samurai and sailors lit bonfires and feasted to their hearts’ content on whale meat! Keyuan and Kejie also brought some spices and tequila. We roasted meat, drank, and chatted for a long time..."
The sky gradually darkened, black clouds rose in the east. The sun set slowly, hovering over the sea. Scholar Miki gazed at this twilight horizon and cape, as if returning to that night’s joyous gathering, hearing the various accents of prayers and songs.
"Chief Divine bless! When the Kingdom’s support fleet set off from Trout Town at 18 degrees north latitude, there were nearly seven hundred people, and when they arrived at Whale Harbor at 48 degrees north latitude, there were over seven hundred. Along the way, the support fleet continuously left personnel at various Kingdom strongholds and recruited tribes from these strongholds, especially the able-bodied men who converted along northern ports. This was done firstly to increase the population proportion of the Kingdom’s Main Force at various ports, and secondly for the health of the samurai and sailors, to avoid diseases as much as possible. Because the Divine Revelation priests had summarized a rule that Kingdom’s Warriors and sailors are best adapted for a year at northern outposts before safely being transferred to the far north..."
"Keyuan and Kejie were very excited after witnessing the spectacular and divine scenery along the way. They pulled me and Zuwaro, drinking large gulps of alcohol, and narrated the prosperity and expansion of various southern ports!..."
"The Tin Rivermouth Village at 22 degrees north latitude already has over 500 tribes and trades with several Huichol Tribe groups for tin ore upstream. The Huichol people share the same language with our Highland Tribes and have always been migrating across the harsh wilderness. When the Kingdom built a village and settlement at the rivermouth, displaying the stance of a ’large lake tribe,’ several small tribes came to take refuge! However, the Huichol are not skilled in farming but excel in hunting and fighting. The support fleet left fifty Kingdom samurai and sailors at Tin Rivermouth Village and supplemented the first group of Huichol sailors..."
"At Fish Mountain Village, at 24 degrees north latitude, there are over 1000 tribes and a small temple for the Chief Divine has been established, which can now be renamed Fish Mountain Town. The Totome Tribe here is gentle and good at fishing. Under the guidance of the Chief God Priests, their farming skills have quickly improved. With the Kingdom establishing outposts and spreading the faith of the Chief Divine, more southern goods are brought in, prompting some tribes deep inland to trade along the rivers to the Kingdom’s strongholds. Some very small tribes, upon hearing the Kingdom’s conditions for accepting tribes, often choose to convert and join the settled ’large lakeside tribe’..."
"The fleet replenished a batch of food and salt at Fish Mountain Town and saw the Tarahumara from the mountains coming to trade. These Tarahumara tribes have many gold and silver ingots in their hunting grounds, indicating large gold and silver deposits... However, their location is too deep in the wilderness, and the Kingdom has no shortage of gold and silver, so there is little interest in those barren mountainous regions..."
"Praise the Chief Divine! Reagan Town at 26 degrees north latitude is the most prosperous and massive settlement in the Kingdom’s northern lands! This town, converted from the Yoreim Great Tribe, now has a scale of at least 4000-5000 people, capable of mobilizing over a thousand fighting Kingdom Warriors and able-bodied tribespeople!... The Songbird High Priest focuses almost all his efforts on farming, missionary work, and construction in Reagan Town. Leveraging proximity to the Bird Guano Stone Islands, he promoted this natural fertilizer in the riverside fields of Reagan Town, achieving divinely inspired increased yields, revered by the surrounding tribespeople. During the off-farming season, he organizes tribespeople to dig water channels and build small reservoirs to store precious rainwater during the rainy season..."
"In Reagan Town, the Divine Revelation Place has set up a pottery workshop, brick kiln, and bronze smelting facility, able to produce a small amount of bronze ware. Outside of Reagan Town, potential high firestone coal mines, copper mines, and gold mines are being developed... The Songbird Priest approached Keyuan and Kejie with a tempting proposal: gather all the warriors of the Kingdom’s fleet and recruit the able-bodied tribespeople of Reagan Town to conquer the Yomei Great Tribe at 27 degrees north latitude, thus controlling tens of thousands of tribes within several hundred miles north!"...
"Keyuan and Kejie hesitated for a long time but eventually declined. After all, their primary mission is maritime exploration... According to the message I previously sent back, the support fleet replenished over 200 tons of firestone in Reagan Town. More than half of these firestones, especially those that smoke less when burned, come from the Yomei Great Tribe in the north. Chief Divine! That ancestral land of the Yaji people, rich in firestones, is truly impressive! Mm, we’ll let the Kingdom’s priests preach among the Yaji tribal groups for another one or two years, that should be enough..."
"The fleet, loaded with the firestones needed for the northern lands, left Reagan Town and arrived on the peninsula in the southwest, the South Bird Stone Village at 24 degrees north latitude. The population here is now over 600, mainly composed of guano rock miners. The Divine Revelation Place has set up a dedicated Bird Guano Rock Office, stationed with two priests and a Warrior Captain to manage the excavation of these guano rocks. The Kingdom places great importance on the development of this Bird Guano Stone Islands. It is said that these seemingly ordinary ’guano rocks,’ once transported to the two southern counties of the Kingdom, can be turned into four to five times the increased yield per ton!... Chief Divine! This is truly the Life Stone bestowed by the Chief Divine, with the divinity to nurture crops!
"Chief Divine bless! Every autumn and winter, the Kingdom’s merchant fleet comes here once, taking away all the excavated guano rock and bringing enough food for five hundred people for a year. The rainfall here is so low, there are scarcely two showers a year. Therefore, the locally grown sweet potatoes are just barely better than nothing, not enough to meet the demands of over five hundred people, requiring grain supplements from Reagan Town... The surrounding Kochimi tribes have very sparse populations, and nearly all small tribes that the Kingdom could recruit have already been recruited. They are the fishermen of this settlement, able to bring back considerable fish catches..."
"Compared to South Bird Stone Village, the North Bird Stone Village, which also has guano rock, is much inferior. When the fleet arrived at this village on the west side of Long Island at 28 degrees north latitude, they discovered it had fewer than 200 people, mostly Kochimi fishermen who converted... I think, that’s the starting point of the Western Sea Coast, and only when the ports across the Western Sea Coast develop can this North Bird Stone Village have the potential to thrive!"
