The towering and continuous redwood forest covered everything on the eastern coast and stretched for hundreds of miles. Until the long river divided and flowed, the hills were surrounded, and a quiet lagoon appeared in front of everyone. The ocean-covering ship turned around the bay lightly.
, driving from the mouth of the sea into the lagoon that is sixty or seventy miles away. What comes face to face are the large shacks and fields along the lake shore.
Hundreds of Wiyot tribesmen are busy in the camps and farmlands by the lake. They have always been good at fishing, but now they have also learned to grow corn and potatoes. Behind them, a flag of the Lord God
Tied to a tall redwood tree, with patterns of sun hummingbirds flying in the wind and among the leaves, this is the kingdom's lakeside harbor.
The person in charge of Huwan Port is Xi Feng, who is also the grandson of Sitley, the head of the Crow family. Upon hearing the arrival of the kingdom’s ship, this young priest in his early twenties hurriedly took his wife, who was ten years older than him, with him.
Tulan, the headwoman of Viyot, came out to greet her. Three teenage stepsons and a two-year-old son also jumped behind, curious to see the big sea ship.
When Mikey, the knowledgeable man, walked into the camp and looked around at the tribal people who greeted him with cheers, he saw many similar tribal families. After two years of development, Huwan Port now has a population of 800! And among them
About one-tenth of the tribe came from the kingdom, and they firmly controlled the entire camp. And nearly half of the tribesmen were the in-laws of the kingdom's warriors and sailors.
"O Lord God! The warriors and sailors of the kingdom have all settled here, married wives born in Viyot, and most of them have children. Their beliefs are still devout, and their loyalty to the kingdom is still there. But their
The roots have been deeply rooted in the northern continent, blending with the local Jiao tribe..."
"When the next generation grows up, their connection with the kingdom will be the belief in the main god, the customs of assimilation, and the trade from the kingdom... Only faster ships, more frequent trade exchanges, closer faith and
Cultural connections allow them to always stand with the Kingdom!…”
Mikey the Knowledgeable was pondering, and many thoughts flashed through his mind, even flying far away in time. However, the young West Bee Priest did not have so many complicated thoughts. He just looked happy and saluted to the respected chief priest of the kingdom.
.
"Greetings! Dear High Priest Mickey!"
After some eager conversations and inquiries, the West Bee priest couldn't wait and told his wife Tulan a few tribal words. Then, the strong Tulan held a heavy straw basket and placed it heavily on the campground.
There was even a faint yellow powder flying around the fire pit.
"Uh?...This is? gold?..."
Mickey the Knowledgeable asked with some uncertainty as he stared at the metallic luster and light brass-colored large pieces of ore in the basket.
"Xifeng, you discovered gold mines around the camp?..."
"Haha! Chief Priest Mickey, I thought it was a gold mine at first, but it turns out... listen to me slowly..."
The young West Bee priest was beaming and proud, just like a big kid who couldn't help but show off after he had achieved some achievements.
"God bless you! Chief Priest Mickey, it only took me half a year to learn the tribe's Wiyot language. Then, I chatted with Tulan for a while before going to bed and listened to her talk about the tribe's inheritance.
story…"
"Tulan is a leader. She has tribal heritage, and the stories she tells are also very interesting... One day, she told me that in tribal legends, there is a death valley where evil snakes live. The evil snake is extremely huge.
It has a divine body, but it has always been hidden in the big lake in the valley. Its extremely poisonous venom is spat into lakes of all sizes, so that the lake water in the entire valley is filled with the poison, and even turns light yellow and light colored.
Nice colors…”
"As long as the ignorant deer drink water by the lake, they will be poisoned and die, and they will be eaten by evil snakes, leaving only the skeletons by the lake! ... And if these deer fall into the water, even their bones will be melted by the lake water, and even
Not a single deer hair will be left behind!…”
"Uh? Priest Xibee, what do you want to say?..."
"Ah, Chief Priest Mickey, listen to me first, listen to me!..."
The West Bee priest took a deep breath, his face flushed with excitement. He rubbed his palms excitedly and continued.
"At that time, when I heard this story, I thought it was made up by an old man from some tribe... So I smiled and asked Tulan, 'At the end of the story, is there a warrior as brave as a giant bear who goes deep into the valley of death?
Killed the evil snake'?"
"Who knew Tulan actually told me, 'No. No one can defeat the evil snake in the lake in the Valley of Death. The evil snake rules the valley, is everywhere, and is hidden deep underground in the lake. No one can defeat it."
Can really see it. In the end, the tribes around the entire valley were forced to migrate away. The valley of death has since become a desolate place with neither tribes nor animals.'..."
"When Tulan was young, she once wanted to hunt deep into the mountains to the east. The elders of the tribe at that time warned her not to go too far east! If she encounters the Death Valley and drinks the poisonous lake water by mistake, she will
My stomach hurts so much that I died there... As for the appearance of the poisonous water, it looks similar to ordinary spring water, but sometimes it bubbles and has a pungent and strange smell..."
"Hearing this, I suddenly realized that this 'valley of death' might really exist! And those poisonous waters might contain the stone of death and sulfur, which would not only bring death, but also have a pungent smell.
!...So, I carefully questioned the elders in the tribe, and sent two warriors and several tribal guides to explore the mountains and forests to the east..."
"Um?"
Hearing this, the knowledgeable Mickey's eyes flashed. He lowered his head and sniffed the golden ore on the ground, and then his expression changed. This strange ore does seem to have a bit of sulfur smell!
"Witness the Lord God! Priest West Bee, what kind of Death Valley did you discover in the east? Did you find the vein of the Death Stone?..."
"Uh...well...maybe...maybe...not the Death Stone..."
Hearing this, the West Bee Priest scratched his leg nervously. He gritted his teeth, looked around, and whispered like a thief.
"Chief Priest Mickey, the men I sent out did not find the poisonous water lake in Death Valley... However, they found a golden-red mountain in the forest four hundred miles to the east... The top of that mountain range is
The red color is eye-catching, and from the mountainside to the bottom, there are golden ores... There are many, very many, yellow ores, and the whole mountain is covered!..."
"The sent kingdom warriors thought they were gold mines, so they picked up two baskets of golden ore and came back... but they smashed them when they came back, but they did not sift out the heavy gold. Instead, they found dark brown hard crushed ore, and death.
A powder with a pungent smell like a stone..."
"When I threw all these broken ores and powders into the fire pit and burned them...the powders were all burned away and turned into thick smoke with volcanic breath, just like the smell in the volcanoes of the kingdom...and those strange
The yellowish crushed ore, and the hard crushed slag, remained with almost no change... I burned it for a long time, and the hard, yellowish crushed ore turned into dark red.
It's red! It feels like...I can't believe it...it seems like..."
"Lord God! What does it look like?!"
“The Lord God witnessed it! It seems to be iron ore!…”
This chapter has been completed!