Chapter 1,243 The holy land on the west coast that the Ming Dynasty scholars dreamed of...
"The Lord God bless you! The ancestors of the Cloud Snake bless you! Nieka, what was the result of this early spring capture, and how much did we lose?..."
"Chief, we defeated five small tribes of the Salinan 'Tree Tribe' and captured more than 600 young men and women, of which about 400 were fertile women... The size of the safari tribes here is very small.
The tribal warriors also had almost no decent weapons and organization. They seemed to have no experience in fighting in a large group and were vulnerable to hundreds of warriors!... The clan warriors dispatched only had more than twenty minor injuries, and four died in the battle and went to the Kingdom of God... Ancestors
Bless you! With this large number of additional captives, every man in the clan will be able to marry a wife! And by the time of spring plowing this year, we should be able to open another four to five thousand acres of farmland!…"
"Okay, the casualties are indeed not large! The replenishment of this group of prisoners is very important, and it comes at the right time. Next, the clan will concentrate its efforts to prepare for the spring plowing in May!... We landed too late last year, what is this?
The Oak tribe is not good at farming... In the end, they only planted several thousand acres of pumpkin grains, together with the acorns and wild vegetables they collected, which barely allowed the clan to survive. Even the rations for the clan's warriors to go on an expedition this year were requested by the priest O'Hummingbird in every possible way, from the south.
Borrowed from Sanshan Port... The water and soil here are so good, and there is a big river flowing through it. They are all good irrigated lands... The clan must cultivate at least 5,000 fields this year! Just open up the fertile land beside the river and transport it to the south.
I will use all the struvite fertilizers that come here!…”
The bay is winding, and the lagoon more than 20 miles from north to south is flashing with golden waves. From time to time, plump fish splash on the lake, attracting bald eagles to circle and watch. There is a winding river in the southeast upper reaches of this lagoon.
The meandering river is also called the Oak River because of the large number of oak trees around it. At present, large areas of oak trees have been cut down and dragged to the hills a few miles away, allowing them to dry naturally in the wind and sun. As for the river
The weeds and shrubs beside the fields were all scorched by the fires. As for the large gray and black new fields, under the hard work of thousands of tribesmen, they continued to dig out the entangled tree roots, grass roots and large and small rocks in the soil.
The land is prepared in advance for the next sowing. No matter where you are, cultivating new fields is a very tiring and hard work!…
The new fields by the river are cultivated to the east, and the old fields are naturally to the west of the new fields. The old fields are full of various miscellaneous beans planted in late autumn last year, mainly black beans and kidney beans. The bean stalks are now all grown.
It's yellow, it's almost harvest time.
Of course, the harvest of these winter black beans and kidney beans is not estimated to be much. It is mainly used to fertilize the fields and suppress weeds in early spring. After the harvest is completed next month, a fire will be set in the fields to burn the dry bean stalks.
, you can prepare for sowing in May. The corn planted at that time is the truly precious staple food for warriors!
As for the pumpkins and sweet potatoes in the mountains on both sides, they are scattered everywhere. They do not occupy any serious fields, and the output is quite large. These are the daily rations of the tribesmen in the clan, and were brought by the Black Snake clan who landed.
New crops. However, the black snake warriors of the clan are not willing to eat these grains. Because eating too much grains will cause them to become thin, which is really troublesome especially when going out to capture prisoners.
Unfortunately, the Black Snake clan migrated to the desolate northern continent, and the nobles and warriors lost the clan they supported. They had to lower their living standards, farm the land themselves, and struggle to survive.
Yes! This is the Black Snake clan that was the last of the tribes in Tlaxcala to convert to the Lord God. It is also a new stronghold on the west coast established by the kingdom last year. There are large areas of low thatched tree houses, and many people who are half-clothed and working in the fields.
The tribesmen and the very crude altar to the main god built of stone all illustrate the poverty of this clan stronghold.
However, the regular fields cultivated by the Black Snake Clan, the masonry barns built, even the stone tools made, the pottery fired, and the large bows made... all show that the clan's heritage is not as simple as it appears.
In fact, in this small and poor stronghold, there is the last divine inheritance of the Tlaxcala people, and there are also educated nobles and craftsmen who far exceed the proportion of the tribe. This is the last Tlaxcala.
The descendant of Kara, the fiefdom of Turcotte, the black snake, not only worships the only main god of Mexica, but also worships the ancient cloud snake ancestors.
Black Snake Turcotte, the descendant of the Cloud Snake God who opened the gate of the Cloud Snake Fortress with his own hands, got the promise of Shuluo, and finally survived by luck, only brought 1,400 terra in June last year.
The remnants of Skala landed in this land of lagoons and oak trees that he had never heard of before and could not imagine.
Everyone set out from Trout Town in the south of the kingdom and sailed a long sea route of more than 6,000 miles before arriving at the vast and boundless northern continent. And the few remnants of Tlaxcala died of illness on the way.
There are more than a hundred people, and it can be said that the game is gloomy, and there is not a single dog at the beginning.
Fortunately, these last 1,400 people had all experienced the Cloud Serpent siege that lasted for several years. They were able to survive to the end of the siege because they were physically strong and selected from tens of thousands of Tlaxcala tribesmen.
Among these 1,400 people, more than 80% are men, and among them are a full 600 elite Tlaxcala warriors who have been fighting for a long time. They are inconspicuous among the Mesoamerican tribes who fight in melee.
, but on the northern continent, it is a quite powerful clan force!
With the armed and logistical support of the Kingdom in the Lake, the Black Snake led the Tlaxcala tribe to the coast and launched a surprise attack. In just a few days, it forcibly annexed the Salinan Oak Tribe, which had nearly a thousand people, and officially established the tree.
Raise the banner of the Black Snake in the Cloud and establish the new Black Snake clan! Then, there will be large-scale ethnic intermarriage and the complete reorganization of the entire clan.
By the time everything stabilized, it was already the end of July. The Black Snake clan, which already had more than 2,000 people, had no time to plant the staple food of corn. They could only plant some miscellaneous grains such as pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and some beans from the fertile fields, plus Sally.
Southerners barely survived their first winter in "California" by practicing traditional lagoon fishing...
"Blessed by our ancestors! This year's new fields by the river will still use the intercropping of the 'Three Sisters'. We can't expect too much from the newly reclaimed fields, we can barely make ends meet... These dried oak trees can be used to build some canoes.
Fortunately, there is fishing in the lagoon and on the coast! By the way, there are many oak trees in this area. This autumn, we can collect more acorns, grind them into powder, and mix them with grains to eat... As long as we survive this year and wait until the third autumn harvest, we
With more food, we can become rich and spend more manpower to build sturdy and usable wooden houses. And the clan can also have a large number of babies, allowing us Tlaxcalans to once again embark on the road of prosperity that our ancestors walked!…”
Black Snake Turcotte looked around, looking at the newly cultivated fields and dilapidated thatched huts, but his weathered face was full of expectation and hope. As a glorious nobleman who was once richly dressed and commanding, his eyes were now full of wrinkles and black eyes.
There are more white hairs in his hair, and his expression is full of calmness. And he doesn't have any bright feathers on his body. He only wears simple and old battle clothes, dressed like a civilian warrior, and he can no longer see any nobility.
After so many years of fighting to the death, and having witnessed the demise of the Tlaxcala Alliance, Black Snake has long looked down upon it, and has returned to its original nature. As the leader of the clan, what he longs for most is to be able to breed with peace of mind.
Land, let the Black Snake clan truly take root, continue the sacred bloodline of their ancestors, and revitalize the people of Tlaxcala...
Yes! In the hearts of these Tlaxcala nobles, although the Four Nations Alliance has been destroyed, millions of Tlaxcalas are scattered all over the place, and are annexed and ruled by the Mexica tribes... But as long as their divine blood is still there
, the inheritance of the Cloud Snakes will still continue, and the Tlaxcalans will still be alive! On the contrary, if their last divine blood dies, even if tens of millions of lower-class tribesmen are still alive, the Tlaxcalans will still be alive.
It can be considered as death!
After all, in the eyes of these noble-born Yunshe survivors, the divine blood is the symbol of the tribe and everything to the tribe! And the tribesmen at the bottom are not that important...
"The Lord God bless you! Nieka, there are many oak trees in this area, there is no shortage of good bow materials, and there are also skilled bow makers in the tribe. We Tlaxcala people should practice bows and arrows more and follow the traditions of our ancestors. It's just that
To prosper the tribe, metal utensils, various copper utensils, bronze utensils, and the newly made iron utensils made by the Prepecha people are still needed..."
Black Snake Turcotte looked to the east. The trees in the green mountains were generally tall and had a deep, rough and vibrant atmosphere, which was completely different from the dense mountain forests of the Mexica Plateau. He opened his mouth and looked greedily for a long time.
Only then did he solemnly ask his confidants.
"This time when you went out to capture prisoners, did you find any metal ores from those tree camps? For example, golden-green, yellow-green copper stone, or gray-black, dark red iron stone?..."
"Clan leader, I personally visited those camps and found no metal ore. I also asked the captured prisoners and they haven't seen them either..."
Black Snake Warrior and confidant Nieka shook his head, with a look of regret. The Mexica Alliance smelted a large amount of bronze, which was no secret to the old enemies of the Tlaxcala tribes.
What's more, Priest O'Hummingbird, who spreads the faith of the main god in the clan and guides compost farming, is from Tlaxcala. He studied at Qinchongcan Shenwei University for two years and was among the first batch of Tlaxcala priests to graduate quickly.
Due to his devout faith, Ou Hummingbird even gave up his former name of Tlaxcala and took the name of Hummingbird, which symbolizes the main god. Finally, he was selected by the Qin Congcan priest group in the royal capital and sent to the Black Snake clan as a preaching priest!
After the chief priest came to the Black Snake Clan, he really helped the clan a lot and brought a lot of new insights into the Lake Kingdom, including how to find copper and iron ore... Unfortunately, in the territory where the Black Snake Clan settled,
There doesn't seem to be any metal deposits...
"Hey! May the Lord God bless you! May the ancestors bless you!..."
Black Snake Turcotte sighed regretfully. Although he also knew that if there were any easy-to-find metal deposits here, the Lake Kingdom would not be able to entrust him here. Metal weapons and tools from the Sea Kingdom fleet trade
, is the biggest weapon that restricts the Black Snake Clan! The Black Snake Clan already owes the kingdom a lot of supplies on credit, but there is very little output that can be used to offset the debt. If this continues...
"Clan leader! Although we didn't find metal ore, we found this from the tree tribe's camp!..."
While he was talking, his confidant Nieka took out a small cloth bag from his arms. As soon as he opened the bag, there were several pieces of emerald green jade and a few yellow-green gems.
The reflection in the sun dazzled the eyes of Black Snake Turcotte!
"Ah this? Lord God! This is?... This is the best jade! It is crystal clear chrysoprase!..."
Black Snake Turcotte held up the jade and looked at the sun for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes. As a former glorious nobleman, he was very familiar with this kind of top-notch jade. And on the Mexica Plateau
All tribes in the country highly respected jade, especially the divine turquoise, which was regarded as the best burial object for nobles!
"Okay! It's really the blessing of the Lord God and the blessing of the ancestors!...Nieka! Where do these fine jade stones come from? Have you found the real source of jade mines?..."
Black Snake Turcotte looked forward to it, and his tone became urgent. As a Tlaxcala survivor whom his uncle didn't care for and his grandma didn't love, he didn't have long-term support from the kingdom's navigation line. The O'Hummingbird priest had very little qualifications, and
Even though he is from Tlaxcala, he can't get much support from the Kingdom of the Lake...
Therefore, a territorial specialty product that can be used for trade and can be stably produced is really crucial to the development of the Black Snake Clan! And such a valuable jade, even if the price is reduced by half by the kingdom’s merchant fleet, it will still
You can still get back a lot of precious food and bronze items!
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The close confidant Nieka was also in high spirits and smiled and prayed. Since the Black Snake clan has converted to the only supreme god Huitziloppo, the former god of hunting Miscuatl can no longer be publicly prayed by the clan. Therefore,
The main hunting god of the Tlaxcala people was deliberately demoted from "god" to "human" by the Black Snake clan, and continued to receive sacrifices in the clan as the "ancestor of the Cloud Snake".
Regarding this flexible change, the Austrian Hummingbird Priest chose to turn a blind eye and let the ancestors return to their ancestors and the gods to the gods. After all, the source of the cohesion of the Black Snake clan and their most stubborn glory is that it flows through their bodies.
Yes, the so-called Cloud Snake God Blood!…
Perhaps, only when the next generation of the Black Snake tribe grows up and replaces these stubborn old gods, can they completely forget everything about the old gods, truly establish a devout belief in the main god from the heart, and integrate into the unified Jiao people.
Go for it!…
"God bless you! The origin of these jades is in the mountains on the coast more than a hundred miles away in the northwest. The origin of gems is in the mountains two hundred miles due north... Chief, you can't even imagine that I am on the coast in the northwest
What did you see in the mountains? The towering seaside cliffs were full of emerald streams. The scene was incomparably beautiful. It was obviously a rich source of jade and gemstones! And among the local Salinan people, it was called '
Shining Greenstone Bay'…”
Nieka squinted her eyes and recalled the beautiful seaside scene, her face full of yearning. The stream of light on the cliff and the turquoise sea water contrasted with each other, like a turquoise-shrouded sanctuary. It was really
This is the perfect cemetery that all tribes on the plateau dream of! If you can be buried there after your death, you will definitely be able to ascend to the Kingdom of God and have your soul become as immortal as jade, right?
"Ah! Shining Greenstone Bay?"
Hearing the description of his confidants, Black Snake Turcotte was also obviously moved. At this time, the two of them did not know that this shining greenstone bay would be the first jade producing area in North America in later generations, the famous "Jade Bay"
Cove)”!
As the name suggests, "Jade Bay" is a bay formed by the jade mining belt. It contains the only underwater deposit of high-quality nephrite in the world with huge reserves! It stretches from a cliff tens of meters high to hundreds of meters underwater, stretching for more than ten miles.
, are all rich jade mineral belts. And the surrounding mountains also have a large amount of jade output.
Due to the long-term infiltration and erosion of sea water, some of the green jade, sapphire, ruby and grape jade produced in Jade Bay are extremely clear ice species. At this time, East Asia was simply hard to find. And if these easily mined sea jades are
If jade is shipped to East Asia in large quantities, I am afraid it will completely change the jade market of the Ming Dynasty, really drive down the price of jade, bring benefits to scholar-bureaucrat friends, and allow all poor scholars to use good jade! ...Ahem! Of course, also
You can't be too poor. After all, the quality of jade is here. Poor scholars still have to work hard...
"Ah! There is such a strange treasure land! ... Praise the Lord God! Nieka, I want to go with you in person! Go and see the shining Greenstone Bay, and see the future hope of the Black Snake Clan!..."
The jade flashed with light, dwarfing the dazzling gems. Black Snake Turcotte couldn't hide his excitement and stuffed the bag containing the jade into his arms. Then, he ordered several clan elders to personally take his confidant Nieka
, and fifty black snake warriors, hurried to the northwest coast.
