Aztec Eternals

Vol 3 Chapter 1196: From Cuba to Haiti, Tomat’s faith ambitions!

The changes in the New Year are the movements of the sun and the moon. The vast Caribbean Sea is still surging with waves. The "evil" fleet sailed away, cutting through thousands of miles of waves. And the turbulent "waves" on the island of Cuba continue to spread among the Taíno tribes!

"The Lord God witnessed that a miracle has come! The prophecy brought by the longship shaman three years ago has really come true! The unprecedented white-skinned evil demon has arrived in the hot land of Cuba in a big ship! Their vanguard fleet, They have been defeated by the longship tribe, leaving behind big ships with white sails and long-bearded prisoners! ...But they will come back! They will also come with big ships and wild beasts, bringing cruel killings and plundering, and endless Plague and death!…"

In the past month or two, a dozen Taíno canoes, carrying tribal envoys from the kingdom, hastily set off from Iron Bay Town. They not only circled the island of Cuba and notified the Taíno tribes along the coast, but also went deep into the interior of Cuba, and even went to the island of Haiti further east, notifying the western Haitian tribes that had commercial ties with Iron Bay Town. The envoys who arrived one after another not only brought miracles that verified the prophecies, but also brought more important invitations to the alliance!

"Blessed by the Lord God! The Great Longship Shaman Tomat, in the name of the Lord God, swore a blood oath to protect the hot land of Cuba! The Longship tribe is willing to unite the tribes of the Hot Land to form a tribal alliance to resist evil! ... And the Longship Great Shaman invited the chiefs of each tribe Together with the elders, witness the evil demon’s ship and captives, and head to the Iron Bay Town Association of the Longship Tribe!…”

"Praise the Lord God! After the envoys from each ministry arrive, the longship shaman will hold the New Year's Ceremony to the Lord God. Under the watchful eyes of many chiefs, he will personally sacrifice the captured white-skinned demons! ... And the goods produced by each ministry can last for ten years. Transactions are held during the festival on the same day. Conflicts and disputes between various tribes can also be resolved through coordination and resolution by the impartial Longship Great Shaman under the witness of all the tribes’ envoys participating in the festival!…”

Three years have passed. With the help of the converted Taíno tribe, the Kingdom's exploration team has explored the details of the island of Cuba, and has also learned a little bit about the Caribbean Islands further east.

The entire island of Cuba is three thousand miles from east to west and two hundred to four hundred miles from north to south. Its area is equivalent to the total area of ​​the Gatotonac Seaside Alliance, a kingdom in the lake! Its actual area is 110,000 square kilometers, which is roughly equivalent to Su Province or Fujian Province in later generations.

On this warm and fertile island, there are more than 30 Taino tribes with thousands of people. There are hundreds of small tribes with hundreds of people scattered everywhere. According to calculations by Cuban chief priest Tomat, due to the exceptionally high yield of cassava, the population of the Taíno tribe on the entire island may be larger than originally expected, ranging from 600,000 to 800,000!

Further east of Cuba is the "Island of Mountains", the large island of Haiti (Ayiti), also inhabited by many Taíno tribes. Priest Tomat specially sent a galley team to make a complete circuit to visit the Taino chiefs on the coast of Haiti. While the fleet presented gems from the lake and invited various ministries to trade in Tiewan Town, it also spread the prophecies of the white-skinned demon and promoted the name of the Lord God. The large island of Haiti is about 1,300 miles from east to west and 200 to 600 miles from north to south. Its area is estimated to be two-thirds of Cuba. As for the population of various tribes in Haiti, it is also in the hundreds of thousands, but since the inland has not been explored, it is impossible to give an estimate. …. .

As for going east from Haiti, I heard that there is a large island called "the brave and noble land", Boriken. This large island, later known as Puerto Rico, was home to tens of thousands of Taíno tribes, and was not as peaceful and loose as the tribes in Cuba and Haiti. Instead, under the long-term raids and intrusions of the Cariban tribes in the east, they gradually formed a "brave tribal alliance" where superiors and subordinates respected each other and were passed down from generation to generation! The leader of this alliance is called Ageybana, the "Great Sun", and he is also the only "god descendant" among the Taino tribes.

"Witness the Lord God! As long as there is long-term war pressure and the urgent need to gather more warriors, tribal alliances will appear under the pressure of reality... And when the number of tribal alliances is large enough and it lasts longer, the pressure of war will Become bigger, and the tribal gods who have upgraded from outstanding and prestigious warriors will slowly appear and be passed down!..."

And further east from Brave Island, the series of islands occupied by Caribbean people

The islands are called "Islands of the Caribbean" by the Taíno tribe. Priest Tomato had only heard of these Caribbean islands and tribes thousands of miles away, and had no real contact with the Kingdom's fleet. In fact, they were beyond his reach.

"Phew! In the past three years, I have been busy day and night, wholeheartedly preaching in Cuba, converting and guiding the Taino tribes... At present, there are about 50,000 to 60,000 Taino tribes in the hands of the kingdom as 'direct jurisdiction', mainly concentrated in Along the Snakehead coast of eastern Cuba! "

In the stone main temple, the chief priest Tomat unfolded a roll of rough bark paper and carefully looked at the map of Cuba that had been drawn for three years and the densely packed names of large tribes on it. He moved his fingers east and west in Iron Bay Town, outlining the seven to eight hundred miles of coast. These were the Taíno tribes under the direct control of the kingdom.

The so-called standard for a tribe under direct jurisdiction is to completely convert to the main god, station the kingdom's warriors, and train tribal militia! In fact, when the demon fleet arrived this time, the fishing bay where they first landed for war was a large Taíno tribe that was gradually brought under the direct jurisdiction of the kingdom.

"God bless you! The kingdom's power in Cuba consists of approximately four to five hundred warriors and sailors from the headquarters, as well as more than 3,000 tribesmen from Tiewan Town gathered through intermarriage with the headquarters. And with such a small number of people, it can directly control 50,000 to 60,000 people The Taino tribe has roughly trained two to three thousand Taino militiamen in each tribe, which is almost unimaginable in the Mexica Plateau! The peaceful and docile Taino people in Cuba are simply like the most delicious black persimmons on the tree. First monkey comes first..."

"No, no, no, how could I think so? We are guided by the Lord God, which is completely different from the cruel evil demons! Under the direct control of the kingdom, the simple Taino tribes have never been plundered and enslaved slaves... They are protected by the Lord God Our people are the one-line glue people of our archipelago who were separated thousands of years ago! They will definitely reunite with us and reshape the world's seven-line glue people!..."

Priest Tomat whispered to himself, re-elaborating the Kingdom's political program in Cuba, "Convert and assimilate the Taíno tribe and join the big family of the Rubber people." Then, he drew a larger circle with his finger, encompassing the entire eastern snakehead of the island of Cuba, a quarter of the three thousand-mile island! …. .

"Praise the Lord God! The 'vassal' tribes who were influenced by the kingdom's priests, added the Lord God's card to the gods, and accepted the kingdom's judgment on disputes, are spread throughout eastern Cuba, and are estimated to number between ten and two hundred thousand people...the reason why these tribes are not included directly under the , not because the chiefs and leaders would pull out tribal warriors to resist... In fact, before the Kingdom's fleet arrived, there were no warriors in the Taino tribe of Cuba, only hunters... It was just because the Kingdom's headquarters in Cuba was too limited, so there were no How to send samurai to take control deeply! …”

Priest Tomat shook his head slightly and continued to expand the trajectory traced by his finger until it included the entire island of Cuba and half of the island of Haiti on the west side.

"The island of Cuba, which is three thousand miles away, is home to an estimated 700,000 Taíno tribe... plus the western Haiti, which is six to seven hundred miles away, has at least two hundred thousand tribes... These are the 'trading' tribes of the Kingdom's fleet! They know the name of the main **** and the prophecy of the white-skinned demon, and they once sent small boats to the port of Tielwan Town for trade... And the Taino tribe in this area is also the tribe that I specially sent envoys to invite to participate in the main god's ceremony. They! …”

In short, "direct", "vassal", and "trade", these three expanding circles represent the kingdom's operations in the Caribbean and the extension of the kingdom's power and belief in the main god! The directly subordinate tribes were completely converted and were able to obey the kingdom's command and provide militia and supplies. The vassal tribes have just converted, accepted the influence of the kingdom's arbitration, and can provide some food support. As for the trading tribes, they provide products and goods to the kingdom in disguise through the "gem trade" and "iron trade" led by the kingdom in the trading center of Tiewan Town. The structural design of these three circles, this strategic idea for running Cuba, originated from the original proposal of the old militiaman Chihuaco, and was summed up by the practice of the priest Tomat!

"In a large circle of four thousand miles, from Cuba to Haiti, there are millions of Taíno tribes! At least one million potential believers of the Lord God!..."

Seeing this magnificent circle and imagining the millions of Taínos within this range, Tomat's heart surged and his eyes also showed a bright look! It was a burning desire to preach that almost burned him!

"O Lord God! Throughout the whole

Among the tribes in the known world, look for Shuyuan www. zhaoshuyuan.com Whether it is the plateau tribes, the coastal tribes, the cloud tribes, the Mayan tribes, or even the wilderness dog descendants, including the various hunting tribes in the northern continent...Only the peaceful, docile, simple and simple Taino people can It is the tribe that is easiest to convert and incorporate into the faith of the main god! Only they who cultivate cassava can provide such millions of people of the Lord God! …”

"Ah, one million Taínos! One million descendants of the Jiao people and people of the Lord God who can be converted!... If they can completely convert the Taíno tribes and control this four-thousand-mile circle... then it will be enough to establish an ecclesial province. Support a fifth-level sect chief priest, several fourth-level chief priests, and dozens of third-level chief priests!..."

"And when that time comes, I, Tomat, will not only become the first patriarch of Cuba, but will be forever engraved in the canon of the Lord God... I will even be posthumously named a saint under the Lord God for my achievements in developing the Eastern Islands and resisting the invasion of evil spirits. …I can also officially establish the Chief Priesthood of Cuba, completely develop a line of priests in the Eastern Islands, and benevolent disciples!…”

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