Aztec Eternals

The fire is shining, the fields are vast, and the sea not far away is vast. On the seaside wilderness, the kingdom's Prepecha warriors and the Yorem tribe's warriors gathered in a circle by the firelight, with expressions of relaxation and joy. At the center of the bonfire, the two leaders stood opposite each other, with smiles on their faces, thinking flashing in their hearts.

At the feet of the two, a rattan basket fell to the ground. A large pile of gold nuggets scattered, flashing a moving golden light, falling into the eyes of everyone, and also jumping in the hearts of everyone. The warriors of Prepecha looked longingly, but the warriors of the Yorem tribe didn't care.

The old militiaman Chiwako looked at the shiny gold nugget, scratched his head, and asked aloud.

"Friend, this kind of gold stone, how do you want to change it for a spear? There are not many wealthy weapons on the ship this time..."

Hearing this, Chief Karan nodded. In his opinion, since the tribe in the lake is looking for a holy place, it is natural to send the most elite warriors with the best weapons... The deer-headed chief's eyes flashed, first stretched out a hand, then stretched out Come with one hand.

"Well... a big basket of gold stones like this, I want to exchange... fifteen... no, twenty copper spears!"

"Ah! My friend, twenty copper spears? For a basket of gold nuggets?!"

"Yeah! The weight of twenty bronze spears is about the same as a basket of gold stones, right? It's fair to change the same weight for the same weight..."

"This, fair?!"

Chiwako's mouth widened in shock, and he was speechless for a while. A two-meter-five-long spear weighs about four to five pounds, and a bronze spearhead is about four or five taels. Twenty copper spears together, less than 100 catties, of which there are not even ten catties of copper. And the large basket of gold nuggets in front of him, at least one hundred fifty or sixty catties. Looking at this color, even if the gold content is lower than that of the Alliance, it is worth at least 100 catties of golden sand... So, ten catties of copper for 100 catties of golden sand? !

"Uh... friend, I know, this request is a bit excessive..."

Looking at the shocked expression of the leader on the other side, the deer head chief felt a little guilty.

The spears of the tribes in the lake are not only sharp, but also very strong, apparently made of fine pine or fir. This wood, whether it is felling or processing, is very tool-intensive. And using this kind of useless stone to exchange so many good weapons in the opponent's hands does not seem to be worthy of friends...

Thinking of this, he hesitated, took a step back, and stretched out his hands again.

"Otherwise, eighteen, no, fifteen! After all, although there are many gold and stones in the mountains, some of them are not good-looking, so they have to be smelted with flint. To get flint, we have to run a long way to dig it. ..."

"Ah? Fifteen copper spears?"

Chiwako was still in a state of shock, not knowing how to respond. Puapu next to him couldn't help it, excitedly took two steps forward, and pulled the old man Qi's arm hard.

"Change! Change it to him! There are fifteen spare spears in a basket, and there are sixty spare spears on board, and they are all exchanged for him!"

You know, in the Kingdom of the Lake, a pound of gold can be exchanged for more than a pound of copper. After this, the difference of ten or twenty times is all the income of the expedition fleet!

Being pulled by Puap like this, Chiwako finally recovered from the shock. He pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and shook his head in disapproval.

"No, old Pu, the sixty spears are the fleet's spare weapons, and I can't change them all. I can only exchange ten... twenty spears at most. As for cocoa, cotton cloth and gems, if the other party accepts them, they can exchange more. some."

Afterwards, he restrained the greed in his heart, looked at the deer-headed chief who had been paying attention, and said sincerely.

"Friend, good friend! In our place, priests and nobles like these golden stones very much! It's just that the fleet doesn't have many weapons, so we can only exchange twenty of them... For this basket of gold stones, we have twenty long stones. Spear, ten cloaks, and a gem!"

Hearing this, Puap let out a low voice in dissatisfaction.

"Old man Qi! What are you doing!..."

"Old Pu, shut up! I'm the captain!"

"what?!"

This time, it was Chief Karan's turn to be surprised. After he understood what Chiwako meant, he looked at him deeply for a while. Then, he spoke again, and the smile on his face was obviously much more sincere.

"Friend, good friend! Thank you for your frankness! It doesn't matter, there are a lot of gold stones around the tribe. It's not hard to pick them up. Anyway, you can't eat or wear them. When you leave, I can give you five more baskets of unburned ones. Raw ore... the remaining baskets of stones are not gold stones, do you still want to see them?"

"Good friend, good, wow! Thank you too!"

Chiwaco nodded again and again. The gold ore was brought back to the alliance, and it could be smelted by himself... Then, thinking of the flint mentioned repeatedly by the other party, he definitely responded.

"Look!"

Chief Karan didn't talk nonsense, just dumped the second basket of stones on the ground. In an instant, a bright silver light appeared in front of everyone, but it was a basket of silver stones.

Seeing this basket of crudely refined silver, the expressions of everyone did not change.

The kingdom of the lake has always produced silver, and the price of silver in the kingdom has always been low. In Central America, gold and bronze symbolize the rays of the sun and have high religious value. And silver symbolizes the moon. It is not used much in temples, and its value is relatively limited. It is often used to make silverware and silver ornaments.

"This is the silver stone exchanged with the wandering wasteland tribes from the eastern wasteland. There are also silver stones in the mountains in the east, but there are far less gold and stones."

Seeing the expressions of several people, Chief Karan knew in his heart that the southern tribes probably did not lack silver stones. Rare is expensive. In fact, in the tribe of the Mayo people, the value of silver stone is much higher than that of gold stone.

"This basket of silver stones is more expensive than gold stones... Friends, do you want it?"

"Thanks, friend."

Chiwaco shook his head. Chief Karan said nothing. Then, he raised his foot and kicked the third basket of stones over, and a red-orange light appeared in front of everyone.

"Ah? This, this is!..."

Chiwako widened his eyes and stared for a while. Then, he looked back at Puap, the well-informed gray warrior's eyes flashed, and he nodded affirmatively.

"It's blister copper...and it seems to be very pure."

"Uh..."

"My friend, this is the redstone in the mountains in the north. It is made from flint and can be used as a container. There are many in the mountains, but it is very laborious to dig up. The Opata people in the far north will collect the refined redstone and make them into All kinds of utensils, and then sell them to other tribes... do you want them?"

Chief Karan blinked in anticipation.

In the mountains and valleys of the far north, the Opati people have established a powerful alliance, consisting of three large tribes and several smaller tribes attached to them. There are more redstones there, and some can even make utensils directly without smelting. The Opatars use this redstone to make containers, bells, and trinkets. The desert tribes farther north even use the redstone to make various hatchets, knives and spears. However, although there is a lot of this kind of redstone, it is still too soft to make weapons after smelting, far less than the spears of the tribes in the lake.

"Uh... this kind of redstone, we need it!"

After a while, Chiwako looked complicated and nodded heavily. He knew that the kingdom's bronze weapons were made from copper as a raw material and made by secret methods.

"Then... how to change it?"

"It's half as expensive as the gold stone, a basket of thirty spears. Friends, red stone is laborious to dig, and it has to be burned with flint, which is more troublesome for tribes..."

Chief Karan bowed his head slightly, covering the look on his face. Not far north of the tribe, there is a redstone mine. It is not troublesome to burn with flint, but it is more expensive to mine. In fact, the veins of this redstone, like gold stone, are found in all parts of the north, and the purity is still very high. And the further north you go, the more and purer the redstone ore is. Legend has it that in the land of Sri people and desert people, large piles of open-air redstone ore are piled up into hills, shining with gold and green light. There is even a natural red rock mountain, and the entire mountain top is a high-purity red-yellow!

Redstone is copper. What everyone doesn't know is that the entire coastal Sonora area is located in the violent collision area between the Pacific plate and the American plate. There are rich minerals everywhere, containing more than half of Mexico's copper ore!

In the northern part of the Sonora region, the Cananea Copper Mine (ea) near the US-Mexico border is the second largest copper mine in the world and an open pit mine! Its later reserves are estimated at 4.52 billion tons, with an annual output of 510,000 tons, enough to supply 2%-3% of global copper demand.

"A basket of thirty spears... more than one hundred catties of crude copper, for ten catties of spearheads..."

Chiwako pursed his lips. Although he didn't know what a scissor difference was, he still felt a little pain in his conscience. He thought for a while, and spoke with the simplicity and sincerity typical of farmers.

"Good friends, we don't have so many spears...but we have a lot of expensive gems to exchange with you! Of course, there are also practical cocoa and cloth."

"Gems for redstones? Hmm... that's fine too!"

Chief Karan thought for a while, then hesitantly agreed. The tribe's demand for gems is actually not large. But gems can be traded with tribes in the north for cloth, food, and smelted redstone. Especially the Opata people, they are very fond of turquoise and are willing to exchange a lot of redstone. It's just that the distance of the transaction is too far~www.readwn.com~ The hands of several tribes need to be transferred in the middle, and a lot of discounts are required.

"Then a basket of red stones is exchanged for ten emeralds!"

"it is good!"

Chiwako thought for a while, considering the value of gems and copper in the kingdom, the deal was fairly fair, and it didn't hurt any new friends. He calculated the difference and added some extras.

"I'll give you another bag of cocoa, three cloaks!"

"Okay, good friend!"

Chief Karan nodded again and again, and the deer head shook, very satisfied. The two then negotiated a meeting and reached a fair deal: the Jorem tribe exchanged one basket of rough gold, one basket of rough copper, and five baskets of gold ore for twenty spears, thirteen cloaks, and one basket of the tribe in the lake. Bags of cocoa and eleven emeralds.

After the agreement was reached, both parties were satisfied. Chiwako and Puap face each other, smiling from ear to ear.

The deer-headed chief laughed heartily and was very proud. These useless and common stones are exchanged for weapons and items that are useful to the tribe. It is really a good deal! It's just, it seems that I'm sorry, these kind friends who have come from afar...

He shook his head, thought for a while, and then waved his hand generously.

"My friend! The Yorem tribe and the lake tribe, who speak similar languages, must be distant brothers with a common ancestor! As brothers..."

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Chief Karan's voice was loud, and he pointed to the last basket of black stones. The black stone shone with a dark light, unpretentious under the firelight, but contained the power of burning.

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