Aztec Eternals

Black-ash bituminous coal spreads across the fields, and is buried deeper beneath the earth. A group of people stood on the coal mound, staring at the flint field in front of them, discussing the trade between the tribe and the kingdom that they met for the first time.

"Gems? Your tribe produces gems? Any color?"

Hearing Chihuaco's words, Shan Ying Weihuo was a little surprised. He looked at the simple clothes of the old militia carefully and said hesitantly.

"If you really have red or green gems, the headmen and priests of the tribe will like it and are willing to exchange them for flint!"

The Yomei people use flint and worship the flames of their ancestors, so they like red or yellow accessories. But the tribe is not short of gold and copper, yellow jewelry is very common, and red gemstones are precious. Ruby is also respected by the eastern wasteland tribes, representing the heaven and earth of divinity, just like the Guaquili dog.

As for emeralds, it is the common preference of the coastal ministries, the mountain ministries, the Mexican plateau ministries, and even the Mayan ministries. It symbolizes eternal life and also contains the wisdom of the soul. It is respected by nobles, priests and witch doctors! From this point of view, these coastal tribes belong to the cultural circle of Mesoamerica, no matter where they are located.

At this time, there was not much cunning in the trade between tribes. Most of the two sides confessed their needs to each other and directly exchanged things for things. Chiwako nodded when he heard the words, glanced at Puap, and instructed.

"Old Pu, give me two of the gems on your body!"

"Huh?! Old man Qi, how do you know that I have gems on me!"

Puup was surprised. He subconsciously stretched out his hand and pressed his chest, feeling the hardness and solidity of the gem under the robe.

"Ha! All the trade materials along the way are from your hands. The mouse slipped into the granary, and can you still be hungry?"

Chiwako squinted his old eyes and pouted. Then, with a solemn expression, he said solemnly.

"Stop messing around. Get a red one, a green one, hurry up!"

"..."

Puapu smiled contemptuously. He reached into his arms, touched a few gems, lowered his head to look carefully, and put back the two more gems. Then, he slowly handed out his hand, complaining in his mouth.

"This trip is life and death, and it's nothing to get some gems... You have to supply me later!"

Chiwako took the gem with his hands, glanced at it a little, and handed it to the mountain eagle Viho.

"Friend, this is the gem of our tribe in the lake. Bright and lovely, pure and translucent, good!"

"Ok?!"

Shan Ying Wei Huo took the two gems and looked at them over and over again. He was surprised and exclaimed.

"Ancestor! The gem of your tribe is really good! The color is bright, pure, and so big, it's like the egg of a green cuckoo!"

Chiwaco smiled confidently. He carefully observed Wei Huo's expression, and he didn't see too much greed in the other's eyes, so he nodded secretly and felt a little relieved.

In fact, he still had a few "top gems" the size of pebbles in his hand, which were exposed only once in Sanhe City, at the mouth of the Leman River, before they were attacked by the Northern Tecos tribe, and he never dared to take them out again.

Before the fleet departed, His Majesty gave a bag of gems. He thought it was a small cloth bag, but when he saw it in his hand, it turned out to be a large bag of dozens of pounds, filled with large and small gems of various colors! These gems are all the same dark, pure, and neat in shape!

As the fleet moved forward, Chiwaco was careful, checking the valuables himself from time to time. After he watched it more, and from the shock, he gradually began to have some guesses about the origin of the "gem" in the lake. It's just that these thoughts are buried silently in his heart, and he must never talk about it with anyone.

Chiwako smiled, watching Viho grab the gem's hand, and said kindly.

"Friend, if you like these two gems, I will give them to you!"

"Ah? Give it to me?"

Hearing this, Viho's face showed joy. He hesitated for a moment, then stuffed the gem directly into the quiver on his waist. Senior warriors in the northwest tribe are generally proficient in throwing spears or hunting bows. Relatively speaking, hunting bows are slightly less powerful, but safer.

"From today onwards, you are my friend of Shanying Weihuo!"

"Friend, good, good wow!"

The old militiaman nodded again and again, his old face turned into a flower with a smile, which made people feel more cordial.

"Good friend, then your tribe..."

"Change! Flints are exchanged for gems, and the headmen and priests of the tribe will agree!"

"Okay! How to change it?"

"How to change..."

Hearing this, Wei Huo thought for a while and scratched his hair. He was a little undecided. Gu Ji

Tribal flint, unlike gold ore and copper ore, is not too laborious to dig, and it is also open-pit mining without the slightest danger. As long as a few tribesmen are brought over with stone shovels, dozens of baskets can be picked a day.

But the rules handed down by the tribe, the flint field is the inheritance of the ancestors, and has always been patrolled and protected by soldiers. Except for the needs of the tribesmen, it cannot be mined at will. And when dealing with outsiders, you must also ask for sufficient remuneration.

After a while, Viho came up with a number that he could decide for himself and felt fairly fair.

"Friend, flint is a gift from our ancestors after all, and there are rules in the tribe... Then, a gem, exchange for two... No, three baskets of flint?"

"One gem, three baskets of flint?..."

Chiwako looked surprised. This number is much more than he expected.

"..."

Viho pursed his lips, thinking that Chiwako was too little. After all, there were so many flints nearby that it was really too easy for the tribe to dig up flints. He gritted his teeth, and changed his mouth in embarrassment.

"For the sake of friends, then add half a basket! The trade of flint, the headman is strictly restrained... One gem, three and a half baskets of flint!"

"Uh... three and a half baskets, that's..."

Chiwaco scratched his head. A basket of flint is estimated to be around sixty or seventy catties, and three and a half baskets are about two or three hundred catties?

Puapu looked at the old man Qi's expression and smiled.

"Lao Qi, why, can't you figure it out?"

Chiwaco blushed. After all, he was born in the militia, unlike Puapu, who was born in a samurai, who had learned some math. He glared at Lao Pu, and he was secretly ruthless. After returning, he asked the priests in the camp to help him and learn to count.

"Friend, good, good! One gem, three and a half baskets of flint, change it! We want to change twenty baskets, then give you... uh..."

"Six gems!"

Puap continued with a smile, his face brightened. In the entire fleet, except for Mecate, the priest who accompanied the ship, he was the most literate.

Viho snapped his fingers, guessing it was about the same. The six gems were divided into two for the headman, two for the priest, and one for the witch doctor, and the remaining one was kept for himself.

"Good! Friends, let's do this! The ancestors witnessed that when wild deer meet in the mountains, they will touch their foreheads... We are friends who exchange things, not enemies who compete with each other!"

With that said, Viho lowered his head and turned his forehead towards Chihuaco. The old militiaman was stunned for a while, and when he thought of Chief Karan's deer head, he suddenly understood. He also lowered his head, touched Viho's forehead, and pushed it hard.

"Ancestral witness! Friend, good deer, good friend!"

Following the local etiquette, the two descended from the coal mound. Next, the Kingdom's fleet exchanged twenty baskets of coal, added some fresh water, and filled the three galleys.

After the deal was completed, there was no ceremony to celebrate, and Chiwaco didn't stay much longer. He just stared deeply at the large village by the sea and the thick black smoke from the burning flint.

"Flint... coal... flint field... big coal mine... three thousand tribal warriors..."

Chiwaco murmured. He had a vague hunch that His Royal Highness valued coal mines more than gold and silver. After a long time, the old militiaman sighed and gave orders to the sailors on board.

"Divide into two teams and take turns rowing! Next, stick to the coast and continue to the northwest! Praise the Lord God, let us cross the waves!"

"Praise the Lord God, let us pass through the waves!"

Sailors and warriors shouted in unison, full of piety. Afterwards, the kingdom's exploration fleet set off again, toward the unknown northwest, extending the boundaries of the world.

Three days later, the fleet arrived in a bay more than two hundred miles away and encountered a small coastal tribe, the guaymas. Chief Karan once mentioned that the Guaymas were a tribe of the Yaquis, who showed deference to the Yome tribe, but intermarryed with the Sri people. Their way of life is to settle down and farm by the river, while sending out fishing and hunting personnel~www.readwn.com~ The kingdom fleet stopped for a while, added some fruit, and with the help of the new guide Shanbird, asked about the northwest news from the sea.

"The island full of seabirds, the big island transformed by giant tortoises, is not far from the northwest! Along the coast, you will see it. Definitely!"

Hearing such news, the whole fleet was full of energy. Chiwako looked happy, as long as he discovered the holy land of seabirds, the way home was just around the corner! However, he still has some doubts about the words of the local tribe.

"Along the coast, surely you will see it?"

The old militia pressed the question and continued with the fleet. This area is calm, the water is exceptionally stable, and the speed of the boat is exceptionally stable.

It took another three days for the fleet to travel three hundred miles. The flying birds in the sky, like the clouds in the sky, first caught everyone's eyes! The sailors and samurai alike were excited, mustering their strength and speeding up their rowing. In just two quarters of an hour, a particularly spectacular gray-white island, like a giant tortoise perched on the sea, appeared in front of the Kingdom's fleet!

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