Aztec Eternals

The tide rose and fell, and the singing continued all night long. On the second day, in Feather Snake City, the celebration of worshiping the gods continued. Totonac nobles set up small altars in front of their manors, worshiping large bowls of gold grains, piles of silver nuggets, shining pearls, colorful shells, stacked flowers and the gods' favorites. gemstones, especially turquoise, which symbolizes wisdom and eternal life.

"Huh? These gems. These green gems?!."

The old militiamen stared at the busy market carefully with their old eyes wide open. Every New Year's festival is also an auspicious day for the villages to go to market within a radius of tens of miles, and it is the most prosperous day for trade in the city-state.

Most of the wealth in the seaside city-state is gathered in the hands of Totonak nobles and priests. Their shots are also the most extravagant. The nobles and priests commanded the servants to put down small bags of herbs, large bags of grain, strings of pickled fish, jars of sea salt, and shells and pearls that abound by the sea.

Then, from the alliance caravan from the west, they bought exquisite obsidian tools, as well as brass tools that somehow flowed out, as well as extremely expensive and rare bronze tools; and the sacred smoke on the island, as well as the cotton cloth from the Mayan state in the northern Yucatan; from the Mixtec caravan from the south, buy exquisite and gorgeous gold and silver ornaments, as well as the expensive Chagall Bird feathers; and from the Zapotec people who came further south, they bought carmine dye and brass from the Oaxaca Valley.

Of course, the most essential thing is to buy a large number of cheap and precious gemstones from the kingdom caravans from the far west!

". Gemstones of all colors, huge gemstones, round gemstones, and the turquoise that everyone loves! The gemstones of the Lake Kingdom will never let you down!"

The caravans of the Kingdom of the Lake have traveled two thousand miles to sell in the seaside city-state. In front of their wooden sheds and stalls, there were crowds of nobles from the city-state, and even Mixtec merchants covered in silver ornaments, and Mayan merchants with slender foreheads.

At this moment, the transactions in front of the kingdom's booth continued, and it was extremely busy. The coastal states of Totonac are like a huge gem funnel, no matter how many gems are brought in, they will be snatched up by the merchants of each state!

Seeing this scene, Ticaro shook his head. He meant a lot, and smiled at the old militiaman Chivaco.

"Your Majesty Shulot, you are truly blessed! The Kingdom of the Lake can produce so many precious stones, thousands of catties! These Mayan caravans came from the north of Yucatan, and they would have brought The emeralds of Cuauhtēmallān are sold to various parts of the Mexican plateau. However, under the impact of the massive gemstones in the kingdom of the lake, they now not only do not ship gemstones here, but buy a large number of gemstones in the lake from here! .”

"Yeah. Jewel of the Kingdom, wow!"

Chivaco scratched his head and nodded. During the last trip to sea, he vaguely guessed that the source of the kingdom's gemstones might not be excavated, but created by some method, uh, divine inspiration.

Among the seven ships fully loaded in the kingdom, in addition to the necessary food and drink, one ship is the scriptures and emblems of the Lord God, two ships are spare planks and sails, two ships are bronze tools, weapons and armor, and There are two full boats, all of which are bags of "gems" in various colors. This is exactly the kind of travel expenses that His Majesty gave him before his departure this time, in tons.

"The merchants in the two parts of the southern cloud said that the gems in the lake are not mined. It is the kingdom in the lake, an evil deal with the volcanic demon! The kingdom sacrifices human animals, and the volcanic demon generously returns gems. Every Behind every gem in the lake, there is a soul swallowed by demons!"

Mayan businessman Ticaro shook his bald head, smiling and telling rumors about the south, while looking at the expressions of the old militiamen. The production of gemstones in the lake is the highest, the quality is stable, and the price is close to the people. It has swept across the gemstone production areas in Central America, and it is the only one. And the secret of the gems in the lake is something that all businessmen in the world dream of and want to know. Even if such gemstones really come from the sacrifices of monsters, they are also real wealth!

"Well, the jewel of the kingdom, bestowed by the Lord God, wow!"

The old militiaman smiled and didn't answer. In front of Maya's bald head, he scratched his head swaggeringly, pulled his hair, and asked with a smile.

"These merchants, who are they going to sell to when they buy so many gems?"

"Aha!"

Seeing the impeccable reaction of the old militiamen, Ticaro shook his head secretly and said with a big smile.

"Now, five thousand miles from east to west and four thousand miles from north to south, from the Zacatecas wilderness in the north, to the Yucatan rainforest in the south, to the gem-producing Vachtemarland forest, and to the southeast All the tribes in the Suolan Mountain Forest and the entire world have become buyers of the kingdom's gems!"

The meaning of Cuauhtēmallān, in Mayan, is "a place with many trees", which is Guatemala in later generations. The meaning of Solan is "a place where quails haunt", that is, Honduras in later generations.

"Five thousand miles from east to west, four thousand miles from north to south? Buy kingdom gems."

Hearing this, the old militiaman's eyes widened. He imagined such a magnificent scene, bags of gems were produced from somewhere in the Kingdom of the Lake, and then transported by countless kingdom caravans and caravans from various states to the hands of nobles from all parts of the world. And the wealth of the world is transported back in the opposite direction, flowing into the bottomless lake kingdom, supporting countless warriors in armor and ready to fight!

"Haha! For this long voyage, Your Highness wants us to go east five thousand miles to the Snake Island in the East China Sea. But actually."

Speaking of this, the Mayan merchant Tikalo sighed with a complicated expression.

"Actually, the gems of the Lake Kingdom have been circulating on the island long before the arrival of the fleet and legion!"

Crowds flowed, deals brought wealth, and aspirations for more. The Kingdom's fleet stayed in Feather Serpent City for another day, selling a small amount of gems to fill up the fleet's food storage.

The nobles of Totonac in Feather Serpent City sent envoys to communicate with the two expedition leaders and asked for some gems as gifts. The old militiamen secretly observed and felt the vague hostility of the local nobles. After thinking about it, he asked Dark Snake again, learned about the Tlaxcala nobles, and the connection and intermarriage between the Tlaxcala nobles and the Totonac nobles. Only then did he suddenly understand.

".The jaguar swooped to the east and killed the cloud snake in the mountains. The monkeys on the seashore were very smart and restless, knowing that the jaguar would eat them sooner or later. However, they were in the trees, far away, and brought Luckily, waiting to see others being eaten. Even if the monkeys bared their teeth and yelled dissatisfaction, they did not have the courage to bite the jaguar directly like the tribe in the cloud in the rainforest.”

"But no matter what, the Totonac people on the seashore have always believed in the Feathered Serpent God, and they have secretly opposed the Mexica Alliance. We have so many gems. To the city-state samurai pretending to be a bandit"

The old militiamen were keenly aware of the potential danger. On the coast of Totonac, where the Feathered Serpent is believed, the Kingdom fleet must try to avoid staying in one city-state for too long. He no longer hesitated and made a decision!

When the new morning sun arrives along with the new day, the kingdom's fleet sets sail again. Next, their goal was Jinwan City, a hundred and sixty miles away. And after staying in Jinwan City for a while, they will travel for more than ten days to the hidden snake city six hundred miles away! And from there to the east, there is Maya!