The desolate song, accompanied by low drumbeats, sounded on the vast coast, with strange and ardent greetings.

"The sacred heaven and earth bless us! It is the flowers of spring, the rain of summer, the fruits of autumn, and the singing of winter! ...Thank you, the messenger of the tribe in the lake, for bringing us precious gifts! .. .Natural elves guide, let the 'people on the river bank' and the 'people in the lake' meet and share this beautiful day. Come on, the messengers of the tribe in the lake, let's dance a joyous dance together! … "

Chief Kalan wears white clothes with frogs on his head, a heavy deer head on his head, grass ornaments similar to those of Guakili people wrapped around his legs, and two wooden bells like gourds in his hands. With a warm smile on his face, he stood up from the blazing bonfire, came to the leader of the messengers in the lake, and extended an invitation to dance.

"Uh...dancing? Gotta, gotta...dance, wow!..."

The old militiaman Chihuaco responded enthusiastically with a few newly learned Guajili words intermittently.

The large tribes here call themselves yoreme, the people of the river, and are a branch of the coastal Mayo people. The chief Karan in front of him is the leader of the Jorem tribe, who controls one or two thousand tribe warriors. The Mayo people are located northwest of the Zacatecas wilderness, on the coast. The language they use is somewhat similar to that of the Guaquilians in the wasteland, and they share a common vocabulary with Mexican. Among them, it probably implies some kind of ancient connection.

Chivako's eyes flashed and his smile was sincere. He was wearing gray leather armor, an eagle feather crown symbolizing the leader, and an obsidian dagger pinned to his waist.

"Well, which one of you is going to dance?"

The old militiaman smiled and agreed, while looking at Puap beside him. The gray soil warrior lowered his head, pretending not to hear. He looked at Mekart, the ship priest on the other side. Mekart was opening his eyes wide, looking at Chief Callan's costume curiously, guessing the religious meaning, but never looked at Captain Chihuaco. Finally, he looked at Pawei, the Guajili guide who was on board the boat.

"Captain, this is a dance of friendship between leaders. It can only be danced by you or the vice-captain!"

"Dancing... good! Wow!..."

With a smile on his old face, Chihuaco looked at the more than a hundred guards behind Chief Karan who were holding spears. Sighing in his heart, he stood up and followed the deer-headed Chief Karan to the center of the crowd, standing side by side in front of the bright bonfire.

"Haha, friends from the tribe in the lake! Come on, put on the sacred deer head, pick up the blessed wooden bell, and dance and sing with me in front of the traditional bonfire!"

"Uh, deer head? Good! Whoa!..."

Chivako stayed where he was while two Yorem warriors stepped forward and placed a heavy stag's head on his head. Two sisal ropes hang down from the head of the deer, and they are tightly tied to the lower jaw, which is painful. Then, another middle-aged man dressed as a witch doctor saluted and gave him two gourd wooden bells.

After finishing, Chief Karan stood in front of the bonfire and took the lead in dancing. He bent his waist, arched his legs, kept the jumping posture, enthusiastically squatted together, shook the wooden bell in his hand, sang like a frog, and told ancient legends.

"Ahaha! A long time ago, there was no flame in the world. All animals yearn for flames!

The flame was on the top of the highest mountain, and they sent a frog to look for it on the top of the mountain.

The frog will not be burned because he lives in the water and has water in his mouth!

The frog jumped and jumped, finally jumped to the top of the mountain, and swallowed the burning flint in one gulp.

He wrapped the fire on the stone with the water in his mouth. Two streams of smoke came out of his nostrils.

The frog got the fire! ....

Ah ha ha! Then the fox said, Turkeys, follow the frog.

When the fire in the frog's mouth is about to be extinguished, blow it up quickly!

So, the turkeys followed the frog, and when the flint was about to go out, they lit it up again.

However, the frog's mouth was too large, and the flint fell, hitting the possum's tail.

The possum's tail was on fire, screaming and scurrying around, igniting the vegetation in the mountains...

Ah ha ha! Thanks to frogs, foxes, turkeys and possums.

All animals have fire since then! ...

Ah ha ha ha ha ha! ...

"

"Uh...ahaha! Frogs, foxes, turkeys and possums?"

Chihuaco's eyes widened, imitating Chief Karan, dancing the frog dance. He twisted his old waist, tried his best to up and down, and the wooden bell in his hand made "jingle bells". Chief Karan's singing was like a torrent of thunder, shaking people dizzy, and he could barely understand a few words. After a while, he blinked sharply.

"Huh? And the stones on fire?"

Among the crowd sitting around, Guajili guide Pawei showed admiration, and echoed in a low voice. In the entire expedition fleet, he was probably the only one who fully understood the song.

This is an ancient song that tells about the heritage of the tribe. The flame is the spirit inherited by the wilderness tribe, and it is a gift from the divine world. The climbing frog is the leader of the tribe, the bravest and most resolute warrior. The wise fox is the priest of the tribe, guiding the leaders and warriors. The following turkeys are naturally guided warriors, who also have the responsibility to protect the flames. And the possum with its tail on fire is a mass of tribal people, a people who spread and share flames.

Leaders, priests, warriors, and tribal people, these four groups are the composition of the northern tribes. And the reason why they are united is because they inherit the divinity of their ancestors and the flame of the tribe!

The fierce dance lasted for a full quarter of an hour, until Chihuako's old waist was almost broken, and Chief Karan, who led the dance, was sweating profusely and stopped dancing. He laughed heartily, stretched out the gourd bell in his hand, and touched Chivaco's bell heavily, making a crisp "jingle bell"!

"Ahaha!...The turkeys who came from afar, and the frogs of the Yorem tribe welcome you! We sang songs and danced together, and we have been trustworthy friends ever since!"

Hearing what the chief said, all the warriors of the Jorem tribe stood up suddenly. They put down their spears, waved their hands, and laughed loudly.

"Ahaha!...Ahaha!...Ahahahahaha!"

"Ah, friend? Good! Whoa! Ahaha!  …"

Chivaco nodded with a smile. Then, he turned around slightly, looked at his team members, and gestured.

"What are you doing here? Get up and celebrate!"

"...Praise the Lord God! Let friends meet again, ahaha!..."

After a while, more than thirty Prepecha warriors stood up, put away their weapons, and raised their hands in celebration and prayer. Seeing their actions, the tribal fighters on the opposite side became more enthusiastic and almost rushed over to dance with them.

"Phew!...Damn it...who...drove me here...God is really blind!"

At this moment, Chihuaco finally confirmed that the tribe on the opposite side was not hostile. He breathed a sigh of relief, and cursed in his heart, a certain nobleman who had always been thinking about him.

This journey was really too difficult, and everyone brushed shoulders with death several times. Looking back at this moment, I almost burst into tears.

In mid-November of last year, he received a call-up order from the kingdom, so he had no choice but to pick up his spear, leaving his daughter Lu Wei and son-in-law Ezpan behind, and headed south alone. Several old brothers wanted to accompany him, but they were all driven away by him.

It was not until early December that he came to Lake Atoyak to report to the Southern Shipbuilding Division. According to His Majesty's instructions, the Southern Shipbuilding Department handed over the three newly launched crocodile galleys to the leadership of the old militiamen.

Along with the ship was the first-level priest Mecate, who was proficient in navigation, could read and count, and estimated directions. There is Pawei, the guide of Guajili, who grew up in the wasteland, knows the northern language, and also understands the customs of the wasteland. Then there were sixty Prepeca sailors, who knew how to handle the galleys and were good rowers.

Then, a group of people rowed the most advanced galley in the kingdom, went down the Talsas River, and arrived at the mouth of the sea a few days later. Huitu Puap brought fifty Preepecha warriors and had been waiting for a long time. When the two met, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com naturally sighed with emotion.

Puap was full of regret. He should have followed Chivaco's suggestion and confessed to His Majesty earlier about his contacts with the southern nobles, so perhaps he would not have lost his military power. Chivaco cursed angrily, wishing he could hit Old Pu on the head with his hands. After recounting the past, Puap also joined Chihuaco's team as the vice-captain of the expedition according to His Majesty's order. So far, the kingdom's first ocean-going expedition fleet has been formed!

The expedition fleet has a total of three galleys and a hundred and ten people. The cabin was filled with food, fresh water, cloth, cocoa, two small bags of gold and silver, and a large bag of precious stones from the kingdom's stock. The purpose of sailing is to follow His Majesty's order and go along the coast to the far northwest. They want to find the island where the birds inhabit, collect the stones condensed by bird droppings, and record the hydrology and navigation route along the way until they return to the voyage smoothly.

And this is the kingdom's first voyage to explore the vast unknown world! And this is the kingdom's first voyage to explore the vast unknown world! Nearly twenty years after coming to this world, Shulot finally completed all the preparations and sent out the first batch of explorers. And the entire vast American continent will be unfolded in front of him again, telling the future of changing destiny in a completely different way!

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