Overcast clouds piled up, the sky was gloomy, the weather by the sea was unpredictable, and drizzle was coming again in a blink of an eye. Priest Zuvalo raised his head, looked at the darkening sky, took a wide-brimmed straw hat and put it on, covering the expression on his face.

"The proposal of Chief Karan of the Yorem Department...the great tribe of Yome..."

Recalling the conversation that day, Priest Zuvalo stroked his chin, struggled for a while, and shook his head.

"The Yuemei tribe of the Yaqui people is a large tribe in the north that controls nearly 10,000 people and has 3,000 warriors. If there is not enough supplies along the way, how many warriors can the kingdom's fleet transport three or four thousand miles away?" What?...Such a bold proposal, let His Majesty make a decision!"

Thinking of this, the newly promoted priest's thoughts drifted away, and he remembered what he had seen and heard about the Yuemei tribe.

Relying on the great river in the upper reaches of the east, the Yome tribe has a prosperous trade with the city-state of Orta in the mountains in the north and the tribes of Makuvi on the border of the wasteland. The ancestral land of the Horta City-State Alliance is the Red Copper Mountain, which produces a large amount of high-quality copper materials and bronze wares. And the tribes of the Yaqui, especially the Yome tribe, control the various firestone coal mines and produce a sufficient amount of bituminous coal.

It is precisely because of the open-pit coal mines and the obstruction of the northern mountains that the Yuemei tribe does not have to be forced to migrate when the cold wave comes, and can gradually grow to the scale of 10,000 people. And the coastal plain along the river where they settled has also become a fertile ground for the prying eyes of various ministries. Even the Guyinma tribe, which has always been friends, has some covetous thoughts, not to mention the Yorem tribe of the same origin.

"The fleet traded precious stones in Yuemei, and filled more than a dozen catamaran canoes with coal, with a total of about tens of tons. The Black Rock Mountain Iron Mine specified this kind of high-quality coal from the North, saying yes This kind of coal is different from the kingdom's, after the local method of coking, the iron will not become brittle..."

Priest Zuvalo pulled his hair and fell silent. What about coal and iron? He had learned His Majesty's revelation in Shenwei University, but he didn't understand the specific smelting at all.

"The essence of divinity is injected into the mineral deposits of the earth. The more injected, the more pure, the higher the quality, and the easier it is to smelt. Gold, silver, copper, coal, iron and tin are all like this, and there is a difference between high and low quality."

Thinking of this, Zuvaro turned his head slightly and looked at the catamaran carrying coal beside him. In order to facilitate commerce, these catamarans are paved with wooden boards that can stand on people and carry goods, and on both sides of the hull, there are additionally extended rafts that provide buoyancy and carrying.

At this moment, both the wooden boards and the attached rafts were full of baskets of coal, so that the hull of the boat was half submerged in the water. Through such modifications, the maximum load of a catamaran has increased to seven or eight tons. The only disadvantage is that it is not flexible enough to fight on water.

"So, the great tribe of Yuemei is the northernmost point where the merchant fleet arrived. And the aggressive Sri people in the north have no special products, can't do business, and are too dangerous. @精量\\/书阁*First update ~~The fleet turned westward at the Department of Yome, heading for the long and narrow peninsula to the west, and excavated the guano stones designated by His Majesty on the small islands along the coast."

Priest Zuvalo turned slightly again, looking to the other side. Large and small straw baskets were filled with grayish-white and yellowish struvite.

According to Shenqi's description, these struvites are formed by the condensation of the feces of birds on the island for thousands of years, and they contain the vitality of cultivating crops. In the entire fleet, more than half of the load of more than 20 catamarans is used to load these natural fertilizers.

"If one ton of struvite is ground and added to the farmland, how many tons of grain can be increased?"

Priest Zuvalo stared wide-eyed at the ordinary struvite, but couldn't see anything. But he knew that in the upper reaches of Lake Ato, a small lake had been drawn out, and the floating field Chinampa on the lake had been built. This is a unique technology of the Mexica Alliance. It can be cultivated for a whole year and harvested more than three times, and it must be maintained with sufficient fertilizer.

"The archipelago around the narrow peninsula is full of free-flying seabirds, hundreds of thousands of them. They are producing fertilizer all the time..."

Zuvaro narrowed his eyes, recalling the overwhelming seabirds, the shocking bird calls, and the "raindrops" falling from the sky, and couldn't help but wiped his forehead. He thought of the magnificent scenery and the guano stones everywhere, with longing in his eyes.

"Such struvites pile up into mountains and stretch into land, and there are tens of millions of tons! If struvites can really increase production, then the kingdom's food will be... (This chapter is not finished!)

Chapter six hundred and seventy-nine The establishment of the northern trade route, a journey of ten times the profit

.call! Lord God bless! "

Zuvaro took a deep breath, with a devout face, praying in a low voice.

The Kingdom Merchant Fleet headed south along the long and narrow peninsula, and encountered many guano islands, all the way to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. @重量\\/书阁·No fault starting~~ But the fleet will not travel to the southernmost point, because there is a lack of large villages along the way that can be replenished. The Kochimi tribes on the peninsula have always been small in scale, the largest being only a few hundred people, and the surplus food has never been much. After traveling 600 miles to the south, the merchant fleet replenished food and water in Chimi Village (now Tripu), the largest fishing village of the Kochimi people. Outside Chimi Village, there is an almost closed lagoon (now Puerto Esdido), where the fish production is very abundant, so it can support a large village.

From Qimi Village to the east, drive three to four hundred miles, and return to the northern continent again, which happens to be the location of the Yorem tribe. The Royal Merchant Fleet resupplied in the Yorem tribe, bid farewell to Putu, the gray cat who was reluctant to part with him and wanted to get out of the sea of ​​suffering, and embarked on his way back south along the way he had come.

"In this way, it is a complete northern trade route! Starting from Trout Town at the mouth of the Talsas River, followed by Brownfield Town of the Nan Tekos, Three Rivers City of the North Tekos, and Torpan of the Huichols Estuary, Yushan Village of the Totomei people, Yorem tribe of the Mayo people, Yome tribe of the Yaqui people, then westward through the Guano Stone Islands, until the Chimi village of the Kochimi people, and then back east to about Department of Rem."

Zuwaro closed his eyes, summing up in his mind. The distances of these navigation nodes are all between 500-700 miles, and they are relatively suitable supply locations. And a voyage along the coast is exactly 4,000 miles away, and the return journey of 4,000 miles will take about four months.

Along the way, from south to north, Zongshi Town and Three Rivers City of the Tekos all produced food and cloth, which were exchanged for the kingdom's gems. The Huichol people at the mouth of the Torpan River have the ability to provide cassiterite, goldstone, and silverstone, but they do not accept gemstones, but only cloth and weapons.

The Yushan Village of the Totomei people has relatively sufficient food and accepts trade in daily necessities, but they are not very interested in gems. The Jorem Department of the Mayo people especially prefer bronze weapons and refined leather armor, and can provide high-quality copperstone, goldstone, and silverstone.

The Yuemei tribe of the Yaqui people produced a large amount of bituminous coal, copper stone, and gold stone, and accepted gem trade. In the Yuemei Department, there are merchants from the Horta City-State Alliance, who can exchange extremely high-purity copper for bronze weapons. The Horta Alliance in the mountains is facing the plunder of the fierce grassland Apache Alliance, and there is almost no upper limit to the demand for weapons and leather armor.

"The red copper exchange price of the Orta people is only one-third of that of the Alliance. The coal of the Yuemei Department is only the cost of manpower. And the weapons, leather armor and cloth can be more than several times the premium in each department of the Northern Continent. .As for the gold ore that each ministries have, it is usually one-fourth of the value of the alliance, or even a basket of gold stones for a basket of cotton cloth..."

Zuvaro calculated a little, and his eyes were slightly red. The profit of this northern route is at least six times higher! The merchant fleet of the kingdom went north with weapons, leather armor, and cloth, and then went south with gold, silver, copper, coal, tin, and guano...

"No, it's not right! If you go north with the gems in the lake, and exchange a large amount of cotton cloth on the land of the northern and southern Tekos... the profit of this route~lightnovelpub.net~ will be ten times! Praise the Lord God!"

Thinking of this, Zuvaro showed excitement, and the corners of his mouth raised piously. He rubbed his palms excitedly, flexed his wrists, and his eyes flickered.

"Your Majesty said that 30% of the income from each transaction will be shared by the crew of the fleet! As long as we make more trips, the warriors and sailors on board, as well as me, will be enveloped by the golden light of the Lord God! Haha!"

The hearty laughter sounded in the dim sea and sky, with both piety from the heart and strong desire. Zuwaro made up his mind to wait for half a month to rest in Zicao County after the return journey, and then go north again with a full load of goods.

The new priest stood up and stood on the bow of the boat. He looked at the vast ocean, and his heart was full of excitement. After a long time, an inexplicable thought came to his mind, causing his eyes to turn to the far east.

"The world is so vast, and the various ministries are so diverse. After the first exploration of the kingdom, the northern land is endless. But at this moment, I don't know where the kingdom's eastward exploration fleet is? What does it look like?".

Chapter six hundred and seventy-nine The establishment of the northern trade route, a journey of ten times the profit