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

"Proposal by the Karan Chief of the Yorem Department... The Yomei Tribe..."

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

"The Yome tribe of the Yaki people controls a population of nearly 10,000 people and has a large northern tribe with 3,000 warriors. If there are not sufficient supplies along the way, the kingdom's fleet can travel three or four thousand kilometers away, transporting as many warriors as possible. What?... Such a bold proposal, leave it to His Majesty to decide!"

Thinking of this, the new priest's thoughts drifted away, and he remembered the experience of the Yomei tribe.

Relying on the great river in the upper reaches of the east, the Yomei tribe carried on prosperous trade with the city-state of Horta in the mountains further north, and the Makuwi tribes on the border of the wasteland. The ancestral land of the Horta city-state alliance is the Red Copper Mountain, which produces a large number of high-quality copper materials and copper utensils. And the Yaqi tribes, especially the Yomei tribe, controlled the various flint coal mines, producing sufficient quantities of bituminous coal.

It is precisely because of the open-pit coal mines and the blocking of the northern mountains that the Yomei tribe is not forced to migrate when the cold wave comes, and can gradually grow to a scale of 10,000 people. And the coastal plains along the river where they settled has also become fertile soil for various ministries to spy on and aspire to. Even the Guajima clan, whom they have always been friends with, hides some coveted thoughts, not to mention the Yorem clan of the same origin.

"The fleet carried out the gem trade in the Yomei Department, and filled more than ten double-hulled canoes with coal, with a total of about tens of tons. Heiyanshan Iron Mine designated this kind of high-quality coal from the North, saying that it is This kind of coal is different from that of the kingdom. After coking with the local method, the iron produced will not become brittle..."

Priest Zuvaro tugged at his hair and was silent. What is coal or iron? He has studied His Majesty's Divine Revelation at Shenwei University, but he doesn't understand the specific smelting at all.

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

Thinking of this, Zuvalo tilted his head slightly and looked at the catamaran that was transporting coal beside him. In order to facilitate trade, these catamarans are covered with wooden boards that can stand people and carry loads, and on both sides of the hull, there are additional rafts that provide buoyancy and carry.

At this moment, whether it was the wooden plank that carried the cargo or the attached raft, there were baskets of coal loaded, and the hull of the boat was half submerged in the water. Through this modification, the maximum load of a catamaran has been increased to seven or eight tons. The only downside is that it is not flexible enough to fight on water.

"So, the Yeomei tribe is the northernmost point where the merchant fleet arrives. And the aggressive Sri people from the north have no special properties, cannot trade, and are too dangerous. The fleet turned to the Yeomei tribe. To the west, go to the long and narrow peninsula in the west, and dig the struvite designated by Your Majesty on the small archipelago along the coast."

Priest Zuvaro turned slightly again and looked to the other side beside him. The straw baskets, big and small, are filled with gray-white and yellow struvite.

According to Shen Qi's description, these struvite stones are condensed from the feces of island birds for thousands of years, and contain the vitality for cultivating crops. In the entire fleet, more than 20 catamarans, more than half of the load, are used to carry these natural fertilizers.

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

Priest Zuvaro widened his eyes and stared at the ordinary struvite, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything. But he knew that in the upper reaches of Ato Lake, a small lake had been drawn, and a floating field, Chinampa, had been built on the lake. This is a technology unique to the Mexica Federation. It can be cultivated for an entire year and harvested more than three times. It must also be maintained with sufficient fertilizer.

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

Zuvalo narrowed his eyes, recalling the overwhelming seabirds, the heart-pounding bird calls, and the "raindrops" falling from the sky, and he couldn't help but wipe his forehead. There was longing in his eyes as he thought of the splendid view, of the struvite that could be seen everywhere.

"Such struvite is piled up into mountains and stretches into land, and I don't know how many tens of millions of tons! If struvite can really increase production, then the kingdom's food can be... hoo! God bless!"

Zuvarro took a deep breath, his face full of piety, and he prayed lowly.

The kingdom's merchant fleet went south along the long and narrow peninsula, and encountered many struvite islands, all the way to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. But the fleet would not make it to the southernmost point, because of the lack of large villages that could be replenished along the way. The Kochmi tribes on the peninsula have always been small in scale, the largest being only a few hundred people, and the surplus of food has always been small. After sailing 600 miles south, the merchant fleet was replenished with food and water in the largest fishing village of the Kochimi, Chimi (now Tripuí). Outside the village of Chimi, there is an almost closed lagoon (now Puerto), which is very rich in fish production, so it is possible to support a large village.

From Chimi Village to the east, drive three or four hundred miles, and then return to the northern continent again, which is exactly the location of the Yorem tribe. The kingdom's merchant fleet resupplied once more in the large tribe of Yorem, and said goodbye to Putu, the gray cat who was reluctant to part and wanted to escape from the sea of ​​misery.

"In this way, the complete northern trade route! From Trout Town at the mouth of the Tulsa River, it is in turn the town of Brown, the Nantes, the Three Rivers of the North, and Torpan of the Huychols. The mouth of the river, the fish mountain village of the Totome people, the Yorem tribe of the Mayo people, the Yome tribe of the Yaki people, and then westward through the struvite islands until the village of Chimi people of the Kochmi people, and then eastwards back to Yorem Rem Department."

Zuvarro closed his eyes and concluded in his heart. The distance between these several navigation nodes is between 500-700 miles, which is a more suitable supply location. And a trip to the coast is exactly four thousand miles to the road, and four thousand miles to return, and it takes about four months.

Along the way, from south to north, the towns of Zongshi and Sanhe City of the Turks all produced grain and cloth in exchange for the precious stones of the kingdom. The Huichol people at the mouth of the Torpan River have the ability to provide cassiterite, gold stone, and silver stone, but do not accept gems, only cloth and weapons.

The Yushan Village of the Totomei people has plenty of food, accepts daily necessities trade, and has little interest in gemstones. The Yorem tribe of the Mayo people especially prefer bronze weapons and refined leather armor, which can provide high-quality copper stone, gold stone, and silver stone.

The Yomei tribe of the Aqirs produced a large amount of bituminous coal, chalcolith, and gold, and accepted the gem trade. Among the Yomei department, there are merchants from the Orta City-State Alliance, who can take out extremely pure red copper and exchange bronze weapons. The Horta Alliance in the mountains is facing the looting of the fierce grassland Apache Alliance, and there is almost no upper limit on the demand for weapons and leather armor.

"The exchange price of red copper for the Orta people is only one-third of that of the Alliance. The coal of the Yomei Department is only the cost of manpower. And the weapons, leather armor and cloth, in the northern continent, can be several times more expensive. . As for the gold ore in each department, 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 counted a little, and his eyes were slightly red. The profit of this northern route is at least six times higher! The kingdom's merchant fleet went north with weapons, leather armor, and cloth, and then went south with gold, silver, copper, coal, tin, and guano...

"No, that'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 North and South Tecos... the profit of this route will be tenfold! Praise the Lord God!"

Thinking of this, Zuvaro was excited, and the corners of his mouth turned up reverently. He rubbed his palms excitedly, moved his wrists, and his eyes flashed.

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

The cheerful laughter rang out in the dark sea and sky, with both sincerity from the heart and strong desire. Zuvalo made up his mind to wait for a half-month rest in Zicao County after the return trip, UU reading www. uukanshu.com went north again with a full load of goods.

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

"The world is so vast, and the various tribes are so numerous. After the first kingdom exploration, the northern land has become endless. At this moment, I don't know where the fleet of the kingdom's eastward exploration has gone? The tribes in the far east, what are they? What's it like?"

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