Vibrant conures, with bright red neck feathers shaking, watch lively among the groves on the red soil. They chirped and watched, watching the group of two-legged beasts digging holes on the red stone hill, just like crocodiles before spawning at the beach. Even the unexpected rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of the birds.

In fact, in this season of abundant food and abundant rainfall, animals on the island of Cuba, like people, can do little.

This time, the exploration of Hongtu Mountain lasted for three full days. On the one hand, due to the impact of rainfall, the exploration progress was delayed. On the other hand, it was Priest Mecate who had a problem. He was absolutely certain that these laterite ores had the wrong taste, they wouldn't melt in the fire, they were heavy and hard, and they also had some magnetism...it must be a kind of mineral deposit! However, limited by the lack of divinely inspired knowledge, he still couldn't tell what kind of mines these were.

"It's not copper, it's not lead, it's not tin, it's not gold, it's not silver, it's not precious stones... There may be iron, but it doesn't seem to be quite the same as what His Majesty described, and the magnetism is not enough... Ah! Lord God! Please grant me Learn more!...”

After thinking painfully, facing Priest Tomat's questioning, Priest Mekart spoke bluntly. These minerals are beyond his cognitive ability, so he needs to hire someone else.

"Everyone should investigate carefully, collect some stone samples, and go back to give His Highness an explanation! Maybe His Highness can recognize it..."

Priest Tomat made a suggestion, and the old militiaman Chivaco nodded in agreement. Of course, both of them thought too much, even Xiulot couldn't recognize the minerals here.

Soon, the warriors of the brigade were busy in all directions, roughly surveying the range of the red-gray stone mineral deposit. It is estimated that this mining area is more than ten miles long from the surface, let alone underground. Then, everyone simply collected some different ore samples, including red-gray, white-yellow, and black. It is not known whether it is a mineral.

After finishing this work, everyone bid farewell to this "treasure mountain" and waved goodbye to the Moa Great Nickel Mine Belt. This astonishingly large nickel ore belt stores nearly one-third of the proven nickel reserves in the world for later generations! The storage forms of these nickel ores include red nickel ore, nickel-iron ore, and the more precious nickel-cobalt ore!

right! Nickel-cobalt ore, focusing on "cobalt ore". Cuba's cobalt ore production ranks among the top five in later generations, and all of it is deposited here at this moment. And "cobalt", an element that is crucial to lithium batteries, will not really shine brightly until hundreds of years later.

After the heavy rain stopped for a while, the fleet was replenished and set sail again. The Taino ministries on the island of Cuba are not short of food, and their attitude is very friendly, which makes it easy to replenish water. Well, at least it was much easier than in the Mayan lowlands.

The kingdom's fleet sailed with the wind, traveled more than two hundred miles in two days, and sailed into a natural bay. Everyone arrived at the most important destination of this exploration, the Mayali Department.

"Praise the Lord God! We have sailed for nine thousand miles and finally arrived here! According to the voyage records of the Mayapan fleet, the prophesied large iron mine in Cuba should be in this area!"

When everyone came here, their faces were full of hope. Priest Tomat has bright eyes, old militiaman Chihuaco has a smile on his face, and Dust Puap is eager to try. Only the real guide, the Mayan businessman Tikaro, is sweating like rain and sitting on pins and needles.

"Huh! Huh! Cuban Snake Island in August is really hot! Even if you only wear a long robe, you can't stop sweating... Ah, yes! We will set off tomorrow, with a local guide, According to the record in my hand, go to the south to find the big iron mine!..."

On Tikalo's face, he forced a confident smile, while his heart beat wildly like a drum. In fact, he had never seen the "Iron Mine" in person. What he relied on along the way was the encrypted voyage records in his hand that only members of the royal family of Kokom could understand.

According to the records, the caravan of the Kekemu family found the huge black gray mine here, and picked up the "black gemstone" dedicated to His Highness, which is what His Highness called "chromite spinel". It can be said that these "black gems" were the earliest introduction to Cuba's exploration, and opened up the entire difficult and long-distance route!

"Lord God! If the fleet is here and can't find the big iron mine on Snake Island in Cuba, then... what should I do? The leaders on board will definitely tear me apart alive and sacrifice them piece by piece To the lord! . . . "

That night, Ticaro lay on the hay bed in Maria, tossing and turning, unable to sleep all night. He prayed to the main **** in a low voice, with a rare piety.

The moonlight is like water, and the surrounding villages are quiet. For tomorrow's iron ore exploration, even the sailors who landed bid farewell to the enthusiastic Taino women and rested early. In this voyage of nine thousand miles, there is only the last and most important period left.

The next day, when the sky was getting bright and the jungle parrots hadn't crowed yet, Priest Tomat, wearing a sacrificial attire and carrying a copper axe, knocked open Tikalo's thatched hut. The warriors and sailors on the ship were fully armed, and a hundred people were dispatched. Under the leadership of Ticaro with a tense look, the crowd couldn't wait to go to the southeast mountains.

However, Ticaro's nervousness at this time is actually unnecessary. Given the astonishing scale of the Mayali Iron Mine Belt, as long as the approximate location is determined, even if it is more than a dozen miles away, it is impossible to miss it.

The group set off from Mayari, and after walking for an hour, the compass in the hands of Priest Mecate began to spin wildly. That kind of frantic scurrying is like a male hummingbird who can't find a mate when it's in heat.

"Ah! Lord God! We, we are here!"

Priest Mecate shouted in surprise, and was the first to run up the hill ahead. Then, the old militiaman and Priest Tomat looked at each other, and followed Tikalo, who was looking restless, as he climbed up the hill. The sights in front of everyone's eyes widened instantly at this moment, and they had a clear view!

"Lord God! This... this blind man!..."

The old militiaman Chihuaco stared blankly ahead, his old face twitched in shock. In front of his eyes, a black, gray and reddish mountain was quietly lying among the sparse vegetation, stretching as far as the eye could see, almost extending the entire horizon. If these are all iron ore, it is an iron ore mountain range beyond everyone's understanding.

"This! Really? What kind of iron ore is it all?... Was it really hit by that blind...?"

"Praise the Lord God!

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Priest Mecate yelled and continued running quickly down the hill. He held a wildly spinning compass in one hand and a small mining hammer in the other. Then, he picked up a piece of black-red ore that can be seen everywhere, knocked some powder, and put it in his mouth to feel it.

"Salty, fishy, ​​and bloody! This is, this is, this must be..."

Priest Mecate paused for a moment, his face almost glowing with excitement.

"Praise the Lord God! This is iron ore! The whole mountain, the whole mountain range, is all iron ore!"

"Ah! Ah! God bless you! We have finally found the prophesied large iron mine in Cuba!"

Hearing Priest Mecate's affirmative judgment, Priest Tomat immediately fell to his knees, raised the sun amulet around his neck, and prayed loudly. Tears welled up in his eyes, but there was a smile on his face.

"Praise the Lord God! Praise Your Highness! Our voyage has finally reached its destination!..."

"Praise the Lord God! Praise Your Highness! Aww!..."

Pu'apu pulled out the copper axe, shouted wildly, and hundreds of kingdom warriors also howled frantically. Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the Mayan businessman Tikalo looked blank. He stood there in a daze for a while, then suddenly shouted presumptuously.

"Praise... the Lord God!"

Deafening cheers~lightnovelpub.net~ resounded through the entire forest. Heishi, the accompanying Mayari guide, blinked and was at a loss. He didn't know what these distant tribes were excited about. These are just the most common black stones, as common as his name. He looked into the distance in confusion. Compared with the past, this black-gray and reddish Black Rock Mountain Range was no different. And such an ordinary scenery has been seen by the villagers of the tribe for countless years.

"Phew! What a strange longship tribe..."

The guide Heishi pulled his hair and muttered in a low voice. But after a while, he looked at the happy crowd and cheered happily. Because, he heard the translator Kuba's shout of joy, repeating the announcement of the longship leaders.

"Drink fruit wine tonight! Everyone is not allowed to leave until they are drunk!"

The boiling shout echoed in the sparse forest, startling the birds all over the sky. And the Mayali iron ore belt, which has a reserve of more than 2 billion tons and extends for dozens of miles, just sleeps quietly in front of everyone, waiting for tens of millions of years, and being disturbed by future generations.

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