Chapter 999 The Voyage Diary of the Knowledgeable Man, the Starting Point of Midsummer in July, and the Purple Bay Tribes of the Eyaks

"Lord God bless! At the beginning of July, after we recruited seven or eight Eyak sailors, we left the purple bay tribes of the Eyaks, and also left the dreamy purple bay. And the eastern god Jinxi Port, the god-inspired port built on the side of the flowing golden stream and the huge continuous golden mountain, is getting farther and farther away from us..."

"Praise the Lord God! Your Majesty's prophecies have been verified one after another, and we have also received distant rumors about the island chain going west. The morale of the entire fleet remains unbelievably high, as if embarking on the sacred road of the legendary ancestors!..."

"The days in summer are very long and the nights are very short, almost only one-third of the day. On a short, moonless night, I measured the latitude of the fleet, which was around 60 degrees north latitude and 60 degrees north latitude... On the northern coast here, you can see towering coastal cliffs and snow-capped mountains everywhere. Those white icebergs in the distance on the skyline are endless, like the illusory background of the entire sky, revealing some mysterious omen!...But we clearly know that those white hazy mountains are in the distance. It exists everywhere, and it's very high, very high..."

The cold gale comes from the north, sometimes due south, sometimes southwest. The knowledgeable Mickey rubbed his hands vigorously, looked at the icebergs in the northeast, and imagined the place behind the icebergs where the cold wind blows.

From the Eyak tribes (Eyak) and the Sugpia tribes (Sugpiaq tribes) he met, he knew the endless snowfields further north. That is the absolute domain where the God of Ice sleeps. There are ice and snow that are difficult to melt all the year round, and even never will melt, and there are truly magnificent icebergs that stretch for thousands of miles.

"North of 60 degrees north latitude, the real land of divine disasters! The fleet has been close to the edge and traveled for two to three thousand miles... However, although I have seen continuous sacred mountains and even the highest towering "Tian Shen Zu Feng", I have never really seen the terrifying appearance of divine disasters, ice and snow rampaging and rampaging, and withering everything in the long winter. On the contrary, what I have seen in the midsummer of the extreme north coast is so magnificent and bright, and so full of vitality. Like the garden of the goddess of spring!  …”

Thinking of this, a sincere smile appeared on the face of the knowledgeable Mickey. He couldn't wait to look at the record in his hand, as if he saw that beautiful summer again.

"On the extreme northern coast in July, the sky is clear and clear, and the river is clear and blue. Along the coast is lush green grassland, and in the depths is a deep black forest. Farther away, there are endless layers of gray-brown mountains, as well as towering ice and snow mountains shining in the clouds!  …"

"And everything on the coast seems to have been bestowed with extreme vitality by the Lord God, and it seems to have been blessed by the goddess of spring! There are bright and blooming flowers everywhere, fish that migrate and lay eggs, birds that nest and lay eggs, and animals that mate and reproduce..."

"Purple anthuriums, golden milkweed, and white impatiens are all blooming on hillsides, lakes, and rivers, one after another, as if they were fed by the milk of a goddess! ...Swarms of salmon, trout, and spot fish, flashing bright red, silver, or spots, swim to the upper reaches of the river, looking for lakes where they lay eggs...There are also strong and airy bald eagles, pure and holy white spoonbills, and beautiful singing The three-color thrushes built their nests in pairs and were busy day and night... The fleet also saw a particularly large reindeer and a particularly small white-tailed deer. These lucky white deer in the legends of the plateau are all appearing in groups from the forest at this moment, and even reproduce in front of our faces!  …”

"Witness of the Lord God! The summer here is so full of vitality! It seems that all life is eager to complete the reproduction of life and the continuation of the group in this warm and pleasant short season!"

After reading this, Mickey the Knowledgeable took a deep breath. He seemed to smell the fragrance of flowers again, and heard the singing of birds. And when he thought of the summer season, those fresh fruits, and the sea fish that could be easily caught, he couldn't help but licked his lips and swallowed.

"Blessed by the Lord God! There is no doubt that summer is the most suitable season for sailing on the extreme northern coast. Because, although sea fog rises on the seashore in this season, there are far less storms than in autumn and winter. And the food on the shore is very, very, very, very, very abundant!..."

"Praise Your Majesty! We have collected a lot of berries, including sweet blueberries, red mulberries, sweet and sour cherry berries, raspberries, very sour raspberries, blackberries... This is a long-standing tradition of the exploration fleet, because His Majesty has given a clear revelation that sour fruits can help the fleet resist the erosion of blood by the evil gods of the sea..."

"We hunted a lot of stags and roasted them with salt and spices. The Eyak hunter (Eyak) is a real guide and a good hunter. He can spot deer from a distance. He told us that during the breeding season in summer and autumn, there is plenty of food. According to the habits of northern tribes, hunters will only catch stags and let the does go to maintain the continuation of the deer herd as much as possible..."

"Praise the Lord God! There are a lot of fish in summer, there are too many! We catch a lot of red meat salmon and silver salmon, and almost every net can fill a basket! Sometimes, we also catch annoying big lobsters and big crabs. These hard-shelled sea spirits will destroy our fishing nets, and they don't have much meat. The sailors of the Eyaks hate them. , but it’s really delicious!…”

Seeing this, the knowledgeable Mickey swallowed again in disappointment. He recalled the summer barbecue scene by the sea, the sailors from all ministries were grilling salmon, and only he and Zuvaro were grilling a dozen lobsters and large crabs each. Only the two leaders of the fleet have the power to use this extravagant fuel. The warriors of the kingdom are not used to eating bland fish, and usually choose to roast venison, which is easier to fill their stomachs and generate strength. They will also use precious salt to marinate a large amount of simply smoked deer legs and deer shoulders as long-term storage food.

"Witness of the Lord God! Summer is warm and food is abundant, but the biggest problem is food storage! On this cold northern coast, the tribes along the way are all fishing and hunting. There are only a small amount of sour fruits, roots, pine nuts, and dried moss. There is no grain that can be stored. For these tribes, frozen meat buried in the snow at the end of autumn is the staple food in winter. Bacon and cured meat that can be stored for a long time are their most important life-saving food during the winter that lasts for half a year and before the arrival of spring in April! But their Fuel and salt are scarce, and life-saving food that can be stored is limited..."

"The guide Eyalu told me that during the most difficult time of winter, there will always be old people in the tribe who leave their huts and go alone to the blizzard that freezes everything. And every spring, if hunters encounter the dead bodies of old people who have not yet decayed, no matter which tribe they come from, they will be buried according to the common tradition... and Eyalu's grandfather, grandmother, father, and mother also left the tribe in this way. In the whole tribe, the only people who can live past forty or even thirty-five years old are witch doctors who can pass on knowledge and treat injuries... Hey! May the lord god guide their souls, these fellow gluemen who are struggling in the Northland!..."

The knowledgeable Mickey closed his eyes and prayed silently for a while. Afterwards, he opened his eyes, and looked at the white bear Gaowa who looked surprisingly mature, but was actually less than eighteen years old. In fact, in these tribes of the Northlands, women usually give birth to their first children around the age of fifteen. In the harsh natural environment, they must mature as soon as possible and continue their offspring as soon as possible, just like those reindeer and brown bears in the north..."

"Witness of the Lord God! The further north you go, the precious stones, gold and silver, cotton feather clothes, and even the spice cocoa carried by the fleet become less and less worth mentioning in the eyes of the tribes along the coast. But the large jars of salt carried by the fleet and the barrels of flint in the ballast are the real hard currency and real wealth of the Northland!..."

"During the trade with the northern tribes, we were surprised to find that the most valuable traded goods turned out to be salt! Seeing the large jars of white salt and green salt brought by the fleet, the tribes all over the world were very jealous, and even vaguely showed the idea of ​​doing something. However, the tribes here are very small and far away from each other. The hundreds of warriors and sailors in the fleet have surpassed the size of any tribe!  …"

"So, their choice is to trade salt with us. And as long as they have salt, they can save more meat and live more people in winter... They are also willing to trade firestone, which in their eyes is a kind of divine fuel, to prevent the great cold wave that will come at an unknown time, but may destroy the entire tribe!..."

"It's just that the exploration fleet doesn't need their fur. Although the fur of the northern snow fox is so pure and beautiful that I have never seen it! ... We also don't need their bone tools, stone tools, and those bright paints that are painted on utensils... For the entire exploration fleet, the only thing we need is people, strong people who can paddle in the snow and storms in the north! ..."

Seeing this, the knowledgeable Mickey lowered his eyes, with compassion for the situation of the brothers and tribes in his heart, but also firmness to realize the mission of exploration!

In order to complete the difficult exploration of crossing the sea to the west, and to reach the land prophesied by His Majesty, every time the fleet encounters a hunting seaside tribe, it will ask the other party for additional sailors. If the opponent refuses, the fleet will not force it. But generally speaking, after hearing the conditions put forward by the fleet, most of these tribes will send one or two, or even more young men, to join the "Tribe in the Lake" who "sit on a big boat and hunt at sea".

"On this beautiful, magnificent, cold and harsh extreme northern coast, the continuation of the tribe is above all else! One catty of salt can marinate at least twenty catties of meat, which can be preserved for more than nine months. And the four hundred catties of meat preserved by twenty catties of salt can allow at least three or four tribes to survive the extremely cold and long winter... Therefore, the condition for us to recruit sailors from these tribes is twenty catties of salt per person, plus some flint fuel!..."

"And our most reliable fleet guide, the best hunter Eya deer, is what we bought from the purple bay tribes of the Eyaks with twenty catties of salt and fifty catties of flint in Yakutat's Purple Bay!..."

Note: I checked the geographical and tribal information for a day yesterday. The easter egg chapter is an exploration map of the Gulf of Alaska, which will unfold along with the exploration track.

Re-note: The south of the Gulf of Alaska is the sea, blocked by the continuous mountains in the north, and the climate tends to be milder. The average temperature in summer is 15-16 degrees, and the average temperature in winter is minus 2-3 degrees. And across the continuous mountains, go eight or nine hundred miles north, and the average winter temperature in Fairbanks, Fairbanks, becomes minus 20 degrees. Of course, this is modern data. During the Little Ice Age at the end of the 15th century, the average temperature may have been about ten degrees lower.