Chapter 1004 The Sailing Diary of the Knowledgeable Man, the Salt Fields of the Salt Creek, His Majesty's Kingly Way
"Lord God bless! In mid-March, there is no ice floes in Whale Harbor. The sea near the coast is blue and bright, as if it is the reflection of the sky... In fact, the entire area around Whale Harbor is only within ten In February, January, and February, there was a noticeable freeze. In November and early March, there was only floating ice in the depths on the west side of the harbor. I was even more surprised that these floes would Follow the current, flow along the coast to the northwest, and then gradually melt... This process of drifting and melting makes me have a vague guess: that is the current that leads the fleet to the west, it is a long, warm current! … Perhaps, it is because the light divinity of the Lord God fell from the sky and was hidden in the depths of the sea, thus warming the sea water?..."
"I told Zuvaro my conjecture, but he didn't seem too interested. In the past six months, he has personally experienced the wind and snow in the Northland, and he seems to have aged a lot... I carefully Looking at his face, it looks like a moose in the northern forest, with many wrinkles and folds, especially around the eyes, which makes people feel sad, kind and vicissitudes..."
"Well, it seems that the people on the boat who stayed in Whale Harbor have undergone such changes, and several people have fallen ill. It seems that the cold winter on the northern coast is still too harsh for the warriors and sailors of the kingdom. I think His Majesty is right! If we want to continue going west, we must recruit more young men from the northern tribes to serve as sailors for the fleet, and even train them to become warriors of the kingdom!..."
On the gray-white and gray-brown hills, the knowledgeable Mickey and the exploration captain Zuwaro stood side by side, looking at the sailing diary unfolded in their hands, and feeling the cold wind of October and autumn. This kind of cold sea breeze, blowing at this time, is like the early spring in March, making both of their breaths nasal.
Seeing the "moose" recorded in Mickey's diary, Zuvaro frowned, rubbed his old face with vicissitudes, and his eyes were sharp instantly. The well-informed Mickey coughed lightly, and quickly stretched out his finger, pointing to the following paragraph.
"Lord God bless! Of course, I haven't seen you for more than five months. It is because he has worked so hard! When I was in the warm Jinshan Harbor, I was having a bonfire with the cedar shaman and drinking herbal tea. , chatting about the tribes on the northern coast, all kinds of chatting and laughing... He has already rowed a long boat, led by the Maka guide whale dog, and explored a circle of Long Island in the northwest before the end of last year."
"Zuowaro said that he met many Zhislaus tribes on this Long Island, but they were all small in size, mostly only one or two hundred people! These tribes all lived on fishing, and their young adults He is a very good fisherman, can paddle a small kayak to catch fish, and is naturally a good source of sailors..."
"There are many reefs and cliffs around Long Island, and the terrain is very complicated, which is still a bit dangerous. Fortunately, he kidnapped a few more guides from the local Slous tribe, and only then did he circle Long Island safely. He said that he has found a good natural port on the north side of Long Island, with a lot of fish around, and the tribe is not strong, so it can be annexed by 'marriage'..."
"Ha! This guy Zuvaro has been thinking about the conversion and annexation of this kind of 'marriage' all day long. He has married eight or nine tribal wives all the way north! The young priests and young warrior sailors of the fleet, all Pushed out by him, combined with the local tribal women...the Lord God witnessed! He has no restraint on the vitality bestowed by the Lord God, no wonder he is aging so fast!..."
"Damn it! Mickey! I'm doing this, marrying wives non-stop, isn't it for the exploration of going west? You actually arranged me like this in the voyage diary that you want to hand over to His Majesty?..."
"Uh! Cough! Zuwaro, listen to me... At that time, I, I, haven't turned the corner yet... This... That... His Majesty said that one should be upright and one strange in doing things, one is upright, and the other is a tricky plan... Your plan like this is... very good! Praise the Lord God! Zuvaro, you are very powerful and have a great way! It has greatly accelerated the kingdom's northward colonization!..."
Looking at the staring and angry captain Zuwaro, the knowledgeable Mickey was sweating on his brow, and he was soothed by his faltering explanation for a long time. Afterwards, he quickly turned over the page and pointed to the content behind it.
"Look, Zuvaro! This page is all about you! You have opened up vital new salt fields for the fleet! …"
"Praise the Lord God! I am surprised. Zuwaro was able to discover a natural salt pan less than two hundred miles southwest of Whale Harbor! It is not accurate to say that he discovered it. The Maca people in Whale , I often go to this area to dig out the salty salt soil and mix it with boiled fish soup. Even the streams around the salt fields have a salty taste, so they are called Yanxi by the locals..."
"From January to March, when there is freezing and floating ice on the sea, Zuvaro will bring the number of the fleet and dozens of young men from the whale department to boil salt in the salt pan. Of course, according to His Majesty's The method mentioned in Shenwei University, they first dug some salt ponds, introduced salt water into them, and let the sun bask for a while. After the salt water was very salty, they poured it into earthenware pots and lit the fire to boil it into salt grains... Among them The most troublesome and time-consuming thing is to use an ax to cut down trees for fuel..."
"Salt-producing places like this are naturally occupied by tribes. In the Bay of Hundred Lakes to the east, many tribes gather. And Yanxi, not far from the Bay of Hundred Lakes, also has a group of seven or eight hundred people. The Klallam tribe, called the Salt Creek tribe..."
"The tribes in the Yanxi Department and the Bay of Hundred Lakes are not short of salt. The exchange value of salt is not high in the Bay of Hundred Lakes. Because there are many small lakes in the bays. It is a salt lake, and it can obtain stable salt water throughout the year... Somehow, Zuvalo reached an agreement with the old grandmother of the Salt Creek Department. The Salt Creek Department sent dozens of young men to help him cook salt together. He will provide a sharp ax for cutting down trees, soft kingdom cotton cloth, and beautiful kingdom gems..."
"Lord God forgive me! I seriously doubt that he has done anything else... It's just that I don't have much to ask. I think it's the methods he used to. But anyway, in order to store more food and supply the upcoming support fleet , Salt is always important! In fact, I have left manpower and told the follow-up support fleet to mediate the Sequoia tribe and the Leafgrass tribe where the Tolowa people are fighting each other, so as to better develop That great salt flat at 42 degrees north latitude..."
Seeing this, the exploration captain Zuwaro rubbed his brows, glanced at Mickey, the knowledgeable man, and said in a deep voice.
"Witness of the Lord God! Mickey, you like to do this! If it weren't for the kingdom's support fleet, which was delayed for more than ten days between these two big tribes, it wouldn't have arrived at Whale Harbor at the end of April..."
"What's more, these two Tolowa tribes are enemies with each other, and they have been fighting for so many generations, so how can they be so easy to mediate? And even if they mediate the two parties, what good will it do for the kingdom?...It's better to follow what I said , sell weapons to the two big tribes respectively, and exchange the captives they captured, so that they will continue to fight and weaken evenly! And when the time is right..."
"Lord God bless! Zuvaro, just like His Majesty said... we represent the kingdom, and we should spread the faith of light among the tribes in the Northland! These tribes are not fools, there are some things...we shouldn't do them! At least you shouldn’t take the initiative to do it, and it shouldn’t be so obvious!…”
The well-informed Mickey responded seriously with a solemn expression. In fact, his moral bottom line is much more flexible than when he set out from the kingdom. But he always firmly believes that what the fleet should really do in this vast northern land is to spread the belief of the Lord God, provide food and clothing, better metal tools, burn bricks to build houses, and more Good life, brought to many tribes along the way! And this is the real "right way" in "One Righteousness and One Oddity"!
"Well, okay! You're right..."
Hearing that Mickey brought out His Majesty's order again, the exploration captain Zuvalo rubbed his brows and nodded helplessly. Along the way, the fleet used salt, food, and flint to replenish sailors from various tribes, instead of relying on powerful force to forcibly recruit captives... It was also constrained by His Majesty's royal order and Mickey's insistence the result of.
"Lord God bless! Perhaps, this is what His Majesty said, what is the kingly way, what is enlightenment!...After all, these tribes in the Northland are our common ancestors, long-lost glue brothers...Whether they believe it or not, we are all If you believe in this way, let them believe it too!…”