Aztec Eternals

Chapter 1292 Golden Divine Power, the First Great Tribe

The northern coast of Ainu Mauhili stretches for thousands of miles. The entire coast, from the short grass, coniferous pine forests, to the tidal flats and waterways washed out by the ice and snow, is full of traces of severe cold. Further south from the coast, the continuous high mountains suddenly rise up, blocking the cold current from the north and south, and also giving people the mysterious valley imagination.

"The Lord God is witness! There are really no big tribes on the northern coast of this big island! According to the local saying, the truly powerful Ainu tribes and even tribal alliances are all behind the mountains, in the warmer south!..."

Zuwaro stood at the bow of the longboat, looking at the cliffs on the coast, and also imagined what it looked like behind the mountains.

Since leaving the "Fish Skin Tribe", the fleet has sailed along the coast from the southeast to the northwest for a full 800 miles. Along the way, you can see the rising smoke from cooking, and occasionally you can encounter Ainu fishing boats. They also landed six or seven times in a row and visited many small tribes of one or two hundred people.

The attitudes of these tribes were hostile in some cases and friendly in others. There were also smaller tribes that were frightened by so many elite warriors and knelt down to surrender directly... From the performance of these tribes, Zuwaro became clearer about his judgment: there were many tribal disputes on this big island, which were no less than those of the mountain tribe and deer tribe on the peninsula. However, there seemed to be unwritten rules and habits between these tribes. They would not kill cruelly and completely swallow and conquer like the nomadic tribes in the north... Instead, they allowed surrender, submission, tribute or joining the tribal alliance.

"There is a loose but real bond between the Ainu tribes!... The characteristics of this bond can be seen as blood relationship, but what is more common and recognized should be a common "story" and an understandable "divine power"! If we want to establish mutual trust with the Ainu people as soon as possible, we must first rely on this bond of "divine power" to obtain the recognition of the other "fellow tribes", and then, from divine power to the main god..."

In the record of the voyage, Zuwaro wrote this evaluation. Afterwards, for each tribe he visited, he would give out a one-pound gold amulet of the Lord God in the name of "Ocean and Thunder God Power" and as the "Thousand Islands God Power Tribe" in the north, and preach "God's Protection" and "Tribal Friendship"! After that, he would not stay too long, nor would he ask for any return gifts. He would just leave with the fleet in a casual manner while the other party was surprised, confused, thinking and stunned.

"The Lord God is witnessing! Just a one-pound gold amulet can have such an effect!... It seems that, unlike the tribes on the peninsula, gold has a considerable actual value for these Ainu people! They must have stable "trade" or "tribute" exchanges with the large tribes further south and the people in the southernmost part!..."

During this 800-mile voyage, Zuvaro only gave out a dozen gold amulets, but he had already spread the name of "Ocean and Thunder God Power", that is, the Lord God, among the tribes.

In his opinion, this kind of "giving gold amulets to buy the name of God" business is really a good deal! After all, during this southward exploration and trade, the cabin of the flagship "Great Snow Wolf" was filled with 500 gold talismans, or 500 kilograms of gold, which is only 7,000 to 8,000 taels when converted into East Asian measurement!

For him, throwing out a dozen gold talismans is nothing at all. It's like throwing bait into a pond, emitting an attractive fragrance to attract the "big fish" in the south to come to the north.

Of course, he didn't know at this moment that his diplomatic strategy of "giving gold talismans when meeting" also triggered a consequence he had never encountered. That is, the Ainu people prefer to use the name "Golden Kamuy" to refer to the "Guardian God of the Northern Thousand Islands" instead of "The Powerful Kamuyance of the Ocean and Thunder"...

"May the Lord bless you! The northern coast of the Big Island will soon end! From here to the north is what the Ainu people call 'Karafuto', 'the territory of the Kawaguchi Kamuy'! Well... let me see the map in your majesty's prophecy! 'Karafuto' should be another peninsula, connected to a wider continent in the north!... And from here to the south is the south of Mashiri Big Island..."

"Ancestor! Ancestor! We're here, we're here!..."

Zuwaro was thinking, but the Thousand Island Shell suddenly hugged his arm and pointed excitedly to the front. He looked up and saw a large-scale tribal camp, a real Ainu village, suddenly appeared on the western coast!

"Ancestor! This is the big tribe at the end of the west! The Hanzhao tribe among the Beiyu tribes!..."

"Beiyu Hanzhao tribe? Ah! Beiyu?..."

"Yes, yes! Ancestor! This big tribe, like my tribe, has the same Beiyu heritage and ancient blood connection!..."

Thousand Island Shell jumped for joy, like a young bird that grew up in a distant place and returned to the warm nest in her imagination. Her eyes smiled into crescent moons, and her face was full of longing and expectation.

"Lord God of Divine Power! These are the Beiyu tribes that my father mentioned... They are our relatives and will definitely entertain us warmly. Maybe someone knows my father and my grandparents whom I have never seen!..."

However, the beautiful imagination of Thousand Island Shells seemed to be foam on the seashore, which soon broke apart under the ruthless sun. When the kingdom's fleet appeared in the sight of the Hanzhao tribe, the fishing tribesmen blew the harsh bone flute directly, sending out the enemy's warning! Afterwards, the entire large tribe with thousands of people was mobilized nervously!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!..."

"Where did the enemy come from?"

"They came from the sea on a large ship!..."

"Ah! It must be the He people! It must be the brutal He people who came to attack us!..."

"How is it possible? Aren't the He people's troops in the south? Aren't they in the Hanbin tribe, asking for this year's tribute? How could they suddenly bypass the south and appear behind us?..."

"It must be the Ishikari tribe! The Ishikari tribe colluded with the He people and sent troops to attack us together!... The Ishikari tribe has been encroaching on our hunting grounds and colluding with the He people. Their sharp iron weapons were all exchanged from the He people!..."

"Don't think about it! No tribe has such a big ship!... Only the He people have it, only the He people!..."

"Quick! Take the iron spears, stone spears, and wooden bows! All the men take weapons! Scare away the greedy He people!..."

When Zuwaro arrived at the fishing port of the Hanswamp tribe with three large ships and 150 elite warriors, the scene in front of him stunned him. Led by dozens of tribal warriors, a total of 500 Ainu men, all carrying various spears, gathered in the port. More than 100 Ainu wooden bows made of yew wood were all equipped with bone arrows and aimed at them!

"Fishing owls, killer whales and black bears jointly guard the cold swamp!...Horsemen sitting on long boats, leave the ancient territory of our Hannuma tribe! Otherwise, you will be cursed by the guardian spirit!..."

A chieftain of Ainu wearing bear skin walked out from the gathered warriors and men. He took a deep breath and roared loudly with a bear-like voice.

"The guardian spirit protects us! The Hannuma tribe will never pay tribute to you! Leave here! Or fight us to the end!..."

The chieftain of Ainu was aggressive and his expression was extremely strong. He stared at the scale of the warriors on the three long ships, seeing more than 70 armored warriors and a similar number of bow hunters. After seeing all this, his expression paused subtly, his voice lingered for a while, and then rang out again.

"Of course! The divine power of our ancestors bears witness! The Hannuma tribe is a tribe of goodwill, protected by the divine power of goodwill! Therefore, we also accept equal friends, friends of equal trade!..."

Note: There is a situation map of the Ainu tribes in the Easter egg chapter. There is also one in the group.

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