Chapter 1294: The Power of the Ocean, Karafuto Island and the Land of Shantaar

"Among the many sea gods, I am a divine dolphin... I am hungry and looking for human villages with my hungry children!..."

"I came to a rich village full of food, but the villagers yelled at me. They cursed: Oh! This is an evil god! An ugly woman was washed here by the sea! Quick, throw stones and dust to cover them!..."

"So, I left the rich village empty-handed and came to another poor village. The villagers bowed to me respectfully. They said: Oh! This is a kind god! She came to visit us with her children! Quick, take out all our dried fish and give it to her! Then, take out the tribal wooden plaque and carve the image of the god to worship..."

"So, I returned to the vast ocean with the dried fish and fed all the children of the god. The sea was also very happy! He whirred and the wind blew!..."

The cheerful singing sounded in the village of the Hanswamp tribe. The old priests sang the ancient divine songs in a melodious and hoarse tune. The young men puffed up their cheeks and played the strange bamboo mouth harp (Mukkuri), which echoed low like the sound of the throat. As for the young girls, they held the Tonkori, which looked like a vertical sword, and plucked the light five strings. The sound of the piano was as light as the sound of spring water.

"Wow! Strange harmonica, beautiful harp, desolate singing!... These Ainu people's performances are really beautiful!..."

Zuwaro sat on the right side of the reception hall with ten warriors. Qiandao Shell sat next to him, with his eyes wide open, watching the welcome ceremony of the Hannuma tribe in a trance, with a smile on his face. The great chief Beiyu Hannuma sat on the left side of the hall with three tribal wives and a group of high-ranking warriors. He also watched the ceremony quietly, but his eyes were intentionally or unintentionally paying attention to Zuwaro's reaction.

The sound of bamboo and wood piano floated in the hall, imitating the roar of the tide and the flow of the river. After the beautiful tune, the desolate ballad sounded again, in the tone of the dolphin's self-narration, but it was inexplicably low, cold and solemn.

"I returned to the sea, I am the power of the sea... I will repay people for the treatment I suffered!... I sent a sick whale with diarrhea to the seaside of a rich village. The rich villagers ate it and died!... I sent a fat whale to the seaside of a poor village. The poor villagers ate it and became rich, lived happily, and worshipped me..."

"This is the story of the power of the dolphin! If you are evil to the power of the power, the evil will open its mouth and eat you into its stomach. If you are kind to the power of the power, the kindness will stretch out its hands and hold you in its arms... The sea is whirring, the wind is blowing!"

The ballad of the ceremony finally ended here. Qiandao Shell was immersed in the story for a long time before wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes and looking at Zuvaro who was looking at her. She blushed shyly, then leaned close to her husband's ear and whispered the content of the whole ballad to him.

"Hmm? The power of the ocean? The reward of the power depends on how He is treated? Hmm... This inherited ballad seems to be more than just a simple welcome, but also has a meaning!..."

Zuvaro blinked and roughly guessed the hint of the chief of the Hanswamp tribe, and the vague admonition and warning in it. The other party was obviously very afraid, afraid of the fleet's force, afraid of the "thunder power" in the hands of the fleet, so he behaved so gently.

But only Zuvaro himself knew that the gunpowder brought by the fleet had long been damp on the extremely long support sea route and lost its original power. Now the six bronze tiger crouching cannons on the three ships can only use gunpowder to make a noise, to intimidate the local tribesmen who have never seen a cannon!

Therefore, he did not have any intention of using force. He had long observed the scale of this large tribe of Han Marsh. If they could dispatch 500 warriors, there must be 3,000 tribesmen! A large tribe of this scale has no shortage of iron tools and bows. Once a war breaks out, even if the fleet can win, the casualties will definitely not be small! And every warrior of the kingdom who can come here from a distance of 20,000 miles is precious and cannot be thrown away lightly. What's more, as long as the other party is willing to sit down and talk, he doesn't need to shout for war. Because he has a more powerful power, the real power that can win the hearts of the tribesmen...

"My brother, respected Chief Mud Swamp, thank you for your welcome ceremony!... The mighty witness of the ocean and thunder! I am really happy to meet the lost brother tribe today... I decided to solemnly present you with the mighty amulet inherited from the tribe as a testimony of tribal friendship!..."

Speaking, Zuwaro stood up and came to the front of Chief Han Swamp. Then, under the other party's secretly vigilant eyes, he took off the golden amulet on his neck and put it on the chief himself! Feeling the heavy weight, Chief Bei Yu Mud Swamp trembled all over. He was shocked and held the amulet in his hand. He scratched it with his fingernails, leaving a mark...

"Ah? Ah this!... This divine amulet is made of gold?!..."

"Yes! This is the specialty of our Thousand Islands tribe! Under the guidance of the divine power of the Lord God, we found a very large gold mountain on the far northern peninsula. The Deer Herding Tribe of the peninsula joined us and dug up a lot of golden ores and smelted a lot of gold!..."

"Then, the power of the Lord God gave me a dream. In the dream, there was a golden thunderbird, wandering in the sea and thunder. He is the incarnation of the god in the human world. He possesses incredible power and has also given us the magic of thunder. The weapon...and the bird engraved on this talisman is his appearance, the main god of sea and thunder!..."

Zuvalo smiled and made up a half-true and half-false story based on the Ainu myths he had just heard, and dragged the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula down into the water. Chief Hanmo was stunned when he heard this, with jealousy and fear on his face.

"On the Thousand Islands in the north, there is an extremely rich Jinshan Mountain? The powerful divine power actually manifested itself, not only giving the location of the Jinshan Mountain, but also the magic weapon of thunder? And those powerful Shan Tao tribes actually joined like this Join the Thousand Island Tribe and become their warrior..."

"This, this is too unbelievable and makes people jealous! Just this piece of gold charm can be exchanged for so much rice, wine and ironware from the southernmost Kazuto! And if we row a boat to the west continent, You can also use this golden talisman to exchange for a large amount of meat and even riding horses from Sauron Mountain Tao there!

The Hanmarsh chief held the golden amulet, his face changed again and again, and his thoughts wandered to no one knows where. After a few breaths, he sighed deeply, took off his bear tooth necklace, which was the only thing on his body that was equivalent to the gold amulet, and put it on Zuvalo himself.

"My brother, the respected Chief of Thousand Islands! This bear tooth necklace is a divine amulet that I spent five years making with my own hands! Every bear tooth on it is an adult black bear that I have hunted. For these Teeth, I have walked across the entire big island, been to Huata in the north, and also rowed to Shanta in the west... Among the Ainu tribes, large and small, this bear tooth necklace is a symbol of the brave bear hunter. , is a glory equivalent to gold!…”

"Witness the divine power of ancestors and guardians! Today, in order to celebrate the reunion of the brother tribes, I will give you this bear tooth necklace! From now on, we are close brothers who exchange divine talismans!..."

"Ah! Zu! The chief said, I will give you the necklace of the adult bear teeth! This is the most valuable tooth of the black bear, representing the protection of the black bear's power! ... Take this necklace of the bear hunting warrior, no matter where it is You will be welcome in the Ainu tribe..."

Seeing Thousand Island Shell's surprised expression, Zuvalo nodded and solemnly held the bear tooth necklace in his hands. He knew that when the Ainu exchanged goods with each other, they often used various symbols of divine power to make up the price difference. There is no doubt that black bear teeth are the most popular "universal currency".

"Thank you, Chief of the Mire! Your amulet of divine power contains your courage and glory in hunting bears, and I admire you very much!..."

Zuvalo held the bear tooth necklace and bowed solemnly. Chief Hanmo was startled, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he returned the favor holding the golden talisman. At this moment, there seemed to be more sympathy and recognition between the two chiefs. They looked at each other like this until Zuvalo raised a smile and asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Well, you just said... have you been to the mouth of the Huatai River in the north, and the Shantao land in the west?... Can you tell me about the situation of the tribes in these two places, the customs of the villages, and their trade Goods? ...I am really curious! Especially those four-legged and two-legged animals that can be domesticated by the tribe..."

"Ah! What's going on with Mrs. Hua and Shan Tao?... It would be a long story to talk about..."

The chief of Hanmarsh frowned, and many dusty memories came to his mind. But soon, he put away his emotions, gave Zuvalo a meaningful look, and said with a smile.

"Brother, it's already dark... Why don't we let the tribe hold a dinner party and we can chat while eating?..."