Chapter 1478 A New Dawn, Coming Through the Storm

"Hua~~"

The September wind blew across Sakhalin Island, bringing the cold of the Siberian polar region. The deep birch forest was the ink of the northern sky, while the bright surface of the Ezo Sea was the white of the southern sky. In the vast painting of dark green and white and blue, there was a blend of gray, yellow, red and white, like the midpoint between two parallel skylines that never intersected.

"Howl! Howl!..."

When the eagle approached on the cold wind, the complex colors in the vast world suddenly unfolded and turned into a simple and crude, yet vibrant tribal port. Gray turned into a potato field after harvest, yellow was a series of huts and wooden houses, red was the temple in the center of the port, and white turned into a birch port with large and small ships moored.

Many small dots moved between the fields, camps and ports. There are tribesmen drying fish and smoking meat, making leather and bows, cattle and horses grazing and grazing, walking and stopping, and dogs barking, running, alerting and chasing.

"Ah! Ah!..."

This is the kingdom's sacred port of Karafuto, the home of more than 1,200 tribesmen of various ethnic groups. With the Jurchen tribes brought back by the Zuwaro fleet and the surrender of the surrounding Ainu people, the population of Karafuto Port has grown rapidly and the proportion has changed again. At present, in this kingdom's largest port in the West Sea, one-third are Ainu tribes, one-quarter are Jurchens, one-sixth are Japanese, and one-quarter are kingdom warriors and Shantar hunters.

Of course, except for the Japanese, the tribesmen of Ainu, Jurchen or Shantar have no national awareness and are easily assimilated with the kingdom's headquarters to become one "Jiao people". They value their identity as "Jiao people tribe" and "tribal interests" more. This kind of tribal migration, fighting and integration is the norm in the harsh land of Northeast Asia. Following a wealthy and powerful tribe, you can have enough food and clothing, and naturally become a part of the tribe. As for the people, the channel for them to integrate into the kingdom is "believers of the main god", and the "belief" of dedicating their souls...

"Huahua!"

The main god flag of the hummingbird flutters on the top of the temple, like the totem of this emerging tribe. The same hummingbird flag also flutters on the mast of the kingdom's big ship, like a declaration to the sea and the mountains. And if you count the flags on the ship carefully, there are seven flags, seven big ships!

Yes, three kingdom long ships that crossed the sea, two single-masted merchant ships bought from the people, and two largest, newly arrived, ocean-covering ships...

"Lord God bless you! Is it you? Losander?!"

"Chief Priest Zuvaro! It's me, I'm here!..."

"Okay! Okay! Okay!...Call me senior!"

"Yes! Senior Zuvaro!"

"Haha! Do you have wine on board? Let's talk while we drink!"

"Okay! There's tequila, brought from the kingdom..."

"Tequila!!..."

One is new, the other is old. Both ocean-covering ships have been through the wind and waves, quietly anchored in the port. They have a deep draft, so they are anchored farther than other large ships. At this moment, the encounter across the Arctic Ice Sea is on the deck of a brand new large ship.

The two priests who graduated from Shenwei University one after the other, both had shining eyes, tightly held each other's arms, and straightened their chests. The smiles on their faces are like blooming waves, and their generous laughter is like the tide hitting the shore.

"Haha! Tequila with chili! What a nostalgic taste!"

"May the Lord bless you! Senior Zuvaro, I sailed across the sea and searched for four months before finally meeting you here! Let's toast to celebrate today's meeting!"

"Haha! Praise the Lord! Drink!..."

"Bang!..."

The sea is like a wine vat of thousands of miles. The farther the voyage, the more it turns the meeting of old friends into an intoxicating aged wine. And to drink such a heroic good wine, you have to use courage and fearlessness as a wine glass, hide dead moths at the bottom of the glass, and then drink it all!

Those who have never experienced a long voyage will never be able to drink such fine wine, let alone experience the fire burning in the chest after drinking a glass, in the cold wind and sea...

"The Lord God is witness! We set sail from the Great Whale Port after the thaw in May. Then, there is the 6,000-mile long Shenqi Island Chain, which is a huge tide that I had expected but was still shocked! Several times, the tide rushed down from the top of our heads and directly knocked everyone down. The whole ship was pressed into the sea, and then floated up again..."

"Each of us has a rope tied around our waists, tied to the big ship. No one should expect to survive by escaping from the big ship. The ship is our life! If it sinks, no one will survive, and we must desperately defend it! Fortunately, with the Lord God's blessing, we still passed the storm!..."

Speaking of the voyage to the Shenqi Island Chain, Losander's face is forever indelible awe and piety after overcoming this test of fear. Zuvaro's eyes drifted away, and he also remembered the difficult exploration in the storm and sea fog, and the risky and resolute journey to the west.

In such a storm and desperate situation, the only thing that can support them to move forward is never wealth, but the piety from the heart! Of course, there is also the desire for glory and further progress...

"Senior Zuvalo! Two ocean-covering ships, seventy warriors and sailors, it took just over two months to cross the six thousand-mile Shenqi Island chain! On Shentian Shi Island and Shen Gaoshan Island During this time, we encountered the most terrifying murderous wave, and a samurai and three sailors were taken away! Between Kaminagaonna Island and Divine Snow Mother Island, we encountered another sudden big storm and lost two people! A samurai and three sailors!…”

Recalling the voyage in the storm, Lathander's eyes were deep, as if they contained the storm and revealed a little light of the morning sun. One-eighth of the casualties and sacrifices are the price of a voyage to the divine island chain. However, although this price is high, it proves the possibility of maintaining the West China Sea Route for a long time.

Because the appearance of Fengshen's ocean-covering ship finally shortened this six-thousand-mile voyage to just over two months. The journey from the Shenqi Island Chain to the Kingdom in the Lake was also shortened to half a year. The entire route across the West China Sea only takes seven or eight months...

The Lord God testifies that death is a necessary sacrifice for navigation, and time and efficiency are the most critical factors in maintaining the route! If Lathander's envisioned deep-sea voyage to the outlying islands can be realized one day, then the Western Sea Navigation route can be shortened by another two to three months, or even faster!

"God bless you! Senior Zuwaro, when we anchored at Shen Gaoshan Port and Shen Xue Home Port, we replenished the best Unanga men and returned to seventy people! ... The four ports of the Shenqi Island Chain can support us. The tribes have reached their limit, and the Unangajiao people in these ports are the bravest and best sailors I have ever seen!…"

The kingdom has established a total of four supply ports in the Aleutian Island chain. Among them, there are more than 400 people in Shen Dadi Port, more than 300 people in Shen Gaoshan Port, more than 200 people in Shen Xue Home Port, and 200 people in Shen Grandmother Port. Eighty percent of the population in each port is the island Unanga tribesmen who actively move closer to the kingdom for food and fuel. They are the tallest and strongest Arctic people who have recently converted to the "Great God of Fire and Fish"!

There is no doubt that the ports in these four island chains have the most difficult life among the ports along the entire Western Sea Route. There is limited prey on the small island, and fishing is the main source of food. Autumn and winter storms sweep across the island, the snow is often as deep as a person, and even big trees are rare. Only the volcanic hot springs near Kamidai Port and Kami Takayama Port can grow a little potatoes, and the yield is very impressive. The current population of several hundred is already the upper limit that these ports can maintain.

As for the Unanga tribe that cannot feed themselves, they had no choice in the past, but now they have an extra way out... that is to board the kingdom's longship, become a sailor of the kingdom, cross the sea, and go to their new home!

"Blessed by the Lord God! At the end of July, we finally passed through the Shenqi Island Chain, arrived at the Ice and Snow Island, and met the tribesmen from the Allied Mountain Department. They showed us the way and allowed us to arrive at Shenshuangyan Port and repaired Half a month. In this half month, I also got a new wife from Yamabe, my first wife, Mu Sable... That old grandmother from Yamabe is really a powerful northern shaman. ah!…"

Speaking of this, Lathander smiled bitterly. Chief Priest Chimel had taught him long ago that if he wanted to go further, he had to find a noblewoman from the kingdom to support him. Who would have thought that just after he passed through the storm and arrived at the ice and snow island of Kamchatka, he would bump into the powerful old grandmother Yamabe who wanted to marry her granddaughter?

Faced with the warm reception from powerful allies, the sincere request for marriage and blood oath, and the face of five to six hundred strong mountain hunters, what chance did Lathander have to choose?

You know, Zuvalo has taken away most of the warriors who can fight and went south to develop. Now the kingdom's two wealthy ports on the ice and snow island are both allies of the backing department to ensure external security...

"Huh?! Yamabe's old grandmother? Lathander, is the granddaughter she promised you her granddaughter?..."

"Yes! Senior Zuvalo... after all, my wife Sable is your wife Sona's cousin..."

Lathander said with a smile, and then looked serious. He looked Zuvalo squarely in the eyes and spoke of the first officially important issue since this gathering.

"Witness the Lord God! Senior Zuwaro, the old grandmother of the mountain tribe, is the recognized grandmother of all the tribes in the mountain throughout the two thousand miles peninsula, and also has the prestige to arbitrate and influence various tribes. She heard that the kingdom discovered a vast hunting ground in the south, and asked me to lead A proposal for further alliance was made..."

"Last year's snow disaster was very severe, and many deer in the mountains froze to death. The deer further north also suffered heavy losses, and they once again showed up on the north side of the ice and snow island... If this was just a snow disaster of one year, then the deer could still survive Get through it. But if there is another snowstorm this year and many deer are frozen to death...then both the mountains and the deer will have no prey for next year, and many people will die!

"In previous years, it would have been nothing more than Yamabe and Shikabe fighting a few more times, turning their eating mouths into food, and waiting for the deer herds to slowly multiply... But now, as an ally in the marriage, Lao Grandma heard about us and found a hunting ground in the south...Yamabe I just hope that we can separate some close tribes and sail south in our fleet to establish new tribal branches... As for the conditions, whether it is converting to the main god, further intermarriage, or letting some tribes join our big tribe... It’s okay to talk!”

"In fact, the old grandmother said that even the deer tribe who are nomadic deer further north are not necessarily enemies who will fight to the end. She is sure to talk to the shamans and chiefs of the deer tribe... as long as they have other ways to go. , we can give them a way!…”

"What?! You mean... the Mountain Tribe and the Deer Tribe hope to go south through us? Go south to the Great Island of Mauhili?!..."

Hearing this, Zuwaro was surprised, and instantly understood the meaning, and his expression changed.

Touching his head, the first snow fell. "The lonely village rustles under the snow, and the sick souls who can't sleep are refreshed." Holding the cat in a daze, I have to cheer up and try to update. (doge)