Chapter 1513 Cuban New Year, Waiting for Tomatoes

The bloody wars on earth, the sun in the sky rises as usual. When the sun shines on the mountains, forests, lakes and seas, from the Yunshan Valley at 18 degrees north latitude to the Cuban Iron Bay at 21 degrees north latitude, from the tropical plateau at more than 2,000 meters to the tropical rainforest at sea level, they are all bathed in the glory of the sun god. And the devout Taino tribe's prayers, along with the sun rising in the sky, resounded through the sky at the New Year's ceremony of the main god!

"Bo'matu Yahuba Guey! Bomatu, Yahuba, Guy! Praise the spiritual sun god!..."

"Bo'matu Guey Atabeyra! Bomatu, Guy, Atabeyra! Praise the brightness of the sun god!..."

The blazing sacred fire, burning on the red three-tier altar, reflected the Taino faces who shouted and looked up into a faint red. This six-meter-high pyramid altar, like the main temple behind it, is built with rammed iron-containing red soil as the base, and fired shell lime as the adhesive, and is built with red bricks. At first glance, the style of this building is like the common three-story adobe building in rural areas in the late 1990s, and it is a strange tower shape. However, in this era, the appearance of this red brick altar symbolizes the "highest" construction technology on the island of Cuba!

Although the scale of the pyramid altar temple in Tiewan Town cannot be compared with the pyramid temples of tens of meters in the Nahua Plateau and Mayan rainforest, it is undoubtedly the highest and most "sacred" building on the three thousand miles of Cuban island!

The construction of this altar temple took nearly a year from laying the foundation to completely capping it, and more than a dozen Taino tribes and nearly two thousand Taino men were mobilized for labor. The appearance of this altar temple is also a real and tangible testimony, indicating that the weak and loose Cuban tribes are gradually forming a tribal alliance with a national foundation under the "faith injection" of the Nahua priests, and becoming a Taino province that believes in the Lord God!

"Praise the Supreme Lord God! He gave us a good harvest of cassava, a good harvest of fish, and a good harvest of prey! I, the Cuban Patriarch Tomat, on behalf of the thirty Cuban tribes, ten Western Haiti tribes, five Jamaican tribes, and five Bahamas tribes... offer the sacred cassava and three animals to the benevolent, powerful, and bright Sun Lord God!..."

Under the gaze of thousands of Taino tribesmen, thousands of kingdom warriors, and dozens of chiefs, Cuban Chief Priest Tomat wore a feather crown, a sacrificial robe, and a pattern on his face, holding an obsidian dagger and offerings in his hands, and stood in front of the sacred fire. He first threw a peeled white cassava into the fire, and then threw in the "three animals" of Cuban sacrifice one by one. Every time a sacrifice was thrown into the fire, there would be a burst of enthusiastic cheers under the altar!

"I offer cassava to the Lord God and pray for a good harvest! I offer fish to the Lord God and pray for a good catch in the fishing grounds!...I offer deer to pray for prey in the mountains and forests; I offer frogs to pray for the reproduction of the tribe!..."

The chief priest of Tomat prayed loudly, first in the Nahua language of "communicating with the gods", and then in the Taino language of "communicating with the tribe", so that all the Taino tribesmen who participated in the sacrifice could hear it clearly. Until all the sacrifices were burned to ashes, the pious Taino cheers sounded thoroughly from the thousands of tribesmen lying on the ground, accompanied by the fanatical shouts of the Nahua warriors.

"The Great Sun Spirit has accepted the sacrifice! This year will be a good year!..."

"Praise the Lord! He will bless us, and we fight for Him!..."

The chief priest Tomat raised his hands and looked at the tribal believers in Tiewan Town, with a smile on his face. The Taino tribes were gentle and kind, and the kingdom adopted the integration method of marriage. Therefore, the establishment of the Archdiocese of Cuba was different from other dioceses, and rarely used force. In addition to the two blood sacrifices to the evil spirits, there were almost no human sacrifices. In a sense, in the whole world, only the sacrifices of the Cuban Diocese are the closest and most gentle to the Kingdom of the Lake!

Cuba's daily sacrifices usually use the staple food "cassava" and the Cuban "three animals" of "fish, deer, and frogs". The reason why "frog" is used here to replace "wolf" in the three animals of the kingdom is naturally because there are no wolves on the island of Cuba, nor any native canines...

"Light up the thunder cannon! Farewell to the departing Lord God!..."

"Boom! Boom!..."

The roar of the cannon sounded on the ship at the port of Tiewan Town, like the most shocking "hymn of faith". Five large galleys with 80 people, twelve small galleys with 50 people, and three caravels with 30 people are the gathered "Cuban Navy", and it is also the most powerful military presence gathered in Cuba by the kingdom to resist the evil spirits!

At this moment, each large galley has two tiger squat cannons, and each small galley has one tiger squat cannon. Among the three captured caravels, two are equipped with two two-pound cannons, and the last one is equipped with the only eight-pound cannon. This kind of firepower is very clear and also represents the combat characteristics of different ships.

The crews of the large and small galleys were half Taino oarsmen and half Kingdom warriors, and they were undoubtedly the main force of the Kingdom of Cuba's navy, just like infantry in land battles. When fighting broke out, they only had to paddle hard to get close, ram into the enemy ship, and then board it!

The three caravels captured from the demon were much more flexible. They are fast boats for mobile reconnaissance, and they will also conduct artillery fire from a distance after adjusting their position. And if the enemy flees, they can also engage in pursuit, just like light cavalry in land battles. To a certain extent, under the guidance of the captives from the Liangya Exploration Fleet, the Kingdom’s Cuban Navy also represents the Kingdom’s “highest” level of water warfare!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

“Praise be to the Son, Father and Holy Spirit of Huitziloppo!…”

The kingdom's fleet of gunpowder weapons docked at the crude wooden port. The armored warriors with metal weapons and the unarmed Taino headmen knelt devoutly to the blood-red altar. This primitive, barbaric, weird and brave sacrificial scene, in the eyes of scholar Martin Beiheim, or the priest apprentice Adin, is like a weird, terrifying, extremely evil devil worship!

However, at this moment, he has become one of the "devil worshipers" and has no way out. Together with more than a dozen sailors with two teeth, he was engraved with the "emblem of the devil". The feather crown on his head, the priest's robe, and the expressions of the surrounding sailors looking at him... constantly reminded him that he was the closest to the "devil's existence" among all the prisoners! He is the most depraved "devil priest" who has read the scriptures of the "devil apostle" with his own eyes and was chosen by the "devil apostle"!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

"Praise the mighty Sun God! Praise the mighty longship tribe!..."

The roar of dozens of artillery made all the Taino chiefs and leaders kneel on the ground in awe, loudly praising the power of the Lord God and the "Longship Tribe".

The chief priest of Tomat on the altar looked solemnly, looking around at the kneeling Taino chiefs, and even more at the eye-catching emblem of the Lord God, the "Sun Hummingbird" on their foreheads. He silently calculated in his mind, from Tiewan Town to the entire Cuba, from the Bahamas, Jamaica to Haiti, the map of the East China Sea shrouded by the Lord God seemed to unfold before his eyes.

"The belief in the Lord God has spread throughout Cuba, and has also been introduced to the Bahamas, Jamaica and the western island of Haiti! Thirty tribes in Cuba, ten tribes in West Haiti, five tribes in Jamaica, and five tribes in the Bahamas...all sent out intermarried kingdom warriors, Even the chief priest of guidance!…”

"The trade circle centered on Iron Bay Town also goes east, past the heroic island of Puerto Rico, to the island chain further east; it also goes north, across the Bahamas, to the swamps and forests of the northern continent. The 'Stream Tribe' who calls themselves Miccosukee..."

"Marshal Black Wolf sent a second batch of support fleet, bringing with him two hundred craftsmen and priests supported by the alliance... The temple altar in Tiewan Town has been built, the iron workshop has been expanded, and the brick and pottery making workshops have been completed. Yes, the Donghai Shipyard has also taken shape..."

"For this New Year's Day festival, Tiewan Town gathered twenty warships, more than a thousand kingdom warriors, thousands of Taino militiamen, and a fifty-man Taino matchlock team... and the kingdom was three thousand miles away. The strength on the island of Cuba is the kingdom headquarters of more than 2,000 people, which can mobilize thousands or even more Taíno militiamen... All preparations for the war have been completed in accordance with His Majesty's divine revelation!"

At this moment, the sight of Chief Priest Tomat passed over the wild and prosperous town of Iron Bay, past the many Taino chiefs, past the fleet of ships on the seaside, and all the way to the endless blue Caribbean Sea. At this moment, he was full of devout faith in devoting everything, and he was clear about the clear future of the expansion of the Lord God!

However, there was only one unsolvable doubt deeply engraved in his heart, like a warning sign that sounded all the time, but it has never been verified...

"God bless you! At this New Year's Eve ceremony, the leaders of the Cuban tribes, the Bahamas tribes, the Jamaican tribes, and the Haitian tribes all brought the latest news... However, no tribe discovered the new evil spirit. The fleet. Even the patrolling caravels didn’t find any trace of the devil..."

"Supreme Lord God, His Majesty the Divine Enlightenment! Why haven't the demonic invasion fleets appeared for a whole year? Are they here at this moment? Where are they?..."

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Priest Thomas looked into the distance for a long time, but the sun didn't tell him the answer, and neither did the sea. Finally, he turned around with a kind smile on his face, and loudly announced to the thousands of excited Taino tribesmen and the thousands of excited warriors of the Kingdom.

"With the blessing of the Lord God, the New Year Festival has ended successfully. This year will be a good year! Next, there will be a festive banquet and a bonfire party that lasts all night! Everyone should eat and drink to their heart's content, and sing and dance to their heart's content. Work hard for the multiplication of the tribe! Praise the Lord God!…”

“Ah, praise the Lord God!!…”

Following the priest's announcement, the tribe's joyful cheers resounded throughout the town of Iron Bay in eastern Cuba! The Year of the Rabbit (1494), which symbolizes vitality, fertility and blood, and represents the enlightenment and blessings of the gods, has passed. The Year of the Three Reeds (1495), which symbolizes seas, lakes, rivers and water, and represents the changeable flow, thus began~~

In the past few days, the cold wave has been moving southward, with temperatures reaching minus 13 degrees and heavy snow reaching my calves. The author was knocked down by the cold wave before and just got up to update.Orz