Chapter 485: Exploration of the Lake Kingdom, the End of the First Voyage

The boundless sea of ​​sand stretches into the distance, and colorful seabirds circle and sing loudly. The desert is always sparsely populated and only vaguely green. However, behind the desolation, there is vitality and boundless land hidden deep in the north!

At this moment, Chihuaco stood on the dunes, staring at the new mountains and sea to the north. It is the desolate mountains and the desert sea. Memories of the past few months flooded into my mind, which was very emotional.

In mid-December last year, the Kingdom's fleet officially set sail from the seaport of Talsas. They sailed along the coast, full of unknowns and uneasiness, toward the northwest of the world. At that time, Mecat's first measurement was 18 degrees of North Star.

At the end of December, the fleet arrived at the heart of the Nantecos tribe, supplying the villages on the edge of the Fire River Plain, and met envoys from Fire River City asking for information. The recorded position is approximately 19 degrees from North Star.

In early January this year, the fleet arrived at the estuary of the Leman River, the center of the Northern Tekos tribe, and the prosperous city of Three Rivers. There they were attacked by a hostile Tecos tribe, suffering dozens of casualties. It is close to 21 degrees of the North Star and has traveled about 1,500 miles!

In late January, the fleet reached the mouth of the Pia River and encountered the first unknown tribe, the Totome people. The group resupplied at the Fish Mountain Village of the Toto May people and heard about the Mayo people further north. As for the location of Yushan Village, it should be between 22-23 degrees of the North Star.

In February, the fleet arrived at the mouth of the Mayo River and encountered a powerful seaside tribe, the Yoremu tribe of the Mayo people. Following traditional customs, Chihuaco danced with Chief Callan of the Yorem tribe, wearing deer heads. Afterwards, the two chatted happily, told each other's origins, reached a fair deal, and even exchanged young warriors.

At Yorem, the fleet learned for the first time that the island where the birds live is located on the northwest coast. They heard about the Yaqui people on the northern coast, the Opata people in the northern mountains, the Cochimi people in the western peninsula, the Sri people in the far northern deserts, and the desert people in the farther wilderness.

Everyone also saw the gold and copper mines that the Mayo people were rich in, and learned about the existence of the tribe's flint field, that is, the coal mine. Yolem's position is 25-26 degrees from the North Star, nearly three thousand miles away from the mouth of the Talsas River where the journey started.

In mid-February, the fleet arrived at the mouth of the Yaqui River and encountered the more powerful Yaquiome tribe. Yomei not only produces copper and gold, but also has large open-pit coal mines with amazing reserves. Chihuaco got acquainted with the opponent's warrior leader, Mountain Eagle Viho, and went to the flint field of the Yome tribe, and exchanged some hard and good coal in a fair exchange.

The location of the Yomei tribe is very critical and it is the center of trade for the surrounding tribes. The fleet met traders from the Opata people in the mountains, bringing with them red copper weapons for trade, which also confirmed the rumors about the Opata Red Copper Mountains. Everyone also met the Makuvi tribesmen who came from the edge of the eastern wasteland to trade. From the mouths of these people, they also heard about the powerful Tara tribes in the eastern wilderness and the fierce Apache alliance in the northern grasslands.

The position of the Mei Department is approximately between 27 and 28 degrees of the North Star.

In late February, the fleet was in Guayma and found out exactly the bird island in the sea occupied by the Sri people, the huge and strange "Tahyok" island.

In early March, the fleet arrived at "Tahyok" Island after a long journey. There are many seabirds on the island and the mountains are so high that Chihuaco named it "Mountain Bird Island". Everyone went to the island to explore and dug out some gray and yellow struvite. Soon, they had a serious conflict with the Sri hunting team!

After the brief conflict, there was a larger-scale fighting. The fleet landing on Shantiao Island was like poking a hornet's nest among Sri Lanka's various ministries.

Thousands of Sri warriors traveled day and night from all over the desert to guard "Tahyok". Everyone abandoned the island and landed, and had a naval battle with the Sri people, killing more than ten or twenty people. The Sri people suffered at least hundreds of casualties, and Pikam, the chief of the Lobster tribe, was captured.

That night, Chihuaco shook hands with Pickam and made peace. The two swore an oath on blood, and their blood blended, eliminating the hostility caused by the fight. From Pikam's mouth, Chihuaco knew that Shanniao Island was the sacred ancestral land of the Sri people and the place where the spirit whales inhabited, and outsiders were not allowed to invade. Around Yamatori Island, there are many islands with struvite rocks.

For the first time, the fleet knew that the sea area it was in was an extremely narrow bay. The long and narrow peninsula in the west isolates the rough sea. If we continue sailing northwest, we can reach the end of the bay and the edge of the northern continent!

As for the location of Shantiao Island, it is around 29 degrees from the North Star, more than four thousand miles away from the initial voyage.

Subsequently, the fleet found a large island, "Snake Island", which also had struvite, a hundred miles west of Shanniao Island. Everyone collected some struvite samples and headed towards the final goal.

Today, in mid-March, the fleet finally landed at the end of the bay, at the edge of the sand sea! This is the end of the kingdom’s first voyage and the beginning of the boundless continent in the north!

This is 31-32 degrees North Star, a full five thousand miles away from the seaport of Tulsas where we set sail!

From here to the northeast, there are the Apache Alliance who are hunting the grasslands; to the due north, there are the desert people occupying the sand sea; to the northwest, there are the Kumeya people occupying the salt lake. And behind these tribes, there are endless vast lands, countless northern tribes as numerous as river sand!

"After traveling five thousand miles, I can't see the end of the world. It's such a vast world, it's such an endless world! What a blind god!!"

After a long time, Chihuaco woke up from the long memories and couldn't help shouting in a low voice.

Thousands of miles of sailing, dangerous waves, mountains and deserts, and tribal disputes were all recorded in the book of Priest Meqart, and it was also deeply imprinted in his mind, which will be indelible in this life!

At this moment, he looked at the vast desert and hills in the north, with pure curiosity in his eyes, like an innocent child. At this moment, under the vast sea and sky, he forgot everything he had to bear. He just suddenly had a question in his mind that he had never thought of before.

"So, how big is this world?"

The old militiaman had no answer. He wanted to know the answer, but he didn't really want to find it. His heart is too small to hold such a vast world, only a small home. He has a big heart and is tough enough to withstand the difficulties of exploring and searching in the vast world.

After thinking about it for a moment, Chihuaco finally put away all his thoughts. At this moment, after completing His Majesty's mission, a strong desire to return home has emerged in his heart. And the longing for his daughter and his family was like a raging tide, completely submerging him!

"Well, dig some sand here and bring it back to His Majesty! You can also keep some for yourselves, just as a thought."

Chihuaco gave a few instructions in a deep voice. Everyone took some sand and put it in their cotton bags.

The Sri people had already left, leaving only two tribal scouts behind to observe the actions of the Dachuan tribe. When they saw this scene, they were a little confused and a little laughing.

"Have these tribesmen in big boats never seen sand? This endless sea of ​​sand will take a whole month to travel! And sand is the most abundant thing in the world."

"Hush! They dug some sand and seem to be leaving."

"Leaving now? Where are you going?"

"It seems to be the southwest. On the other side of the bay, that is the territory of the Cochimi people and has nothing to do with us Koncak people."

"Oh, good to go! Then let's go too!"

"No! They didn't take the deer. We have to take the deer away. We can eat it for several days!"

"Huh? They didn't take the deer?! What a stupid tribe! We have to go quickly, the desert people might come back!"

"good!"

Soon, the two Sri scouts were carrying wild deer and standing on the sand dunes, staring blankly at the large ship that quickly moved away without stopping.

Chihuaco stood at the stern of the boat, wearing an old eagle feather crown, looking north in the distance. The vast sea of ​​thousands of miles of sand is getting farther and farther behind; the vast northern continent is still in the unknown thick fog. However, the entire Kingdom fleet has reached the limit of exploration and has no more energy to explore the unknown in the north.

Along the way, the exploration fleet was attacked several times, and coupled with the losses along the way, the crew actually suffered heavy casualties! When they went to sea, there were more than a hundred warriors and sailors from the Kingdom. At this moment, almost 30% of them were lost.

The numerous sailor gaps were filled by tribesmen recruited along the way. The casualties of the kingdom’s warriors cannot be replenished. And the morale of the fleet has dropped, even with devout faith and divinely inspired king's order, it can no longer be maintained! .

"It's time to go home! I've come so far, it's enough to answer to His Majesty. And there's still five thousand miles to go home!"

After watching for a moment, the old militiaman Chihuaco turned around. He looked towards the vast southern sea and sky and shouted loudly to everyone.

"Praise the Lord God! May He protect us through the long waves!"

"Praise the Lord God! Let us cross the waves!"

The sailors and warriors shouted in unison, cheering at the top of their voices, looking yearning and excited.

"The ancestors will also protect us and return to our hometown in the kingdom!"

"Blessed by our ancestors, return to your hometown!"

"Let's go home!"

"go home!!"

Fiery shouts spread across the sea and sky in the north, carrying a burning will. The mighty long wind came from the mountains in the north, taking away the shouts in the wind. This long wind blows all the way south, blowing through desolate deserts and passing steep mountains; it climbs the undulating plateaus and continues to swing eastward along the vital rivers.

Finally, it stopped by the river more than 6,000 miles away and came to the battlefield of brutal fighting. And the real flame was burning in a dangerous mountain city-state, reflecting the entire sky red!

Maomao will sort it out and there will be a map of the entire first exploration at the end of the chapter.