Chapter 615: The Second Kingdom Exploration, the Kingdom Gems Flowing Far Away

The tides rose and fell, and the singing continued all night. On the second day, in Quetzalcoatl City, the celebration of worshiping the gods continued. The Totonac nobles set up small altars in front of their manors, worshipping large bowls of gold grains, piles of silver, shining pearls, colorful shells, piles of flowers, and the gems that the gods favored the most, especially the turquoise that symbolizes wisdom and immortality.

"Huh? These gems. These green gems?!"

The old militia opened his eyes wide and looked carefully at the busy market. Every New Year's festival is also an auspicious day for the villages within a radius of dozens of miles, and it is the day when trade is most prosperous in the city-state.

Most of the wealth in the coastal city-state is concentrated in the hands of the Totonac nobles and priests. Their moves are also the most extravagant. The nobles and priests commanded the slaves to put down small bags of vanilla, large bags of grain, strings of pickled fish, jars of sea salt, and shells and pearls that are abundant on the seashore.

Then, they bought exquisite obsidian tools, brass tools that somehow came out, and extremely expensive and rare bronze tools from the alliance caravans from the west; from the Mayan caravans from the east, they bought sacred smoke from the rainforest and islands, and cotton cloth from the Mayan states in northern Yucatan; from the Mixtec caravans from the south, they bought exquisite and gorgeous gold and silver ornaments, as well as expensive chaguar bird feathers; and from the Zapotecs from further south, they bought carmine dye and brass tools produced in the Oaxaca Valley.

Of course, the most indispensable thing is to buy a large number of cheap and precious gems from the kingdom caravans from the far west!

". Various colored gems, huge gems, round gems, and everyone's favorite turquoise!. The gems of the Lake Kingdom will never let you down!"

The caravan of the Lake Kingdom came from a distance of two thousand miles and was selling in the coastal city-state. Their wooden sheds and stalls were crowded with the nobles of the city-state, even Mixtec merchants covered in silver ornaments, and Mayan merchants with long foreheads.

At this moment, the transactions in front of the kingdom's stalls continued, and it was extremely busy. The coastal Totonac states were like a huge gem funnel. No matter how many gems were shipped, they would be snatched up by the merchants of each state!

Seeing this scene, Ticarlo shook his head. He smiled meaningfully at the old militiaman Chihuaco.

"The great Lord Shulot, you are really blessed by God! The Lake Kingdom can produce so many, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of gems!. These Mayan caravans came from the north of Yucatan and originally brought emeralds from Cuauhtēmallān to sell to various tribes in the Mexican Plateau. However, under the impact of the massive amount of gems from the Lake Kingdom, they not only do not transport gems here, but will instead purchase a large number of lake gems from here! "

"Well. The gems of the kingdom, great!"

Chihuaco scratched his head and nodded. During the last voyage, he had vaguely guessed that the source of the kingdom's gems was probably not mined, but made by some method, uh... divine revelation.

Among the seven ships fully loaded with the kingdom, in addition to the necessary food and wine, there was one ship with the scriptures and emblems of the main god, two ships with spare planks and sails, two ships with bronze tools, weapons and armor, and two full ships, all with bags of "gems" of various colors. This was exactly the toll that His Majesty gave him before he set out this time, tons of it.

"Merchants from the two tribes in the south of Yunzhong said that the gems in the lake were not mined. It was an evil transaction between the kingdom in the lake and the volcanic demon! The kingdom sacrificed human sacrifices, and the volcanic demon generously gave back gems. Behind every gem in the lake, there is a soul devoured by the demon!"

The Mayan merchant Ticarlo shook his bald head, smiled and told rumors in the south, while looking at the expression of the old militia. The gemstones in the lake have the highest output, stable quality, and affordable prices. They have swept the gemstone producing areas of Central America and become the only one in the world. The secret of the gemstones in the lake is what all merchants in the world dream of knowing. Even if such gemstones really come from the sacrifice of demons, they are real wealth!

"Well, the gemstones of the kingdom, given by the Lord God, great!"

The old militiaman smiled and did not respond. In front of Maya's bald head, he scratched his head and pulled his hair, then asked with a smile.

"These merchants buy so many gemstones, who are they going to sell them to?"

"Aha!"

Seeing the old militiaman's watertight reaction, Ticarlo shook his head secretly and laughed.

"Now, from the Zacatecas Desert in the north to the Yucatan Rainforest in the south, to the gem-producing Cuauhtēmallān Mountains, and to the Solan Mountains in the southeast, all the tribes in the world have become buyers of the kingdom's gems!"

Cuauhtēmallān means "a place with many trees" in Mayan, which is Guatemala in later generations. And Solan means "a place where quails appear", which is Honduras in later generations.

"Five thousand miles from east to west, four thousand miles from north to south? All buy the kingdom's gems."

Hearing this, the old militiaman widened his eyes. He imagined such a magnificent scene, bags of gems, produced somewhere in the Kingdom of the Lake, and then transported to the hands of the nobles in all the tribes in the world by countless kingdom caravans and caravans from various states. And the wealth of the world is transported back in the opposite direction, flowing into the bottomless Kingdom of the Lake, to support countless warriors in armor and ready to fight!

"Haha! On this voyage, His Highness asked us to go five thousand miles east to Snake Island in the East China Sea. But in fact..."

Speaking of this, Mayan businessman Tikalo sighed with a complicated expression.

"In fact, the gems of the Kingdom in the Lake were already circulating on the island before the fleet and legions arrived!"

Crowds of people flowed, and transactions brought wealth and the desire for more. The kingdom's fleet stayed in the Feathered Serpent City for another day, selling a small amount of gems to fill the fleet's food storage.

The Totonac nobles in the Feathered Serpent City sent envoys to communicate with the two expedition captains and asked for some gems as gifts. The old militiamen observed secretly and felt the vague hostility of the local nobles. He thought about it, asked Dark Snake, and learned about the connection and intermarriage between Tlaxcala nobles and Totonac nobles for generations, and then he suddenly realized it.

"The jaguars rushed to the east and killed the cloud snakes in the mountains. The monkeys on the beach were very smart and restless. They knew that the jaguars would eat them sooner or later. However, they were in the trees, far away, and they were still carrying them. Even if the monkeys bared their teeth and shouted dissatisfied, they would not have the courage to bite a jaguar like the Yunzhong tribe in the rainforest."

"But no matter what, the Totonac people on the seaside have always believed in Quetzalcoatl and have been secretly hostile to the Mexica Alliance. We have so many gems with us. If we encounter another situation like what we encountered in the city of Trois-Rivières in Nortecos, Bandits who came to the city-state to serve as warriors."

The veteran militiamen were keenly aware of the potential danger. On the coast of Totonac, which believes in the feathered serpent, the kingdom's fleet must try to avoid staying in one city-state for too long. He no longer hesitated and made a decision!

When the new sun arrives with a new day, the kingdom's fleet sets sail again. Next, their target is Jinwan City, one hundred and sixty miles away. After stopping in Jinwan City for a while, they will travel for more than ten days to Hidden Snake City, which is six hundred miles away! And from there further to the east is Maya!