Chapter 686: Alliance Spring Farming Festival, the Jaguar's Heart, All Wolves Know

In mid-May, the Kingdom's expedition fleet arrived at the southern island of Cuba and stopped at the Taíno village of Yucamu. The fleet repaired the ships, replenished water, and contacted nearby tribes to search for the lost ships.

The old militiaman found time to walk among the Taíno cassava fields. The spring breeze blows on my face, and the smell of grass and trees blows on my face, fresh and pleasant. He looked at the rows of cultivated mounds and the lush branches and leaves on the mounds, with sincere joy on his face.

"My lord, what a beautiful spring!"

"oh oh!"

The petrels chirp, the cassava shoots grow, and the bright spring light lingers in the Taíno villages along the coast of Cuba. The sparkling spring light ripples for five thousand miles, and the spring breeze surges two thousand meters up to the plateau of the Mexican Union.

On the plateau, it is also a brilliant spring, with the scenery of Texcoco Lake soaked in spring plowing and wandering in the Fusheng Mexica Valley. This is a peaceful season, with the hurried footsteps of farmers and the spring smoke of the burning season. The legions of the northern states of the alliance all returned from the Eastern Expedition with numerous spoils of war and devoted themselves to the spring plowing of the city-states.

The alliance's spring plowing has begun, and this year's spring plowing festival is grander than ever before!

At this moment, the capital city in the lake was crowded with people, and the scent of pine filled the air. The priests chanted scriptures, the warriors danced war dances, and the grand spring plowing ceremony was being held on the top of the high pyramid of the great temple. King Avit wears a newly made feather crown of the God King and stands on the highest altar. He raised the topaz scepter in his hand and declared loudly amidst the cheers of tens of thousands of people in the capital.

"God said, the sun rises high and the moon sets. The Lord God is satisfied, and the swallowing cloud snake will not fight this year!"

Beside the God King, twelve priests and elders stood respectfully. They listened to the God-King's will, repeated in unison, followed by the shouts of hundreds of priests.

“The Lord God is satisfied, we won’t fight this year!”

"Roar! The Lord God is satisfied! Ouch!"

The cheers of tens of thousands of people rang out in the lake capital, like deafening thunder! Under the great temple, hundreds of nobles from the alliance bowed their heads at the same time, paying respectful tribute to the supreme king.

"If you don't fight this year, praise the King of God! Praise the Lord God!"

It was confirmed that there would be no war this year, and most of the nobles from various states breathed a sigh of relief. Izel, the leader of the mountain clan, lowered his head and saluted the tall king, sighing secretly in his heart.

"The sacred jaguar sits high on the head, becoming more and more majestic! What he looks at, just a few words, can make people feel intimidated and dare not look directly."

Since the death of the elder, the God King has ascended to the top, the world situation has changed drastically, and the political situation of the alliance has been unstable. The king and the high priests gradually centralized power, and in the hearts of the nobles, dissatisfaction with the loss of interests increasingly gathered. At this time, the great nobles from all over the alliance were always paying attention to the king's actions and worried about the survival of the family. They really had no motivation to listen to the royal family's call and participate in the expansion expedition.

"God said that there is enough fertilizer and the lakes and fields are fertile. The Lord God is satisfied, drink the bright red and have a good harvest this year!"

King Avit had a cold look on his face, raised his staff again, and declared sternly. Hundreds of priests followed suit, followed by thousands of nobles and tens of thousands of people, all shaking the sky together!

"This year's harvest will be great. Praise the King of God! Praise the Lord God!"

The praises of the nobles came from the heart, and so did the cheers of the people. The eyes of Izel, the leader of the mountain clan, flashed, feeling inexplicably uneasy, and there was anger hidden in the uneasiness. He looked around, and there seemed to be something strange on the cheering faces of many nobles, but he couldn't see clearly.

"God said, control your body's desires and don't squander it. The Lord God guides you, and the elders canonize you. Self-denial this year!"

With a majestic look on his face, King Avit raised his staff again and swept across the nobles under the temple. Seeing the king's attention, many nobles bowed their heads and even knelt on one knee to salute, expressing their respect to the god king.

"Restrain yourself this year and praise the King of God! Praise the Lord God!"

During this Eastern Expedition, the alliance consumed a lot of food, and several years of savings were wiped out. Last month, the High Priests issued a new decree to enforce economy and supervise various places. Nobles and priests must abide by it!

"The decree of the God King: The nobles of all countries should reduce their banquets and not enjoy themselves too much. They should be cautious for one year for the elders and high priests who died in the Eastern Expedition. Those who disobey will be punished!"

The teachings of the High Priesthood, united with the king's will, represented the supreme will and restricted the words and deeds of the nobles. Izel, the leader of the mountain clan, lowered his eyes. He clearly felt that there was another chain binding the great nobles!

"First, they extracted elite warriors, then interfered with the succession of the great nobles, and now they have to regulate daily banquets step by step. The sacred jaguar returned from the Eastern Expedition, ruthlessly stretched out its claws, and pinned all the wolves under its claws!"

After returning from the Eastern Expedition, although the great nobles of various states plundered a large amount of gold, silver, spices, cash and goods, they were also forced to consume more than 10,000 noble private troops, and their strength was significantly weakened. In comparison, the strength of the royal family center will be reduced much less.

After capturing the Tree Snake City, King Avit forcibly transferred third-level elite warriors from various states and rebuilt the 2,000-strong Guards. Back in the capital, the king used the power of victory to subdue the high priests and brought the two thousand temple guards and one thousand elder guards under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family.

At this point, with the triple blessing of supreme divine power, prestige of victory, and powerful force, the central authority of the Mexica royal family finally formed an overwhelming advantage over the local states and ministries!

"Establish the supreme teaching law and establish the order of the alliance. The Lord God authorizes the God King to conquer all the tribes in the world and protect the nobles of the alliance!"

King Avit had the upper hand, so he did not hold back and further disintegrated the power of the nobles and strengthened the authority of the central government. A few months ago, after the victory ceremony, the king intervened in the inheritance of the Sourwood Glory Family after the death of Yotiko. This was also the first time in decades that the royal center decided to divide the real power of the Glory Family in public.

"The Glory Noble Yotiko sacrificed himself for God in the Eastern Expedition of the God War! The Lord God blesses and grants grace! His four direct descendants, both men and women, have the right to inherit the family's land and inherit the identity of the Glory Noble!"

The king's messenger brought the irresistible grace of God, and divided all the land, population and warriors of the Glory Sourwood Family into four parts, and handed them over to four direct descendants who were in conflict with each other. So far, in the bitter gratitude of the family elders, the once powerful Sourwood Family lost its honorable patriarch and many warriors, and split into four nominal "Glory Families", and from then on lost control of the Sourwood City.

In order to mediate the land inheritance disputes of the four new patriarchs, the High Priests also obeyed the king's order and sent an arbitration priest to the Sourwood City-State, the newly promoted Level 4 Chief Priest, the nephew of the elder priest Tonatiu, and the priest Tonaya who once presided over the Temple of the Sun.

"The will of the God King: Level 4 Chief Priest Tonaya, as the arbitration judge of the Mexica Archdiocese, according to the teachings compiled by the High Priests, protect every respected bloodline of the gods, and fairly maintain the status of every noble in each state, as well as the deserved interests blessed by the Lord God."

The Temple of the Sun has a respected status in the alliance and has been on good terms with many great nobles for generations. The dispute between the four patriarchs does require a higher king's ruling. The nobles had no way to refuse this will. Soon, after Chief Priest Tonaya arrived in Sourwood City, he made a decisive arbitration on the interests of the new patriarchs. He also relied on the supreme authority of the royal family and the High Priests to strongly guarantee the execution of the arbitration!

As a result, in the Sourwood City-State in the west of the Alliance, in addition to the original third-level city-state chief priest, there is now an actual supreme judge. This judge can not only adjudicate interest disputes between nobles, but can even decide the family affairs of the great nobles!

Faced with such a newly established important position as the "Arbitration Priest", the powerful nobles in the city-states of various parts of the Alliance, as long as they have a little insight, are quite uneasy.

As the controllers of the city-states and towns in various places, the great nobles will naturally gain rights and interests that are superior to the small nobles in terms of taxation and tribute, farmland and orchards, warrior support, and even water channel allocation. In other words, due to the gap in status and strength, there is a contradiction in the distribution of interests between the great nobles and the small nobles of each state!

"Huh! The tribute of the fiefdom, the warriors of the nobles, the inheritance of the family position, and the daily enjoyment are all out of our control. The sacred jaguar is so impatient and does not hide his feelings. The nobles are becoming increasingly difficult. The alliance has been in trouble from now on!"

The mountain chief Izel lowered his head and bent over, his face full of respect, his mind floating, until the end of the ceremony.

King Avit held the scepter and walked down the altar step by step. Surrounded by the twelve priests and elders, he walked into the expanded main temple. The corners of his mouth gradually raised a smile. In the temple, the new murals have been painted. It is the jaguar who sits high on the mountain top, commanding the kneeling wolves, and the king of gods sitting high on the great temple, commanding all states!

The spring plowing ceremony is over, and the people in the central square dispersed. The great nobles of the alliance are leading the warriors of each family to leave in a mess. The mountain chief Izel lowered his head and left. Just after walking for a while, a silent figure suddenly approached and smiled and invited.

"Praise the Lord! Dear Mountain Chief, the Spring Ploughing Festival has ended, and the nobles of various states will return soon. Before leaving the capital, there will be a banquet in the Reed Manor to pray for the goddess of spring. If you are not busy, how about getting together?"

"Ah?"

Mountain Chief Izel turned his head and saw the familiar Reed Chief Sintel. He was stunned, his heart suddenly jumped, his eyes flashed for a while, and finally nodded slowly.

"Praise the Lord! Dear Reed Chief, I am happy to meet with you. Perhaps, we can invite some more friends."

Hearing this, Reed Chief Sintel raised his eyebrows and stared into Izel's eyes. After a moment, he smiled sincerely and nodded gently.

"Lord God bless you! OK~"