Chapter 730 The Second Kingdom Exploration, Land and Glass Beads

"What? Longship tribe, you want to stay?"

The wooden house is low, with a faint smell of tobacco lingering in the nose, and a fresh earthy smell of crocodiles. Upon hearing Priest Tomat's words, Chief Shuihua opened his eyes wide in surprise and opened his mouth wide, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Priest Tomat was so rested, with a faint smile on his face, that he was ready for negotiation. Chief Splash was as shocked as he expected. However, when the other party spoke next, it was completely different from the conversation he had originally envisioned!

"Ah! Priest Tomat, are you going to take the Longship Tribe and join our Mayari Tribe?"

Chief Splash scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, then smiled sincerely.

"Well, with the addition of hundreds of young men, the tribe's food and housing will be a little tight. But it doesn't matter! With so many more young men, we can separate the stems and cultivate a new cassava field! Wait for the new cassava seeds. Next, I estimate that it will only take eight months to grow into harvest, and then it can be harvested for many years.”

"By the way, you also have long boats that can go fishing in the deeper sea. I know a few bays in the north, where there are many and fat fish! Oh, and there are also your huts, as long as you pass by During the rainy season, in September and October, the grass can be cut to build houses. The land for building houses in the south is high on the hill. I will call on everyone to help with it."

Chief Shuihua pinched his fingers, thinking one by one, and spoke faster and faster. Priest Tomat had recently learned Taíno and his level was limited. After hearing this, he was already confused. He stared blankly at Chief Splash. The expression on his face was indeed sincere and did not mean to insult the kingdom at all.

".Let the elite and tough kingdom warriors join the Mayari tribe and then farm, fish, and build huts? Chief Shuihua, are you really serious?"

Priest Tomat's face twitched, and thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, but when they came to his mouth, they turned into simple and straightforward Taino words.

"Ah! Chief Shuihua, you are mistaken! We stay here not because we want to join the Mariya Tribe, but because we want to create a new tribe in the bay to the north of the Holy Mountain, by a river!"

"Oh! Create a new tribe? So it's like this, in the bay north of the 'Sacred Mountain', by the river? Well, I know that location. If you walk quickly, it's only a day's journey. Right?"

Seeing Priest Tomat nod solemnly, Chief Splash stopped. He thought about the terrain carefully for a while, and a smile appeared on his face again.

"I remember going to that location when I was hunting. It was really good! You can grow cassava by the river, and the bay to the north is surrounded by a lagoon, which is very suitable for fishing! Well, it's a good location to establish a tribe!"

Hearing Chief Shuihua clarify the location of Iron Bay Town, Priest Tuomat looked solemn, straightened up, prepared for negotiations again, and spoke calmly.

"Dear Chief Shuihua, the tribe we established is to protect the entire sacred mountain and the bay. Therefore, we need all the land within a fifty-mile radius from the sacred mountain to the bay!"

"oh!"

Upon hearing this, Chief Shuihua paused slightly, nodded, and said nothing. Then, he and Priest Tomat stared at each other for a while, neither of them speaking.

After a while, Priest Tomat couldn't bear it any longer. He took the initiative and asked in a deep voice.

"Then what?"

"Huh? What then?"

"That land should belong to the Mayari tribe, right? What price do we need to pay to buy that land?"

"Huh? Price? Purchase land?"

Hearing this, Chief Shuihua's face instantly showed confusion. Priest Thomas touched his chin and explained a few words patiently. Chief Shuihua listened for a while, shook his head and smiled. He spoke candidly, his eyes as clean as a stream flowing down from the mountains of Cuba.

"Haha! Priest Tomat, the tribe you come from is really interesting. How can the land blessed by the gods and ancestors have an owner? The land is a gift from the gods, and it is not the tobacco and pottery produced in the village, so what? Can I trade and buy?”

"This vast land belongs to all tribes. No one is the owner of the land. We just work on the land and receive gifts from the earth! The land in the sacred mountain area is very hard and cannot grow food. There should be no tribes exist. And around the bay, there may be some small tribes of a hundred or ten people occupying a little bit of land."

"So, whether it is a 'sacred mountain' or a bay, as long as it is land that has not been developed by other tribes, you can settle and develop it, cultivate the fields, and build villages. And when the village is built, the surrounding small tribes will most likely choose to join you. After all, you have many strong men, good bows and arrows for hunting, and good boats for fishing.”

Speaking of this, Chief Splash hesitated for a moment, then added with a smile.

"Well, if there are young people in the village who want to join you and create a new tribe with you, I won't stop you. Building a new tribe requires manpower after all. In the epic told by the tribe many years ago, , the same is true for the Mayari tribe. It’s just that you have too many men and are short of women. But fortunately, you have a lot of things on board.”

"After your village has taken shape, I can send some hunters to contact the small tribes in the surrounding mountains and forests and invite them to join you! Some small tribes in the mountains are not doing well, and there are relatively few men. It just complements each other with you. There must be men and women in the tribe so that it can continue for a long time."

Chief Shuihua chattered for a long time, even worrying about the male-female ratio in the kingdom's stronghold.

Priest Tomat was stunned in the place, all the negotiations he had prepared were invalidated, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. At this moment, he quietly looked at the face of Chief Water Splash, with thousands of complex emotions in his heart, surging fiercely.

He sailed thousands of miles, experienced hundreds of battles, saw so many plateaus and Mayan city-states and tribes, and talked and laughed with so many great chiefs! What kind of swords and axes has he not seen? But at this moment, in front of an ordinary Taino chief, he was at a loss.

After a while, the heart of Priest Tomat surged with unprecedented peace, seldom appeared trust, and a low sigh.

"Witness the Lord God! Simple Taino people, I will convert all of you and make you the people under the Lord God! Because, without the Lord God's blessing, you will never be able to survive the invasion of the white evil."

"Ah? Priest Tomat, what are you chanting?"

Chief Water Splash paused and looked at Priest Tomat's prayer curiously. The other party smiled and answered with a smile.

"Chief Shuihua, I am praying to the Lord God for you! The Lord God replied to me and said that he is willing to bless you. How about coming to convert to the Lord God?!"

"Uh"

Chief Shuihua's face was embarrassed again. Priest Tomat smiled and patted the chief's shoulder. Then, he straightened his body and asked in a deep voice.

"Respected Chief Shuihua, the kingdom is going to settle down by the Bay River and reclaim that land. However, that is the former range of activities of the Mayari tribe. Do you really not need any compensation?"

"Compensation?"

Chief Shuihua scratched his head and thought carefully for a while. After a moment, he saw the bird feathers hanging in the wooden house and answered.

"There are many birds and animals on that land. Hunters in the tribe often go there to hunt. If you settle there, the hunters will have to move to another place."

"Well, Priest Tomat, if you really want compensation, give the hunters some gifts!"

"Okay! What kind of gifts do you want? How much do you want?"

Priest Tomat agreed without hesitation and was ready to donate generously. Hunters have always had a high status in the tribe, and he would not be stingy. What's more, in his opinion, this is a kind of price in exchange for land, and it is also necessary to make friends with the Mayari tribe.

However, for Chief Splash, this is really just a gift to hunters. He pinched his fingers, tried to count the number of hunters, and answered with an estimate.

"One hunter, give two white gems, and the Zemi God Plate for hunting. Then, give a small bag of lake gems!"