Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!

Chapter 2118 - 1547: Huh! This Western Sea Book Plagiarized Your Majesty…

"May the Chief Divine protect us! If the trade in the Western Sea continues to thrive, we will need more gold and silver cargo... Hmm, I must write a letter to report directly to Your Majesty about the situation in the Western Sea, the expansion in Zuwaro, the Divine Descendant’s marriage alliance... also, please send more gold, or some worthless silver! For instance, twenty thousand jin of silver, possibly twice the size of twenty thousand jin of gold, about the size of an old divine statue. Silver mining in the Zacatecas Desert can indeed be planned ahead..."The long discussion impacting Western Sea trade continued in the Whale Island Temple. Fires burned in the stone temple, casting a faint glow on the faces of the three priests. Chimere wore a robe convenient for horseback riding, Mikki donned a holy deep-colored cloak, while Loshanda wore a thickened protective leather robe. On their heads, they all wore priestly crowns adorned with bright feathers, bright and dazzling in the firelight.

"Loshanda! Besides gold and silver, what other goods does the Great Tribe Alliance of the Western Sea Continent need?"

"Hmm... Teachers, no matter if it’s the Kingdom connected to the Great Tribe Alliance in the southern part of the Western Sea Continent, or Korea producing doctors and shipwrights, or the mighty Ming Dynasty known in the legends, they all regard gold and silver as the most precious ’gold and silver currency!’ This small gold talisman weighing one jin can be exchanged for enough food to feed dozens for a year!"

"Thus, gold and silver will be the most ’convenient’ and ’reliable’ trading goods. As long as we have this ’gold and silver currency,’ we can purchase rice and salt, armor and swords from the Japanese, then transport them to the Black Water Forest Sea in the Northwest to trade with those ferocious Forest Jurchen Tribes, and gather tribal warriors for the Kingdom battles. Besides the gold and silver, um, Divine Smoke should also be very popular, much loved by the nobility and priests... Yes! And jade, they love jade just like we do..."

"Yes! Currently, only the Tribal Alliance can provide us with abundant materials! Apart from them, other hunting tribes in the Ice and Snow Peninsula and Black Water Forest Sea cannot provide many materials, and can only recruit ferocious tribal warriors... and further south, Korea and Ming Dynasty should be good trading partners, but the southward trade route is long and dangerous, and the Kingdom’s power in the Western Sea is limited, and has not yet been opened. At present, we cannot trade directly with Korea and Ming Dynasty, and can only transit through the Japanese..."

"Good! Very good! Loshanda, please explain in detail the features of those tribes on the Western Sea Continent!"

"Yes! Teacher Mikki... The Mountain Deer Tribe is migratory, herding deer, hunting unpredictably, with a tall physique, quite similar to the various tribes on the Far North Coast, such as the Unangas. But they can make bows, have dog sleds, and can move with deer herds, with a fierce combat power, far more crafty and cruel than the tribes on the Far North Coast... The Ainu Tribes are semi-fishing, semi-farming tribes, short in stature, with a gentle temperament. They are not as good at fighting as the Mountain Tribe, worshipping Guardian Spirits of bears, birds, and fish, generally similar to the Miwock Tribes on the Western Sea Coast. But after converting to the Chief Divine, they demonstrate a very pious attitude, truly reliable loyal followers!..."

"The Japanese are numerous, divided into distinct classes of samurai and farmers, with temple priests of City-States. They advocate force, with a shared spokesperson, similar to the Nava Tribes. However, they possess excellent ironware technology, ironware is very prevalent and cheap! A one jin gold talisman can trade for hundreds of quality swords and spears, or several sets of iron armor... Japanese craftsmen are remarkable, samurai are fierce and cruel, farmers very obedient, nobles cunning and adaptable, and priests value gold and silver. Their faith is very... flexible! They can easily convert, but except for the impoverished farmers, they are mostly superficial believers, prioritizing practical benefits."

Scholar Mikki held a charcoal pen, meticulously recording the firsthand information brought by Loshanda. Loshanda seriously narrated, recalling every detail. Chimere glanced at this scene, and silently shook his head.

This student from the Tekos Mountain background has not yet awakened, he only works tirelessly, overexerting himself. If he were enlightened, he should be able to write and draw, organizing this information into tree bark scrolls or wood carving boards ahead of time, and imprint his own graphic symbols. This way, when Mikki takes the organized intelligence back, he would at least be credited for the majority. But now, he narrates, and Mikki writes it down to take back to the Kingdom, and most of the merit goes to Mikki...

"Witness to the Chief Divine! Besides these tribes we’ve already encountered, there’s the Southwestern Korean Tribal Alliance. They seem to have a flourishing culture, with particularly outstanding craftsmen, especially shipwrights and doctors. According to the Japanese, the Korean Tribal Alliance seems both wealthy and poor, both powerful and weak!..."

"Hmm? Both wealthy and poor, both powerful and weak?"

"Yes, that’s right! Wealthy means the Korean hereditary ’Two Classes’ nobility enjoy a very privileged life, far better than the hereditary ’Martial Family Nobles’ in Japan. But Korea’s lower class ’agricultural slaves’ live in great hardship, their numbers are extremely large, and their descendants remain slaves with no possibility of military merit advancement..."

"As for powerful, it means Korea’s population is very large, probably comparable to the Japanese, numbering hundreds of millions. They have a very large peasant soldier army, and the powerful naval forces that the Japanese fear the most. Weak means the hereditary honorable nobility of southwest Japan considers Korea, separated by hundreds of miles of strait and not bordering, as a target for looting and capturing..."